The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, June 1844: Volume 23, Number 6Various
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The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, June 1844: Volume 23, Number 6
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The fourth number of this very remarkable work has been published; and we
have had a fair opportunity of testing the merits of the mysterious
author. The circumstances must now be generally known, under which these
works appear before the public. It appears that MUNDT, a German scholar,
who is publishing a continuation of SCHLEGEL'S History of Literature, has
in his delineations of character given almost unbounded praise to an
American named SEATSFIELD. Among the various works attributed to him are
'Life in the New World,' 'Sea, Sketches,' 'South and North,' 'Virey,' the
'Legitimate,' and others, which are to be issued in rapid succession from
the press of WINCHESTER, 'the indefatigable,' as he may well be called;
for the rapidity with which he sends out to the world the literary
novelties of the day is a theme of public marvel. The German, in which
these volumes are written, is said by competent judges, to be very pure
and powerful: and indeed we may rest assured that if the case were
otherwise, a critic of such high reputation as MUNDT would never have
spoken of SEATSFIELD in such enthusiastic terms. The publisher, we
understand, obtained several of the works from the library of Columbia
College, through the politeness of Professor TELLKAMPT.
The opinion, which some have expressed, that SEATSFIELD'S books are made
up of stolen selections from different American writers, is unfounded. We
cannot recognize in his style or thought familiar passages; and beside,
there does not appear to be any rational inducement for this species of
plagiarism. It is evident that the writings are indeed what they appear to
be, the genuine productions of an able man. The descriptions of natural
scenery are very graphic. 'The first trip on the Red River,' and the
description of the trappers, is one of the most animated sketches we have
ever read. Our mountains, rivers, cataracts, ocean-lakes, and forests, are
described with the most remarkable spirit and truth.' The translation, we
are informed by the best judges, is extremely faithful.
POETRY AND HISTORY OF WYOMING. By WILLIAM L. STONE, Esq. Second
edition, enlarged. New-York: MARK H. NEWMAN.
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