New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-12-01
ONGFELL NEW Pc -
IL THE EIGHTH rHoUsASD-Now READY.
SONG OF II A w A L IL A;
By HENRY w. LoNGFELLow.
lvoi lsmo. CIoih, 81.

SONG OF HIAW A I III A;
By HENRY W. LoN6FELLow.
Ivoj ismo. Cloth, 81.
Frcu The Lsrdop Illustrated Times.
Henry wsd.worth Losow Is. m ct seeo npsh-d pet q
% te ec@poon % Il. s.f ., s
hythcle o. soed thousand readers tsss IT, iet con-
EsP.et.oo. h.7; been d.e-sv.d tn. soss OF His.
Intense appreciation Of asta scenery hs,sfal iss In
human aesen to historic aess With almost msrsid
on .ssIs la. sur through ne u. o.
m.t.r-sr- manifested IN H,~shs IN uoss remarkable de-
fv.ry sen. the Indian hero svers-s In bis sss rcL
prosr. l. Se,ihrs landscape every adventure be ue''
VIA rss si.w.th,. wooos .hles g,,s-a
s. a.. owe sory sod would without the ssht'st
rD.ls the fortune Of .ry poeS ooso h., collected
their to.ios origin relss 20 other nysn.o
rts se have speak We mr1 eonsee' cur
w S,vs Been 60 sssd and the ~O.t
exquisite music. Unqualified approval ,troes por,ss ~
me sSI :, Of The soo. Of a..sS.~tsksn fo q. that
the faithful echo Of sbsIossSu' peope posr
have not been able to dscover"
Vrou Tbs Nssonsl Insell's-pesr
1--WE hsve in iii. newest Poem By Mr. Lorttho. P-rnsps
able seeon p,hmsr needsd work We are inclined
20 think BIS greatest poem Hne Tor tes reason sno.
their Ir.rpre,sion recognition the Ony eoa,ri,u,ion
s.m SS5 ,IS9 sSs "ss ne Va. n. bear
Ice cry heed IT, The work L. ther-re purely original and
he esend. hSe,to existing T,cu. and saisl By repro
ducns then In consistent and robe Epic THIS the virtue
Poet. have done Tor their s aso s1
How .hs, ~ LTSst.Io~ hs done hi. .or. Of ..P:.-
et than Ksnes exp GRAFTON ef tbs Po s.~s Aga
rtere.ps than ANYTHING And advise
for being ready confidently 70 say that no one vh, reads
IL the most bsosins poem Of m length ss have read
And SO enc. noS. American Poem, with a. few fu'a"
any other Of our timea'
From The Home Journal.
"If Lon,ow hsd rot enriched The literature OF his ccuny
v, for tbi. eisbof.e and most suece.. attempt give
literature Individuality Fecu lar to the la where
tue "'' ''N Hunted the Oisu and the beaver"
the home Ct he Indian whose the ws. and the earth
his mother"
From The New Yorh Commercial Advertiser
"rbi, poem published only week or two sso hut Is b.
Ss %ufs .1a ne 70. a
Osify pab ho been pqued and the song Of dswshs
Gest.S BY nOnOOnOa praise, would probably never have
to t. The p,iSep. objection. made to sse pecan
We him foe aiming to contribute to
Am M smSs W 81. Genius the simple .ad bssutfa
lO the .Oorsin,s Of our e.tnsn, We sd~re tbs
which hss enab ed him to ~site long
poem in EnsHh wtc English and no oihsr
American poet has accomplished This MEASURE his only
been Known q hitherto IN the works Of Lope do Vega and
other spspisds em,ined ssow ths the
English capable Of being m'lded into och'ic verse " mu'i'
| cal ss the Casilizn"
Prom The New York Trbuoe.
ave are brought into Intimate relations with every bird OF
Indian the sound Of .psiss Is 10 the vhss
fragrant with toe odors of aromatic woods simple
o,s life represented In series OF sx
pictures every of tenderness and that
can penetrate breast touching beauty
| From The New York Express
Setting asi8e un indian pouenelature and the
vapsetne Of pscs in pemss sns form The :nsd S,
sonsidssion CT, s,ien Of fancy It's unaloyed purity
completeness perfect IN hi. tespss tine
tumOi &c. other work in tho snS " 0u odd , o.
.SS u sS
"hswshs, as fittos ph.ntasy OF isou,ous oten,oal
., s s.pe, and dances trick. and hmsmsrsons
tbs linden PUCK Devil hardly ,urpased oy
II. hind oa The SsSs Of r mum n local s
| some Of our most delightful Western scenery"
From Hsrpers Mssssine.
"Thi. one of pctss.qa. f.aci.. Of Indian t.s
dtion unds the plastic ,bsPss Of the poet ssp,odss
lie Of Hs.s divsssed with seundaoes Of t.ss gu.
dvsotues which Mr. L9nseow ssoIo. si.n the o,sa,ss
wrought into the ..qss sni.A Of the - soma
the whole Of the composition shows the dainty fss,id
ou,ness for which the suthor Is remarkable.
ut afford. noble iu.tr.on Of hl. fns Poetic instinct the
sSd 9s.is.h,sy 81 MO ''''' '''''
We think he has so far exhausted ths subject sub.
will venture freed in the psh He has
resources Of versatile keen sympsthes with
qusinness Ct veis6caon the which
abored under peculiar inherent difficulties and ~hen w
poeu could have completed with such conderabe sacee
From The Boston Transcript
The hero rises like another fomshsa and his career IL
PetuIss With greet pcr% and :a TS. hsrGu. With her
character and Der cscOu. the odo!s Of the or
and a. Of S bird. The at. sT ss Ss ., TIE Tho
bscinsyed ard free .puL ed With hand along
the lines OF this fesh and most lovely lsgent"
From Tbs Concord Reporter.
THE appearance OF this poem event In the Wersry
world Of than Ordinary interest In this prOdgeion %
noted the artistic polish which the suhos
former pductiophs sans fsultles meter and sdious
rhythm TIE Ioeh:c to1, fee, verse used IL ts poem Pc
that til, usy ooiog fpdi,n would be hrs hipss TO
music 10 the rcushs. and the longest Of them the Song Of
H.wsbs sits Some OF the legends are roteqae and Inn
almost cen.rsned 70 believe them at any rate m.ds =
them"
Prom The Spin gdeld Republican.
work Of art vs believe IL viii &c placed s,, 90 the iht
Of exquisite poem. an Indian Edd. founded
10 the ideas and modes Of thought Of the sbO
H.. sSo o thu.
Bswstbs mate teach the phylos'phy and
charming MIrn.hsSs ,ushins Water sle: her rama ffon
besutul cascade sm. tributary Of the hhdsspo near
Hi.vsha which whoever esds will not be sssssd until the
While srjOysd We may say Of tbs author in the Ian
fusse OF the poe u itself
IAN the many SQUADS Of nature
borrowed sweetness from his dnsinsi
By the psthos of his masic-'
FROM The Providence Transcript.
10 the Muses largely svished their f
vors upon Nr Lonsov tLsn in the Song Of Hawsts Tho
yefcstiop e If his poems 10 peculiar berg properly
neither blank nor rhyme yet tru, beaaa s1d nsny
musical The poem 10 Distinguished for nat nnPeify ana
beauty that ngipe Of the real and the fsnc
fp which ehasstsse Indian lessnds l founded
upon the tradition Of soperhunsn peuoosse known hs
wshs who tn, ledisns 10 clear their rvers
The epsod legends OF The Son Il the Evening STAR and
en- bcdsa may be regarded the perfection Of melody"