Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1855-12-08
THE ANTI-SLAVERY BUGLE.

the theme of his muse, something higher and bet.
ter than the silly legends of the savage nborigines
Ills poem does not awaken one single sympathetic
throb; 1t does not teach n single truth and re l.
dered into prose, lliawatha would be a mass Of
the most childish nonsence that ever dropped from
human pen. In verse, it contains nothing so pre-
cious as the golden time which will be lost In the
reading of it."
We feel confident that the Justice of our criticism
will be at least secretly acknowledged by all whose
opinion is of value but admitting, for the sake
of argument, that we are utterly wrong we hon
ostly think otherwise and we claim the right, one
which we shall never relinauish nor fail to
exercise, to state cractiy uhat ue think. But this
right, one Boston book publisher seems disposed to
question, for, on the morning after the criticism
appeared, we were favored, post.haste, with the
following extraordinary epistle:
"DEAR StRs-Flom the above extract from a no.
tice of one Of our publications in this evenings
Traveller, we presume your editors care very little
for our personal feelings as publishers, or
our friendly regard any way. So marked and COM
plete Il depreciation of our books is, to say the
least, uncalled for. You will please send il your
bill OF all charges against us, and in future we
will not trouble you with our publications or the
advertisements of them. You will please also
stop the paper. Respectfully,
TlCKNOR & FIELDS"
Tuesday evening, Nov. l3,
Inc way IN winch MeSSrS. IlcRn0r " fleldS OBJ
trude themselves between an author and his work,
to save the latter from an honest criticism, is so
absurd as to call for no comment it is sufficient
to point it out. But they may deceive themselves
if they hope to defeat criticism by Withholding
their publications from us, as they propose to do.
We shall find no difficulty probably in procuring
copies of such of their works. as may be worthy Of
criticism
Political economists tell US that demand always
ensures supply. The following letter, which was
picked up between 1876 Washington street and
somewhere else, seems to show that a critic of the
of the sort required is on hand, and ready for &C
ton. We ,ntrust it lin confdence) to our readers
begging that any one of them who happens to Lbt
passing by the foot Of School street will step il
and deliver it, as directed.
10 McssrS. TicknOr and Fields.
(Private.)
RESPECTED SlRs-We are about to mmen thu
publication Of a literary journal, to be called TN,
Echo' with a motto embodying Mr.. billiards fin
sentiment about having due regard, to the hanC
that feeds US We respectfully solicit your patron
age by subscription and advertising and We shall
endcavor to give critical notices satisfactory t.
you, of any books which you may do us The homo
to send, especially your own publications. In re
gard to these last, any suggestions which you ma,
make as to the extracts to be copied, and the styl
and energy of the praise to be bestowed, will b.
carefully attended to.
With the highest esteem we desire to be literally
Your obedient servants,
MEEK & SLEEK.
Nov. Goth, 1865.