New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-01-07
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

est American quarterly, sh iH'TeS'tuS his'VAlce'
review is made Of its establishment and progress
including the personal remnscepccsef Mr.. Willard
Phillips. M Everett, and Dr.. Isiilry, "a whose
,killful management and fso:h pcs, ;te Fcriodicsl
has been indebted Tor 10 sm1G n re @ ts celebrity
aud value. The completion Of tn fricth year Of
its existence naturslly suggested the proprety OF
such review, and as the Edtors remark, tho
long line Of Its one hundred volumes contains the
record Of period fun OF cbslges il the political
and social az well tina literary condition OF the
country and through thi5 series Of years lAe Ke'
view has Done good service, not OILY in sustain
ing and advancing tho standard of American letters
and scholarship, bu: $50 in defending the Prncf-
pies on which American institutions rest, and
in illustrating their value and adaptation 10 the
needs Of free society il has not been unfaithtGt
TO tho pledge implied in its great name, snd those
among it's founders wo stir survive to receive the
respect Of their coprtrymor may look beck with
honorable satisfaction 10 the shara thew had in the
establishment of q iourns which has held so high
place and Acquired so creditsole aud well de-
served reputation" The origin Of the " North
American Review" was IN IL Literary association
formed in the Winter q ISli-2j by Presidon
Kirkland Edward II. Channing, Willard Phillips,
and perhaps two other gcnteincn, residing N
Boston, OF the vicinity The plan Of new critical
and miscellaneous magazine was arranged, when II
became known thet q similar publication had
been projected by Mr. William THOR, Their just
returned from his travels in Europe. gentleman
in high esteem for his SOCIAL and literary accom-
plshmeats. The field was accordingly left open
10 Mr. Tudor, under whose editorship tie first num-
Der Of the North American was published In May,
1915 At the end of the year, Ar. Tudor passed the
work 70 tee original association, which Tas then
renodeled, and in its form Included John Gal
hsop, O man of singular intelligence aud worth,
whose early death the friends Of good letters IN
Massachusetts have scarcely yet ceased to depore;
Nathan Hale the distinguished journalist, who
created new cyoch in the daily press Of this conn
cry; Richard II. Dana, who still survives with
venerable bonors Gs poet and a man; Edward T.
Charming, the sound and genial critic William
Powell Mason, who deyoted 10 the legal profession,
sbiities that would have given him name in 1t
ersture; Willard PhiliiFe, also lawyer ot great
srudition, as well cultivated scholar; Jared
Sparks, then a tutor in Harvard College, and since
worthy and successful pioneer jl American his
torical literature; and Francis G.. Gray, man Of
wealth and distinction who was imPc,lcd by the
puIest love OF learning 10 course Of studious IN
austry. After some changes il its management,
the editorship Of the Review was assumed IN Jan
usrv, 1890 by Mr.. Edward Everett who had then re-
Gently returned from his studies ia European uniyer
stiles, in the brill mt flush Of youthful promise.
Under his care, tie Review rapidly rose in public
estimation, and lmbered among its contributors
most of the eminent literary and scientific men OF
Resida he II mon !
toned, one or more articles were written by
Chief Justice Shaw, Mr.. Webster, Judge Story, Dr..
Bowditch, Mr.. John Pickering Professor Fsrror,
Mr.. Prescott DIR. John Ware Professor Sidney vii.
lard Alexander IL. Everett, John G. Pslffey VIM. c.
Bryant, Professor Theophilus Persons Joseph g.
Cogswen, Judge MetcaifiRev. Nathaniel L. Froth-
ingham, and Caleb Gushing curious Incident is
related by Mr.. Everett, who being DESTROYS on one
occasion Of reviewing Dean Fumes "History o;
Paraguay, Buenos Ayres va ~" iueuman, published
at Buenos Ayres in 1917, in three octave voi;ae''
and having no knowledge of Spanish, was coached
up for the purpose by the benign ard wellpowdcred
Professor Sales, and after course Of three weeks
study, completed the article in question Dr. Pal
FREY, who became editor Of the North American ~
subsequent period, also .recounts some amusing
ton. At one time, the article Of contributor was
spun out 10 such an unexpected length that the
supply of paper on hand was completely exhausted,
and it was not until after testing the Of
the market TO the utmostthat the requisite quantity
WAS procured. On another occasion, the paper OF
political seerpredcting the certain capture OF !e1as
by Santa Anna was in type, when one fine morning
the news was announced Of tho utter defeat OF the
Mexican General BY Houston. The conclusion was
adapted to the premises by kind Of literary leger-
demain in which no one could have suspected that
the straight-fcrward editor was proficient. He
vas afterwsrd taken in by the adventurous lite
rsteur Mr. Antonio Gallenga, recently lannon's az an
American correspondent Of the London Times
who contributed o learned historical paper on the
life and death Of Marie Louise, ex-EmpTess Of
France, but who in fact did not die until several
wears after she had tho opportunity Of read
ing the story Of her death in the North
American. But the most mortityineNrishap was
10 come The editor had the iDdiserotion 10 insert
an article on the Belgian Revolution which, under
the pressure Of numerous engagements, he bad neg
seted TO read Some two yeas later, his attention
was directed by friend 20 certain passages III the
article offering al Indecent afroD. to one Of the
most eminsnt OF European Statesmen, "a nsn o.
admirable for al personal qualities Of mind and
character, az conspicuous for tho honors OF srnat
public career The amazemeBt and dismsy Of the
fsstidicus editor was equaled only by the mute
chagrin which followed the discovery. present