New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-08-22

l NIEs % American .l'rI AZURE 4 new s'L'NI "a
novsists IL informs a. s evidently spfiug 'ng
up On the Western shores Of the Atlantic The
style Of trese inn0vsfors seems a compound mi
tation o. GuAiver, 'M1nchsusen.' The Ara
bIsa Nights. and z t.rson C-usoe. the insre-
dents being mixed IN cspricious proportions. well
stirred. seasoned wiki Yankee bulls sni .crsps o.
sang And served hot" Il sccnses Mr Her
mann Melville Of frst Introducing the new
fang 60 kcksaaw' The admiration tn sAicn
d" Typee' AID Omoo" were read Wa, sue
ceeced by disgus, on perusing the rlbbishns
rhapsody entitled Mardi 80 The style Of that
book Is affected, pedsntic and rearisome exceed
lnsiy-miused With attempts At = Rabehssisn
vein, and with strsininss stsnartness We are
reminded by certain parts Of Msrii.' Of Foote'S
nonsense about the nameles lady who went
into the garden 20 cut a cabbage leaf 20 make a.
s2ple-pie and a. whose wedding the n bi.lies.
and the JobiAies. and the great Psnjsnirun
danced till the sunpowisr ran out AZ their boot
heels. Foote wrote his absurd paragraph 20 Try
friends memory Mr.. Melville mas evidently
written his uninteligibe novel 70 ny the patience
OF the public. We fear We canno. say much for
our countryman, Mr. Melville. as isras Ma-di is
concerned bat as to the Reviewers assertion
about new school Of uoveists in this country, il
il sheer " gammon." There i. no connexion. We
sppreheHs, between Kaloolah" and Mari.
or their respective sushors they have not enough
points In common to be clsssed in the same cate.
cory and so far from being the shadows OF com.
ing events, 10 take them, whatever their mer.
rs or dement's to be sporadc cases, which are not
likely 10 into an epidemic in our literature
The Reviewer, with his evident d,taste to the
queer ragouts,' which he predicts are about O.
form variety in the American cuisine. can.
not help giving in TO the descriptive power and
lurking fun Of "Kaooiah" he gives copious
abstract Of the story with liberal quotations and
winds up with the advice 10 Jonathan m which
heartily concur, " turn from tie ideal 70 the
real and let our next meeting be on the Spansh
Main, under rovers bunting, or west of the clear
irgs where the bison roams, aud the R-dskin
prowls, and the stragglers from civilization have
begun To show themselves. Christopher under
Canvass as Ususl, gives forth fine flow OF free
rich genial criticism which. ia rs Wild undress, Is
worth all the boodiess stsrcheduP decencies at
the periodical press pat together. The political
articles in this number are not without strength.
bat seeing nothing out Of the sphere Of British
dig srchy have not much interest or value. r.
~ "sARrAIS's USloS MAGAZINE for Sep
tember opens with an admirable story by Mary
Hewitt, who hss become a regular contributor %
the Magazile. One Of the best poems ijr the
month Is The Pioneers Vision, by Lucy Larcom.
a Lowell Factory girl, whose writings have i0-
several years been principal attraction Of the
New-England Offering. Mrs Kirkland gives Us
some entertaining Odds and Ends OF Travel,
among which is al account OF a visit during her
ate European Tour to the Counties" OF Blessing
ton Edith May hs, fine new poem The
Chsplet OF Bfonze aud the number contains On
teen engrsvings OF various kinds, OF which CHRIST
Weeping over Jerusalem IL one OF the best spe-
cimens Of the skill OF Mr.. Sartain. New York
Dewitt Davenport.
n The September number of GRAHAM :
MA0AZISE" contains more than Is usual propor-
ton of interesting stories. and some tolerabe
poetry. Among the contributors are Alfred b.
Street. Rah. "a gsh -bowh, T. ; Arthur, Bsysrd
TAYLOR. Mr.. Lewis, Mrs Mary B. Horton and
several other female writer's. It's Review de-
psrment censures Hildreth's History OF the
United States. as being manufactured ia sspirit
Of dosged, straightforward. joyless labor HE
is down among tho dead men, not up aud stirring
with the living, and his style being deliberately
and deliberately destitute Of glow and spirit, re.
Getting al ornament, and varying not with the
variations Of bis subject, Is IS embarrassing asa
newspaper account OF a rail road accident The
andiug Of the Pilgrims he recounts IN sstyle which
would bard y suit a. account Of a New Workers
visit TO Hoboken." This IL lively writing, but
rash criticism There Is more justice in the frank
oortraiture Of the Editor OF So0they's Common
Place Book" The editor, who reports himself
as Southey son in law, is an excellent specimen
Of ,nob, who canno, write a sentence without
rriting himself down an ass New York
Graham & Col r.
~ The JOURNAL Or THE FRASELIS ISsTf-
rurE" is generally filed with Available scientific
miscellany, original and selected The JAY nun
Der gives the following curious statement from
A French Journal
UsE o. ANxsrHEric AGENrs DUENG SURGICAL
OPERArroNs--tanislss Julien has found, IN examining
The Chinese books the National Library a Psrs, ne
proof that the Chinese been long acquainted ~ln
The use Of anethetc scents durng surgical operstoDs
The extract which he gives u irom book plDAsned
about the commencement Of the sixteenth century, 90
city volumes quarto and entitled " Rln tfntf0Hg-
eaoa account Of anciesf and modern bsdietas and re-
fers u the practice Of celebrated physican-H0s
tho-whO aOurshed between the years 20 snd 80 our
era Il states when about 20 perform certain painful
operations he gave the patient a preparation "
hemp tazc1lch.) and that II the end o. lev mo
rients be became insensiDle a n he had been
drunk or deprived OF life AFTER certain number "
DAYS the patient cured without having exp~rienc
"a the 81 shtest pain during the operation Ia suD-e
guent notice be also shows that the same physi als
ased the nydropsthic system cure Tor certain dis
ease among others chronic rheumatism
rY"TsE AsTLUN SOUVENIR" by Dr.. BRiG-
HAx, Of Utica. the kind. sslfal, and iadicious
friend Of the sufferer. is dedicated 10 a. those
who are, Or have been IN the charge Of the saihor
As patients IL consists Of over Two hundred
short articles, original and selected for the most
part. in the form Of brief msxims, or sphorsns
tina, can be easily read and remembered, even BY
The subjects Of mental disease. There IS more
truth and wisdom hived up 10 this little volume
tia. we often fnd IN the most ponderous, dy-ss
du., fohos. Whoever viii put in practice the
rales laid down oy DR.. Brigham, vii never be in
sane rarely sick, and always cheerful II tley |
could always be observed. the need Of the Al
thor. occupation would be done away, 4 result
AZ which 10 oas woad more rejoice than hin