world, it is the story of Sharks in this Autobiography.— Spectator. LIVES OF BANDITTI AND ROBBERS—By C. Macfarland, Esq., together with a sketch of the Lives of BLACKBEARD, and CAPTAIN KID, by the American editor. This work is deeply interesting throughout; it is full of anecdote, bold adventure, daring enterprise, and the narrative is clear and vigorous-and such are the characters of these reckless outcasts of society and the interest in which their lives are invested, that we commend it to our readers, confident that they will be highly entertained.-Sat. Cour. These lives, and indeed the whole volume, are of the deepest interest-there is nothing in this edition which would exclude it from the eyes of the ladies, some improper remarks and a very few uninteresting details, having been excluded, which are more than compensated for, even as regards quantity of reading, by the addition made by the American EdiThe volume itself is one of the neatest we have lately seen, having in fact the appearance of an English Editionit is on very fine white paper, and the impression of the type clear and distinct.-Saturday Evening Post. tor. Many of the stories in this volume are exceedingly interesting. Nat. Gaz. We have before us Lives of Banditti and Robbers, in one volume, including the lives of Blackbeard and Captain Kidd, prepared for the American Edition. These lives, and indeed the whole volume are of the deepest interest.—U. S. Gazette. The dangers, hardships, and reckless daring of these lawless depredators, often impart an intense interest to the relation of their deeds, and this interest is not unfrequently increased, by their adding generosity to heroism.-N. Y. Com. Advertiser. LEGENDS OF THE WEST-By James Hall, second edition, containing the following beautiful told tales: The Backwoodsman The Intestate A Legend of Carondelet The Isle of the Yellow Sands The Barrackmaster's Daughter. The Indian Wife's Lament. We are glad to see a new edition of these well told tales of Judge Hall, has recently been published.-Boston Eve. Gazette. The deserved popularity of these tales of Judge Hall, have secured to it the publication of a second edition. His sketches are admirably drawn, and his personal familiarity with scenery and life in the West have furnished him with incidents of peculiar interest, greatly increased by felicitous description.-N. Y. Com. Advertiser. A second edition of Legends of the West has just been published; a work to which we have before alluded in deserved praise. The favour which the work has found with the public, may be seen in the demand for its repetition. It deserves, in every respect, the reception it has met with.— Sat. Eve. Post. LEGENDS OF THE WEST. BY JAMES HALL. Philadelphia. Key & Biddle. The rapid sale of the first, has created a demand for a second edition of the work, whose title heads this article. The "Legends" comprise twelve articles, one of which is poetic. The scenes of these tales are all located in the far, far West," and the characters are taken from the aborigines and early emigrants. The difficulties and dangers which the first settlers had to undergo, ere they were established in security, are depicted in glowing colours, and with a master hand. The rude and savage warfare of the Indians, the secret ambuscade, the midnight slaughter, the conflagration of the log hut in the prairie and forest, the shrieks of consuming women and children, are presented to our minds by the author in vivid and impressive language. These tales possess much interest, as they are founded in fact, and are illustrative of the habits of the Indian, and the life of the hunter. As a writer, Judge Hall is more American than any other we possess; his scenes are American; his characters are American, and his language is American. His personages are invested with an individuality which can not be mistaken, and his conceptions and illustrations are drawn from the great store house of nature.-Daily Intelligencer. LIFE OF WILLIAM COWPER, Esq.-Compiled from his correspondence and other authenticated sources of information, containing remarks on his writings, and on the peculiarities of his interesting character, never before published. By THOMAS TAYLOR. Extract from the Preface. Many Lives of Cowper have already been published. Why then, it may be asked, add to their number? Simply because in the opinion of competent judges, no memoir of him has yet appeared that gives a full, fair, and unbiassed view of his character. It is remarked by Dr. Johnson, the poet's kinsman, in his preface to the two volumes of Cowper's Private Correspondence, "that Mr. Haley omitted the insertion of several interesting letters in his excellent Life of the poet out of kindness to his readers." In doing this, however amiable and considerate as his caution must appear, the gloominess which he has taken from the mind of Cowper, has the effect of involving his character in obscurity. In alluding to these suppressed letters, the late highly esteemed Leigh Richmond once emphatically remarked"Cowper's character will never be clearly and satisfactorily understood without them, and should be permitted to exist for the demonstration of the case. I know the importance of it from numerous conversations I have had, both in England and Scotland, on this subject. Persons of truly religious principles, as well as those of little or no religion at all, have greatly erred in their estimate of this great and good man." In this work all that is necessary and much that is painful to know, is told of Cowper, and well told too.