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

Romantic Schools" "Addaous the Memoirs Of slvo Pol
q! Ssl,ss ~ ;, :qS, True
saior on 1ss ' Power .na nd Pro- Fsosss: z
william Adam. author 2. slavery tn Ind,. &C.
"1nied safe: LIBRARY oazes1 s one Oh me "rer' 'n'
CD james: who has produced during his residence in
Fanny Ksmsis Butler who here half Of all she has
wnism Mountford, author of Thorpe" "EnAasasi.,"
William g. burton. schele de vere Achre Mas, George
To turn from foreign authors who have written In the
Of the Indians who evsn eynosd for learning
or literature, Is here mentioned Gege Guess the f.
KAbeevsgebowl who has written some curious Poe u.s."
History OF the Ojiowsy Nston" and his own = Ira
the ancient Inhabitants Of this country certainly ae
served sore notice In "Cycopeda OF American itera-
turs" Kahgewagesow writes Better Eng ish than any
q the authors whore b aphies gvea the xessrs
Duyckincks thsmselves, ~
Respecting certain Mr.. Dove, who wrote life Of An
Grew Marvel, Mr.. Rogers of the Edinburgh Review
expresses regret that he has been msed In trailing
degree BY sdhering teo literally to tbs stymoogy OF tae
s
csn piato means "pisge," but 1t does MT follow ne
ees.aIy that computation to be literally piiage Our
authors in Mr. Doves position, perhaps little be-
yond it, In their FIRST volume they ccmpie mainly from
Mathsr Elliot Allen and Kettei For much Of the rest
ca" 1.-The Prose Writer'S Of Ameca ard other book
and periodicals by the same author, hare been Eoe
having undertaksn to oemonsrste toe Justice Of what
ever criticisms Of their work have advanced rha
not withhold our 'instancts" altogether the notice
of f. Justine Bayard, enbra ring facts stated in
rhe Fenae Poets Of America had been derived from
an ndspendent source the authors would have been In
Bay ard became Mrs Cutting and that Ave years
ego she died. They describe her as q living poet:
whom, appropra,ing her biography given in tue
work. they speak OF one Of our living authors ORR
Wcul has fnd theon 1oranA Tho P.Vaka
and Poetry" appeared George Lunt reside Ia Newoury
port, and our Cycopsests say, with its author that
Neweurypost." They might have sscertsined that his
gentleman several years ago, made Uaited states
1on M i ana x from s
Poets and Poetry" but thu striking and important
events il it which succeeded the peroa in which hat
heard Of To them the sage Q. Medofd is sti shs muis
ter Of Hollis street At the end of sketch Cooper
preparation to M Bryan.'s Discoerss." Nov, every
fact worth reciting ia the ~h 80 article il from rae
Prose Writer'S Of America" Mr Bsysnt IN ronouucng
sources o; his inormaton his object to paiat the
character, not 70 r,ce the biography, Of the great
justification in The preteuce that Mr Bryant was followed
since creeit Always to be given to the first publisher
vein OF plagiarism Is the information they Offer u
VIM B. Tapraa. They bring him forwa.d as q liping
acquainted with the works referred 70 will have din
GUY 10 estimating at its just value the original
search" displayed IN This "Cycoredis."
wsso Gu intention to say something o. the 'ilustra-
tons OF these Volumes but must forb4a- Yet we
WI! mention single example. Although q committee
the egislau Of Vermont reported that project for
employ ing Eiram P0wers native ~ ths Stae upon
statue OF Ethan Alden, Tor the Capitol must Dc
I'd, because, upcn the most dgent inquiry they
oenYipcsd that there portrait any kind "
Likeness er him in existence the Messrs Duyckinck ap-
pear have had 10 difficulty in finding sety good
ooAirg head without arother claimant, which they pre-
rent as the vertaole hero OF Ticondaro9a,
II sry asp'rant fer tera hono-s shall Attem 1t
encyclopedia Of American Eiera ure wa coxucsn 10
him espsc ally few Subjects which entirely nsse
in the work he ore and which to us It ooly Of
great interest and importance but quite In
any survey OF our mental progress; they might perhaps
be most conveniently treated appendix The ecu-
casn of tke American people, Its universality aud value
and the institutions and pnbc for its adv ance
neHt prcgres i've statistics OF book publication In the
Ured States; the Dewspaper press its character and
ucnoe the pericdica literature Of the colonies and the
States embracing notices OF oil the literary journals
geological order, published here wi the nsc,e
30 :ar as they DO esertsinet Of their Srers the
scientific and other puEc expeditions under the authority
which have induced the blicaton o. literary works the
contributions numerous aud valuable Of the
officers Of the army erstu-e the works. sely
less important from officers Of the navy and this Amer-
can Board Of Commissioners for Foreign Missions tha
Abors OF its agents. exhibited ia books periodic ais
which constitute Of the most important
and science made ia this
try Other matters not less es~eaal TO the co oete
ness OF su;h production, will be recalled by most intel
Ugent reAt
We do often have occasion to enter AZ largely az
IN this instance upon eonsdera ion OF the merits OF
den eri!s of book but sThe Cyclopedis OF American
literature" ostsntatiously cainiag recognition as
matte MA work Of The highest iuportan e. have
Cd neither nexpedient unnteresting to EXHIBIT
in necessarily extremely hurried reyiewal few spec
meos ct is quality. These speak for themselves