Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1848-04-14

u Mr.. SMITH has received, at the Bookstore
LEONARD ScoTT g. Co beautiful reprint of the
March number of " Kit Norh's' prince of mag
azines. "Blackwood, and also their republca-
tons of the British Rcviews-thc London, Ed
inburgh, North British, and Westminster. In
the North British, which we have glanced at, is
a short article which the writer calls Criti
subscription full of heart, home, and household
sympathies, and sparkling with the cheerful and
happy thoughts of one
| "Who lovcth well
Both man. and bird and beast
1t commences thus:
| we must not coniinc our Christmas literature to
carols. The annual era. has not only its social, but
also It's sacred associations; and mnging with all its
| becoming tones OF merrimcnt may be other aud more
solemn strains. But still, as Christmas claims its
rol as by birhrght, why should not Criticism have a
carol OF ITS own! The mistlctoe, fifty the BIRCH
may be his emblem who alternately carcsscs and chas
tsrs the offspring othuman intellect. Unqucstionuby
theTe comes, once year, season when every body
really IS or tres or prcends TO be, than usually
hilarious and happy A glorious old poet with his eye
ana his heart tul OF the bright and beautiful i,Ican
sngsof the " incacuabe laughing of the waves" Oh
| musical and unransaiabc Greek words How OK
gu site and instantly perccpble is their imagery We
have so seen and heard the hundred times, rip
ping. gdrgIing, dlnpng, twn,ing with the perpetual
pay OF myrads OF diamond splrlrs which were 50
plainly the laughter of the waters that we have been
tain to hold our sides with hands, and laugh back
again to the cheerful, s1nslny face OF the Great Dtcp
ANA laughing away 1t was, aud often will be, If all
'lIa lay below IT'S surface were spccklcss pebbles, and
pure sands, without any dali weeds or sim, shapes
or dismal wrecks. Thus too we might speak OF the
aspect OF manhood womanhood and childhood, in the
latter days OF December aud the earliest DAYS OF Jan
nary, when a continent hurricane of chuctng shakes
arliio'onsly the rotundity OF the terrestrial ptuc
Shall the critic alone sukly dcsps: or cndlv rsconr
iic Injection OF general merrimcui MANY gentle
thoughts and wise purposes should utterly iorbiJ in
MN any such grim invunerabiy.'
And ends thus
Once tor all, then, the literature of Christmas should
be manly, frank, merry even irolicsomc literature
Melancholy and tragedy have nothing to do with i,
fompous decIamatons OF morality will he drowned by
penny rlimpcts III the streets. The true rational
natural Christmas spirit-to be ,louiuau, ,,r n vrrL |
every year, IN which should write and read tell
Stories ana listen to them, is Just the spirit ct
delight in little things
l ne buoyant child surviving in the man"
for what we have written has not been written il, !
solitude. The cbb and the flow of the tide of vas,
population has been INCREASINGLY before onr cvns ,nJ
~ our cars Beneath Us inasscS of quiet, ORDERLY |
happy people have been, from sunrise To sunset
throngllg the thoroughares OF great CITY, intctti-
gable III ts Manufacturing lndustrydauntless in its
commercial enterprisc-the heart Of rich Agricultural
province-the seat of two ancient universities
abode OF sagacous cultivated, generous race Swell
ing upwards to our heart every moment the voices of
their loyance
Have all burst forth i'll choral mins,rclsy,
As II some sudden gale had swept at once
A hundred airy harps.'
And as we looked down from the window on the |
crowd below, we observed that the father or mother
with smile, was always led by the child So Crit |
cisln wrote Carol on New Years Day"
Whose heart does no, Jump to read it all