The Penance of Roland, a Romance of the Peine Forte et Dure, and Other Poems. By Henry B. Hirst, Author of Endymion, etc. Boston: Ticknor, Reed & Fields. 1 vol. 16 mo.
The Penance of Roland, a Romance of the Peine Forte et Dure, and Other Poems. By Henry B. Hirst, Author of Endymion, etc. Boston: Ticknor, Reed & Fields. 1 vol. 16 mo.
This volume, though it contains nothing equal in classic beauty and grace to the exquisite poem of Endymion, has striking merits of another kind, indicating that the author’s genius is versatile, and can roam at will into many regions of song. The Penance of Roland is a long and spirited ballad story, giving free play to a variety of strong passions, and hurrying the reader swiftly along on a rushing stream of musical verse to the conclusion. The author has united narration and description in such an artistical manner, as to make his representations of scenery and moods of mind aid instead of obstructing the story; and he produces a strict unity of effect, by making every thing serve the dominant idea of the poem. In this power of grasping a leading idea, of conceiving a poem, Mr. Hirst is ever pre-eminently successful. This was the great charm of Endymion, and it is just as observable in the smaller pieces contained in the present volume as in that longer work. Of the whole nineteen there is not one which is merely a collection of melodious lines, embodying certain fancies and imaginations, but each is a short poem, imaginatively conceived and artistically executed. We have no space to refer to them individually, but it can be said of them generally, that they display a profound insight into the mysteries of melody both in metre and rhythm, and evince great strength and subtilty of imagination in the embodiment of varying moods of mind. The volume is a rich addition to the poetical literature of the country.
History of the National Constituent Assembly. By J. F. Corkran, Esq. New York: Harper & Brothers. 1 vol. 12mo.
History of the National Constituent Assembly. By J. F. Corkran, Esq. New York: Harper & Brothers. 1 vol. 12mo.
The author of this interesting volume was in daily attendance at the National Assembly for some months, and his book is a record of his personal observation of men and debates, including a view of the measures introduced into the Assembly, and the mode in which they were discussed. The author is an Englishman, and his eye is not always perfectly accurate in his perception of French character; but he is far beyond most of his countrymen even in this particular. He gives tolerably correct views of the different factions which divided the nation after the Revolution of February—the Red and the Moderate Republicans, Socialists, Communists, Bonapartists and Monarchists; and some capital portraits are drawn of Lamartine, Louis Blanc, Cremieux, Garnier Pages, Arago, Marie, Murrast, Thieré, Barrot, Berryer, Dupin, Rollin, Cavaignac, Mole, and Marshal Bugeaud. One of the most interesting portions of the volume we have found to be the account of Pierre Leroux. Mr. Corkran is evidently ignorant of the fact that Leroux is one of the profoundest metaphysicians of France, that he not only demolished the Eclectic system of Cousin, but is himself a man with positive philosophical ideas, and accordingly he considers him simply as a political socialist, who fails as a public speaker. Leroux is thus described: “Beneath a prodigious mass, or mop, of black hair, as wild and entangled as the brushwood of a virgin forest, slumber a pair of misty, dreamy eyes, while the spectator’s ears are regaled with the sounds of a sing-song voice, going through an interminable history of human society, from the earliest days to the present time, for the purpose of showing that the world has hitherto been on a wrong social track, and struggling in the toils of a great mistake.” It seems that Leroux was in the habit of reading his speeches, and though he at first obtained the ear of the Assembly, he was ruined by having it proved upon him that he was in the custom of reading one of his own unsaleable printed pamphlets instead of a speech written for the occasion. Mr. Corkran says, “when he attempted to read afterward, a resolution was gravely proposed that no books should be read at the tribune. Well do I recollect the scowl with which the philosopher slowly ascended the tribune.”
The Magic of Kindness; or the Wondrous Story of the God Huan. By the Brothers Mayhew. New York: Harper & Brothers. 1 vol. 16mo.
The Magic of Kindness; or the Wondrous Story of the God Huan. By the Brothers Mayhew. New York: Harper & Brothers. 1 vol. 16mo.
The authors of this little volume are the same who wrote the popular and charming book entitled, “The Good Genius that Turned Everything into Gold;” and their present contribution to a cause equally good, has the peculiar interest of a fairy tale in the treatment of facts historically accurate. The subject of benevolence, and the miracles it works, have rarely been presented in a manner more likely to win converts among readers of all dispositions and capacities. The illustrations by Kenny Meadows and George Cruikshank, are excellent; and the same may be said of the typography of the volume.
The Elements of Reading and Oratory. By Henry Mandeville, D. D., Professor of Moral Science and Belles Lettres in Hamilton College. A New Revised Edition. New York: D. Appleton & Co. 1 vol. 12mo.
The Elements of Reading and Oratory. By Henry Mandeville, D. D., Professor of Moral Science and Belles Lettres in Hamilton College. A New Revised Edition. New York: D. Appleton & Co. 1 vol. 12mo.
Here is a work on Elocution deserving the title of scientific, excelling, as it does, in the generalization and statement of laws any book of the kind published on either side of the Atlantic. It would be impossible in our limited space to give an account of the author’s method, but it certainly is most thorough in pronunciation, punctuation, modulation, the classification of sentences, and emphasis. It is not only an admirable book for schools, but it contains much to interest every person who would write and speak the English language accurately, and there are few English scholars so accomplished as not to be able to obtain new and valuable information from its perusal.
History of Julius Cæsar. By Jacob Abbott. With Engravings. New York: Harper & Brothers. 1 vol. 18mo.
History of Julius Cæsar. By Jacob Abbott. With Engravings. New York: Harper & Brothers. 1 vol. 18mo.
The series of Mr. Abbott’s histories appear in such rapid succession that we presume they have attained great popularity. Certainly few books are better calculated to improve and instruct young minds. The present volume is devoted to Cæsar, one of the world’s three military wonders, and his eventful life is portrayed with much vigor and clearness of narration.
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I LOVE, WHEN THE MORNING BEAMS.
PREPARED FOR “GRAHAM’S MAGAZINE”
By D. W. Belisle.
I love when the morning first dawns.To hie to the mountains away,And list while the lark in the lawnsSings sweetly its earliest lay;I love when the morning first dawns.To hie to the mountains a-way,And list while the lark in the lawnsSings sweetly its earliest lay,When the last star grows dim, and the hillsBask in the bright beams of the morn,Oh
I love when the morning first dawns.To hie to the mountains away,And list while the lark in the lawnsSings sweetly its earliest lay;I love when the morning first dawns.To hie to the mountains a-way,And list while the lark in the lawnsSings sweetly its earliest lay,When the last star grows dim, and the hillsBask in the bright beams of the morn,Oh
I love when the morning first dawns.
To hie to the mountains away,
And list while the lark in the lawns
Sings sweetly its earliest lay;
I love when the morning first dawns.
To hie to the mountains a-way,
And list while the lark in the lawns
Sings sweetly its earliest lay,
When the last star grows dim, and the hills
Bask in the bright beams of the morn,
Oh
then let me stand by the rills,Oh then let me stand by the rills,And give a loud blast on my horn......A loud blast on my horn,a loud blast on my horn,a loud blast, a loud blast on my horn.Oh then let me stand by the rills,And give a loud blast on my horn,And give a loud blast on my horn.And give a loud blast on my horn.I hear on the hill-tops the sound,It ringeth o’er mountain and lea,And waketh sweet accents aroundIn music far out on the sea;Its cadences gently subside,Like vespers that chant out the day,Then softly on echoes they ride,Till lost in the distance away.
then let me stand by the rills,Oh then let me stand by the rills,And give a loud blast on my horn......A loud blast on my horn,a loud blast on my horn,a loud blast, a loud blast on my horn.Oh then let me stand by the rills,And give a loud blast on my horn,And give a loud blast on my horn.And give a loud blast on my horn.I hear on the hill-tops the sound,It ringeth o’er mountain and lea,And waketh sweet accents aroundIn music far out on the sea;Its cadences gently subside,Like vespers that chant out the day,Then softly on echoes they ride,Till lost in the distance away.
then let me stand by the rills,
Oh then let me stand by the rills,
And give a loud blast on my horn......
A loud blast on my horn,
a loud blast on my horn,
a loud blast, a loud blast on my horn.
Oh then let me stand by the rills,
And give a loud blast on my horn,
And give a loud blast on my horn.
And give a loud blast on my horn.
I hear on the hill-tops the sound,
It ringeth o’er mountain and lea,
And waketh sweet accents around
In music far out on the sea;
Its cadences gently subside,
Like vespers that chant out the day,
Then softly on echoes they ride,
Till lost in the distance away.
Transcriber’s Notes:
Table of Contents has been added for reader convenience. Archaic spellings and hyphenation have been retained. Punctuation has been corrected without note. Other errors have been corrected as noted below. For illustrations, some caption text may be missing or incomplete due to condition of the originals used for preparation of the eBook.
page 193, Able May answered to ==>AbelMay answered topage 195, Able May, who by this ==>AbelMay, who by thispage 195, linen and broadcloath, why ==> linen andbroadcloth, whypage 197, my eye eye caught the ==> myeyecaught thepage 199, she know of none ==> sheknewof nonepage 201, his mind an indellible ==> his mind anindeliblepage 205, glory, or the the gallows, ==> glory, orthegallows,page 205, of look and jesture. ==> of look andgesture.page 207, that had occured during ==> that hadoccurredduringpage 222, his two faithful mirror ==> histoofaithful mirrorpage 223, accidently heard Minnie’s ==>accidentallyheard Minnie’spage 226, passed and Minne was ==> passed andMinniewaspage 227, strange Dalilah, he ==> strangeDelilah, hepage 228, BY THOMAS FIZGERALD, ==> BY THOMASFITZGERALD,page 228, he felt a superstious ==> he felt asuperstitiouspage 241, “I—” she begun, and again ==> “I—” shebegan, and againpage 243, of whom he purchased ==> of whomI purchasedpage 243, House and its precints ==> House and itsprecinctspage 244, me!” said Mr. M., petulently. ==> me!” said Mr. M.,petulantly.page 249, abundant sppply of money ==> abundantsupplyof money
page 193, Able May answered to ==>AbelMay answered to
page 195, Able May, who by this ==>AbelMay, who by this
page 195, linen and broadcloath, why ==> linen andbroadcloth, why
page 197, my eye eye caught the ==> myeyecaught the
page 199, she know of none ==> sheknewof none
page 201, his mind an indellible ==> his mind anindelible
page 205, glory, or the the gallows, ==> glory, orthegallows,
page 205, of look and jesture. ==> of look andgesture.
page 207, that had occured during ==> that hadoccurredduring
page 222, his two faithful mirror ==> histoofaithful mirror
page 223, accidently heard Minnie’s ==>accidentallyheard Minnie’s
page 226, passed and Minne was ==> passed andMinniewas
page 227, strange Dalilah, he ==> strangeDelilah, he
page 228, BY THOMAS FIZGERALD, ==> BY THOMASFITZGERALD,
page 228, he felt a superstious ==> he felt asuperstitious
page 241, “I—” she begun, and again ==> “I—” shebegan, and again
page 243, of whom he purchased ==> of whomI purchased
page 243, House and its precints ==> House and itsprecincts
page 244, me!” said Mr. M., petulently. ==> me!” said Mr. M.,petulantly.
page 249, abundant sppply of money ==> abundantsupplyof money