New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-11-17


isis: Edited by Mrs. 5. { EDoARroN MAYO. Opp.
3Oa I2no) Boston A. Tompklns aud B. B. Mus
sey e. Co.
This Annual has now been nine years issued, and
esale. at first slow and limited, has become ample
and is still steadily increasing Its plan is the blend
iog Of Moral aud Religious ncucations, based upon
the principles Of what is distnctvely termed Libe-
raj Christianity with the interest and beauty Of q
Holiday Gift Book, so as TO insure the diffusion Of
the truths therein embodied to minds which might
not Otherwise be reached or impressed by them.
The patronage accorded to the work testfes that
the effort has been successful.
The Plates this year are seven in number, nearly
all mezzotints by Sartain from famous pictures and
generally good The articles are twenty eight in
number from the pens Of writers well known to
the hsbtual patrons OF The Rose. and many OF them
well known to a wider circle Those entitled
Emanuel Swedenborg by ID. II. Barlow Great
Principles and Small Duties by Rev. T. 5. King
The Spirit Lessoned by Mrs l.. j. b. Case The
Travelling Painter, by the Editor; The Child OF
the Age, by Rev. c. +. LIE Ferrei Modern British
Criticism by Rev A d. Mayo, The Sick Room,
BY Rev Henry Bacon and The Good Mans Mon.
upent, by Rev. Z. H. Chaplin will each have warm
gathers around an essay on Immortality by John
NJ Edgarson, brother Of the Editor, and youth Of
rare promise, who was called away to the state It
contemplates even before his thoughts bad found
the utterance they sought. From the close Of this
essay VIC make a brief extract
Tho good ms u. be. immortal. He spurns
the logic that cononts his faith for faith rests upon toe
inpive ressonipes of the spirit Dissect the heart
study is emotions and you exp ain the folly that inter
rosstes faith with low Dquistvepess There is but
one question 10 al our philosophy which the soul 10 its
highest moods alone answer IL there or Is there
not God Whoever by the aid Of reason, or the In
tuons of the spirit has settled this question for him
eli IL no longer curious about the desi. OF Providence
he delights n the shifting variety which plays upon
the surface Of lie. and that by beautiful necessity
God Is presen, In ali his works TO euliyen and TO love
Christianity, with It's beautiful hopes aud urgent
ings like refreshing Summer TO the soul ia this
the happy period Of Its regenerscy Like angel from
be brny deep she rises upon the dark bosom OF the
Past with look Of serene and heavenly beauty Her
garments have rsiled upon the floor of the deep, and
her white arm wrested with the monsters Of the sea
she appears again to spiritual fancy 10 the
white beauty OF her infant Innocence untsinte by
single touch.
Science and philosophy have sought 10 the diyin
y Of her nature and each Ia has been subdued by
Der gentle despotsm unto n holy alliance. They are
the hapdmsds of her truths 10 voluntary subjec
ton For In plying Nature with curious eye, and
searching the soul for lie hidden essence the unexpect
"a es OF the spirit have caught the conception OF All
n1nlfe Presence things redeemed before II,
the symbol of translucent love.
From the All. which thus embraces US, the individual
sborn anew and behods In the perfection of bumsni
~ the mesgro type of God. He reviews again the his
y Of the Past and providence Ia all its pages.
Conspicuous the central figure OF the whole, stands
the form Of the risen Christ With eye turned iiea-
'awsrd and his foot resting upon the tomb OF his III
unph be appears 10 after life OF the spirit Ia the
ssu,iful and appropriate symbol of It's renewal We
re once more upon the tomb but behold Il now die.
nsntled of its terrors Immortality, like dream OF
-. Ii fha
Of reality.
THE SEASONS By JAMES THOMSON: With Engraved
Illustrations by +. Bookhout from designs by John
Bell, G. w. Cope Thomas Creswick. &c. &c. AID
With the Life Of the Author by Patrick Murdoch,
ID. FRS Edited by Bolton Corney. PIP. $50
superb svo. Harper Broihers
This is rare book We do not mean that
Thomsons Seasons are rarely met, but that they
are seldom encountered in so rich and tit garni-
ture. The copy before us is all beauty-poem,
print, illustrations and binding. The popular mind
is gradually indicating its taste for Gift Books of
this cass-of which the purchaser knows before
hand that the text is worthy the pains and expense
devoted TO its establishment and that the whole
may be placed in the hands Of any reader without
blush or a fear. We trust that our publishers
will be encouraged to bring out more and more
books in this style, and to this end we heartily
commend this edition of The Seasons to the favor
OF the refined and virtuous in making their pur-
chases for the approaching Holidays 1t cannot be
other than welcome gift to any one.
Tar GEREASIA And AGRIcoLA OF TAcIIUS. -
Toe H.rpers have jest added another volume to the &c
Tie. of classics Of which they the Publishers and
Prof Anthem the Editor. IL contains the soovensned
work. of the great Roman Historian the model of wr
Ter, for oompsctness Of thought and manly force and
eooei.ene Of expression. and 10 edited and printed N
.,l- which las become isnis 10 students throughout,
the country. and which stands 10 need OF new com
mentstion.