New-York tribune., 1867-04-30
LITERARY ITEMS

Edward A. Sa1nuels, Curator OF Zoology N ire
osossaobusets state Cabinet haf prepared work on the
.nthoogy and ooogy Of New England including iuh anu
accurate descriptions Of the birds OF NeWEngahu "uu
adjoining States and Provinces arranged by the tse 1
sthST with complete history Of their habits times or
sTriyal ard departure thepdisrbuticn, food sonf NM
- hrce ding and careful and accurate detcrlpuoh VI
Sher ne eggs, with illustrations OF many species
Of the birds, aud accurate figures OF their age.
The following original letter, written by the
ssunder Of the SapoeontC dySasiy TO Talna iO"s 'O
no was Napoleon the First, is published ID ,oluvn
aenrnsI: Mon cher TamaI have tough IS@ @ a rT,ar U
VIC Republic. Bnt my good friend Ia,a I'M d a. ~ an INV
sesonTces Taat miserable fellow Auby HhSh H i i soue
WAR leaves e an me ihe IIe Ss he power ol doing
ap Gems santerre and Rossignot ana yeI S 10 eve
ne employ EOa lone me- TwS hours passed the
yends upon Gne our hcfore the public whence all glory
s0as % Rt for ms soldiers forced TO pay dear
- FOR tame upon an extensive stage, ana aiter AL We
% not Allowed TO attain Therefore do not regret the
eath Won have chosen. Remain upon your thtattI MhO
kaows If shall ever appear again upon NINE nave
seen Mauvel "a distinguished comedanl-he IS a true
ieT BaTas Presden & OF tine pfdSSy dSI aAef IN the 6e
Eeantme am reduced 70 my last sous Have you @ aafw
af0wns spare nei viii not refuse Them ana prOnsS
90 repay you the FIRST kingdom win by my swoTd. orr
Hew happy were the heroes OF Aflost3 tsy S
1end upon Minister OF War. Adeu Yours, hoN1dAl
Charles Warren StOddard, at San Francisco has
yslnrae Of verses passing through the press Here 10
Q sample Of them:
A sailor by the green home shore,
Doth an MS early Joys renew:
He sings tke songs he sang OF yorei
He spies his little cot he smiles
With full JOY ReCr felt before
lie holds that one bare prospect more
Than all the Summer OF the isles.
The quiet home is his; the trees
gprang from the seeds his grandslres lald
Among the mold within the glade,
The myrtes rustic IN the meeEe,
Above treasured lille grave,
His early lost. ES FIRST deep woe!
Not amy land thathe may know
Beyond the purple Of the wave
Hath such n Jewel in its breast
He loves each rock and stream and deni
IT is only here lac cares 10 dwell
ST ever here he longs 10 rest
This is his home Of joy and
And better is the myrtle tomb
Than all the heavy dusks that gloom
The groves OF spice beyond the seas
-nisvery clear that Mr.. stOddard would have written
differently had there been Tennyson: STILL these are
melodOus echoes.
A work recently published III London entitled
s'Fennysoniana" gives some curious particulars IN re-
gard TO the early literary of the celebrated English
oet 1t seems that the first pOecal work of Alfred Ten
eyson appeared about forty years II was printed
published az LOuth, IN Lincolnshire oenny sons ma
H GSSs aRS was wdTo Alfred Snd Charles Tennyson
hough their names esd did d not not agResT On vaag fe Of M
and he aud his brother with becoming modesty adopted
their motto the following words from MARTIAL; h&e
Eome of the titles suggest the old pOetea commonpaees
81 yOung beginners: Lines TO Memory" The EXlo's
Ttaip." RemOrse1' awe meet no more ITO fancy'
ssIIidnight" Friendship" ION SuDimy, Time, an
Ode" sc. Others have odd tone Of something formal
Fight Opinion Of Eminent Character, On the Death
0fmy Grandmother," "On being asked for a simlle TO
Illustrate the Advantage Of keeping the Passions sub
Eeryient to Reason" " Short Eulogum on Homer, &c
Others again. beray that the brothers shared IN the then
sTeyalent excitement in favor Of the Hellenes 1Or we
End poems called "Greece," and "ExhortatOn 10 the
greeks" Byron seems TO have had powerful influence
on the minds OF the youthful poets ono OF then pieces is
called the Death of Lord Byron ana lines from the
nnthOr of Chde Harold" frequently used as mot
toes first conspicuous work of Alfred IenysOn was
his Cambridge Prize Poem, "1imbuctO0" us2g. when
enthusiastically noticed IN Ihe AhttcuH OF JNy
10 of that wear and which certainly distinguished
by some noble passages. IN 1880 appeared Poems,
chiefly Lyrical by Alfred TennysOn" This was the vol
Sme winch contained Mariana in the MOated Grange"
NJ was wen received upon the whole; The hCStm,HSter
Rseiep article, it is thought, by Mr. john Stuart
Mill hailiDg il work OF great promise; LHgh Hunt,
In The Ial contrasting the two brothers in series Of
articles, and concluding by giving the palm 10 Alfred;
and Professor Wilson, in BLdc6cOOds Adgdztne, " ming
ling praise blame" TennysOn afterward told us in
bOe very singing verses After the appearance OF the
Esume Of 1885, COeridge said Of Tepnyson that some OF
his poems showed good deal Of beauty but he added
that he had begun TO write verses without very wen
understanding what meter js" And he prescribed" to
linn to write for three years in none but
twO weknOwn and strictly defined meters, such as the
heroic cOupet, the octave stanZa or the octOsyabc
measure" corrective 10 the lOOseness OF his new me.
which COlerdge said he could scarcely
Wordsworth, spoke of Teryson decidedly the
hrs of living poets" though it seems that he had
BETTER poet.