, 1869-05-30

c4tez .s IN lie iater paTt os Robert Drowulng's
= Tne EtpF and lie Book How distinct they arc;
how different, how unlike, aud noF uue, nas nsS
thst the poet Is himself terribly tedious 5t kaess;
Hts rtdAnta are quite as tlfescne ss tneJ MuIa ha
pe II rral Afe Il each aocccH1vely neid Tou nJ w
Artistic fault Yon never want 70 % I'd Of Afs.
PoJser OF Aunt G,egg. or TIC prat:l!cg kloscLIsss
IN "Rouola-" 1t Is almcst supe:auoEs g say 1lat
sam Weller We put up with these i.17osahu.
ties md delight IN them, eccncse hey arc 60
amnatns, aud 50 inl Of fantcsde fEma1. LII Las
a f9{s "a po 81 TuTeI n es1es aud
and Ettic fears, ard p:titu1 reascnt1as ase aa:;
mating scores Of Mrs. TuE!Ters all over EnSiana
today TSns .sB R'o9sse e1 oses s foS essE
e.,sal III r s5fzees te & nov ~ ssT : nesa s,A'
rad aay Of George Eliot noyels-even "Fen1
Holt, which u 10 decidedly Inferior to tne roS--
dor, tae TIM aud tne WAYS Of the foysess md
not ondcfstand oae great phase Of English nfe.
ted public Opinion. fepeat ranks them higher
they are NOT popular that Il, as W!lAe Collins, or
Nks Braadon Is popular: and do not mean 70
~ a4y.h'9g slsgasng q eilaGt #lke Collins o.
g-ea. .1lents, and have been treated with quite
Ioo much Of The d Aovi m 81. mood q The great
critics George E1,ots noys.s eestsinly ats not
ilnTsry rt.der,, a The Woman a Wnitss:
a. Of 0 rs Sse xso 1015E os~ fs sastss e Bs
!sn;hons s ~: Tsollope. i Wien aRoaols, WHICH ,as
Sa:vJiay Etri<sr Justly pronounced to ne, 4 not
las beng published IS serial In tie C.rn.ii
Na.v1int, II was comparatively . failure, In rse
circulating library sease; md esea when II ap-.
Better appreciate IL artistic perfection, 1t vas
anything but splendid success, as rrgardel lrun
the publishers point Of view. Perhaps this Eay
Ss md lie me nat eTen ens W
est admirer Of George Eliot may freely admit tast
q Nomula' JACKS litle Of tsat passionate heat
which Is needed 70 make ! writer Of ne:ioa 1hos-
OUchly popliar. When q statuc Of pafc and PEI
q c:owing picture, then novel Like "Ronola'
viii have =. many admirers as a hoEel Ike "con-
Ia an 10. one of The n1ntrrrs Of George Eliot
who regret that she yensured On the production
Of long poem. th!na "Ihs Spanish nyrs!"
40 tteh III artistic rank d the best Of the a1:sors
prose writing. Bur believe 1t to h The greate.l
story in verse eyer produced py an EaSlnaEotaao-
women have seldom done much Ii tho higher
"a NM osR sRahsss se = In r. r5e
Tell 20 d.8cusstny the question whether 1.-THE
:p.n 81 GYPSY vas to b. regarded as poetry a:
ALL o. o1ly Is story Put iI.a tErse; ao1 II this
futile and teIatious q htLTl1sy the al tstic value
Of the WORK Hsel! a1nos. escaped a11lrsts 1
own that think criticism thows to little ad.an-
:7ge when It occupies tisclf 1n considering
u that, and an rasher impatient os sae critic
who comes with his canons Of ait. his thirty mine
articles Of literary dogma, and tudRes book, not
~ ha1 Il Il II !sself, hut ~ tie answer II gives
t. his self-tnStnled catcchisra I do 2os bei!eEe
that the art Of ma1 ever can invent know It
hever has iuvented-aDr set rn1es Ct formulas by
Hhieh sou eau decide, of:haad and with certairs-
u, thstR G1tat story Ii verse, which rou admit to
have power aud beauty and pathos and melOiy
docs not belong 10 slue poeiss. One great school
high roles and canons, that Shakespeare, though
great genius, vas Lot 4 great poet; LATER
school made similar discovery with regarl to
ssme ., Byron. don't :nins,s matters n,uee as:a
wha: you call the work. "1ne Spanish Gypsy =
has iu,aslnation and oeaasr: !. ~ exquisite ptc-
melody and mnsse, Admitting tnis mreh. and he
most de preciAing e11ucs dlo aAtSnt IT, fnlok It
na-dy worth cons !derln, what maine We ase 70 ar-
controvcrxy IN which III deep and tine ecnsilese-
ton OF tie AFtItIc value Of !. Tie Spanish Gvrsy''
essporAted. ! an not so.1r A1s- Lcwca pab-
% e T. u sne es sS ua
tonianed and delighted the world. But people
compared "The spanish Gypsy" with the M
cause she woman Who surpassed U.ctens IA Co
ton ia not likewise n:Epass TrulSsou and
was the spanish Gytsy : failure. No woman
Ind written anything ot the same k!nl 10 suzi,as
It: .Lt soMc neu, even Of ouf OWL day, bal aud
cel 1noee Of George Eliot. Mrs. Le~es w+n pn3b,
ably not wrtie any Ecre long pocm: but thnk
Ensilsh Poetry HIS gal1ct something by her oEr
veutcrc.
Nrs. lewes' mind Is Of c!ass which, however
v"nt .vetsss s e." Ser.,stx; ia sN1alics sirt m
Of fsculss. de1ttr,s. ot intellect asd capacity
vail perfect /. pc art! pattern of yers:tLtr v.
may rrd II ver! close to the n0,nrEess Of .'s!1aj
ne q man nes Of hass' ssa az aeo
wen: lie Ia the b!ogeaples Of Gocihe IN.
