New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-08-17


VI ol ooIle the greatest dr4matsi of France he
.,psey lost in socetyso absent and emoarA'ea that
ro,s ~ himself witty coupet, i'm porting thai rs vas
80, in,ellgibs but through the mouth Of another. Wit
sner seems 10 be ethng widely different from "a 1t
~ y, words 10 conversation, which wsle It sp"slss
- toy Charles H. the wi,iiest monrch that ever sat
= ,he English throne charmed with The hum y OF
gnSlras that he caused himself 70 be introduced IN
81 cb..cisr of private gentleman, % Butler us auth w.
~ Wit, king found the sUth1r very cuI companion
- "a. Of opinion with many others inst 80 stupid Eel
h, couk never have written 81 clever oppk Aldlson
bose cssc eee ,nce Of style hs, long been considered
ii.nOde was shy and .b.snt n socet sven
lscre a single stranger suf ADD dsnihsa shence'
wts accustomed T. say that thsre coud - no real
enrersafion but between so prs irlenos ANA 'ns
,.s then thinking aloud Steel swift Pope sno Co1Sr-ve
rp literary and conversational power, If the
1bes, order aIOved him n have been delightful CON-
pjon among inmates ard Young says OF tbs later that
he mute in society on some occasions ont Tnsn ne
Azsn 10 be company he fu Of vvacty aud went 90
noble strain Of thought and language so as - chain
as sttenii II every ons TO him Goldsmith on the IN
ssry ~ described by his c,nsmporary writer's appeared
mi, % brightly in biz works His sidres. was svk rsr
ia manner uncouth his language unpublished be hsS,s.ed
II psdpg and was always unhappy if the Conversation
sjd not turn upon himself"
There sre sIcs pon. 10 every rule in the present in
tsnce, however. they serve but 10 confirm H.
Burns famous for his cOoqu4l powers and CAT IS
epoed 10 have been sk1 the story tssrs Of tbs
Is IN FIXING the attention Of his auditors his prolonged
sraiiODs Coleridge ia tho habit Of pouring firth
rsti unbrOkeD monol CUES Of two or three hours d1
sioD, 10 -t@nsrs enchanted that, like Adam, whose
were filed with the eOqUence OF 2rch2uge tnsy
ggot I'll pscesl season. and their change but this
not conversation, and few mil ht venture 70 emulate
at old msn eloquent with hopes Of equal success.
Washington Irving in the account he has given Of bis
nit 10 Abbotord says Of Sir Walter s. )tt that his con
asaton vss frank hearty picturesque and dramatic tie
ever talked for effect or display but from the hoToi ms
,iiis the stores Of his Imagination. He was ~ I'D
tsptr tsker pprsci4.d every thing that others
d however humble might be their rauk and pre,sn lions.
sd quick to satisfy his perception Of any point nher
iscOprse Ne ones concerns one thoughts and OBI
ODE ones tses and pleas res seemed b@seah him.
le made bin self thoroughly the companion OF those
nth whom he happened TO be- hat they forgot for sme
vast superiority and only reonscsd and wondered,
Then ell over that il Scott with whom they hal
snch familiar terms in whose society they had felt
o perfectly 81 ease
In conversation Dante was tscurn or s,tirc. Gray
nd Alter seldom talked or smiled Rousseau was re-
narksbly irte 10 conversston-DOt q word Of fancy
eoqufnce warmed him. Milton Was unsooial and
DRYDEN has very honestly told us, q" My cOnversa-
Jon dull and sow-my humor IS saturine and reserved
0 short am not one Of those Who endesVor to break
.s in company or make repartees'
Here is an instance Of the manner in which our book
VOm turns TO account some of the odds aud ends Of
teraIy history:
rITLEs or BOOKS
In Builers Remains it IS cd that there is aknd
physognomy in the titles OF books less thsu 10 hs
ices Of men by which skiilfu observer will ~ we'll
how what 10 expect from the one as the other
Generally speakins. this is correct But the oDtican
vbo should bsppn to purchase nook entitled Nr In
milton, Poire Of Crist1H SDecfgcs by hee whercOf
