New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-12-31
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

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n BOTH WORLDS By VIZ Il I0lc0H s4s asa H Ter etc.
Our Children l,i H'1 AZ B Il. piSsoi Co
W. ed this hook mentioned in seVer'u TO-
,,,s iooruals as "a profoundly phlosoPnlo 80 80
.,hracnr new views upon the spiritual realms gu
.ucb recommended to devout readers 'Ie ,ortoal
r.ve done the volume gross lnJus'ice, ,,.ciors
,.,sss are bought with no more aVialiy " s1,
adors than by anybody else, but human ha'"I
o,ol and sunday scholars and ehurch
49,, s "a pibbe at the forbidden fruit pIoVloeu y
o,,ca IN the seemy guse OF morality ~ ., ,,,,
h. written novel Let him have Jusuco' Lro.,i
IA no lopeer unbOught upon the shel'eS 40 . It.
cal treatise. Or. HolcombeS too WIN ho0 ton n
% ybot ne deems the taste of the puoho mas - 49,,
s.tional novel beside which the stage ulcN' u ~
go t,o, are tame aud decent. Not ABLE app"ro"'iy'
81 eoa characters about him on when 10 haik no
no hos taken the story Of Christ, fhe very "oIus u
a. told in the Gospels halowed TO us an iion- i
dvine simplicity, and manufactured OUT VI ~
,,nnder romance which Sylyanus CoDD hnls'H me-
- o,.e;ved The idea is not original with the DOCTOR
800 of turgid novels werc published some years "bo
f bicb the first was called "TEe PRICE OF tue ou -
DayidD which were, strange to say eAcee"ius' 49,
With religious readers and in when Oh'ls' ""' ''l
seuted as enamored with Mary 80,
U,e are here introduced 70 Lazarus, whose oouy WIS
"ssed for 500 wears inuorder to hand over Dis auto
h,ography-Which constitutes the book-to DOc'or iO
conbe We are made acquainted in IL Win INC SoN'
love affairs OF John the Baptist ana mar SUI -
desert (who disported himself in tho ouler WORM %
Sebra), and Martha; and Lazarus hinseu anu -u"Iy
Maodalepe There is also hint OF IMITATION between
y-1ar,,s aud a Greek maiden lIelen OF Troy We arc
tod soto vocel who bids him one occasion, come
chat I'm the paror II he had dreamed long enough ID INC
boudoir" John the Baptist, we learn was SounE man
rohed outwarly ia the finest camels hair put WIN MS W
terror organs clad in purple and fine Anen' We Al'o %
cou,e Familiarity acquainted with Simon Magas, VINO went
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and Beezebub on the other, and those TWO u-
pleasant individuals themselves as pets Ia tne shape VI
leopard and serpent the latter Of which Simon used
TO draw out and flourish like WHIP Inc po1
hinges upon the resolve OF simon 10 OBTAIN pos
session Of tho person Of Mary. for the purpose
Of boiling her, TO make loye-phltre' Ihe Doctor
asks OF the modern reader, pertinently 10 ths
desire Do Won know The virtues OF the aust OF
a doves hearth or the ashes Of vipers tongue
or the pulyerzed bones OF babes headP To WHICH, as
we are reluctantly constrained TO answer that we 10
not we pass on hastily Othe description OF our savior
where We hope TO be perhaps more at home tnah IN
magic lore Here also however, our old notions are at
fault Jesus was handsome the doctor tells us, but
neither majestic nor sublime; instead OF leading the
thoughts Of the company he spoke less than any one
There was however winning socialty In his CONVEX
sation Lazarus, after very hodge podge OF adyen'
lures in which dumb Ethiops, lcpers men, walled up
alive and young ladies broodng over rose leaves are
mixed in dire confusion, dies from gliof at beng re-
ceved one day by his mistress with the hauteur OF
woman OF society Being dead he proceeds TO reveal 10
us the future world with perspleacty OF insight
that has obtained for the book its reputation for pro-
found philosophy, rs well devotion. Spirits appear
to each other IN answer TO silent summons each
preceded bysa peculiar symbol. that OF John the BaI
ts for Instance being the rather unpleasant herald
of a blue sheet Of light and SaSh Of cold water.
There are different zones. A wicked spirit becomes
wild beast i'm the first zone oathsome fungus in the
second poisonous mineral in the third. Tho good
heart is reflected in the innocent lamb, the beautiful rose
the brilliant gem. After interview with his mother
and sister Doth wearing silk dresses Of good quality,
lazarus Is informed that his house is now building
and s shown his spiritual self, with a doOrpost on
his back his wife Mary Magdalen bearing n large
block These visions contain the gst OF the ne "
philosophy. "Wbat deep truths here unfolded!"
cxelams the Doctor "The germs Of a thousand bril-
liant ideas! that could teach these beautiful things
in the porcoes Of Athens! How they would ravlsh the
Greean heart!" The book ends, as usual, with mat1'
mOny. John the Baptist is united 20 Mary, Martha to
her zebtaover, aud Lazarus having happily Tqayred
Mary MagdaleD. ends the record.