New-York daily tribune., 1854-08-29
NEW PUBLICA 1ION&

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raMous PERSONS AND PLACES BY PAsxxA WILLIS.
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This Is new volume Of the collected edition Of Wlss
Prose Works containing portion Of the Peneihss by
the Way with additional papers devoted 10 sketebes Of
disspsui.bed co,emporuies including kosssth, Jenny
Lind Lsdy Blesspgton and others With the exception
Of Letters fom under Bridge We think this volume
pres&nts q more charming speciisea VI Wllss unique
style than any Of his productions In prese HIS des~p-
tons Of British scenery have shsrp, delicate enish, in
spite Of their careless air, which n conveys the ui
precision of landscape paahpg. But these
passed in certainty of effect by his fcc dsshns nea
ons Of society and msnne which, under the appearance
of the most rapid improvisation. contain that dainty
urousness of phrase, which from any pen but ht of
Wills himself beco nee affected and ludicrous lie 10
master of his style, which neither prototype IN
Engsh literature, nor succesfui i'aissfors. Every
stteu ut TO tread in his Footsteps has been conscuous
fliure. He has created q manner Of composition,
in which he the sole writer His corntereits are once
detected, and they all beneath contempt. This 10
proof positive of the fas OF The charge, with which
Willie has somemes been sssailcd. that he is rely
superficial sylst True, he paints The surface-ihs Is his
fote-no ore compares with him hero-bu his pictures
are charged with a subtle nicely Of tbooght, peculiar
frepess of perception and scrimnston, which more
word painter can attain Certainly Willis is not meta
physician. lie would reco from such hard impoach-
men in terror. But if instead Of making HE business
10 reproduce the outside Of hnss he had shown turn
for mental ana sis his quick Of hidden anaogcs,
and bis power Of taking object pieces to restore in
form of admirable syuthesi, would have stood him h
good stead; and the letter. writer Of Idlewid might have
been a second Thomas Aquinas. For part, We are
glad the fses forbade such odd contamination, snd
voucbsa poet catch the doedng lights OF tho sxser-
nal instead D, philosopher ~ explore the Obscure depths
Of tie Interior.
RourLrper's Americas Rasdboos is . convenient
manual for travellers in the United States, containing
descriptions of tn. principal cities srd towns with the
different routes Ne sYork to all parts Of The Union
Summer resorts, watering places. Localities for hnnhng
and fishing poticed and portion Of the work DE-
voted +. advice for mech anics and csgrsn seeking
lands No work Of this Kind Is roe from errors bst We
do not perceive that the present cmtsns IN unusual
share. (Geo'se Routsdge u o.,
Memoir and Sermoss Of JosxPa HARRINGTON 10 an
interesting memorial Of distinguished Uatsrisn clergy
man. who Died about years since at San Francisco.
He was mau Of original inellsot and noble chxsc-
The memoir prepared by an Intimate personal
friend Of Mr. Harrington and shsws fault in our opn-
op but the too great reserve I'M which spcaks Of the
virtues of Of the most excellent men Of his day a
mo-. PIP. s76. Crosby NioiolA Sold by Francis Co.,
Tie Scalpel for August articles the Construction
and Functions of the Heart betors Birh, Epilepsy, tho
Law Of Marriage, and ether important topics Of phys-
illogical and medical science. The next number OF 1As
Seaipei will be issued until January, seceunt Of
delay occasioned by the simultaneous publication ofs
London edition.
Sister Agnes; the Copise kss purpcrts TO be re-
rgous novel warning the pubis against the sbousna-
tons Of nunneries IL 10 written h thu u.usl scarecrow
style Of such romances and prssnas many pictures hst
are wesui,ed terrify exe<abe inagnssonf. ti2no.
Up. ii2. Riker, Ihorne Il Col
The Cay's Wants and tAs Cksveks Work b the tiAs
Of an earnest plea in behalf II oy hisas, BY The Rev.
THEODORE l.. CUrLrs. ncuiestng principles shsa SssD
the basis Of Christian socialism.
Gratitude, An Exposition If aAe Hssdred and Third
Psalm, by the Rev. JoHs Srrsssos, 10 an sapoatsry
and devotional work. reprnseo from ne Enslsh edition
by X. CaItsr & Brothers.
Matrimonial SaipVreets, by ANNETTE NAME NAIL
LARD. vspid Englsh novel. llaswative Of the perm
Of mauimony. q vols. lamo. George Routsdge Co.,