New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-02-03

VOL. Y. NO. 255.
Sovereigns admiration of his powers the auIhor OF
forty volumes containing works on the most various
and ;mno-tan, subjects, man intimately conversant
with what we most want TO know in the lie oil
Europe. acquainted in theory and praciice win the
ar,s and several languages and their literatures-
this man has been seriously advised to open cigar
shop in this city this New York, which thinks itself
such center of knowledge and life.
The effect Of such a reception, the temporary
effect upon the mind Of the exiles who come hther
TO find their dreams of what Civil Freedom has as
vet effected for this country rudely marred can
be but one it need not be specified in words. Let
US hope that having recovered from the first shock
the deeply observant man Will see causes that eN-
cusc powers a, work that will yet REFORM this state
Of things
But Harro Harring, who had borne the loss Of
all-happy prospects, home, love, and free career
for his genius in his native land and tongue-who
had seen his dearest friends srangled and starved
TO death in Austrian dungeons his works suppressed
bv the censor-who had been denied even momen-
,ary glimpse which inconsistencies craved OF naive
land and home who had seen himself disappointed in
the course OF the patron who seemed so noble In bis
youth and of the countries for which he ventured
all and never los. his courage lost il not now. lie
no longer asked for love and welcome here But
with the indomitable spirit that has been helm and
sail 10 a course weary and .empesttossed as that oil
Ulysses he planted himself here resolved to fashion
a life Of his own, and begin career such as the
times permitted. To illustrate the ideas and express
the experience that had guided and filled his lie
hitherto in n series Of literary works presented
homes and achievements for the future not unwor-
,bv If The past, To be sure his works must be
written in his own tongue and translated into Eng
fish n process whose difficulties and disappoin-
ments might have discouraged common man, but
no, one from the invuciblc North, whose youth
its keen airs had tempered TO the Berserker power
of conquest over obstacles.
He has been here two years, fourteen months OF
which have been engaged in the composition OF
Dolores" Were it according 10 nature Tor pub
fishers to feel for authors those who had contracted
with him nigh, feel some pain and remorse that the
work which had consumed so many days and nights
aud seemed the white stone that marked the open
ing of new epoch the career oil tree and org-
nal mind in free and new world should, when in-
ished and translated be refused permission 10 see
the lich, by those whose promises had tostered 1t TO
birth. and the author find the moment of truce from
the pleasing painful labors of composition, give the
signal to engage in difficulties of another kind
We hope, however that these annoyances will
prove temporary. We have examined part OF
this work and find in loftiness of sentiment an
ideal greatness, combined with a richness, variety
and force in talent and knowledge that cannot fail
to make its publication an era to large circle OF
minds Ii is work calculated inevitably 10 stimu-
late thought and will rouse many from inerness and
dreams of peace where there is no peace. Apart
from all this the scene is laid in South America,
where the author has twice sojourned, and de
scribcs with great accuracy and vigor some OF the
scenes and events about which our people are most
ignorant and most DESTROYS to be informed An in
terest will be aroused by the mysterious prohibition
of the work which will call extensive atten-
ton and this is all that is needed. Our guest will
vet find that there are scattered here and there in
this land minds in whose sympathies he will find
home-minds who will welcome and profit by his
thoughts whether they agree with them or not since
they are the product of living mind guided by
noble aim.
Previous to the publication OF the book we may
present some extracts but at present have not room
TO give them at such length to afford any ade-
quate notion of the spirit OF the whole And at pre-
sent we wish TO say few words farther on the sub
lect in general of publishers and authors
We have been acquainted with various indvidu-
els in both those hostile tribes scarcely ottener in
amitv than the Zegris and Abencerrages OF fair
Grenada the Authors and Publishers, and should
through this if in no other way, have been fully
impressed with that grand truth so necessarily and
wearsomely repeated in fes primer, that there are
t,co sides to euery question.
We had, in the beginning, like others, an ideal
publisher in our head, a Mgcenas OF the noblest,
mos. substantial kind since he paid for the good he
was enabled 10 do by his own labor and his own
ntelligence man Of the world and OF practical
talent he knew how 10 do for genius what ii seldom
knows how 10 do for self-cothe its offspring and
usher them into the world under favorable auspices
This was TO him profession, business something
that he pursued for his own advantage and in use Of
his peculiar powers. But not Tor himself alone. y
man OF sufficient culture and incness of instincts 10
appreciate what he could not create the work was
not mere article of trade 10 him. the author the
animal who brought the Grst TO his mill he loved
and honorcd genius, and it was his pride to be lis
friend; his pride that nature had fitted him TO be
prime minister to her royal order. Thus be felt as
Man. AS man of business he felt that gene
rous way of transac,ing their mutual affairs was the
hes, for him well as the other party; TINT in pro
portion TO hope and might be the productive
powers and that costly plants required good
treatment and favuring airs TO rpen much fruit.
With such man in the mind we listened with
dismay 10 the disgust expressed by authors At the
narrow, isnoran, and mercenary conduct they found
in publishers. With amazement we found that in
most cases nuety-nine hundred;Is Of the profit ac-
cruing from work were esteemed the share OF the
persons who printed, bound and passed it over coun'
tiers, ard one ofthe producer. We heard with pain
that publishers were seldom men who appreciated
literature at all TOO often mere tradesmen incapable
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