The daily union., 1856-03-29
LITERARY NOTICES.

ssooRsssioas Of As TsSls- gak Of sanad Rogers. New
York Appleton Co. For sale by Taylor Maary.
The literature Of conrersstOa tho1gh in day almost
sp-siy neglected aud HRknoHH has always formed
poant portion Of the light and popular literature Of
ancestors 1t is Of peculiar and distinctive Character
hight witty and refined esb fr0m the mint rather il
IA the literature Of great minds Gtgigf In our eoun
y We nothing Of the kind the chief Of which
"a perhaps has been Ony generation Of Amer
,,p too few great have been Of letters
and again. Of them have been blessed with Boswell to
esteb the crumbs - they fell from their lips
OF late wears We have had the Table Talk, Familiar
Discourse Of Martin Luther, the Keformer Of Robert
suthey the Poet Of Samuel Taylor Coeridge the Phos-
oher aud Poet and of John Selden the Law Book Of
the Judges" Ben JoRsoA wont TO call him and
o We have the Recollection Of the Table Talk Of Samuel
Roger, the Nestor who seventy years made bis
debut in the literary e and since then, for full
ter. of century, has lived and moved among, and made
part of the lssrned 6eraii Of England.
In the before have personal narratives and
.,e,dote criticisms scandal and gsssip-a strange quaint
and amusing medley presenting Kaleidoscope view OF the
cuFtoms and fashions Of social life the private
outuions and secret pradicc the faults and toie oI times
n gone.
In many respects Rogers better conversational than
Cdpe who has been the greatest Of his
at least and practistd what Coerioge knew" he
very seldom practised-that IL, that
----n civil guest
Will no more talk all than eat all the feast
,easpg at all times and all persons 1t Is with infnits
that we down the table and listen TO the Jokes
the criticisms the garruous gossip concerning Scott and
Brrop and Moore and Jeffrey, and Fox and the foFt OF
other lustrious poe norelist reviewers, etatesmen
~ lords and ladies that won't In tho good ola times
10 gather there and laugh and chat
"Over their walnuts and their wine
Yet enter tainng and excellent Rogers
,.tont the chief value Of the recoecsns is that they
the recoecons Of witness Of most Of the OF note
Of the two last generations.
Did the occasion permit would be glad to make
our extracts from the work. One win give it bon
mt which combines in ii w.t. truth, and brevity which
nil editors will appreciate.
Au.n who attempts to read all publications must
often DO as flea does-sp We should do readers the
asce however by Of warning them of the partiAitie
aOd prrudcc of author, TO quote the following
graph
always distrust the account of eminent by their
None Of has any to siander Homer
or Julius Cesar but ind it very difficult to dEest
selves preudees when writing about persons with
whom Ne bave been acquainted"
l,war happy fortune that the poet who had sung
fweey pleasures Of memory should realize far be-
yond the ordinary the real truth Of his pictures
and vet may be that he himself says in speaking of
wSk through London, his life in latter years tike
wax ID cemetery" The friends Of bis youth all gone
youth Of his manhood dying Of old and, sad
ALL his mind, where all of memorys treasures
eaA4rlDed, had fallen away and gone to decay.
Macaalay'. History of Eng'und.
All been said that need be concerning this great work
IT remains for all read it, 1t may be had Of
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volume.
ToiHy and Hoping; The Story IF LiaIs Ha"eh6ack. By
Jenny Marsh
Jenny Marsh is the de p'ans of young writer who
appears for the first tme in the stately array cloth
boards all stitched bound and published
ALL the Story Of Little Huhchbaek." The story
tended do good and sincerely it may only
good those who read it, but to Jenny Marsh For by
Taylor and Maury.