-His life was much wanted, and we have no doubt that it will be universally read and become, like the poems of the man it commemorates, a standard work. Mr. Taylor has our hearty thanks for having produced this work, and our commendations no less hearty for having produced it so well.-Metropolitan. LETTERS TO AN ANXIOUS INQUIRER, DESIGNED TO RELIEVE THE DIFFICULTIES OF A FRIEND, UNDER SERIOUS IMPRESSIONS. By T. CARLTON HENRY, D. D. late Pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church, Charleston, S. C. With an Introductory Essay, (in which is presented Dr. Henry's Preface to his Letters, and his Life, by a friend.) By G. T. BEDELL, D. D. Rector of St. Andrew's Church, Philadelphia. MEMOIRS OF HORTENSE BEAUHARNAIS, DUCHESS OF ST. LEU AND EX-QUEEN OF HOLLAND. This is an interesting account of a conspicuous character. She was the daughter of Josephine Beauharnais, alias, or af terwards, Josephine Buonaparte, former wife of Napoleon of France; and she became the wife of Louis Buonaparte, the ex-king of Holland. Of those who have figured as large on the great theatre of life, at one of the most memorable eras in history, many interesting anecdotes are given. We can safely recommend this work to the reading public.-American Sentinel. No one of all those distinguished personages who occupied so large a space in the world's eye, from their connexion with Napoleon, presents a story of deeper interest than the amiable and accomplished subject of these memoirs. Possessing all the grace and fascination of manner, which so eminently characterized her mother the Empress Josephine, she has a strength and cultivation of intellect; an extent and variety of knowledge; and a philosophic fortitude which the empress never could boast. Unhappy in her marriage, she was yet a devoted wife and fond mother; and though gifted with every quality to adorn royalty, she willingly withdrew to the shades of private life, resigning the crown she had embellished without a murmur. Many of the details of this work will be found deeply interesting, and the notes are copious and instructing. The translator has faithfully preserved the spirit of his original.— Saturday Courier. Sometime ago we read this little volume in French, and found it strongly attractive. We regard it as an autobiog raphy in great part. The historical as well as the personal details reward attention.-National Gazette. No one of all those distinguished personages who occupied Fo large a space in the world's eye, from their connexion with Napoleon, presents a story of deeper interest, than the amia ble and accomplished subject of these memoirs. "Possessing all the grace and fascination of manner, which so eminently characterized her mother, the Empress Josephine, she has a strength and cultivation of intellect, an extent and variety of knowledge, and a philosophic fortitude, which the empress never could boast. Unhappy in her marriage, she was yet a devoted wife and fond mother; and though gifted with every quality to adorn royalty, she willingly withdrew to the shades of private life, resigning the crown she had embellished without a murmur.' The work belongs to the many memoranda we have of that extraordinary man, whose family history is not complete without it.-American Traveller. We have never taken up a book containing anecdotes of the eventful period of which this little volume treats, and especially of the great actors in that wonderful drama, without experiencing some of the sensations which attend upon the sight of some mighty ruin; or beholding the place in the ocean where fleets and armies have been swallowed up. Sometimes they appear to us like those distant and dark clouds, whose edges are fringed with the red light of the setting sun, and in whose bosom is seen to struggle the pent up lightning. This work will be read, we are certain, with great interest. Commercial Herald. - NEW AMERICAN SPEAKER, being an entirely new selection of Speeches, Dialogues, and Poetry, for the use of Schools. By THOMAS HUGHS, Compiler of the Universal Class Book and the American Popular Reader. A rich collection of pieces from some of the first writers in the English language, furnishing a most abundant supply of exercises in elocution and declamation. It should find admission into every academy, college, and high school, where it is an object to form the taste, as well as teach the art of speaking. AMERICAN SPEAKER.-A volume with this title, comprising upwards of two hundred pages, has just been issued by Messrs. Key & Biddle, of this city. It has been compiled by THOMAS HUGHS, Esq., the compiler of the 'Universal Class Book' and the 'American Popular Reader,' and is designed for the use of schools. It embraces a selection or speeches, dialogues and poetry, made up with great discern |