The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1869-05-08


but neither Of them will be remembered by the
readers Of another gcncratiCn.
Ia sharp literary contrast with the Parton
Iartner- stands Bancroft, the historian. 1t is his
ambition, though one unlikely Of iuiflment, to
write the sfaHdard history Of the iirst century Of
the American Republic. lie i painfully elaJo-
rate, tediOu-y slow, in the composition Of his
books and being, witha, a vain man, he seems
to fancy that eternity was created especially for
his own accommodation. lie il unable To make
his corrections in tire manuscript, to iDresee how
his sentences will look in print; he sends his
first rough drafts untouched To the press, and
makes hi- endless changes and eInendatiOns upon
the proof sheets, to the dismay of the printers.
Bancroft j. n man Of fine presence, with an erect
figure. gray hair and frosty eyes. lie has habit
Of raising himself frequently upon his toes as he
stands converting: and his air is that Of
who believes himself to be the great hcad-centre
Of American literature.
1Ir. Bancroft i well appreciated in his present
position Minister to Prussia. His handsome
house in West Twenty-iirst street il occupied,
during his absence IN Berlin, by George +. Rip
lev, the veteran editor.
Mr.. Ripley i a man who has had enthu-iasms
llt y INV aA W - A4lil ttp .o i4i'4- -
business Suc,ess. Few other men in the United
States have eJutriycd u make literature Tay -
well ~ he In his editorial connections with the
Tri5lme and other papers, in his compilation Of
the - American CyclOTse,iia,' and in many other
literary enterprise, he has diPlayed the infre-
quent talent Of winning Il solid Tecuniary
turn for his intellectual ventures. Now that he
lives in n brown stone house. he las quite for
IL. a. =
youth In 1Sll-2 Nlr. Ripley was tile active
spirit in the =. Brook Farm - movement. II was
a beautiful attempt 10 organize something better
than thu blankne-- and nfelicity Of ordinary life.
lie was ambitious PATIENT laithlul. labOriDus IN
that enterprise. Bat IL failed, like n hundred
other similar movements, and for what reason,
this is not the place to discuss. Ripley returned
to tire world Of business, and has been strictly Of
it since. y POrtly, well-led man Of sixty
years more, but bIithc and active in his gray
lIairs-a thorough New Yorker, and with u New
Workers. carclc-sucss of courtesy III his speech
lately married for love beautiful young German
widow (his second mIrIiaSc)-tLc LJspitab!c en-
tcrtaiucr Of q weekly company refined and bril-
Lent a..,, tIat a--cmbIc in New NOrk-a man
who by hi- own force and merit has worked up to
position perhaps more independent and more de
sirable than that Of any other literary man in
town-''e.rse +. Ripley is a inan without be-
lief. lie las no longer, apparently, any cOnyic-
tiOn in thoughts or schemes personality that
lie outside Of the common routine. Ills nature,
originally ideal, full Of the bias toward the per-
feet toward sweetness and light, left all it, bloom
among the br,tmblcs vr Brook Farm. lie aban-
dpnel biz fne purposes, recognized the old ways
: the only way-. lie compared tire city made
without hands to the brown stone front, AMI
chose the latter; in a word, hc became complete
" AmerieanizeI.
Yet the old spark Is not utterly extinct in Rip
ley. Ills eve kindlcd an instant with it when .
one sail to him. fortnight ago, 80 / pray that |
may live to sec you enthusiastic once morc,'' lie
answered, e possibly I may lie, should I meet
with a thought large enough for enthusiasm.''
Ripley brother-c,iitur, Raymond. Of the Times
i a man who j. Charged not with the loss Of en-
thusia-m, but with lack Of conviction. In
polities. for instance. his PAPER i spoken Of
being on the fence Raynond's apparent
want Of dehnitcne-- i rather the philOsOphic
breadth Of view which sees truth upon both sides
Of all questions. than uonchalaut Indifference.
IT,. J. not the mnn to BE- bitter partisan. The
TTi5lfse Ou the one hand, the World the other,
think they find the whole Of law, morality, and .
common sense in their respective platforms. The
TIlaes has an inkling Of the fact that neither Of
the opponents has more than half Of the truth.
The late clitDrs Of the Round Table are in diff
Guilty. Charles Rc,dc has sued them f,r a libel
Gus attack upon his novel Of .' Griffith Glunt,'
Published iu the atlantic M0Htiig two years ago.
The ease has just come up IN the city courts; and
the prosecution have done one Of the ucatCst and
shrc,sdest things Imaginable in behalf Of their
client. Having procured q ruling that the whole
Of the novel j. admissible ~ evidence in the cIsc.
they have employed the -kiliul aud popular clo-
eutipui-t Nr. Yandcuhoif. read the entire story
to the jury. The court room j. thus converted,
at The time Of the present writing, into lecture
hall. AMI the audience listen with brCHthless in
tcrcst % the story Of the hcTDs loves and fortunes
No jury ever Glanced upon more pleasure in the
line Of legal duty. The effect Or NaudcnhOii-s
cIOcuton, illustrating Eeadc- genius. i not diff
cult 10 forcsce. IL may tend to increase the
amount Of damages which the jury may award
for very waut0u AMI scurrilOus attack. The
for the defence are present quite stag
gcrcd By this H0rel method on tine part Of the
prosecution; and fancy the plaintiffs
attorneys ehuckling over the success Of their at
tempt 70 Rcade the defence out Of their boots. -
C,L,MUS