New-York daily tribune., 1845-03-28

and ouIstS OF reptu!e eIC A!Ll5 every oHS Win i
round about
We must add this, which describes Aspasla's
way OF living and growing
You build your nest, AsPEsa, ike the r'sIow'
Bringing LITTLE the bill ct once,
And fixing It 4, tcnurely AID proudly,
And trying it, and then from your sof, breast
Warming /, with the inmost Of tho rluEnass.
Nests there are many, Of this very year
Many the nest. are which The winds shall shake,
The rains run through, and other birds beat down.
Yours, o Aspasl. rests against the temple
or heavenly Love, and thence inv!ola:e,
1; sha! no; fall this winter nor the next"
This was tAr woman worthy the grave, the deep,
the fervent the perfect love OF such man Is Pen
cles Such was The woman who could call this
graceful regret from Anaxsgoras
Where are the blooms Of many dyes
Tha. used in every path to Use
Whittier are gone the lighter hours
What leave they:-I only send
Ny w!,es., oyel!es:, latest friend
These weather and iorulless flowers.
Another book OF Landor's which ought to be re-
published here, as boon 70 minds refined, or ca
pable of refinement, is his Peatameron. This Is d
series of conversations between the great Italians,
Peirarch and Boccaceio. Petrarch Is represented
as on visit to his friend who Is just recovering
from severe illness The main topic OF discourse
is criticism on the works of Dante. THIS criticism
is of little or no value Landor is not only fond Of
riding hobby, but Of running thereon lllt against
armies of knights mounted on real live horses
This is JUS, such case The criiicattemp;s 10 giye
new views OF matters which the general sense Of
men appreciates far better than any one carpins,
sitting, prying mind can. Unsought judgments are
the Only genuine Dante towers majestic above al!
this small work, and no one capable Q: knowing
him could take the trouble 70 read through these
structures Of Landor's
Bu, the fine part Of the book consists IN the PIC
ture given OF the position and mutual relations OF
the persons This is done with power that makes
them truly present TO Us in original beauty, yet II
cannot be called dramatic power. It Is the same
sort of pleasure we derive from fine drawing we
are not aided by color OF moulding, yet have The
secret OF the whole The descriptions OF the
landscape round the villa, the festival day the story
of Maria, are masterpieces the latter Is somewhat
to know by heart. The two dreams ol the Poets
are as fine as any thing that has come from Ibis
mind their elevated and pensivc beauty raises the
language in which they are written almost to the
perfection of ansel.speech. The two Poe;s are
well represented, especially Boccacco, with his
gay grace and richer, more cordial and widely
ranging nature But the fairest picture Is that the
little serving maid Assuntina. Never was saint or
fairy so naturally domcsticaicd in a kitchen, nor
perfect feminine innocence, and the influence oi
its unconscious grace on intellect more wo!thi!y
felt. All her looks, gestures, and glrsh ways are
full of instruction. Boccaccio well says OF her,
u have no fear about the grl. He might as
well whistle TO the moon on frosty night, and ex-
pect as reasonably her descending. she Is ada
mant: bright sword now Grst scabbarded-no
breath can hang about it, A seal OF beryl, OF chrys
olite, OF ruby 10 make impressions, all IN good
time and proper place though, and receive none
incapable Just rs they, oi splitting, or Cracking, or
fawlng, or hdrborins dust
From julius HAZE we have orc volume mod
cstly entitled "Gucsses at Truth" that he has
often guessed aright-and his essay was well wor-
thy the crucibc no thoughtful mind would hesitate
TO affirm. Ii is genuine kind OF writing: this
little book containing the result Of many years
thought and observation Whenever any lmp:es-
sion had come 10 him with peculiar force, or the
workings OF hidden causes had led unexpectedly
to conclusion, he has written down what came
INTO his mad exactly; just thai and no more
Sometimes, we have only sentence or verse
full OF feeling that falls straight upon the heart Ike
d tear, sometimes two or thee pages where there
was flow OF thought, always every word is worth
reading The mind is not rich nor bold, but highly
cultivated by varied and rcycrent intercourse with
the best books and best men, independent, clear
and dlgniiicd, refined and penetrating. Happy the
man TO whom long life has yielded snci an
amour, Of thoughts really worth preserving and
worihliy set down. Life has been 10 hIm not
merely a series Of changes, but an upward pro-
gress, and to the next stage Of being he goes, not
as begsar and founding, but as one TO whom
an earlier home has furnished rosary, the memen-
10 of many prayers answered and an encourage
ment TO more. In this age OF book-mskins, got
up celebrities, and Fictitious action, such book
canno, be 100 Rluch priced for II contains part OF
the real value OF mans life, and by It's Guesses
at Truth will more exhilarate and toElly the SIN
cerc seeker, than all the philosophers with their
vamped-up systems. He finds COMPANION IN this
true record who assures him that lite need mol DC
idealzed 10 be ideal Such books console, Ike
private letters which grew from the occasion with
out second purpose. -