The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-08-27
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

PurNAus MAeAzNE.-The September num-
Der of this hrivink monthly ab0unds in inte-
resting matter. 1t opens with smartly written
article lin literary sense) un er the head Of
sOur Parties and Polite J" but the views of |
Me writer are, in other respects not marked |
by any great profundity Of thought or intimate |
acquaintance with the principles Of civil polity |
We would recommend the able con uct0rs OF |
Ais excel MT periodical not to abandon the |
ground which they have so successfully occu-
pied, by allowing it to degenerate into = mere
party organ-and that, too, more sectional than
popular in it's tendencies and sympathies. Tue
fresh charming pictures Of forest life presented
TO us in the paper entitled Wood Notes" are
continued in the present number. The writer
u evidently close and enthusiastic observer |
OF nature; and to his pass onate admiration OF
The ever-varying aspects and phenomena OF his
favorite study he unites that felicitous power
Of description which is only to be acquired by
careful literary cultivation. In an able article
from the French of Scudo we have just and
carefully considered analysis Of the merits OF
that exaggerated school of music properly de-
dgnated as :" the pro iigious," Of which List is
tAe type and the incarnation. Those who re-
fuse to submit their correct natural taste to the
arbitrary canons of the quackery of art, aud
who look upon music as the Legitimate expires
sion of poetry AID sentim mt, and not as mere
vehicle for the display of mechanical ex-
oellence, will find in the structures OF
the writer-himself one of the ablest 'of
modern musical critics-mueh to confirm Ind
uphold their judgment At period when Com
petition in operate music has reached point
with us which renders it important tAat we
should not be led away by the eclat Of imported
regulations, sound criticism Of this sort. cannot
fail to have a NEST beneficial influence upon the
pablo taste There is g growing tendency
among st us to form independent ideas on artis-
tcel subjects, which it Is desirable to strength
en- and encourage, byepposing to abe interested
cieta of hirelng enthusiasts the matured judg-
ments of writer's who have made music life
study, and who are too honest to submit their
judgments to the scientific pretension and affec-
tation of fashionable coteries Whilst on this
subj. ct we must not omit the opportunity OF
quoting from the lucubrations of that desultory
and ubiquitous philosopher, The Editor at
Large" some remarks upon the condition and
prospects Of the operate stage in this country,
which have present interest =
But let us leave the region of dollars and hypothe-
Gated stocks Let us by from that oefanlting street
bet eschew bankers and directors bulls and bears
ana hover over some lighter and more graceful topic
There's the opera Dimes, thou Apollo of the boxes,
does not Thy heart beat sort of overture Of delight
Ut the yer, sound Of the word All you say, Ia that
eli giant Iacka6aisical manner which you alone know
how TO manage ali dear delightful Aston place,
did spend there, lapguishing wild, Donizetti, firt
ing with Rossini, trembling with M zart, deats ned
with Verdi, Trufli Benedetu Bosio, Be)etti-names
that speilhke, cOrjnre up visions OF past delights
What delicious little boxes, what enchanting gos.
sips, what mods and becks and wrsathed smiles few
aczOes the little house in viii h everybody knew
everybody 1t was heavenly, tell you!
But those times are past now, aud the old Aston
Is gone with them, and in its place splendid edt
flee tas api ing into existence. farther up We ca
Dture to predict the success OF the Fourteenth
Street Opera House, because to.be connected wit !
N opera enterprise appears to be as unlucky for
oee concerned as IL was to be the owner Of the
6eiian Horse or to have piece of Tholosan gold 10
one's pocket
But, say you. Dimes. that, Notwithstanding all
these terrible failures, opera managers appear GO DO
thriving racer
There's the miracle The opera manager in the
dnll seas PUSHES off to Europs to engage troupe.
He has just been utterly ruined by his last specuIa
ticn, yer we find hum takirg drst class passage on
board Of Cunarder, and drinking his Burgundy
ard Geisebbeimer every day at dinner, After he
mors reach us thSougs the medium of th, s7css, of
the great things that be has been doing e won-
derful artists he has engaged, the ext, Gdnary
saaragems be was obliged TO resort to In q Ter to
circumveDt ival impresarios, who wanted 70 obtain
possession Of the celebrated prina tonns assoluto
6iguors Chjzzzlini, from the Teatro San Felice.
II is also limited that he has been obliged to pay the
Artists prod gous sums OF money, as earnest for toe
continuance OF their engagements, though where
he got raid moneys the pubic Is not informed.
Well, in a month or so, the broken down aud bank
NV tn nDa In re az
Aesth and spirits, and accom- anied by the differ
ent members Of his new troupe. Ha! at last tue
csmpagn is about TO be conducted with spirit Eve
~ wall Is covered With placsrds containing glow
ing prospectus OF the ensuing season. There are at
least two oozen operas never performed IN this
country that to be produced almost Immediate
" with new sec merry, costumes and decorations,
al an expense Of -al millions of dollars" The
public is ON the tiptoe of expectation, and every
one talks shout the good time coming, and every
ore feel q sort OF mental shower bath when La
6onnambula is announ oed for the first night Aud
La Sonnambula tits, through the whole season. with
perhaps slight sprinkrg OF Lucia just TO fres1en
the Peo lie up a little. But they CO. notwithstend.
ing, with good nstured pertinacity worthy Of all
praise, and listen to the choruses they know by
heart and the solos they could sing in I'll cir sleep,
with q sort OF trusting confidence that the manager
win perform his promises YET The ason draws to
close- Notwithstanding the fact Of the house having
betn fol- early every night it is whispered dolefuly,
that The manager. poor fellow, Is again ruined. One
two of the chief artists get suddenly ndisposed
che evening OF the performance, and the tickets
rUsarned. Il leaks out however thst the real
ives . rebellion on the part Of the tsnor, who was
o1ed three weeks salary, and who peremptorily
refused to sing until he paid. Every one pities
the POOR bankrupt manager, and when IL ia an
Douncsd on the bills that, Is close to the season
and chance for the in,prssayf0 to redeem himself,
the grand opera of Toe Titsns" will be produced
avn new and appropriate scenery, msgni6 cent cos
tures, ard gorgeous effects, at az expense of-Hes
ven knows now msny-thousands Of dollars" the
public one and eli, determine 70 support The enter
prisipg manager. The Titans' is produeed-the
scenery isn't much, certainly for managers here
seem to labor under. the impression that loog
Toe scenery IL new" 1t does not matter In the
least about Its being good-and the house Ia filed
might after night to saflc alton. After Q sllen1id