New-York daily tribune., 1865-11-18
IiierRry Matters i'm boston.
From Our Special Correspondent.

FROM Our Special Correspondent
boston, Nov. 10, 1865.
I may incur the imputation OF triteness if l
quote the vell.wurn phrase d" OF making many books
there s'uo end" but to me. fresh from sauuter
through Of our largspublishing houses with vivid
hDes OF blue aud gilt and green and crimson stamped
upon the retna Of my eJes the velvet touch of creamy
tinted paper my hands. and the favor of rich bind
ngs in my nosrs this respectable old saying seems
specially expressive and appropriate June and Its
ruses have gone; the melower charms OF Midsummer
aud the full riponess OF early Autumn have had their
diy aud their DEATH and now In sere November the
hi n ball garden" presents but dreT aud chilly enter
tainment The resort Is natural, then, TO literary
parterres whero bloom tho flowers OF Intellect. In
cludIng. BY the way The Tower OF Liberty" which
shall receive q brief bot unbotanica notice hereafter
Indeed the transition Om our crowded streets squad
With the long drouth ('qualid Boton streets could
be- mean) 20 the bright, airy and simply beautiful
new store Of Ticknor FIELDS. 10 something
ike aud quite as pleasant as tho turning froni
a dusty highway In Summer into soms aihu'
ent garden where fountains feed with cool
music green. odcrous twilights. ioa n"ne ,
published description Of TINS store ara ils
irinuuL. of interior architecture ths, Win all ueir
ence 10 your correspondent :" Sea utcbln' VINO - ~
clned t. severity his remarks upon our mouefn P
hnutogs Nv the way ,. L. frlcitates binsrf
upon the iset THAT they did not tear dow ths od Oy
ila TO make room tor 1t the new ,d s
10 tear down my sir'nothing tnat coniu pos'py
be mistaken for one except Kings chapel the oni'
| aou.. or the Boston Muscum. Sea Uiohin shoud
he little more sesrchn' In his igaton$) But
have quite lost The connection WIN my oH-li'I zen
trnce: what was gong 10 ssy Was tLat nA you hud
been iuly informed rs 10 the hgne"us and pSm htail
uLorirs Of T. & h. Store shOu nave Euthhs I'd
say about them. IL s about the literary attractions
ht alureor rrther the prospective sttractiohs th0t
will allure the public 10 their esabllshmen-thRt pro-
pu,e 10 gossip h.i,lr But before with reluctant iret
leave the Ycrlant freshness aud cosy J"ut'fts oi e
"autLo- room" lel me mention one sight saw theFe
on the uurih wall bangs line enghHing ol nasIHE'
ION md BeighbOring him on thr rigat anu leit aIo
Kenar Cooden NJ d John Bright is not the coOcaion
significant Opposite. he ms from canvass the genial
eOuneunnoe ~ ihe late fresident trc more
SON Ger than it wont 0 b. IN r peTh'ps Dot re-
ceCngabe as a f,ii'iul likeness nete-ibress during
nv visit the Hon. Robert Z. winthrop tie Hon John
| i. Kennedy author ot Swallow barn' ana John w.
Wt!ti slt in the Authors ROOM could not help
srcclhtng as 20 the thoughts Il each ~ he gsled az
tho poiats of the Couurys Founder and the counrys
Il led, II would BE- hard 70 md two better repre-.
senatvcs ~ New Englrn nd manhood than Whittier anG
Wiuthroptie iineat Quaker aud the oOurty gentle.
man: bu these cuuttei ioit presentments on tao wall
spoke not tbs same language t. both But shall never
I get back 10 my murtOns at his rate. -
so many slrols OF literary gossip linger IN my mem
ory ths, am ut loss when to fl'b bush up fr Tug
EmuNE Tut II l. safe rule to begin Alphabetically
so | viii say a word sbJut "Atalanta In Caydon p"
which pas published few days ago II IS certainly
one Of the most striking pOrms of modern times
and that is my present criticism, bnt oi Tue
author AlgernOn Charles Swuburue. 10 may be
sotd thnt he is almost unknown IN America" Aia.
