eintallaitUtt,
THE ANABAPTISTS.
rsoat HISTOItt 'Or' THE 'REFOII
- IN THE '.NETHERLANDS.
ET ,, N., M. S.
Truth ever hasits counterfeits. ' Ear
nestnese- in. behalf of a good 'cause' Will
alwarg ' . be'l accompanied, with its carica
ture; "finaticism. When • the tyranny of
error:is broken up, there'tt!re never want
ing. thbse who rush' to' the extremes of
license. Ileeide,, eyiry Reformation
eeems to, go ~ a
,Deformation. Many
false Messiahs apPeared about the time
of Christ And primitive Christianity
must neediViiißtggle with immoral and
wild eiertierris' seeking to attach them
selves to it. Paul was compelled to
warn bI4I- 1 1fearers and converthi inot to
use their evangelical liberty 4 ' for an oc=
'melon to the flesh;" and' John, in his
lettersi to the seven churches', rebukes
the Nicolaitans, those that held' the doc
trine of Balsam'and the adherents of the
false prophetess, Jezebel,— as errc•rists
who have .sounded the ,, very depths of
Satan, While, calling themselves Chris
tians and seeking to identify themselves
with the ,early' Church:; So,;+we . .! cannot
wonder,that,,by the side of a' movement
so purgoo
,Scriptural, so honestly aimed
at the spiritual elevation . of .men. ' as the
Reformation', should arise a phenomenon
so 4 hat.efal .arAlsodacandalons. as .Ana--'
baptism. And the false reformation has
its ,great,use...,
.I.t, ; helps us to' :recognize
the trim, ly.,the, side of. Gods work
goes man's .work. They who ;.would
&utile hand ,of God , in the Lutheran
Reformation, need only to lie pointed , to
the „e.Teesses, of the Anabaptists, to learn
what sort of work, man, at ,the prompt-,
ing'of the deril,'WOuld Make of, such, a.
movement. In no . way, could it have.
been Made, more..clearly .to appear that
there is a, wide gulf, bet,ween a Iteforma
ton, Vaeed on the word. of God and a
fan,atie,a l .l exeitetnent,,than In this con- ,
treat.
InAike,,little town of Zwickau,- on the
western borders of Saxony, south of
Leipzig, some ignorant but strong-mind
ed men fell into the delusion of imagin
ing themselves divinely inspired tiroph
ets, sent to complete the Reformation,
as they said, so feebly sketched by
Luther. They .rejected the
,Scriptures
as unnecegeary for 'those who were en
lightened by immediate revelation. They
considired themielyes sole
.I ju)ges of
what was right: and *icing. Raving
cast off the yoke of Rornanism, they
it
wishe at the same _ time to throw, off
ever:f itiiiraiot and ,to, follow their own
individual inclinatiops. They prophe
sied the eaAY 4p.(1 Vicilent!oilirtlitow of
the present state of things. They went
through the,. town. and country crying,
Woel ;Woe the day of the Lord
draweth nigh." They taught that infant
baptism was valueless, and required all
men tO,, map
, and receive from their
bands the true baptism, as a sign of their
introduction to the true Church of God.
From Zwickau these fanatics came to
the home
-of; Luther in But Lu
ther was , still a fugitive, safely concealed
•
in the' Castle' of Wartburg.
And in his absence great mischief.
was done by these violent men,, *any
of his friends were led away by the con
tagiOn of their enthusiasm. They en
tered the Churches and carried away the
images,.`broke them in pieces and burned
them. ~,,Learning was decried as un
necessary when ignorant men could be
come,
,prophets.' The old professor,
Carlstadt, advised, his pupils to return
home to the spade and the plough, and
the master at the boys' school at Wit
tenberg, called to the assembled citizens
from the window to come and,take away
their children. Men's
. minds became
disturber.-ITie.itudentslt4Wittenberg
'University grew disorderly and finally
dispersed.,
~The Reformation seemed on
the poin'toli the very place: of its
origin. The friends of Rome on all
sides gained, confidenee,, and exclaimed,
" One slruggle more/one last 'struggle
and all will be ours."
