Our mother bowed her gentle head And I am glad that she has gone The little one, with golden locks, Droop'd her young head beneath the shade 'Twas in the autumn of the year, When Nature sets on fire Her forests with a magic torch, I felt, as all the autumnal glow * Yes, thus it was that, one by one, The servants now are scattered far The bell will summon them no more Now, when the evening shadows come, Old Mammy folds her in her arms She is a little fragile flower, Upon whose drooping head, No warmth nor brightness from the Sun Of Joy is ever shed. She hears no brother's gleeful laugh; No playmates gay has she; No sisters dear to pet and kiss, No mother's kiss, at morn or night, And she is yet too small to learn Though nightly, Mammy softly smooths And whispers, 'Blessings on my pet; Those dear, rough hands! how many paths They have with sweet flowers strown! The world has never known. How many little feet they've turned, From dangerous ways, to pleasant paths, In after years, when fair young heads O Mammy! friend of better days!— O Mammy! your dark, wrinkled face Than if it was the fairest thing For it is like a faded page Of dear old, well-read lore, Where oft we find a beauty that In spite of artistic defects, which a severe critic might point out in the poems before us, they show, that Amy Gray is a poet, and should cultivate the gift that is in her. If she had never written anything beside The Broken Chord, she would have proved herself a poet; and, as such, worthy of her woman's mission to 'the little ones of the South.' 22.-ESSAYS AND LECTURES; on 1. The Early History of Maryland; 2. Mexico and Mexican Affairs; 3. A Mexican Campaign; 4. Homeopathy; 5. Elements of Hygiene; G. Health and Happiness. By Richard McSherry, M. D., Professor of Principles and Practice of Medicine, University of Maryland. Baltimore: Kelly, Piet & Company. 1869. Essays on subjects of such interest as the above, and from the pen of so learned, accomplished, and discriminating a scholar as Dr. McSherry, can hardly fail to be read by others, as they have been read by ourselves, with both profit and pleasure. BOOKS RECEIVED. The Wreath of Eglantine, and other Poems: Edited, and in part composed by, Daniel Bedinger Lucas. Baltimore: Kelly, Piet & Company. 1869. The Waverley Novels. By Sir Walter Scott, Bart. Waverley, Guy Mannering, Kenilworth, Ivanhoe. Illustrated with steel and wood engravings. New York: D. Appleton & Company. 1868. The Waverley Novels. By Sir Walter Scott, Bart. Rob Roy, Old Mortality, Monastery, Pirate, Black Dwarf. Illustrated with steel and wood engravings. New York: D. Appleton & Company. 1869. Mr. Midshipman Easy. By Captain Marryatt. New York: D. Appleton & Company. The Poetical Works of Fite-Greene Halleck, with extracts from those of Joseph Rodman Drake. Edited by James Grant Wilson. New York: D. Appleton & Company. 1869. Goethe and Schiller. An Historical Romance. By L. Mühlbach. Translated from the German by Chapman Coleman. Illustrated by Gaston Fay. Complete in one volume. New York: D. Appleton & Company. 1869. Lecture-Notes on Physics. By Alfred M. Mayer, Ph. D., Professor of Physics in Lehigh University, Pa. Philadelphia: From Journal of Franklin Institute. 1869. How a Bride was Won; or, a Chase Across the Pampas. By Frederick Gerstäcker. With illustrations by Gaston Fay. New York: D. Appleton & Company. 1869. Prince Eugene and his Times. An Historical Novel. New York: D. Appleton & Company. 1869. Endoxia: A Picture of the Fifth Century. Translated from the German of Ida, Countess Hahn Hahn. Baltimore: Kelly, Piet & Co. 1869. The Gain of a Loss. A Novel. By the author of the Last of the Cavaliers. New York: Leypoldt & Holdt. 1869. The English Classics. An Historical Sketch of the Literature of England from the Earliest Times to the Accession of George III. By R. M. Johnston, Professor of Rhetoric and Belles Lettres in the University of Georgia. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co. 1860. New Is the English Bible the Word of God? The Canon of Holy Scripture. By Matthew H. 'Henderson, D. D. York: Pott & Amery. 1868. A Book about Dominies. By A. R. Hope. Boston: Roberts Brothers. 1869. Dolores: A Tale of Disappointment and Distress. By Benjamin Robinson. New York: E. J. Hale & Sons. 1868. The Fisher Maiden; A Norwegian Tale. By Björnstjerne Björnson. Translated by M. E. Niles. New York: Leypoldt & Holdt. 1869. 1869. For sale by Cushings & Bailey, Baltimore. Beginning German. By Dr. Emil Otto. Arranged by L. Pylodet. New York: Leypoldt & Holdt. 1869. Beginner's French Reader. Arranged by L. Pylodet. New York: Leypoldt & Holdt. 1869. New Guide to German Conversation. By L. Pylodet. New York: Leypoldt & Holdt. 1869. Landmarks of Ancient History. By Miss Yonge, Author of the Heir of Redcliffe.' New York: Leypoldt & Holdt. 1868. Landmarks of Mediaval History. By Miss Yonge. New York: Leypoldt & Holdt. 1868. Landmarks of Modern History. By Mrs. Yonge. New York: Leypoldt & Holdt. 1868. As by Fire. By Miss Nelly Marshall. New York: Geo. S. Wilcox. 1869. Poems. By William James McClure. New York: P. O'Shea. 1869. A Manual of Mythology. By Rev. George W. Cox, M. A. New York: Leypoldt & Holdt. 1868. A Lecture on the Limitation of Estates, delivered before the Law Class of the University of Mississippi. By Alexander M. Clayton, LL. D. Jackson, Mississippi: Daily Clarion Steam Book and Job Printing Establishment. 1868. Fifteenth Annual Report of the Young Men's Christian Association of Baltimore. Baltimore: J. B. Rose & Co. Physical Survey of Virginia. Preliminary Report No. 1. By. M. F. Maury, LL. D., &c., &c. An extended notice of this Report will be given in the July number of this Review, for 1869. A Glance at Medical History. By Richard A. Wise, M. D. A Letter on the Financial Situation. By Francis B. Loney of Baltimore: Lucas Brothers. 1869. Eighteenth Annual Report of the Managers of the House of Refuge, made to the Governor of Maryland. Baltimore: Innes & Co. |