New-York daily tribune., 1846-12-30
NEW-YORK TRIBUNE.
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knewn contributor to the Wing and Democratic
reviews OF papers purely Literary subjects. has
here made collection OF his articles under mod
esttiie, which would admit OF some enlargement.
The papers something more than literary stu.
dies y part Of them devoted to the Illustration
ofnegected periods OF English Literature but even
these improved Ly suggestions and reflections
drawn from the writer's marked individual e1pcri,
eDcc aud independent Of the Loolish text under con
eideration. Such are the chapters on Elijah Fen
ton aud Pope and his Friends. Another portion re.
ates to men rather than books such az the Essays
On the Morality Of Poverty. Il finely conceived pa
per worth: the pen OF DR. Dewey, on Notoriety.
profitable subject IN these days Of the abuse OF truc
reputation; and the Independent remarks Oh Preach
Ing.
At least in the minor departments OF Literature
there is steady progress in American letters. If
great poets Of the epic order are still wanting very
respectable progress is making in the department
Of classic history ior books Of travels American
writer's hive long been in the foreground while in
criticism we are fast paying the debt due to the
English Israelis, Hazlitts and Coerdges.
Works Of the kind undertaken by Mr. Jones re-
ceive little pecuniary reward from the trade, and
make iar less reputation with the public than they
deserve, but when, as in the present instance, they
are the genuine product Of sound literary culture
and a candid ingenious original mind they are
among tie most useful and honorable contributions
to literature.
After Mr. Jones Essay on Jeremy Taylor whom
he appropriately clnistens anew The Spenser OF
Divinity in place of the old title The Shaks
pcare aud the frequent choice OF topics like
II n
lowing tribute to the literary merits OF Thomas
PAINE alongside OF Edmund Burke will no, be sus.
pected of penchont in the writer for inidcli,y 1t
in interesting paper the subject OF Ii
tics
TITLES OF Tue ARISTOCRACY.
Not to di!ae upon obvious truths We shall conclude
this sketch with from the Rights of Man on
the abotionof ,tes in France the framing of their
new Cons,itution-a mastcry passage, equal to cerain
OF BurkGs uoblest efforts md which contains the spirit
OF the whole matter titles nrc but nickname, aud
every nickname title. The thing perfectly harm
less in Itself but II marks certain ioppey in The human
character that degredes II It trcnders man dminuvc
in things which little. 1t talks about its fine riband
like girl nudehows its earters like child certain
writer OF some antiquity says. When was II chile,
thought chid butwhen became man., | put away
childish things
ltis properly from the elevated mind OF France that
the folly OF titles ha. been abolished 1t has outgrown
the abycuthea OF Count and Duke and bceched itself
into manhood France has not eveiled i, has cxhaltcd
Il has put down the dwarf 10 sci up the man The in
significance of sca:cies and noble Duke Count Earl
mas ceased TO please Even those who possessed them
have disowncd the gibbcrish md they outgrow the
ricketts, have disposed the rattle The genuine mind of
thirstnc for its native home, Society contemns the
ecwgaws that separate him ronit 7ies IKE cuctS
drdrn By tic ma9icians rcad 10 CONTRACT tic sphere cfma
ieiicitV H iircs Immortal ch1 ite RGStie efa name
and s"rreys al distance the enrSed Vf Of man.
Is il then wonder thn, titles should fall in France
not great wonder that they should be kept up any
where VIVA, are they Wha, is their worth may
wi Is - ar N
Judge Ccncra associate with il the IDEAS OF office
and charactoi think purity in The and bravery
IN the other shut when word merely title,
uoideas asskttt with il. Through all the vocabulary
OF names, tFr Is not such animal as Duke
Count neitiir cn we connect any certain idea 10 the
word. Whether they strength or weakness. wis
do1l or folly n child or man, rider horse, Is
all cqnivocAl What respect then be paid 10 that
which describes nothing aud means uo,hug1 lmacina.
On has given figure and character centsurs. saiyys,
and down 10 all the fairy tribe but titles battle even the
powNrs OF fancy, and are chinerca nondcscrpt"
AGATE sense cnlivcmed by an,hhesis, and condensed
into the tocn of pointed naSims cannot in puncency and
eacct transcend this spirited TRADE. Indeed there
10, many passages even in Burkes celebrated Rehec
tons which called forth this reply that surpass the
above episode, in compressed power and cpgrammatc
point,
~ 'ZrNoRl, Or, The Fall OF Palmyra \
Historical Romance in Letters OF L. Manlus Pso from
Palmyra, 10 his friend Marcus Curtius NJ Rome Ey
WILLIAM W,EH, [two vols in onel Stre,h Edition has
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forming an elegant l2mo OF nearly eco pages. We do
not deem the form of Letters agreeable natural Tor
work OF naa ainaon but these signay pure, vigo.
rous and lowinS in dction forming remarkably good
specimen ofa suguaily nlchoscn Kind ofnovel The
main of Romance all 10 presen, things as Ccy
1ppenr no, to observer bu, 10 many and when one
person is represented as narrating what every body
thinks and how every body may well 20 back
10 History That this work has reached It's
seventh edition in spite OF this organic fault aest It's
merits
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TIE MURDER OF DR 6oss-CoRRreTioS.--Tb
paragraph which was pablshed By US on Mond ay
fom the Geneva 6azette, stating that the body Of
Dc Cess hsd been iouad, proves to be witt ,out
foundation The Gazette says
We in common with our citizens generally were i'm.
posed upon by the story in relation the discovery of
tae body OF Dr. Goss We lesrned yesterday from good
sehoglty tha, discovery relative 10 the OF his
9ssPpesrsnce has yet been made Tho whole story