Saturday Evening Gazette/June 7, 1856/Literary Notices
Literary Notices.
Worth and Wealth.—With this title Mr. Freeman Hunt has prepared a volume, which is published by Stringer & Townsend, consisting of maxims, anecdotes, etc., connected with the mercantile profession. They are such as may be perused with peculiar profit by young merchants, and their careful compilation reflects credit upon the industry and taste of Mr. Hunt. If every merchant were to present a copy of the work to his clerks, there would be more Lawrences and fewer Schuylers.
Lectures on Rhetoric and Oratory.—The lectures delivered by the late Professor Channing before the students of Harvard College, published by Ticknor & Fields, will receive that attention which they merit from the many throughout the country who have listened to them, or were personally acquainted with the man and know the value of what he uttered. No better verbal critic ever lived than Professor Channing. His advice and suggestions were such as he alone could give, and the lectures here published for the first time are of moment to any one who desires a pure style. Professor C. despised affectations and eccentricities of language, and if those who daily mar the King’s English by engrafting upon it Gallicisms and new fangled expressions were simply to heed what he had written upon these points, there would be a vast improvement in a great part of our current literature.
The States and Territories of the Great West.—This publication of Miller, Orton & Mulligan’s combines interest and utility in a high degree. While it gives a graphic and readable account of the rise of the Great West, it furnishes all needful information in regard to the salubrity, expense of living, etc., in different localities, and one intending to emigrate should by all means consult its pages, as it is by a person evidently thoroughly conversant with the subject which he treats.
The Camel. By George P. Marsh.—This is quite a useful little volume, suggested by the question of the practicability of introducing camels into the United States. The writer favors the idea and considers the south-western parts of the country and California favorable to their habits. He has spent much time in countries which gave scope for personal observation on the subject, and has faithfully consulted all reliable works. The day may be distant when camels will be one of our necessities in labor and one of our desiderata in war, but we cannot doubt that the propagation of the species in America would be most serviceable in many respects. Published by Gould & Lincoln.