New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-07-09
REVIEWS OF NEW BOOKS.

TIE NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW. july 1850
Tle % A2l'1 Ane-icq4 confines % strike .le
hours WITH tie solemn per;insc.-y u a Datoh
c'oes. Like tia, useful a-c'e Of iarD.il-e, % ls
always grave p1nc.us' AID accurate rs d. .Dce
gives US l0 excitement. bat We are So acclttomcd
- IS regular click thar ~ cannot 10 without u.
What the respectable B1.ton Adreo'i.s is amoas
the dai.iss istten) less res1 ectabe Aor.t 4 ere
tc1u among the oasrteries. t. never commits &
sci. Oy any rash or bod expressions oi thought
never takes toe unpopular side Whel question
has txo faces never guilty Of Any iuvelils exc
a-geration or entllsia'm-l ia1l'-es 10 az
reakishness Of fancy or caP-ice q iansasse--leg-
trusts Itself in any allac Oys OBJ sIla. ty0ut z
always discreet decoroOs Io.te, with a certain
ar of scloiarhke dignity TIA. is no less iuposi--
tnan the men.er- o.. q gentleman oi tnc I'D school.
with his l4cc-D1csles ald slk bookings powder
cd as'i APT prof.1nc shirt rytH-s Ne confess %.
lknr o- Chs soi' ~ thing a. r.i.ei i0ia q
so.d zeal Of I-eray sa-s claotteiim, masaz.-e
@lsls ssbyr. aud ta4 blood and-lnont sIi,a o.
romance nth winch the American press is grew
o1sy aect-d. " more iran forgive tLr l1rh
..-1a i-s prosiness ts srsrcledus-s, its co.
e4A prophet, oi manners, In consideration q -
iysl attachment 10 good English win Ne d.
not like 20 see violated D. a. BODY hut Our.
Selves rs freedom from afeetstiJn aud pretense.
AM - evidently honest aud genuine scro.arship.
n W ie1.L a, 70 little sometime. 10 'i'efty
which every god nstared man OCCASIONALLY taxes
with bis most fespeated friends.
Inc present number Is faithful to the Character
Of the publ. alton. lt vii be- conned with quiet
Satisfaction b. many worthy individual IN IT,
Intervals Of lis sfterdnner nap and. like The
Fam y shakspere may be read aloud IN the &C.
neatic circle without exciting blush on the heck
OF the .stsens.tige modesty.
L. the review OF LongioAos Kasaaagh wc
fad vein Of genial humor AID bobbliig fresh
ness aud yiysclty IT expression. which we should
say remindei us OF g. oasis Ia the desert It We
were willing o. use sulh ieaduiy original com
arion.
Au article on Bsrtle'ts Dictionary of Amer
caaisms' shows familiar Acquaintance WIN the
subject, and a cordial appreciation of that mos
amusing. witty, aud instructive book. The SUI
gestous OF the winter oa the Dames Of towns may
have some interest to those who are about t. 500
CATE village on q section OF Government lands
ia pfDtluilG names Nl tn"hr oAi ''-iii 1til'H
have exhibited remarkable ingenuity and seem Co. have
lcaily exhausted tns nomenclature Of all Other a.e-
and countries We haze jericho and Ba-dad, Hebron
and Sharon ana Babylon and -odom W. have Rome.
Alezandra. Athens. Canton, Cairo, NeNIc0. lelu-
Delhi and China. we have Ok bow Pointed Poet
ran.Psn, Mud Creed, Penn an, and White O,k. We
have Brownsville and LdwardsOurg and lllisGalc. and
JoncsbuIough. and ChssOvOlls We have all battle
nelds from Thermopys- to aterloo all warrors.
from Alexander to I,cumsch all poets, from Homer
20 Barlow all lawgiscrs from Solon to Houston; ail
orator., from Cicero 10 Crockett
The review Of Layard "Nileyah' gives n
warm and discriminating tribute. t. the merits OF
thlt Justly admired work, and winds up with
regular built compliment united with e rcproach
doth Of which are amply deserved 10 the pub
ushng house of our towusman Mr.. Pltnam. For
the sake Of the " great truths contained ID IT, We
copy the paragraph:
" lIe has generally shown so much Judgment and
good taste IN selecting Tie proper books tu be- lcpul
l-hrd iu this country, and 90 much Autraluy u The
mechanical cyccuuon OF them, that il Ia almost suf
cient reason for producing new book 10 ind The name
of G.. L. Putnam al the bottom OF the title page ~ c
would only call hi attention TO necessity of having the
proof revised with great care, mcouectuoss ia
respect being the easily besetlug sin OF the PRINT
iug Offices n this country and being Tine chief reason a.
Tie inicuOuty Of ana American reprint 10 the Ln-N-l
original The evil cannot Dee wholly rrmeiicd TIL wei
trained and accurate scholars are employed here,
they have long been in England 20 supernteni the
press
Among other specimens Of its dainty, dyspeptic
criticism, the Rer,er speaks OF the wild caprices
aud fantastic foolery OF Carlyle, 1.-THE exssgera-
tons OF Dickens" and "the sympathies OF Logd
Mahon'- the Tory hlstoIian--"a always beins
on the right side. lNcw-York Sold by {.
5 Francis Coz r.
~ " Tai CHRISTiAN Examiner for July IS