New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-02-22
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LfTER4TURE AND ART ~ ENGLAND

LOypoN Friday, Feb. :, l,ol
II the demand and supply of Cheap Literature eon-
tirue increase AZ present and We get the duy on
paper We shall soon be independent Of An International
Copyright Our authors beginning 70 discover t2aI
the cLesp books pay best ard that Mr. Roatl-jse VIII
give more for book thar most OF the West End Pub
ler. Consequently they viii choose that channel and
lase their millions Of readers instead OF their thousands
20 that We may soon expect 20 have the hest WofAs
printed al price that vii psy better for the American
bookseller 70 import than reprint Should this become
tie case On both sides the Atlantic mutual justice may
he done. SO mcle it be, IS Mr. Dow Jr., says.
Mr.. Bentley. among other works, announces Lie
OF Edmund Burke ~ the author oi the Bingraph! OF
bisrae and Robert B,lr- Town Life Of the Restors.
ton. We are promise a new work of fiction By Hiss
CoCTer tic daughter 81 tho great nOTeilst " >.
Parker has in tie press the collected Poems OF Praci
AID Cor.eCciO, drama. by Adam oeliens cElageT the
DluigL dramatic Voet translated b. Theodore Martin.
Gle # the au.hors Of the Bon Gauiier Btlais Oea-
usclt ger de.eryes TO Dee far better known American
reprints are o. numerous "a usual
You are aware that The critic. London Literary
journal frft6iscOyered tie rev poet, Alexander SMITH
GrG b. virtue of cOpous quotations. aud printing oil
tie " Lie Drama in its pages, made tie public tole-
rsbly well acquainted with its merits. Since the time
Ct discovering that star ne critical telescope has been
svcop'ng The pCetca heavens m search Tor an! new
appearance. However uminares oi great magnitude
afd not 10 be caught every day, and Tie critic ha. ony
succeeded ia tuning mp a TluaWa! young comet Que
Stawy6n Big. who does not appear with such rush
OF spleEdOr aud wake OF glory as the star did Inc
other Gay an advertisement IA the columns 81 tue IN
Tuts informed us thac &C. all the new poets were as
covered and introduced to the public by Tie Crit-
"pubii.i ed ior.nichtly, price cd, stamped "a ana
itin a'ed iet il Ead caught another at last Eager!
fud in2ioGlJ did we rush or the book, all the more
d}iolea tia 10 Vas ICETEs. what IT ~ WAS another
Mr. h. B.owninc, was our hop 'iGl con ccture Alas
there must have been some luminous p1rdcle IN NE
Crfcs telescope which be accidentally conciUlcd wa'
heavenly body as that smart practitioner OF Boston
whom Holmes tells Of dsScceG his patient Ter " an
"rloiic buzzirg" Wien he heard the lies "aLzn- II
Ls stetLesc,pe AIMS Blackwell j. the name OF the
Po,fess erouLctd. / believe, sic is sister t. the
lsty Vi D, auilor OF the Laws of Lille But Tie
C,dic makes an olTegOus biund,r this time. Ms'
Blackwell S not poet. only P0eiast,r. All IT IS
melancholy Tt tCtiOn that there are hundreds such az
Ills moment ringing ordinary prose win indifferent
tI,ue with 10 new ideas, novel combination OF old
IDEAS with neither Inspiration nor aspiration. ~ would
not be- go had If il mere matter OF prNate cGer
else but like militia Men, tney viii parade IN pubic
They pick up an idea lNo, and t0s- them up anu
down over aud over, tue Juggier does his brass balls
sometimes tley manage haf3-dOzen aud th"y think
this sgbt. ofhaId constitutes poetry Poetry must be
exquisite on II il nothing and these meter-nongers
and ycrsiiyng cuprits 20 on rhynng al the mos aiu
rate cutie innocent Of any such thought, utterly tor
getting utterly ignorant Of the requisite qualities nee
cs,lN To- constitute poet
We lean from The kiaarHocs ChSoaieie that Alex
Smith an ~ shire Bard, aud therefore scion OF the
lue wlose ciii,f was Robert Burns. He was born IA
kiluarnock in the year l-19 the town where Burns
published bis first volume Like his father be Is by
rro.ofsion pattern drawer for muslin work, spc-
cies If work everywhere associated with Ayshire.
