New-York tribune., 1875-10-08
NEW PUBLICATIONS.


PROSE QUOTATIONS. FROM SOCRATES TO MA
CAULXY. ISy 8 AUSTIN ALLlDosE svo pr. 1O4' j. b'
The service of a compilation like the present
ts as bait t. literature, not aordng materials ior
wholesome and agreeable repast II may oe donnted
whether it's utility sufficient to reward inc immense
labor required for its preparation but Ike other ar'
condiments, il may help 10 create an aletle' Ho' "
promo;c digestion. As a rule the pums and the puo-
ding had better be eaten together, but they must uc
separted few caterers are better qualified for the task
than Mr. AIlibone No man has had wider experience
as a literary faster, no man knows better WheTe Soou
things are to he found, has greater shili III ar
ranging them in order, and presenting thcn 10 tue
reader in an attractive. ap6 possibly TEMPTING manhe
The extracts tins volume mainly from the recos
nizcd and familiar standards O; English prose- Addison
johnson, Burke. Sir Thomas Browne, Jeremy lay'oi'
Swift. Steele, South John Locke, and Nacduay iheie
are a few specimens from foreign authors honta'sne'
Goethe, Zimmerman (whosc name IS miSspe' VI ue
Index hut these bear small proportion 10 the whole
work OF the recent English nOycliSts there are se'ei
quotations from Bulwer, Dickens Thacferay two ron
Charlotte Brontt and from George Eliot thrs Ie"eS'
the senteu;ous oi all modern writers OF hco' ho'
one Hawthorne sup llics two paragraph, LohgeiloW
Dozen Holmes a single sentence but oi the great Ae'
can masters in prose, well as roctTy T. H. DANA
not one, Bryant not ONE, arGou-h H. W. Lueisoh
is admirably represented hy serern OF the hneh ana
most characteristic passages in his Essays washington
Irving furnishes numerous delightful sentences pU "i
the ether historians Prescott; l1Ncsa single Nd para
graph, hut there is not iuc from Bancroft OF A"teF'
or UIdrcth Theology makes good figure IN TIE Selcc'
tiOns from the glorious company OF English dNh'- ana
from Jonathan Edwards and DR.. w f. Charming p"t
there is nothing Of President Dwight enc OF the Sonndcs
thinkers and splendid rhCtoiciaus OF ths country
of the snewy Old giant LymRn Bcchor. nor Of Dr. En-
nous. Professor Charles Hodge nor of Burhmins'er'
There are two quotations from John wesley ana Two
Mott Professor Tayler Lewis. or Dr. Hickok We nave
half dozen sentences from Daniel webster pu "'
the other iusrioUs statesmen of this country Gay
Calhoun Seward ana Sumner, not word. Ih'te "e-
fcca need not be down TO the disrcdit Of the work.
hut arc incident to its pau which docs not claim 10 nr
exhaustive and could not be so il 1t dd They only show
that such compilation, are necessarily imperfect ami 10
a great degree, must represent the tastes ana H"I"y
habits Of the compiler rather than hc full rcea OF any
literature. SIN the volume is sirguaiS interesting az
al illustration OF the intellectual treasures ot the III
ciish language both IN the moticrcouniIy and III oar
own. u shows ffiuuass.a Sodity. gravity, depiA
of knowlcdce. reach of argument. force Of magma
ton and power of cNpT, ss.On, OF when any hdu"A"
literature might Justly boast as a signal glory Ihe
peculiar features which Mr.. Emerson ascrlbcS 10 the
English mind arc completely justified by tie present
srccimcn~ Of its productions. They have no fancy,
and never are surprised into covert or witty word sl'h
IA pleased the Athcniaus ana Italians, ana was converts
BE into fable not long after; but ;'"y delight III
strong earthly oypgcS,onS, not m,tdbdhe couseIy true
10 the human body and Though spoken among pihc's'
equally NJ and welcome 60 the mob. This holnclness,
voracy and plain style appear in the earliest ezant
works ana in the latest inparts into sonCz and ballads
the smell OF the earth, the breath Of cattle and Ike
Dacl painter, seeks household chalm though by pals
and pans They their constitutional utility IN verse
The kali and LctIinGs never ont OF slgtt. The
poet uimby RECEIVERS himself nom every saiy oi
the Imagination. The English muse loves the
farin-vard, The lane, and market. she says
with De Sajl; Il tramp in the miro with wooden shoes
whenever they would force into the clouds For tbe
Englislnnau has accurate perceptions, takes hold ct
things by the right eud, and thcre is sVpCrtnesS IN
his grasp Tie loves the the spade the car the gun
the stcampipe; he has built Tie engine be uses When
lie s intellectual, and poet, philosohc. he carries
the slnc hard TRUTH and the same keen machinery into
the mental sphere His mind must stand on fact He
viii not be bafed or catch clouds. hut the mind must
lave a symbol palpable and rc-is, ing"