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before the American public with the following dedication to one who has indeed "thrown the soft light of romance and song over our working-day life in America." We transfer it to our pages with sincere pleasure.

TO GEORGE P. MORRIS.

the topics of London, at this moment, and, in my opinion, if it fare as well, as to preservation, as the Venus de Medicis, it will be more admired than that first marble in the world, when London shall be what Rome is now. Power should be idolized by woman for the divine type of her, by which he has now elevated man's ideal of the sex. That so wonderfully beautiful thing can be true to nature-that this divine mould is unquestionably like some women-a conviction that must strike every beholder, at the same time that it makes him thank God that he is born one of this kind," and makes him adore woman more intensely than before. This Greek slave stands for sale in the Turkish bazaar.-Her dress hangs over the pillar against which she leans, and she is nude with the exception of the chain hung from wrist to wrist. It is a girl of eighteen, of beauty just perfected. A particular criticism of the figure and limbs would

DEAR GENERAL.-While every body else" in this land of noise, steam, and trouble," has been toiling out life, your business has been to live in society-your pass-time has been with the muses. You have thrown the soft light of romance and song, over our workingday life in America. How many times, years ago, did the "MIRROR" come like a winged messenger of peace and love, to our quiet homes, in the still country! How many of these cheerful homes where more cheerful when it came ! We used to go to the village post office, Saturday evening, to get the "MIRROR," and then come home and teaze our sisters-hardly be interesting to those who are not to see the for we would read it first; and they would come and look over our shoulders, and beg us to let them take it just a minute, to see General Morris's last song, and we would not give up until we had read it, and then they would go off and thump away on the piano-forte, just to teaze us. Dear sisters!-some of them are care-worn mothers, and some are angels

now.

It seems a " a long time ago"-Those bright homes around which you have poured so much romance, and such sweet song-we've wandered away from them and we thought we would be happy in the great world--! And now when we are tired, and crazed, we wish we could go back again-We did go back, and we looked for the flowers, and they were deadthe old songs and the bright eyed sisters, and the loved ones, and "they were gone, all gone;" and we bowed over the ruins of the altars of our early love, and

wept.

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statue, and I can only speak of the expression of the
face, which is one that gives the nude figure a com-
plete character of purity—a look of calm and lofty
indignation, wholly incapable of willing submission to
her captors.
Power has secured by this work, I
fancy, commissions enough for new works to fully
occupy his time. It was bought by an Englishman
who has been offered four times the sum for it. If
we are to believe one of the London critics (?) the
chief merit of the statue is due to Mrs. Trollope, who
discovered Power's genius when he was making wax
figures in Cincinnati, and induced him to embrace
the art and go to Italy!!!

THE COPYRIGHT LAW OF ENGLAND, AS AFFECTING FOREIGN AUTHORS.-A case of some interest to foreign authors has been decided in the English Court of Exchequer.

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When I think of those deserted homes over the An action was brought by Mr. Chappel to recover deep sea, whose sad ruins still seem so beautiful, I damages for the infringement of his supposed copythink of you, and when the New Mirror" comes I right in the music of the Overture to Auber's Fia read your songs at I used to, and try to feel as you Diavolo, which was sold by the composer to made me feel fifteen years ago. I wish I could pour Troupinas, who assigned his interest to one Latour, some sun-light around a heart that has poured so much from whom the plaintiff took his assignment. The around mine. I'll try! You love a good romance defendant, Mr. Purday, having published and sold I know. I offer you the best in the Italian tongue.copies of the same music, the action was brought to If you happen to while away an idle hour over these beautiful creations as gaily as I have many a one in trying to transfuse the bright dreams of Italian romance into the rude speech of the north, I shall be well paid for my toil.

I commit this little messenger from the land of Dante to the New World to your keeping, and there is no one I would love to trust it with so well.

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restrain him from doing so.

"The Chief Baron stated there were two questions -first, whether the plaintiff could claim any copyright under the circumstances of the case; and secondly, whether failing that, he was protected by the statute laws of England. As to the first question, there was no doubt whatever, that no foreigner residing abroad, and there composing a work could claim any protection for this work by the common law of this country. A copyright is a creature of the municipal law of each country, and must be governed by its statutes, which have no extra-territorial power. A British subject, may, therefore, at common law, print and publish any French work in England. And the next question is, whether as regards the defendant, that power is in any way affected by the statutes relating to this subject. The terms of these statutes do not apply to foreign authors and their works. His lordship examined at some length the several cases which were cited, and concluded by

saying that their result was that neither a foreign
author nor his assignee was protected in England
by the statutes, if the work in question should ap-
pear to have been first published elsewhere than in
this country.
The plaintiff was nonsuited."

