New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1843-02-20
Aiterdcp Notices

BoRRcw's BIBLE IN STAIN, saston Miles and J. Win
chester.
w. have already alluded TO this work and To
the two editions in which it has been published
In this country-neilher of them worthy OF the
work and scarcely fit for the shelves of private
library, but both admirably adapted to secure to
the work "a wide perusal. 1t decidedly book OF
the highest mark published during the season and
we allu1e to it again, rather for the purpose OF
presenting some personal notice Of the Autho.
than any analysis of his book, which we have no
doubt will be most extensively read. Mr.. Borrow
was known to the world as the Author of mos,
pleasing and instructive book on the Gips!es o.
Spain published some two years since, WORK
opening a new and most interesting SUBJECT, ana
presenting upon it the fresh vivid Impressions OF
The writer in a very striking aud brilliant style.
His personal history seems to have been full OF
adventure; and the following passage, which We
COPY from the latest aumber of the London Quar-
terly Review where it occurs III an extended re
view of his Bible in Spain, presents him in ligh'
which cannot fail to secure for him aud his work
universal admiration and interest:
/" We infer, from various o5ite7 dicia of our au-
thor, that he is native of Nortoik--in which
county, in very early days, his curiosity aud sym
patty we're powerfully excited by the Gipsey race
insomuch that he attached himself to the society
of some mcmbers of the fraternity, and so won on
their confidence that they initiated aim in their da-
lect, of which by degrees he became quite master,
and also communicated TO him Much OF their Sc
cret practical lore, especially as regards the train
ing and management OF horses. From Norfolk the
young gentleman appears To have gone to Edln'
Il 6, 1
He, we gather, while thus resident in Scotland
not only studied Latin aud Greek and Hebrew
with diligence, but made frequent excursions into
the Highlands, and being enthusiastically delight
ed with the region and the legends of its people,
added one more to the very short list of iSaronS
that have ever acquired any toerabie skill in It's
ancient language. Whether not MIR. Borrow
also studied medicine at Edisburgh, with view to
The practice of that profession, do not venture
10 suess--but that he had attended some of the
medical and surgical classes IN the University
not be doubted.
"Of the course of his life after the period of
adolescence we know scarcely any thing, except
what is to be inferred from the one fact that he
chose TO devote himself 10 the services ofthe Brit
ish and Foreign Bible Society, aud from the nu
mercus localities which he alludes TO as having been
visited by him in that occupation, and the most OF
them, be 1t observed, visited that he acquired
the free use, in speaking and in writing, Of their
various dialects MIR. Borrow incidentally and
unaiiecsedly Gas we conceiye) represents himself
as abs TO serve the Society by trausls,ing the
Scriptures and expoundng them in conversation
Che no where hints at preaching) in The Persian,
the ARABIC the German, the Dutch, the Russian,
the Polish; in Italian, French, Spanish. Por,u.
guese; and in the varieties of the Gip.ey dialect
actually in use over almost every part of Eureee.
OF his complete skill in the Scandinavian Ian.
suages We cannot doubt, because no published
sons ten years ago copisus body of translarions
from their popular mias,relsies, done in style 40,
at ell TO be COMPOUNDED with that of certain clever
versisers, who set literal version made of a bal,
lad in soR,e Obscure dslect into plain French, or
English, or German prose, and the. sssrn It into
aowisg English rhymes worthy OF the anthology OF
the Anauals. His Morse ditt;es have the untorge-
able stamp of authenticity every line. had he
oondescendea to take the other course, they would
have been more popular among 6ne ladies and lazy