Luther was not in the slightest de
gree staggered by the news 'which
reached him in 'his' retreat, that a new
race ot.prOphets had arisen, who claimed
the sublime privilege of direct commun
ion with God.' . But. he feOls "that the
time hags "come for his appearance at
Wittenberg.,. J.rE, spite of the opposition
of his prOteciteri. on the 3d of March,
1522, he bade adieu to the ancient towers
and gloomy forestaof the Wartburg, and
on the 7th of'kaich, amid general re
joicing, he e e t ntered the scene of his earlier
labors, and , engaged= iii the great task
which had especially summoned him
forth. It was a new and most serious
undertakifig. ' Thq question to' e settled
was, whether thq elements of fanaticism
which had hegun to work in connection
with the Reformation could be separated
from it ; whether itt. could be Eihown to
the work?) that a movement, 'like Protes
tantisEn,Spr. the liberation of the human
spirit from ages of religious tyranny, was
capable. of .maintaining and establishing
itself as something entirely pure and
beneficent, essentially upon , the side of
publisorder,and ; or whether
it must be swallowed up by the , disor
derly elements which came to the sur
face at the swine time; Eidd.l3O'be proved
to be Siibgianti'ally ill. no wise different
from them. ; -
Lutheloa lance ascended the pulpit
and preached every day for a week.
This bold and lion-like man, who has
been called the third Elijah, had no ana
themas for the disturbers of the peace
THE "'AMERICA* - ' POS#It Eitiliiill
... 7ifitligt6.l l .:Tetoiliti i'; id, iY86,6:1
and the perverters of the doctrines , he
had drawn 'from the Scriptures. In
tender and noble language, first corn.
mending, like Paul in his Epistles, what,
he found worthy of praise among his
people, he proceeds to argue, to admonish
,and to rebuke, with a plest sagacious
mixture of indignation against error and
of caution in dealing with, the. offenders.
In eight sermons, it is said, he did , not
allow one offensive word agt4nst the
disturbers to escapo him. - Thit he con-,
tittered. The false prophets lost' their
adherents, the people returned to their
quiet pursuits,- thb . tumultuous :tassa,ultg
upon Romish- idolatry, ceased, .and Ana
baptism no longer had l ocilio c i,
Wittenberz.
~Two of titefkrOilets4ought
,an interview with Luther. In reply to
their long , arguments, he simply declared
that nothing' theY advanced 'Was 4kis
tamed by the Seriftures, and alit 'the
whole thing: was, a fable.. : The,prophets
flew into a rage. Liather demanded a
miracle. ' Another' one, more ortlni, 'and
affecting at the, moment id insidred
declared that he know,what was passing
in Luther's •thoughts, and that he; Luther,
was'beginning . to incline - to theif doc
trine. " The Lord, rebuke thee, Satanl"
was Luther's deliberatei.and calm reply..
At, this' they raged like 'irkadnien, and
cried out " The Spirit . ; the `Spirit."
ther r "uttered some, expressions of, extreme
contempt
,for titeir spirit, and the ~prot
phets departed foaming- with anger.
Thus, in a campaigrr - Of a week, this
most dangerous enemy , OP Alie kdforilaki
tion and of Christian
. 9iViliiation; Was
routed, and driven ;from:the,
was in the. middle of.Marth, 1-5211 -
But, though - driven' t: from F Witten;
berg, theile false teachers' , / wOZ . by ;no
meanscrobbed of the power or ,disposition.
to clo mischief. , They,.; and :others, of
opinions; :passed from country. to
Country,' givinweeriduistiOnblB in SWit
zerlarid Bohemia ` .and ; Saxony but
making llollandthe chief seat of their
disorders. . Their heresy was not sup
pressed, but the great point ivas . gained
that they 'hereafter stood in open oppo
sition to :the Lutheran-• Reformation.
