Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1840-08-06

That mammoth sheet, whose giant folds see.
Wide spread 10 smother whom 2-poor timid me
Oh thou, its guide to such renowned success"
Penny Apollo Of our Gotham press
Great Sonnetcer. why stretch thy mighty
TO crush Muse that never did thee harm?
That viewed thy sheets vast of words with
That ten OF thy ten hundred sonnets read,
And one remembered Why not better aim
Thy baro'd goose-ieather at some nobler game 2
SrsAGuE, Bryant, HALLEcK, whose exalted shrine
| Stands on Parnassus some,ohaf nearer thine;
And leave to me my hnmbly piodding place,
| To gather flowers by streams that wash its base
! REAS
What art thou stirred by noises such these
! Kissing serpent or a whistling breeze?
And knowest thou not thy tark is waited
| Far better by an adverse wind than monet
What. deprecate the malice of a foe
That loves to bend at shining mark his bow?
That sroye with throws convulsive 70 defeat
CooPERs renown and hur him from his seat;
That even in ELssLrR found no graces rare,
Who, touching earth, seems most at home in air;
That dubbed our iRvIsc, when his singing page
Lashed home the pseudo critics Of the age,
"A blown-up bladder" which his pen of steel
Would pierce and all its emptiness reveal;
Which dreadful fate, though friends were much
He by some n,irecie escaped unframed.
Mehinks good muse thou sho udst he proud to greet
Abuse such merit has bsen doomed to meet.
The article Z" Asinine Connoisseurs in the art''
is capita, and the wood cut is nimitable. Let all
read the Kniekerbocker for this month.
The Ladies CoMPANIoS.-The August number
of tins pretty magazine comes to US adorned with
an engraving, entitled Bess and her Spinning
Wheel " which is very fair specimen ofart. The
contrast between the grotesque iaugherlighed face
oil the child and the stoic phiz OF the rough Scotch
terrier, his playmate, Is well conceived and cxecI-
ted Now for the contents of the book itself.
The redeeming. prose papers Of the work are
Mary Derwen,, aud "Oar Library both writ
and the latter by Emma c. Enbury. "The Cove.
nanters," by Hamilton, is most excellent.
We have now to speak OF the Poetical part of
I" The Ladies Companion" "The Farewell" evin-
| feeling, and Is poetry-a thing ve:y distinct
from rhyme, be il remembered "The Young
Widows Lament" is certainly sentimental, but we
do not admire the
a warrior so brave and virgin so bright
Conversed as they sat on the green"
air that it bears about it, "a Song" being all about
love. and the writer lady, will not venture just
now an opinion it's merits, " The Ocean Sea" cor
tans some good and ST srling lines 'My Birth Day"
"a very lachrymose affair. "Sick Bed Musings In
blank verse, by Mrs. Ana $. Stephens, have devo-
tioual air about them, religious and pleasing "Ihe
Honey Locust and The Morning Glory" by Ruius
Dawes, is very gaod poetry. 'rhe Cottage Door,"
and the music accompanying y, are both pretty
& The Spirit Of Poetry" by Frances $. Ossood,
breathes the true inspiraton ofsong: Songs ofthe
ind !" by Rev. H. Clinch, we like so well that
we wish them lon err Thoughts" and "The Spi-
rit's Prayer" are both ofthem irte.
| The following notice Of the failure OF the water
pieces at the Bowery Theatre, which we copy from
It's pages comes with ten fold force from this work
| of Mr. Snowden's connected as himself and father
are by ties Of close friendship and interest with Mr.
| Iamblin.
Bowsn,-The aquatic experiment Of MIR. Hsmblin we
regret say has not met with the success TO which It's
ene IT, This comparative failure is to be attrbu
ted solely the very unstracve drama upon which The
nauca spectacle engrsfcd Imagine, reader an au
dience anxously anticipating performance, the sole at
traction of the cyenn and 70 arrive at which it is
.sry for them TO sit and yawn full hours through
duh aud unntercstng Affair." oil talk and no dramatic Incl
dent until Mt length when patience is completely
S,nea ana The house has become Indifferent to ali that
follow, the great feature OF the evening enter
tainmen is produced Under such circumstsnces some
NAV rally imagine what the result would be- Instead
Of The and shouts for which this theatre has long
renowned and which the novelty aud beauty OF the
exhibition really deserved the applause seemed more like
satisfaction expressed at The termination Of an irksome
task than qualification at pleasant entertainment AFTER
dragging slow length along through fourteen re-
"the PTae Signal on the bridge of death
was Withdrawn 10 make way for new and orig nal
piece en- tiled The Yankees in China" This. like the
preceding piece proved be dead failure Its plot If
farrago asurdiiies BE denomnated Is founded
The Characters with the exception Of Yankee aiyentur
err feby drawn, and the dialogue scarcely reaches
m.docriy The audience, instead Of sitting through Two
long compelled 10 endure four short ones whist
the denouemem is Tar less effective man thaI vi
rates Signal"
HUsr's MrRcuaSr's MAcAzrSE ron AUGUST
most excellent number usual, and full of excel
lent matter. Mr. Hunt deserves great credit iof the
pains he takes to render his magazine interesting n
well a useful. No mercantile or commercial naa,
no pubic library, and good private library should
be without this work. IL has eirht original papers,
six notices IF recent publications, and ths statistics
of insurance and commerce. II has also several
antile mis- ceanies. Ii hardly fair where all
is so good to make apparent invdous distinction
by prasiDg one article IN preference To Others, oul
works of this kind cannot be reviewed otherwise
This being the case, we recommend TO the resjer Az
tiele Ist, on the "Snuth Sea Bubble, by T.. w.
lStoughton, Esq Of New York This writer appears
to have studied his subject thoroughly, and at, 10
use his own words, "has mirrored forth the events
Of AN era more remarkable for imaginary and spec
trail schemes, by visionary and designing msn, than
ever breathed INTO lie and form by the widest
speculations Of any other age or period 81 IN,
world" The causes that led to the then universal
delusion are enumerated in manner which shows
the closest knowledge Of the subject. and ns histo
nv ~ then entered upon, aud the chronology OF 80
events is given with description which we thinh
has never been equallcd BY any other writer.
touching description Gifts DISASTROUS consequence s
j. added with equal fidelity The whole Is done IN
a manner which is highly commendablc to the au
thor's modesty. 49,
| The other articles are "Csury Laws" by james
VI. wheton, Esq. of Massachusettsj causes 81 the
unsteadiness IL the Currency, and the rcmcd
therelor,"by Henry C. Carey, EGG OF Pennsylva
MIA; " Laws relative 10 debtor aud creditor by
. James IA. Lanmau, Esq "The Leather Manuiac
ture," by Charles NJ. Duf, Esq. Of New York
, "rhe Mercantile Biography Of stephen j. Jansen
Lord Mayor &c London "rhe Law of Salvage,
, BY the Hon WIN. Marvin, of Florida and "Agri
culture, Commerce, aud Manufacturer Sc
THr L.pY's BOOK FOR AUGUsr-New York
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