New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-08-31
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY. September ncknor 4


usual interest both from the ssasOnabeness of their
themes and The power of their execution. The
srtiele on "Wlhelm Meisie.' is valuable a con-
fession of individual xperielce, rather than as an
exposition othe celebrated "prose epic OF thcgreat
German del ncator OF human passion. The writer
is certainly up TO the level of his subject, and sets
forth The convictions which have been years III
forming. Lii repcalc studics OF the work formed
new cpochs successfully in the history Of his mind,
and it is his spiritual growth in peruslng
one of the masterpieces of Goethe that ho
pnfods before his readers qnite as much as tnc
progress Of Wilhelm Mester, of whom 1t is mol ye'
decided whether he is TO be taken as q nero Vi I"
"milksop." The conclusions # The winter are SUI
cnctly SUNNI ny in thecosing paragraph i"o
whole work climbs st, lily 10 this consunliiac "''
of selfsurre1derw without sclf-dissipation, without
self-Aattery, without otticiousness, ana "i'nou'
.erve Rnt in order that one may give himself
nobly, he must nobly have lmsei 10 give. ~ '''''
end there are prerequisites. FIRST Huo''n'"''o"' ="
rich DEVELOPMENT of heats and frutiul powers anu
of the nature and order of these Goethe AIMS tog'e
account. Secondly, due temperlng OF THESE ny
the cold, faithful seventies of understanding ana
experience Third, as resulting, high Tepose ID
Reality.-high, because one reposes there not IN
hase compromise with il OF with himself, but III
hope, in duty, in imagining herolsm OF hearI
Fourthly and finally, comes relation to one own
being at once utterly religious and utterly sane
whereby one c. nmaads hsmsey IA obedience 10 INC
total lar and ass i his 'p'rt. Having achieved
This. one NAV 80 forward through further expert
ence and deeper life, TO that act of religious ana
Gle sclf-bestowll, wherein he hrst becomes III 'A'
fall, majestic sers man.
"Scientifc Fsrn,ns" throws little light on Al
derney COWS, Iekshire pigs, sheep husoandaee' oT
Me culture Of trniIs but il an outpounng OF ori'
liant rhodomont d suggested by various aspects OF
rural affairs. showing The bet Of feeling and not
the worst of sense beneath dazzling coat OF per-
yersity and exafgcratioD. The writer has evidently
seen a country barn. d" / went out one morning 10
build barn. Not that.I knew exactly how to
Auild barn, but | knew very well how to keep up
mighty clatter, till some one should come that
lid know which amounts TO the same thing. There
Vas indeed al. eaCy barn Oh our plantation. IL
was there many years before We were. ought 10
say. part of it: for the barn is conglomerate,
the further end stretching far back into antiquity,
and the hither ID n Jig down 10 period which
course its ancient his. o is Involved III obscnrty;
lut as we read in the rocks somewhat of the ear b
stherwise unwrilt story, 20 III our barn are many
marks which poi out TO the carious student th'
different eras Of creation. The main line o
aemarcaton comes in tie center, and consists
chiefly of kind of bulge. That part Of the from
which dates back 70 tle Lower Silurian epoch RAJ
south south-wes brt at ONE time during the Drii
period it turned to the about and drfted to tn
north-north-east. Theres ult lis bold front, sub
tending an obtuse angle. People who have nothin
else in the world to annoy them might AFFORD TO b
annoyed by this deia:tur, from night line; bu
nnless one is reduced TO such sirlts, he VIII q
well 10 call il bow. indow, and De atrest-whlel
indeed, it is, only ne window is little TO III
windward Of the bow. Viewed in certain aspects
An old barn is far superior to a new one. Fyo
build new barn, you have no resources. 1t is a
Raished, and you know where you are. There is
place for everything, and everything in its place
There is NO u5e in looking for anything If II
not where it belongs, it will not be anywhere. 4
I'D barn, on the contrary, is a mine of wealth.
has hooks and contrs full of rubbish waiting 10 b
tnrned TO all manner of beautiful use. Do yo
want a shinglc, a board, door, window, a log,
somewhere, if YOU do not mind cobwebs. The oil
barn has sort of sympathy with you, welcomes yo
10 secret recesses and never snlbs you with prinl
ness when you are at pinch; not to mention th
aove-cotes and the martins nests, and the mouse
hoes and the luIking-places loved OF laying hens
fAmong Other e. ispdcs we have passing tribut
70 one of the most o. FINAL an vigorous writers i
modern literature. "Now to Mr.. Henry James, a
general rule, il woull be difficult to award To-
much praise. The river of his speech, ripplir
through Sumner shadows, or rushing over rock
ways, still flows, like Sloa's brock, fast by the ora
eles of God. And though it winds sometime
through inaccessible places and you tell its cours
only by its music, and not by its sparkle, ant
though it channels a path sometimes through
murky valleys whose every yapor is laden with pes
tilence yet you know that pure and purifying
singing through its leafy solitudes and SHINING
heavenly clear in Tophet as i'll Tempe, the burdei
Of it's song is peace Oh earth, goodwill to man
while it has,ens on to minge it's crystal stream
with the waters of the river of life"
"A New Art Critic is introduced TO American
readers in the person Of Mr.. Philip Gilbert Hamer
ton, author Of two recent volumes entitled "A
Painters Camp in the Highlands, and Thoughts
better acquaintance, judging by his portrait in tho
"Atantic." "Mr Hauerton first volume, emit
tied "a Painters Camp in the Highlands we re-
gret TO say is not felicitous introduction TO the
valuable Thoughts About Art which give the
title to the second. 1t is unpleasanty inlaid with
ecotism and enameed with scf-consciousncss