This continued to' move onward, in its'
own' lofty and independent' sphere, while
the Anabaptists were known as a sect
by themselves, and the whole movement,
though carrying along with it many
good but misguided men, ivaa'manifestly
brit' outburst` of fanaticisl, intense
and mischievous enough while it lasted,
but , soon exhausting - itself and vanishing
from-sight. •
We read for several years of the
Anabaptists in Holland suffering simi
lar punishments and persecutions with
,the Protestants, froni the Popish authori
ties. ' And juit as the aympatliies and
interest' of • many were .• aroused / by the
peraccutions and:sufferings , of ,the Pro
testants, •so the suffering- :Anabaptists
won friends and adherents,. who other
.wise would never have known Of 'the
existence of the sect. ,So they continued
to increase, until, in, the. year. 1533, they
made , a bold effort-to realize , theiedrearas
Of temporal conquest and dominion.
They had become very numerous in the
German :town o'f:-.Mnnster, but a few
miles east of the boundary of Holland.
The: government , having issued a -pro-
Clamation against them, they took up
arms and invited their,brethren in neigh
`boring towns to come to their, aid. , Thus
reinforced, they became masters of the
place, and those who would not join or
:submit to thein, Were compelled to leave
:on pain of instant death. :This was in
the spring of -1534. 'The whole "town
being given over to their control, they
plundered the churches and-divided up
the goods'of the fugitives: All kinds of
books were lonrned but the Bible.,
(To be Continued.)
REV. MR. HAMMOND'S 'LETTER FROM
SWITZERLAND.
SWITZERLAND, Sept. 17,-1866
MY DEAR Mx. MEAES :—We are still
wandering'among the grand' old, moun
tains of Switzerland. This is now my
fourth visit, -and I, have,. therefore, been
able Ito:act as -a guide: for` our Tiarty. -
Rev. Dr. Buddington and wife joined
us at Paris. We enjoy their society
exceedingly. I think•they will go with
us all the way •to Palestine. ,
Last Monday we chartered a carriage
to take us dyer the Branig Pass. Seven
years ago I went on foot over this same
mountain pass. I remember 'I walked
that day not less than twenty-five miles.
The bracing air of these snow-capped
mountains, once we are accustomed to
it, enables one to walk this distance
with no great fatigue. I was' never
more strong and well' than *hen walk
ing twenty or thirty miles a day, up and
down the mountain passes. I remember
that I' then walked up and down the
Rhigi without the least injury ; every
step of it was full of enjoyment.' But
my walk down that mountain:last Fri
day was rather severe upon me. My
wife and party were on horseback, and
I kept up with them all the way. At
the time, it was high enjoyment to be
bounding along from rock to rock ; • but
the next morning I felt as if I was
eighty-five years of 'age. But I am now
all right again.
We reached . the Falls Of GieSbach on
Monday night, and were present at their
grand illumination with Bengal lights.
It reminded me a little of the illuminat
ed fountains of the Crystal Palace of
which I wrote you. Tuesday we drove
from Interlachen to Lauterbrunn- and
Grinden*ald. Here welound ourselves
in the very midst of 'the glorious Bet.-
nese Alps, rising ten or eleven thousand
feet in the air. Think of • it—two miles
above the leVel of the sea I The sublime
.
.
sights witnessed. from ; these places - . are,
to be, seen rather than described.
Itis interesting to notice the boundaries;
of 'the natural" iingdoM in Switzerland:
•The region of oaks : extends .from 1700,
to about 2800 feet. The region of fir
trees rises to 4000 feet. But flocks , of
cattle and goats are seen feeding "far
abOvethese. Above 800'0' feet is the
lower limit of the regi9n of • eternal snow,
where glaciers are.formed and from which,
they press their way sometimes- far hfi-
Jow,where the' flocks ''crop r the g,reen ,
herbage.: Here, too„are formedtheaya;
lanches which sometimes come tlitinde'r-,
ing down the mountain'side. 'At:: Lau
leibinna .Wellieard; one which 'Elerinded
much. like ;the aipipsion of a cannon; In
fact„the . ladies in :our party were . at
... first confident that, it was"a, -cannon.,
On our way to Griridenwalit I .could
.but notice that the cascades from the
high mountain sides' were . just about the
same, in qiiiintity ,9f - water that: th 4
were seven yeamago, When I flrst,salv,
ahem' ;At.first sight, yon would think:
that all the water ,would' 'furl.` -off 'these
'barren 'rocks in 'one, hour's' time It
.would, seem. as,if there Janet he some,
secret - source of = supply; not iat.once dis-.
