New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-06-12
E"ZEpHrRs FROM ITALY AND Srcr-

LY."by WILLIAM A. GOULD. Q2mo. $50. d. Apple
ton Coz Seldom does the tile Of a volume afford
more correct indication Of s contents than that OF the
present work II Is literally mild, g ntie zephyr from
an aromatic cline without substance or strength Why
such soft Dreahnes Of affected seumentaity should be
nut in D, int 10 problem entirely beyond power 10
solve As record Of travels the volume Is almost en-
,ireIy worthless The tour, which IL 10 founded was
made nearly six years ago. and the principal objects
which il detcribes have been set forth 80 often as TO
satiate the most greedy curiosity The repetition Of
wellknovn Italian scenes could scarcely avoid being
Hearisome the patience Of the reader were be-
rued by the dsntiest charms Of expression, or the
electric influence Of original thought But here the
topics are common place the reflections inspd and the
syle only vile specimen Of the most wretched taste.
The poverty Of thought and incident everywhere be-
trsved in the volume not concealed but In fact placed
In clearer light by the grandiloquent tone of the
writing Such shabby descriptions cannot be disguised
by any patches Of awdrY and fnca nery. The author
expodes in herocs on the most trfing occasions. The
fret vessel which he met sea- calls forth Of his
grsndest bursts:
A noble ship soon burst upon our view; she proved
10 be the Arcoe from the shores OF France pressing
with all her studdng canvas for Americas commercial
haven From her gan waved the banner OF the ree,n
pure and beautiful virgins robe, gisening with
silver light and radiant with the smiling eulgence Of
heaveo upon ip stars
The return of good weather after squal celebrated
with equal sHbhmity
The ocean returned to its allegiance the clouds as
sumed their gorgeous robes and, like courters, again
reuaired TO attend upon their sovereign, and 70 sur
round him with glory and magnifcence; while the
wnds those swift couriers Of his court, gracefully
waved their aerial pinions around his burning throne
Landlords from classic shores lowered around our
bark and nnocenty chrped from rope TO rope ana ss
TO sail One venturesome than the rest shgnoeo
upon the versDdah, and fed upon a rev crumo, scaE
tered for his acceptance. His conhding look and dell
cate pumage Inspired US with pleasure ana we ndied
II as hopes fret harbinger from another cline
The fret view of the Montague Bonsparte," at Mar
settles, inspires afresh ecstacy;
Ifelt as though | surrounded by diorama OF
glory Reporting before was the ancient CITY OF
Marseilles with its tmeworn walls and towers iI Oh
imposiDg interest and memorable "reminiscences Two
thousand years had indeed rolled away since Us coiohi.
foundations laid, yet amid the lapse OF ages anu
the shock of arms they still endured as the gray memo
rails of departed generations r,
Al NV eide rolled the blue bilo Rs of the Cult OF Lyons
with its pumes Of snowy oam waving IKE sne In.
of mar hailed army in full review. The adjacent mus
were beauiied With hamlets and villas, ana upon thel
imperis brows were proudly displaying their CEDAR
chapets while upon their noble breasts sppesreu e
green robes that mountain soyerelgns wear
One mole zephyr and it comes from the enyirons
of Palermo:
this kindly mansion IL the town of MOnreae, most
charmingly situated upon the brow OF a.mOunHh 4Ae
avenue by which II is approached Is tInDelshed "i'h
costly fountains magnificent edihces ana none t5ess.
The Grand appearaLce OF the scenery overwhelmed me
with admiration ascended, every advance hlSug
ened the beauty of the prospect. Toe ROAD oloo'nei
with flowers, and the airs were Fragrant tat
that the tweetest zephyrs Of immortality had wandered
from Elysian realms and breathed upon tue plains
Upon arriving at the elevated nights OF Monreale,
paused 10 review the valley and the scenery OF aermo
as my eye surveyed her green meadows, her l0veiy
villas opulent palaces golden groves em-r9ld NILS,
and romantic bay, despared o. language 10 9ehes'e
the spectacle and gazing heavenward WISHED for tue
golden diaec OF the skies TO do il homage Eorapured
ss was with the beau ul i'm gerry of Nature appearing
as she old combine and display all the terresulal
glory at her command inspiration assured me that there
cline beyond the skies, fsircr ana VVGIei t'Li
all the sublunary magniicence which | behed, aud n
voice mder than Favonian winds, whispered that VIZ
tue aud religion the only passports to Us suohme
inheritance.
We do not regard it as waste Of time TO ventllate the
pretensions even Of a work like this. Almost all our
counrymen at least In their lives, indulge 10
visit to Europe journal Of their travels is certainly
harmless pastine 1t often amuses circle OF too kind
friends The vanity of authorship easily sedace' the
writer into publication. Here our quarrel with him
commences II he could palm of upon facile public
the ucubratons which have no claims - notice beyond
the smoke OF mis- own chimney, we should be delugei
for those who have right to speak
~ Z" THE NORTH BRITIsH REVIEW"
for MAY, commences a new volume and persons pro
posing to subscribe cannot have better opportunity
In the first article on British Staesmanshp, we have
asharp Characterization ofhe leading English politicians
Disraeli is treated in manner far from complimentary
He is felt by all parties to be mere adyenturer-a
men without fixed principles or deliberate aud sin'
cere public alma to whom political life IL game
to be played LAS respectfully may be- for his own al
vaneement He ia universally admitted to be destitute
of the statesmanke capacity, the staesmanike know
edge and the statesnanlike sobriety and sodity OF
mind and morals. He belongs not to the bees but to
the wasps aud the butterflies of public life. He can sting
and sparkle, but he cannot work'-Apropos OF George
Combe who is defended against the charge ofinfdety
the whole subject of "Phrenology is brought upon the
carpet, and submitted TO more rational examination
than it often receives from friend or foe.-The highly
original work of James John Garth Wilkinson the
man BODY and its Connexion with Man is the subject OF
discriminating article 1t closes with the following just
description of one Of the most remarkable scientific
treaiises Of the day.
1t will complete this attempt Of at the cear-ob-
scure TO give be understood further that the BOOK
10 spIinked all over with observations and thoughts
which true and important they are original
that teetossm and vegetari inism are discussed with
so much quiet wisdom 10 make one feel that one
might safely follow the author anywhere that the sani'
sry question is treated with breadth and penetration as
instructive as they rare; and that the whole subject
OF healing is eXpOunded here in It's manifold principles
by the most catholic doctor of the day. Mr.. Wilkinson
Is homeopalhi.t,a hydropathst a knesipathist, an
anthropOpahist phrenopatnist, pstopsthst and also
plain believer in the chrsopaby of the early Chris
tiap church To ALL there is hardly subject within
the reach OF human interest which Is not touched;
not directly, then indrecty-f not in exposition then
in figure and by suEion ii not explicitly IL IL at once
tne multitudnous and the orderly of modern
treaes protesting be works Of science sndt must
be repeated that 1t written in a style so luminous aud
rich to Sccreoii its penman the poet Of the human
body, If he is not yet philosopher predesuned
lock It's interior secrets. Even any all of his
new PROPOSITIONS should eventually out 10 be true
/ Mr. Wilkinson will be remembered by posterity
seer, u Of science for the philosopher no;
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