New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-03-03

bsmhYa arc increase our paihy Sth the tasteful
and ehvarous peop'e ~no planned its halls and
gardens. Tsen be returned home and there nc ha,
Jore for the back woods aud the praries wha. be
fore cid for the manor house sf England and tie
palace of Granada. Few, very few, ean sho " long
succession Of volumes. so pure so graceful and %
varied a. Mr. Irving. To my poor co,tsge, rich oay
in Elf ted paper people oen come to 6orro books
for ihemselves OF their children. Sometimes Saey
make their osn selection Sometimes, much against
my VIII, they leave the choice to rae an' In either
case know rs works thar are ofsener lent thsa
those that bear the pssudoLym OF Geofey Crsyon.
Then M Cooper oTisi and natural as bis o IN
Pioneers adventurous as Paul Jones hardy as
Lorg Tom peIseverins and incomitaoe as that
LeaiheTs,oekiTg whom he has cpnduc'ed through
fifteen volumes without once varying from the ad
Yable portrait which he originally designed. rhev
say that he does not value our pfaise-Iha|1e hnno
appreciation for his appreciators But 90 nos
choose 10 believe such scandal IL can only De
tney say" He is too richly gifted TO be wanting IN
sympathy even with his own admirers and II ne
have an odd manner OF showing thai sympathy, way
it must pass as Pretty Fannys way since these
light words were written. grieve 10 say tnat M
Cooper 10 cead. thrust his siitsd daughter "ii oe-
come his biosiapher. Few lives would be more IN
teYeatrg.
Next comes one with whom my saucy pen must
take no freedom-ope good and grave. and pure ana
holy-whose works, by their high aim and their me
execution, claim the respect OF ALL Little known
by name, the excellently selected reprints OF my
friend Mr. Chamber have made Mr.. Wares letters
from Palmyra and from Rome familiar 10 all. who
seek 10 unite the excitement Of an early Christian
story. tale of persecution and Of martyrdom. with
style and detail full of calm and SOBER learning
that they seem literally saturated with classical
lore So entire is the feeling Of scholarship per
vading these two books, in one OF which ZenoSla
appears In her beautiful Palmyra powerful Queen,
In the other dragged through the streets Of Rome
miserable captive. that we seem to be reading
translation from the Latin There 10 not trace OF
modern habits or modes OF thinking; and IL Nh.
Ware had been possessed by the monomanis OF
Macpherson or Of ChatteIton, it would have rested
with himself to produce these letters as close and
literal version Of manuscripts Of the third century
Another talented romancer is DR.. Bird, whose t~o
works on the quest of Mexico have great merit,
although hidden behind the mask OF most unprom.
lah the Moor, or the lIfders DOom') IneveT met
with any one who had read them but myself to
when u at particular subject has an upfalng inter.
est. His Nick of the Woods, striking but very
painful Indian novel, and his description of those
wonderful American caves, in which truth leaves
fiction far behind, are generally known and duly
appreciated.
These excellent writers have been long before the
public but new star has lately sprung into light
IN the Western horizon, who, in totally different
manner-and nothing is more remarkable among
oil these Americ novelists than their utter differ
ence from each ohter-will hardly fail TO cast
bright illumination over both hemispheres. 1t Is
hardly two years since Mr.. Hawthorne, until then
known only BY one or two OF those little volumes
which the sagacous hold as promises OF future ex.
celence put forth that singular book, The Scarlet
Letter :" apropos to which, Dr. Holmes, who so well
knows the value of words, uses this significant ex-
preston
His lcarlet web our Wild roman weaves
Returning from this transatlantic episode, we
must find room for deeply interesting sketch
of Mrs Browning, with which we close our
extracts.
Elizabeth Barrett Browning is too dear to
as friend to be spoken OF merely poetess. In
satiOn her temper, her thousand sweet and attaching
qualities that they who know her best apt to lose
sight altogether Of her learning and of her genius,
aid to think OF her only as the most charming per-
son that they have ever met. But she Is known TO
90 few, and the peculiar characteristics Of her
writings, their purity their tenderness their piety,
ana their intense feeling of humanity and OF woman
hood have won for her the love OF so many, that 10
viii crafty them without, trust, infringing on tho
sacIecness Of private intercourse to speak OF her
not wholly as pOetess, but little as woman.
When in listening to the nightingale, try to catch
glimpse Of the shy soBgster, we are moved by =
deeper feeling than curiosity.
My frs. acquaintance with Elizabeth Barrett COM
menced about fifteen years ago. She was certainly
ore Of the most interesting persons that had ever
seen. Everybody who then saw her said the same
so that 1t is not merely the impression of my par
TALLY, or my enthusiasm. VI slight, delicate
figure, with shower OF Ozark curs falling on either
richly fiDged by dark eyeashes. smile like sun
beam, and such look OF youthfulness, that l had
some difficulty in persuadins friend, IN whose car
atress Of the Prometheus Of Eschy the authore
OF the Essay on Mind was old enough to be INTRO
duced into company In technical language, was out.
Through the kindness OF another invaluable friend,
to whom owe many obligations, but none SO great
as this, saw much OF her during my stay in town.
We met 10 constantly and so amiliaxy that, In spite
OF the difference OF age, intimacy rpened into friend
~ and ~ rptn sho,
responded freely and freque nty, her letters being
just what letters ought TO oe-her own talk put upon
paper.
The next year was painful one 70 herself and to
all who loved her. She broke blood vessel upon
the lungs, which did not heal. II there had been
consumption in the family, that disease would have
intervened. There were no seeds OF the fatal Eng.
lish malady in her constitution, and she escaped.
STILL however the vessel did not heal, aud after at
tending her for above twelvemonth at her fathers
house in Wimpolc.st, DR.. Chambers, on the ap-
Ksr ede.. bro.hel brother in hear. and in s.sn.
verify OF such sister, together with other devoted
relatives. accompanied her to TorQuay, and there
occurred the fatal event which saddened her bloom
of youth, and gave a deeper hue OF thought and
f. cling especially voonal feeling to her poetry.
have often been asked what could be the shadow
that had passed over that young heart that now
that time has softened the first agony, Il seems to
night that the world should hear the story OF
cident in which there was much borrow, but no
blame.
Nearly a twelvemOnth had passed, and the invalid,
still attended by her afiectonate companions, had
derived much benefit from the mild sea brsezes Of
Devonshire. One fine Summer morning her faverite
BROTHER together with two other fine young men,
his friends embarked on board small sailing vessel
for trip Of few hours. Excellent sailors ALL and
familiar with the coast they cent back the boAmen,
and undertook Themselves the management Of the
little craft Danger was not dreamt OF by any one
after the catastrophe could divine the cause,
but in Re W minutes after their embarkation and i'm
sight their very Windows just as they were cross
ing the bar the boat went down, and ali who were
in her persisted. Even the bodies were never found.
was told by party who were travelling that year
in Devonshire and Cornwall, that 1t was most affect
ing to see on the corner houses OF every village
street, on every church door, and almost on every
cliff for miles and miles along the coast handbills,
offering large rewards for linen cast ashore marked
with TIE initials OF the beloved dead for 1t 80
Glanced that all the three were OF the dearest and
he best one, believe, an only son the other the