The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-02-13

He became engaged IN eirculaunsa mua. system Of ad-
greet frequently been described BY critics sy coufo
,ises win he minute style Of he Dutch school OF pantss-
DESCRIPTIONS Of scenery in the authors best rein Of
sareiui ELABORATION ibid -'''' "''' 'S"'
ss %:s psss ss Which s% soon Developed
apiesSsn, aasesss sss " "''A % '~i'' '"S 0ssn
NJ. Cssood Is fertile In a,alysis.-n ST.
BE entered the army 9hre he served a. private soldier
,hc organs Of sound were rrsroo5lU desroyed.-n57s
msnoris ssms Of his sermons and postcal remains in
~ sss dood Sp srs s and
salpiary Influence 6ls
sersS . ssrssadoa Of the choice Of h.
n. s..ssn. has thought The aenosss.
SsSsssr Bai.m we lnow existed, though sras, with
Yer, different attribute, an hcss TO which the necessity Of
NJ N,bsvs was The early graduates Of Tie New
afterw ards by m address on Amercansm- 646.
1t has commonly been supposed that this university
wss BY 1sav from So
ever, may be correct
In 1870. Tho Politicians, comedy, appeared he s.ia
aar Of winch was followed up in the Career oil rufer Hop
y sstSex. has been constant writer In the o'" of
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raiteys m artistic &aaos III. GA -.
This the FIRST intnation We have seen that Thoreau
was compelled to eat the rafers Of his Walden suany
tonisbing results of hunger On ii. D. 613 read Of
eccentric parsonage who bad ga wild flavor" and
291 Of book that had sthe rough flavor Of the from
tier settlement, that not only book have been
literally devUured but somebody-perhaps one Of the
Aesss Duyckpck-bas actually made provender Of .
frontier settlement
he has been engaged IN teaching theology both the
GeImsn and EngAsh languages Nth The eption Of The yer
political pfeences and shifts which accompanied the Mexican
re was next enjoyed in tho ONCE Of lsrae brokers' firm
whom he oraoa and they from Boston, where
did they open their Office? Or did the authors
The bos srs. Or private psnssrs, Dana Fenno
Co., OF Boston,
whippls eeder IN the display of hts quick lnt,e,
lie and eopioDs critical iacuiiy.~a 6s4.
Undoubtedly Who else should have been leader in
tbs display OF Mr. Whipples own Abilities TO the
'.copious ethical faculty!p
Tie educapon her son received as the compan
nn q for nsu he void
lhc wife Dr. r. A. W., wor;hps,Ss pnys sY Of Ohio
sIe IS married % MT. W kinney editor Of the Newark
DAILY Adses ehere many OF her poetic compositions have
Ae " present resident Minister at Vienna, arch he
james BureI, remembered eminent Rhode Islander
so1hor an Of his
early Of Providence lien ia The decay Of its large
msmsss .; the css Of jackson and
a G e o G. was WIN
Woi S revising the Sta The state New and
Do Ds sessF sas IS '' p'' 70
Would it be possible with unjust severity to
persons snoi ant of the aud uses
Of language for their presumption in attempting to
wlite critical history of Literature Let not the ab
sury be repeated that their work is historical and not
critical. The very selection of authors for histot ca1
treatmentLe decision, for example, that Henry James,
is net entitled to any notice wns'ever in a CYCLIC
pedic review which embraces formal biographies Of L.
s. Arthur and Louisa IcCord-is act OF criticism.
