New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-09-22
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

II "THE NORTH -BRITrsH REVIEW"
for July IL. Scott e. Coz The article on American
Poetry In this number will naturally be- the 6sss 10 "
tract attention side of the Atlantic bu. is reader
will have his labor for hs pains. more self nPa
cent efusion OF splenetc and superficial chrcism hW
rarely appeared In any journalcsrtaialy never 10 bo
usually cautious and solid North. Bridsn The reviewer
opens his fire with side shot at Goethe Who haInorms
Us is "iumensely ovsrated" but whose "prsssnaoa
and charataniam have been initiated BY Loueslow-
The chief purpose Of bis article however, 10 to dsuol
sh Lonsfeow and Bryant In particular, and American
poetry In general, admitting only saving clause m
favor of modest and excellent friend T. Bnchspsn
Read and Edgar Poe. "Evapgelins' he sdmts tna
most notable work In hitherto produces oy 90
American and After several despersse srssaPu
TO show that II Is unworthy of its repoAnons
finds nothing worse than that LonGslos
"Socinisn" ard doss not use Scripture illustrations
with the correctness Of Scotch dominie The spss'
sh Student Il a" very poor drsms," tho Golden u.
send" Of the worn Out Faust type, In shch Tho deu
laid under contribution" the psalm OF Life g'vsus
language OF an uncons consble puppy" Esce!ssof'
10 bit of bad morality, and LoDgtelcw h-Dwhesa<
Bryant V the Rogers of America, and commoa psses
at that. He has observed q few things In Ssh
forest and city, but Il has always been " a. Totsss
of the gish poets 10 bis hand is m fouss
America gnssh her teeth 10 despair. e~ as p'ss-
Thomas Buchanan Resd-whose n ~ posAs
called the Closing Scene,'" Is "u Oess Anorsan
poenp the writer has me. with,-lndeed with ons0
two exceptions the only American poem 10 has -
or sould have read over and over again" and u voe
a whole album of Excelsiors and Psalms Of ~
scarcely surpassed by TepDyson and more dsserv'hs
fame than Grsys celebrated E!egy.'" we thns
one will be more as.ounded at this spssm Of es's0
than Mr. Read himself A ,psssirs tribute svea
Edgar Poe, whose Raven" e coudssrsndnsy p'-
noupcea TO be poem of "unqusssio1abIs merk" ~
article winds up with recipe BY the uss Of ws'es
Americans may bye sod bye produce s,uss hrsfss
orisinsi poetry" We ought copy ths recipe tor =.
benefit of our youthful ssp,ran's bus have 20 rooa
deserves TO be patented wfh Rogles Eypehoo ri0s'
and Bragg Mesissn Mustang Linsf"'o'"
n the History OF THE oNIrhD
STATES" BY w. H. BARTLETT. Thish'popaAr go
pendulum Of American history FROM she eAfns'' 49,.
20 the present dav now In tho course Of publication
aerial bv yr,ue Son & Co In addition TO the ussa,
MARI alive of eyenu Nc contains sketches OF the soc
condition and p,ogress of the Col,nlcs, local de.e'Y
den, and b,esrsphical notices suited 10 throw shs "
the bodv N the work The compiler Il the weitkn
ORE ntsi traveller, w. H. Bartlett, and nc apps@.
have performed bis task with industry, SOUND d''S,
cod good taste He has given freshness ana ~,
to the narrative, rare In works claiming 10 ne
merit than that Of careful and accurate dise'@ -
companion 70 the voluDlnous histories OF oano'S.
Hildrsh, this work cannot fail 10 beof sse
and Its per..aI will form good preparation ,sI -.
profound study Of the subject Ia tho peg" w, -
historians. The pumbsrs are Illustrated Sy v's~'~ -