the distinguished people with whom he was associated. The latter half of the volume is mostly composed of the letters which were addressed by him to the members of his family and to Washington Irving. Prefixed to the memoirs is an essay by Mr. Taylor on the character and position of Leslie as an artist.

A perusal of the memoirs leads us to give a hearty assent to the high praise which the editor bestows upon his friend. "How could he be otherwise than truthful, lovely, charitable and tasteful in his pictures, who, in his home as in society, in his teaching as in his conduct, was habitually sincere, affectionate, equable, thoughtful of others, tolerant, loving to dwell rather on the good than on the bad about him?"

We confess, however, the amusement with which we read the concluding sentence of an interesting parallel which the editor has drawn between Leslie and Irving. Having praised their many kindred traits,"their genuine Anglicism of sentiment and spirit, Americans as both were by blood; and lastly, their ever-present good taste in treating every subject they took in hand," he adds, "It may not seem a very high place in art to claim for Leslie, which sets him on a level with Washington Irving in Literature; but Leslie loved Irving so well and admired his work so heartily that I am sure Leslie would not complain of the parallel!"

The paintings of Mr. Leslie are well known in this country by engravings. Some of the original works of his pencil are also here ; but were this not the case, we have not time in this connection to discuss his merits as an Artist. The volume before us presents his character in a most attractive aspect. His life was wholly removed from public affairs, and its events were not more exciting than those of thousands of other men. But his pursuits, his studies, his associations, were of such an order as to render the simple record of his daily occupations peculiarly interesting. In this country, as much if not more than in England, the volume will be read and prized by all who are interested in the memoirs of the times in which they live.

We may rightly claim Mr. Leslie as a fellow-citizen, for, although he was born in London, his parents were Americans, and the years of his boyhood and youth were passed in Philadelphia. He maintained through life an acquaintance with many of the worthiest of our countrymen. Irving was his correspondent from youth, almost, if not quite to the close of his life. Morse, who abandoned an honorable career as a painter for a still more honorable career as the inventor of the magnetic telegraph, was his early and familiar friend. With Captain

Morgan, the sea-faring lover of Art, he was acquainted on ship and on shore. Allston was one of his earliest instructors in art, and one of his most intimate friends. "It was Allston," he says, "who first awakened what little sensibility I may possess to the beauties of color." The names of Ticknor and Channing also repeatedly occur in the earlier portion of the volume; we may also mention that he was appointed a Professor of Drawing at West Point, and discharged for a time the duties of that officer. Among the English, especially in the circles where Art is appreciated, he was always surrounded by the best of friends. He knew Sir Walter Scott at Abbotsford, was invited to pass weeks with Coleridge at Highgate, visited Rogers with constant intimacy, and was more or less familiar with Sydney Smith, Charles Lamb, Sir James McIntosh, and many others whose names are equally celebrated in literature. By noblemen of the highest rank he was patronized to a degree corresponding with his merit as a painter and a man. Of his eminent professional associates we have not time to speak. His diary and his letters unitedly exhibit "the man affectionate, social, candid, modest, and eager for instruction and improvement; always seeking the society of the best and most eminent persons to whom he could gain access without intrusion or forwardness."

The volume is a most acceptable tribute to a most interesting man. The American edition, being published in the interest of the family, is deserving of wide patronage.

CAROLINE PERTHES: THE CHRISTIAN WIFE.*-One of the most interesting volumes of biography which has been given to the public, in years, is the Life of Frederick Perthes, the German bookseller and publisher. We are confident that those who read the review of it, on page 880 of this number of the NEW ENGLANDER, will wish to see the book itself. The English edition appears in two thick octavos, and is of such size that no American publisher has yet ventured to reprint it. It is costly, and cannot be easily procured in many parts of our country. We are, therefore, pleased to find that the Messrs. Carters have issued this Life of Caroline Perthes, by Mrs. Tuthill, which, though a large 12mo. of over five hundred pages, is really an abridgment of the still more extended Life of Frederick Perthes, her husband. One of the

*Caroline Perthes: the Christian Wife. Condensed from the Life of Frederick Christopher Perthes. By Mrs. L. C. TUTHILL New York: Robert Carter & Brothers. pp. 522.

1860. 12mo.

principal charms of the original work is the exhibition that it gives of a beautiful home life in a Christian family. The aim of Mrs. Tuthill, in her selections, has been to give to American readers the history of this home life; and to show, by the example of the Christian German wife and mother, how much may be accomplished by a woman of sense, of intelligence, of warm affections, and earnest piety, within the sphere of her own family. For the majority of readers, we think this book will be full as interesting and satisfactory as the large original English edition. We hope it may find a prominent place among the books for home reading, this winter, in thousands of Christian families.