CHEAP MUSIC.-Since the last number of our

magazine was published, Ferrett & Co. have issued, Part I. of their Selections from Fry's Grand Opera, { Leonora, consisting of three songs for 25 cents, viz: Return to me, ah! brother dear;" sung by Miss Ince—“Ah! Doomed Maiden"—sung by Mr. Seguin― and Grant me one only hour," sung by Mr. Frazer. This selection is beautifully printed, and sold at an extraordinarily low price. All the gems of this Opera, arranged on a lower key, and abbreviate, will be published by Ferrett & Co.; also the entire Opera in the original key, with Recitatives, Choruses, Orchestral accompaniments, &c. as quickly as it can be prepared and passed through the press.

The same publishers have also issued, Fourteen Celebrated Marches for 25 cents; Twelve Popular Quicksteps, for 25 cents. Melodies of ScotlandEleven favorite songs and ballads, for 25 cents Punch's Mazurkas, seven for 12 cents. Part II. of selections from LEONORA, price 25 cts.

This is a wonderful reduction in the price of music -a reduction that cannot but be hailed as a great public benefit. Persons who have been in the habit of paying three and four times the price for music that this is sold for, take it up and examine it with an incredulous and doubtful air. They think there must be some trick about it; or that it must be vastly inferior to the old style of music. In a little while, doubt and incredulity give place to a conviction that all is right, and then their expressions of gratification at this change are warm and free. We are pleased to state that, the publishers have a large quantity of music in press, and that they are straining every nerve to meet the increasing demand for their publi

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thor of "Destiny," and the "Inheritance." Of the writer of this work, Walter Scott, spoke thus in the conclusion of his Tales of My Landlord. "There remains behind not only a large harvest, but laborers capable of gathering it in. More than one writer has of late displayed talents of this description, and if the present author, himself a phantom, may be permitted to distinguish a brother or sister shadow, he would mention in particular the author of the very lively work entitled Marriage.” There has been a great call for an edition of this book, and we are glad to see it supplied. Inheritance," by the same au{thor, is in press. Ferrett & Co. have also issued a

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cheap reprint of another old, but highly popular book, Mrs. Hamilton's "Cottagers of Glenburnie.” They have also published Anna Milnor and other Tales. By T. S. Arthur. Louisa Mildmay. By the author of "Two Old Men's Tales, Mount Sorrel." ye. and "Violina," by Fouquè. The last book is the first number of a series of German Romances, to embrace the most popular works of Fouque, Teick, Caroline Pichler, Schmid, Hauff, and others, which will form a most acceptable library of cheap reading

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EVERY MAN HIS OWN AGENT.-All remittances of money for this magazine can be sent at our charge for postage. Those wishing to take our magazine, need not apply to any agent or post master, but write direct to us, enclosing a year's subscription, ($2) or the

they reside, and we will pay the postage. This simplifies the whole matter of subscription, perfectly, and makes the communication between publishers and subscribers, as it should be, direct.

"The Medici Series of Italian Prose," we have already mentioned. The Challenge of Barletta, by D'Azeglio, is the first book. It contains 274 pages, and is sold at fifty cents. "The Florentine Histo-price of a club, in funds current in the state where ries," by Machiavelli. "The Citizen of a Republic," by Ceba, a Genoese, and "The Auto-biography of Alfièri," will appear in quick succession. The Harpers have given us a new work from the pen of Miss Bremer-Life in Delacaria. It is said by those who have read it, to be one of the choicest productions of the author's pen. The Coming of the Mammoth, The Funeral of Time, and other Poems; BY HENRY B. HIRST, is a very handsome book from the press of music by mail. PHILLIPS and SAMPSON, Boston. We have placed

BOOKS AND MUSIC BY MAIL, FREE OF POSTAGE. See our advertisement on cover of books and

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**We would particularly request our brethren of the press to send us only such of their papers as contain notices of our magazine. Postage is a heavy tax on us.

this volume in the hands of one who has himself written many sweet poems, and much fine prose. His opinion of the book we hope to be able to give next month. For ourself, we have not leisure enough to do justice to a volume of poems. From the press *All letters that do not contain remittances of E. Ferrett & Co. has been issued a cheap reprint of money for this work, must be paid to ensure atof that very popular book "Marriage," by the au

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