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

,patr;ons ra'ive author, Dr. Jonathsn EwArcs whose
treatise of Liberty and Necessity among tho mira
cias osoc whose work Indian languages Is one
ct the standards chronological science and whose
deservedy held in the highest respect by phoso
and theologsns throughout the world dismissed with
single paragraph, Of but fourth their length In the
sketch Of Union College Yet while the sreAt Edwards
whose fame is becomes proudly to cherish, Ia moi
once again alluded to in the entire work, this irish rs
vs the Bishop of cloyne is brought forward the third
time in elaborate biography and criticism reaching
through ten columns!
Aswe seem the Messrs Duycknck quote Of the
sermons Of Samuel Ward . specimen Of American lite
IatuIe (ese why quoted At al) though Ward wa
Of England but of Of the characters really
best entitled to eminent position Tn colonial lite
airy annals, all they have to offer is,
Higgnscn, Of Salem, himself man Of some literature,
died In 1905 ct the extreme age Of years.
veuty two Of which he had passed in the ministry" Vow
this John Higginson Of the great Of New
England, and inocmparably the best writer native or
foreign Who lived In Amercs during the first hundred
years Of her colonization That portion Of his attesa
tom 10 the Msgnaa which treats of the exodus Of the
Paritans has not been surpassed in strength and
grandeur in al the orations delivered at Ply
mouth Rock those Of Webster and Everett not excepted
Generally the information embraced in these volumes,
respecting the great lights ef learning and literature who
In New England before the Revolution, is far moro
neagre and ess satisfactory than that which nay be
found In Enots and Aliens biographical dictionaries
OF Thomas aookers works, not onefourth in number,
extent Importance, in any way mentioned The
Souls Impartaon which has been considered his best
performance our authors to have heard o.
OF the renowned M 1hona, shepard" they are al
most ignorant In their peculiar style Of English they
tell us indeed that his reputation HIS been among the
most permanent Of h, brethren Of tie carly ye'o England
clergy" meaning of course that the said shsp>rds Ere
putation' % the said clergy" and to prove
its or dis they mention that two Of his pro-
duciuns hare been reprinted In England during the
last quarter of century, Persons tolerably familiar
with such subjects might have told them that the
pete works Of shepard edited by The learned DR.. Asor
OF Cnbge have been reprin ed in four scout octavos
Al Bofton within the last half dozen years In the life
Of Roger Williams, instead of estimate Of his genius
and influence three pontess letters of Mrs. Sad
her, Engish woman, never in America written to Wiz
hams while he In England t, persuade him TO enter
the Episcopal Church.
Approaching the period of me Revolution, we end n
profound ignorance Of all that political literature which
shaped the public feeling and action except in few in
with which every s,hooboy is familiar. The
g. eat Dr. Msyhew Of the Revolution" meaning Dr. j..
Mayhem who died ia 1896 is briefly noticed but not in
Frenchran St. Jean de Crcvscour, who printed feeble
work about the life Of tho American people.
which Hazitt read because the subject had then the
merit oil novelty, has eight columns devoted to him. The
celebrated diplomat and philosopher, Phillip Mszzei who
lived many years in Virgins about the time and
whose four octave volumes Of Res1sycfes H;'0fquds ct
Posiyns lis E;as Uais embrace Of the mos,
brilliant sketches of American colonial life written
not men ioned Is TAlieyrsnd whose descriptions
Of the American woodcutter aad the American fisherman
declared by Lord Brougsa to be his masterpieces in
literary art Henry cruger, renegade American who
during Revolt ton ob.suea the British Par
Lament, where he made sv commonplace spec shes,
occupies nearly five coluInas. If C.nger, who wrote
5'ckag is entitled to SO large space how Is IL that
have notice Of George Chalmers Of Maryland .uthor
OF the Political Annals of the United Coonies the
"History Of the Revolt Of the American Colonies, .
and several other standard works ia Anne -ican his
tory? or that the accomplished Dulany, OF Nary
land, ard Oliver Deiancy, and fly others who we're
politically in the same category, bat distinguished from
Cruger by being industrious AMI able writers for the
Crown are not named .Srapea o0!aaaas are given to
Thomas Paine whose abilities and services absurdly
exaggerated Paine, oil c,urse il treated Ameri
author though bat small portion Of his lie was
passed here and less than onehird of his works
written here Two extracts from them quoted
Oh hecfktufe were WEIsCeu III
rope-one in England before paines first visit to this
county and the other while he resident and citi-
zen OF France.
considerable portion Of the selections of IN this
part the work have IS little claim to the title of era
ture the Ja-gon OF idiots. silly fellow ed rarke
in 1856 published TRANSACTIONS from Horace with ssorg
nal poems" he a laughing stock in his day, being
justly regarded destitute Of any abilities that should
him from contempt. He indeed inferior TO
the individual since known a. " Pop Enmons,n
whose national epic "The FreionEdp in four large
volumes embraces cantos on "He sacketts Harbor,n
and ''The Val Of Heaven. Yet hadozen columns
Of CycIopeda of uerican Literature devoted to
his pitiabls -fa II lin sratos the judgment Of the
Messrs Duycknck that the anasc, painstkng and
dte historian and statesman Dr. Ramsay of South Caro-
lima, whose 'fe Of Washington story OF the United
States and other works highly esteemed by the
iudicous, occupies but the single page next preceding
Forty pages filed with chapter entitled '.Bsllad
Literature Of the Indian, French and Revolutionary
Wars 1t contains little worth preserving except those
specimens copied, for the most part without any az
from article entitled snstrely Of the
indian wars and the Revolution in Grahau,'s NJ
yare for 1872 Some oithe extracts Of blank verse and
without NAME obtained by the Aessrs Duyckinck
from other sources surpass In pointegs stupidity any
thing have else where scen and gross libel the
onary age in which they probably little
known in referring TO the patriotic song Some
join hand In hand brave Americans all ;" authors
say it has ben attributed both to Mercy Warren and to
John Dickinson" Nov, in Tudor's Life of OTIS which
in smother part OF the work they cicise as il thoy had
read IT, John Dickinson says himself, in letter to
OTIS that he wrote tie song, With assistance from
arthur Lee, Of Virginia This, with u.s. is quite sas-
factory authority. In the conne:tion they quote
ttJhe Ter1nonters' Song a an uudoubted antiuue
though originally written hardly twenty years ago
We do not remember that any Of the histories Of Eng
lsh literature devote much attention TO the lives Of Lin
tot Curl; but they were, if not authors the ac-
quaintanees and employers Of many eminent literary
men, and ofen exercised important influence upon
their fortunes such attention would have been pardona
bic. Yet BY what Logic the appropriation OF ten or
eleven columns in 'Cyclopedia OF American Jitera-
ture, TO james nvington, the Kings printer in Now
York during the Revolution, can be justified, shall
have to wait long time 10 discover. Rivfngton was