New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-10-21
NEW PUBLICATIONS

III ilicu pleAdLt " tiiaA NO. n wv i>NA
say: I'VE have seen so many Ito as unlnean1ns
and silly tunes called orieia0l, and we have espe
ciay been so much dissatisfied with our own NJ
tempts in this way that we have not often iha'io
the effort to originate forms Of song "lth winch w
fill the pages OF this work; but we nave i"''''
preferred TO 20 directly to the great fountains oi
frne excellence the only hmm sources OF Vraih
and beauty in melody and IN harmony anu "
4ol,e o,,r subjects and their development or treat
49,. ron co far as our metrcally hymnodlc pnf
,,ose would allow from the productions OF those
rronderfpl eeniuses who have filed the world with
their praise. We may therefore, congratulate
ou, readers that in the OF this book. they Will
mot be cloved with the frequent recurrence Of l..
MS and 8 g. J. VS. on almost every page but
that they will be permitted TO hold musical inter
course with the Handles, the Mozarts and the
Beethoyens, both of olden and OF modern times
Accordingly we find in the Cantica Lands
more copious collection Of truly elegant and class
ical music than we have bitten seen in any similar
book before The Editors have evidently gone
through long and careful course OF musical REID
ing and study; for they have given us, literally
book of gems chosen from the works Of ali the
great Masters The work of selecting arranging
and adapting the mass OF materials in this book
must have been immense. And 1t is done with
skill and propriety which do honor to the musical
knowledge experience, critical Judgment and
good taste of the Senior Editor-Mr. Masonry
whom. we are informed, it mainly done. He
has displayed acquaintance and familiarity
with the old ecclesiastical writers of Music, and
with the modern, classical schools OF the art both
Gerlnan and Italian, which reflect great credit up
on him as an American Musician. Beside many
new and beautiful specimens and tune-forms from
Giuck Mozart Beethoven, HI Schubert, Robert
Schumann aud Winter, find many pieces OF
high order from Handel John Sebastian Bach ana
Mendelssohn. And we must acknowledge that
these authors are represented with lullness and
fairness which we had scarcely supposed possible
in book of Psalmody We have examined the
book with unwontcd satisfaction, and We bespeak
for it a wide patronage among our Church ChoHs
Its universal adoption by Choirs and Singing AS
sociations would do much toward raising the
standard Of musical taste and the style Of musical
performance in our churches In expressing our
decided appreciation of this book We do by no
means wish to cast shadow upon other good
books of a similar character We only speak OF
"Cantica Laudis" as a standard work Of the high
est excellence which every Choir should possess.
Let them have as many other books as they can
aFord-but they should not be without this
RCR3 "HUCo A LEGEND OF ROCkLAND LAKE.
Edited by Mrs. E. OAKEs SMITH.-This is q new
edition of the beautiful rhapsody, purportlng to be
found among the papers OF tie late Ernest HELEN
STEIN which, as first published under the title OF
.The Salamandcr" has gained a limited but APP
precatng circle of admirers for its vein of mystic
fancy and the sweetness and grace OF its compo-
sition 1t is another attempt called forth by the
transitional character OF the age in matters CT
sentiment and faith, to weave the mysteries of
the soul into the form of poetic allegory, and
80 find their solution by II bold flight of the ina
gination rather than to wait for the serene and
gracious influences of time which ripcn every
harvest in it's natural season All attempts OF
This character must of course be the transcripts,
more or less faithful, of the nature and the eNpc
rience from which they cmmatc, and hence can
present no claim to universal validity, nor even to
extended sympathy. The great problems OF the
universe must be solved not by isolated individual
reflection but by the spontaneous ntutlons OF
collective humanity. Still, we attach great nm
portance to productions like the present. Ii they
do not satisfy the cravings of the intellect Tor
,rnth they minister to the sense of beauty, and
thus possess ain aesthetic value, which in an age 81
superficial thought and gross matoralsm can
scarcely be priced too highly They point out the
reality of a superior sphere, although they do not
bring down its treasures from Heaven TO earth
We find IN them shining threads of gold, winch
may serve in some sense Il clue to the Somhre
labyrinth the human microcosm, but they cannot
be woven into the stately robes IN which the soul
viii be arrayed on the day of her slortcotlon In
point of literary executions, this work has merits
of n HIGH order 1t is pervaded with delicate,
subtle train OF thought, which always expresses
itself in choice and appropriate imagery The
STORY is cast ON German model but shows Ia.
>ility and airiness seldom attained by German
writers while its tone as ntimated by the Editor,
IS that of deep reverence for the doctrines of reli
sion which though presented in an unaccustomed
sarb, may not the less strongly come home to the
heart tIohn S, Taylor. l2mo. PIP. l49
s4T nLoNz Powglls; ORrnE REGULATORS. by
JAMES WEIR, Esq. is romance OF Kentucky
life, illustrative of the wduoss and ierocity ol
frontier society, at the commencement OF West
ern civilization IN style and constructions as
well as in incidents, it is wholly unique, showing
an exuberant fertility OF thought, admirable pow,
ers Of description, a remarkable genius for inven-
ton and command of language seldom equaledi
but the whole is thrown together into a lowlcss,
irregular, chaotic mass, as iucxtricabo and gro
tesquely magnificent as the tangled luxurionce OF
w estem forest The author not only threads
through the mnzes of the story with the persS
yerancc of an Indian the cnemys trail but
embcllishes it with every variety OF episode NOR
nj reflection, and critical Judgment that can be
poured forth from scething brain, which is fran