New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-10-27

ports drawn ~ bJ Chairnss Of Counissess, w sr,
not n sbs habit Of making them the basis Of ssrsy
or soenih reputation, escep, where the prsvi,.a
sudy and labor as well a the draft Of the rsOor wa,
sll BY OF individual. remember care in which Ne
person appointed by our Government to make al sx-
tensive scientific aud economical report eft tie labor
bluost entirely in the hascs Of assistants and ntesdel
70 use their observations IS his Own. In this casa
Thomas Ewing then Secretary Of the Interior decided
in favor OF the Assistants ard took the work from tho
hands of the principal and placed il for completion IN
tbsrs How fer this principle is 10 apply ia sach cass
this Of Bur cen, may DO question hat here So
taiply tie belief that he has thus wrought oo.r..s.
against bis reputation.
heard rather sn odd story of him ths oshsr d.v
AZ member of tbs Prussian Academy Of scisno. bs
has the right TO lecture 10 the Uniyers,s and ,h;. Il
ses MS be intends doing in Bonn. lie ha, b,I "a
practice in this kind Of speaking, and ha. thsrsso,,
placed dstk 10 large Of his house for tia por
pose. Not long siDce three four Of the prosess,u
bers received invi atoms TO attend lecture 1t hs
house At the time appointed they appeared and ve,.
Ushersd by the servant into the large without
beIg met and greeted by BuDsen a2y member Of bis
family. here they were left TO val. until their pa
tieDce vas nearly exhausted. At last, snter Bun.en
viii bow as TO 8 company Of students, be stepped 70
bis deck ard began his lecture AZ soon II ON.
olu6ed, with another bow be left the room, and the
professors-to depart when they raw fit
The first volume Of q new life Of M!chelsngelo-ss
he spells the namely Hermann Grimm son Of the
late Prof. Wilhelm, Is out. am not familiar enouy a
with the subject to decide how much there il new 10 It.
but that it is very attractive can testify The work
seens to be rather an attempt 10 picture the TINES in
central point, than laboous ard minute history q
the man. A rap glance at the history Of Floreaos,
with it Of noble houses and the gradual se Of
the mercantile interest until the traders able 10
crush the so-oslled noble born is given with great
v;ydness; iaDd see, almost az if spectators how
with the increase Of wealth ard refinement taste for
art awoke and great scupoH and painters appear upon
the age Vita real drsmsth effect by and by AicAsl
cello appears upon the scene at first an Insignificant
figure but becoming more and more important, uatI
be els the sage. Grimm bss not only made himself
master Of the literature Of the times Of which he writes,
but has ysted the scenes which he has occasion 20 DE-
scribe, and hence an uncommon viyidIess In all his
pictures.
TIE book has a charm for the Engliah reader.
whose mott or tongue is English, in the unoonscioSs
adoption of an English in preference to the soconsd
cred German classical style. Sharp short, io'ed
septerces; oirectness Of statement; fact now an
illustration row reflection; long, weary iseyrinihs
Of words carefully avoided; 30 that one feels aim s ~
If the work was translation from our own tongue.
Grimm Is a devoted admirer of Emerson, and has
SHARED DO pains nor labor make him and bis writings
known in "Fstberlsnd." The influence Of Emersco
is marked upon the style Of this work have 90
served that in the popular writings of the day The Ger
mana are rspidly adopting the style of English sst
American writers to the great horror Of the puis.
whose Lamentations over it are touching Bot people
cannot afford time nowadays to wade through work.
where single seIteuce fills psge, and whose NEAR
ing ~ locked cDly by the key Of tho last word
Those who write for popular Perusa mus. write In
popular style. The indications are that the "cs''s
style of fifty years ago will at leogth be as out Of date
here as Johnsoni:m is with Us
Us il literary news when one speaks Of mscIBs
In a printing office Ifso will adj that Ericsson
air-moor lss ust teen put in operation here 10 Boau.
me. the mscbnist 10 the inn at which am Stopping.
BE belongs to firm in Msgdebarg, member of which
was lor z in New York, and now keeps himself well
informed of all our inventions and improvements. As
soon as the news came that the air.moor was in sac
cessful operation in New York, the firm imported
"a g model AID tie number now ID operation or or
dered is already thirty Pity that Ericsson has No
patent in Germany. ] asked if any change hsd bsen
nsde In the construction Of the machine. Nothing but
the introduction Of valve, to regulate the power be
said.