New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-10-28

ordinary housekeeping His remarks on American hamts
Of diet are very much TO the purpose, condenning the
abuse of buildings, pastry hot cakes, and Blmulahts
which produce such havoc In the somacbs OF
our eonntrymen and lay the foundation fOr the
pe,vons diseases which may he deemed national
characteristic lie urges the Importance 81 sound meat
fresh vegetables and ripe fruit which furnish the mate
rio for Wholesome and savOry dishes, without the add
zion NJ heating spices and other fiery condiments when
na,ne the blood aud depraye the appetite. his man re-
lance for agreeable davOrs 10 be mostly the common
,roac plants of the garden parsley, thyme, saVOry
sweet marioram and bayeaves," which figure Iarsuy
IN the composition ~ his fayOrite vands. No book, HOW
eyer can do much toward abaung the evil Of bad cook
o 40 long as the art So essential TO the comfort Of lne
IL left i'm the hands OF insoent Brdgets and kates, who
ca scarcely read the alphabet and feel above receiving
instructions from the mistress OF the house, while the
prevaning taste is domoIalibed by the attempts Oh
fashionable hotels and b0arlughOases TO substitute mag
ncent bills of fare for good materials and shlinl prep
araton rs not be able appreciate truly elegant
and Wholesome cuisine SIN Professor Blot has yau"b
function perform in his endcavors 10 promote ceay
and attractive diet and We besca attention To bis DOCK
and attendance his lectures.
James Miller has published new edition of
The very curious work entitled RedrLs oH The So"es 81
Shakespeare, by General ETHAN ALLEN HITCHCOCK
whose writings various applications Of the mystical
philosophy have excited not little attention among the
lovers OF reconcile lore ny Their erndiph anu snpo Al
genuty In this volume the author takes the ground
that shakespeaes sonnets belong to the mystical class OF
compositions, and that the object which they address Is
neither n man nor q woman hut Nature in mystery
under the designation OF the Master Mistress tlcy
celebrate no mortal being bat an irepescntabe spirit
~ beauty the Of artistic births" They con
tain the abstract doctrines Of the poet developed under
the most intense CONCENTRATIONS Of life, nclosng III sym
boc form the same eternal principles which are expressed
in the dramas under images Of time. through mag
mary persons and imaginary scenes The author sup
ports his position with singular acencSs U argument
and frequent beauty of illustration, although IL
is not probable that ne will produce conviction
in the minds % many readers An additional in-
terest il attached to the volume from the peculiar
circumstances under which the theory which 10 mann
tains was first suggested the writer u was IN the
Summer Of 1861 when attack on the Capital was eA-
pected from the Rebel army in command ot Ienera Early
that upon retiring late at night without expecting rtpose
in the uncertain condition Of Washington CITY, the author
took up volume of Shakespeare less for purposes oi
study than 10 while away the time during an Interval OF
anxious SUSPENSE His attention attracted 10 the
11 face Of the volume which informed him FOR the first
time that considerable controversy had been carried on
A. 10 the object supposed be addressed in the sonnets
This led him to a further examination OF the subject, and
the result was the original edition Of the present volume
which was published almost without suspicion of JIG
special sign Cance the part Of the author IL appears
to have gained but little notice during the eNciteents OF
The war Int ia unmisakabe sincerity Of purpose ana
admirable tone Of discussion recommend 10 To the atten
ton OF sahespearau scholars AND the lovers Of trans
cendental philosophical dscuss0n.-The same publisher
has brought our o translation Of Uipiof the IcctandT
a romance from the German OF the Baron De - MOTIF
FOUQUE