New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-05-10


bear the sharp ring Of the rife behos, he grass
IS stained with dropping blood ws soon tai the
noble victim to bis dying lair. and. csrnvero1s
Nmro3s rs we are. our appet,es are specify re-
pa.ed with the smoking venison. without SAT-
without spice, vi;hol: Pate b1; strip OF pine
bsr4, without grace before meat, or finger glasses
sier.
Mr. HEADLEY intimstes Ia ni, Preface that the
freedom with which he Yields himself 70 the
Influences Of fores. lie may give ofense . some
suaisht-laCed c1nsors. who would prefer him
10 starched wristbands and Ma gloves rather than
ia las woodland boots and hunting shirt. HerepAes
% this with certain terse breyity. that ne hates
hypocrisy and writes from bis own heart Other
minute critics may detect similar faults HIS
work may be pronounced superficial, desaliory'
disTgse, to fippant IN It's style, more humorous
than ethical. and more amusing than Instructive.
But Why quarrel with the mountain IVY because Il
S not rose bush, or Say the antelope because i
cannot be made to pow m or yoke Nj. HEAD
LEYs book Is iul % nature, and Of the loyonsnes'
Of heart which nature inspires. He writes ~ tie
free. dashinq, oi-hsnd style Of uucons ciousness
1p there III the mountain ne has 40 fear Of the
critics iorgets bis classical presidents and Is not
ashamed to make the woods ring with ms merry
laugh Such writer will always be favor'te
with the true-hcarted among the popular masses
,yl 1 never ail to recognize piece Of genuine ma
,ure aud f1rthe others, they may rejoice IN Pollok
Upper. and Mason on SetKnowedge, without
injury 70 any but themselves.
w. 49,. ,,, Tho, Me Hr,ntEy Las vet
....l-l~-.oetis...l.o al tho e,,.,sssiors which
,,,o. +l-,,,b haste or perver.;ty. are usedin lis
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,,.l., .,,,,i,, br, models NJ nure como3si,ion.-
~. $1,000 l,.,,..yo- in this respect and
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80. d, ,l,i. hoo do no, amount
,..-e 80, r,or.b ,,e,b,ns not man.
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-.
.,.-ar,l;, >. ,s.,so lstts-s hint most of
,l,o,, ',,,.i,aily .nnesrea in The Tribune. though
-. u.,r,tvi, ,io,sed 70 make no mention of
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itEDi AND A VOYAGE IlilIll 10y hEh,43NN
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We hive seldom fourd our reading faculty So
.vto,,s,;o, or ,or ooo1 nature rs critics so
so,.,r.r, ov,-,i,ed 90 in the ATTEMPT t. get
,t~,.,.t ,li., .,y ,,or, ~. the author of the as
,.;,o,,,, g Tie, ooJ " Ono,.n lfweha1n never
too.l ,cNt~ ,f.l,;il, boc,rc We shnuld soon have
la o.;1ot..t,,l % r.,s,rous compound Of
c.,l,e J.,o.po,l md stsrne with nov and
,bs, topcb or Os.ios thrown In but remember.
ing our admiration Of his former charming pro-
auctions. we were unable to believe that the two
volumes could contain SO little of the peculiar ex-
celence Of an old lavoritc. and only mock as with
c,,s,ant senso Of disaopointment.
or.,,.,, ...l. o,,,o,. ,,,or, written ,,,J,r the
..;..,;,... .,e ,,,.,orol ,,oo-ie,ce-
rl....tl ;.I,,.i... ,,,,iob ,h. on,bor bsd re
o;,,l from, b;s ,esiance or,ono those fairy Edens
If tl,c Sea Ind not faded from his mind. lie de.
scribos what he saw and felt with the careless
blsr;tv If soilor relating long warn TO hs ship
mates in the forccaste-he has no airs, but al s
,ro,n the porfumed islands where he revelied 50
iubilantlv in the wild freedom of nature-ho he's
mo- reputetjon To keen from damage. except I'll at
Of good fellow who has seen strange things in
b,s dsv-on5 no talks ON in his riotous. roickiue
manner. ALWAYS saucy. \lten staggering, bu;
aver revealing the soul Of poet and the eye Of a
nairter. and accordingly, his books have had q
nouular ru,. that might crafty the proudest su
,hor in modern literature. They have been read
,Sitb canal DELIGHT bv the rough sailor, who had
- sneu on. the words by his dim lantern, and the
r.ened scholar who GLADLY turned from grayer
,,Is O., ,h.., enchanted sceues-hy the lawyer
1T, ol;o,,s the seomstress at berncedle
All ,,.cIon;c a. his bench.
-, 81 ms ., o ,,,cb hiobar mark
le..'. -. 3d., I,nr,c.sses f. be q work O.
a,a-in.,,,, c,nndea ON Polvne,ian adventures
"a en- ,,r,ioo Of the first volume maintain.
,h.t choroc,sr with tolerable success. In the des-
-, - ,,,., ,s.ore If the " Ancient Mariner
,,5 Lir,self from the whale ,hip-their strange
VOYAGE in an open boat over thousand miles @
of their gaining unexpected possession q
,,,,,. Graf, Nvryi1rv "a biuself-aud tins is say