New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-04-12

dravisn r~rcueroi. is biz nature and the un.smabIs
mnue n at ass given HIM power crush the dragos
You do rot love bim PERHAPS revere, and pcrhap-
alo be W. I'D only laugh az you you nd but you like
lin h. urtil, and Ike to him rhe powerful smith
tie Siegied melting all the old iron his furnace tall il
cws 10 a sunset ed and burns ION II you senscS,y
go too near. He seemed to me- quite sied lonely as
l. rGeser vet never man more htted - prize A.
could be find one tmatch bis mood. He finds such bur
Only in the ras;. He sings rather than talks tie Pours
ur-n kind of sSical herocal critical poem, nth
regular cadepces, and generally catching up near the
beginning singular epjthe which serves as 70
from WI his is full with which a, with KNIT.
ting needle he catches up the Stitches If he hiss chsnced
now and then 10 lei fall q row. For the higher kinds
of roe Try be hiss sense and hi talk on that subject
j. cegL.fully and gers eously absurd: he sometimes
stops minute TO laugh at il huself then begias anew
with flesh vlgor for all the spirits he driving before
in II 10 him as Faa Morganas, ugly masks, In
fact, if he can but make them turn about, but he
laughs that they seeM TO Others such dainty Ariels
lie puts out bis chin sometimes till ii looks like the
besk of bird aud his eyes fash bright instructive
meanings like JOve's bird; yet he Is not calm and
grand enough for the eagle. He i more like the fa-
en-, and yet not of gentle blood enough for that
either. He isLot exactly Ike anything but himself,
ard therefore you cannot rec him without the most
hearty refr SHIN, nj and goodwill for he IS original,
rich and strong enough to afford athousand faults one
exr+cs some wi d land ia rich kingdom. His talk,
like bis DO, ks is full Of pictures, his critical strokes
mastery allow for bis point of view, and his survey il
admirable. He is large subject; | cannot speak
more or wiselier of him now, Doc needs IT; bis works
ale true, to blame and praise him. the Siegfried Of
England great end powerful if not quite invnlnersbe,
and of might rather to ,stroy evil than gislate Or
good. At all events he seems TO be what Destiny in-
t. ndec and represents fully certain side; we make
no n mOnstrance to bis being and proceeding for
himself though We sometimes must for Us.
The writings OF Margaret Fuller, which are now
passing through the press in collective form, will
introduce that rare type of American womanhood
to numerous r, aders who are acquainted with the
riches of her intellect and character only by repu-
taton. In our opinion, they are still more yalua-
bic for the light they throw her personal quail
ties than for their yigor and profouudness as OBJ
iectiye sketches. They are highly suggestive
fragments of an incomplete life. With signal de-
fects Of mechanical execution, they form a part
and parcel of her inmost being. Rarely have
words ever come so purely from the deepest heart
Of the speaker. On whatever theme she touches,
her only aim is to give the truest expression Of
herself This high moral excellence is often at
the foundation of her deficiency in tue mere forms
of composition. Had it been less prominent in
her character, she would have written with greater
popular eject. With her remarkable literary
cultivation, and her exquisite sense of the propri-
cites Ct art she could not have failed to succeed in
the graceful aud picturesque embodiment of her
ideas, had she not been so absorbed in making her
language faithful transcript of her mind as to
neglect the superficial aud fscile methods which
are constantly used with consummate address by
writer's of far inferior staup Nor is this truth
flu ness to herself the only admirable moral quality
conspicuous in these pages. They are pcrvaded by
q genuine Dobleness of sentiment and purpose.
The high. minded Margaret, as she was known to
her intimate friends, reappears in every line. If
her words are sometimes tinctured with vein OF
bitterness, it was by reason Of her intense and I'M
utterabe scorn Of all base pretenses and malignant
fslsities She judged others by the same lofty
standard which she had adopted for her own guild
ance, and hence her condemnation OF the inhuman
in humanity, is often expressed in terms of unre-
eDting severity. Margaret Fuller was thoroughly
imbued with the sentiment of democratic equality
which it is the function of this country and of the
present age to enforce against arbitrary privileges
and prescrptive impOsitions In behalf Of this
cause her glowing appeals often become eloquent.
At the same time, she had clear perception of the
prevalent corruption, baseness and selfshness Of
modern society which obstruct the realization Of
generous ends. Hence the sad sincerity" which
pervades her writings increased by Che somber in
luenco Of a ensitivetemperament, sometimes takes
a character Of almost despairing gloom, and vents
itself in antcpatiOns of the future that are incon
sistent with her generally cheerful philosophy.
The tendency of her writings, however. is to en-
courage hopeful view of life, rather than to slim
ulate morbid and pusillsnimous spirit OF COM
plant. Her own conflicts with adverse events
were of singularly trying character, but even
when most depressed by her personal sorrows, she
clings to her wonted faith in the triumph fustice
and the high destinies of the race.
NATIONAL SYSTEM OF POLITICAL ECONOMY. BY
FREDERICK LIST. Translated from the German by O. A
M.TILE syo., PIP. 4s7. Philadelphia: LPPincot & Co.
In this book Americans have national interest.
DR.. List the author, was invited by lafayette TO
visit this country in 1924, and accompanied him on
bis triumphal progress. He settled in Pennsyl-
vsnis, discovered tho Tamaqua Coal Mines. and
made the more important discovery that the system
u. t.. Iioh ba h.I md in fha