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"The book wherever read is admired, and among a considerable variety of persons, learned and ignorant, grave and gay, sad and serious, all have but one manifestation of feeling-and that feeling delight.

Cooper has been called the Scott, and Irving the Addison of America; and the author of Zoe, without any imputation of vanity or arrogance, can justly lay claim to some of the attributes of both. With all the description, energy, and grandeur of the former, he possesses the classic graces, and elegant refinements of the latter. Comparisons, it is said, are always odious, but, as in this instance, we have brought forward the names of two of our most distinguished countrymen in the field of American letters, not for the purpose of detracting from their high and justly appreciated merits, but for adding another one to the number of this small but brilliant galaxy, we shall be acquitted of any sinister attempt to elevate another at the expense of those whose fame is widely spread and firmly established.

Zoe is a production, which will rank among the highest and most successful creations of the imagination. It is replete with interest, from the first chapter to the last; the story never flags, the dialogues never tire; and the varied characters who figure in the plot, are invested with an individuality which at once impresses upon the mind the graphic skill, and vivid conceptions of the author. Interesting and all absorbing as the personages are, there is one, however, of whom to read is to love; the dark-eyed, feeling, beautiful and self-sacrificing Zoe. It is she that appears embodied before our eyes, in all the fascination of beauty; and it is she that we part with in all the combined feelings of affection, admiration and regret.

But it is not our purpose to pourtray the charming heroine of the story.

For the nameless attraction of her mind, the glowing ardour of her feelings, and the thousand fascinating charms with which she was invested,-we must refer our readers to the book itself.

In conclusion, we commend Zoe to all who are fond of an interesting romance-to all who desire to become acquainted with and encourage the merits of our native literature."Pennsylvania Inquirer.

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BY KEY & BIDDLE,

THE HOME BOOK OF HEALTH AND MEDICINE, being a popular treatise on the means of Avoiding and Curing Diseases, and of Preserving the Health and Vigour of the Body to the latest period: including a full account of the Diseases of Women and Children.

THE YOUNG MAN'S SUNDAY BOOK.-In continuation of the Series commenced by the Young Man's Own Book.

THE WORLD AS IT IS, AND OTHER TALES. THE YOUNG CHRISTIAN'S BOOK. By G. T. Bedell, D. D.

THE JOURNAL OF A LUNATIC.

PROGRESSIVE

EXPERIENCE

HEART. By Mrs. Stevens.

OF THE

YOUNG LADY'S SUNDAY BOOK. By the Author of the Young Lady's Own Book.

THE FAMILY BOOK; a series of Discourses, with Prayers for each Sunday evening in the year;

with an In

troductory Essay. By the Rev. John Breckinridge.

HARPE'S HEAD. A Legend of Kentucky. By the Author of Legends of the West.

LETTERS FROM THE NORTH OF EUROPE. By Charles Boileau Elliott, Esq.

This is one of those remarkably pleasant tours which an intelligent gentleman, who has seen much of the world, is

alone calculated to write-one of those productions which engage the attention and do not fatigue it, and which we read from first to last with the agreeable sensation, that we are gathering the information of very extensive travel easily, by our own fireside.-London Literary Gazette.

One striking evidence of the rapid progress we are making in civilization is the constant and increasing demand for travels and voyages. We are no longer contented to live within ourselves. The whole world is our theatre. We explore all its regions; nor is there a spot visited by the sun that is wholly unknown to us. Our enterprising countrymen go forth to collect their intellectual treasures, and return home to enrich us with their stores. Every month adds something valuable to the general stock. We enjoy the benefit without encountering the peril. We sympathise with danger, while we feel that it is past, and luxuriate in pleasurable emotions, while our hearts thrill with the interest which the daring adventurer has thrown round himself. This species of writing has also a charm for every reader. The man of science and the rustic, the scholar and the mechanic, sit down with equal zest to participate in the mental feast; and thus knowledge is widely diffused-knowledge which invigorates the inward man, enlarging his capacity, and extending the sphere of his enjoyments, and which prepares a whole nation for liberal institutions, which invests them with political and commercial importance, and thus raises them in the scale of nations. The success of works of this description stimulates enterprise, and opens the largest field for the useful e.nployment of energies which might otherwise be wasted.

