Text: Edgar Allan Poe (?), Literary, Broadway Journal (New York), April 12, 1845, vol. 1, no. 15, p. ???-???

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LITERARY INTELLIGENCE.

The Mess. Appletons have ready “The Farmer's and Emigrant's Hand-Book” by Josiah T. Marshall — 1 vol. 12mo. illustrated — (We shall notice it in our next); they are also preparing Dr. Arnold's Lectures on Modern History, with an Introduction and Notes by Henry Reed, of the Pennsylvania University — also a new edition of Cary's Dante, forming one of their Cabinet edition of Standard Poets — also a new Standard Edition of the Book of Common Prayer of the P. E. Church (finely illustrated) — also Wordsworth's Poetical works (illustrated) uniform with their previous edition of Hemans — also Leibig's Familiar Letters on Chemistry (second series) — also the English Dictionary of Alexander Reid. — Michelet's History of the Roman Republic, translated by Victor G. Benne A. B. — a volume of Poems by Wm. W. Lord, of Princeton N. J. — Saul, a dramatic Mystery by Arthur Cleaveland Cox (announced some time since, by mistake, as in press by some other house) — and The History of Germany by F. Kolrauch, Chief of the Board of Education of the Kingdom of Hanover and late Professor of History in the Polytechnic School, translated by James D. Haas — a very important work to appear in 5 monthly parts, funning a portion of Appleton's Historical Library.

Mess. Carey & Hart, of Philadelphia, will publish next week a new and very cheap edition of the Waverly Novels — the whole in five volumes for two dollars and a half —— in the course of the month, a new edition of “The Modern Essayists” — Macaulay — Alllson — Wilson and Sidney Smith — each complete in a single volume. Carlyle, in a fifth volume, will appear next month. The same enterprising publishers have also in press “The Literary Men of the Time of George the Third” by Lord Brougham, and Thierry’a Historical Studies and Meravingian Era.

“The Library of Choice Reading,” issued by Mess. Wiley and Putnam, is received everywhere with approbation. The selections are eminently judicious. The first number of the American series, will be put to press in a few days.

“The London Lancet.” — Burgess Stringer & Co. have just issued their re-print of the April number. It is full of valuable matter. No medical periodical equals The Lancet.

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THE LATE LAMAN BLANCHARD. — This popular English essayist is so well known on our side the Atlantic, by his satirical sketches, which have formed one of the chief features of our light republishing magazines fur the past ten years, that a sketch of him must be an acceptable bit of biography for magazine readers. We give the following condensed account of his life and labors from the last number of the New Monthly Magazine: —

“Samuel Leman Blanchard was born at Great Yarmouth, in Norfolk, on the 15th of May, 1803, the only boy of seven children. His father was in respectable circumstances, and removed to London when his son was about five years old; here he received his education at St. Olave's school, Southwark, and became distinguished when a youth for an exquisite appreciation of the English poets.

“Mr. Blanchard married in 1824, Miss Anne Gates, a young lady of considerable personal attractions and good family. His first literary undertaking was a small volume of poems, published in the year is called ‘Lyric Offerings,’ a collection that exhibited uuquestionable evidence of high poetical talent. Indeed, as a poet, Leman Blanchard deserves to be placed in a front rank; for some of the lyrical pieces be has since produced possess the highest merit. This work made him favorably known. He began to write for one or two periodicals, and [page 239:] as at this time he had been appointed Secretary to the Zoological Society, he had sufficient employment for his leisure in cultivating his literary talents. The secretaryship was given up in 1831, and almost immediately afterwards he was engaged in editing both the Monthly Magazine and La Belle Assemble. This employment brought him in connexion with literary men of different parties, among whom his sociality exercised an irresistible influence. He rose rapidly in the estimation of his more influential friends, and was selected to assist in establishing a new evening paper called The True Sun, in which he wrote for nearly two years with remarkable liveliness and spirit, and from which he withdrew a little before it ceased to exist. He was soon engaged upon other papers. The Constitutional and The Shipping Gazette, he tried in vain to establish, but there was no hope in a struggle with such competitors as already possessed the field. He was also editor of The Courier — this was when the Whigs were in office, and he fought their battles with great energy and talent.

“We next find him editor of the Court Journal. Here be was rather out of his element. Fashionable Literature was of much too light a texture for him to manufacture successfully; nevertheless, he endeavoured to to [[sic]] meet the wants of such a journal, and for a long time continued to write graceful trifles in a style that charmed his elegant readers, and made them believe that a second Addison had been created (or their entertainment. After a year or two, he left the Court Journal for more congenial employment. — He became a constant contributor to the New Monthly Magazine, edited George Cruikshank's Omnibus, was engaged on the Examiner, and furnished occasional papers for several other publications both political and literary. lie was always occupied, and in such a variety of ways as must have been destructive to the hopes his friends entertained of a true developement of his genius. — Now engaged upon a leader for a newspaper — now upon a paper for a magazine — a poem for an annual, or a review for one of the principal journals. The only volume which was completely his own was his first; but there were two works to which he contributed materials; these were The Literary Remains of L. E. L.’ in two volumes, to which be contributed the Life;’ and Dr. Maginn's posthumous work, ‘John Manesty, the Liverpool Merchant,’ in three volumes, of which he wrote occasional chapters.”

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THE UNITED STATES HOTEL. — This very fine establishment has been leased by Mr. Johnson, who is already well known to the travelling public. The lessee has reduced the prices, a very important feature in a first class hotel.

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A PROLIFIC AUTHORESS. — The late Mrs. Holland, author of “The Son of a Genius,” wrote seventy different works, besides contributions to magazines and periodicals, the gross sale of which, estimated from the returns of the publishers, has been about 300,000 copies, lot including the translations into German and French, nor those sold in America where her works have been as popular as at home. Mrs. Hofland visited Paris in the summer of 1843, and soon after published her last work, “Emily's Record of a Trip to Paris.” She died at Richmond on the 9th of November last. of inflammation in the brain, brought on by a fall about a fortnight before.

A REMARKABLE PARTIALITY FOR MUD. — “The Hon. James Harper” in declining an invitation of the Native Americans of Philadelphia to pay them a visit recently, informed them that he had not spent two days out of the city since his election to the Mayoralty.

The Columbus (Mississippi) Democrat publishes some very beautiful lines written by Mrs. Sarah B. Danbridge, a grand-daughter of Patrick Henry. Their subject is “Buonaparte's Retreat across the Rhine.” The Democrat also announces that “she has left many fugitive pieces among her acquaintances, the most of which have been carefully collected by one of her relations, who is now preparing them (with a biographical notice) for publication.”