Weekly national intelligencer., 1848-10-07
NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER.
NOTES on NEW BOOKS.

~zxpss for what is mortal and haDd1l-as lmper.
ls..t'' faible /" {" weak and all that-there are
perhaps few more comprehensive than /" finite
For this last includes not only all other mortas but
the very Critic: so that, could he read, he
a.annot write every thing nay, more--if he could
write it, he could not prints seeing that, in the very
are Of amp-back there is limit TO ink, and in the
very era of rags, an end to paper. Possibly the
eternal Muses-being committee of nine-do con-
uIye (havng evidently given up all original compo-
siton) to read what every body writes-to read il
after publication, we mean for il is too plain for
fGibt that they longer have any thing to do with
any body's works in advance. The all-knowing
stasisels do then, we repeat by possibility, they
a-e eternal, peruse all the new publications their
powers of endurance are divine and they can stand
1t; or, at least may, long their father Jupiter
sball hold his hand and let loose no fresh Dumas,
ar Sue, or James, or Dickens upon them. If, then,
aztflta gemeas they read all-all that goes to the
Leipsic Fair and thence to that seat of Jove which
Is described in the Datncidd-al our own Cheap
1aiterature-yea, all the Magazines for Miss and
MiAiner; and if, amidst the pangs of all this, they
swear las they must sweet celestial oath or two,
such as was always genteel in the pagan sky (Jove
iteu setting the exampe) and quite in practice upon
Parnassus if, in fine, they IN full chorus (Phebus
Singing bass) curse Cadmus, swear that they will
BET out Hecon for cattle-pasmre and leave Aga
saaeir indignation (for they are ireful dames) they
uaay have turned Reviewers, by way of retorting
Hpon Authorship the plaques which Authorship in
1tictS upon them. But even in that case, how are
taey TO match the immensity o. scrbbllng, and not
aniy write as well as read but print into the bar
gam, when all earthly printers already have their
bands full We are bold TO infer, then, that they,
rs well as the National lntegencer, must have
S1ilen ehind-hand-especially if they have, like it,
Eazd Congressional debates and speeches TO super
wise and print with other duties of daily political
editor Eincluding that of paying his workmen) to
perform. We trust that this view of what would
Ss even celestial difficulties in such case will ac-
cssuut to readers for our having got in arrears
matters of Literature and that our present effort
~ clear the matter up will bespeak to them in
,EGuon Of attempting, during the pause from politics
which is approaching, 10 rid off the critical accumu-
cations which have for some time been gathering
IEFsoa US. We shall, however, be constrained to
proportion many OF our notices rather 10 the actual
pressure, or TO the examination which it has been
power 10 give each book, than 10 its absolute
zaerits or the interest of its subject.
. The Principles Of Physics and MeieOrology.
Ny J. MvIrEn, Professor Of Physics al the University Of
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More spiritual las we complacenty style IL
han the ancients-less addicted than they to what
can minister physical delights-we moderns
fIzye, in comparison, suffered certain Of what may
be called the lesser senses-ihose less positive and
permanent in their perceptions-to be almost ex-
unguished, 10 go out OF exercise; or, at least, TO
depend upon chance, not art, for their enjoyments
The sight is less solicited on all sides by objects OF
grace or grander-the multiplied creations Of the
;msgnaton, vouptuous and airy forms, breathe less
ssSost us. In all the accommodations Of life, the
colder shapes of mere utility prevail. We still, to
DC sure
Breathe the rich frsgrarce Of he bushng rose,
And quaf the pendant vintage as il grows;
out the luxury Of smelling and imblbing is bat lit
de known 10 US as it was TO Cleopatra, when she
sailed down the Cydnus before breezes loaded with
every exquisite scent, and to Heogabulus, when
from cups of sculptured gold and gems, he poured
Tor his rose-croWned uuess ali tho nd ,vnas