The New York herald., 1869-03-22
The April NIngaz,nes.


many OF its predecessors. "rhe Mission OF Brds,r
by Thomas NJ Brewer. taxes o very favorable view
OF the feahered tribe and is written in quite an in
teresting style. The writer is led to the conclusion
"that no agriculturist can destroy bird without
knowing that he may expect from the act only In.
jury" Shaker is prevailed upon by the publishers
to furnish the Atlantic with an ..autobiographica
account OF your (hls) experience as q seeker after
truth" Tnis Shaker whose name is F. W. Evans,
furnishes tlfe first paper on his experience In the
number before ms, winch Is purely Introductory ana
OF very little interest. How Grow IN the North
westn By s. ii. Cay, is brief and happily sketchcd
history Of the wonderful progress OF our western
States "a Carpet-bagger in Pennsylvania by
J. +. Trow bridge is kind OF diary OF scenes and
incidents OF o tour through the Quaker State. The
best paper however is that entitled 0ur Inebrates
Classified and Clarileu.r IL purports to be written
spy an inmate Of the New York State Asylum and
Il a queer but excellenty written article. The
author closes rs follows:-
For myself who write tais incbriate at this asylum
three days vita the iIs. ihroaiparched darnaed sb-
staining sor three months WITH the shsaderns horror q
responsible Tor my being hera but just that intangible tor
rupy distilled through generations OF vrtous abuse n nn.
conscioas and shsp Injected into The qyern
ssese & sas cas- r q Prdmp, and posn. smsans 70
the rum, lie among the dearest blessings
The Healer has conferred upon hi, M SHINING and
yeaher wssr and more useful for honey hospllsse
thousand panss Of mind and body, agans. The
which has forbidden roe on pain ot ruin and death to taste
prohibnion'
Mr.. samuel Bowles contributes an article entitled
"Ihe Pacific Railroad-Opcn.- A very improbable
story OF "a ride with mad horse In q freight carr
is the contribution OF Mr.. W. II. Murray, and Is
M e S ~ aSs AS me
lent one. For wonder OF wonders the rrepressible
negro s absent; but In his place are papers which
the masses Of readers than thousand volumes in
praise OF Sambo aud Dlnah.
IutnoDis Magazine continues to improve, both
in quality and interest. incidents In the spanish
strugglen are furnished .by q French republican,
VINO writes well but y evidently one OF those Europe
an democrats whose darling republic II an ideal struc
iurc impossible OF construction. "A Political Ro.
nance" s certainly the product Of romantic mag
nation TO laud Parson Brownlow, OF Tennessee,
rs bad enough: TO endeavor 10 make political angel
OF him IL laughaDle. The most fascinating order OF
literature viii last 1t lacks truth. but history
however well toId II falsIncd cannot 1--we Now, the
fact Is that we have vivid remembrance Of hearing
this same Parson Brownow threaten the North
with secession, and war ff necessary, In
the event OF the s9aboIitionists', obtaining pos
session OF the government; we also remember an
era IN his history which saw him lecturing In Phila
delpna ON the beauties OF slavery. Men, however,
are very prone TO change their political opinions,
and against Mr.. BrOwn0wis ''Oyalty" we have
nothing 10 say But n s yery certain that he never
until alter the war broke out, attempted to array
'the poor whl,esn against the shareholders = TO
whom he was az one time most obsequOus. my
Man Antonyn is very stupid story, without any
point or object tiat we can perceive. sThe Eastern
question: Is well written paper, but entirely too
partisan. The old saw, ''et oven the devil have hts
due,n might be rendered "Lct even the Turks have
their due.n They arc bad enough without painting
them as incarnate 1ends Wonders Of the Deepr
~ the second paper Of series on the subject and
adds 70 the reputation o. the magazine. 'Ihe Right
Honorable John BriRhr and 'srhe Young MEMS
Christian Association are two well written articles.
~ Curiosity OF Literature" does credit neither TO
tne writer nor TO the editor. No poem has given
nseto more numerous letters and literary articles
than VOTES "Burial OF Sir John Moore" To bring
TINS late date charge against the poet Of having
uansiated " from the German. when both the Ger
man ana French poems were written In England
rom Tue English, ~ Ia notoriously known 70 most
scholars, - SIMPLY TO exhibit dcplorable lack Of
knowledge The numerous claimants TO the author
snip OF "Ihe Burial Of Sir John Moore excited an
Interest and inquiry which would certainly have
discovered ~ as translation had II not been, ~ t
\ w. an original poem. We remember well the nu-
| merous eplgrams and parodies which this poem
caused. The most impudent claimant 70 its author.
snip was one Marshall who WAS immortazed 10
lines which Psrodied the original poem.
Lpptnc0tps Mngdxfne for Apr 10 full of interest
Ing articles. college Educaflouv y by Oeorro n.
Calvert; 'Our GLOBE IN 1892" By ProCessos a. were: