New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-12-07
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

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tbe Papers Of the late krne.i he. ~. 49,. y "
Oax.s sNfrH. q r. f1usm' I'' Di"n1~s'-
Til. onsi,. E.tla volume has attracted consider
..,. .,er,op II. entire freshness and rinslty have
oonosnaed 4, even 10 those who possess little a'snra
,,oo Cor Imaginative fiction while the beauty Of its de-
,er,o,ion. OF naiura scenery may be enjoyed and sP
uyec,sted sy al who read !, Is generally understood
we believe that Ernest Hellepsten ia bot another name
for Mrs f. OAKS SMITH. who may therefore Be con
adhered the Only author of this volume II did not ned
however the shelter Of d, piTHei the story 10
one which will contribute s,i her already well
earned reputation The intention Of the suihor seems
10 have been to engrsft the flower OF an old German
superstition upon hardy American stalk and she has
shown an excellent judgment In the choice OF her local
ity The rude picturesque and yc, sntuated region Of
Rocksnd County -resenolng IN its foEmsthe mountain
districts of the Bohemian Forests almost the only
ps Of this country adapted 10 the character OF the e
send The merely descriptive passages OF the book arc
of great beauty story which IL that Of the redemP
non of lost sngel is no, clearly told 50 VIC could
have .bed nor do we think the author has completely
.xpres.ed her idea We copy two passages the beau
ties Of which need no farther pointing on,
Tst FURNACES AT SIsHr-1ne furnace had again
been kpded and the glen resounded a. usual with tne
elsnking Of the bellows and the ringing OF the avn
Far up the sides OF the hills the crmson SPARKS Chased
one another faster and faster the flames strred De
meath All night smd the s pale stars arose the req
stsrs from below In the blskness Of the night mhsDg
ali things blacker danced here and there the ord dos
now no up into the blackness and now lost. how
black seemed the steep ersgs; ana me pines ABOVE
stood erect n 10 escape the heated bullets "nich
shot up into rnds As people passed To ana ITO
10 front fame they wore the appearance OF gro
tssoue burning creatures out with mystery IN tnelr
movement Little children Loot the harmony OF pro
norton and seemed all egs and head, impsh things
5rskug sbout in the darkness AZ the night wore on
and ali became hushed the river and the furnace con
tended for the mastery OF sound the flames believing
and roaring with heat and labor aod the water dashng
spray and singing its bed Of NOES and stone.
song Of God love and goodness The one calling Tor
Toll and hatred and and death the other for bios
CONS and love and peace add life and 90 through tue
pis the two elements which rested not told each s
tale Of power.
THE HupsoN-Hemmed In by lofty mountains and
the msgnihcence Of overhangng forests, extending
for thousand miles from side 10 side and only broken
by the gorges OF hills through which wandered deep
and beautiful rivers flowing onward like living voices
utteng pssms Of praise the solitude 10 winch he thus
lived invested him with remoteness and grandeur -
Sill beyond the valley larger river, which Gods
young and untsught children had hkened unto state
IN swan which twice day felt the overchsrged heart
OF the hoary old beat huge pulsstons and crowd
the inward till they were piled against the ever
lasting hills.
sbsae State. swan Tbs Hudson River ~s' 80 ealsd
~ The lDtsns