New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-07-18
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
rns NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW. July Teknor

10 the fearlesspess and vgor with which II exposes
some of the most elaring public and social ABUSES
that form an OminOus spot in the CIVILIZATION u '0
country The recent articles on the common OV"ii
ell of New-YorkV and the q" Railroad Monopohes VI
New Jersey which have called forth such wlde
interest are followed up in the present nuInOeI ~
reimbursement of the Judiciary OF New-IofKC 'ty'
AZ which we have already given full account III
another place o-.-,..y 8.
A nrofoupJ article on SwedenbOrg's Ontology' Is
proof that the philosophers are not all dead thoush
their funeral knef has been rng' and Their oDic
uaries written by the omnlscient George heiiS
Iewes The writer discusses the problem OF creation,
which he assumes as the fundamental problem u
philosophy in the light of the Ontoogcal pnhclWeS
of SwedenbOrg After severely rapping the khuchles
of Kant and Hcge for the insane loglcal results III
which they are landed by their Ioet"pn! SIC G"''
fer he sets forth Swedenbogs doctrine OF the Loro
IA the "verable apotheoss Of philosophy. Inc
contents of this doctrine as briefly stated by the
writer are AZ follows: What we call Nature
meaning nv that term the universe of existence,
mineral vegetable and animal which seems TO
us infinite IL point of space and etefhal i'll
point of time, is yet in ITSELF OF Absolutely
void both of inhnity and eternity; the former "-
pearance being only sensible product ana coiIe.
spondence of relation which the universal heh' u
man is under To the Divine Love. and the lat'eI'
pT0duct and correspondence OF inc ItlatiV "Ni' ~
universe of the human mind is under to the Divine
Wisdom. Thus Nature is not in the least what 10
sensibly purports- to be- namely absolute ana ihae-
pendent: but on the contrary, is at every moment
both I'm whole and in part, pure phenomenon OF
effect of spritua causes deep, as conaSted' ana
vet as united. as Gods infinite love and mans un-
fathomable want In short, SwedenbOrg describes
Nature as a perpetual outcome or product IN the
sphere of sense of an inward supeTsensuous marriage
which is forever growing and forever adjusting itseH
between creator and creature, between Gods infinite
and essential bounty and our infinite and essential
necessity"
Mr. IopCfellows TRANSACTIONS of the Divine
Comedy is the subject of appreciatiye, but dis
eliminating criticism i'm which the character OF the
poem and the merits of the version are ably eucl-
dated If any readers who are attracted by the fame
of Dante TO the peusa of the work should fa TO re-
ceiye the gratfcatonw they expected, the fault
saus the reviewer will be in themselves. Their dlsap-
pontment will arise from their own want OF culture
and of consequent ability TO comprehend the poem
The Divine Comedy is not book TO be popularn the
same sense as the Lady of the Lake, the ldys OF the
King, or Evangeline. Without study and without in
sight. no one can reap the delight and instruction
which the poem offers to him who is qualified to enter
into its spirit But TO who has fitted himself by
study and whose nature enables him reap the proht
of histoil Mr. LongfelOws version will be the means
by which while ignorant of the language of the orr
ginaI he may enter into and take possession as ms
own of one of those works of genius which snare
with Nature herself in the power to administer vital
nuIiment to the spirit of man, and to afford CONT
nnal delight adapted TO his various moods. Dante
did not write 10 please alone but to instruct and 10
HELM as well; and in spite of change of time and cir
cumstance and thought, his poem remains and VIII
remain. of the highest service to the highest men.
In rendering the substance OF Dantes poem, Mr.
Longfelow has succeeded in giving also-so far as
art and genius could give 1.-THE spirit OF Dantes
poetry. Fitted for the work as few men ever were,
by gifts of nature, by sympathy, by an unrivaled
faculty OF poetic appreciation, and by long ana
thorough culture, he has brought his matured powers
I'm their full yigOr to its performance and has pro-
duced an incompatible translation-a poem that VIII
take rank among the great English poems. With the
increase of general cultivation his work will be more
and more highly priced and it runs risk of being
superseded or suppanted by any more successful
achievement for which it must itself have prepared
the way. Ii is a lasting addition TO the choicest
works Of our literature MANY readers in comparing
Mr. LongfellOw's translation with the English YER
sion of Mr. Rossett have been struck with the num-
Der of lines which are identical in both works, and
SEINE English critics have intimated that the coin
eidence could not have been accidental 1t Is only
proof however, Of the singular simplicity OF Dantes
style and the literal fidelity of his translator mas
much as Mr.. LOngfelows translation of the Inferno
was completed and few copies of it printed early
enough to be sent to the Dante festival in Florence
In Nav 1866 and before the publication of Mr..
Rossetti's.
The Labor Crisis is treated in an article which
presents substantially the same views Of the import
Rnce Of cooperative industry as those promulgated by
the AssOciatiOnists of Boston and New-York during
the movement which was at its hight some twenty
wears ago The ideas which were then looked upon
by the public at large as Utopian and subjected their
defenders to not a little oblOquy are now held forth
In the most Conservative quarters and accepted by
the most intelligent thinkers essential elements in
solving the mOmentous problem of the relations be-
tween labor and capital. The statement of the writer
in regard TO the wagessysten has strange ring,
coming from the pages of the fastidious North
American"
The average man working for wages has only half his
faculties brought into play He has nothing to gam ny
extraordinary deence-yery little TO gain by eXtaOrd
nary skill His honesty faithfunesS, brings him
10 material reward For foresight calculation he has
40 whatever except for such small uses as provision
for sickness In old IN the causes processes cOntn
gences, by winch his fate is really determined he takes
absolutely interest over the whole field OF industry
IN which lac is labOTer he raises his eyes. He
works like a MOLE in the darkness and underground,
Of speculation on which his chiIdrens bread depends
reckless extrayagant or incompetent employer OF labor
absolutely holds the comfort and subsistence OF hundreds
or thousands ms hands and under the present sys-
tem they can neither understand nor crtcse ms course
When he fans or over-tades they ma themselves beg
CARED or stiued and that Is all they know. Artillery
horses do not stand hepessly in the of their
guns peted By the pitess fire OF the enemy
the working classes IN the battle Of industry behind the
great manufacturing chiefs II All goes well they drag
the forward 70 fresh positions and fresh trumph
in glorious gallon; thines wrong, they leave 6er
bones the ground, but why and wherefore they cannot
tell
With regard to the effect of legislation the article
also takes up the old war-cry Of the movement to
VIII ch we have lust referred Ii fOrciblyargues that