Morning herald., 1839-11-02


Bvrton.-Carey& & Hart, Pa Wiley & Pufnaan, Ntc
York-From the time of the first advent Of the
Annuais," we were never among their admirers, in
literary point of view, although it cannot be denied
that amid the crowd Of their contributors there has
always been many blazing stars exhibited, OF
the most fashionable as well the most popular
lord and lady writers of the day We are not, how
ever. going to depreciate them, they were pretty
toys from the first their prettiness has ncreased
but books they have, with few exceptions, been
mere vehicles for the circulation of much maudin
trashy sentmentalism in the shape o. prose, and of
great deal more of that sort Of rhyme which
"--- ladies read and liierat laud"
They have undoubtedly been of great service to
the fine arts They have improved the public taste,
and raised the engraver almost to the rank OF the
painter in the eyes of the world 1t is true the Tor
mer does not originate but he circuates to the four
quarters OF the GLOBE the unsaleable productions OF
the unknown student well the far famed and
impe ershable works Of the great and immortal Da
Vincas and Raphaels of the olden time In this point
of view, "the ANNALS" have their utility and by
their instrumentalty the engraver has been raised
from mere mechanic to an artist, and the htnerto
bare walls of the farmer and peasant can now De de-
ccrated with pictorial that once could
only be seen in the salons Of the EUROPEAN nobility,
or the mansions and villas of hant princes
Let any one open this book, or indeed any OF the
same kind. and they will be fully convinced OF ,he
position we have taken The illustrations are beauti-
full and several Of them will bear comparison with
Of the finest specimens from the barn OF Heath
Finden. The Frontispiece is loveable portrait
Of gypsey woman from picture by Rocharchard
1t asweet face and very characteristic OF the tribe
In boysh days. when strollng with rod and angle
along the sylven that rrgate the quiet beau
ties Of merry England, "many time and Oft have we
had our fate predicted, by such sybil, with such
q pair Of eyes.
The title page is mermaid swimming, but the
artist ought to have known that not even native of
the seas could swim With its hands out of the water
albet they are well that the error might be
forgiven for the sake Of their beauty My boy hoods
love is from sketch by Suiy and on] reInarkaoie @
for certain sort Of prettiness, such ava mere boy
might be thought to love- But turn we to one oil those
sweet and truly arstocratc portraits Of female Dy
Chalen with the beautiful caption OF La Jeunne "a
quette. This is indeed gem, and so Is the one from
the peneilof Leopold Robert, termed Peasant Girl OF
Procida. Of the scenic engraviRgs "the view In
Venice" and 'the morning BATH are the best
tions of the Souvenir" The poetry is by gentle
maa named Charles West Thomson, and the least
that is said about it the better. is of that kind
which I" neither Gods men are said to permit
Take the following specimen:
. | would among your songs,
Yc woods aud rural streams,
To drink this pleasures that belongs
To your ungsrnished dreams"
We shosld like to know what sort Of visions the
woods and streams enjoy Perhaps the poet In his
next rhapsody will enlighten the world thereon,
and say ii such potations are, or not, Inhabited by
the teetotalers. We could furnish other specimens
of Stiffness, but suppose this one pill will De deemed
adose.
Towards the prose tales we have far more plea
surable duty perform. We have read two or three
OF them, with unmxed satisfaction The indussri
GUS and talented Editor has written them all himself
vet still there samenes bat he carries his rea
der to different scenes, different countries, and
brings before the minds eye, varied and molly
group of original SSarae.ers Peep :. MSnsns sSnr
the warn about mermaids and the old Dutchman
and his long box" are all peculiarly graphic, and
are sufficient proof that their author has studied
l~..l s~aA<x oil md
every kind Of men, from the stardy laborer mp to the
useless lordling who exhibits his delicate form,
s-nsat, trinity dressed,
Fresh a. a brideg room,
Aud perfamsd Ike mner"
TIL. 10 the old haunts OF the famed college Of
Cambridge is a beautiful sketch, and the io'ees OF
the several learned men are well hlt en we missed
however one af ths Gods OF our Idoatry, VINO In MS
time made some little noise at Trinity, and we mar
vel how the author could have iaiied 10 nave put
him in Lord Byron and his bear, whom ne kept 10
sit ior feiowshlp m,sl. nave Seen en,x ~ snsv
the converse Of a rare assemolage oi osa"r es
prifs. -n !. ..I
Ian, and whoever desires 20 live in the memory Of
his wife or mistress to present them book that
unites beauty aud utility hating the poe.y-cannct
do better than lay the Literary souvenir al theiI
feet and remember that il is edited by enc who not
only can instruct them with his pen, bu' keep a
whole audience in a roar by his iaughao'e ahd racy
comic acting IL is not often that literary ana ora
m
certainly do not often exhibit such proofs oi ~ 10
the world at la'ge.
TgA AND CorrEE-By WM. A. ALcorT.-Geo.
IV I,,ghf A. CO. on.-rhis little volume Is .
history az the tea plant and the coffee tree and II
the author had stopped with giving the world some
aecount Of their origin sure we should De pet
Ter pe.sed with the book But like all altra fanatics
of the present dav, he wishes to reform the world
altoyetker and 10 conine diet to rye bread and
cold water We always avoid this class Of lndiv'-
duaIs, Just the same would the guttoa the bon
r,panf. and the drunkard. Man., said the great
re(orner and philosopher, Jesus Of Nazareth, was
not 10 live by bread alone" and Pope has put the
same idea into poetry, when he says
God !. paid when receives
To snia, 10 10 obey
WI. ,eetotalers would make the world desert. and
because some abuse the good gifts of Provdencc,
sadnce their bodies by abstinence, and bring
.s.mselves 10 an early grave by the Withholding OF
a., degvee Of ustenance which IL necessary to ward
ag 49,. stTsets of the winters cold and summers
eh;ag heat !, the rest OF the world are to have no
rrske. and oil We scout such phiiosophy .
DR.w,sos roR You've CHILDREN s-Cnarns r.
Franc,s Nec York.-Ths - reprint from nand.
a.,. nnbeation of the society Tor the diffusion OF
n.sf.l knowIedse. II Is admirably adapted Tor the
e the author had in view, that OF yoang
tyro into the art of depicting objects on paper. IL
a,a,s nearl, 800 wood cuts, calculated 10 improve
~. n~morv and to teach that which has been h'ther'e
hut little cult, aed until boy or girlhad displayed
somethinr like talent for the fine arts Ihis pook
- (r such pu pils, bat to aid ana ASSIST