New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-06-27
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
July MAGAZINES.

1.-THE Educational Institutions of New York is the title
of the opening article 10 this number Of PUTNAM which
gives rapid view of the statistics of education IN TINS
otv and Is illustrated with engravings Of the principal
school and university edifces OF the importance of tenn
pornp the pursuit of wealth with the facilities for learning
the writer speaks wisely as follows
"A rich man without cultivation is a mere nugget,
totally unfit circulation, and incapable OF elegance
fill melted down and stamped or fashioned Inc muiu'
fude of these now among is very naturally under pres
emf circumstances enormous aud unhaPpiy our ctzens
of this class but too fond of beginning Their education
NV rayeng abroad that the buudeTs and vugdrlte
III American travellers becoming by sOro ON tue con
finent Of Europe while at nome It Is commouiy remarke1
that there ia more bal grammar peperated IN grand Tree
stone houses THAI auy where else in town
ave must be- too proud o our prosperity ana pro
press while this is Increase may be but iungu'
After all and though oadstools took exceedingly Ike mush
rooms thew ARE deadly poison in the using IL Is often re-
marked and with seeming saga MY that II Is VAIN 10 push
these things that tue supply will Keep pace VITO the DE-
mand and would hut loss without IL but We submit
that although the old proverb about taking horse to water
is beyond dispute it equally certain thSi II mere De no
water within his reach he cannot drink be he never 50
Thirsty We would provide streams everywhere streams
with pleasant slipping banks cooling shades Tor the hours
of heat and dust and fatigue and golden SANDS ta should
sparkle 10 the farOh eye that curiosity aud love OF
pleasure should minister to rereshment bsauy aud clean
ness Our Of ealth and business who are cultivated
should to this IL not for them to SIT retired IN uxu
rous libraries the peace and delight ct which are due 10
no small measure 10 the tolls aud enterprise Of those out
side and render back no return OF duty or gratitude TO the
community which has given them fortune ana leisure
This is no longer the way dignity wealth II never was
ihe way 10 haOw IT, How many OF the cures that have
fallen upon ch children IN this very city Tor the last
thirty yeArs-too well known by every observer who has
resided here during that time-would nave been aNert-i
~ the fathers had Distributed part OF the money. which
has bsert every finger touched IN msans OF insruc-
ton Improvement ana pleasure for the great public on
which rich and poor are forever mututly dependent
1}ut this n eme would away with ~ strong
are our convictions ardent oar wishes ana hopes Tor
fhe future We would not have touched upon here but
from the feeling thai having set iorh what mas been zone
II seemed incumbent 10 hint al what remains to be done
by Learning and the Arts through the instrument ATTY oi
their sworn servant Wealth. solid and undyng go
nv of this Metropolis OF the Western NOrd-tis ue =
"Rome" which seems not unlikely to eclipse the old
An exquisisey written essay entitled Dinner lime be-
trays the hne and firm hand of true artist. An Ode TO
Southern Italy opens vein Of dainty poetry, and closes
with these appealing lines
q land If Golden light
Where too intensely bright
The Day SITS open eyed;
And all tiny pOmp and pnde
OF summer center deep
To fix the enchanted sleep
so beautiful thou art
We scarcely miss the heart
Ihst nobiy shOud inspire
Thy form with purer are.
oh, could thy ohldren rise
Noble. and nee, ana wise,
Shake OF the humanity trance
OF slavlsh ignorance.
Break from the deaihlke mi yht
OF superstition night
Ard 1--we in harmony
With sky, anu earth, and sea!
Then would lovelier time
See man with Nature rhyme
Then would be found page
OF the iost golden age
The word aneg would Learn
How the exvd gods return,
And music from the spheres,
familiGrsd 20 ears,
Become the natural speech,
Crchng from each % each.
Story without Moral gives some natural rsnnis
cenees OF Harvard College 10 old times and OF Ifs AZ s
country parsonage in New England. genial review
follows OF Alexander Smiths Poems charsoterizng hi
Life Drama, e1uSeraui and individual expression
OF e1u!iing delight IN The world aud HE "tol Of intellect
ua integrity and rec from al foreign faint Alex
Snder Smith seems 20 The writer GO be poet Of genuine
powers, in the glorious tush Of vernal prime
"AnAprl tree whose Vern-u loaded b1r-hs
Promise 20 Autumn eQp..s isiced AID rel'
The remainder OF the number presents no features cal,
ing for special notice.
The most noticeable article in GRAHAM is brief review
Of Alexander Smith which up that young poet as
"dh ct for the dogs According to the critic there Is
no sign in his volume of great nature -" es.sas~
depth and strength Of individuality, -"in res cot 10
emotion he rarely rises above the objects Of sensation
ana like all poets OF bis kind is destitute Of morality or
nooessy' aud on the whole his volume with lis weak
msSnnropy It's Smless aspiration, its ungenid tone
gives no pleasure, satisfies no mental or emotional want
expresses no truth mreAds the syubocd Ian saage Of
nature ana only calculated to communicate its own
mental disease to heads not strong enough 70 resist s
morbid and maudia stnsibaiy." There sre several ori