New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-08-03
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

ms is one OF the IuN>k AfnAffhhtE upOhs We
have read in long time. As poem, it has the quality
Of bold and exhsustless force Of Imagination as an
essay on the Material and Spiritual Unier.e which
would properly be termed II Is marked with the
keenest analysis and the most singular Ingenuity The
greater part Of the work with the een,rsldea around
which the authors yelling web OF arguma, is 30 skill
fully twined was contained In lecture On The Uni.
verse" which he delivered last Winter ia this City
Il Is here wrought out into more perfect shape with
some additional illustrations. The mos, powerful nen-
,al passion 1--WE know not how else 10 express it, to
which the highest condition Of Mans nature IS subject
has been seized upon by the authoF ana mnstered to
with the most startling propositions winch reasoning
Imagination ever conceived. The Seriousness and we
doubt not sincerity with which be assts their truth
adds to the effect he desires TO produce and although
the soul from it, very kH0rlsdSe Of distract truth,
(which he regards as superior TO any logical demon
trston, rejects great deal of his theory there is
part Of which does not chain the attentive and excite
the inqurng The tenacity with which he pursues the
subject along the srthest brink OF Unite nowedse and
the daring with which he throws aside all previous
systems Of philosophers and heoosians constitute the
chief merit of the book The preface IS terse and
striking and the dedication to Alexantre Won Hum
boldt exceedingly appropriate We ID not admire
however the attempt at humori IN his description oil
the contents of bottle floating in the We're us5rarur
il degrades the high aim with which the work sets out
ri. theory of the Universe too intricate to be told in
fe lines and We will not do injustice to it by partial
description but we will give the Dlowins wild con
lecture with which the book concuces recommending
all who take an interest in the subject to procure and
read the whole OF It:
On the Universal agglomeration AMI dissolution OF
readily thai new perhaps
totally different series Of conditions ma ensueanOher
creation ana irradiatOn returning INTO itse-ahOther
action and reaction OF the Divine VIII Guiding eur
magnatons by that omnprevaient law OF laws the "A"
O, periodicy are not indeed. more than Jusrned IN
entertaining beliefet us say, rather, IN INDUCING
nope-hat the processes have here ventured 10 con
ternulate will be renewed forever and forever and Tor
ever: novel Universe swelling into existence, and
then subsidng into nohingness at every hroo OF the
Heart Divine
And now-this Heart Dyine-whst is it, u is our
0Uu. .
Let not the merely seeming rreverence Of this idea
rghten our souls from that cool exercise OF conscious
ness-from that deep tranquility Of selfinspecton-
through which alone we can hope 10 attain the presence
Of this the most sublime OF truths and look IL eisurely
in the face
The phsaoena on which our conclusions must at this
point depend merely spiritual shadows but not the
less thoroughly substantial
We walk about amid the destinies OF our word-exis
,erce encompassed by dim but present Memories
Of Destiny more vsst-yery distant in the bygone
time, and infinitely awful
We live out Youth peculiarly haunted by such
dreams; yet mistaking them for dreams As
Memories we kr0n them. During our fomh the distnc'
uon is too clear to deceive even for q moment
20 long this Youth endures the feeling that 1e eIist
il the most natural of all feelings We understand II
thoroughly. That there was period at which we did
exst-or, that II might 40 have happened that we
never had existed at sare the consiteratons indeed
which during this youth, we and difficulty in understand
ing Why we should not exist is up % the epoch Of our
Manhood of all queries the most unanswerable. Exist
from All lime and 70 all
Etenity-seems up to the epoch OF Manhood, normal
and unquestionabe condition -s,ems because n Is.
The LIFE or MaRrIN Luther: Related from Original Au-
ihonhes. With IS engravinS' BY hoRIIz MEuREk
Translated from the German by Pastor Of the Ey Lu-
theran Church New-York II. Ludwig Co. and 10
be had Of all the booksellers.
This comprehensive and beautiful volume dii-
fers in many respects from any hitherto published life
of Luther It, chief merit consists in the fact that the
biography of the Eeformer is related amoste
cusyey from his own letters and sayings or in the
language of his contemporaries, which sources are GER
tanly the most impartial and authentic left us.
Luther's own works, especially, have been carefully
cleaned. and much that was comparatively unknown to
an English reader ma. been embodied in the narrative
The work is rendered su more valuable by number
of neat portraits Of the Reformer hsfrend Melancthon
Catharina Won Bora, Luthers father mother and daugh
ter. Frederic the Wise, John the Constant and others
Copious Indexes and Chronological tables also accom-
pany the work The translator has performed his task
in an able and successful The character OF
Luther is one of those few which contains in itself the
development of an entire age, and hence it may be
studied with as much interest and profit history
of the times in which he lived and labored
TIE FRENcn GESDgRs, in Six Mnemone Fables. J. s
Redfeld
This little book, by a simple and easy plan Of
mnenonic association one OF the greatest dit
fcultes which learner has to overcome in studying
the French language The French nouns, which amount
10 near sixteen thousand, divided into two gender.
only and a. the meaning of many Of them which are
similarly spelt and pronounced is determined entirely
by the gender foreigner is liable TO make the most
udicrous and Notifying mistakes. Thus IT, instead Of
" nm graHd barde "a great bard-he should say " an'
srande barde' it would mean great slice Of bacon =
which few poets would desire TO be termed. In this
book all masculine examinations are introduced into
three poetical fables which contain only masculine
nouns and so of the feminine These fables which ART
sort and easily remembered may be fixed in the mind
in day or and by recalling the termination OF the
nouns, the learner can readily ascertain the gender Of
any words he wishes to use. As an ACCOMPANYING nj
10 the French Grammar it is very useful, and worth
| of introduction into our schools and academies
Drs GuAYs LETTERS To Man of the World disposed u
| Believe. John Allen 1873
| We have in this little volume able attempt
TO unfold the Philosophy Of swedenbors, in conunc
ton with mis- Theology 1t enters at length upon the
nature of God OF Angel, and Of Man, and lays open
the process Of Creation the relation OF the Spiritual
TO the Physical throughout the Universe In the clos
ing Letters explanation Is given Of the Principles on
which Spiritual Sense is attributed TO the scriptures
To one who wishes make himself master OF the iun
dsmen,a grounds Of the swedenborgian system, n
better work can be recommended Indeed apart from
this il will be found work Of great interest abound
ing in most striking aud original ideas relative 10 the
whole held OF Philosophy Il contains new Preface
by Prof Bush.
y"A PILGRIMAGE TO The Holy LASD b.
A1rHoSsE De LAxAHrISE This interesting work j;
published in two neat volumes by d. Appleton Co
They give the impressions made upon POeucal and re
Hsous mind during extensive tour OF pleasure and
observation through scenes which Christianity has ren
dered sacred The recent history Of the gifted Lamar
tine-,he audiences with which he burst upon public
notice in all the gorgeous brisncy Of genius and hero
ism. and the sudden eclipse which now obscures the
addirional charm IN