New-York tribune., 1868-06-12
NETWORK DAILY TRIBUNE FRIDAY, JUNE H. 1868.

and value To the families who the vacant
places around the hearth.stone, the work affords a
precious memorial while the student Of recent American
history will find in it ample materials for instruction and
the formation Of sound opinion. ..
The GosDel in the Trees. By ALEXANDER
CLARK. Pmladephia: j. W. Daughaday & co., NO
reader Of this volume will find occasion to complain OF
the monotony which so often burdens the discourses of
the pulpit IL aims to illustrate the truths OF religion by
the analocs of Nature and 10 enforce the teachings OF
revelation by the voice Of the orchard and forest The
familiar ideas of the Bible thus clothed with ne"
freshness and power and the charms OF Imagination are
enlisted in the service Of Instead Of appeal
ing exclusively to the reflective intellect the author sur
rounds the religious sentiment with poetical associations
deriving lessons Of pety from the blossoms OF trees and
the odors Of the woods One may easily imagine the
illusions OF wishy-washy rhetoric which such plan
might tempt forth from undiscipined taste
but the author has deftly avoided the snares
IN his path, and though his exuberant
fancy sometimes runs riot with the excitement Of his
theme for the part he does not oyersep the mod
esy OF nature and preserves certain chasteness OF
preston in his fervd flashes Of oratoy The second part
OF the volume which ia devoted to Pulpit opinions on
Common Things appears TO be less spontaneous In lt
character; the ingenuity too elaborate TO De natural
resembles the product OF forcing pump rather than
the flow OF water from living spring Mr. Clark has no
for harbreadth docrnal distinctions he stands on
broad and catholic platform, compared with the part
sans OF a rigid nalbe creed; and the occasional carca
lures in which INDUCES OF different ways OF thinking
from his own are not in harmony with the prevailing
spirit of his book.
An agreeable collection of miscellaneous sto-
res essays transatons, and sketches OF travel with
slight sprinking OF poetry, entitled AdIeu RopdrS III
Ceraby Editor, is publishedb by GP Putnam SON.
The principal article in the volume Is story OF pathetc
interest from the French OF Emile sOuyestre, which is
intn afnl andy vii English. A
series called Rambling Records" relates some OF the
personal experiences OF the writer in different cities OF
the old world with the most salient points OF which he
evinces rare familiarity. He is equally at home In
American scenery, Of which his paper on the New
Hampshire Alps" is notable proof. One paragraph
happily answers o question which is often asked
As for the view ITSELF has been described dd nausean
and have only few words TO say about 1t. lthap-
pened, often does happen that fell in with an un-
travelled admirer Of the prospect spread out before u.s.
not charmed, however, with IL moro than was myself
he would persist in drawing from me an answer to
the common question: How does tins compare with
some OF the famous points OF view in the Swiss Alps
Such tests hold to be absurd thanking my stars that
can unreseryedy enjoy all fair things that are good OF
their kind And so told the inquirer this simple fact
IT, in n mountainous country varied, broken, studded
with lakes and rife with all the elements OF the pictur
esque you ascend some such superior elevation as this
you have looking doUnt1drd, a striking panoramic
scene like this In its general featuresmore striking
perhaps beautiful though tins all matter OF taste
The difference lies herein. Here, you plunge your look
downward or sweep It over surrounding objects-and
that's the end OF It. In those other Alps you add to the
four or five or six thousand feet below you as much
above-and IL Is that upTdd glance which taxes IN
the maryels OF glacier and snowheld and inaccessible
peaks. MY acquaintance asked for no more eompar
isons but let me enjoy myself in my own quiet way"
The volume Is published without the OF the author
on the epage hut rs easy TO recognize In its contents
the hand OF an accomplished journalist OF this city, Tor
long time editorneef Of The Albion weekly newspaper
whose literary productions, must own, are more 10
onr tasf than lls political spcCulatiODs.