New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-04-15
LITERATURE IN ENGLAND.
NEW BOOKS.
NLW DJVNNf
u,p LITERATURE IN PRoFUsIoN-MATTlEW
ARNOLD'S NEW WORK.


LONDON, March A-Ihe emu OF jlc wal
,ronscs ms quantity of war literature to which all
hitherto published is trife. have on my oesh OF
,ber on the floor some cubic feet OF pamphlets, mostly
French and German which arrived during the wa. gen-
orally in patches OF Ave six at time. and when
hope may be useful, the stock phrase goes, to the
future historian. some Of them can be neau'
even now. More of their Kind are to fol-
low; and more formidable than these are 'he
solid volumes OF which we have fresn announcement
almost every day. Messrs. Macmillan promise ior III
mediate publication second series Of the Edr CORE
spOndencc OF The Daily Versa book simply lnFalu"oH
for reference and comprising better history OF the "f
than is yet accessible otherwise, saving many fagmns
hunt through huge files Of newspapers ls serVlceaole
due only the great excellence OF the CORE
spORdence its thorough editing, which is by the
same hand that constructed the Diary Of the War which
appeared daily in the journal "a diary SO care
fully done that IL was consulted regularly by the German
staff and than supplied military hints VINCE
acted on by the German forces.
The Diary of the BeSicqod Resident ia Paris reprinted
also from The Daily NelcS, is already well known ID
America by numerous extracts in the American jour
mails This and Nj Forbes's letters to the same paper
from Metz and from before Paris. have made gied'oi
hit correspondence than any other series OF le'e'
60 any English Journal. Mr.. Laboueheres au'hoIS'F
was not long a secret. Indeed. 10 was maze hho"n "
the most udiscrect way by some Of the German P",'
French papers al his frank criticism and relehess
telling exposed him 10 little rSk. Ihe sSs'e'n"'o
lying Of the French authorities ana OF INC Fio"'" pc
was indugcnty dealt with by most Oh 'Ae 0oIIeSpo
ents shut up in Paris. Mr. LaOouehere' "i'nou.
assuming the attitude OF moral censor 'olcheu
with ridicule the mOnstrOus fabric OF fa!sehocd
which French vanity heaped so that from time TO
time If came crlmblng down with much noise and
laughter They viii never forgive him, but the rest OF
tb world VIII 20 10 Nj LabOuchere's amusing pages for
ne,ord of Paris life such as can't be had elsewhere
No doubt made mistakes and no doubt sometimes his
cynical humOr has given high colong To HE picture
But. as a whole he saw clearly and told clearly the
daily history Of the siege Few Enciishmen know Paris
or know French character Mr. LabOuchere does; and
here his photograph Of the mental phases Of the most
capr.cou, population in the world, boasfu vanglOr.-
Gus incapable Of telling believing any truth that was
di,ageoahle. despisns the rest Of the wordof which
they are profoundly inorant-as barbarians. yet dis
trcssucly anxious al the while about It's opinion was
Paris immediately after the first arnistce and when
scarcely any outsiders had arrived. saw good many
people friends. acQuaintsnces tradesmeD, passers in
Size streets who stopped In a kind of amazement at
tie sight Of stranger, and couldn't resist their desire
for chat. without one exception the first question
everybody put was, "What do they say about us p
Ny belief is that Paris surrendered because the
farisans could rot wait any longer FOR answer to
ihat question They had been at,itudnizng for five
months before the world and they opened their gates
know what the world thought Of their mook-heroics.
There bad been good deal of real suffering, but
mostly among the women and ohilfren-no
rel fighting that ever heard Of done
Wv tho Perisans themselves, though nobody
could be s., cruel as TO ten them There 100000
National Guards under ann, for five months Of whom so
wee hiCd. what can you say 20 fact Ike tlatl Mr.
