New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-01-31

with deprivation. NJ is viyidly Conscious 81 VIA,
Madame &c Stae decl,res il great Of delight
its isgity. His existence is snsurIy detached
from routine ard hike bird o. butterfly, be
ashts caprice sUgges,ss Cd Altered sdSeatarer -
whom has been presented the freedom OF ns'urs LES
uIe gives pc 20 bis Ob'-rysOo; reed quc ais
perception; and The very uncertainty OF suo,t.sn-s
Odds il fnely 20 the re- n Of each gfs,ibCa,l'D.
voluntary outlaw he ClA!Is ransom from :scse h.s al
eIt@ have made csprve. REGARDING himself ~ 2G2ll,
bereactcr be deems ,ocC;y urtef Ooga;.o ns - -sse
care Of him projgal 10 BIS mental riches, he despss
,boe who sre psrSimoaiocs either OF their tine or es
ho-taiity ano sincere n bis admiration, ard cer1eps
in bis advocacy, OF all thst Is DsgnaImous snd y Al
tful he leans 70 regsro material yantse as I'J
Inheritance which directly 70 seek would obscure ne
he,sIdry bestowed BY BIS genius, and sanctioned y
misfortune.
Mr.. Tucberman is remarkable for the facility
with which he es the history OF i,e;s;ure for per
poses of Illustration. His writings :hls sbouad
with opposite sid striking comparisons. Hence,
whatever be bis subject it become rcn and susges-
tive under bis treatment. His volume tul! o exam
pies Of this kind, but We have tcomoDly for single
specimen Ii is taken from his discussion - SENT
ment 40 an element Of literature, in me essay on
Sterne:
Sentiment in Burns essentially modified by ten
derness in Byron by passion 10 Shelly by magma
ricn meditation fostercd Il IN Petrarch extreme SgS-
ceptibity in Kirk White. In the French QuiAtists {
took the form OF religions ecstscy In the GA hpghsh
dfsma il i robust 10 the Spanish balads chlvarc, IN
Hamlet abstract and intellectual, IN " Ns f0u Ike Il
tul of airy fauCiiunCss. Miss Edgw0rth and jane
Austen exhibited it as governed by prudence and coR
mon sense; Mrs Radcliffe. "a rendered mysterious ny
superstition. Scot; delighted 70 interpret / through
lCCa and legendary accessories, undeT me influence o.
a stusuous temperamoDt. In the Dantesque plctnre
of France da Riuin II is tul OF tragic sweetness
and in Paul s1d Virginia perverted by srihcal taste
In Charles Lamb it is quaint, in Hood deeply human,
in Cowper alternately natural and morbid, IN Macsen-
ze soft and pale moonlight. and IN boccacc'O warm
a. the glow OF Tuscan ylnsge. Chastened oy vii,
il as frm and cold sculpture IN Aeri, and melted
by Indulgence, il IDS nustng as the m 81 decous
muse in Metasaso. Pure and gentle in Raphael Il Is
hall savsge in Salvador and Michae Angelo severely
tue in Naudybe K is luscious and coarse IN kuoens
Ard vet 10 G. rtan tItent and unc5r seclnc ulOd.-
catiOns every of these SIh0rs and artists pos
sossed sentiment but held 10 solution by character IN
some governed, in Others served geIlds IN some
was predominant source Of enjoyment and suffering,
and in Others but 81 occasional stimulus or agency
Who doubts over page OF the NouYeAe heIOlse, tha
seutiu ent in all liz tear1u bliss was known Rous .eau
The Abandonment OF his offspring 70 public charity
does not dsprUve Its existence, our only shows tast IN
his nature Il wac 3 mere selfish instinct HE history
of ptanhrOpiC enterprise indicates the same contra
diCtiop. Base cruelty has Al times reformed the
knight, gross appetIteS the crusader, hypocrisy the
uissicrsry and the men whose namts figure IN ire 50
called charitable movements OF our day are otter the
last to whom >houIO appeal Tor persOna kindness
ana sSmpathy. The same Inconsistency Is evident In
that large class OF in whose characters the ro-
ubutiC preComrates the domestic INST DctS.
'CorfcsIious form a popular department OF French
literature, aud Gre usually based sentiment Yey
their authors are frequently thorough Of the world
and intense egotists II Is this went of harmony be-
tween EXPIRE aid lie, between the eloquent svdwal
ana the prsCical influence of sentiment patriotic re-
lieicus and humane, which gave rise to the invectve
OF Carly e. ana the other advocates Of fact o.
ac, n, and Of reality. Neanwhle the beauty, ine
high copaciJy the exalted grace OF sentiment Itself IS
uIlbvadtd. We must Learn 10 distinguish its maniles-
tatioIs honor it5 genuine power, 70 distrust -
rhetorical eXHggeratiOn.
Several Of the e,ssys in this volume are devoted
to American subjects, among which those on Wasn-
iDgton, Franklin, Clinton, and Morris, will de-
seryedy attract attraction by the frequent novelty
of their veiws and their constant felicity OF Illus
tratoD.