REse es sss SacS sSIra S u, .as
really his own to say Of every great philosopher
from Thales 70 Schelltng; he has t-nrslatet
splaoza; be has published various scsntn
! male one Of the Dost succesa1o1 dramatic adapts
| tons known to our stage: he Is an accotnrlIac'
tneatl1cal critic; he was nt one time 20 successlu
! IS IN anAteEr actor that he seriously cnntc1a
tnc fun CONVICTION, which he dht not hcs.tat
fak: to that be W. assansa AZ r ~ p
company at ono Of tac Manchester thca.rcs, 40
perform there for soutc tt1ne under fclSae
maine: but the amount Of eneouraEe mtus he r
I
copiinue On the bo11.!s, although believe b
cnnff.trncein fis owa clpac TT succeed M--tt.41
fof as and fsss, 81
a,:4lsa I I.t.Sss, n, iaHs: l. aes .25;zf =
even attempted to co c1f the things which t7eo:S
Henry Lcwes haa dine well 4tar1:nsrt t>uuc
sn ss st S bSoss ssfs 4 ESs @ ~n
a ans1l1ys l III tEs:e refs tas lays :!
and q seit.yonee!t rns.h.ucd 1s yet b5 e,
pcrtcrce aoa the wos!l, aEd sYE.c slldea:sSS m
se,te rc1IiEs iocusESc@i Ia. Ia.sAtes icLs
:nanllnees that was IN him Charlotte Ercatr, Q
the other hand, WAS gate enthusiastic ahos
Lewes, and wrote 70 lin aa,a Of t!r win A
al.lity aud versatility -s. nalJ c fairly called G
:raorsiinaJ. Ills neE.t Il 40: tn. BIZ rs tEtl,<
books on CREST variety of subjects ioudan b
publishers order and p:oL:cc successfully al ea
poem. novel, treatise OF :he philosophy Ct q
son,ll,lonsd. nnEdons Of a<:;'H?InS. y sarSs
Hons, and = vctnne Of sess1cns Ext n2oe
e nase s!,ality about it, Te an'ent fss H.. !. b
fssea msTee. II m wora Pa'pese ~, aea dpvn 70 !
, dead. Iewcs' Nosks 7Ic OF quite : Gl1c1e
style. They nave 1oa's. merit Nd y v,iSe
caily s1dsctons thing to attempt to etatn the h
tory Ct philosophy into q couple OF meuum at
In 81 ssh ous as se. y o
ii stcrJ a1d his srstc.,, AMI s:oNi2s him away
the glass tar Unsigned % c1sth: h:Ga 10 IN cd!t
| IeWe.' has been q msrscliostliy elerez and u
cesslul attempt. He ccrtaial5 czunptes up Z
! whole Bcience Of ncsapoy.ies, swccps away tn
1sa,onRns Rsi9's e naasr aas ss sssa
; reminds ono OF Arthur Penhesln.s upsetttne. tn
, dazhlnR criticism and on tic fa:'S Q! an hon
reading In All cncy yciotIIla, so1se great sciensi
> theory OF y nicn be haA cc,.t :..:srd prvs.ous
;. and tue development n! which Ia been the IL
= labor cf rage. l}ut LcTes docs, somehow
!, . measure rrea1 theories and zen WITH nccs11
r estimate: and the wort = trzca*c,J 'a:ctes:1.
nnd II !. not .asy to & e" ncw ~ wasyootI soald b;
). cvutsetly very seecessfui- symmetrical and CO
i IrrheEsive rseee Of bsogEspny. surae Of rs !
ss1e pass snr s.e sDsns ss'as sit and ;ssg @
= sd.rsed rom the French. ., coal
nes. - so;ssl!ss s. ,;3a Eg,:a r.,
y y :he rea derr Of the Gal7z read, Ct havtcg rcad
.me If.e. r ~ norss tss 1srgI eg rcsoss, trs
!, oIbeys One WIS called "Ranthorpe,' and Ii b
= IN its dsy, quite sor: Of sscrc-. How ing =
: tntnt. remember au:te ven oetns th:gwu Ii
, youthful rsVt1Fes wifa It n the tine. Bat
1 not 70 upon my boJ!sh admiration fort. ca
n.1s s;h w,, n Ea 81 " M
Is aaa aadseisy, and nonsense q tt; tnt st The sa
r. time 1t showed moro Of 6rAins a1l Artistic
r. pulse and constructive lower than 4
: ! ont M every te1 NOVELS p1ts.seed
u Entisnd to day. II .ss ali sboGt Joua9 pt
= who came to London anrl T71tf~, for To1eu!
! GrtMt bucct4A and was dsxZed by t. and bee1
n intoxicated WITH love fcr lrstrpus beauty Of h
:! rank. who only played With him: acd tor b.
- got, for tine, The modest, dcfg ta:, s.rr:c
- 10 NhoYn he WINS pledged at honr; and how he
- not fet on End the pebble and the s1lons nt t:
~ Of him! END he became miserable. and vas 70
Il 70 drown himself Il think, but MHs p:cstus:d
= some wise and timely ptrsou; and how. Ct cou
NJ It iii came Hight tn tie end, and he waa re1eca
:. THIS ohtstne, probably, will not rogxcss =
II originality 10 m. reGfer; hF1f there was 8
deal Of fresh1ess and though. ia tte tooE, so'u
!, tho incidents and one OF two Of the cnagsc:
=, hal naror Of originality about them:
~ | tba 1syte wxz, for the most [salt, aulNs
- and astacttvc. IL WIS the work or nan Of bra
n and culture, and ta1te; nd one lelt this