1abOuChere might prefix Tor motto 20 his book the well
known declaration Of poor Artemus Ward-that he was
H.. ole ST. .,Nr~. N.s fH
Glood.reat.oa,. The Parisaus preached with similar
earuet.ess every day. every street corner and IN
every Journal the duty Of every mans uochhor 10 get
himself killed in defense of the city. That while Tie
white bread lasted When TIE bread grew brown, the
city opened il. gates. don't say this is Mr.. Labou-
chere, view, bat the reader Of his diary will find some
for doubling whether the impression have given
he wholly cucature. The book itself have only this
afternoon SEEM though announced by Messrs. Hurst &
Blackett a. ready week ago il contains letters
previously published, and preface which, on hur-
red reading strikes az heiugas witty ae any OF thc
letter, tlem-clye.-wAchis saying good deal.
book az very different character viii he Capt Bing
hams J9a o. the surge Of FGyis to De issued nme-
dtatcly" by Mcs.r- smith d Elder Copt. bingham is
The Paris CORES pouIcut OF Thc PaH NoN Gascfte a
s,rcwd observer and a writer with at,narkable talent
fcr To~In facts in such way o. se 70 convey an
MON aIos 81 siouslv. or Inadvertently having
all The while very positive opinion and distinct inteu-
ton Of expressing the sane. His letters o~c models OF
compact statement and allowing FOX his Of Ike Of the
GtpuaclIs book based them ought 20 be impartial
aud accurate PIE same publishers announce Lueie's
Di1rg ~ he siege o" Cir1J11y. Is young lady Of Al
SAGE; TRANSLATION Of MIcheets pamphlet France Be
Jo1e Europe and CaHres2toas m War and GeHerri C-
fre Iy Arthur Hop-a title which seems little in the
Shakespeare aud the musical glasses style.
SIN another diary is adveIjis by Rrntley, under the
title SiUt Up ia Paris by Nathan sheppard who is, /
am told An American. His book viii have the singular
merit Of recording opinions and Impressions IN the
French Capital 'y observer whose ignorance Of the
language secures HIM against many prcudices As for
mere pamphlets Illustrated souvenirs of the var, and
catch-pcuny histories their j. legion and their
merlt may Dee LETT 10 conjecture.
Nj. Matthew Arnold has republished, under The
slightly satrcltitie TrieadskipS Garland, the well
known series Of letters which. through the columns OF
TIE TqN Noi' G1-e, made the British public acquainted
with "Ge.st." The FIJI title may bei worth quoting:
Friendships G1rlgH9 Being ne CONGREGATIONS, Letters
and Opinions Of TIE late ArmiuiUS Baron Won Thunder
Tcn-Trouckh. collected and Edifcd, ,riM Dedicatory
Letter Il Ad0ieSceaS. leo. esq, Of The Ddi'y
TeieUCpb. In May Of this year CscGl," says
Mr.. Arnold, "Arminus arrived in London; an event
which sometimes fancy future ages viii parallel with
the arrival Of Augustine at Canterbury. in July, SIX
weeks later began what in talking Arnnius, loved
% call half rayfully half seriously the preaching Of
Ge-t'" Anybody who remembers the kind OF response
which th' viii agree that its effect
10 say tie least, different from that sometimes produced
by preaching of the orthodox kind l not going
10 sketch this theology, which indeed j. not
theology at ali, but criticism Of very delicate sort,
sometimes profound and any always fresh and
piouaut as has happened before now. Mr. Arnold has
seized the opportunity offered by nominal reprint, 10
u,b 81 preface and running commentary and notes on
himself not less entcng than the original letters His
Old dskes are strong ever. He cannot abide Mr..
saIa nor Mr.. HepwOrth Dixon, whom he describes
as the author Of the immortal quite 10 MornOntSn,
nor The D0i'y Telegraph, nor the Pmstnes generally
composing, il appears 1.-THE English pubic when ha'e'
anybody who knows anything" and may therefore be
,,cs,,peH IN hate Mr. Matthew Arnold Indeed no has
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