New-York tribune., 1868-10-27
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
RECENT TRAVELS.

hE%i hisnnrw P PEABODY. 12mO. PIP. $40. Aurd ~
FROM THE OAK TO THE OLIVE. APIAIN REC0Ep 1iC,7y
4 pTrsSANT JOURNEY. BY JULIA WARD no"L'
I2mo. pp. 800. Boston: Lee " shepard
nth Of these pleasant volumes, though strongly
sontrasted in character and execution agree IN u
certain freshness and elasticity which distinguish
,bem from the vapid recOllections OF commonplace
travellers They each exhibit great ACTIVITY Oh nunu'
,are mower of observation and oil crtica Analysis
aud bieL degree of literary culture Whlch makes IL
a Measure 10 travel in their company Professor
p.abody confines himself mainly to intelligent com
,n.nts on the principal objects oil curiosity "u'on
rIom the attention of an American tourist IN Europe
lie does not hesitate 10 treat the well-worn themes
which make up the record of every traveller; but he
aluays looks NJ them from his own point of view,
aud gives Won the result of his personal Impressions
The consequence is that his pages are filled with Sug
ccstiye pictures from which new light Is oiteh
thrown on subjects which We're supposed TO be SUI
6cently familiar HIS descriptions possess greater
objective yyidness and reality from the fact lhat nc
ALWAYS keeps himself in the back ground; ne Is more
soictOus TO bring the scene or incident OF Wh'ch
he treats before the mind of the reader thah 10
dsconrse of the emotions which il called forth IN hls
own experience. lie seldom induIges in speculation
or fancies: he takes hold OF his subject IN q matter
off,ct way and Is content to tell simply what he
has seen and heard without adOming his narrative
with tbe colors of imagination. His stve is am
mated though he never aims at preternat1ral viva
rtv nor does he lose the thread OF his story by VAIN
ATTEMPTS at humor and pleasantly. The traveller
,ybo makes ihe volume the companion of his journey
will find it suggestive and useful guide. aboundin4
in the information which one is often at loss to ind
and which is given with a s0briety and coOd sense
that make IT, for the most part trustworthy au-
thoritv. Professor Peabody followed the beaten
track of our countrymen abroad, delaying for short
time in England proceeding to Paris, and thence 10
Switzerland Italy and part of Germany
MIS- Howe took wider range extending her Jour
uey TO Greece which she now visited for the first
time while she enjoyed the benefit OF repeated pre-
vions travels in the most attractive portions OF Eu
rope TO enlarge and correct the experiences ot the
present tour Her book is a brilliant production,
sparkling with sarcastic wit, specuatng with trans
parent frankuess on the subtlest themes oi human
thought and revealing rich peetical nature IN ITS
lively play of fancy and feeling. Her pages never
lose the air of selfconscousness. Every description
is tinged with the hues of her own mental frame at
the moment of writing In the case of less accom-
plshed and excellent individual tins excess of per-
sonalitv might fail 10 win the sympathy OF the
reader but no one can complain of the almost auto
biographical character of parts Of the narrative
where we are brought into contact with such evil
dent power of intellect and nObleness OF ann. IN
example of Mrs. HOwe's method OF blending phlloS-
graphs
In philosophy England at the present day does not
seem go beyond Mh on the one haud and stewart ON
wears ago with rs to express rules and obseryauee
Of physical and mathenatcal study. Science, as ne
mother OF the rules OF thought genGtatms Sslc Dha.
ing metaphysics and dcylsmg the rules OF conference by
which human cogtatOn is az once promoted aud meas
ured,-ths conception Of science did not recognize III
those with whom spoke, unless except the heV H.
Nartineau, with whom had only general coycIsat1n
b WHO'S s & nleefJ9i ~ oaoe % Htna s a p "{ frncIoS
fo loVpf
ander ais head but tn was not the moment NJ IN WhcH @
partial method assuming as An original conception "ht
the Germans have done and much better done before
her. Theodore Parker is, gather, her great man aud
her case his, lageness Of nature, force aud ge
Diay Of temperament take the place OF scjcHthc con
wen known, and is for New Euglandcs beyond con
ley and Maurice. To those who stin stand within the
limits OF an absolute authority in spiritual matters us
uaton To those who have passed that barrier they pre-
well remember today my childish ast0hshment wheh
nrst learned ihat ana my fellows We're & OUTSIDE M @ ine
also the fact Of mysterious force binding us to e sur
face OF the planet that, in It's voyages aud revolutions
IT can lose nothing OF its own.
Something akin 10 this may he the discovery Of behev
ers that they and those whom they fo0" are 20 idr -
actual opportunity OF knowledge on the outside
heard nor heart comceve anv absolute form Of s man
ifesatiou. divine mysterious force biGds Us TO our
place on Its smiling borders. OF what lies beyond We
constue as We ean-MOses according TO his ability,
Christ and Paul according TO theirs. Unseen and uu-
manifested ii must ever remain; for though men say
that God has done so and so God has never SAID So or
consoles u.s. The STRAIT gate ana narrow pam are
blessed for all Who find them, and are the sao for all
who seek them But this oneness Of morals - Learned
experimontally it cannot DC taught dOgmaticaly.
The temptations Of Paris to uHHgIy sight secIs
vJyidly set forth as follows;
Two days suffice 10 undo our immortal souls 50 far as
shop windows can do this The shining sins and yanilles
Of the world 50 usdiOusly set forth IN this JesuS
college Of Satan that you catch the conagon Of folly and
sAtayntance ~ you p2Se lhe stleS. =, ps si,e
The brilliant arcades 1OW putVeyOr maAes y paIi,o
Of yOu through the inevitable RstIumen,aiy u break
aaees s. s SdeT nto putn tie tie Sse cr
nyOu purchase the latter viii be moved TO buy by tie
former aud becomes fterthOught 10 your itching
desire and disturbed conscience Paris is sweaung fur
mace IN which hum,n beings would JPN lie 0'ellastinR
into gold provided Il w6r6 negotiable value. You who
escape lis allurements solvent with iane " Two l
your pocket and yegr lesoNees 9i yeaf TO e9h6 not
70 be sung Or celebrated. strongly Impressed at the
trne. moved towards every acqusve Nllainy not eN-
regard with sort Of Indignation those silen snares
those diamond. Jet, and crystal allnrements which 80
respect to ruin Everything in Paris said TO me- shine
dye yOnr hair rouge checks, bcggar your purse win
and II necessary. beg steal" Nothing said Be sober
he ygilant, because your adversary Ike roaring non
Nc &c What deivcrer WAS, therefore, the stern
Crete-bOund veteran who cut the GOrdian Knot OF en-
chantment with PACK and Degohe Ana, naHiag WIZ
which reqnlte the offices of true l1endsbP now
turn my wrath against false fair Paris and cry AVOID
thee sceIeslissi,aa' Away from me- nequssiaGi will
OF thee--not franc. not an ooolns Avoid thee
N0i0 orRdri!"
In attending the services of the American chapel
in Rome, Mrs Howe receives flip to her never
Iangud patriotism in the Episcopal prayers which
were read on the occasion. " 1t pleasant
10 find ourselves called upon once more to
pray for the President Of the United States al
though i'm our own country he is considered as past
praying for still. we remembered the old adage,
while there Is life there is hope and were able,
with good conscience TO beseecl that he might
he plcnteously endowed with heavenly grace,