That Htynau Of our literature, the honorable ).
Wilson Clpier publishes Il correspondence between
himself fud Lord John Russell relative Ia the following
Ta,esee in u Moore Memoirs:
chez ,S s95 I ,re t cTol OS Sh o s
GIIeecsr, osutcn "a cFch sHa wee old ,llies
=. IL ..itI he Df The
MEMOIR appended the following comments:
10 Noors say 'dere.s reqn@a 9 spare
h 10 ,iooe What wosd ben the result Probably
while nooTe ws i've ard see 70 we'd as e y ns, n1 Ps
sys ii1iiora the pleasure OF safe maasl;J' -
Ills lordslip appears TO know the honorable Cfcher
rretty we'll and estimates him accordingly. Mr.
Croker apple, to BIZ, odsbip complaining OF hs nusl-
ice aud Moores slippery two-iaceJncss. Lord John
then saws he wrote the note on the supp9sitoa that
Croker was the author OF the article on Moore winch
arpeared in The Quqrery last year and which was as
fun of the blacklist spite and yenem ns ever Croker
could make IT, He also syly reminded the notorious
reviewer that lie is accustomed to write most severely
of others and to escape ell criticism himself seems
On immunity hardly to be expected
By this quarrel know that Mr. Croker Is 10 the
Am year Of lis age and in 3" probably advanced
stace OF a mortal disease but am not yet 10 my
"GotGge be says
We cannot but regard the Moore Memoirs as vast
mistake mistake to write them, and greater mis-
IL
Moore coed turn if some judicous friend had per
formed the same part by them as Moore was induced
10 do by Lord B,rOns As it IL, they present gael-
snfholy warning 10 al dary-keepers tae gay warm
soued gerc1ous hearted Tommy Moore becomes hs
tVn icOnoclast, and with his own hands deliberately
breaks in pieces the image OF himself when tn0usanis
lad set up in the temple OF their hearts Tor love ana
admiration.
While Oh the subject Of lfish literature, would no
tice that Jonathan Freke slingsby, OF the Dublin
Unitefsg Magazine, drops the mask and gives ms vol
ume of hs Oems, as DR.. Francis Waller Inc read
ers Of that Magazine pretty well acquainted WIZ
this authors poetry He does not grasp the Harp OF
Erin and CROWD his soul upon ts strings with the nre
and force OF the old Irish bards nor IL he remnant OF
that band Of young poets Hho few years since con
ceyes tie idea Of regenerains the old lani ana SET
,bout their work ike brotherhood of intellectual
snts horn for revolution and fought with the pen a,
he voted three hundred ma! be supposed to nave
Lettlel with the sword in tie Pass OF Inerm0pyie
lat bis yre is an elegant musical snua-box, aud plays
nan, pretty airs with graceful archncss DAINTY sweet
ness, and much rhythmic melody -. , -.
The article in The Tunes Oh D!.faeHs D'
oorrphy was written b. Samuel Phillips, one VI
the most powerful reviewers Of that stan ahd no"
secretary TO tie new Crystal Palace at syden-
ham. This is most probably the gentleman whOW
Tlaekersy snnihiated in bis " Thunder am ShAH
Beer" lie seems TO haTo conceived II 70 De ns
e.Deeial mission to battle with the gants. NOW II IS
Csrvie he beIabcrs then Michael Angelo Iltmarsh a,
auethor tine Kinl slew and now Dlsraen, ne Is net
tie sole reviewer however. Inc hey. M Hily''
row editing ROuedce Series oi ne foels' 40 eon
trbutes 10 The Times's Hterar! c9lumns We ma!
sarev ,ccredit him With the authorship Of tnat
lie styrecisti,e profound article 0h Ienh!soh Ia
M-moIam YOU rene11efH' .
But ths ,flainously vigorous review u mar "2os-
ou,ly Viilan0usly production tle nsI. ig 10
Biography. addressed 10 tie New Genera'i'n p!
he sntLor Of the ESSAYS ron Tie Inns. " no t-e