Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1854-01-26
NEW PUBLICATIONS

,Hs WoRs, Or ApvLEus.- Compiis.
iny tie M,timorphoseS Or Golden
Ass, The God ut Socrates, the Flor.
ida, aud his Defence, or a Dis
course on Magir. y new liahsla-
ton 20 which are added, II Mrlri.
cal version OF Cupid and Psyche,
and Mrs Tighc's Psyche a
Poem in six Cnntos. Lnndon; II,
Il. Bohn, New York Bangs, Bto!h.
er & Co, 1853.
The author oft celebrated romance
OF The Golden Ass' lived in the early
! part of the second century, under Tie
AntoDincs. He was naive Of Ma
daura an inland African town, and le
sly les himself in alusicn to its position
on The borders OF two kingdoms, "a hall.
nndhai Numidian and Getuliann ad-
ding that, in HAT respect, he rescmbled
The elder Cyrus, who was n "semi.Mc.
dian and semi-Pcrsian. Many of the
biographers OF Apuleius assert MS their
belief that under The h lracter ( Lucius.
the !, aginary hero of The story Of ",ha
Golden ASS" The author has related
sundry details OF his own personal his.
tory. This celebrated romance rur.
ports 10 be the autobiography of GER
tain Lucius Madaura. whose curiosity
with respect to magic has been reward
ed by his Transformation into The torn
Of jackass. in which he undergors
many curious and ludicrous adventures,
un;i he is at last restored 10 human
shape by the in'erposiiion oil The god.
dess Isis, TO whose service he devoles
hms, If.
The Golden ASS" IN which many
writer's. especially Bishop Warburion,
have been at pains TO discover a pro-
found theological purpose, appears to
have been written with view TO little
else Than the amusement ol profane
public. |, is enriched with numerous
episodes, Of which the bes, known, and
by far the mos, beautiful, is the story Of
CUPID and Psyche. Another forms the
second story OF the seventh day of the
Decameron. An adventure which be
iel Lucius probably suggested to Ger
van,cs the dreadful combat which took
lace at an mn between Don Quixo'e
and the Win;-aklns and there Is a
striking resemblance between the ac-
currences seen by Lucius at the hablra-
ton OF robbers. and some OF the early
incidents in Gil Bias. AruIcius, who is
now comparatively neglected was ia
mi.la ly known 10 all readers OF the
classics during the three centuries pre-.
ceJlng our own; hut i, is only through
the medium Of II lranslaliou, that those
who do no, understand the Latin Ian.
guage well, are likely TO make much
acquaintance with him for The future
Ills La,in Is very Troublesome to read
bat we here have most excellent trans
lation. The Golden Ass has been sew.
eral times presented 10 the public in an
English dress; hut never SO complete.
ly nr faithfully as in the present form
The God II Socrates has once previ.
ously been translated, but the Florida
and tie Apologize or Defence. are now
gwen in English for tie Grs, time. The
able metricaI version o. CUPID and
Psyche, first published in 1901 anon,-
mously, is attributed TO the pen OF Hud-
son Quincy, Esq. The weI.known
poem Of Psyche, by Mrs. Tishc, is ad.
ded, because Of lis arl roprIa,rncss and
merit. 1t was ighly popular at the
time Of is Girt publication, went ,hro'
several large editions, anl wac Ella ora.
lely reviewed and praised in the
Quarterly Review OF May, 1911.
Every scholar ani gene RAJ ,over OF
literature will be glad Of the publication
OF The works Of Apul,ius in the present
form, for il is one OF those rare books
which cannot be easily obtained. | Is
published IN excellent style, as are ali
valuable BOOKS which are issued from
the London press and Bohn never
publishes any thing which is not rare or
valuable. /, may he h d nj Bangs,
BroInors, e. Co.. l3 Park Row. New
York, or OF w. II. Peek, ard &. L.
Hammeit, Jr., in this city.
The ECCLESIASTICAL HisIoRY OF So
CRATES, surnamed Scholasticus,
or the advocate, comprising n His.
tory Of the Church. in seven books.
from the accession OF Constantine.
A. d., 305, TO 3S;h year OF Theo.
doSius H., including a period Of
l40 years. Translated from the
Geek, with some account OF the au.
thor, aud notes selerte from Vale
sus. LONDON Bangs, Brother &
Co. 1853.
Our authors first appearance in pub.
lie lie was in ConsrantInople as a spc-
cal pleader /; it was from this crcum.
stance that the coyi,n,n' Scho'asu.
Gus" was applied to him which indeed !
was the general appellarion for advo.
Gates on their leavin! the schools OF the /
rhctoricans to devole themselves 10 the
al AZ hon