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

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for sele by @. J.. Putnam, l5J Broadway.
A new volume by Loncfeiiow IS not g. frequent
literary event that we have forgotten 70 rejoice
at It's announcement, look forward with pleasant
anticipation 70 rs appearance. and begin It's peru
sal with & sure presentment Of prof. and delight.
From some hints Of "Kayanagh which found
their way into the public prints, We learned that
i; was prose story OF New Eng and lie, and
looked for some farther Illustrations Of the TO
nance Of the early settlenents-the ArcadaD lie
Of Acadie. which 90 charmed Us In the pages Of
Eysngeline' The only glimpse Of this, how
ever. IL in the single chapter describing kava
nsghs boyhood spent on the shores and in the for
e,ts Of Maine The book is an episode Of every
day life such rs daily transpires in some unnoted
corner Of the world--a romance that 10 one re
cognizes-a tragedy even, in one sense, similar
10 tie thousands enacted BY common, suffering,
roic,Iess lives.
The principal characters are such as almost
every reader IS familiar with Village schooinas-
ter, n an Of intellect and ambition, with too much
GOOD nature and too little resolution FOR genius
yong clergyman Of pure mind, poetic tempsra-
ment ard loving nature and two girls, Of different
stations in lie and lar diferen: destinies, but
bound together By the truest and tenderesi aztec
,ions Tie plo, Of the story is simple. AMI con-
tains no incident out Of the ordinary course Of viz
age life TIE young girls, Alice Archer and Cec.-
ia VAUGHAN both meet and love kayanagh, snd
neither reveals the secret. But one day n carrier
pigeon which they lad trained to bear messages
from one to the other is pursued by n kineiisher
AMI flies into Ksvsnaghs study, which be- nss
lifted up in the tower Of the village church. He
fods under its wing a little billet T. Cecilia
VAUGHAN. and making the bird ut the same tine
the messenger Of his own love for her. attaches
second note to lie neck. The pigeon, however
flies into the window of Alice Archer, y no reads
the letter. thinking herself the object Of ts pas
.iona,e declaration. But the truth was soon
known. aud thenceiQrward she became unto
Kagauaeh what the moon is 10 the san. forever
following forever separated, forever sa1 ~
Notw outstanding the title OF " Ksyanagh. Mr
Churchill seems TO us properly the hero OF the
book His character is moro carefully draw and
has more original points beside the chief mora
of the story (,bough suggested rather than writ
tenn ceuters IN him. The author thus briefly and
picturesquciy sketches him:
Nature had made Mr. Churchill poet boat destiny.
-rho,l la.frr This produced 70 di-cord hefSseu hI-
outward and bis inward existence. li'" pr.-ou'cd Do
sci Ia hn like iuc ~,us with n. perpetual ssc OF
'he read and thc ideal To th" solution % ti- dark
prof. leu "a devoted hs days and ii- uichts IT, w-
forced % leach grammar when hs would IAN have
written poems aud from day 10 day. and from vcnr o
year, the trivial things Of life postponed the rrc' d'
rt. which Dee ieit capable OF acconph- bling tui never
had the rc-oluc courage "a begin Thus boz da.lioi "'a
hi, thoughts old With al things and wasted n strong
ON frirr like ihc lazy sea that plays With the pebbles
on IT, beach, but uu4icr thc inspiration OF the wind
might lit great nay"s its oui-ictchei paine ane
toss them into tlc alr as playthn.s
The Romance which was to secure his fame io'
ever, but which he never commenced, in spite OF a
resolution daily made and daily broken. was given
to him in the lives Of Kavanaeh and The two girls
but he saw it net. Ia Longiellows eloquent
words
How often ah how often, between iho desire Of The
heart and Us tihlmcnt lies only the breia-t space OF
time and distance, and set the dcsrc remains forever
ufuhllcd IL near That We can touch u "lh ihc
hand, and yo' far away that The eye cannot perceive
IT, What Mr.. Churchill most desired was before him
Tho Romuncc h. ,yu- longing ind and record had
really occurred ia his ncighborhood, mnon! DIS own
friends II had been -ci like q picture into the frame
work of his lfe incloscd within hi, own experience.
But Doe could not 10 object apart rom himscI
and ar he was gain. 40 what was remote ana slIels'
and ind siiuci the incidents Of inspirations oNt
and death escaped him. They wer" too near 10 DE-
clothed hy the Imagination with the golden yapOrs oil
romance for the familiar seems trivial. and only the
distant and unknown completely III and satisfy the
mind
The story of kavanach is told in very few
words in incident, description aud reflection 1t Is
compressed and very briei, though everywhere
suggestive of all that is not told. Every tempting
opportunity to digress from the simple, unadorned
narrative has been scrupu ously resisted. Instead
of planting thought whose single germ should
grow and flourish in luxurious description and sen
timeut the author has collected from his blooming
stores few drops Of perfume, yet sufficient to
bring the whole Summer nboat US. This breviy
and picturesque sugsestivencss of kavanagh
Is TO US one of its greatest charms Those who
read il for thrilling and exciting passages, WILDE
disappointed Its tone is subdued throughout yet
the impression il leaves is therefore none the less
lasting.
We take leave OF this pleassntest of May gifts
with the hope of many similar ones in store. 7.
THE ADIRONDACK. OR LIFE II THE WOODS.
By J. T. ilrADLEN author OF " W asAlh-ioh "'d h'
Gtn,ral-.F Ac. Nov-i ork Baker Scrhntr
There is charm in the very title of this book,
reminding us Of primeS al Indian life, Of the elastic
mountain breeze, of the leaiy wilderness rustlins
with the flight Of the deer, OF the freedom the
wildness. the sreenness OF the ancient forest. We
are glad to find that the author feels as much at
home ia these sylvan scenes, with his good riile
ON his shoulder, or his iishingrod IN his hand as
in the picture galleries and cathedrals OF Italy or
the battle-helis O; Napoleon.
Indeed, though wo are willing to own the at
traction of Mr.. HgADLEY'S former works, Il We
must choose between them, the uaturaln'ss the
low @! out ol-door life the almost lid vvecI'y WIKI
which he turns his back ON the city ana seeks the
woods and streams incline US 20 give decided
preference to the present, and we arc sure ID
make II q general favorite II IS IN great meas
urc Tree lrol tue faults Of carcessness or wiiliu-
ness which mar the beauty Of his former prodac-
tons aud exhibits the same power OF SPIRITED
brilliant description, reflective picturesque group
ing. which have given them such q true ana "i"e
popularity, in spite OF their singular detects.
This book takes It's name from the Adirondack
mountains, which rise in the midst o! the almost
unbroAcn wilderness that extends from hundred
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