The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-12-26

IN Hb. MSS ct esrud comm. notatu dign. occar-
rant Ertat In biblioatecis Jacob Gordoni Ben
nett, NoU. E6or. eremplar saicum SolumQue in
toto munG euo. CID, Fol-
This is the description Of our great work,
taken ver5otim ct Eteratim from the "Index
Eunuchus contains some significant passages,
not to be found elsewhere, which Pope Gregory
XVI feared might be injurious to the moralsof
the cardinals or hurt the feelings Of his choris-
tiers at ST. Peters, and he put it on his list Of
prohibited works. We did not quite see the
necessity for the prohibition, as our copy is the
only one known to be sxtant But never mind,
or ja'nais d'csprit, as the French say; we are
sure his Holiness had good reason for it.
Probably Zone Of the sduans of the press bave
heard of this interesting circumstance. We are
sure they have not Well, we give them the
Information, and charge nothing for it.
This magnificent folio adorn, the poets
corner of our superb classical library, in which
we have the means of instantly solving any
question of Latinity. no matter whether it be
ante or post Augustan. We not oblged--not
we, by Jove-like some literary quacks whom
we could name, to run off post haste to the
Astor Library, and hunt up DR., Cogswell to
help them out Of their dilemma whenever the
moet trifing schoolboy problem in the classics
is started.
We have often casiigated the pedants OF the
press for showing or their shallow learning in
their editorial columns, instead Of keeping it in
60 art aacha oh pnh a1v
reads. The public does not want Latin in the
newspapers. They want the news. Why do
not these boobies initiate our example? In our
editorials we use pure anglo-Saxou. Cur pri-
vate correspondence, on the other hand, is CO.
piously bespriukled with the gems of ancient
literature. We take this liberty with our
friends, but net with the public. We have
made arrangements to have our letters pos
thumously published, like Horace Walpole's;
and We hereby request our executors, If we
should forget to put 1t in our will, to send
| presentation copy to each of the editors Of the
| World and some others whom we cannot take
| time to mention. When they look into this
af1uent collection of the flowers OF classical
literature they will appreciate US better. They
will see, too, where eur literary lore comes
| from.
/ --- Mthi fau,s Apollo
/ Poculd CdstiiiG plenG minisfrdt aqua
| How can they expect with their little mugs
Of dirty fluid taken from any chance literary
| naudhole, to stand up against us with our over
flowing goblsts Of pure stuff, which golden
Apollo fills for us at the fountain head with his
own hand! OF course We do not mean that the
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| ally administers to US these copious draughts
OF pure Castalian sin capore," as the boys ct
the Congress spring serve the ladies with tum-
blers Of cathartic water. Any simpleton can
understand that we are speaking 10 the abstract.
When we quoted Latin at our assailants the
other day, we knew very we'll that we were
casting pearls before swine; but we wished to
make them feel by contrast how intensely
Ssy MsEs " Haz s%sssd them as Of
no further use to u.s. They had the good sense
to receive our admonition In good part, and,
no doubt, told their sympathzing friends to be
warned by their example, not to take tilt at
the classics with the HERALD, saying 70 each Of
them In the original Latin
~ memo ese~plo discs tnsre wso.
But We must turn an instant, before con.
Guiding, to more serious subject. Our in
stincts admon;shed us that great work was to
be done, and that the necessities Of the age re.
quired us to undertake 1.-THE vindication of
our learned President from gross misrepres ent-
alton. He was accused of using slang OK
pressons. We showed triumphantly, in two
instances, that they were TRANSACTIONS of the
purest Latin-The big thing, "res magma est"
aud, can't see it in that light, I'D non possu,n
ridcre IN ca luce" Other expeditions of the same
sort are, no doubt, waiting for deliverance in
tie womb of events. We know that the hearts
of our countrymen are overlooking with graft
tu6e to us for rendering tho American people
and the world Of letters so inva'lab SER
vice, and that they are burning with impotence
to testify 1t by some substantial return-say,
service of plate, or house instead of the
silver, a. we suggested the other day for cur
distinguished fighting men. But wegive notice
that we can accept nothing. Our butler CON-
| plains of a superiority of forks and spoons on
hand, and we have already several houses,
| which We cannot live. in All we ask is the
| grateful remembrance OF our fellow citizens,
and this we are sure of.
Thus encouraged, We shall be prepared for
any emergency. As Thackeray said in his in
| PRODUCTION TO The "Book o. Snobs," we have
vocation, and it is nonsense attempting to elude
| It. We shall wait for developments. The ago
is a fast one; but we have noticed that the most
successful people are not those who are always
rushing about like maniacs and plunsng
| headlong into everything that turns up. II is
safer to be quiet till occasions arrive, and then
60 in with promptitude and viyor. Our learned
President has tongue in his head, and we
await his utterances with a sublime composurs
| inspired by q conviction OF the plenitudc OF