hoVerable.' Sia . 'it occurred 'to me that
eminent 'ClitiatianS; who j 4and:' . liikh .
above thost around them, and who are,
;much with God; ;have , a , constant , supply .
;of Divine - grace . of which the world
'knows nothing. ,Yea,;; " The secret of
the Lord is with them that ,fear,•Him.", l
They that -water; gathers , Ighall , them-. 1
selves be watered."' ''Those who ard-1
much in the Divine - -presence can say,
"Alt .ruy, springs ,are In ..Theeki' ::"The`
World; an d ;worldly Christians= may look
with doubt Upon slich, and l exclainithey
tare SO.much taled about and looked up
to, they will soon get } filled ;with pride
and vanity arid then'eease; to bea , bless
.
king to' others. ' Bet if they can still, year ,
rafter year, truthfully say, 4 ,-411 my
springs are in Thee," they will constant
ly be a means 'of' blessing; to -others.
Yet, atthe same tinin, with all hliiility,
they will feel their entire,, dependence
on God, never once forgettingthe words
of the Lord Jesus : "; Without Me ye can,
'do nothing," ('.Polin ' - xv. 5). if God has'
a *ink for one of his followers
.to per
form, he can fit him for it, and lead him.
all the time to' feel that he is hint . an
humble agent in the hands' of the -Dis
penser of events.
I' : could but notice that as, we, from
time to time, ascended higher up the
mountain sides, sometimes' reaching as
far as five or eight thousand. t t that
the size_ of the atones laid ' n the
thatched roofs was increased. We ob
se:.ved.that on some`of the buildings on
the 'sides of the mountains, a mile, or,
more high, the stones were each as large
as a man could lift, when only a' few'
miles distant, in the valley; they . were
much smaller. We were told that it :
Was because the wind along the high
mountain .passes is sometimes so Strong
as to blew :of their roofs,, yea, and to
break their :houses in' pieces if these
great stones. are not placed on- them to
keep them down.
Does not God also find it necessary
,
to place many weights, upon those,Who
make high attainmentsdn the Divine life ?
Dr. Payson once said that "Few knew
the penalty of popularity. 7 Those who
have read:his life knew how many were
,his afflictions. This may be the reason
he never seems to have been made proud,
because he was Permitted to be 'a work
ing servant for the Master. Paul " was
caught up , into Paradise," and that was
one reason why - , ;it seems, the Lord
fnund it necessary to lay trials, more'
heavy than stones, to keep him, from
;being , blown away'to destruction by the
stormy winds of
,temptation: He found
that God in love sent them upon• him,
lest he " should be exalted a,bove"mea ,
sure." And he could hear his Father
"y s su went for thee grace.iffi ' '
say :
for my strength is made perfect in weak
ness." No wonder that‘hesubreissively
exclaims : "Most gladly, therefore, will
,I rather glory in my infirmities, that.the
power of Christ may rest upon me.
Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities,
in reproacheS, in necessities; in perse6U
tions; in distresses.for Christ,'"s sake, for.
when :.I ; am weak' then am I strong.",
: Would that all God's children- were 'as
submissive under their hurdens of Or
rows as Was Paul.
We spent a day or two •very plea
santly at Berne.' It 'commands one 'of
the finest views Of. the Beim*, Alps.
We sat 'for hours, filled. with wonder
and delight at the constantly changing
panorama. It was interesting to learn
all the names of the different peaks. It,
is wonderful how fond you become •of
mountains the more you dwell among'
them. They have a language of their'
own, which is not at once easily trans:.
lated. I well•rernember,how I was .dis=`
appointed at the first sight of Gray
Loch and the mountains about Williams'
College, of which I had heard so much.
But I was a freshman then, in that one.
particular. I had not been much ac
quainted with mountain scenery. Hence
I was not able at once to discovertbe
beauty and majesty of the everlasting
hills. But after I had lived four years
among those mountains"-or I
should call them, in speaking of them
from Switzerland:--I .learned to love
them. I had Via,ndere - d -- up and , down
their, steep sides and learned, among
•other things, that they were much higher
than I had supposed. So I have found
that the longer I linger among the. Alps,
the better I understand them. 'Li the
distance, the. Rhigi looks email. So it
is, - when compared with Mount Blanc,
which is more than three times as high.
Bid a walk up or down the Rhigi,
which from its isolateA position, com
mands ope,of, the, finest views in Swit
serland, convinces one of its deserved
repntation. , Itiis no' wonder ,
that himJ
dzedS, day after day; `all Sniing the sum-,
mer months, climb to , its top. ' '
We spent one night .at Rogatz, that
we might. 'drive out to fifeffers-bad,
which is one pf the inept,
""'remarkable
places in, Switzerland. Our nide-books
toldi us it was •"the nibst tremendous
tgOrge in the whole chain of the ,Alim;'",
'and I ani Une'cOntent to believe it It'
so•deep in places ~so. entirely covered
:over: and shaded from• the . sun,.that4t is•
,
Erie; difficult to read,
At eniforit • riot springrather,
‘, • . • • • • •
winner cace4,to expose my hand
to, for any length of time. These waters
supply a.large water-cure establishment.
7 From COire we ,'took the , i dilligence
over, the Splugen, which ,follows' up to the,
source of the Rhine. When we reached
the defile of the Via, Iffqla, we'ail alight:
ed to, gaze, ,upon „the - wpriders of the
:The rocits Tlek almost perpen
dibularly 1600 'feet above the roaring
torrent A: flat stone falling hiindreds
of feet into the Stream iiani the bridge,`
the whple place,ring with the loud,
report 7 We passed the;Sabhathst Spin
gen, not quite a' mile 'high, but . so`; high
that:we found, snow about us . . It,
snowed nearly all day.,_ It was, indeed,
a Sabbath never tp
. forg4ten. The
day
,before, fialikValle.Y” e had,
suffered"vliti l , igi'e"tiea7i, and ev)ri - as we
ascend4L`
e, `
we. saw the
farmers ,all• along loading., hay, .on. their.
little wegons; drawn•by cows. So you r
••
se, - we pred I fret., 'summer to ,
wi l ikteTAlr ,9 1 1thYr,— , •
Sabbath 'morning ,we went , to the Pro
testant was filled with ae-
Vont •Vor'Shipyiks: Many must have
walked miles . down the, slippery, moun
tain to be
• ,,present. was perfectly
amazed: to find ?our or five hundred pre
sent. In all the storm and with only a
few' house in sight, I:only expected 'to
see about fifty, tender, babe, even,
was
.brought through the snow to ,be
baptized. It , was, as 'is the ''eustom,.
WraPped'ap like at,' ,Tgyptiap,inuml4.
The 'German minister fondled if, three
times with water, as,heibaptized it in the
name •of the Father and - of the Son and
Of tlinlifely Ghost.
We have to go -7000 feet : above. tl e,.
level of ,the sea before - wereach the top
of the mountain. But I must close this
letter and send it' down the mountain.
toward, the Unites States. 'I 'shall yen-
Lure to inclose some verses which I wrote
one day last week, while sitting in• our
cariage waiting for the Jung Fraii,.tow::
ering 12,827 feet in the <air, r - riteftril
her 'virgin brow. All' around us was
,fog, and so my thoughts wandered back.
to. our voyage across the ocean, and tried
to express, in simple lines, the impression
produced on my mind by the fabt
aske sailed from west 'to east, our,
waMes'lost twenty minutes each day.
