New-York daily tribune., 1858-12-31
NEW PUBLICATIONS..

.. ~ tone OF earnest coDVcuoh WHICH P''''"''
s.,. so,el together with its remArkAoe FRESHNESS
fdescription and it's natural soloring OF persona'
experience iavoIably distinguishes IT from 'he or
1insry ruu Of recent works Of hchon. III s writ
ten in the interests Of . jealous and aggressive
Pr.testaDti,m. and. As is usual, and perhaps una
vsh3sble. in works of controversial character, ia
Dot free from exsseeration, aod is more intent on
max ng an effective point against au opponent than
On preserving sn exact and delicate justice ward
III, po,jtion In several places the writer ndulges
IN sat,rcsl comments on aspects of religions faith
sal worbip, which by large class of mlnde are
prarded with solemn reverence, aud which always
challenge the tender fness shat is due to cherished
beliefs, however widely they may differ from our
OHD. 1t is in bad tate 10 insult deyOut wOr-
shiper though we do not admit the divinity OF bis
shrine. Apart from the manner in which the po-
leaic porioa Of the book is conducted, it Is eHt-
tied 10 high commeDdstion for it's richness Of local
1elnf ation it, vigorous gcafp Of orgra al features
Of character snd Its ffequeot passages Of deep and
exquisite pshos. The scene of the story is laid in
the llsnd Of Newfoundland, and introduces US to
tAe upique race Of fishermen that inhabit its
soass, and whose nature appears to partske Of the
Wild and stormy features Of the locality. These
are relieved, however, BY many clements of soft-
pess and beauty, which present al attractive con-
1rsst TO the prevailing raggedness Of the surround
inss. Here is one Of the agreeable pictures which
he writer often intersPerses among the protracted
esc1ssias,cal di,cUssons that occupy so consdera-
BE portion of bis volumes:
6,hermap and lis wif, had Just taken In the catch
Of 6sb from punt at the stages ladder anf pretty
sbl, Of some sevesteen years was towiog the un
ksotd bo.t along beside the hill. by rope laid over
be, shoulder while hit thing O: -four i've years
s, bosrc tuggDg with an oar at the stem, 70
heep The boats bead OF shore.
Tie oloer girl whose beauty is not of any
sssrc kind, and yet is beauty, beng Of yOung lie,
bebIby and stro but qoiet and deep to which ea-
fnres and form give thorough expression aud ODE iefoe
6be tsd Z. evening, spnngy shape, dark, slanclng
eyes, cheeks glowing With quick blood the 6gore ana
-EkDce aid glowing tetk ali at their best with e1er.
os- whe Uasses # et,y hair were lite' aLd let fall
by ,he wird from belO0 tie cap which sfe wore like
al ei,s iD her county. Her dress different from
The common only In the tastefulness that belongs to
such pers n md had nOv grace more THAI ever,
~ IT wsv, and foittred n the ~od aod pt-took Of
the fe of the wssrer. She frOck Of dark blue
caught up little in 'front.' and showing white woolen
pet,icost; a ksrcbef Of pretty ccors was tied very
1ec, min, y over ber bosom, aud bright red ribbon
Her shoes and STOCKINGS were rolled up III her apron
while her blus-veined i.et-not large nor small, bnt
On Goth and well shapsd-clurg to the uneven sur
foc,s Of the rocks, and strained upon the n, as
sts walked agsr the wind and sprang from rock
20 sDc,ter; and they dipped now and then in the
water IS The little waves splashed up Over ALL both
fscs sno figure, was a grace OF innocent, modest
me ideDhoOO.
Nothing could be pretier or picturesque than
4h,s h,tle group. The elder gir wee dra. ged the
beat skuled the edge of tue water with tbs hhtness
of Of those little beach birds, that with shadow
and ree ciOn III the mOst sand ruuIlDg along bss te
L. alternately follows and retire ats from the refreshing
sno advancing caves and the hte navigator, to vard
her s'ssi Ssr 0s1ssY turned bad her pa%P
~, A. cd feet set apart Keep her balance while her
h. ad was tightly covered in a white cap, and n ker-
chief With silk frpge wen. round her neck aud DOWN
the back Of her serge gosn that one c)ad uot bat
smle at ber auo her work At intervals che prattle1,
and for longer Intervals che worked with all earncst
gravity IL silence.
TIE general movement of the plot It's less skifuy
managed than the composition of individual cpl
ssdes, several of which betray mastery power
parrative, and an insight into the profouod work
1ss of human emotion, that are rarely matched in
iuasips,ive productions. With greater rapdity
Of action, more obvious cohe renee and proportion
between the different characters, and less indd,
gepee to the super iuous cologuial propensties o
some of them, the interest of the story would 10
snhau ced but nothing could increase the admi'a
BE impression of Gel tain separate pssssges for ex
ample, bike Shipper Georges account of the loss Of
his ,ons, and the description of Father De Brie's
perhhiDg in the snow. Each, in its way, is q
tragic poem Of terrible beauty. .
MEMOIR OF TIE LIFE OF JOHN QUINCY ADAMS.
BY JOSIAH QUINCY, L. ID. sSo PIP. s4' PaiiiPs' ssnp-
ton Co.
This work i. well entitled memoir. ThougS char
by great clearuess aud dstnctness IS far as
it goes, i. falls very far short OF being LSest least
in the 6. bse in which that word is at length begonng
TO be Understood. A complete picture Of the man as
he actually wss or if materials do not exist for that,
at least a. he presented himself not merely to those
vho sev him from distance and state occaso IS,
bat among the associates Of his daily hfe-.uch a
define aton Joined to sir estimate of the ultimate
tendency Of his doiDgs and sayings, apat from the
merely temporary iupulses spd objects which may
have produced them s essential according to modern
ideas, TO complete biographical work. M. Qain'y
book rather Of the nature Of euloey, desgued
70 pretent tie heroic side of Mr. Adams, and par
pesely cropping into the shade or altogether onttng
thote incidents Of his career which show him, after
all, q man mortal like the rest OF u.s. and, hoSever
p&seworby on the whole, having share Of
weaknesses fully proportiopate to the power OF bis
Intellect and the st'ergth and energy Of his char
scter. This work, the proauc.lon of lifelong
Gisnd and D spite of some temporary differences 90
political qnestioDsl of q very warm admirer, could
scarcely be other than what ii is; sad that we have
saIreciy spprehended the drift and tenor OF IT, suf-
sseny app. from the motto on the title pase beng
tbo,e familiar lines of Horace, "J JastUm Ct tenaetm
fvo10s,ti cvup.," &c. Ho osever just Mr. Adams may
have beep and however fixed in his opinions and pur