New-York daily tribune., 1854-08-29
NEW PUBLICA TYONS

NE " PbBLICA IYONS
ieo - sss ~! ASD PbAcfs By y P,Rsts Wills
lhs Is new volume Of the collected edition Of Wu;
Prose "orhs containing portion Of the Ponciaos nv
the way with additional papers devoted to .ko,cbo -
distinguished coiemporarics including Ko..vtb Ion.,.
Lind, Lady blossrgton, aud other With the exce,,;n
OF Letters from under Bridge we think this von,Go
presents more charming specimen Of Wilss uoious
nS0' man any OF bs productions in prose His dcsrrip
tons of British scenery have a shsrp delicate 6,.L :,
spite OF their careless air which almost CONVEYS tho
preston Of landscape painting But even hese arc
passed IN certainty Of effect by his free dssbio0 d;n,
tons of society and manDers, which under the
OF The most rapid Improvisation contain that ds,,,
cnroosness oil phrase which from any pen but tba, os
Willis himself, becomes affc cted and lud,crous u s
master OF his own stye which has ne her protov,e in
English literature, successful imitators. Fva,v
attempt to tread in his footsteps has been concicuons
failure lie has created manner of composition
in which he is the sole writer is countesfeits are NJ
detected, and they ell beneath conteInpt Tbi ia
proof positive Of the fasy of the charge with which
Willis has sometimes been assailed that he is m.re,
superficial styst True, he paints the surfacetbs ia his
fo'te-no ore compares with him herebu his pctures
are charged with subtle nicely of thought peculiar
hDeness Of perception and discrimination which no mora
word-paiDter attain Certainly Willis il not noo,.
physician. He would reco from such hard irnneach
men in terror But if instead of making il his business
to reproduce the outside of things he had shown turn
for mental analysis his quick sense of hidden anaoges
and bis power of taking object pieces to restore it in
form of admirable synthcsis, would have stood him in
good stead and the letter Of Idewild might have
been second Thomas Aquinas. For our part we are
glad the fates forbade such odd consulnnaton and
yorchsafed poet to catch the fceng lights Of the exer
nal instead Of philosopher explore the obscure depths
Of the interior.
RoUTLEDGEs hmericon Handbook is convenient
manual for travellers in the United States containing
descriptions Of the principal cities and towns with the
different routes from NewYork to all parts of the Union
Summer resorts watering places, localities for hunting
and fishing notced and portion Of the work is de-
voted te advice for mechanics and omgraus seeking
lands No work Of this kind is free from errors but we
do not perceive that the present contains an unusual
share. George Routledge & Co..
Memoir and Sermons of JosrPH HARRIYGToN is an
interesting memorial of distinguished Unitarian clergy.
man. who died about two years since at San Francisco
lie was man OF an original intellect and noble charac-
ter. The memoir prepared by intimate personal
friend of Mr. Harrington and shows fault in opn
ion, but the too great in which speaks of the
virtues of of the excellent men Of his day 2
mo-, PIP. 276 Crosby & Nichols Sold by Francis Coz
The Scap for August aas articles the Construction
and Functions of the Heart before Birth Epilepsy, the
Law of Marriage and other important topics of physi
illogical and medical science The next number Of The
Sealp win not be issued until January account of
delay occasioned by the simultaneous publication of
London edition.
Sister henes or The Coptire Nun purports TO be
lgious novel, warning the public against the abomins-
tons of Dunneries 1t written in the usual
style Of such romance and presents many pictures that
are wesuited to terrfy oxctabe imaginations l2mo.
PIP. 4i2. Kker, Thorne 81 CO..
The Cny's Wants and the Cbvrchs Work is the title
Of an earnest plea in behalf Of City Missions, by the Rev.
THEODORE l.. CUYLEE, inculcatng principles that form
the basis Of Christian socialism.
Gratitude; an Exposition Of the Handrcd anil Third
Psalm by the Rev. JoHS STEVENSON, is an espostory
and devotional work reprinted from the English edition
by X. Carter q Brothers
Matrimonial Shipwrecks, by ASNErTE MARIE MAIL
LARD vapid English novel, illustrative of the Perls
ofm matrimony. vols l2mo George Routlcdge X Col