New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-09-25
TIE woopBryr AND TIN ,roxrvs,.cv,

least, vi" have MT .een The wcodblne and ,he hon.
sucke growing together, and t~ining rouni each CO.
ffcn their ygTy rOots ,o the top ~ the yrr,,.is "
which tey trained; ard 20 such prr,, ~.
passage IL srpIe and clear. Yet there are two -.
Of mment upon il in the pdrior,s. edition: *. ~
ca.iou Of which j.. the discovery Of yar,on. 80 W
IN q early poets and ie,icographers sDrpe - -
imply that the woodblne and the honeysuckl. A., ~
San plant, others that the honeysuckk "a the a.
nf ,tr woodhinr. The commentators went ~. =,
SiskesVsars's tescher-Nsture- bot 10 h.ok.. -
h-ice tie niy-ihca,icn about 20 ,;inpl- . m..AN 80
which .,rAT &c ~ cay, kas not been expl.ipej I'm -,
T. others hsd erred before any II the su,hor. -
thew quote. btre Is evidence: "Wcodbpe ., -
succle FfreG ellmeH0n." Withals Skort D,r,,..-,sy
l5tS fol % b. The confusion caused IN - *
s.rvWr, Cy.s than SLakespearcs by the very "a -
tie two plnnts are frequently trained 70 ca.sss. -
eeth-r 20 seem one especially e. they Are .,,,si
-Gluost identical in many points, though 40 -.
unlike IN others. Th. latter are found cs,edy !. -
foam and c,lur @. the fuwers; those Of n. -
suckle being long, unbroken tubes Of Zee, .rs,,y
somewhat formally grouped, those al the vooih.y
sLcr,.r, de- ply indeDied from the edge, q psehus
coor AID irrerularly disposed. The vcodbn. A.. q
perhaps Iot swee,cr than the sweet hepsy.-sSss
difHse- IL fragrance farther.
Mr.. White has shown himself in the s,..,..
portion of this edition connolsseur in pAloIosy.
apprecisting truly the minute graces Of ansps,.
and also il. morr subtle forms of expression. II.
taste has been cultivated by the study Of tn In,
masters 10 a degree of verbal refinement n.
might even appear excessive; and he also possssr,
very considerable degree of that tine pathological
tact W hch owes less to research and practice usa
TO intuition. We are accordingly at a Ices to q.
account ior the occasional neggences OF impgoens.
ties Of phrase (yery rare, indeed, We admit) which
contrast strangely with his prevailing iastidious.
ness, showing hike d spot OF mud on q cloth of
gold. Thus. for example, vol. ii. p. 4. "wkt
an amount of gag they must embodyr'; vol ".
%. sos. 1.-The unutterabe borement" VOL " p. lis.
"cpi,ae,icaiiy attributed; vol v. p. 4O2. -
smart writer. The editor is more remarkable ioe
refinement and acuteness than viyacity, and We Ara
bound to say that the attempts at pleasantly which
h. cstters through his volumes do not strike us a.
eminently happy. II would be unjust to trans
plan, any specimens of them from their native sur.
roupdncs. and We will only indicate too elaborate
joke. vol. ii, p. xii (note); very unavoy pun,
vol Ill, p IL; superfuous play upon words at
the expense of "a London exquisite" vol. iii, p.
I2a; and rather a sorry concet st the foot Of p.
PIG, vol. ill.,
In some of Mr. Whites remarks on American
provncialisms though, as a general rule, they show
no, little observation and intelligence, he would
be pronounced at fault by any one " to the man.
ner born" For instance, vol. H. p. Bis.
t. the re,k Of lime kiR': Thus both folio
and quarto which the editors have hitherto changed
to lime kIin." Mr.. Hslliwell speaks Vt XIII -
archaic. 1t is in common use in America.
Min, Of course, is pronounced Kill, but ~ fof
the common use Of the word in America, We
doubt whether we can find il so written, except IN
the worst orthogrsphy Of uneducated persons.
Again, vol. p. 3eG.
g. many thousand ans $50 the original.
Malone read "a thousand nj rs" but the word IN
tie text is doubtless that Of the author ami the cn-
Traction was made fer the sake Of rhythm. ION,
Which MIR. Collier refers To as p" the language o.
the time Is now commonly used in Ne~-EDglapd
for "Ci.7
Certainly not. Perhaps one in FIVE hundredb
guilty Of the expression, and only among the mos
ignorant classes. -r.
my ybiH-horse": This synonym for ',A~e-
horse, lis corruption tblll.horse, nov IN COM
mon III the rurul districts of New England.
Here the word hW, which is correct is mado
the corruption, instead of phil, thus putting 1.-The
cart before the horse" which was perhaps natural
enough in the circumstances. Fia, however, is
the Yankee word, not phil. This error Is
pointed out by the editor himself in hy.lei
added to the volume after it WAS printed.
"Nistress .S1aas6 your motler" SO Mairol,0 says,
TEtisk \ gkt Act |. 81. ), as a squash is beeore
lis penscod." How and when the name Ut an I'M
mature pcuscoc came Ia be applied 10 the vegetabl,
now called squash dies not appear.
In England this term is not applied to the yege-
table which is called squash in America, unless BY
persons who have learned the name in this country.
For the origin of lis application here, see Ban
croits " History of the United States" vol III.
p. 272
The edition. Of which four volumes are now is
sued, is to b. completed in twelve volumes, aud
another instament may be- expected TO follow soon
in regular order We have left little space 70
speak Of the mechanical execution Of this work
with the commentator which II deserves. "
would be difficult to point out more admiraoie
model of simple elegance among the productions
either Of the American or the English press WIN
no attempt at ill-placed establishment, the ty'
pooraIhy j. Of that faulflrss character which
cept by IT'S ohoste and beautiful finish The vol.
umes, Tor the most part printed with serupu-
lous accuracy, and after II somewhat extended ex-
amiLston, We have detected but few errors OF tho
press. In this respect, they present an example
which it is perhaps vain to hope may be followed
by any considerable number OF American printers
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