New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-12-25
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vii describe 1t in the words Of the ped.gogue in
Love. Labor Los as "too spruce, too affected, 100
ocd, ss /. were too peregrnste aad sGd, With The
worthy Mon, tina, the author "has been q. q grest
feat Of Languages and stolen the scraps" More
friendly resceis will say that he has attempted to
coct hodgep odge in he style Of Rabela though
fee from bic indeceney, with g decided infision of
Robert Burton, and Sou heys Doctor en- occasional
spice of Sere aud squeeze OF lemon from Jea1 Paul
and Heine, sod the whole served up with the ssyory
uIctiop Of Meister Kari himself. He need not have
informed US that II is the work Of young man, writ
ten between bis sixteenth and twenty N year; for
ever psee shows the eaveseenee Of the dt rannngs
of The wiz press and the gsyety and pe.ulsnce and
reoi etsptss Of foamng juvenility. Not many lads,
however Jest emerging from academic shades could
father such production. Is learning would not ais
grace s yslon professor il is alive with ever
fresh yivac'ty, ssd shows knowledge OF the world
rare a. any sge sId sill more rare, with tou sh
of licerse or besrtsnness. We might apply TO it,
without essential change, the desci pton OF "The
Anatomy Ct Melancholy by WArton. " The authors
variety Of ItaIDlpe, his quotstops from scarce aud
curious books. bis pee antry sparkling with rude wit
and ,hspeess elegance, miscellaneous matter, inter.
mixture Of ss reeabe taes and illustrations, ard pn-
hsps above all the singulnites Of his eeinss clothed
in al sncoBmop qusinhess Of style make it valu-
able rportory Of smu,enest and information" But
we ruust let heister Kari speak few words for himself
ard bey shall be those in which be takes q merry
leave Of biz rssters:
Ard We, few LAST words. Resder have performed
the promises go profusey profe "a in my Introduction
Ala have left uDdone much that ought TO have
done, thou.h recdncke have done still more tast
never intel ded 10 do. So rect content Perfect
writer are as rare perfect readers; and If Nsure
ever IL sde perfect specimen Of either, depend upon
It that che ade but one impression and then broke
the n,ok
And here, methiDks, you cry, "A pla darism-s
most manifest aud shallow plagiarisn!" True; and
vet sole it not EOm Byron NOT from Arios,0, but
from The story OF the she bear in the Pentsm rome OF
Gisn bsttsts Basile, where bereayee husband cnee
"Wtere shsll fro woman equal in beauty 70 my
wifei Nature made Nsrdella, and then broke the
mold "
Yes, there 10 much that could hsve done. l could
have TOLD you how Wolf Snort frsternized with the
Hospodar Of MoIdsvia, and took tea with Keying 10
Canon; how be tnusgled bibles into Bohemis, and
INA pie 1T playing POKER and monte In Can,
Ernia; how von Schwartz fought in Hungary and
Cicasss, and with the TURKS and Tatars, and how
be q, length became Q terfect amateur Dugald Dat
getty; bow the Cbevaier married Coralie, and what
LIZ uis Nspolt on said OF the mstch; how young C
soved ali his sid ~ats, and returning to NeG York,
built unto hin self big broker business in w al stree.
al a u al zion in Fifth Avenue AMI HOY Uocle Bill
ccnliI TO is him every Sunday evening" and how
tie latter seems to be in . fair way to marry Mrs
c.. And there are many mirifc tales yet unvnt-
ten of Adren the artist and the Count and Countess
oil of which may yet see light should Heister Karl
ever chance his wsy again And there Is mu a more,
in nowse referring TO each any of these which may
ye, be said or sung, should my iLdulgent suisnoe
greet me with encore.
And blame not the Meister tina. he 10 over-qusint
end exirat ecuar in his STYLE shooting use MS ia
yoiiie sio e at times trancsn den ally Upward hse
rocket and then falling descendent4ly downward like
its stick into that rhetoric which the learned call rs
muole. Extraordinary subjects are to be illustrated
In an binary manner as the professor remarked
wren be drew the angles and curves OF the soul upon
q ere en- board with yellow chalk. IL may be, read
e. tb" you and or perhaps b. bon OF u.s. m.y lux nse
" tat'ered cloak" saith Baxter 10 his Saints
Rest "may cover good cIinksr. Aud II will be, L
ooubt not, soa ion ana comfort to yoa 70 re,
He OF that ,hou, the previous chapters may not In
every particular have exactly squared with your
Views tastes int. rests. they have not been, per
sTens or or rivals, I q: &c case may Sc.
Fare ,bee well, ReeDault my reader-fare thee we'll
If hsvs in aug offended thee, am sorry; aud II
II on hs.t EVER thought hardly OF me- trust that we
nav both receive for punishment beautiful grl aud
a anne bag full OF guinsss.
"Dstur pro peai, 'crptor pulshrs rueiii"
This i. my vaieaiction, friend OF mine
MANOR. WAR LI7E limo, PIP. is6 Cinc 1nal: Moore,
wil.tsca Co. New.Yort, Miller, ortOo Maiisan-
2 THE MERCHANT VESSEL By tho author OF a.n'ot-
WA Life" limo, pp 2ss. Toe Same.
Since D,pa's Two Years Before the Mast" We do
not cell 10 mind any more admirable description OF
,,iors life at than contained In these graphic
volumes. Herman Metville's nautical narratives
are more highly spiced with pquant descriptive
scenes it IL true but for quiet absorbing and W. Tar
az lsndsman can judge, fa hful accouns OF Life on
stipboard, commend US TO this anonymous author.
He some " hot resembles Capt. Basil Hall IN bis lively
pictures Of the routine OF seaservioe, bat ne IS not so
rambling, nor e. hppan., az that celebrated old salt
H. the two volumes before we have se.ies OF very
agreeable ps,Ia ,ives relating the manners and Gus
toms of the forecs.te aud the quarter deck with great
yiyicpess of illustrate N and variety OF detail. Con-
neeted with the main ubects OF the volumes sre ANY
i1teretirg accounts of see and incidents In forsga
pcts such as are not usually found 10 the sth OF the
most ,n,erp ising traveller Tbs moral which the writer
enorces pelhsps against bis viii ia that OF old Coma
10 in the Temr est, tia. acre Of barren ground Is
worth thousand iuIlopgs Of sea-
LECTURES ON EYGLI.H ais cory AID T ps
POETRY By HhssY Rssn lano., pP' Vs. fhhiiei
Another po.thouous volume from the aims OF the
late accomplished Profess II Reed. /. CONSISTS OF two
courses of lectures one on the Historical Pays OF
Shah and the other on Trsgic Poetry as II Us
ta,ed b, King Lear, Macbeth, Hamlet aud o'a"no
The mnG Of the author was in true sympathy with the
spirit OF Shake speaIe He engages in the DISC asai'n
OF bis plays not in tone OF scholastic PedanTy' ou;
with warm and Wits. ard loving spprecialon
Without bearing the stamp of ,.artiiOs originally OF
Inaccessible profoundpes. hs remarks are genial and
catholic in their spirir, and expressed with .res' pro-
prety ard cha.tenes OF diction. The student Of
shas espe are will find many admirable sag seetons In
the critical anay SEE OF the volume, nor VIII ne e'
fail to be gr.,iAee With the eeva'ion Of 'sse aaa
beauty Of language With which they are put f0Ttn
The notes by the editor Of the v'u ne, Mr. william b.
Reed hetrav q familiar AcalsltaDce vifh hArsta.e