Resides these volamcs full OF what is for crt
cism to the application OF that word
and this criticism when not second haod Is often
feeble and prep1stesous in substance puerie and
vicious in expression. Coon Mather writes the lie Of
his father with great Split and unction;' he tells the
story q wi chcrcft with hearty JUNCTION that goats
over the vic ims;" Jeferson's autobiography has
thing Of the relish Of Frnnklins William B. Tappan's
perhaps less deserving Of this peculiar praise than
any others iu the whole range Of literature de-
scrfbed uniformly smooth, musical and in excellent
mony y which ia simply classified collection OF texts of
Scripture is called theological work Of research and
mer y Margaret Fuer's criticism (of Iongfenow)
" is but another pane for syD,Rethy;" ana William 2.
nawcs's signature Of Cypress Jr, is regarded
indication 10 the reader OF pleasant, ingenious
vein OF 'pecIaion on the fsvorite Topics Of the sports
careful stuoy OF this last extract has not enabled to
discover its Significance except 70 the suggestive i'm
would be indication CT rcvcries in graveySrds.
1t was org ogo the reproaeh Of foreign wits that
country with American Add1sOns, Arnerl
can GolJsmths," American SCOTS american Cole
ridges" &c. American criticism appeared at length to
be purged Of this sort Of stuff but II is here revived
Modern ChivaryH is modelled upon Hudibras and Don
Quxotte, and productions of that az" and the humor
Ia after Sterpc and Ecidng Brakes fCapr Fay'' il
"a Midsummer Nights Dream, after shakspeares Queen
NAB" in JopgelIow sthe poetical yflon and earnest
teachings Of Goethe and the every day humors Of Jean
Paul, as ii were. come to live with u.s."
But let us see what Is the historical yaue Of this
work. We have already shown that no Judgment
hibcd in the selection Of subj and that there
in the partcnariy and length Of biographies.
placed upon the statements which tho authors osr as
facts 1t would require volume to point out all their
plumbers, and Of their style, shall merely give
fe " specimens.
So much has been said and written of the Bsscher
family especially since the appearance OF Uncle Toms
Cabin" thss the reader viii readily understand how
aouneant and easily accessible must be materials for
their biographies; and the account Of the Beechers
and their books is inaccurate that all the rest Of the
work may therefore be justly suspected After few
have OF his in literature these sentcnces
His chief publication consist and addresses
woI. on fess Atheism eoecSn (, Of his works 81, In
Here Is not word Of those extraordinary s'Six Ser
mons on Intepperanoe' which produced q more pro-
found and pefvaaDg sensation t any other 81. ser YER
West" 'aiews in Theology other distinct pubca-
tons. OF his children We are told
ssser III in vo s Gss.
or rcpres & the Virgin Son. and an Wort
theory reerrlns the ora q spn 70 supposed eeses q
brohsr lof vhonI Edward has written duodesmo volume
on Baptism t Import and hodes; ADD third brother
Henry Ward BcGcher the most popular speak
ofe Jay. Ills attract audience, Sunday alter
sunday sufficient crowd be large sen 81 moc2 in Brook
jyn. e rch he Is 2aso and he Is equally favored In h. fre
quenl appearances lecturer on topics u c ayGA
We Will not dwell upon the dtcton OF this paragraph.
II will readily enough DO discovered that makes two of
Ir. Lyman Beechers his brothers. and of them
the pastor, not of body OF Christian and women,
but of meeting hoase; and twice reminded, in
phrase repeated In these volumes several hundred times,
that the subjects and persons treated Of the day,
and presume the day" referred to not that in
which ncbucladnegzar eat grass-,hough have
authority Tor doing Upon the WHOLE the extract il
fair example OF the hessrs. buy ckinclS's manner Of
writing
But 10 the 'historical facts: Instead OF f5a sons,
DR.. Beechor has had scen OF whom six-Wilnsm born
in 1902 Edward in 1906 George in 1902 Henry Ward In
1871, Charles in 1877 and Thomas K.--wbo Ia still
youngerbecane clerHyrnen. The Rev. George Eeecher
a OF eminent qualities Of mind and heart whose
memoirs have boon published, died few years since
in Ohio The other eve remain in the ministry Charles
il will be perceived IL MT the Oldest; he dil write
&c IrnHi NJ nd Al hook