The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-04-11
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The GALAXY, for April Is, 1867. Published by W: 6.
T. P. Church. No SO Park Row, New: York. ~isg
, This; number completes the first year OF the
Galary; and in that brief space of time this mag
azine has won an enviable reputation for itself
among the new literary aspirants for public favor
It's well edited. and has excellent corps Of con-
iribrtors.. The topics treated have been varied;
and, with rare EXCEPTIONS catholic in politics as in
literature. The number before US contains con-
dnuation of Mrs. R. 81. DAVIS new story, Waiting
for the Verdict and another instalment Of Mrs.
EDWARDS 'sSteven Lawrence, Yeoman. y
''The Fathers Ring" is translation of LES
SINGS famousparablex s Vor graues JahHen leos' elm
Mann I'm Qsten !" from his Nathan der Weise.''
The translation is fair, but by no means Of high
degree of excellence. It is neither very literal
nor very elegant. Take the following specimen:
whats to be dona2 isI "a
he sends In secret to q jeweller.
Not to be frugal Of tho cost ana pains
To make them tnly with the model ring.
zls,s ,ssoasRs :; W e 81. tie asSes asnnos ssa
The very simple sentence stDas gelingt. dem
Kunster'; is.. terribly murdered in the tame and
inelegant .sEhe man makes out TO do it.", So, IN
e@Ao W. oHOSAn. "a
STORING the virtue in Its luscious heart r u
I6 make the man who wore it q good t7ms 81
With God and with his fellows II i 81 III
The original Is thus: ;!.!F Il j ~
.tUnd hattie die geheime Kraft, vor Cot
dissep aRgsnsn s 20 Ess
! ru-.~- --~-nvvs ua show that we are not object
ing:sw1thout cause. But this must ;:aufasd "a. We
have seen many better translations of this famous
parable. I, 5s 8vg:. is3s. 1.1-
some Lovers Clear Day by JON, WEISS, 's Is
pleasant little poom, which our readers win find
on our fourth psge.s II + tss @
1.-THE Facts about M. Do CRAfIa1U1n Or give ma some
pleasant information about that prince of African
travellers, who has just published an elegant and
yery interesting volume under the title, "a Jour
ney to Ashango-Land. ? ~. -'i III; IN
This is followed by a biographical paper on vii:
TORN Colonna, !. . ' ,. - -.
The next is BY EUGENE BENSON on elite ratture
and the People. He answers the. question. re-
Gently asked sd. IN aneering tone by the Boen,nq
s2s.: fose Why have Wo no Saturday Reuie,o BE
candidly acknowledges that we could. not have
them II We would but that it would be little less
than national misfortune il it we're otherwise.
He says: Saturday Reoie,cs cannot crow out Of
anything less hard, arrogant intellectually azro-
CANT than the cultivated and aristocratic English
man; like him with a set habit Of oorsas. and
utter deadneas Of the feelings that expand and re-
olprocate the enthusiesms Of humanity WHY
have we no Saturday Reoit,os !? Because we are Il
americans, because We have not. Oxford and Cam
bridge, and back ofsOxford and Cambridge five
hundred years Of privilege five hundred years =, Of
legal restrictions. The Saturday Reuie,o always
opens its subject with the spretence Of fair play
and betrays SO little feeling that is de-.
ceived and believes its critical examination is dis
ssionate search for truth. But before Won have
gpne through its. bald hard higid i contract SEN
tencesbefore YOU Have read the last 81 it's cold
eneerng and arrogant words, yon have been chilled
with the discovery that!it has! NO good hearty ex
preston for anything human or divine, and YOU
are made aware that all that you most cherish is
out Of the pale of civilization 4 s;.-ss4 Z -,
While these re1narks give, Perhaps son,ewhat
too much Indication Of an ultra democratic sub
stratum, more than suits our tastes we must, in
al honesty, confess that III the main we agree
with MIR. BENSON in his estimate Of sthis great
mogul of the English literary; ;hebdomadals. -,.
und the Blockade ia e AHA I,a
per, written by some one who has been Through
the mill. from Wilmington to ST. George he
presents: % correct picture Of our sister city in
ls6S and 1854; describes the perils and exctement
of the effects this traffic had on the Bermudas and
VT. $i1ICHAhD GRANT WHTTE, regular conHibu-
TO to the Gd!11y, furnishes a third paper On
Words and their Uses" His topic this tn time els is
me AegWspaper Eng elish :. We need not say that his
structures will be INSTRUMENTAL In producing salu
taIX reform, we are unable to say. 371
me tta!11y minister's to the curiosity OF it's
readers in that 1t gives the names of the writer's
Of nearly al the ARTICLES In this it only follows
the example long since in use in France and be-
coming more and more conmon every day in
England. We cannot approve it,. however. Il
1Soks 3ea TOO much Ike an advertisement. Anything
nke newspaper or magazine article should be
public ,er-cathedra be should write a book or q
p pamphlet, and append his name. It was through
the Itsesa and sshe other leading public 5oarna1s
n magazinesand m reyiewS attained heir high posi-.
Gon. II g Journal becomes merely the vehicle
through which writer's, under their signatures.
blish their views, such journal must fail Of
taking high rank auaong the: leaders Of public
opinion The journal is merely, the distributor
and can lay no more claim to fame or credit for
such service than the bookseller. -1-
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