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Foreign Literature.
one above his head . Then he sent him back to his place and said , How do you call the figure formed by these three lines ? '
" " ' An A square oblong . ' square , that ' s it . If you draw the outline of a man not too strictl . get ?'
y , you wh ' " t ' ' Suppose An oblong I ht had square the to box pack . ' to up have our ? friend Vance like a piece of merchandise ,
aform oug ' a man " " ' ' Iti That packs ght of , for an himself you oblong clearl square when y see . ' his he sleeps measure . Hence upon the the wall bed . is Now his , box in truth and
up , conse * " ' i q Well An uen oblong t , ly after its mo square all st , natural does . ' not form a room is represent ? ' with a great box ? packed trust up with
are beds muc , and h wiser the house than a before great . box A house packed must up be an rooms oblong square Now I on account you f the the on account of the bedthe bed on account of the
man o ; because room , the room latter himself represents , like , that figure on the wall , an oblong square . ' "
This piece of American humbug acted upon the enthusiastic mind of the German like water upon fire . Subsequently he had
plenty of opportunity to witness the refinement of American society on the one hand , and the extravagances of youthful vigour on
the other . The book abounds with , graphic descriptions of social life and scenes as they occur among the farmers and newly arrived
settlerswhile there is no lack of the reflections and speculations with _, which , an ingenious mind likes to associate its perceptions and
observations . Dr . MoorfLeld was , however , not formed to compete with American
smartness . Cheated and deceived by friends and foes , he hurried back to Europe with blighted hopes and clouded aspirations .
Radetzk y _* Historical Romance . By A . Sehrader .
This work will be particularly acceptable to the disciples of monarchical and imperial institutions . " Long live the Emperor "
is the refrain of the book ; and if the echo reverberate somewhat too frequentlythis must be excused in consideration of the subject
dealt with . The , personalities of Kadetzky and Gorgey , the wellknown Hungarian general , make the tale interesting to the simply
curious reader . The writing seems to be that of a tyro , only requiring the protection of an indulgent imperial public to ripen to
maturity .
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208 NOTICES OF BOOKS .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), May 1, 1859, page 208, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01051859/page/64/
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