The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-08-06

N. w. corner OF Fulton and Nassau streets,
MIR. CooIev,s Remarkable and Amusing
Work on Egypt and the Egyptinns-The
Criticisms thereon-slnSulnr Movements
In the Literary World.
The public have lately been amused and interest
ed by a series of very remarkable and exraordina-
~ events which have taken place in the old world
relative to the book-making or book-selllng bust
ness and amongst the historical and travelling por-
ton OF the community. Other causes commngling
Unexpectedly with the above, at this particular
juncture, have created quite fare-up among the
sapans OF the literary W ord and by a singular
combination of events, other eruptions are taking
place at this very point of time in the New World,
and other parts OF the literary republic, which are
likely TO keep the whole civilized and reading re-
public OF literature and letters in a delightfully."- ele-
CANT row for unlimited number of years
In the first place, we have the singular movement
OF Charles Dickens in Europe and his still more sin
gular circular to the authors of the Old World, to
enter into combination not to allow a single proof
sheet OF theirs, nor perfect copy OF TIE work
(untl thousands are ready to be senO to cross the
Atlantic under any circumstances. Coupled with
this, we have the great, the enterprisng, the re-
markable movement of the Harper Brothers, by
which they bid fair TO distance all competition and
llNduy ny WOTkS OF lle pest SIAN
dard writers complete, for twenty-five cents EACH
Next, we have the movement of the mammoth
sheets repubshing all sorts of trash and garbage,
IN an uncouth and announcement form, and charging
more in proportion therefor than do the Harpers for
their admirable edition. Besides which, we have
various other singular developments, all ripe and
ready for explosion but the results of which are
yet in the womb of time.
In conneyian with all thic we have nj this mar.
ticuar crisis the publication of remarkable work
on Egypt, by Mr. Cooley. This gentleman,
American, going abroad for the first time, and ira
yelling Egypt with mind keenly alive to
every novel scene and impression, gives view
of the whole country, and describes the singular
customs and manners of the people in graphic and
perfectly original manner, and affords a clearer
insight into the present character and customs of
that remarkable people than any traveller that has
gone before him.
savage, and at the same time silly and harmless
review of this remarkable work has just made its
appearance in the New World" This review
was written by young Englishman named Gid
don, son OF Consul in Egypt, who lays claim TO
small beer sort of w.t. and has been moving about
IN certain circles here, trying to sustain the very
equlvoca character of fashionable literary loaer.
Young Gliddon has very fooishly attempted to
show up the book account of Its style when the
fact Is, that the unassumng, familiar, and amusing
style in which the anecdotes are told is the great
est feature of the work He attempts TO show that
the book contains an error on this point and an
that point, as if book, which treats of 50
many different matters, could be devoid of errors
The design-the principal views taken by an author
of a people, country, nation, must be derived
from some standard. And as to the deductions
therefrom, the differences and details, why Cham
polion, Wilkinson, Romini, Lane, Stephens, and
the whole of them committed errors, MANY and
gross ones and so it must ever be, where writer
INDUCES IN matters purely theoretical and specu-
lative.
The whole OF the review, however, 1t can be seen
is mere personal quarrel and like all such violent
and unounded TRADES, will only help to sell the
book. Ii happens that Mr. Cooley went to Egypt
perfectly unprejudiced untramelled by the conven.
tonal rules OF travellers, and with all original turn
of mind and train of thought, gave an entirely new
view of the country he passed through, and has
written the most readable book about the tract of
country he describes, that has appeared in many
years. And it is because he has despised these
trammels, thought proper to think for himself, and
opened up the conventional humbug of authors and
travellers, that he has been thus savagely attacked
All these things, however-the movement of the
Harpers-the original work of Mr.. Cooley, fol-
lowed as 1t is TO be by still more graphic work on
Palestlne-both written in easy conversational
style, without resorting to the ridiculous stills of
hackneyed authors-the curious and savage move
ments of Dickens in London-and the various other
movements here-all the authors of them fight
ing, fixing, quarreng and tuggng together to Gre
ate excitement, will tend to awaken the atten-
tlon OF the public to the whole matter, and
trae that attention 10 the movements now
making in the literature of this great land
From the efforts of the confederacy sought to be
established by Charles Dickens in England, we
have reason to anticipate the establishment of a ST.
milar confederacy here. And the browning move
ment of this great revolution will have to date its
origin from about this period.
We approve of all these quarrels and movements.
We like to see Dickens in England abusing those
who licked his feet and fawned on him here. We
like to young Mr.. Gliddon, an Englishman,
abusing one of the most original American authors
of modern date and above all, like TO see Park
Benjamin, who is neither Engshman American,
Turk or Jew, turning round upon all and abusing
every body and making one superlatlve, stupen-
dous of himself.
STATE OF PARTIES RACE FOR THE NEXT PREsI-
DENcY.-The last effort made in this city, under the
management of those stupendous charlatans NJ M.
Noah, Redwood Fisher, and a few others, to esab-
lish third, or Tyler party, has turned out a sad
failure.
After repeated trials, and,as many failures it NAV
now be land down as a settled maxim in politics.
that there are only two great parties in this country
divided on the questions of bank assumption of
State debts, tariff, distribution, &c. No third party
can be established, and all attempts are ridiculous
President Tyer's course is, therefore, very plain
From his political faith and tendencies, he s gra-
dualy falling back on the democratic party and the
violence and abuse of the wings only hasten the
crisis A portion of the present cabinet, and all
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