The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1847-08-07

GRaNDvlLLEs beautiful work, entitled the Florcr.
Prison sed, illustrated by steel engraviags eXquis
co.ored l. passing through the press OF Martin
lao Broadway The object oiihe author is give vita
10 howcrs-io represent Them IN the ovencss 1T fe
male heahiN,-iO make them SPEAK. move. and have an
animate being The following notice of the work, from
afrench Journal OF repuie will b. read with pleasure
m MITCHELL selcqueni and poeticai work Tar Pro
rLEs Book contains thoughts full of beauty and feeling
upon the place which animals should IN the house
mold Every where We perceive decided te ndency IN
arr TO make poctca those objects which form the nat
ura reIinne of man The pen and the pencil have he
come pautheiss. They have given voice 10 the ocean
they have made the forest oak speak again. and they
have put soul into the petal Of the flower But rivers
0esir and ans, instead of again becoming GODS have
been trans formed to human beings.
No artist has done more IN his than RAsDvILLE
we remember the de .httul lety and the plea
comedy, which he in his SEEMS FROM rHK Pr.
vArr LIFE % ANNALS. What q fund of wit aud
vhim, and observation he displays ia this dec ameron of
beasts, which hil two volumes with their conversation
Afterwards. IN his work styled a MOTHER WORLD he
gave different manifestation of the panheistic power
by snimatn. the mineral Kingdom. That his creation
may be complete he comes now To give life the flow
The howers'-who would suppose, as he con,em.
plates them ia their freshness beauty and
hat they could be- made fresher more besutifuI more
graceful siill Had Grandv ille at the Of
his enterprise, taken me into his confidence should have
said To hm:-'llave care, Pygmaon; flowers are not
dew Drop "
And, besides would have added. do not he flow.
eis hVe' Hear me;-make no change in THEN
We have become accustomed to them As they are
Let the remain u gardeu.-the in IN
the river hankihe heath upon the hill side and the
lavender on its summit. Touch the lowers
And Yet should have been IN the wrong. confess
.nOw that have before the .llvINe Flowers md
can turn over this animated psrerre where every plant
appears decked with double charm,-ihai Of the wo
men and that oflhe flower
IN Is IN the blending Of these two elements that the
dehcacy and fertility ofGrandv lilies talent are most con
spicuons. Whether the ardent pomeg ANTE of Andal
-iA apnea in the po-tures of NJ ade,. q, ,ho
flower imid bride glide silently benea,h the trees-or
sfiu
discover the flower beneath the woman the artist
seems but Ia have realized dream Of our owu-
while he gives form 10 that type with which in The
world of fancy. invest the flower
I'm ms FLOWERS PERsoNrED, the skill Of Grand
willie appears under aspect We have lon- Know
the vast resources Of his flexible prolific and versatile
genius. We have seen him achieve all kinds of meta
morphoss--ca,ch every folly as il hew;-giye new
forms 10 satire invest the realities of character with adj
ditionai vigor and permanence;-aud in fact .ad The
thinker 20 The artist. Bui on sudden crandyie he
came poet His fancy. spreading a lighter wing en-
plored the region where dwell the fairies Nov ais and
of John Paul And now she has returned still French
at heart, hut with and dow nc A.. ewes.