PAGE nam's Semi-Monthly Library: Hood, 272. A Faggot of French Sticks, 273. Five Years in an English University, 274. Hand Book of Wines, 361. The Standard Speaker, 363. Pynnshurst: His Wanderings and Ways of Thinking, 365. The Buckeye Abroad; or Wanderings in Europe, 366. Meditations in America, and other Poems, 367. Examples of Life and Death, 368. The North American Review for October, 460. Men and Women of the Eighteenth Century, 461. Putnam's Semi-Monthly Library, 462. Documenta-. ry History of the State of New-York, 462. Appleton's Popular Library of the Best Authors, 463. Lord Cockburn's Life of Lord Jeffrey, 463. Isa: A Pilgrimage, 554, Schoolcraft's History of the Indian Tribes of America, 553. The Household of Sir Thomas More, 554. Pynnshurst: His Wanderings, etc., 554. Little and Brown's Edition of Webster's Works, 555. Lines: Our Paths Divide, 31 118 123 Lines on Lizzie Laird. By JAMES LINEN, 145 155 Lines to Ella. By M. S. SEWARD, 220 Lost in the Tule: An Incident in California, 221 66 346 351 Locket (The): An Ancient Ballad. By RICH- 321 325 Sonnet to Josephine. By H. W. ROCKWELL, 359 436 505 ⚫ 506 520 Lonely Heart (The), Lines. By WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT, 447 Lines to Fanny. By A. S. M.,' Leaf from the Life of a London Author (A), 537 Sea-Nymphs (The) to the Dryads. By WIL- Oberon and Titania. By a New Contributor, 124 347 390 Unus et Alter. By a New Contributor, V Voyageur (The). By the Author of Talbot and Vernon, W 173 Poetry of Praed (The), Parting by the Sea (The). By WILLIAM 220 435 Peasant's Song of Spring (The). By JAMES LINEN, 158 Why?-or Unanswered Questions, 528 ART. I. THE VOYAGEUR. BY THE AUTHOR OF TALBOT AND VERNON,' III. THE NORTHERN LIGHTS. BY LUDWIG VON MUDDLEBRAINZ, V. LINES: 'OUR PATHS DIVIDE,' VII. CHARLOTTE MAY. BY FRANCIS COPCUTT, VIII. UNUS ET ALTER. BY A NEW CONTRIBUTOR, IX. AN EPISTOLARY DAY-DREAM, X. SCHEDIASMS. NUMBER FIVE. BY PAUL SIOGVOLK, XI. STANZAS: THE LAKE OF SCHROON, XII. ANGEL EVE, OR THE CELESTIAL MESSENGER, XIII. THE FUDGE PAPERS. BY THE AUTHOR OF REVERIES OF A BACHELOR,' SCOTIA, LAND OF LAKE AND MOUNTAIN,' XV. SKETCH-BOOK OF ME, MEISTER KARL. BY CHARLES G. LELAND, ESQ., XVII. ANN ELIOT: WIFE OF THE APOSTLE OF THE INDIANS,' XVIII. STANZAS: 'ABOUT THE SEX,' XIX. A SEQUEL TO SAINT LEGER. BY RICHARD B. KIMBALL, XX. THE ANGEL IN A MAIDEN'S EYES,' LITERARY NOTICES : 1. DREAM-LIFE: A FABLE OF THE SEASONS, 2. SCHOOLCRAFT'S MEMOIRS OF WESTERN INDIAN TRIBES, 3. TAYLOR'S INDICATIONS OF THE CREATOR, OR THE FINAL CAUSE, 4. THE GOLDEN LEGEND. BY H. W. LONGFELLOW, 5. THE LAND OF BONDAGE. BY REV. J. M. WAINWRIGHT, EDITOR'S TABLE: 1. SOCIETIES FOR AMELIORATING THE CONDITION OF THE RICH, 2. CARLYLE ON COLERIDGE: A CONVERSATIONAL BORE,' 3. REMINISCENCES OF THE LATE JAMES MONTGOMERY, 4. GOSSIP WITH READERS AND CORRESPONDENTS, 1. A LAUGHABLE INCIDENT AT A FUNERAL: A 'SPIRITUAL RAPPING' BY THE ED- 5. LITERARY RECORD, ENTERED, ACCORDING TO ACT OF CONGRESS, IN THE YEAR 18:2 ET SAMUEL HCESTON, IN THE CLERE'S OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW-YORK. BY THE AUTHOR OF TALBOT AND VERNON,' 'THE GLENNS,' MTC. 'SPREAD out earth's holiest records here, THE shapeless knight-errantry of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, rich as it was in romance and adventure, is not to be compared, in any valuable characteristic, to the noiseless self-devotion of the men who first explored the Western country. The courage of the knight was a part of his savage nature; his confidence was in the strength of his own right arm; and if his ruggedness was ever softened down by gentler thoughts, it was only when he asked forgiveness for his crimes, or melted in sensual idolatry of female beauty. It would be a curious and instructive inquiry, could we institute it with success, how much of the contempt of danger manifested by the wandering knight was referable to genuine valor, and what proportion to the strength of a Milan coat and the temper of a Toledo or Ferrara blade. And it would be still more curious, although perhaps not so instructive, to estimate the purity and fidelity of the heroines of chivalry; to ascertain the amount of true devotion given them by their admirers, without hope of reward.' But