New-York daily tribune., 1861-08-18
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

tions to English aud American perlOulcai hteIa-
ture. which have already attracted not little
attention by their genial pictures of quiet rural
life. their fine and wholesome vein of moral feel
ing, their suggestive, and often acute, comments
% character and society, and their rare beauty
Of expression. Although proceeding from the
ranks Of the clerical profession, their topics are
of miscellaneous, and mostly of a secular ma
ture betrsying not only the habit of studious
contemplation, but a quick perception OF the
events of the day, and Of the shifting phases oil
thought and feeling among all classes OF people,
The author is an egOtist by choice; be wea'es
the staple of bis remarks from the materials Oi
his own experience; but his egOtism NJ as inno-
cent as that Of Montaigne or Charles Lamb; he
makes no revelations of cyuicism or mlsahtbroPl.
finds no themes for his pen IN morbid states Vi
snind, nor puts forth his own humOrs ana Iuncie'
with the air of an oracle. HIS methoo Is 'oo
elaborate for the charm of conversation; no one
could exercise so much ingenuity In company
without offense; be often puts '.too hne point
AN b;s suooss,ions: but still his discourse has
much OF the freedom and flow of familiar talk;
and be entices US into certain compamonship,
as if he were present in person. The most COM
mon concerns call forth his waTmest eOquence.
Like Emerson, he does not disdan TO draw
moral from the milk in the pan, or the meal 10
tho tub, but unlike him be does not dazzle by
sparkling phrases, or leave his readers to grope
through a labyrinth of brilliants for the purport
Of his thought. He is always lucid and trans
parent, if not profound; his style has racy
hcarliness, strongly tnctured with the flavor OF
the yernacuiar; and without conceit or afec.a-
zion, HIS pages leave deep impression of the
heaIthiness of his intellect and the sincerity of mis-
utterauce.
We find the following sage reflections in an
excellent essay concerning
DISAPPOINTMENT AND SUCCESS.
suppose that no viii dispute the fact that in
this wOld there such things disappolutont ana
s1ctess, | do rot mean merely that each man lot
has its share Of boh mean that there are some men
whose life the whole is failure, and that there
Others whose life on the whole rs success; lou
and L. my reader, know better tlan 70 hluk tba' NE
is ttery; but those VINO think Il lottery must zee
that there buman beings who draw the prizes, and
others who draw blanks. believe IN Luck, ana III
Luck as facts; of course do not believe the theory
which common consent builds upon these facts Ihere
is OF course no such thing chance; this world is
driven with far too tlgh rem TO permit oI ahythiug
whatsoever falling cut III way properly ioi'ul'ouI.
whom everything goes well and other persons WIN
whom every thiDg goes III. ieIe snt people VINO IN
vsIiably win At what are eaHSd games ol ~ cnauIe.
There are people who invariably lose. You remember
when sydney Smith lay lbs dsathbed how he sud
denly startled the watchers by Il by breaking long
silelce Will sentence from one Ol lis sermons, It
peaied in deep solemn voice. strange non Tue dylhS
man HIS life had been sucC esstu AT last but success
had come late and Row much OF DISAPPOINTMENT he
bad known Ard though he had ucd TO bear up
cheerily under his early cares they had snnh III dee
L.. II ~,fl n "
didesnily is that journey Teriorned Some are Doihe
slorg their ia h in luxury and eSsei Wble some must
walk Il Win naked feet, iLdugled ana Dieeung'
VITO is here that does Lot sometimes, on quiz
evening even before lac has attained 10 middle age, lt
down and lock back upon his college Gays, ana his
college friends aLd think sadly Of the failures, the Gls-
appointments, the broken hearts, which have been
suiong ,Loe WHO all started tar and promised well
How very much has alter lie changed the estimates
which We formed in those days, OF the lu'eileetnal
inalk and probable fate ot ones friends ana ac1sln-
spces You reutmberthe 63nse, etOid dune of tnat
,ime. you remember the men Who sat neat to you IN
the lectue-IoOm, AID never answered rightly ques-
ton that was put to tGem: you remember bow you
used to wonder If they would always be the Ounces
they ere then. Well 1 never knew Inau who was
IL Ounce 40 twenty, TO prove what ight be called
- brilliant or even a clever man in after lite; but we
have all known such do wonderfully decenly. You
ala not expect much OF them, you see. Iou oid not
tTy them by an eXaciing tandard. H. a monkey were
10 write Is name you would De much tuTpIifed at
seeing i'm 60 il at a that you would never think Of
being su diseG that cid do il very well. So If
a man on knew as a remarkably stupid fellow
prea he decent sermon, you hardly think OF remark
lng that IL very commonplace and dpll, YOU are
much Pleased aud surprised 10 find that the
preach al And then, TIE ounces OF college days
Oitn sCufibe, though slow aud in this world, plain
plOCdiug common se ls very EGely Ia the long
a. tcs' erIac bill abcy. IaetOltOise passes the hare.
owe an apology 10 Lord Caul Ell for even uamlUg
him 0u Tie sus page ON which stands the maine OF
Ounce 1, sSueaiy In tbreWG, massive sense, well
as an sudnoss OF manner, the natural outflow OF KIDD
ard sOtd teat, no Judge ever surpassed him. But
1 may fairy pOiat 10 lns career Oi uneXampled
rs an insta1ee which proves my Prndile
Sec how that Il Iaris which are sOuEd and
solid, Rather THAI Brilliant or snowy, has won the Der
h, asd H. st Leger Of the law; has hlled with high
Ciedi. the Plces Of Chief justice Of England adLOrd
Cha cclof. Aud contrast his enlinrDtly successful
aud usul course with that oil the i,ul eteOr, Lord
BOugb, m. Wtat great dazzling genius BrOuglaUi
UuqrcsOuibly IL; yet lis greapst admiier must ad'
mi, that hs lie has been brilliant failure But while
yOu thOughtiul reader IN such retrospect as baye
been OsIg sometimes wonder at the dt cent ana
reasosbe sucoess OF the Ounce, do yOn not often Ia
ment over tie fashion III wich those who promised
we'd ana even brilliantly have disappointed tie hopes
entertained OF tAeml Whit niserablc failures such
have ao uufrcquelly made! AID alway II rough
bad conduct ether not nlSays, though sometimes
hy takiug - vicious courses; bat rather by certain
want OF ac and ense, or even by Just somehow mi.s-
iu. tie favorable tide. You have got far living and
air standing in tAe Church, you have held them for
Cghi ten years; when evening yOu fit
ting in your study playing with your children,
servant tells you, dOubtuiiy that man II waiting TO
sc yOn. Ap0Or, thin, shabbily dressed fellow
in, aad IN iaeIng tones legs for the loan OF five st
Lng.. Ah, with what a start you recognize him IL
j. he clever fellow whom YOU hardly beat at COLLEGE
s7b0 was Away. 70 lively and merry, who sang 70
uIlely aud wgs so much asked out in society. You
bad lost sight Of him for several years and now hore
&c is, shabby, dirty smc ling OF whisky, With bloated
Isce and trembling hand; aias alas ruined Oh, do