New-York tribune., 1867-06-25
LITERARY ITElIS.

,,.dor che title Of "Biblic ,theque IntornauohMe
,aor.euep some French seecuators propose 10 orins
Iompe:e Encycoped "A OF books on every Id IOssdP by
S s,,fiec programme oi the scheme mas pooN i'''
Tie Chinese Government is about to establish
-, ,or Erro-eau languages and science at feAIn'
80 moved tllereto by very remarkable PeulOi
a. Corne1 ol the school OF Languages, in Wlcn 'uo
,v Of the Chinese to the Western nations Is Tie
trd necessity OF mSIg d RrGSf Fen has published n
-, Mandarin cooqial dialect the trst ~ V9ronsetion
gf'm Es INTO Chinese that printing once nee ~ T or
Furopean style has been cstaDia1 &c is now nlauufac
NoN6iA&C "a ,Se natives compete with Europeans ~ mn M
art Of pheograpK tbe IS ctinent Of Eugishmaa
pFs3 SoyeTnnient school has been eotaosb' d ~,
Ne,sGo ior tne Si' and a Hmdostaneo transla'on oil
auSa q, ,aT, s in course of publication al bomD"s'
IA, yop1o. Rericc has an elaborate notice OF the
,.s, e5,op Of Walt Whitmans "LesVes OF Grass from
which we take some extracts: ,
srcfrl pernsal Of these remarkable pre9uclons na5
e6 M tat thc vague impression we have now al'
a. n encountered that Walt Will Is q WI Si VI VI ~. s
- - rs exactly, bp 1t is certainly winged Eat ihete rs
enis IN these poeJns unquestlonahei YET II Is m
% assn Le ts i"aT pme Ie v,racty -netempsycos;
and say that hers is HafZ arain Only uI9 the
Cstswha wine Instead OF th saolna aht "OrSptiS nS
Missssippi River instead O. the SaraNu' WIi VIZ IL 49,,
Ged uP IN Persia may Do IS be Itv optinism Of HAT
errr 6,,st-gr1ins 10 rPars aud his audaclil peieN
ig that lie wsi VII s,iG @ f@ao az oeI . whmans in winch
he seems 10 yearn toward the E's nom MeStws &
loCR az If he were more AKIN 10 u lhdh W ""'' N
G1s luheIited from Europe. ~, .oss;o,, t,- clear
There j. III these poems muess 0i eNpItSS"!ii IN
and language; an Innocent fcrgctiuness OF All GoNS II
IoHaltlcs unconscious naksiness o images, W t
Wor0s without any of the usual poetic concerts su met
HhOIs There also swmnQs and deserts 20 ics nc and
through, and long stretches a. me haS % n,sns 70 te
SDtar b1f which become hard to get over as
80 cs ~ tbe ordinary reader 1t has indeed something
n Ms.
.orest or savannah, but Oe does not IKE "a &c. iAt
IN iorost subhnities NeveTthelesS we ha5t no Sii ii
Geuson that any with eyes who shall read TINS Noe, on
Wi fail 10 place very high value upon p,, ~, u SYra
been said OF its eoarseneSs Iheie are, lnoett' a. @ or
very few-pOrtiOns OF il which are coarse ana lcIe a.
others which without being coarse are % bor NJ
degree not generally peIlnlteu 10 ~, ,lo 6
toine times praised IN ancient boOhs. 3 n
sald OF the passages 10 Wlch We ie' G @ @ dfsTt or de
We say thai they are not written III anS Oeh""' VI u"
straLct work. but there is that in IT, with All ltS ecce
trctV and vaueneSS, whichremoves from the eeSoi
wlch crtc is bound TO give fair and impartial nc
count Ii is unfortunate that this oh poet should nay
soed so much beautiful work with even one smear o
nastlness but however we may regret ms h'Nlhs @ uone
So we cannot afford TO lose what he mas sven us
le has not given il in purer spirit eis lar more cst te
nau Nh SWinburne whom he resembles ~ many pIllvu
lars he not reverent than Shelly ne IS IN s0ine
points more dramatic than either and far less huiun
Where is a wild natural eXuberance OF anlnaiSn dls
I.sIed by whitman of a thoroughly original kind, an
ssi@uar 5bandonment a weird and exalted receptivity
eilhaene the good and the bad the vice and the virtue
ss II rs novel If he viii but learn to tame At'le
America viii at last have genuine American poet.
We are not defending Mhitmans audaclty, nor man,
tanning that poet may counter 10 every socla anu
feCs belief and law, because be is poet hut genius
Is too and too precious glt 10 tne Nclu 70 ~ '
and forgotten simply the score OF It's rayng at ts
BESIDE Whitman removes grossness out Of the reac OF
pssslol renders 10 completely unsuggestiye or alng
Nv his uncovered and unoTnamented dlstlnctness we
have read leading articles in newspapers far more unNe
tve OF rcey IN modest thOnght than the worst OF Wh
mans c~OticS II crOcs term hls rapsOuhca WO
shin Cf form and flesh. At the time whitman Is MOI
poet for the family circle, is his book one when
could be allOyed into evcTybOdys hands Iakint
Of (e9eS O1f
rTonOunCng them &c be leaves containing noble ana SUP
Lme maees-leaves IA which there is thrObblng andIea
puse of that great sympathy which indicates the poet
sIG for which disposed 10 forgive alnt OF earth
t6Ss and mold which IN future edition be removed