The New York herald., 1862-01-04
New PublfcatiOns-Import Literary
Announcement.

new ruDucattOns-ImPOrt Literary
Announcement.
will be seen by reference to our literary
notices that A. Oakley Hall, ESD, our new
District Attorney, intends publishing in nam.
phlet form his admirable letter upon Horace
Greeley The great demand for copies of tho
letter justifes this republication, and Mr. Hall
promises to add notes, comments and Tribune
extracts corrOborative and explanatory to the
original text. We advise all who wish to sea
Greeley dissected, soul, body, boots and
breeches, to read Mr.. Halls pamphlet Il
shows up the Tribune editor completely.
But now that the letter is to be revised.
amended and corrected, we advise Mr.. Hall to il
lustrate it. An illustrated work is not only more
popular, but is also better appreciable, than
one which depends entirely upon words. The
"Little Villain" of the Times has undoubtedly
found this to be the case with his newspaper.
Even the Bible obtains reader sale and II
better understood when adorned with engrav-
ings. Besides this, there are some points in
Greeley's career where all language fails; and
therefore, while Mr.. Halls trenchant style cuts
like knife to Greeley's vitals, and while hin
letter will be as widely read and as immortal
as those Of Junius, still we cannot but feel that
1T might be improved by engravings, in style
more or less allegorical.
For instance, Mr.. Halls illusions to the in
nocence, purity and modesty with which Gree
ley is endowed by the Tribune's country read
ers could be appropriately illustrated by
portrait of Greeley in the style of the Greek
Slave" clad only in his garment of selfright-
eousness or his habit of abusing his friends, and
| devoid Of any vestments whose pockets might
suggest ideas of the Matteson $1,000 draft or
| the 5000 Irish relief fund. When Mr.. Hall
tells how Greeley was seduced into abolition
ism, picture of Greeley, as Adam, accepting
the apple of discord from an African
| Eve, would be moral and apropos. Or, If
| Greeley were represented as Adam blacked by
abolitionism and Eve as heroine of Berlin
Heights the cut would show, allegorically, how
the Tribune philosopher came to be led into
| phalanx and free love afinities and heresies.
Again: when Mr.. Hall relates how Greeley en-
trapped our army into the Manassas massacre,
an engraving of Greeley in brain fever and
his shirt, riding, like Death upon a pale horse,
| at the head of our soldiers, would be dismally
and sadly truthful, and is almost indispensable
| to the correct understanding of the text Such
picture, or one representing Greeley holding his
| s'Court of DEATH" during the Bull run tines
would be only too well appreciated by many
| poor widow and orphan in the land
| Certainly no straitlaced Puritan could OBJ
ject to the necessary scantiness of costume in
| nd oil oni
and indeed. Greeley shows to equal advantage
whether he dresses or undresses for his part
For example, Mr.. Halls erpose of Greeley's
vanity is excellent but it would be better un-
| derstood if he gave portrait of Greeley
dressed in white coat, an old white hat, pair
of gloves designedly nine times too large for
him, and with his trowsers carefully adjusted In
a remarkably awkward style. 1t would then
be understood how the Tribune humbug man
ages to attract attention on the street or at
Chapin's church. And then, again, Mr.. Halls
references to "womens rights" ought to have
| cut accompanying, showing Greeley in pctt-
coats, surrounded by a crowd Of other old wo-
men, and with Abby Folsom on his right and
| Lucy Stone on his left hand, like Moses, sup
ported by Aaron and Hurr. Tho white choker
which Greeley wears while writing his Indepen-
| dent articles deserves pictorial treatment.
| Greeley and his inevitable niger should be
represented as the Siamese twins, and
the grouping would be equally natural
and artistic, while tho motto "We arc
men and brothers" would Immediately
suggest the Tribune and point the moral. The
effect of Graham bread in reducing the flesh and
abolitionism in reducing circulation might be
shown in double portrait Of Greeley "befors
and after" adopting the isms. A splendid allie
gorical picture could be made of Greeley, a.
blind and tickle Fortune, distributing dollar
jewelry and gold pens to subscribers for the
| Weekly Tribune. A cartoon of Greeley as he
| appeared when planting the rebel flag upon Fort
Sumter suggests ITSELF but grateful South Caro-
lima has already ordered such painting, to take
| the place of that of Sergeant Jasper, of Fort
| Moultrie fame, in her Capitol.
| Greeley as Commander-in-Chief leading hia
abolition forces onward to Richmond, is very
| fine subject. Falstaff reviewing his ragged
brigade would be nothing compared with such
| q picture, and we are sure 1t would be at once
| voted to the chief panel of the Court House in
the republic of Liberia Greeley in the Union
as he wishes it might be printed in tho style Of
the famous sketch of darkey chasing black
| cat in dark cellar at night; and il would serve
equally well as Grceleys Union, pirates
flag or an emancipation banner. This should
conclude the pamphlet; and for an appropriate
| frontispiece we suggest the What Is 1.-THE
cut of which can be obtained cheaply Of Bar.
| mum now.
Mr.. Hall should adopt these pictorial hints.
Since he deems il his duty to inaugurate his
District Attorney services by exposing Greeley
to public rcprobation, let him illustrate his
pamphlet, aud thus add the charms of the