, 1869-02-28
mr. Bry17 ,ss Ira nnl4slors Of Henar 4.
DT soSAs M..nuNpr.

From ttt New fork Evening Nall. i
-, The present Is dry time In American
themselves along more or less notsfly, bus
the great fountains Of lheurht aud tnsplroe
tion seem almost dried: mp. or 1t MI e1-eus- l
give forth few external manifestations o trtl |
acurtty. Emf rsou has almost wholly l.crot-
ed himself to tho arena of the lcctufe- room.
W. no more expect Lrnm him those upact-.
tnEs 81 the seespisd fadsh and phih'sophy
es o a.
and a fht,hfui minister Of the Dark Powers, 1
TO The rthodox~ Hawthorne the maichess
writer Of English indebted" has gone. |
Lowell one OF the strnneest and most oI:sg1rAl
OF ouf poeta, has 1os1 hlm.clL tween edit
Ing, magazine writing, hts .professorship. anu
the tle&as.a enjo5rnsnts Of the most aeoou,-
! p'ished u mntuA admiration society," Of nas
| century.
| Baneref, orce one of Dill Najores" of. az.
li1esasure,: Is 50 occupted by Diplomacy
dlhiuE and society, thai tbs comFae3ion ,of
| h's bAtoTy tee.aa u Psooienatienl. as ae
fg psg!n'snfh +. 81 1ns nati9nal nlss;le
oeen 20 marahsa'J tid@ led b. the Keen q III
clsEa q such men Is Greene, Heed nod AE& ry,
that the Intelligent public are ludtk rent
soous the ennple'ion Of work. sfhlss has
Is liFing On reputation which, u rather
thfn, Is vel spread out. AIrs. 8toEe no
onSsF sss1ts. k.;. rosss t. st np n.S.aa from
1seEs ~. "'a whsse- III NJ f s.s sad I'D
tunc'ai, 6p1 no great work c9n Ia expected
from poet 10 thoroughly lyric.
Ms. Asrdi1E Davis, whose sLt{e io The
1foa Aillsh appes.cd to shoF rcal and intense
creative ent1,.y teetos TO. lank constructive
| and nsanauc power, although whatever she
Erisea Is strong and wo4th reading. Henry
1ames, who unltes tbs broad, philos ,p5Ical
audlhumanitsrisn spirit Of Fourier 10 an Amesi-
blhnd Indifference TO PUBLIC opinion entirely
I Hn-Anertcaot might p2otuee work on the
: soe1si md religious problems of om own
lime and e untr} thai would stazsle and IL;
{ | s.suc: the world, bot In the fascinating and
j classical Ittrxats oi Cambridge We fear that
: ke Will lQse something Of his disposition to
:. work
Motley. By far tho ablest OF CIR historical
+ cd the rich vein which DC has worked 80 sac-
!. cesstullY, and Eeetns disposed to daeble IT.
4 tie ic politics. a1 al eveots, the publtc-hAs
j. no sigu IT m him oi great works In progress.
/ 80 ,ittle satssfac,,on, ws. msT say, in general
l. terms, That few works BY our best wr1tea
c are IN proccE Of Incubation or completion,
). while II no 1ime WAS That We n1ay term the
II aeeondsase talent OF tha country 20 aeiarc OF
i Lpe Rlor,ons exception We ase g!ad to
name. The veteran poet who assisted 1t Tho
Of hi11h OF our literature; who over ooc-hllt
n ~ nointsd High Pries: of Nature, aud has snag
Of her yszious uoods as no otnef man ol MS
Ia time the star Of whrsc reputation ha1 giren
- f5rth steady and Increasing light for tHo
Cd e.ne1afiou. oi readers. Is ssi!l she most II;
I'd dus!rious Of or olasT atesa sa9 3,' %Sn .tl
t. i'll, pains stsksns scholar. Long past The
- time wheu the lash Of his pen could be felt
~ 10 lie bone b5 The cosznpt Or dishonest'os'
jec.s Of his .shtesas hssed IL sVs1ss to ihe
rs little for tbe tqu,bb'es OF eontemporsry
.1s 1oliiIcs. he has for soue 5ears addressed
~: Litnsclf to tic DONG Of great work Tor Ill
ae Who read the English lapgqag:-sas rag tsausi.
Nv nsk.ed ana Seemingly almost tunapproachsb1s
Il. It IS . task wo:,by q the man, and - ,ye'
ais urdcne BY ans man; Pope Eaye jinEltae
ice "aud sing. song paraphtase, M Thieo W. naithe
ing pushed rh5nster who evrr wrote English -
d } not thorough scholar, and was essentially
TN 6uan souied eockney. The melaochoa!