So, it occurred to me, as we approached
the Sun of Righteousness we shall find
our old views changing as, our longitude
of soul varies. .
•
As o'er the deep blue sea we sail,
With ever hastening speed,
If we the rising sun wouldlail,
The'true time we must heed.
Our watches we shall ever
Are losing time , each day;
And if we would not be behind,
We must • not heed` their say.
If we would keep them with the, sun,
They must be, daily set;
For 'soon 'they far behind would run,
If we shduldthis forget.'
Thus, as we sail o'er life's rough sea,
Most surely we shall find, .
That as. we nearer draw to Christ,
The world is left behind. •
And should they chance tothink it strange,
• We , cease "with them to run,"*
Then we can tell>them we have changed
As we.approach the sun.
Yds, we can, tell .
them we have not
That longifade of sonl,
Whicl we once,had when we set out
To reach the heavenly goal.
As t toyvarcl the Sii of ,righteousness •
We evermore draw , nigh, • ,
,
Like His will be our glorious dress
When we are Called'to die..
' Thep, landed safe beyond'hfe s sea,
`We!ne'er froth `Chris . shall part,
• But in all-perfect harmony .
:We shalrbe one in heart. '
1 Pet:iv. 4.
Your brother in Christ,
E. P. 11:a AMON])
Ntitvr7,s Eabtf.
'PWiDENBoRG. The Divine Attributes, in
' eluding_also the Divine Trinity; a Treatise
on`the Divine,Love, and Wisdom and Cor
respondence. From the " Apocalypse Fa
,
plained' ' of Emanuel `Swedenborg.
'Phila
delphia :.;J. B. Lippincott & Co. 12m0.,
pp. 390.
As specimens of the peculiar doe
,
trines - and speculations of .a gifted" and
profound thinker, but one far astray
i fipm •the simple truths of the Gospel
and the plain' and positive requireinents
of common' 'sen's'e; this volume has its;
interest and value to the reflecting
public. Some of the disciples of the
Swedish'-transcendentalist must be de
voting money, and' pains in no small
measure,, for tlie:publication 'pf the opin
ions of their master. The volume is al
most luxurious in its .typography, and
we cannot believe, among so limited tv
circle; enough copies, are dispOsed of to
actual readers, to make the work pay in
a mercantile point of view.
AKEas. Poems. By Elizabeth Akers. (Floc
' epee Percy.) Boston : Ticknor & Fields.
Blue and gold ? pp. 248. For sale by J. B.
Lippincott & Co.
It is only necessary ,to remind our
readers that this volume is from the
pen of the author of " Rock me to Sleep,
Mother;" to Comniand for it, a favorable
reeeptiOn. Thethemes'of her muse are
tnoStli familiar, draWn from a personai
,exPeriertee not beyend . the common
sympathy - of Men. They' , touch with
skill'sand' gentleness many half-hidden
lehbidg of fgeling. They are frequently
sit,d, yet a vein of hope and, cheerful
fiess,itins 'through them and saves them
'from 'the"esthetic
. viCe of melancholy, ,
witHo it r4bhing tlin of a genuine po-:
'etithif . pithos. With a very great variety
in veiSifiVation; itieY smodtblY'and
musically, It is a book that' MUst take
hi)ld:bl the popular geatit: '1
TiSLOA.. Ths Picture ,ef, St. John. By
,Bayaril Taylor. Bbsten: Ticknor& 'Fields.
`16m0., pp. 221 D For erzde iberN,re.
