New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-01-19
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

S.S S.w-Yort: c s Franes 4 Co
The descriptive talent exhibited in Grace Green
woods pevious writings prepares the reader for
lively book of travels from her pen. In This Volume'
she trayeraes the common ground of European tour
nv an American landing at Liverpool gazing al eue
London lions dallying with the fascnatons OF Pars
growing enthusiastic the displays OF itaisn ar
and xindnp ND with glance at the Iyrol and part
r cermsny Grace Greenwood ia q capital traveller
d. enters with the zest Of childhood into every nov
80 He, curiosity is Unsuitable. She has decided
a.. at for Sightseeing With genial disposition
,,bich soon makes her at home among strangers she
,s many friends and turns them to the best account
Her deliDeatons OF social life, and her personal
sketches seem to the most valuable portions OF the
volume She expresses herself with transparent frank
ness on foreign works of art aud other matters oil
taste but not always with the accuracy ofa connos
seur Her style is always lively, and often piqusnt
INIT toward the close of the book betrays the marks OF
haste and feeling WEAKNESS and perhaps homesi
meas II is not free from spice of extravaganza
which is occasionally carried to fault. She Ger
isly possesses native eOquence of expression and
N no excuse for grandiloquence. Itwould have been
York. GAS with parting gun we bounded from the
shore the heart gave last wild agOnized throb for
friends and home then sunk into depths OF dread un
known before She fingers also with too fond an
upction on the mysteries OF seasckness which If de-
scrbed at all had better be left to plain prose But an
undue secretiveness was never the fault of tourist
and we will not severely blame her for an excess of
confidence even on rather delicate subjects.
On arriving in England she loses no time in making
the acquaintance of the celebrities to whom she
provided with letters OfintrOductiOn. Asshe does not
hesitate to bring several of these worthless before the
public we shall not demur at giving our readers the
benefit Of her impressions. Here then we open lit
tie picture gallery OF living characters.
JAMES MARTINEAU.
Many of the churches in Liverpool are elegant and i'm
posing structures but TASTEFUL quantity ana
quietly beautiful than the Hope Street Unitarian Chapel
where Mr. Martineau breaches brought letters to tins
gentleman and on Saturday was al his house. Dund
him, in personal appearance, all looked for The pure
feryid poetic spirit and the earnest eoquence Wch ada
bis writings ake.tO the religious wants the devotional
sense the imagination and the taste of his readers all '
in his look, and speak in his familiar tones lie IS some
what slender in person. with head not large, but compact
and perfectly balanced His pereepive organs are re-
arkably large his brow is low and purely Greek and his
eyes of deep changefu blue There Is much quiet
ude in his face-natve, rather than acquired shouId
say-the repOe of unconscious rather than OF conscious
power About his head altogether, there is a classical
chelled lookthe hair grows in way to enchant an ar
list and every feature of his face finely and clearly cut
But the glow Of the soul is all over
On Sunday morning l enjoyed pleasure long hoped
for and to be forgotten in hearing him preach one
of those wonderful dcourses in which his free but rever
ent spirit to sound the proioundest depths OF the hu
soul to unvei the most solemn mysteries OF being
and 10 reach those divine nights to which few have at
tanned since Paul and John caught up and rapt away
from earth in holy visions and heavenly frances
BARRY CORNWALL.
On Friday morning had the pleasure of breakfasting
with the poet Barry Cornwall born Procer,-at the
rooms of my friend Mr.. p found this prince ofsong
writer's most agreeable person, little shy and reserved
at frst but truly genial and kindly at heart and with
vein of quaint humor running through ms quiet low
toned talk 1t gave quite sensation to hear per
sonal recoectOns of such Byron, Moore, Words
worth Keats COeridge, and Charles Lamb. or the lat
ter Mr. Proctor related anecdotes giving his pc
cuar delicious drolerie in surely not unworthy
of Ella himself. Since have been ia England have
read some of the prose of Barry Cornwall Like the prose
of most poets ii is sngulary picturesque and imaginative
The articles have read though not poetry press so close
to poetry that they have mueh of its rarest essence
Like the leaves that grow next fall bossOmed flowers and
luscious fruit they have about them the true divine fra
GRANGE and flavor.
D'IsRAELI
The chancellor of the eNchequer has look decidedly
and darkly Hebrac. When say this must confess that
have in my eye the modern Abraham, who lends money
to fast young with handsome expectations, the
modern Moses, who presides the pawnbrOkers counter
rather than the faithful patriarch of old or the wise
giver leader and feeder OF Israel The face TO
high character but is cold, polite and subtle in
preston could only the sentimental exquisite who
penned Henrietta Temple in the dainty waistcoat and
spiral black cuIls of the chancellor.
Bliss MILFORD.
We left the rail- and took open carriage al Reading
quaint old place. containing venerable abbey ruins
Three Mile Cross the immortal Our Village of the
sketches is miles from this but the pOetess does
not reside there having removed TO simple little
cottage al SwallOwteld mile or two away. We drove
through Our Village however, and passed her old
home and every field and lane and house and shop
familiar my eye. The birds in the trees seemed singing
her and over and the wild in the hedges
breathing of her Igazed down her favorte walk
half cheating myself with the hope that should see her
strong under the green shadows with her lovely little
friend Lucy and her beautiful greyhound Maytower. l
looked Ongngy over toward Abereigh and sighed that
she who had made chose lovely rural the hauns OF
charmed fancy and places of quiet delight and refresh
men for thousands could herself roam them and
Joce in them no more.
knew when we were near Miss Mtfords home by our
encounerng group of her picturesque prOtege the gyp
sizes, who were oungng the turf at the entrance of
lane summing Themselves careless lazy looking set of
vagabonds who scarcely deigned TO turn their faces to-
ward us as we passed though dusky damse fred up
at us with her cleaning eyes, from the ambush of her black
struggling locks
We were panied TO find Miss Milford who has been in
feeble state of health for years past suffering from
an attack of illness than usually severe Yet she did
mot look Ill her fine expressive lii with nleasant
smiles and she retained her kind sympathetic manner
and cheerful charming spirits to the fan Miss Milford
talks deehtfuy with graphic description of places and
free dashes at character and rch delicious hu
NOR which you relish like dainty hayer She has the
Joyous ougushing laugh Of child and her kindly eyes
fash from under her noble brow ana snow" son mar Win
all the vivacty Of giTihood. .,.-,
No complaining could have been han SO touchhg AZ ner
cheerful resignation when she told that she must MOI
go with us to drive pleasure to which she had been