~y be r'-d 50 smaH print hn rhH trsafy steet' Of
Fer nil hdrdiy cent? shM be h.cOvsref IN me,
h4 would ind 10 bis 'up'lse that il has nothing - do
nth his business but re4i-r the civil wa S, also
SIGHT mistakes very readily with regard to Horne
boxes celebrated Dire Sims Of Puriey which Will igs
k0k club actually ordered at the time Of its publc.to
Ider the impression that was book OF amusing gains
In Chambe's's JoayHoi .s curious paper on the sub
ct OF Look titles from which we quote the folio Fing par
graph
aDs. few years since work was Issued with tbs IA
nic title Of II and for days previous t. itJ publ pn
he walls 81 London plscsrded with the words Or
Ter H. Buy H. Read n The old naturalist Lowell
lubisb,d book at oxford in Tool entitled Paa-ooiogi
gEine'olotia which is nearly asous word as 'bssss
rOposed title for book uamely,
gd0mphic, tbf0fioHcs ~
Acc. roirg to stoves Chroni e thu title Of D,ms,iig
Book fcorn the circumstance the Original having
Ken preserved in a sacred place Westminster clusters
allied DOmus Dei, or House Of God
The Latin po.tasters t. have their merits He'd
gmev bat in question by the title Of John Peer.s Gu jus
nd very work, Ncn V1yfO mike Latiq Fsrses
rrebr ahy one of ordinary capqcity hat only kq9 N
Tord Of Latin Whof fa'GHS, may ne Iiny
ssgh 10 MAKE thousands of Her0Dteter aud PeHt Iter
y0'es "htch shall be tHc Latin, trne IeTse and Gjot
10 1859 appeared book entitled The NY to Uatnora
iHOvhdgc, or shop Of Fire HtafoWS
(Which II YOU do OPEN
To chcapentnd copen,
You will be unwilling
Tor neny a s .ne,
Which you shall have oft"
The notices title pages often very curious The
Glowing Is from boz called gentlemen, I0Ok d50uf y0H:
Read tins over If you're wise
Ofbtierness, read not at ALL
Another, from Whitney EmtIemS ti5s6l &c.
hecde then friendly Judge and bang rash rans
So msst thou rsde thy good and saae eue my psle
One Joshua Barnes wrote a poem With the design OF
a. 81.
ION and another French crlc Daurat who lived in the
1teenh century pretended sccordng 10 S5<g-r 70 hnd
u The Bibic "a Hmer ia Gu4re wrote an eulogium On
ies Erasmus amused himself by discussing The p~atW
be SAL 6 81 the pun, h. dedicated to SIR Inons re
ferrius IftofiSe on bcUds-llomers war o-tReen IN
rOgs and mtc and lurians 'sertlon on ~ present
curious tnumvrate ofca.sc taste; and Grsys ois on
The death a. caf-P pes cpl, verses on l0ct Qt Ilr
nd Swift M0f1OH brO0WsflcS, may serve rs their
Ompsnions in modern times And as We have already
Tgenpity se II E. have been Overtaske1 10 the
abrcsuon OF the ths of books IN early times, Indeed
lis again becoming IN our own authors OF the olden time
sd TO puff their WORKS by atiNing "tAiqg MES 70
hem such as rlgN mfTlf' ant rune eHtrtH e, csrh
'easahtc 10 rad etc ceOHs rune treatise, etc
ieta6e pi'tie and shc Ureat be r0rt etc. Aldsons
NtotS proved 81 successful that 1t provoked johnson
% adopt The liter and HsmbisF \ very snusng bunder
US committed by a CERTAIN French critic who, notyi,h
landing the conventional of the term rendered It L.
ChtGe, ErrdA and who, alter wards On me 7tg With the
colossus of Enghh literature, addressed hun with tho
soundng aLG conlDiinsAtary epihet of Mr. IGgdb0Haf
pamphlet published in 1903 had the folio wing strange
iue'-Ths Dttrmtc Of st Cured, pres he'd at
MchAtls Crooked Lane b-tore the Prince Of OrAnSe,
" the Rev J Cco,ksh0aks Sold by Mathew Denton -
he Cre0kcd Billet CrigPtgQh. and by all b ok sol
ers The words Of the text Every crooked path sh d
be made striE ht TIE Prince, before whom 1t de-
vtrtd, WAS de formed in person
Many adopted alegOrich titles In theological works
hese most frequ.nt-such rs The usar of Aaron"
The Bones Of Joseph Toe GARDEN of Mats aud host
other ~ en- less allowable might De aidGced as II
fan 10 L. ire GwGy f'es tfeNSs on Purgst'ry 81; TIE