1 0fir Penn'sYlv*ihia.'poet 'here traces in
a *e'tfical iomance . the'life 'of an 'artist,
,toward which he hipmeltlhad; as he
explains in the byrenipe. ijneS, a strong`
pedilebtien: is iwrougke With deep'
. p4ssien, con:'amate; - and Seems truly . ; to'
,expresS:what: Might ave 'been:the
,poet's
experience in 'a,' different pilisuit in life.
illie'sehl.of the artist' is laid' 'here, and
the great' viciSsitudes and stages of hbi
`development, as modified' 'i3:3; - the-events'
of his' Ont Ward life; are 'told with' a
lieaity of language, ig music' - of verse,
an , intensity of - feeling,' and a'richness
of, thought, which, entitle' the' work
toy rank, .as ajlpoem of- high • Order:
Sometimes one.,is reminded-of the frank
siinplicity, of. :Wordsworth, and- •again
the pstreamtlof thought sgets -mused in ,
mithetiGlintrioacy, , ,hordering Zl3. that of
BTowning. The tstory, however, is. not
fsr beyond the: ranges of ;common'
inventibni and the-pbem is
chiefly remarkable for the play-of artigt
.lite,agoundrthe simple tocidents. ,
!We niust, take, <the of calling
thb author, to task ,for tre'ating pictur
esiluely, snd,apoioge,tically the ,vices into
wisich,ungeyeined passion is too-apt to
lesd youth„ surrounded with the peen
,
liar .blandishments of art. There are
not a few gifted minds„ now-a-days, not
e6koned..2acapng the epenly: immoral,
have, ~much to answer for in,
thk pernicious ifashion they follows - %of
gilding unlawful ,pleasuresp and alluring'
our youih, _under i s flimSy, pretexts of
w4rning, to nothings else than. xdissipa~
tiou, loss of inwardpurity,und -a 'career
thit takes hold on , .
•-. , •
WI MPLE: Character 'and OharaCter4etic
Men:
p. 324. .d3oston:. Ticknor & Fields.. FOX
Ole lsy J. 13. Lippincot`&..oo.
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can lecturers is Whipple. Not profound
or 6sstimiiig to be ii); not , over " wrought
or ?imaginative; not severe in criticism;.
,but cultivated, shrew:4, sensible,,,,dire,qt,
with an . aliiinda,ace of agreeable brief
illustrations, mainly of
,a personal, Char
aster ; and aiming ever to please and
entemail], to •hold• the uncettain atten
tion of the hearer, by soMething fresh
endcaptivating.
,
, The, topics are Character; Eccentric,
•Iniellectnal and Heroic Character ; The
•American Mirid ; The English Mind;
. Th'ackeray ; Nathaniel Hawthorne ; Ed
ward Everett ; T. gtarr King ; Agassiz ;
Washington and the Principles of the
Revolution.
TEIiNYSON. The Poetical Works of Alfred
Tennyson, Poet:Laureate. Boston: Tick
nbr ‘,SL Fields. Square 18gio., pp. 370.
This is Messrs. Ticknor & Fields'
niro edition of the entire works of the
po4t, issued in various styles and sizes.
This Diamond Edition, small enough to
go Into the coat pocket, yet exquisitely
and clearly printed on tinted paper, con
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author's; and is sold at , the low price of
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,Paper covers. For sale as. above.
This work of fiction, written with
greiid power of Inientiop, characteriza, 7
tiori and description, bids fair to bring
back upon us a style of novel writing
in which the State prison crimes of
offenders are to work little' or no
dmiage to the social standing, or real
estimate of character of the individuals
concerned.. Commencing with a duel,
we ere led through a train of 'intrigue,
susPicion,. jealousy, deceit, and crimi
nality. which we ~have been amaped to
,
see served up on, the pages of a peri
odidal claiming the respectable standing
of the Atlantic Monthly. It has beeit a
scandal' to the current literature of the
day. '
We learn that the author entertains
the !purpose to' Prosecute for damages
one ;of his' crities - who • has held up the
offences of the,beoll against morality to
public reprobation, as they deserved.
Such an attempt would issue 'in coy
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TusißLlNo Pungens. By the Author Of
" Opposite the Jail." Boston : Henry
Biyt. 1,8m0., pp. 229 ..' Presbyterian
Bdok Store, 1334 Chestnut-Street.
