New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-11-25
New Publications
American Antiquities.

American Antiquities,
OBSERVATIONS on The ABorISISsL MONUMENTS op
-srx MISSISSIPPI VALLEY The Character Of me
a,r,ept Earth. WORKS sDd the Structure Contents
and Purposes Of the Mounds with Notices OF me
Minor Remains Of Art: With Illustrations ~
Z. g. serTEz (svo Pr. ~ Bartlett "ehofo
We are not prepared 70 compare or critcise but
We have read part Of this work with profound
interest, and regard it as very lucid, able excel
lent account Of the Mounds Of Ohio especially
There are few among us who know a. much before
hand on the subject Of these strange relics OF the
past as this little work will tel them. We could
give little information By means OF extracts without
the accompanying Illustrations. which are Just
what they should be- Mr. Squier has rendered
substantial service to American Literature, and We
commend ms work to general perussl.
- The CoSyIor, or The Hypocrite IN
masked A Tale BY q P R JANIS" has just
been issued for Is cents by the HsrPsr.. We
have ceased 70 find leisure for reading Jsmess
novels but we do not the less appreciate their
correctness and beauty Of diction and their gene
raj excellence Of moral tone. James is one OF the
few modern novel-Uriters who can stop 10 moral
ize and not have the passages skipped by the
mass Of readers Opening The Convict at ran
dom the first passage that met our eye was this
Two years had passed.
Two yesrsi Whist is III who can ssyi Different
10 every being 10 the whole wide range OF universal es
isene, Time IL the chameleon snd takes bis color
entirely from the things through which be ghdes Now
gray snd dull bright and shining now purple with
he mingled h1es Of exeron and success rosy with love
and hope. or szure with faith aud confidence. fesrs,
what are they Nothing for 10 many they hsve no ex
isence mere spots In the wide ocean OF Eternity which
resze the nathemsiicans utmost abstraction when he
defines point AZ tha, which hath parts or which
hs,h no msgnitude-neher length breadth, nor thick
ness Yet 70 others bow important are years-nou iu
of events and feelings, and actions How often 10 II
,bs In that ,bort space q years life IL crowned
40 that when we look back the eEd Of mortal exist
ance ihere-gsthered into those four sndTenty months
stands out the whole Of active being and al the rest
idsHess sud emptiness the broad eFecgef 81 me nAr
row strip Of cloth.
Two wears too viewed from dfereD, positions In
the wide plain Of life. how different DO hey appear
the prospective and the retrospective cbsugs them
iiray Il is the looking up and looking down bill,
for The perspective Of time IL very different from that Of
substantial objects The vanishing point comes close
to the eye when We gsze back IL fsr far removed .
when we gaze forward. At every period OF He too, II
changes and with every feeling Of the heart with every
passion oour nature To the young msn the two years
Just passed stretch far away, filled with incidents and
sensations all bright 10 their novelty and vivid 70 the
eve of memory. To the old they arc but space,
and that space empty. He hardly believes that the time
has flown which has brought him two strides nearer 10
the grave say % the eager and mpetuous youth, two
years must psss before you possess her whom you
love cod you spread out eternity bcere hu. iu OF
dangers and dissPpormeus Tell the ,mit Ginger to
es lrsi thread you can live bus two years longer and
the termination seems st the very door Pain pleasure
hope iqsr thought study csre anxiety or moral hsbs
or corporal sensations our thirsty wishes our repele
ndierences contract expsnd ths elastic sphere OF
time sud find III last that Il 10 but phsntAsn tue
sole existence Of which is ia change
THouoHrs AND MAxIu' Illustrative Of Moral and Rell
elous Subjects by Rev. n. HooKgR q vol 2imo)
willy Putusm II. ksrnot
Herman Hooker is one Of the most original and
profound thinkers who in time have written up
on practical religion and morality Although COM
paratvely bat little known in bis country, his
Portion of the Soul Philosophy Of unoelief' etc
have secured for him high place in the affections
and tho respect of the Christian world abroad, which
recognizes In his ssgscous and genial reflection. aud
independent observation the presence Of one worthy
to patronlze with the nobest company Of teachers that
has led onward the In modern tmes-the Taylors
Hookers aud Bsrrows tho Millions. Bsxters and Ovens
who have most scutey and thoroughly examined and
mos. successfully displayed the Of the humsn
heart
Tho little work before ne Ia IN form ike Rochefou.
caulds Maxims snd the Lacon' of Cotton but we
doubt whether ust criticism would recognize in either
Of those celebrated works evidences of careful
vey Of human experience ius, apprehension Of
human nature furnished by these Justly Sscdmi
native Thoughts by who has sounded the
morality and religion 20 their depths of pride Formally
and sehshness.
1t mot likely that Mr. Rockers book will be lrnme-
dsley very popular IL not written for any party
sect sad though lie and elegant dc,lon hs. the
freshness suitable to the mrs, consse Of such ore there
about Of oe trieksy glitter which strset
i've to the multitude The clear snd steady light Of
-
whizzlng rocket ia followed IN lie flight By the gaze Of
city.
t-y9 THE UsroS MAGAZINE. Mrs Krkland'sl
for December, opens with most glorious fairy tsle
& Utoaeh and Toucbu) by Mrs. l.. NJ CHILD, which
will exslt even her repus,ion. When any Sermon shall
be preached calculated to exert more sauiary uau
ence, We hope to hear H.
The following articles from the pens Of Mrs. 81 |
Courtney, Miss c. NJ. Sedgwiek William Wallace, Park !
Benjamin, Mira. Horton, sc. &c profasely illustrated
We cannot consider Mr.. Msiiesons illustrations embs
lihmeus, but the one entitled My child Give me but
my child = iswoll drawn and snsctlng Mrs Kirkland
hiss msde reputation Tor her Magazine 10 lts met half
yesr which will require great talent industry aud en-
terprse TO sustain but think she will do u q Poet
40 Nassau 81
~ "TaE LrF OF JoHS BUsYAs. Author of I
the Pilgrims Progress Compiled from his own VII 4
,ings and from other Authentic Sources By Ian
CHASE, D. forms an smo Of leo psges ja.t Issued
BY L. Colby & Co l22 Nassau ct, Hardly any lie can
be more worthy Of study than Bunysp's.
LIBEL TRIAL AND L.w.-The Lirsrp0Oi Mercury, |
and other English papers have reported very gres,
length curious libel trial which took place before the
Deenstsr in the lsle Of Man, las, month The plaintiff
"" lawyer, and the deiendsn, who was found guilty.
su editor. Mr. Charles r. Ogden. Attorney General Of
Man (bro,ber 10 former Cashier Of the Custom House
here and who Attorney General Of Lower Cansda
after the troubles there WA for rHE pEFrxcr