The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-08-16
MEMOIRS OF BENNETT AND HIS TINE.

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Now Published,
MEMOIRS OF BENNETT AND HIS TIMES,
With enc medallion portrait 4ss pages Price 81 25.
EATTIE PROSPECT.
The neres. excited by the merits OF this book and il
complete view Of journalism in the United States Ia,
been intenc The opinions upon the arc as divers,
be imagined Strange contrasts will be discovered
in them and public curiosity seeks know how the
book has been received quotations from time to time vii
be given in order that the may be fairly repre-
the subct The author has stated he seeks no favor
for his woiA the public will Judge of its value wthou,
aganst tie
POWERFUL FACTS AND EVIDENCES
prougH forward in the volume. Tie work itself furn
tne ey g ne peculiarly contradictory character Of the
p.nen. Tie public press Of the city supplies some in
able Comments are selected from the
plascIPAL NEw YORK JOURNALS.
The Ggniaed Commercial Advertiser says:-
The author has been severely censred by several
temporarics who personally hostile to his hero,
while others who either indifferent or favorable to
the suc Of the work praise the industry and tact with
which |. has been complied All that the public need
care to know IL whether the book has been written
truthfulnnd impartial spirit or under the influence and
control Of the person whose life purport to render an
account Of The preface that the author has
sought erson counsel upon his theme its mode
treatment Neither MIR. Bennett nor any connected
with him has been consulted either directly indirect
y with respect TO the writing publication OF these
memoirs Unless, therefore, this is
Lutte aehcod which we cannot presume, the work must
be received voluntary, unprompted aud independent
Includes "reminiscences Of 80 many interesting public and
private events OF the Last thirty years that 1t will gen
interest
. Annexed IL specimen from the New York Times, Of
three columns Of dsncrested comments accompanied by
extracts altered from the text to suit the commentator
he s seorsy alarmed lest the book should be read
his warming should be generally known
We thepublic that there svery little interest
and nothing whatever Of value in the book before u.s.
poor, catchpenny, trashy, iii written verbose compla
tion, and Hat ns dead small beer"
The rehned Home Journal appears to have examined
the book With disposition to represent fairly This
its verdict -
eve confess that We have read it with relish deriva
ha su4stN hatf ha 4raaa
ceedng skiful manner in which that subject has
worked ont Indeed may we'll at once say that 1t
OF Mr.. Rnnett personslly-shouM be without. Il may
be Imagined that It labor TO digcs and
We're TO say that this has been admirably DONE we
should more than the TRUTH these memoirs
ndispuab the best and most complete Of their class
which We have ever seen In every respect believe
this work viii have large sale"
The Triuunes philosophical acuteness dased through
out two columns may be comprised tn few Of its lines
"But must close . volume from which we can CLEAN
readers. Few readers viii have VIC patience TO wade
Though such Of verage unless for the sake OF
examining an sudacious specimen Of book making"
justice. Hsays -
1he book Is worth reading and the fife is worth con-
and Sketches not without partiality tho rse progress
and course Of Of the most enerprsng and
Of Mr. Bennett which Is the best thing Of the kind we
have ever seen ON paper The publishers expecting
II a1e h 81 the DsSs q. tn. :ss % Will sesys
to help the hae than to iDjure the subject Of the
The stately and reliable Journal Of Commerce comments
sIhe author has abstained from personal intercourse
with tire subject Of his memoirs either for information
or counsel with view to Independence Of the influences
that such association might operate to snssndsr The
naSr. p wrnr the vO oa asn
tionai enlightenment IN respect TO the qualities AMI
achievements which cntitle Its hero In hs estimation
Nar rred
co. The book possesses interest however supplyn
the thread efa somewhat tortuous and eventual publ
that have public attention al inter
vals during the last thirty years"
Tie United States Review has taken different view OF
the work From nine pages OF review these lines are 20
lected:-
sswhoevet the gentleman may be whose pen has given
us the leading In the life of this remark
able pos esng In the highest degree many of those
features whih have marked some Of greatest men
We can ou say that he has performed nj. labor with
and able biography that have come across for many
years 1t must have been labor which has long occu-
pied him."
The very charitable and unbiased Evangelist observes
1T does nothing like justice to its subject, and none
should be 70 much dissatisfied with it 10 Mr. Bennett and
The fciIoxine very important and yet humorous dec
sion IL from the New York Sun -
aCon,nQ sfter Barnum's rich confessions and humor
ous elains Of eventfu life the book appears dull
and drcary ond endurance Instead OF racy memoir
and gaphh review Of the history Of the last twenty or
book making relieved only BY readable chapter or two
the rise and progress Of the penny press, and epe
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