The Swedish language is full of melody and of imitative harmony; as the author himself calls it:
"Language of honor and conquest,
how manly thy accents, and noble!
Ring'st like the smitten steel,
and mov'st like the march of the planets."
It is, therefore, difficult of translation, and one who would attempt it must not only be well versed in that language, but must also possess a more than ordinary knowledge of English. Mr. Blackley has, we think, accomplished his task with no small degree of success.
Moore's Irish Melodies.
With a Memoir of the poet. Illustrated by D. Maclise, R.A., and William Riches. Columbus, Ohio: Riches & Moore, Engravers, Printers, and Publishers.
The enterprising publishers of this work have certainly spared no pains in its profuse illustration, the engravings being of such a character as to occupy at least two thirds of the space in each page. The many admirers of the melodious verses of the great Irish poet will welcome this new and elegant edition of them.
A copy of the designs, if furnished by the pencil of Maclise, should alone be worth the price of the book. It is sold only by subscription.
Eug. Cummiskey, Philadelphia, announces for immediate publication the first series of his Juvenile Library, in twelve vols. The following are the titles of the volumes of the first series:
The Great Tenabraka;
Miss Touch-All;
The Young Raiders;
The Old Beggar;
George, the Little Chimney-Sweep;
The Lost Child;
The Desert Island;
Bethlehem;
Pat, the Little Emigrant;
Idleness;
Negligence;
The Little Gardeners.
These tales will form a collection of stories for children. The price of the set is to be $5.40. He has also in press Barbarossa; an Historical Tale of the Twelfth Century, and The Vengeance of a Jew.