without abating its interest by invidious and ungrateful inquiries, we can see quite enough- in its turbulence, its cruelty, arrogance and oppression-to make us thank Heaven that 'the days of chivalry are gone.' And from that chaotic scene of rapine, raid and murder, we can turn with pleasure to contemplate the truer, nobler chivalry, the chivalry of love and peace, whose weapons were the kindness of their hearts, the purity of their motives, and the self-denial of their lives. เ The term 'voyageur'* literally signifies 'traveller;' but by this modest IN common use, this word was restricted so as to indicate only the boatmen; the carriers of that time; but I am writing of a period anterior, by many years, to the existence of the trade which made their occupation. name are indicated some of the bravest adventurers the world has ever seen. But it is not in its usual, common-place signification that I employ the word, nor yet in that which is given it by most writers on the subject of early French settlements and explorations. Men are often affected by the names given them, either of opprobrium or commendation; but words are quite as frequently changed, restricted or enlarged in meaning, by their application to men. For example: you apply the word soldier to a class of men; and if robbery be one of the characteristics of that class, 'soldier' will soon come to mean 'robber' too. And thus, though the parallel is only logical, has it been with the term 'voyageur. The class of men to whom it is applied were travellers- voyageurs; but they were more; and as the habits and qualities of men came in time to be better understood than the meaning of French words, the term, used in reference to Western history, took much of its significance from the history and character of the men it assumed to describe. Thus, un voyageur means not only a traveller, but a traveller with a purpose; an adventurer among the Western wilds; a chivalrous missionary, either in the cause of science or religion. It includes high courage, burning zeal for Church and country, and the most generous self-devotion. It describes such men as Marquette, La Salle, Joliet, Gravier, and hundreds of others equally illustrious, who lived and died among the dangers and privations of the wilderness; who opened the way for civilization and Christianity among the savages; and won, many of them, crowns of martyrdom. They were almost all Frenchmen. The Spaniards who came to this continent were mere gold-seekers, thirsting only for wealth; and if they sought to propagate Christianity, or rather the Christian name, it was only a sanguinary bigotry that prompted them. On the other hand, the English emigrants came to take possession of the country for themselves. The conversion of the natives, or territorial acquisition for the mother country, were to them objects of barely secondary importance. They believed themselves persecuted-some of them were persecuted-and they fled: it was only safety for themselves, and the rich lands of the Indian, that they sought. Providence reserved for the French chevaliers and missionaries the glory of leaving their homes without compulsion, real or imaginary, to penetrate an inhospitable wilderness; to undergo fatigues; to encounter dangers, and endure privations of a thousand kinds, enticed by no golden glitter, and covetous of no riches, save such as are laid up in heaven!' They came not as conquerors, but as ministers of peace, demanding only hospitality. They never attacked the savages with sword or fagot; but extending hands not stained by blood, they justified their profession by relief and love and kindly offices. Sometimes, indeed, they received little tracts of land; not seized by the hand of power, nor grasped by superior cunning, but possessed as the free gift of simple gratitude; and upon these they lived in peace, surrounded by savages, but protected by the respect inspired by blameless and beneficent lives. Many of those whose vows permitted it, intermarried among the converted natives, and left the seeds of many meliorations in a stony soil; and many of them, when they died, were as sincerely mourned by the simple children of the forest as if they had been chiefs and braves." |