SMILES'S BRIEF BIOGRAPHIES.*-The author of these "brief biographies" is already very favorably known to the American public by his "Life of George Stephenson," and by his "Self-Help." At the request of Messrs. Ticknor & Fields, of Boston, he has made a collection of his publications in various British periodicals, and we have them now in this handsome volume, illustrated with six fine steel portraits. We were at first somewhat misled by the title, "Brief Biographies." The sketches are short, but they are by no means a barren recital of mere facts and dates. They are sufficiently extended to embody the results of much careful study of individual character; and it is not often that such an amount of valuable and readable literary criticism is found within so small a compass. The biographies are of men whose names are all now prominent before the public, as the list which we take from the "Table of Contents" will abundantly show. It is as follows:

"James Watt, Robert Stephenson, Dr. Arnold, Hugh Miller, Richard Cobden, Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton, Francis Jeffrey, Ebenezer Elliott, George Borrow, John James Audubon, William MacGillivray, Lord John Russell, Benjamin Disraeli, William Ewart Gladstone, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Thomas Carlyle, John Sterling, Leigh Hunt, Hartley Coleridge, Dr. Kitto, Edgar Allan Poe, Theodore Hooke, Dr. Andrew Combe, Robert Browning, Edwin Chadwick, Robert Nicoll, Samuel Bamford, John Clare, Gerald Massey, Elisabeth Barrett Browning, Frances Brown, Sarah Margaret Fuller, Sarah Martin, Harriet Martineau, Mrs. Chisholm."

MEMOIR OF DODDRIDGE.t-The American Tract Society of New

Brief Biographies. By SAMUEL SMILES. With Steel Portraits. Boston: Ticknor & Fields. 1860. 12mo. pp. 517. Price $1.25. [T. H. Pease, New Haven.]

Memoir of the Life, Character, and Writings of Philip Doddridge, D. D. With a selection from his Correspondence. Compiled by Rev. JAMES R. BOYD, A. M., "Editor of English Poets, with Notes, &c." New York: American Tract Society. 1860. 12mo. pp. 480.

York has published, in a form fitted for general distribution, a new memoir of Philip Doddridge, which has been compiled by Rev. James R. Boyd, the editor of "The English Poets, with Notes." There is no nobler name among the English divines of the eighteenth century,none more widely known in this country,-than that of Doddridge. There are few villages in the United States where his "Rise and Progress of Religion in the Soul," has not found its way, and done good service. It would be well if this memoir could be carried to every house where the other has gone. Rarely has there been exhibited in any man a more beautiful Christian life than that of which we have here the story. In public life and in private life, at home and abroad, as a son, as a husband, as a father, as a theological instructor, as an author, everywhere and under all circumstances, he displays those qualities of mind and heart which irresistibly attract admiration and love. Doddridge was a true Christian gentleman, and his example is eminently worthy of being studied by all classes of Christians.

We must not neglect to refer also to the extracts that are given from his letters. They are remarkable for the vivacity and even playfulness of their style; and the grace with which they are expressed makes them models of epistolary correspondence.

MARY BUNYAN.*-This "Tale of Religious Persecution" is deeply interesting, not only for its subject, but also as a work of more than ordinary literary merit. The authoress has given us a picture of Bunyan's times, and of the spirit of that persecuting age, such as cannot fail to enlist the sympathy of every reader for the hard lot of the gifted Dreamer and his blind daughter, and leave a deep impression on the mind, that no blessing enjoyed by Protestant Christendom is more to be prized than the boon of religious liberty. The narrative is, in the main, true to history, and many of the scenes are brought before us with almost the vividness of present reality. Whoever reads this volume ought to rise from its perusal, more tolerant in spirit, and altogether "a wiser and a better man."

*Mary Bunyan, the Dreamer's Blind Daughter. A Tale of Religious Persecu tion. By SALLIE ROCHESTER FORD, Author of "Grace Truman." New York: Sheldon & Company. 1860. 12mo.

At the time of

KENDRICK'S LIFE OF MRS. EMILY C. JUDSON.*-In the history of modern missionary operations no name is better known or more respected than that of ADONIRAM JUDSON. The fact that he was a pioneer in the work of missions, together with the indomitable perseverance, the cheerfulness and enthusiasm with which he labored on to the last, the almost romantic incidents of his early, and, we may say, of his later career in Burmah, and the results he accomplished,-all make him one of the remarkable men of his age. Not the least interesting fact in his life is his three successive marriages with the gifted women whose names are so familiar in our churches. The memoirs of Ann Hasseltine and Sarah Boardman have been long before the public; and now the memoir of the third Mrs. Judson has just appeared. Our hasty reading has already shown us that she was in every respect a worthy successor of those heroic and sainted women. her marriage she was widely known, under the nom de plume of Fanny Forrester, as one of the most sprightly and popular of the magazine writers of the day. It was feared that when the romance of the missionary work should wear off, this "sensitive and excitable child of genius," as she was called, would sink under the privations and stern monotony of her new life. It was, perhaps, natural for those who knew nothing of her early history, to indulge such apprehensions; but they were expressed in such a public way that they were exceedingly annoying to her and to her friends. Never were fears more groundless! To us who have now before us the affecting story of her successful struggles with poverty, in childhood and youth, it is plain that her marriage was no mere matter of romance-that she knew well what she was undertaking, and that she had acquired those lessons of self-reliance which fitted her admirably for her work. As for her cheerful and enthusiastic spirit, it made her the better missionary, as is evident from the following quotation, which we make from one of her letters, written after she had been long in Burmab:

"I believe the work which goes on merrily, and without groaning, is quite as acceptable to God as the other. The bearer of good tidings should not carry a face to spoil his news-a fact of which the natives seem quite aware. However, sadness is good, and rejoicings are good; and whether we have a weeping gift or a merry gift, let us strive to use it, as we are commanded to use eating and drinking, to the glory of God.' Possibly my doctrine may not be considered orthodox, but it is that of the New Testament." p. 303.

*The Life and Letters of Mrs. Emily C. Judson. By A. C. KENDRICK, Professor of Greek Literature in the University of Rochester. New York: Sheldon & Co. 1860. 12mo. pp. 426.