New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-02-27
NEW PUBLICATIONS.


the supplementary Volume OF ialnes history Oh
Englsh Literature" which treats OF some OF inc
most noteworthy Of contemporary writers, including
Dickens, Tbsckersy, Macaulay, John Stuart Mil,
CARLYLE. and Tennyson. A lucid summary is pre-
septed OF NJ. Taines criticisms, which have the
merit OF being profound and discriminating u
Ard sDgularly appreciaiiye Of the subtle deneaccS
Of works composed IN foreign aneuase'
"Hamlet' Is the subject Of an acute ana neo'@'1'o
paper, crowded with ingenious sugeesuonS' anu
spty seizing the interior processes OF human
which the great poet has SO wonderfully represented
An the character OF his hero. The spirit OF the dis
sussiou Is embodied In the closing paragraph;
~The metaphvseian who would gain just con-
eepton of what human freedom If, eould SCARF w
bettey than study the relations of the human sill IN
the events of life, as these are exhibited in the play
Of Hamlet 1t represents the abstract ana bilei
chronicle of human life, and faithfully holding 'he
mirror up TO nature, IL teaches-better than al
philosophical disquisition and minute interpretive
analysis oan-how is evolved the drama in which hu'
Dan will contests with necessity. Struggle rs earn
ssty and as constantly he may, the rejecting NOR
tai must feel at the end Of ell that he is inevitably
What be is; that bis foes and his virtues arc alike
Ills fate; that there isa divinity which shapes bis
ends, rough-hew them as be may Hamlet, The
man Of thought, may brood over possibilities, specu-
late on events, anayze motives. and purposcly de-
bay action; bat in the end be IL, equally with Mac
beth, the man of energetic action whom the dark
est hints Of the witches arouse to desperate deeds,
drawn on 10 the unavoidable issue. Mighty, It must
DO allowed, the power OF human will; that which,
70 him whose will is not developed, is Jate--is,
90 him who has vell-iashioncd VIII, P0TtT-so
much has been conquered from necessity, so much
las been taken from the devils territory. The
savage prostrates himself, powerless, prayeEtH and
pitable, before the flashing lightning; but the de-
seloped mortal lays hold of the lightning and makes
Of very nseful servant TO the former, lightning
n fate against which will is helpless; to the latter
viii 10 fate against which Lightning Is helpless.
What limit, then, TO the power of will, when
90 much Of fate is ignorance The limit which
there necessarily is 10 tho contents Of the con-
tnent to the coinprehended of that which CON-
prehends il. The unrelenting circle Of necessity
encompasses all: one may go bis destined course
win Tranquil resignation, ard another may flme
and fret and struggle but, wiling or unwilling,
both must go. As the play Of Hamlet 60 H.
struc,iyely teaches Notwithstanding all the ipge-
nious refnements Of powerful meditation the hu-
man will is included within the larger sphere OF ne
sessity or natural low. The cage may be larger
OF a smaller one but its bars are always there.
Where vast thou when | laid the foundations Of
the earth Canst thou bind the sweet influences
of PleYades OF loose the bands of Orionl Canst
thou bring forth Mazzsroth in his season o. eanst
thou guide Arcturus with his soDs! Then
LOB answered and said, Behold ] am vile;
what shall ! answer theel will lay mine hand
spon my month Well, then, is it for him who
learns his limitation, TO whom the dark HORIZON Of
necessity becomes the sunht circle OF duty" Inc
mesh interest in Shakespeare's most eearac-
teristic play, which has been recently called iofth
ey the remarkable and highly intellectual person
atoms Of the favorto American tragedian, Mr.. 3D.
win Booth, who combines such Just conception OF
Abe inner experience Of Hamlet with the rarest ie-
Kcties Of expression, will prompt many readers 10
Abe perusal OF this article, thus preparing theH-
selves for truer appreciation OF the . fIinee OF
Denmark" and kcener enjoyment Of he artistic
genius of hissnost admirable living representative.
DR.. Diapers intellectual Deyelopmentot Europe
AZ made the theme Of on elaborate discussion, III
which great COMMUNICATION is bestowed on the labors
az our learned toEnsman, although respectful
dissent is entered from several of his leading posi-
lions. The work is described as one OF the not
least remarkable achievements IN the progress OF
philosophy that have yet been made in the English
toncue Iii q noble and even magnificent attempt
70 frame an ind ction from all the recorded phe-
nomena OF European, Asatic, and North African
history. and thereupon 10 establish certain definite
principles of social and intellectual develop
rent. IL has been elab
Grated with degree of care, assiduity, and
attention 10 orderly arrangement, combined
with a graceful, and at times very eloquent
diction, which give it all independent interest Of
the hghest character foT any mind not warped and
preudiced against the modes ofthought il presents
Anthe latest researches in history al the most
recent discoveries i'll the realms of geology, me-
ebanieal science, natural science, and language,
every minute particular that can explain or Illus
srate the general progress Of all the European races
from the most primitive ages, are accurately and
ropously detailed in their several relations. Nor
ia the author without such an art of reprcsen-
fation as can render book not only such
,s We ought 10 read, but also such as We Ike TO
read. lie deals with tho most abstract ineaphyfi.
cal subtlcties, such as the theology Of Buddhism,
she psychology Of Plato, and the necromsncy Of
Egypt, with lGcidity and genial affection for his
subject, which much facilitates for the reader The
process Of assimilation. Again, there are passage
such e. those exhibiting the general condition Of
Indian intellect, the corruption and immortality Of
The late days Of the Roman empire, The progress Of
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