The Arkansas advocate., 1836-12-16
From the Western Monthly Magazine. COL. CROCKETT'S EXPLOITS AND
 VENTURES IN TEXAS.

PHIEADELPHIA: T. l.. AND P. C. COLLINS, 1886.
 .Wheren is contained,' says the preface, "a full ac- count of his journey from Tennessee 10 led river and Nachitoches and thence across Texas o San Antonio: including his many hairbfeadh escaPes together with a typographical, historical and political view of Texas. N9@fien 6g hamSeg The narrative brought down from the death of Col Crockett 10 the battle of San Jacnto, by an eye witness
 This Is the fifth sixth boo! hat Las been present. ed to the American public, as having come from the pen of the great Western Scandnayan whose portralt (and il is true to the original beams forth so mildly from the first page. That his character was mid ali who knew him can testiiy. Goodnatured, nofTensive. humorous and playful, yet braye spirited and full of shrewd common sense, was this same David Crockett The cause of his remarkable celebrity is not so much that he was in himself remarkable as that he was tie representative of remarkable class ofmen-the Vest ern settlers. He completely identified with tbem lie loved them and they loved hm. He became their ype-their reflected image-the embodiment of their peculiar characteristics. Many things are, therefore ascribed to him which only rnetaphorcaly true of him as such type and representative not actually true of him an individual. The true David Crock cit is an ideal, not actual man. He stands ia rela- ton 10 the backwoodsmen as the shadower forth of their aults and virtues, just as the ideal John Bul of the English, the Pat of the Irish, the Monsieur of the French, or the Brother Jonathan of the Yankees Ills prvate qualities are forgotten and merged into those 0. hls class and ageof whom he is the aegory and personhcaton.
 Whenever new race of men spring into being, they require some such meaphorca person to motto forth their peculiarltes 10 the woFld--a nucleus around which the floating traits and individual anecdotes of the land may chfystaze with the brilliant usre and palpable effect The backwoodsmen have taken up our hero and adorned him with all the honors of their bfiet history and tradiionary exploits. The wild my biological dyinitles of the Nor-mer have hardly ner formed more wonderful deeds than Crockett. They may have breakfasted upon whales and bottled up the aurora boreais and drank lakes, and eaten mountains at meal. But David has greased the lightning and ridden through cane brake. He has breasted the rushing current of the father of waters towing dozen steamboas with his teeth. He has whipped his weight in cougars -gnnned whole menageries into conFu- slons--and screamed the earthquake into silence Nothing gives 10 the imagination such romantic play as the wild life of backweodsman, or western boat man. They naturally fall into an extTavaeant way of speaking Accustomed 10 see the face of nature as- magnificent and boundess aspect, and to wit Eess the operation of the natural elements upon the mightiest seale-they have the largest and richest nseadows--the longest ryers--the heaviest and most extensive forests--the most abundant game-and the most rapidly prosperng country on earth They par take of the swelling world around them, and speak of their exploits and powers IS they were deniaods To De sure ii Is done than halt in sport, but t is one among many indications of character
 But as these thoughts would take us far beyond our limits, will close this notice by giving some short extracts from the book. The book probably writ ten Jor David and not by him. The tone is humor- ous throughout, except towards the cosethe style Is ingenious but introduction of worn out anecdotes. sayings and newspaper stories, give t made up and patched appearance. The best part of the volume is the description of the praries, and Crockets wild ad- ventures with the bee hunter, gambler, cllis;- cao, the nerd of bulaloes the drove of wild horses, the cougar and the party of the Cumancbe Indians. There $ great spirit ard life in this part of the book, and there $ also enough praisebQaee to make t in- teresilng.
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