The Little Gift; Useful Stories; Poems for Little Folks. Three small volumes.
Mr. Colman, of New York, in the autumn of every year, publishes numerous miniature gift books for children, with fine engravings, instructive tales and poems, etc., of which the above are specimens.
Thulia: A Poem: By J. C. Palmer, M. D., U. S. N. Illustrated with Twelve Original Designs, by A. Agate, Artist of the late Exploring Expedition. One volume, octavo. New York, Samuel Colman.
This beautifully printed and illustrated volume resembles very much, in its appearance, the elegant edition of Gray’s “Elegy,” published several years since in London. We can say no more in praise of its typography and embellishments. The poem itself possesses considerable merit. Doctor Palmer was attached to the Exploring Expedition which returned to this country last summer from the southern seas, and “Thulia” is founded on incidents which occurred on the war-ship Peacock, and the schooner Flying Fish, while in the Antarctic ocean. The verse is free and melodious, and the ideas and illustrations generally appropriate and poetical. We quote a lyric that will convey to the reader a just idea of the poet’s style.
ANTARCTIC MARINER’S SONG.
Sweetly, from the land of roses,
Sighing comes the northern breeze;
And the smile of dawn reposes,