New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-07-31
NEW PUBLICATIONS.


delightful work is transparent record OF rural
year, watching the seasons in their benignant
course catching the varied aspects Of beauty as
they arise to the unsealed eye, and preserving
manifold expressions Of the wondrous and bounti-
| fol mysteries OF nature 1t could hardly have pro.
oeeded from any other than the pen OF woman.
Without the formally of scientific discussion, it
pre,euts vivid transcript of the Influences exert
cd by rural scenes; every plant and flower and
animal is described with the freshness Of familiar
companionship and you cannot read its quiet and
graceful pages without feeling that you have been
transported into the bosom Of some natural Para
disc, and have breAthed the fragrant and elastic
air OF the mountain and the lake.
The impressions of each day are recorded as
they are made you follow the progress of the ad
vancirg ) ear; every step is S.rewed with profu
sion Of beauty and when you close the journal Of
the rolling months you seem to have enjoyed atonce
all the brightness and benefcence OF the four sea
sons This effect is produced without any appar.
eDt fort on the part OF the writer. Her narrative
is ss simple and unaffected as that OF old Isaac
Walton or White OF Selborne. She evidently has
too much faith in nature too much reverence for
the works of God they come from the divine
band, and too keen q personal eDjoymen of their
infinite beauties, TO play the patron or Snowman in
their radiant presence. Content with relating to
YOU what she has seen heard of all the delights
THAT valleys groves, or hills, or field,
Or woods and sleepy mountains yield
,be never pets her favorite themes by OVERLAPPING
them with sweet words nor seeks to divert your
attention from the subject to her own acuteness in
observ alton or her eloqueDce in description. Con
sideripg the almost fatal temptations to egotism
presented by a journal, the volume is remarkably
free from personality-indeed, the author has per-
hsps been too rigid in this respect, scarcely ever
using the perpendicular pronoun land thus sacri-
6cipg the charm Of frank revelation, which, with
her excellent taste, could never have become ex.
cessive even TO the most fastidious reader. A
more distinct reference TO her own impressions
would have increased the sotness Of the narrative,
without imparipg the brilliant colors which she so
well knows how to use in her delineatons OF exer-
nal nature.
The style Of this volume is uniformly spirited and
eracefu,-cfen as melodious as running stream,
and in singular keeping with the scenes from
which it draws its inspiration Every portion OF
the work so well sustains its interest as TO leave
few of the salient passages which tempt to liberal
quotation We cannot fOrego the pleasure how
ever o. giving one or two specimens, taken almost
at random
THE ROBIN
The robins are getting quite numerous they
seem to come in detachments or possibly they only
pass from one neighborhood to another in hOcks
| Their note is very pleasant, and after the silent
winter, falls with double sweetness on the ear
! Their portly persons and warm red jackets make
them very conspicuous flying about among the
naked branches, or running over the wilted grass
They are more frequently seen on the ground than
any other bird we have excepting the sparrow
and it is amusing TO watch the different gait Of the
two. TIE sparrow glides along with great agility
and ease whether in the grass or on the gravel
bis move ment il light and free but robin usually
makes more fuss he runs by starts, drops his head
raises his tail, moves rapidly for few feet, and
then stops suddenly, repeating the same course Of
maneuvers until he takes flight The European
robin is a smaller bird than ours, and lives through
the year as far north as England. cheering his ma
tive fields with simple lay even during the cold
weather his habits different from those OF our
! own bird he builds in grassy banks, and has
trick Of icrsping dead leaves together before his
door, probably with the idea Of concealng his nes1
! With Us robin never builds on the ground his
nest 10 placed in trees where, from Its size, It Is
very conspicuous; once in while, however, ne
| bulbs about q house. but in such a case usually
places bis nest in some spot shaded by vine or
cessiop, we bad a nest on a wlndow.sill OF the Sc
cond story, and this spring two pairs seem 70 DC
building about the caves bat in all these lnitan
! ces the spots chosen are screene by virginia
! creepers Then again with US robin il only N us
cal early in spring; the rest OF the year ne Is
very sile Mt bird. Some few occasionally linger
| through the cold weather as far north as the No
hawk but this seems accidental; many take
south. eastern direction toward the sea shore ana
1 many more 90 still farther south TO milder Gil
nkaxv NTH un
months Of the year-honest homely creatures, run
ming about the grass plots and paths around our
doors, 90 that they are everywhere considered u
friends Of the house. | have seen It asserted "a"
the early colons,s gave to the gaudy orlole Tue
name OF English robin" showing how fondly me-
mory cclored all they had left behind, since one
bird is very plain in bis plumsge, the other remark
ably brilliant The name Of robin, however, has
now attached Itself decidedly 10 the large red
breasted thrush with which we are all familiar;
and although differing in many respects from the
Robin Redbresst Of Europe, yet with the name he
also inherlts the favor Of bis kinsntn, getting all
the credit in this part Of the world Of watching
over the Babes IN the Woods picking berries 70
feed the m, and gathering leaves for their covering
This afternoon, as we saw the robins running over
the graves OF the churchytrd, or perched on a
tombstone looking at US with those large thought
iui eyes OF theirs, we 70 the conclusion that
our own hedbreast must be quite as capable Of
good deed, as his European brother At this ses
son, we seldom pass the churchy ard without find
ing robins ihere-ihey probably have many mes"
among the trees
TIE TRAILING ARBUUs
went into the woods this afternoon 10 gather
harvest OF trailing arbutus It takes many &
make pretty bunch. for the leaves are large ADD
often In the way so that one is obliged to use the
scissors freely when making them into 4 nosegsy.
The plant stretches It's vine like, woody branches
far ard wide over the hisides In thick patches
its large, strong rounded leaves grow in close tuts
small and large tOgeiher-snd, although tough
in texture, they are often defective in rusty spots,
especially - DID leaves which have been lying IN
der the snow IN SIMMER, they are br ,hter and
more perfect. The flwers grow in clusters a. the
end 81 the stems, from two 10 dozen, or fifteen in
bunch pink or white, larger or smnler VARYING