Mr. Elliott justly ranks among the most enlightened and intelligent of his class. His unpretending volume discovers an enthusiastic love of nature, and the most liberal views of man in all his diversified conditions. We scarcely ever read a work in which there is so little to censure and so much to approve. Unlike many of his brethren, he is a good writer: his style is pure and classical. He is likewise a philosopher and a Christian. We first become his willing associates, and our intercourse soon ripens into friendship. We close the book with reluctance, and take leave of him with a sigh of regret.-London New Monthly Magazine.

KEY & BIDDLE have now in press THE RELIGIOUS SOUVENIR-A Christmas, New Year and Birth Day Present for 1834. Edited by Gregory T. Bedell, D. D,

Most of the engravings are already finished, and we feel no hesitation in saying the volume will be much superior in every respect to that of the present year, the success of which may be learned from the perusal of the following literary notices.

A gift book which unites the embellishments of fancy and imagination, with a strictly religious and moral tendency in the whole texture of the work-a Souvenir which no person of strictly religious principles, would hesitate to place in the hands of a valued friend. Such a work has been pronounced a desideratum by many, whose opinions are regarded with deference by the religious community.-The Revivalist.

The literary character of this Souvenir is of a high order, many of the pieces breathe a pure, devotional spirit and Christian fervour, and the whole are entirely devoid of sectarianism, and clothed in attractive unexceptionable language. Taken altogether, the Religious Souvenir is a work that may be warmly and generally commended. Mechanically it is a beautiful volume, and intellectually, such as does credit to all who have contributed to its pages.-Boston Traveller.

This is an elegant Annual. The pieces are generally of a moral and religious tendency, but not the less interesting on that acount.-Journal of Commerce.

The Religious Souvenir is a very beautiful holiday present, is Edited by the Rev. G. T. Bedell, and is devoted to moral and religious subjects, all original but one by the artist illustrating his own picture. In the initials subscribed to the articles, we recognize several writers who have heretofore distinguished themselves by contributions to our periodical literature.-N. Y. Commercial Advertiser.

This is really a superb volume; and one which we hope will be widely circulated throughout the community. Dr. Bedell has shown considerable judgment in the selection and disposal of his matter, and we thank him for presenting to the public in so inviting a form, a work which is well calculated to form pious feelings, and establish religious principles.— Family Journal.

We doubt not, but many people of piety and taste, who wish to ornament their parlour and instruct those who may read; or who desire to bestow a religious remembrancer on some beloved friend, will call at some book store for Dr. Bedell's "Souvenir."-The Philadelphian.

A volume, too, which does not degrade or disgrace the subject-a volume destined, not to pass away with the winter greens that adorn our Christmas parlours, but to maintain a lasting hold on the attention of the christian community, at least so long as good taste and good sense shall have any vote in the selection of books. We have read the volume carefully, and do not hesitate to pronounce it one of unusual interest as well as solid merit.-United States Gazette.

Messrs. Key & Biddle have made a valuable present to religious parents, guardians and friends, in this elegant little volume. Why should all our gifts on these occasions be worldly or worse? And why should religious truth always shun the aids of beautiful ornament? The embellishments are attractive, well selected, and well executed. The various papers which compose the volume are serious, tasteful, alluring, imbued with the spirit of the Gospel, in a word, such as we should have expected from one so zealous for the cause of Christ, and so inventive of happy thoughts as the Rev. Editor. This annual may be safely recommended to the Christian public. The Presbyterian.

To all, therefore, who desire intellectual improvement, and, at the same time, the gratification of a true taste-and to all who would make a really valuable present to their friends, we would say, in conclusion, go and procure the Religious Souvenir. It is not merely a brilliant little ornament for the parlour centre table, but a book worthy of a place in every sensible man's library.-Cincinnatti Enquirer.

The typography, embellishments, and general appearance of the work, render it fully equal in these respects to any of the kind published in our country, while its subjects are far more suitable for the contemplation of christians than the light reading with which most of them are filled.-Episcopal Recorder.

The articles are not only interesting, but calculated to produce a beneficial effect upon the minds of those who read it, therefore, a very proper work for the purpose for which it is designed, and hope it may meet with an extensive sale.Baltimore Republican.

We hail with much pleasure this attempt to convey religious truth in a garb at once pleasing and instructive. The popular form of the annual is well adapted to the purpose, and may often invite the attention and make a salutary impres

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