Quite too-sorrowful, not to say, hartow:
ing, 4 story to be reckoned among the
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PERIODICALS.
NORTH BRITISH REVIEW, No. 89, Sep
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no j .
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tratiOW'ot the gieAt number .of copies of
thfs , work that . ' have been produced, it is
stated that 'irt France 'alone' there have
been more than sixty translations and more
than a thousand editions in French.
B 6 .anger and his NU/she's Coachman.
--The publisher of ilieranger's works was
L Ferman whO. gave him an. annuity of
Opoo..to T for ,the copyright of all
his works. An ordinarylostler asks 665
more a, year than this man, of genius re
ceived ; and the strange, sight, was to be
witnessed of M. Perrotin being driven to
his cOinti'y-peat by a 'man 'who received
more for his`mknual later than . the genius
did w'h& in great part suppOrted master,
'man, horses and carriage.—Cor. Childs'
Lit. Gazette.
- Speaking , of the death, probably by
starvation, 'of a young literary aspirant of
Paris, the Paris 'correspondent of Childs'
Literary Gazette, says :—He forgot—as so
many forget—that a longer novitiate is re
quired in literature,than in any other pro
fession. No man thinks of adopting the
law, Or . , medicine, or engineering as a pro
fession, unless he is th master of money
enough to support him in the school and
'during the first year of professional life.
But almost every man thinks he can earn
money as a-writer from the very outset,
seven though; as is often - the case, he is ig
norant of. orthography and syntax. We
ShoUld hear a great deal less about the dis
tress of young literary men if they would
,`consent to use these assistances which are at
liana during their novitiate. The most
, eminent writers recommend these assist
ance* is pitotections to the dignity, as aids
to the kaprovement and rapid success of
the literary man. Spinoza polished glasses
for optical instrument-makers while medi
tating and writing his extraordinary phi
losophical" treatises. Franklin supported
himself • as= a printer. N. Mieheet re
fused to
,earn 'bread by writing gas a hack,
and supported himself by teaching until
he felt himself able, to write. M. Renee
'supported himself by teaching school until
he ascertained that he was sufficiently mas
ter of his pep to, draw support from it. M.
'PrevoSt-Paradol likewiSe supported himself
during his literary novitiate by teaching.
M. Taine, long after he beedirte well known
as an-author, continue& to teach. Some
of his friends expressed their astonish
ment.. He., replied :—" I wish to write
, only when,,where, and as I please, and no
author can enjpy this independence unless
he, is able to do, without . editors of news
papers and publishers. I have allotted to
myself a minimum of fortune, which I re
gard as indispensable to comfortable mate
rial life; and ivhen I shall have attained
it, I shall philosophize at my pleasure."
Mme.'Greorge Sand supported herself by
painting fans until her pen supplied her
with sufficient income: Young authors
ought to. bear these examples in mind, and
to imitate them. There are a great many
employments where the literary neophyte
May earn his livelihood while he is fitting
himself for his new profession. If he dis
dains these, for some discreditable vanity,
and resolves to have no bed and no board
but such as his inexperienced pen may pro
-vide; he cannot complain if a life of hard
ship and a premature grave are his portion.
Course of 'English. Reading.—The Na
tion,et. 4, speaks of a work entitled, ".A.
Con e of ; English Literature," lately pub
lish.l.i!)
ed by James Hannay, author ota
plc ant essay on Thackeray, and a reada
ble 'Volume called " Satire and Satirists.
M Hannay . divides English literature into
eprehs, and, giying to each a backbone ?f ,
hi tory,. he alloire divergence, at the will
o the reader, among philosophy, poetry.
fi tion, letters, and light reading. He only
r commend* what is best to be read, nE,
owing the style of the author and reflect
ng the spirit of the time. An American
1 edition is soon to he' issued by Messrs. Chas.
peribner & Co., which will contain the
de
ex-
.
cellent addition of a list of the most
ugh
sirable editions of the works recommende d
in the book, by a well-known thorough
a
guide for buying an English library.
bibliographer.
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This will, in fact,