New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-09-10
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MADAME LIE VERT IN EUROPE.

SOUVENIRS OF TRAVEL By Madame OcrAvA WALTON
LIE VERT. 2vols., limo 5. IL. GoetLei Co.
The beaten track of European travel loses none
Of it, interest by the frequency with which it is de-
scrbed. Each tourist looks at it from his own point
of view, and if impelled to publish an account of
his experience, the work Is ss much record of
himself as of the countries which he has visited.
We like to know how familiar scene strikes
fresh observer, and with every new individuality
We have an original panorama of we'll known OBJ
jects. A turn in the kaleidoscope gives another
combination of old materials brilliant or grotesque
as the case may be. Madame LIE Vert, according
ly, will not want for readers. Her volumes indeed
add little to the general stock of knowledge Goa
corning European afF,irs; thsy show no remarka-
bic power of observation or felicity of style; but
they are the production of woman of great sOcial
celebrity, one of the favOrite children of fortune
and circumstance, proverbial for the grace with
which she wears the homage Of admirers as nu-
merous as her acquaintance, and evidently possess
ing kind and amiable disposition and head too
stropg to be turned by the incense which Is Profuse
ly offered to her by many weaker than herself.
Such traveller would naturally view everything in
colors of rosy light. Her impressions, therefore,
mutt be taken with many grains Of allowance from
the peculiar nature Of her position, without a'cr'o-
ing to her the slightest desire to indulge her iancy
at the expense Of her 5esght- She travels through
Europe as lady accustomed to social eclat as
matter of c1urse-her experience has gwen ner nv
tie knowledge of the i'll nature Of the word-and
Il xaIa 81 i,fn har fpQder
condolences with the iame unreserve with which
she pours out her feelings to the members OF her
own family circle. Readers Of cynical turn Will
find abundant amusement in her naive personal
revelations, but those Of a more charitable mako
will be loath to take advantage Of her exuoeran'
trust in human nature for the indulgence Of their
spleen.
Before giving some brief account OF the conIens'
Of these volumes we may premise that Tao m!u
dcious preface Of her publishers is oy no means
adapted to secure favorable reception ior INC
su,hor. They set forth her personal claims h
manner very much like that Of the mock aucuoneer
IN descansing upon the merits OF worthless Je"o"''
According to this sonorous fanfaronade, M'aame
lie Vert is prodigy Of miraculous endo" noH'e,
who'now makes her appearance on the sung VI
mundane affairs with credentials that VIII rehaef
all future avatars superauoGs To Der eyes has
been lifted :" the mystic veil which NOES Tue
peuetralia Of courtly and arIs'ocra'l' s'o"S'
Her wonderful memory retaios all the SANDS OF
gold that f,rate through its stream" der seaia'
and spprec'ative sympathies" conOred WIN o.nef
advantages of incredible import make h'r 'i''''
mls.ions fruitful with facts and views Of wide
general interest and u.iity" Literary friends
from all parts Of the Union have oesesed mex 'of
the publication of her travels as BON OF inca-
euIable Importance to the world As now issued
they .urps.s almost everything Of .nsn ,ind IN
valuskLe information" 10 brilliant SesenP-