u" believe being the first work OF Ms that has at
;tned cecbTity but IL viii hot be the last predict
lie Is engaged u poem founded on incidents
in tae life # Mary. Qaeon OF Sco. aud entitled 'Chns
tcard." Mr Swiuburne u vi the Young Eng lnd
school Of writer's. feOwsaps With Tie koselts ana 1
,srat,srs OF that Hn eOys the friendship una ad
mfaiOn of ieLnvsOn, Browning ana o'hers. whose ap
proyal II fame. Adelaide Proctor dnu- -bter 81 the &C.
NAL Barry Cornwall has mary admirers IN this country
who viii welcome her poems IN a now volume entitled
legends aud Lyrics" 1t viii be- handsomely Illus
trit,d. and will contain memoir of tie author by
Chas Dicbcns How h. happened To know her. & al
mie her and finally 20 write her euogy there Is ttle
story about. When he was e0ltlng "llon'ehoid
Words he used 10 receive ANONYMOUS contributions or
mirked merit bn, whose source be never conid dis
cover They were evidently Written 10y IGd -tlht he
| knew, but HAT was all. One day, long tmo H0r
these mysterious began u be shed upon hlm De
dued wItb Barry Cornwall. Adelaide was present nhd
n the course OF cOhycrs"oR Win the gre'I nolelist
confessed herself the Htlr unknown CORES rondent
The Flower of Liberty viii probably boom IN No
vember. unreasonable as II may appear This VIII he
unique work, and AN instance OF tie 6tHe eomp'iHw
of ant and literature such ns In rarely seen. Miss. D.
g. NJ Furblsh gifted Young lady Oi Portland, Maine
aud who has won ehyiabio omc Dy her achievements
with WacG cOors conceived the ldeu n putting our Ma
tiunal eDhems into book embalmod In yer,e. 30 she
called upon our leading poets Longfelow. Wnt'
tier aud Others lUr contributions, and these.
all breathing ierVid patriotism, are The oher.
| IN. az Literature. Art, by the hand Of Miss
| Ffrbish de,ises exquisite designs. and by the
81 N of the Mossrs Buhord ieprOdgoes them on stone
and Messrs. Ticknor & Fieds. through their paper
mnkers and printers and binders viii achieve the per
feet work The book IL not Intended Tor general crcu.
ation only small edition having been ordered; bur
am surc a further Issue VIII BE- demanded by the popu.
lar appreeation OF what believe VIII be OF the
most attractive of holiday books Before | leave this
brok | must tell onG secret. Among the pOetesscs
whose yerses grace tS pages. Il Kate PuDam Let ue
Jiyulgc the fac. that she sister Of Mr. j. r. OsgoOd
Of tho firm ul lickuor & Fieds-a young lady oi
m irked poetic power and who has written some really
admirable pieces OF verse-witness Driving Home tie
| Cows IN Harper"
| Mrs Lydia Maria Child has been engaged for some
time upon book, which 1icSnor & Fields vii bring
ont speedily. Ii Is called The Freedman's Book" aud
shows what the coored race have done and for Ltera
turo IL has been labor of love to Mrs. Child and is
fore bic presentment Of tho claims OF dis sed ia
rank in The aTstocracy of letters dBropOs des RSsres
an carly number Of TIE Atlantic will contain article
! by Wiiiiam Parker. negro and eIsluye Can such
things BET II "niggers write for the refined
magazine on ihe continent and have books written 10
prove their intellectual nbity-how long | pray. OBJ
Csrolinn, will they abuse our patience, To What eBd
will their unbrdl,d Rudacilv push ilsclfi
But my letter H. getting too long, let me itemlze. We
are to have second series OF tie "Biglow Papers
Mr. Lowell 10 now reading bis proofs, aud the book
will DO brought out with reasonable oelenty IL VIII
contain much Introductory matter and, az least
Que new "Bglow Paper" The fifth Of the series OF
Companion Poets vii 10 uolness Humorous Poems