The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-01-12
Tgf ,NoLONSADEs: A Poem. by BENJAMIN Blood
Autho.r's Private Edition. Amsterdam, n.

7 GUM, TUEgeU, UUmTIsN
grunter, lumber, thumper trmbler, nudge, 9
mudge; iugssr tugger. jasgicr; nc Is up 10 MI
brute. whose bowels are gnss, whose ears are Tugs,
whose nose Is snub whose teats are dugs, mis-
his garments duds, his child a cub Al his best he
is bluff gruR and blunt his doublet is OF sturdy buff
he drobs you with club, slug a nub stub,
butt always IN fuss he is sure TO be jagged
aud when you Call him grudging curmudgeon ne gaips
pughl fudge He has some hamor more uginess and
quisile passage to show bow Benjamin Blood wreak
himself on expression in prose and what command Of
out almost equally ~ strong Thus no asks abiding 70
''rhe swedish Seer'':-
Saith hs not those angels loving most
Breathe fun on The y sound and the bread AZ
(Which means, this docsored me. adortng joyl.
Mns sser sos o. ps s sana
I. Ii andF for all ETHEREAL things;
was for grit. for chill and polish l.,
U was the humorous lubber, etc, etc, etc.
Obviously d. b. Ia man Of letters; but before he
must have been de thus describes himself 'as he
used TO was" when FIRST he came TO town from the
rural distrcts:-
Oh, where was fame
A drunken god that could not keep.the street.r
My tongue WAS blnner than the Roman mobs;
Tiai longs 70 leap amons the heads o the crowd.
Leaned like a feather on my matted ROOT
,ook ~ me ss snarl,ns uger by the seurf
And my eyes slowed ike si glass How lame was
slept IN the wet meadows Ike horse.
Istroied far mountain tops with less design
Than leads The sea-gone albatross On crags
@ Isis dung
My soul wide open TO the universe
We shall spare readers any additional quotations.
Walt Whitman Alexander Smith and all othor poets
OF the spasmodlc school must helccforth hide their
diminished heads. And epic poet that lived,
no, Dante himself, beat in machinery" thu author
OF ''rhe Colonnades' 'the common portcoes OF he'll
Her
have been outdone by those OF Benjamin Blood Wit
ness the table OF contents of section six;"Person
hcaton OF Mountains, Personincaon of Ocean,
Lightning, Gorge and Gale; Personincaon of
Earth Witness also in section nine:--''Loyoia. an
Damned" The tabio OF contents OF section eight will
give faint idea Of the scope OF our new poets field OF
''lmi,ed DIVISIONS of Apotheosis; Vision of Shak-
spearei Vision OF Burns; Imitation Of Burns;
Of po I,Sn with Imitation Modern Political Parties
Shade OF the Southern Chvary-hls Notions OF tho
Late War Some Queer Comfort; Vision Of Lincoln,
and Booth his assassin Lincoln gives the Poet
tteme Booth ridicules tho Poet; High Words on
Liberty and Oppression; Napoleon III and othsr
WasbinRton" All this In single sectionl En- pede
Hsrculm.
THE THEoLoGV OF rHs BIBLE: itself the teacher
and its own interpreter. Five versions OF the
Old Testament and four Of the New, compared
with the originals. By Oliver Spencer Halsted.
: I,xChanceor OF the State of New Jersey. Pub
lished by the author, AIT Broad street, Newark,
M 1000. w., PIP. oou.
This 10 an examination of tho Bible, with view to
show that there authority in the original text for
tho and dogmaa that the churches pretend TO de-
rive from H. All those words and phrases OF the English
version that TO recognize another nature in man
than tho physical and inteecua-hat seem 10 regard
another existence than that OF the bodysich words
soul and spirit--such phrases Us giving up the ghost
the references to hell place Of punishment beyond
this ifeaI those words are taken up whenever they
occur and compared with the words or
which they put forth TRANSACTIONS and
the originals shown not to bear any such
Significance Us later times have given the inierpreta
ton. MAN became living soui' is based upon words
that signify only became breathing creature
So the Sord spirit also refers only to breathing, and
sgiving up the ghost" Is only breathing ones last All
other animals give up tho ghost" equally with man.
He'll IS SIMPLY the grave by this course OF reasoning,
by establishing words which express distinctly the
material relations of tue body would better translate the
Bibe all these passages tne author forces shs con-
cusion that tho Boie nowhere suggests tho thought
thai associate with tho word soul, as an mmor
part OF II will not do, however 20 argue hence
that thcy who first put the English word soul In these
text Indeed they translated honestly enough for tho
word SOUL when irst used Eng sn had relation only
TO tho idea OF life In Its simpler sense and not 10 that OF
life beyond lfs This taat has grown upon It
In later times Nevertheless evidence forces eccesi
as, cal Christians to the Iact that the essential dogma Of
which they ostensby rest but IN the specuations VI
GrecisD philosophy.
MEMOIR or Rev. GEORGE w. BETuUSE, ID. y. by
Rev. A. X. Van Nest, ID. ID. New York
Sheldon Co.
THIS volume Is embeliished by three portraits Of tho
late Dr. Behune Ono serves frontispicco Another
copied from Browns statue of the eloquent and witty
divine The third represents him IN his study dress.
with his long ppc and his fishing tackle close at hand -
vel as his poo, inkstaud and books. Dr. Van Nests
readable memoir will not only revive the pleasant ssso.
Citations DR.. Betnune has lett behind him in the
hearts OF mnum rabe friends and admirers, but IL Will
show the world that babual earnest piety IL
inconsistent with high intellectual gifts and culture
and cheerful genial disposition that there Is no In.
compatibility between a healthy enjoyment OF good
Things In the life that IS and Christian hope OF
happiness il ''the life to come"
The Spirit OF ST.. VINCENT DE PAUL; OR, A Holy
MODEL. Worthy of Being Initiated by Eccles-
astics, Religious and all the Faithful Il. Shea,
New York.
Tho Sisters OF Charity, Mount st. Vincent New York,
have merited the thanks OF the entire religious COM
muniy by having translated this work OF the learned
osoph Apsa Convsnlical Priest Of the ordcr Of
Malta Advocate In Parliament Doctor Of Laws In tho
University OF Paris Il offers full and interesting
account pp and life Of OF the truest sam ~
OF the Church. Csuonlzed by Clement XII, St. vincen,
do Paul Is revcr8d as personiucation OF charity by
Christians Of every name. To no one else can the
highest eulogy Dseetus Dec d hominibtS-bs more
properly applied.
Harry HouRs or CHILDHOOD. p. 0'Shea. New
York.
This charming little book consists Of series OF tales
for the little onos by member OF the order Of Mercy,
au,horess OF tho "Iifs OF Catherine McAuey," &c lis
motto 10, ANGELS instead Of fairies"
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