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Henry Hiestand. Including some Account of his Early Life, Conversion, and Ministerial Labors in the United States. Edited by a Minister of the Gospel in New York. New York. John S. Taylor. 12mo. pp. 204. HILLIARD, GRAY, & CO. HAVE IN PRESS, AND WILL publish IN MARCH NEXT, SPECIMENS OF FOREIGN STANDARD LITERATURE, EDITED BY THE REV. GEORGE RIPLEY. VOLS. I. AND II. CONTAINING "PHILOSOPHICAL MISCELLANIES," TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH OF COUSIN, JOUFFROY, AND BENJAMIN CONSTANT, WITH INTRODUCTION AND CRITICAL NOTICES BY THE EDITOR. NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW. ичи wm No. XCIX. Numer's APRIL, 1838. ART. I. Raccolta di Romanzi Storici originali Italiani. IT has often been considered as a singular phenomenon in the literary history of Italy, that a people remarkable for lively and inventive genius should have accomplished so little in the department of Historical Romance. Nor has the surprise, generally felt upon this subject, been diminished by a more attentive examination of the history and literature of this nation; the one abounding with romantic incident and striking developments of wild passion and strongly marked character; the other, rich in accurate and powerful descriptions of real events, and still richer in fascinating pictures of the most enchanting creations of the imagination. Nature too would seem to have performed her part, in the character which she has imprinted upon the scenery of the country, and in the materials of romantic embellishment, which she has interwoven, which a lavish hand, in every line of its varied features. Plains, mountains, and quiet valleys; wild torrents, and broad, majestic streams; gigantic fragments, which carry the mind beyond the days of authentic history; and noble ruins, which attest the reality of that history which the long lapse of ages has made romance for us; an air, whose breath calls forth every latent seed of poetry, and gives a charm even to the monotony of daily life; these are VOL. XLVI. —No. 99. 42 |