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

Isi9 Msm.hs poems were Published a. Genoa %
1870. ard his %. 10 Venice and ,he National Hymn,
pet TO music by himself, popular in isy a. the
Ma,eillaise N France.
GIOVANNI pRiTI-ALEiRDO ALEtRDI.
In the place of Manzoui and Urcilini, who both
have lorg been .ren;, Giovanni Pratt aad Aleardo
Alesrdi stand foremost among her Poe'si the hrsi
famous for his Tyne poetry, tie second ar descriptive
and upa.sioned verse. And o. Alsarci al ltilan
critic has justly sad, Were kng Robert OF Ma
piles would give the laurel crown 10 Tins Petrarch
" Of the XIXth century. II would be a. Impossible
10 give any ides Of their poetry IN EnrAsh, As TO
translate Lowell ar Lon ie'!o~ into Italian can
bu: refer those who can read the poems IN he
original 70 the Na0He Posse OF Pratt vols, Ihrin,
1886 and TO Alesrdls Monte CirceiIO, lie CHta Ndr'-
mare IL ,rime Storie, IN ora deAa ma Gior''e'-a
Verona, lSj6-i-s'.
THE DRAMA.
Norhas the drama been neglected during these las:
ten years Ferrar, au,h0r Of GodOns te sue sedlct
Comntdie, La Saturn. PGriai h:s been very sue
C sfal in comedy also, Ghersrdi del Je'i' author
of Le Scirsnic, Il Due SOr.le. The drama mas been
cultivated by Gacone;ti, most fertile writeT, author
Of Toyquat0 Tasso. by P.etro Corelh' autror q
Crom,,eH La Note III San Bartoiom7ieo LH'g'd
della VoH,ere; by Csierno de Medic Foriis, autho
of CuOye ed Arte by Bo,ta, author OF IEgegHo
,p,cu!a- .onc and by many otters Taese productions
lave been received with applause IN all The ltalsn
lheaieIs.
Even tragedy, which in Italy !s considered ont OF
date J. still cultured by men OF no Ordinary STEMS
Suffice II TO record Jscopo Cab.sncs and hls chief
work, Gaspara Stompa, a tragedy which pariakes
somewhat Of the lyric style The snhj7cs, Ga-psra
S,smpa, was great poetess and sutnoress OF low,
who oied yourg, victim to an unTequited love, ana
known to pOster,y a. the Sapph0 OF Pa1us. Leopodo
MarencO hos written a magnificent drama, P'ccaTda
DoaoH. Like Silv.o Pelico IN his Francesc. da r.
niu;, he bss drawn his inspiration from La D'e'na
Commed,d. Francesca and Beatrice are The two most
beautiful feminine characters ideaiized by Dante
Infrao: Canto V. Paradise; Canto ILL., Giu-eppe
Montanelh, ex-Proiessor Of the University OF Pisa
soldier Of the War for Italian Independence, wounded
and made prisoner at Curtatone, then IrHmyr IN
Tuscany, nov exile, Is the saihor OF Two
traged, les Gamma, represented by R'stor at farii.
IL T,tt0.iohe Paris, Martinez 1856, which may be
more appropriately called dramatic poem, d.
vided into nine csntos. Satan tempts Chrles
and Christ Satan-the latter is finally converted
Mop,enen a writer Of the Humanitarian School
seeks TO unfold the laws OF human perfeciioiity
under dramatic form. Symbohzed IN this struggle
between Good end Evil, his poem reminds us OF the
Theology Of Zorosstor where this action AMI reaction
il Represented by Onuzd and by Ahriman, after
continued contest for r. coo years Mtra the media
tor peac:naker and redeemer appears, and with
him the final triumph of Good, when Ahrman and his
legion become followers Of the benifcent Ornuzi
and both progress onward tor yard God. In the trst
caDo oftbe Tentdsioae Christ withstsnds the Temps
ton, whence result tendencies toward freedom OF
thought, toll for patton, the uprising OF woman.
In the second, Christ rejects the temptation, whence
results the spiritual regeneration OF the corrupted
Roman world by means Of martyrdom and evanseh-
csl purity In the third, Saans temptation for the
saceruoal supremacy s seconded, and pepa theocra-
CIV is the result In the fourth the struggle between
the Papscy ard the Empire, the Inqusition and the
Crusades are described. In the hfth the temptation
Of Satan for Italian supremacy, whence the errors ct
Italian reformers; hence Macchisvelism in the sixth
the humiliation of Italisn nationality in the seventh
In the eighth and ninth, the temptations of Satan are
rejected by Washington, hence the triumph Of liberty,
which will infuse life and motion into the society OF
tho future. DIR. Antonio" by Rufini, author OF
" Lorenzo Benoni," is too well known to need any
notice here. For its descriptions OF Italian scenery II
hes no rival; but whether the worthy doctor ha'
more Of tie English or Italian temperament in his
composition j. somewhat doubtful. Numerous other
novels. tales, dramas and poems could be added to
orr LIST, but these mus. suffice for the present.