The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-07-02
soMB NEW BoOHs.


Whenever there seems absolutely no excuse for o
book IL IL forthwith declared TO be printed at the
urgent request OF some partial frlcnds- The title
which Mr.. Tilton has given 10 his compilation is
rather startling one. lie calls II Slnctum Sane
forum" Holy Of HOLES" The reader Is LETT in
pleasing uncertainty NJ to whether the author in
tends this TO apply principally to himself or
TO his writings The weight OF opinion, how
ever, seems to be that II IL framed to
answer both these ends, ana TO express
neatly and In one happy phrase Mr.. Tilton's
estimate OF himself and bis appreciation OF his own
compositions. one, however. must needs admire
the boldncss and vigor of mind tist sezes upon
such title for such book.
But few men have had the supreme vanity ID "a
leve tina, their old editorials were worth embalmng
IN book form. II seems generally TO have been
conceded that no more unprontablc reading could
possibly lie found. Men cast away on q desert is.
land or shut up by stress OF weather in a country inn
without a book at hand. may in sheer desperation
have turned to perusng old newspapers after having
exhausted all the Tanners Aim0ndcs. ancient
copies OF tue GcaHemdAs Magazine, and every other
form OF literature on wch they could lay hands,
and not til then. Editorials derive their brightness
and interest from The fact that tho matters OF which
they treat fresh in the public mind but repub
lished five ten year after the date for which they
were written aud after the mon and measures 20
whic they relate lavc passed away, thew become "a
nat, stale, and wearsone reading as the human
mind can be called on TO endure.
And this Is the case with lr. Tilton's Holy Of
Io.ie.." We can cali to mind but few dulicr books.
Cer,an volumes Of Old sermons there may be that
rival It in this lino do perhaps some Letters from
Europe printed at The urgent solicitation Of the
writer's parents = but happily there are not many
ttasc 4, a. In hts
The danger lies not so much in this particular
book in the terrible example that 1t ,e,s. There
is fatal facility about The matter. Nothing IL need.
ed IGt publisher and pair Of scissors. Mr.. Til
ton sCizes an OLD volume OF the HdeptEdeHf. In an
hour lac has cut from It's uusty pages some thirty old
editorials, and behold, new book Expresses the
world. Suppose tie hundred thousal d and more
editors VI whom our happy country boasts should
all follow this example aud commence turning their
old papers into hooks what resurrection of dust
and asles woull there be. and what deplorabe era
in literature would dawn uyon the world. Surely,
when man has so far exhausted himself that lie
has nothing more to the purpose TO say than the
repetition OF his ten years old political datrbes 1t Is
an excellent time for him to hold his peace.
In sc!ssorlng up the old copies OF bis newspaper,
Mr.. Tton seems TO have had Il specially in view to
select those articles that gave the reader to under
stand on what terms Of intimacy he has stood with
illustrious He appears TO have been IeI feet
conndencc-man among politicians. Tncy at once
took him into their inmost secrets and unburthenet
their hearts TO lin. OILERS Enew them specifically,
but Tilton soul to soul. We have read of such
characters in fiction; Mr. Venoering. in "Our Mu-
tual Friend" WAS such one but Mr.. Tiion is one
OF tie few who have Pct themselves fairly Oh record
in real lie In this light To Lin mel who are cold,
aus,eIe, and forbiddnS to all the res. of wauAind,
reveal their Utmost selves as 20 . woman
Nr. Henry J. Raymond was one OF these comrade,
Of tie soul I'VE knew him well" SAYS Mr.. IT,
ton. "ns well - ore cones to know another In the
COM auioniip of travel in the late lt-ni.ht con
verse which ICr1y hcf cut IL aycrereidhogG Not
to know him tLus intimately Was not TO know him
at AL Indeed many OF his political associates. who
fEow him oriY on the cutsdc, and rad never cater.
cd ia'a ne ha1.j0e n lis sopL commonly spoke Of
liza eos Tolic but cold. agreeable hut s,faLsorloI.'
Senator fessondcn VS. ANOTHER OF those on whose
austere outside others were content to gaze, while
Mr.. Inton ro:med at will about The chambers o.
HE soul" Referring 10 The Obituary notices of tina.
s'aicsman, Triton complains that they all slow that
tie writers OF them had not fully known i'm but
he confidently adds. ave knew him well We
! ave sat with him in his chamber at Washington.
md walked with him in his garden in Portland"
than Mr. TNton has shown bimsclf the
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