New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-01-24

Angel" which gains in interest ne 1t advances 1.-The
Characteristics of the Elzabethan Literature" are
discussed in critical essay by Mr.. l.. y. Nhpple,
dwelling on the intensely human character # that
literature It's breadth and prepOndeIance Of thought
and the imaginative tendency and chivatous CASE OF
feeling of its prominent writers George Be.ilh0ns
KNIGHT is the first part Of new story 10y Mrs L..
II. Davis, depicting some phases ~ rural ne III
Western PcnnsylNania. The mysteries ana DIS
cries of Comic Journalism are desc bed in read
able article by Charles Dawson Shanly. \ Wall o,
fuel from the beach Suggests q train Of tn1 Sii'Aui
muraliZlng TO the writer of A DIitWoCd 1He'
How Mr.. Frye would have Preached a. - an eN-
citing narrative, original III design ana pOWeIlIl ~
execution. MI HOwcils relates pleasant ePlsllo
Italian life in Fora MaggiOTe' and the UIaSiai
Phenomena in Maine afford an occasion 70 AI'
AgassH for an Instructive paper on ptHHS'' ,in5l,cr
Taphy. The pOetical contributions III ms nuIu; TI
are from Alice Cary j. I. TrOw bridge, l. D. AIuiIon
and others.
Hours at Home has the commencement OF series
on the Moral Uses of Dark Things by the new,
Dr. Bushnell, treating of the beneliccnt purposes oi
night and sleep. Nj. Donald Mitchell furnishes an
other of his agreeable papers 60 De Rehus Runs ne
voted to the laying out of grounds Inc lust num-
Der of a series on Representative Cities py IIo-
fessor Tyler gives an animated and picturesque
description of Damascus, The pearl OF the Eas ,
Paintings and Painters IN Italy, by Professor 10"
rrnco beside a de.cripton of several ccirulhlcl
paintings contains some thorVhiiHl PaiaGlaPls ui'
the principles at Art, ana Professor fISi'i HIS -,
oroiis article on Tie Present AspcctSoi inc lapcy
No prrt Of the HumheU Viii Zee read WIN deeper III
tereSt than an account ny Mr.. John - Sherwood OF
his nyoluutarv share in the battcot klSSlngen, dnl-
ing the brief Prussian war Of last SUMMER. ne
written was on visit 20 that quiet German Watering
place i'm pursuit of health when he was surprised hy
ihc sudden appoach Of the PWsSian troops. lie
uasscd through an experience such rs few live to re-
tate and the terrible grandeur Of the scene has LETT
Am indelihle impression on his memory. Ills descilp-
ton of the battle rcprOduccs the horrors OF the day,
and effectively removes the shining vail lrom Tic
grim NiSaQe of war. The poetry IN this number ls
mostly common place serving 10 FIJI up u vacant
space which might he better nscd
B,odlCs DopGly opens with an illustrated poem en-
titled The Genie which il followed 10y chapter
on Snakes in which the writerrclates numheroi
stories in that fascinating variety of animal lie,
gathered during personal visit 10 iaVodte haunt
of those celebrated reptiles. The Language al EN-
preston" throws ont some suggestive hints on ihe
Art of finding the minds construction IN the lace
though the writer has faith in the rules al crauI-
olor,ts and piiy sioCnomistS.' who would decide the
choice of a husband or wife from measurement ~
The head. OF the facial angle In her "Autoboerdpmc
Notes. Mrs. l.. OaEcS Smith gives series "t inter
cSiing "reminiscences of Edgar 4. Poe, placing The
character Of that eTTatic geninS ~ more favorable
light than has been usual with his critics. several
OF the anecdotes are new TO rs and nave probably
NOT been published before. Her comments upon
P0e's srongly-Inarkcd individuality are highly dis
eliminating, aud bear the stamp Of original thought
The Story of q Spy j, spirited narrative oi Dli
tary adventure drawn from the actual experience Ot
the writer Several other hjef stories and sketches
add 10 the interest OF the number.