New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-08-04
Az. GLApsToNEs NEW DOOK.

Resnecting his new work "Juventus Mundb
booK OF Studies OF the Homeric Age the English lto
,er SAYS that it mainly the produce OF the TWO o
cesses of 1867 1893, have endeavored 10 e9 ~ the
greater part Of the results at wSa ,sis Those re.
Etudies on Homer and the HOmerlc age y 10 the chino
Enlts however, considerably moa % the inquiry
9c s sonre Of modidcaon in the former has been,
that further prosecution OF inc - oIearIv ami fuy
Iot 6oS only ventured 20 suspect or mint az ava no
them il am right hlghy i 80 tLjs eenleut in
a., noston naturally acts in an important ncc
upon any estimate Of Pelasglahs anu heiioN''
hS phanan influence reaches far into the sphere the
,ha n1tboogy; and tends, as think gfeay W nd m.
views may reasonably take u BIT, further, have
enSesv6rd to avoid certain erqdy OF oS 20 mscon
en6e my meaning with respect to the ac and in
dillon Especially OF sacred OF ~ he creek mytho-
Vpption respectively, in the genesis Oh Tue "40'D
1ogleai sys 0nap system Of Homer he says; ~ u
vi VIZ 80 itb mains and care full OF CHARACTER anu
Individnaty marvellous alike IN the gIahGeT v %Shest
IT,, ia e1hlieabe TO any human production OF Irue
and vast creative power Even "l1hoIJ 20 fudge
ton Of Plato. TS S a al likelihood main instrument
in establishing tho dominant features Ct oho tbe his
teLei0 ags Partly it reduced to unity the CON,
peting elements Of the true HELLENIC tTSGn N svran
Peasgan Nature-wOrship and OF the FlHeian} nc
and Egyptian mythOiogies partly II eaSt ote Tn tbe
shade local as opposed 10 I latest form of
Ireek religions but artfuly compaeIeu tu nc ny,
est 4eu a
thep, aIthough the diversity OF aspect never we ~
Vet lis character continually altered ana alIeIS1 ol
,norse II Nos features which are sublime anu ea.
,,Gc6 ara debased. But the sublime features Oh tno
pivDniou Laracters became, with the lapse Vi
go less and less observable The debaseu ones GLeSS
more and more prominent. Ihe WOnu9I 5n .
e. po mat the Oymplan religion should nave lalleu
& tbe corroson change butt should nave Oeeh ~
any manner to retain it's identity Devoid as ~
ali authority and even of the allegation OF autoIy' to
its origin and not only unsusained, put Deleo' ~ 5
ness az surrounding nations II probably hau nte SIs
Of unity than such derived from the great D1H
tiOuq nd
had none Of the guarantees, real even d partial va
are aforded either by books known ana recOglleu as
sacred or by a compact and permanent heraFc ny
dating or protesting date from the beginning VI Us"
system Its strength lay then IN ms G9aG{ ScS
bennty which, surviving the death OF the suDlSCt III
A. resided had power to ravish the nlnd OF 0OSIS
among the greatest Of modern poets; ana pIOuauy Mo
cond mot name in all human experience more "
Stance 81 the vast Of the Inauguration Jat Is 70
found m the long life and extended inhences OF the Iee
Tegion It found q way to the mind OF man through
MS svmpathies and prOpensties Homer renected upon
his 0ynpOs the IDEAS passions and appettes known 70
ms an with such force that they became with MN the
paramount power IN the construction OF the Greek re-
fgiOn This humanitarian element gradually suD0uSu
10 itself all that found in Greece OF traditions are1
recognized, whether primitive or modern, wheAer hSi,
lenc Pelasgian foreign The governing ldea OF I1e
OF Deity in Homer ls nature essehII"liJ
human, with the addition of unmeasured power