New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-12-16
CampbeIi's Poems.

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z The COMPLETE PoETIcAL II ogKs or THoN
As CAMPBELL With Memoir Of ma Life and an Essay
MA Genius and Writings ia fne l2mo OF oTer 800
pages just issued by Appleton Z Co. The Biography
is The admirable sketch which appeared IN Frasers Mag
azine for Nov l544 the Essay il Geo Gifllans the
Poems, ne believe, complete
We think Campbell has been overrated-tha; the pol
len and glitter OF MS have skfuly covered aud
glded commonplace thoughts He il prominently the
Bard Of Taste-correc;, smooth. gliding musica!-bui
he rarely strs the profounder depths OF the soul We
doub, whether any other Poet has acquired so
wide and lasting celebri,yhas won his way
ny cottage hearths well drawing tables with
out possessing qualities greater and noble, than Camp
bell On the other hand il would be folly to deny the
unsurpassed merit Of many Of his efu5ions-especally
those Of lyrical cast-'Ye Mariners Of England The
Soldiers Dream The Exile of Erin, Battle Of the
Baltic. and pardon the bull > Eohen!inden Lo.
chiefs Warning and The Last Man are illusions Of un
deniable vieor and excellence. These viii live for
turies as we think neither Wyoming Theod
ric nor even The Pleasures Of HOPE, likely to do
They have all seemed 10 70 lack reslity-eaInesness
genuine heartiness.
1t is hard to quote from Carnpbel-his good things
familiar to the public eye and ear-hs otherwise
unworthy Of citation We choose of the former
SONG.
DRINK ye 10 her tina, each loves best
And ii you flame
That told bat TO her mutual breast,
We viii not ask her name.
Enough, while memory tranced and glad
Paints silently the fair,
That each should dream Of Joys he s had
Or yet may hope 20 share.
Yet far far hence be jest or boas,
From hsllowcd thoughts 30 dear
But drink 10 her that each loves mos,
As she would love 10 near.
Leus say again II We have said already that the pub
fishers have done their part admirably The Illustration.
are well chosen though their execution IS remarka.
be and the Lettcrpress is faultless None who like
Campbell should fail of seeing this edition
VIEWS A-FooT OR EUROPE SEEN WITH \ hyAPsAcK
AND STAFF By J. BAYARD TAYLOR. wiley s
Putnam)
This is an unusually interesting book Of travels
not from any stnkngly novel views the author pre-
SCENTS nor from any wellexpressed descriptions or
startling adventures by field or flood but rather
from its sincere tone It's Detoe-like simplictythe
reliance Of the author upon truth His views.
though very comprehensive, are never iliberal;
his estimate OF character is generally correct If
he lack the nice perception OF the beautiful that
distinguishes the real classic scholar. lie escapes
the sentimentaity affected TASTE OF the ignorant
pretender We even wish he had more enthu-
siasm-though il were manifested in the loss of
some absolute truths Mere description OF places,
however faithful to the truth carries no stability to
the impression il produces. The Cliff at Dover
could not nser so long IN the mind but for the art
with which the poet has invested II with beauties
not it's own.
But books OF travel, it strikes US, are not what
they should be-are not what the progress OF the
intellect and increasing curiosity OF the times de.
mand Westminster Abbey, the Tower OF Lon
don, the Highlands of Scotland the Cities, antiqui-
ties and wonders of Continental Europe nreiamiliar
so far as description make them, to the ordinary
reader We want to know something OF the men
who inhabit those cities, who populate those
tries-or who once animated those ruins They are
the real wonders Everything else is subsidiary.
The proper traveller should De political rcono-
mist-a student OF ethical philosophy and acquaint-
ed with the operation of the system upon the man.
Through knowledge OF the past history of couu-
try, observation of It's present condition. and the
bearing of its laws upon customs and character. he
should be able to predict its future fate. The
cious mind of the present age would devour that
Future. All feel who observe the times. that, be-
meath the surface OF things, latent power Of
mighty magnitude is i'll full operation, and will be
visible ere long to astonished nations. 1t is ever
active Thought 1t is the study Of mans nature
and the consequent knowledge Of his destiny. Not
in the mere closet in the groves Of the academy
alone is Thought elaborated it perades the work
shop, and moves the brain Of the day-aborer. It's
the renewal of the old Prometbean contest OF nind
against matter. The shackles that time has i'm
posed or custom tolerates mus, be released. In
the very clankins of the chains. you discover the
struggle to be free.
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