New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1843-04-07
4itsrarp Notices.

THE EDrssusea Review; February: . lssa American
Eci,ion. Vol ls. No. j. Joseph aaasoh'
The leading paper in this Number IS Curious
bu, entertaining article on the Advertising oSs'eni
Of the present day, made up mainly OF the 1host
singular specimens, selected With remarkable olif-
renee from the English newspapers. II seems
very clear tina, Brandreth and Sherman are not
yri,hou, their rivals across the water IN this
hitherto unt,odden field of literature and enter
,ri.e. nor can Yankeedom claim any special or
exclusive property in the patent: for verify, the
advertisers in The Times, as exhibited IN the kdin
hnrph fairly distance their American rivals IN the
boldness Of their imaginative flights ana the Ter
tility of genius which marks their productions
The article reveals some strange tricks to which
asn;ran.s TO gen,lity in London for the pur
pose of supporting their Pretensions One OF
which we never heard before is that OF men OF
fashion who wish to have the credit OF being
famous hunters. Announcing to their friends that
they are to laeye town on bunting exclusion they
leave ,her lodgings and take new euas in some OBJ
scure quarter, where they remain eight or tea days
Then, hiring horse for the occasion, they resort
to what is called Splashing House, where, for
seven shings, they, with their nag, can be
'splashed with Buching hamshire, Derbyshire or
other mud, as they may desire: and, thus pre-
pared, they ride into town on some tine day. de-
claring that they have just returned from the finest
sport the most inveterate hunter could desirei-
The next article is upon Homer, especially Arch
deacon Williams edition. This is followed BY
very elaborate and excellent article on Christopher
North's Recreations, in which the character ct the
criticism of the present day is closely examines,
and the highest praise is awarded to The accom-
plished and gifted Editor of Blackwood. Bor-
rows Bible in Spain is then made the theme of
very racy and pleasant paper, in which IS an IN
teresting extract from Col. Napiers narrative of
his first meeting in Spain with Mr.. Borrow, whose
strange appearance, friendly relations and infiu-
ence with the Gipsies, and above all his Intimate
and perfect acquaintance with all languages and
dialects, made him an ohiec, of wonder and Curl
osity sThe Changes of Social Life In Germany
form the spject of the next article. The remain
ing papers are mainly political, comprising an ex'
animation into the causes and remedies of the
distress in the English Manufacturing Districts,
review of Ministerial policy in the East, and an
essay on Weights and Measures.
lean Edition. Vol l9. No. 2. Joseph Mason
This number contains several papers OF consid-
cradle interest. Victor Hugo's Letters on the
Rhine furnish the subject for the first, and lay
lor's Edwin the Fair is very ably reviewed and
iudiciously commended in the second. Macaulay's
Lays are very highly praised-and the theory Of
Niebuhr concerning early Roman History, upon
which Mr. Macaulay builds his ballads, Is exam
ined at seme length. The writer says at the con.
clusion of his article, ihet it is reported Macaulay
is soon TO come before the public as Ristorion:
and expresses the fear that his wealth Of imagery
o: alluson, &c should betray him into prodigality
Dickens Notes are severely reviewed. and
the writer takes OCCASION in note, to speak OF the
Somers Mutiny and of the cold-booded and can't
ing cruelty which mark Commander Mackenzie's |
sexculpatsry narrative He adds: eve, and we
believe we may say the whole civilized world await
the result of this affair with more painful anxiety
than any question of mere naval discipline could
have created" Sir Ashley Cooper's Life is made
the subject of very interesting article. We ind
extracted from the Textbook of this renowned sur
geon the following curious record Of the progress
he made in winning popularity in his profession
&c MY receipt" says he, Z" for the FIRST year was
IS S.; the second EGG; the third 264; the
fourth e96; the fifth el00; the sixth s200 the
seventh S4o9; the eighth f610; the ninth
9l0O"
But his practice afterwards became more lucre-
tive than that of any Surgeon that ever lived. IN
1915 his professional receipts were E2i ,o00.-
Through ali hi. active life he was in his dissecng
at 6 in the morning, at dressed for the day,
and at the service of gratuitous patients till halt
past 8; at 10 his rooms thronged with pa
tiens till l, wheu often forced to escape the crowd
by back door, he lec,ured at Gays till g then
rushed across the street to deliver his anatomical
lecture; at he went again his dissectins- room
at half past rode on his rounds, giving the post
boys "three pence mile for bad driving, four
pence for good and sixpence il they would drive
like the devil" sill z; then he took dinner, regula
ting his diet upon the principle that after such la
Dor he 'coud digest any thing but saw-dust -
slept Just ten minutes, then lectured and was on
his visiting till IL and often till o'clock. This
was the usual industry by which his whole active
life was marked.
The American treaty is reviewed and MIR. Web
ster is visdicated from the a.persous cast upon
his management of the negotiation BY the London
press. The number contains several other papers,
literary and POLITICAL which we have not spece to
notice.
RAaBLEs IN YucArAs-The Mcssrs Langleys
have just published, in two very beautiful volumes
the popular work of Mr.. B. nj. NORMAN, OF New
Orleans on Yucatan, which they sell at the ex-