New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-12-06
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

A CENTURY OF AMERICAN LITERATURE; E S6
by HESRT S. BEERS. l2mO PIP. 4O7. Henry Holt q W
In this compilation by the assistant Pro-
lessor OF English Literature in Yale College, series o
selections ia gwen from limited number OF authors
from 1915 to 1876. The book is out OF tie
common track Of literary specimens ana CONTAINS am
a good deal OF curious matter when Is u''"
cult Of access TO the general reader lhus VIC n"'o
the text OF the original ballad written ABOUT 49, "
the time of Yankee Doodle, entt d The Yankees
Totr fran, tle Camp OF which the first stanza with
Tho eborus has given the 10 numerous other paOuc
and facetous dttics in the same measure:
Father and went down to camp
a 5 thick as hasy pudding
ChOYus-Yanlee Doodle keepitup.
Yankee Doodle 0a.Hy,
And with TIE girls be handy
The description Of the big gun gwen by the gaping
rustic was quoted with effect, remember by Mr.
Charles Sumner, in his celebrated Grafton on 1.-The
Significance OF the Nation =
Large log Of maple,
A load fOrtstheFs cattle
And everv time they shoot It Of,
IL takes 4 horn OF pO"Cef,
Only nation louder
Joel RarlOw's famous Yankee poem on Hasty Pud-
ding" far surprising the gorgeous spiendors OF tno
Coumbiad" is also reproduced IN fu VIII us moch
heroic euogies on that staple dish Of the New-Ensand
cuisine The question Of the mOS correct name OF the
delicious Wand settled cuttedyc, as follows
where grows The maize there hon arr sure TO reign
But man, more nckle, tie bold license claiuls'
~ different realms give thee different names
There tue soft nations round the warm Leyant
PGGqta eS the French o. bo 6SuT Sp FSan's
10 hear "a ny TIE Pennsy yanIans can thee mushl
on Hudsons banks. where men Of Beige spawn
All spurious appeliations, void Of truth, st.
I've better known thee from my earliest youth:
Thy name IS Hssy Pudding; thus our sire s
And while they argued in thy l1st defence len Sens,
An example of the manner which the Connecticut
diplomatls wakes eloquent his favorite rejection
may be found in the following lines -
MY song resouuding in It's grateful gee,
Nv father loved thee through ms length Of days
For thee his fields were shaded Ger WIN nsze;
Ten sturdy freemen from his loins attesti
Thy constellation ruled my natal , morn
And all my bones were made Of Indian corn
TO roast or boil, to smother or to bake
But most my Hasty Pudding most in thee!
Another national poem Of wide celebrity IN its day.
which was soon after the close Of the Revolutionary
War; but now entirely forgotten, Is Royal Iyler's
"Fourth Of July Ode" commencing as follows -
Squeak the fife AMI beat the drum,
Independence day Is come
Let ihe roastng;Tig DO bled;
Quick twist on tie coCkercl's head,
8gSS AZ F9 ant t9s RSTI{ Gd Pi a butter
Set the cup and Deakcr glass
Tho pumpkin and tie appesauce
send the Eeg to shop for brandy,
MapeSugar we have handy,
There are some good selections from later writers.
BRYANT HallCck Perciyal PlerpOnt, Poe, Washington
Allson and others. The statement that collection OF
Alston's poems, published in New-YOrk in 1850, was
edited by his brotneI-ln-aw. Mr. Richard II. DANA is
erroneous No living authors included in the coec
ticn but ample specimens given from the younger
class Of deceased poets George Arnold, Henry
Howard BrovnelI. Henry Thoreau, Henry Tmrod, ant
Robert Weeks