ts used to apply physical force; to remove physical | of "thought"-the thief of "mental operations." orce; to remove physical obstructions; to avail Channing mentions "intelligence of the highest Iself of physical aids and advantages; and all these re not the highest objects of mind, nor do they order" the thief will have it of "the highest and emand intelligence of the highest and rarest order. rarest." Channing observes that military talent is Nothing is more common than to find men, eminent often" almost wholly wanting," etc.—the thief mainn the science and practice of war, wholly wanting tains it to be n the nobler energies of the soul; in imagination, wholly wanting." Channing alludes n taste, in enlarged views of human nature, in the to "large views of human nature"-the thief can noral sciences, in the application of analysis and be content with nothing less than "enlarged" ones. reneralization to the human mind and to society; Finally, the American having been satisfied with a r in original conceptions on the great subjects which have occupied and absorbed the most glorious reference to “subjects which have absorbed the most fhuman understandings." glorious understandings," the Cockney puts him to shame at once by discoursing about "subjects which The article in "The New Monthly" is on "The State of Parties." The italics are mine. have occupied and absorbed the most glorious of human understandings"-as if one could be absorbed, Apparent plagiarisms frequently arise from an author's self-repetition. He finds that something he without being occupied, by a subject—as if "of " were here any thing more than two superfluous as already publi-hed has fallen dead-been overked—or that it is peculiarly apropos to another letters-and as if there were any chance of the ubject now under discussion. He therefore intro-reader's supposing that the understandings in quesluces the passage; often without allusion to his hay- tion were the understandings of frogs, or jackasses, eg printed it before; and sometimes he introduces or Johnny Bulls. tinto an anonymous article. An anonymous writer 3 thus, now and then, unjustly accused of plagiarism -when the sin is merely that of self-repetition. In the present case, however, there has been a deberate plagiarism of the silliest as well as meanest recies. Trusting to the obscurity of his original, Le pagiarist has fallen upon the idea of killing two ards with one stone-of dispensing with all disguise out that of decoration. By the way, in a case of this kind, whenever there is a question as to who is the original and who the plagiarist, the point may be determined, almost invariably, by observing which passage is amplified, or exaggerated, in tone. To disguise his stolen horse, the uneducated thief cuts off the tail; but the educated thief prefers tying on a new tail at the end of the old one, and painting them both sky blue. After reading all that has been written, and after thinking all that can be thought, on the topics of God and the soul, the man who has a right to say that he Channing says "order"-the writer in the New Monthly says "grade." The former says that this rder is “far from holding," etc.-the latter says it is ~very far from holding." The one says that mili-thinks at all, will find himself face to face with the ary talent is not conversant," and so on-the other ays "it is never made conversant." The one speaks of the highest and richest objects"-the other of the more delicate and abstruse." Channing speaks conclusion that, on these topics, the most profound thought is that which can be the least easily distinguished from the most superficial sentiment. This is a complete edition of one of America's most popular poets, with the old poems carefully revised, and many new pieces added. It is got up in a similar style with the editions of Longfellow and Bryant, by the same publishers, and is one of the most splendid volumes of the season. The portrait of the author, engraved by Cheney, is the most accurate we have seen. The illustrations, from designs by Leutze, and engraved by Humphrys, Tucker, and Pease, are sixteen in number, and in their character and execution are honorable to American art. They are truly embellishments. Fertile as has been the house of Carey & Hart in beautiful books, they have published nothing more elegant and tasteful than the present edition of Willis. We have written, in various critiques, at such length on the merits and characteristics of Willis, that it would be but repetition to dilate upon his genius now. In looking over the present volume, we cannot see that the sparkle and fire of his poetry becomes dim, even as read by eyes which have often performed that pleasant task before. The old witchery still abides in them, and the old sweetness, raciness, melody and power. That versatile mind, gliding with such graceful ease over the whole ground of "occasional" pieces, serious and mirthful, impassioned and tender, sacred and satirical, looks out upon us with the same freshness from his present " pictured" page, as when we hunted it, in the old time, through newspapers, magazines, and incomplete collections. We cordially wish the author the same success in his present rich dress, which he has always met in whatever style of typography he has invaded the public heart. When the stereotype plates of the present edition are worn out, it does not require the gift of prophecy to predict that the poet's reputation will be as unworn and as bright as ever. A Plea for Amusements. By Frederic W. Sawyer. New York: D. Appleton & Co. 1 vol. 12mo. This little volume, viewed in respect to the prejudices it so clearly exposes and opposes, is quite an important publication, and we trust it will find readers among those who need it most. That clumsy habit of the public mind, by which the perversions are confounded with the use of a thing, finds in Mr, Sawyer an acute analyst as well as sensible opponent. He has done his work with much learning, ability and taste, and has contrived to make his exposure of popular bigotries as interesting as it is useful. Campaign Sketches of the War with Mexico. By Capt. W. S. Henry, U. S. Army. With Engravings. New York: Harper & Brothers. 1 vol. 12mo. Here is a work by a brave and intelligent soldier, relating to the battles of General Taylor in Mexico, of which he was an eye-witness. It has the freshness which might be expected from a writer who mingled in the scenes he describes; and the plates of the different battle-grounds enable the reader intelligently to follow the descriptions of the author. Spite of the numerous books relating to the subject already before the public, Captain Henry's volume NEW BOOKS. will be found to contain much not generally known, and to describe what is generally known better than mestit his precursors in the task. The Consuelo. By George Sand. In Three Volumes. N The Journeyman Joiner, or the Companion of the Tour of The above editions of the somewhat too celebrates George Sand are got up, by our enterprising friend the publisher, in a style superior to that generally used on th species of literature. The translation by F. G. Shaw, Fec has been generally, and we think justly, commended. The works themselves, and their tendencies and results, have been made the subject of various opinions both here and abroad. We are not among those who are prepared to enter the lists as their champion. The translator himself remarks in relation to Consuelo: "That it has not foun fit translation before, was doubtless owing to prevailing impressions of something erratic and bizarre in the author's way of living, and to a certain undeniable tone of wis defying freedom in her earlier writings." The censure of the moral portion of the community is thus softly and mer cifully expressed: We will not at present add to it. The Last Incarnation. Gospel Legends of the Nineteenth The Scouting Expeditions of M'Culloch's Texas Rangers. By Samuel C. Ried, jr. Zieber & Co. Philadelphia. This work contains a spirited and vivid sketch of the Mexican war as prosecuted under Taylor. It is full of incident and interest, is written with spirit, and illustrated by a number of engravings. 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