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The New World, Quarto Edition, v. II, no. 17, Whole Number 47, Saturday, April 24, 1841.
Author
Ritchie, Anna Cora Ogden Mowatt, 1819-1870.
Contributor
Benjamin, Park, 1809-1864.
Date Added
7 February 2017
Format
Newspaper
Language
English
Publish Date
1841-04-24
Publisher
New York : J. Winchester
Source
Dime Novels and Popular Literature
Alternate Title
Gulzara, or, The Persian slave / by Anna Cora Mowatt.
Topic
Popular literature > United States > 19th century > Periodicals. Bryant, William Cullen, 1794-1878. Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841.
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i “ Cwill he continued front time to time in the New World. and
in ‘which to commend! our gallery-that 0‘ ‘he Edl“" “f
‘I the Evening Post,and the author of
‘ (criticisms upon literary prDduCl.tI"IS-
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NEW-YORK, SATURDAY. APRIL 24. 1841. '
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love for .
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‘ WILLIAM CULLEN BEYAKT‘ l - v 8 Al F 2 Tlnluselenand nnpmnt-nta'm.w
We this weelt commence (series of Punmils Wllkll “I“5'"-d of chwkhg Q"
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‘ ‘l b ' t tiri to the intelligent reader
which cannonfat to ‘e in eraaorkg of o“rAmenc“ wmerst
lusively confined to mere an-
. tborkmen who have written books-bill W N"! W50 Ugfe
‘generally known throughout the country. B5,0“““"3‘9d
the press. We have chosen the rnoat.!itttnS ''‘““e ‘U
0Slll0I. , . . . o ' ‘
When only fourteen years‘Dld 0'“
Boston, in a small volume, wtthaome”
Embs1go,or Sketches of the Times.
Wm, which have
become standard in America have been rerP“bl”1'“?d, in
‘England and areregardad withlgrent favorinbugh coluglrtes.
i Our sketches will be brief, and will not tnclu e e a orate
at President Jefferson
Cur.r.:s Batu-r is The son of Peter I'>fY3“l,
physician of respectable rank.
v xviuiam was born on the ad day of November; 104' lg’
i gave evidences of gthe faculty of verse-making at an ear Y
When hut nine year: old, he composedgfor a school-
WILLIAM
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-of Cumnungtolhmissn, I e um
Williamstown, Massachusetts.
The h
The youthful poet was rather encouraged than restrained
‘1. by his indulgent parent in these early manifestations of a
imagination of his son, Dr. 'Bry.
not who was a sound scholar and a man of taste, guided
and directed it; and the poet now acknowledges that he is
indebted to parental teaching for some careful habils in 00m-
authtrr ‘published at
other poexus. “ The
oak was so
well received that a second edition was P'i'“9d Wllhln ‘he
ear. “ The Embargo '3 was a P"“uC‘lj"‘ 'f"P"“l9"‘l1‘d
and his meastms. -Vltis chiefly [6-
marltable lrom the fact that the boY'5h Dhnclpks 1h5l’C"1
upusnd have’ Df 13;; dnys, been gravely brought to sue
tain a charge of inconsistency urged against the man. g
In lS1D, the young astirist entered Williams cnllega. tn
ained hero two
years, and then, obtaining it dismiaql I-IP9“ h15 0w“ 'Pl>1l'
cation, turned his attention to the study of law.
he was admitted to the bar IlPlYm0“l1lo Wd f“.'“’“"""l"
In 1315.
“ge'- - - ‘ r - i th t‘ d 'th mode te success. .
i i ‘eideii: coet‘riii‘enrllilidyiih‘itPel‘ii7:la;:h:1v:ivhl?kl;"it1:::‘p‘ti’ize‘ti pub: ?.niilt'l.ci3ry‘:itt came trdl New York in tsiasi HeN5lmrtlYy he-
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. haylcdmlqgnhampyon. ,k . rt,‘ . . V, cam: l11‘=dllul'lk0f a'MagI7-IE9; f“'-“i‘’- 35 "V '
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‘ Harpers, of New-York, have printed several editions, of
as PER ANNUML x
' WHOLE Nnncrzn 47. ' i i in v I
Rzvrrw. Some ofhis mostndmired pieces appearedh-are. ., , V p l‘ ,
In 1826 he became associated in the‘ editorial conduct of . 1 n l "
Trrr-2 EVENING Po:-r. . ‘ .
‘During each of the years 1527, 1823, and ISEZD, he cun- .‘ 5 4
mbuted one-third of its matter to an annual entitled “ The - ‘- A I
Talisman"mthe remaining two-thirds being written,chiei'ly, ‘ ’
by Messieurs Vcrplanck and Sanda.. . A -r “ ' t
In 1832 Iilrt Elam Bliss,of New-York, issued the Era! , . i a
complete edition of the poems at‘ Bryant. t was anon ex:
hansted, and a second immediately published in Boston.
Ofthts latter, Mr. Washington Irving, then in London, took
“P011 himself an English re-publication, in which he atte
trounced himself as the editor, dedicating the hook in this‘
c2pnctty‘to Mr. Samuel Rogers. ' ‘ '
which the latest contains seventeen pieces not to be found
tn anyprevtoua colection. One or two Hne poems, not yet
gomprlsed tn volume form, have lately appeared in the
viii-uikerbocker Magttztue ” and the “ Democratic Re-‘
In June, 1534, the poet, with his family, sailed for Eu-
mP3t Wit-hglhe design of there devoting some years to lite-
rary pursuits and to the education of his children. II:
visited Italy and Germany, residing principally in Munich,
Heidlshnrg. Florence and Pisa. In the epriug of 1536 he
was suddenly called home by the severe illness o[Mr. Leg-
gett,hia associate in the “Evening Post.” A ‘
- “ The pollical reputation of Mr. Bryant,” remarks a fine
critic-Mr. Ed ar A. Poe-to whose published sketch we
are indebted for some facts in this notice, “ both at home and :
abroad, is, perhaps, higher than that of any other Ameri-
can In England his writings have been rt-ceivutl with es- , '
pecial favor, and here the public- approbntinn has been de-
cided and unanimous. In no instance has his great nhiliL r
ties been denied‘-nor can it be denied that this fact itself
is a substantial proof of the character and of the extent of
these abilities. No man ofthe ‘noblest order of genius was '
ever distinguished by absolute uniformity OfIl[.IplAlle(‘. On
the other hand this uniformity is never known ettceptwhere
we meet with the most rigorous negative merit. In truth a ‘
manly exemption from the prevalent poetical afiectations
f is time has done more for Mr. Bryant titan any one pos-
itive excellence. ’Yet of positive eacellencies he hasntnny;
and there are one or two ofhis shorter poems M hieh some-
times startle the critic into a belief of a rarer spirit-afa
more ethereal temper-than that of which the poet gives
any general or steady indication." - ,
We believe that the ‘reputation of the “litst American
Poet,” is always accorded to Mr, Bryant. His poems
are t-ertainlymore generally known and aremore Amt-ricatt
in their character than those of any othsnnattvc poet. ' In
our opinion, Mr. Bryant might acquire as a pram-writer a
reputation not inferior to that which he has attained as a
p0('l, were the subjects on which he employs his pen of a >
moralastittg character. His leading articlesin the Evening
Post are models ofpaicorrect and elegant style; they are ,
full of,wit, happy ‘illustrations,’ and forcible: antethestsg . 7.
They are not less vigorous than they are pnlisltt-ti, and the
charm of their style gives interest to the driest nttluects.
. In politics Mr. Bryant is of the strict Democrttttc school; i
no paper in the United States, more ably and cottsistently 7
than his, supported the administrations of Gen. Jackson end
Mr. Van Buren. His enemies call him malignant-falsely’,
' His conduct in private life, and i’llS character
as a poet indicate him to be a man, gentle and hertevnlent.
In the domestic circles. and by his friends, numerous and
good, Mr. Bryant is truly loved, Ilisntoral cltarnctsr is
unimpeachable: I kind husband, an aliectitnnate father-he
lion up to thcpsentirnents expresed in many of his poems. [
The likeness in the above sketch is very good. The ex‘
pression has heen caught by the artist, and conveyed with
striking fidelity.‘ Our admiration for Mr. Bryant as I .
poet-our esteem for him as a man, would have prompwd
us to say more; less we could not have said with any J“?
Lice to oursubject . '
v -, t V ‘For its New World. -‘
l , ‘DREAMLETQ. .
r Ituow a little ‘ntm hit. when bnnla m brlrh‘ -it“ “f"'mt ‘
Thus on at night ray foolrttepl ltr-y to ..-1...: the In-nun; hours:
And when the in non’: full glory banrtufrotu tuna‘: mus Itch above.
In I-‘sncy’l tmgttt IIIII nesting dreamt tmeof ‘ha I" love ,2
Her dnrtt brown hlif unlrlmmeled Us in mtly "I'll! curls;
Heropcning rota-bud lips heuly - b ‘
with fairy snap mt tnngttng er .
And. nrchly echoing nigh forI'!'v ‘hf ''f'’P‘"v "‘ "1 ‘f9 ‘]‘'“A’;
nut-tme,o lovely new -' -balm It-'ff=‘t -v-lrta-vnrrmrh
Dielll nnreve-led tan nu fun 0-" Ida‘ 0”-I I"-M .
mm, H. W”, 5,, ,,r...nc- ttmp o'er lnorllll Inch Ivan! point,
on .p,..a uplin your any Iuttgn and tult me to bar bower!’
ltyt are fiililful -t--do--, cm by coming good or ill. .
I .n ‘.,,.n and nut tothslur,nd lsave urth-hoping at’
And r... beyond the moon‘: pllu burns and mm lnnru a..t.nt igh
I at Jack t‘-tltilnzent oltny dream, ‘mil saanu mpremaly bright.
Inrl’n t
ngltl may it pa I;
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