New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-05-19
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

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NJ Hrn-oy here communicates o. the pu'I' i'
o-nt what he had previously impaired 100 tn' '.'I
of POPULAR lectures delivered and mncn 'Pl ''''' p
MANY places And a. some new-papr- have no" .D'
rfr limited or declared ta, these lectures pfl'ei a.
they might be- were not original creations OIL 'l'
er. own mind bat reproduction Of good iAin OF o'N
az minds the author low prcfaccs them WIZ 'N 'N
rr.-s scamcr OF originality. re has h- say =
not 20 be- Original be sought nor 90 state thoughts "i'
discoveries OF his own but 20 present The 'e't anu l'
harmonious assortment Of me thoughts % others uuy
GOOD purpo-e AID iud.cious and praisc"ofiAy al'
cla.ner.
But what Nr Hudson lacks n originality OF iaea' ne
makes up in originality OF -iyle lie does NOT give oui
biz authors crude and heterogeneous De ms an-oIo-a
them a.sim.la,cd them. made them his OWE 41ey
come upon the IN garments OF BIZ cutting ana u
/. sometimes long before you can be clear a. 70 "hhi
shape they wore ~ fret sarcwd saying Of CAAr.es
Lamb A brilliant thought Of Colerdge or profound
remark Of Ulrci ars expanded N bis pages worked
over. reproduced in thousand ways, iei out now N
I'll. phrase and now in that I'll the whole flashes ard
rltters Ike a kaleidoscope in which he same things
constantly recur but IN such new forms and Win sucA
pi motion that the charm Of perfect novelty they
add 4t--AllA4 pt4i4cA4lg Ny4'l-+---- ---~
which the show IS done.
Thus the lectures were good dea. admired as Ice
.ures and i 8 likely will be admired as a book They
deserve certain degree Of admiration. IneT meF4I
/. that they give spirited and readable summary OF
previous criticism Of Shakespeare. Their fault i' that
they mix in with that great many private not ons ana
cherished dogmas OF their author, unnecessary TO the
subject and asserted in not the civil way. More
over through the whole tie purpose seems 10 be not
only 70 cast food Of GIT upon Shakespeare bur to let
tie critic lie seen 70 the best advantage N the blaze
IN dong this Mr. Hudsons talent has succeeded IN
making popular book, but il has failed 10 make pro-
found one. He praises Shakespeare abundant,y, says
many tine thngs about hn, but can scarcely be soa 70
have sounded his depths. and when lie attempts TO
illustrate collateral topics OF general character 'uch
for instance NJ Art o. the human passions bis failure :
even more signal II writing Is sngulorly destitute
OF what i called insight He talks the old poet says
about il and about IT, but If you wish TO be told the
thing itself i is great chance il you are not dsal
pointed IN expound.ng abstract principles nothing
but the smartncss Of his style saves him from being
prosy and in discussing sentiment he apt TO hover in
dangerous nearness 20 sent mental commonplace
Looking over the SUN OF Shakspeanan Criticism one
cannot help wishing that some OF genius for
WOua Nu4elld To htltll III u' 4i 'H' anu
motive powers Of 20 sovereign phenomenon But II
we admit that Shakespeare is the universal character he
is claimed to be- we can easily that it needs some
new and more potent principles 10 solve the riddle
which he still offers Anybody talk about him. but
20 explain him requires different understanding OF the
forces and tides and currents Of the human soul from
that 70 be gained by reading the poets the rhetoH
clans or the metsphy either for that matter -
When the critic who is so endowed and who has
also something OF the unconsciousness and sponianey
o, the great poet himseiwho is able in his work TO
forget his own personality and is free from every nge
OF arrogant dogmatisIn complaccnt vanity-who can
speak without special rejoicing in the briancy OF hi'
saving or the orthodoxy of hi opinions why then Il our
man has nothing important TO do. We may expect
criticism which .hal have 10 say the least more per
mancnt value than any yet given out Mr. Hudson moi
excepted