New-York daily tribune., 1856-07-30
FROM BOSTON,
from Our Own Correspondent

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7 BosroS, Nondsy, July 2e, 1856.
The Boston Post Of this e,cDing ssys is hotter
than - here. IN inclined 10 believe II t,although
Aave chronic ipcapscity to believe generally the
statements Of ISs Post. But ste heat, ss posi-
tive thing, is unrn,takabIy grssa, and, % 6r the
comparison, why AnOw Of no people who have
better rea'ons for posting themselves up as 10 the
climat,, &C., Of ths region indicsted, than he
editors Of that same sheet. / rel, confidently
on the sscuracy Of the1 information.
Burlinsame, last week, was pretty generally
condemned BY public opssion here. Bet there has
been . reaction, and his conduct ia now as gen..
orally indofsed, except upon the abstract question
tf dueling itself Even those who blame him for
accepting challenge, are ready to admit that he
has borne himself manfully through the affair
Had he followed Wilson's example he would
doubtless have stood better in his District where
the sentiment against duelins is very strong and
all but univeIsal but, having professed his resdi.
ness to fight, it 10 difficult to see how he could
have conducted himself more handsomely
Our politics are in such mess just now that
the lees said about them the better. We shall be
able to straighten out things in week or two,
think At all events, while this heated term lasts,
must cOnfne myself to light literature.
English Traits; by Ralph Waldo Emerson the
long expected latest work Of the great Trauscen.
dertaist, will be ready for publication on the fret
Of August have had the pleasure of reading an
early copy. 1t is volume Of 800 pages, written
in a sineularly compact style, in short sharp de-
cisive sentences almost without ornament OF any
Kind, yet betray ing throughout every mark OF the
severeit intellectual and literary labor. No other
work of Mr.. Emerson's approaches il in construct
iveness 1t is thorough analysis Of English char
acter, which is considered mostly from highly
favorable point of view, and discussed in the tone
of sensible practical man Of the world, and not
in that of poet or philosopher, and still less in
that of historian or statesman. IL not IN the
least Observation-Disclosures the phrase may
mean.
Land race, manners, character, wealth, ars-
tocracy religion literature, the universities and
The Times newspaper, are the chief topics.
There is little account OF persons IN the BOOK.
Landor, Coleridge, Wordsworth and Carlyle only
are described LandOr thus:
"Op the 18th of May dined with Mr.. Landor.
found him noble and courteous living In g cloud OF
pictures at bis Villa Gherardesca, fine house, COM
uapoirg beautiful landscape. bad Inferred from
lis books or magnified from some anecdotes, an i'm
preston Of Achilean wrathan untaH abe petaance.
I do Dot know whether the mptutation were Just OF
lot; but certainly this May day his courtesy veiied
that naughty mind and he wss the most patient and
GEL tie of hosts. He praised the beautiful cyclamen
ineton; talked Of Wordsworth, Byron, Massioger
Beaumont and Fletcher. In art, he loves the Greeks,
and in sculpture, them only de prefers tue venus 70
everything else, and after th the head OF Alexander
in the gallery here He prefers John OF Bologna to
Michael Angelo; in painting, Rsfaellei ard shares
the q wing taste for Perugno and the early masters
The Greek bis'oiies he thought the only good; and
after them, NOltaies he pestered me Win ooutney'
"He clonfed Lord Chesterfield more than was
necessary and uI dervalued Burke, and undf rvaued
Wssbip gtop, Pbocion, and Tlmol.on; much as our
pom ologists in their lists select the three or tho sr
besi pears for q sUall orchards; and did not even
omit 70 remark the mils termination OF their names.
"Mr Lander carries - its height the Ove OF freak
which the English delight to indulge, as II 10 sg1aize
iLtiI commanding Freedom De has wonaeru
bain despotic violent aud nexhaustible, meant or
soldier by what chance converted to ette In which
there il not STYLE nor tint not known 10 him, yet
with an English appetite for action ana heroes lie 9
srereely un6trvaued in England; usualy lgoored;
and sometimes savagey attacked in the reviews Inc
crit csm may be right wrong, and Is quickly forgot
TEN but ye ar after year the scholar must still 60 back
to Landor for a multitude of elegant sentencesIfor
wis. Wit, snd indg alton that are gniorge'a0o
"a short, thick old man, with bright blue eyes and
fire clear complexion, leaning on his cane. He took
snuff freely, which presently solled hls cravst ana
and spoke warmly of his merits and doings when
he knew him in Rome; what mater OF
tie Titanesque he was, DC. lie spoke OF Dr
CbaLbirg 1t was an unspeakable misfortune toat
be should have turned out Unitarian after
all On This be burst into defamation on the folly
and ignorance of Untaranism its bigh unreasonable
ress. When be stopped to take breath, interpoSed,
that While highly valued all his exp anaOns, yves
bound to tell him was born aud bred q Unitarian
1YesI he said Il supposed so and continued a. be-
FORE He said he knew all about Un.srsnism per;
ecty well, because he had once been Unitarisn ana
knew what quackery it was. Lie had Deen csled the
RiiiDg Star Of Unitarianism.
{" was in bis company for about an hour, but find
il impossible to recall the largest part OF his DISCOURSE
which was often like 30 many printed paragraphs IN 10
bcnk rhapa
into certain commoppIacss. As might have foreseen,
the visit was rather spectacle than conversation
of DO use beyond the satisfaction Of my curiosity lie
was old preoccupied, and could not Dend 10 ne"
companion anc think with him..
at the time of Mr.. Emers0n's first visit TO En-
gland, Carlyle was living on q farm In tne sou'n
of Scotland. ,m-
"I found the house amid desosts hesthenry hills
where the lonely scholar nourshed his mighty neat;
Csrlyle was a man from his yOuth-an author VINO dio
not nee to hide from his readers, and ss aneoute
man of the world, unknown ana eNeo On .oa. MI
farm If holding on bis own terms Wnat ZEE: , ~
LONDON. He was tall and gsnnt, Nth Gun hke
bow. rtlf poss essee, and holding his extraordinary
uowe,s of conv ei sston in easy command; ingng 70
ii, notlern accent with evident relish; full OF lively
specdote, and with streaming numor wncn noaeo a,
NJ lovely the man; mot person to speak TO within
xte.n miles except the mnirter of DunscOre; so that
books inevitably made bis topics. :,
"He bsc names Of his ow for all the matters famil
lar 10 bis discouise. Blsckwood's was the sand
nagszDe; Fraser's nearer approach TO possibility OF
life was the mud msgszire.' When too much praise
Of any genius annoyed him, ne pIofessed hugely to
1Sgs ms e ns Il the oo
10 one nclosure in his pen; but pig, by great strokes
Of judgment, had found out Lew to let board down,
ard rad foiDed him.
Star dy was one Of his first books after Robinson Cru
soc AID Roberson's Amtrc an early favorite. Rous
tesur Confessions had discovered to him that he wa: