New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-07-27
SILyIO PEIIICO.

lS.b. Gus shiltHtri- 10 bu'IidIL iN'"'
To Peace the Catholic religion wa faith, hosPi,a-
be refuge for bis poetic soul consumed by ten years
irtcruen. y the Spi.lberg. The chains Of tia. hid
eous dnnge,n forged by the Emperor Vi Austria, the
friend Of the Pope and Of the Jesuits bad weakened
in Psco the power of resistance resignation, OBJ
lvion of present life asd PRAYER all ihstremsinsd
70 hm: but his Epito'ary gives the lie 10 the as-er-
ton that e beop ed TO be Soce;y Of the Je.lits. It.
sly only records N Peco the Speberg ard venerates
bin ~ one Of the nobeet martyrs Of her redemption
Ttis volume OF 500 pages contains large portion Of
his private core pondeuce from the 1th OF Marcn,
1915 mp TO .he 18th Of October, 1853. The gradual
development % his opinions is here made manifest
from the tine when, disciple Of Fo colo Carlo
nsro and a writer in the Coaciia,0re in Milan, he
professed the ifeas of modern philosophy and wrote
ito use bs own woIds) "in order 10 sustain the dtg-
n,tv Of the Italian name. When IN he tragedy
Francesca da R,qiai translated by Lord Byron INTO
Erel..bJ, he gave promise to Italy OF tragic drama
which should s.ls be free from the asperty Of Alfer
and the redundancy Of Alante, up 70 the orthodox
period Of bis life, when he wrote Ny ImprtsoH-
mart. and Tie Duties Of Man. Eloquent
simplicity, spoutAneijy, and affection are among
the minor merits Of these letters. in them
we Iecosrize the author of lie Me Priesone,
which book caused botn worlds to weep, and " cost
Austria dearerr writes Tommsseo than the bat
tie Of 8lsrengo" Many ofthese letters are valuable
A. literary product. OBS In ore no. 3tl, addressed
TO Protestant the author draws parallel between
Protestantisrn and Catholicism The part taken by
him in the conspiracy Of 1870, concerning winch he
was silent in lie Nle P,tg,one, is made manifest IN
letter l0I and in this the change inst had
come over him stree then. Z" / venture to believe,
lie writes thst if had not been refused council II
1.-the tines had been less critical and irritating,
could lot have been couscientiOusiy condemned
either 10 death TO long years OF rghtful captlV-
city. Still for all that cannot Affirm that was IN
10 ways reprebensible-for since dislked A1s-
rian rule, my duty to have repressed and con-
"ceaed my dangerous sentiments or TO have Quilted
"the country governed by Austria. Instead Of this
wise aud Christian conduct, thought that OPPOSE
"hon should be openly preached, and was foolish
"erough 70 regard the secret societies then growing
sup in the State a. advantageous
CEsARE BALBO.
In 1854 fellow citizen Of Peilico Count Cesare
Balbo, published in Florence volume OF tales. lie
was Prime Minister Of the KiIg Of piedmont during
the war of lsiS lie belonged to the party OF the
Guelphs. who.e stsndard-bearer was Giobert VINO
desired 10 see the Pope head the confederation OF
Italian Princes; considered the Pope blessog from
God to Isly--ber greatest glory and the pledge OF
her future; and from this point OF view al his WORKS
are written Nevertheless Tor eTudion, for chasteness
of style for independence and sincerity Of Judgment,
he TAX es rank among the first italian authors, and de-
servedly-ior lie .HedHa: .OHe Stor'che, La I"a a.
DANTE and his Sonmario della S,0ria dNaiia.
book Of bis published before *, entitled Speran=c d
Iaiia is worthy Of notice. In what do the hopes OF
Italy" consist In the Of Itslan Prices against
Austria No, In exaiting one of thcse Princes, ana
making him King Of Italy No! In apopuiar insur-
rection No The Italians are TO await the downfall
of the Turkish Empire to assist Austria IN appro-
p1iatug the spoils of that Empire in order to receive
in return her exit from her domlnions IN venetian
Lombardy. Thus, Italy is TO attain her own inde-
denderce by sacrificing the independence OF
other peoples whose right to il is as good as her own,
somewhat III christian project, truly for the Ca'ho-
lie Count Balbo His last volume contains ten tales
published after bis DEATH (which occurred in lso3)
three already published and various fragments on
Piedmont. The greater number of tales treat OF his
torcal subjects in them find neither great ca'as-
tropbies nor complicated dramatic incidents, but they
are handled in q mastery syle, full OF SIM
Pile ty and feeling, and in form most chaste'
Bs 90 has continued the glorious tradition oil TINS
branch of italian literature in which foreigners accord
the supremacy to Itay; tradition which dates from
Boccacco. and was continued by Sanchette Bandeno,
etc. But the poetica inspiration Of Balbo is chiefly
shown in bis FrammcRt sui PtemOat6 which are vsrl-
Gus descriptions Of that most beautiful country from
the majesty Of Mouriso and Mouroso; to the gentle
bills of Turn or historical "reminiscences OF the House
of Savoy, OF ChIistoioro Colombo, and of Alher
yITTORIo BERsEzIO.
Divers Young novelists are acquiring fame IN Italy
a, the present time and among them Ginio Carcsno,
translator in verse of Shakespeare, and Nitoro ber
sozo; the former follows faithfully in the footsteps OF
Narzo,is PyoiQessi Sposi the latter is perhaps su.
peror TO all his rivals in power Of imagination, in W.
yscity of narration, and in profound knowledge
of the human heart. The greater portion OF
b;s works have appeared in the Rirstd C0Etem-
Doyaaea of Turin. His novel entitled La fam1gI'a,
Turin $500 consisting of eight parts, would moi Do
spprcciated by those who are fond Of melodramatic
scenes. 1t is correct portrait OF family HE Ia itaiy
The plot is clear and the facts anything but extra
ordinary: a certain Romusldo is the narraiori born
in an Alpine village, his best years were passed IN
Turin somewhat 0isspated thouehtleSs, anG scePn-
cal His sterile life grows wearisome to him. ioT DIS
heart has still remained unspoed, aud su nmoned
bv the illness of his old father he returns 20 Dis native
village Rotempered IN sprlt within the molly taoer
pacle of the family, where alone man, corrupted by
the naxims of the outer world can be reospzed and
rcgene,ated and soo,hed by the contemplation OF
nature so solemn amid the Alps, he nurses his isher
tepderly through bis long and painful malady, ana
after his death seeks the hand of the daughter OF
certain DR.. Stadio But Camilla loves another youth
named Crespi, depraved, heartless flop, who be-
tween balls, banquets, women, horses ana diee' hS'