New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-01-13
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lovrprOog: Or Rgcoi lE~rioEs o. oyS Ni ,5n,
fl01Nnrl,ieog IN 1nk H4.r. 81 ALICE CAREY izA''
\ % so thSahee' rr IL.
/ Tie sketches Of c3Gntry life are dlS'
ND for their conscientious fidelity 70 ma
oone could nave written them who was
t., home in the rustic dive lings, whose IN
=. are portrayed with such vivid truthful
Wlth the eve anl the Imagination Of
L, ..e author has seized upon the most PIC
tr,s.que aspects Of rural society IN western
ILL., bat. At the same 4 ne, has preserved 'ne
Inn, Of reality with the exaciness OF "a
t,,e-rco,ype The faculty Of such minute ooSei'
T., rs rarely combined with the git o. origi
Io-.,ron Hence, the union OF fact and fancy
,(. a.s solume has the charm of novelty, as an
Eo,slec,u,l combination, apart from the warm,
koncf,i, interest OF he scenes which IL ue-
Il. An undertone Of sadness Is mingled
krh frequent strains ofgay humor making soi''
melancholy music, that l. not inappropriate 10
L. tragic element found beneath the humoest
koof,ree. and which enters largely into the re-
lolectons and portratures Of the author. Judg'
L. from, this volume, we anticipate highly
tuccessful career for Alice Carey as prose
kyriter Her style Is Iich IN natural graces, HOW
H. with idiomatic ease. and feny blending the
kep.uous and the pathetic. We are not fond OF
b,ac,np rcsembances in literary composition,
Inv more than ia personal appearance, Out we
L. constantly reminded IN reading Clover
book OF the Lights and Shadows OF Scottish
/ no 50 and of Miss Milfords "Our Village,
Ibonph as a whole, we prefer the work OF our
fountrywoman 10 either of those productions.
~ "RoGER MILLER, or HERoIsM IN Hum
biz LIFE" by GEORGE ORmE t24mo. PIP l'S
h Carter & BrotheIs) memoir OF LONDON
tity Missionary, presenting mass OF Instructive uo
halls IN regard to the poverty, wretcnedneSs' auu
,rms of that blosted metropolis The itiie volume
!, introduced with an admirable ESSAY by James W.
Alexander D. d We copy from it the following
.,snihcapi passage. commenting the whole WORK 10
the attention of philaDthropsts
CONDITION OF AMERICAN CITIES.
I Umerrs the solemn consideration Oh every phliah.
,,onjst 10 other words 81 every true Chrlstlan tna'
80 In AZ Amerira are rapidly becoming Ike the eities
III Euro,e 1t would be well. indeed, II we imported
.ncre,, ,beir fashions, aDd their art we are also
handy ,mp0fhng .hen wees. The resonance 10
howhere so striking as III the very lowest strata OF
nm, thief or the beggar OF New-York or
INew.O,ieans is very bike lhe thief or the
Ersg.T 81 Glasgow Or Pans Similar conditions
ssSce ,he same results Ny, not only do our
Ich.- INITIATE the vice OF the 0 World but they i'm
hort II fes1y made aud even the plckpocket and
Burglar are often foreign peIk rmeTs, British actors
Ion American boards. The On Aaful and indescriba-
leiDQuity and wTetoheGnes of Tue lowest classes
h. cites, arc known by very small proportion of
kood people There is no rea Son why every phhan-
ahropic man should personal inspect these haunts
to ordic bfaUy any more ,5hn that he should enter
1.-THE small pOx hospital or the insane asylum. Yet
are these hundreds OF thousands to be left to perd
lti0n Shall we be iOres or kept az home from going
10 rescue the publican and the harlot by behoidlng
sOme nOu IN the way 'sOme lion of false prudence,
lsOmt lion Of CUSTOM some hon OF clerical or eccle
siaStcz etiquette One Of the great revivas of this
Is,lning, rapid sge-mty God grant It speedily
woudbs Tevlva! Of the spirit OF the good Samaritan
IN all our brethren OF the Iaiy. These lines are not
peuned TO shield or excuse the clergy. God forbid
-Four omissions innumerable and are felt, owned,
and repen.ed of daily by many servant of Christ
But is serious question, whether individual ef-
ion for the reform OF the profigate and the CONVEX
son OF the impepltent, rs nOI less frequent and ur-
Gent than It was even twenty Yeas ago while our
NECESSITIES are greater. We remember with praise
Ito God such men AS Joseph Eastburn. Harlan Page
noseph Brewster, and francis Markoe, men who
Invent fsI To seize and restore the single sheep or
lEamb lost IN the mountains, and We know some such
Hmen still living We pI1e and honor, aud would
aid IN the work OF City Missions and all that silent
lbui benign labor OF the City Tract Society," in which
Imany excellent men have been employed for years
But these are the very persons who best know how
few come up TO the help OF the Lord by individual
ftfor by sacrifice oi taste, feeling, and time, by
actuA visitation OF the Nrotchtu, ana bN pefNOnai
Herh0ustlOn of the unccnvertsd. Money" says u
preacher who has pleaded this cause, "is gwen
mole freely than time, or tEect personal effort Ii
thelT tastes gratifed, their own families pro-
tsced With the means OF grace, too many have little
Regard Tor others, for the interests of the church
an general" There are those OF US who can re-
member much more general activity IN seeking
GU, the haiers OF God, and urging them the claims
oi the gospel Perhaps both erroneous doctrine and
IlmpIudent measures sprung up curing that revival
fenod, but weeds are apt 10 be rankest in the rich
sos Anything Is better ihantO let sinners go own
10 ruiD While we SIT and muse upon points OF ortho-
coxy, aud niceios OF pruCiSh dccOrum. Souls are
leushing ~ our way by myriats. Thousands OF pro-
fesSng Christians IN our churches are dong nothing
pa The way of personal eYeTslon 10 prevent their per
hinon From such premises, can there Dc any con
tcius0G but one
Let no one hastily Taise cry OF fanaticsm, as If
he ssmmOns were To any strange. novel work or 70
engage In services unsuted TO the individual. The
work Is the ancient, established, and acknowledged
work OF religious benehCence ard not pre-
That every man is htled for every work. There
are some, perhaps, whose b0unden duty II is 10
stay at home. There are some branches OF philan-
thToplc duty which would De al ATTEMPTED by any
tu' The aged, or by Christian women Yet there re-
mans vast held OF duty to be performed by Chris
tan men, Too much has been conceded to the
mercantile world IN tsls matter, TILL al length It is
eW an uncommon thing for Christian professors
0 even churchothceFs, 10 spend wears OF life With
OUT ever seeing the inside Of cellar or garrett or
ever standing by IA poor mans dying bed such
"eues ley leave, according to the perverted usage
Nay, W VIC SehHSt sex so lar as THIS elect
over nufried business continues to operate on the
tnu'ch ~ far We may expect Gods curse both ON
vi ehWches and our business The last part OF the
'"ehphi'h chapter OF Maitaew siill abides ia force
w THEORY AND PRACTICE OF MUSICAL
'osfos'rioN, by ADOlrH BERNHARD Marx. (svo.
40 III Huntington and Mason & Law) A
AAsiahcn Of an elaborate scientific treatise ON
sNNA"' edited by u 5. Saroni, embracing the Ele-
'ea'' OF Musical Composition, and the Accompa
t'ne@ OF given Melody, with especial reference
morals and Peoples Songs. An Introduction Ii
~0Ied BY the American Editor. This work cannot
a. 10 prove an invaluable guide TO the student OF
musical science In this country.
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