New-York tribune., 1872-03-14
NEW. YORK. LITERARY NOTES.
~ur APRIL MAGAZINES - HARPER AND TIE
GALAXY,

TIE APRIL MAGAZINES - HAkfbH AM
GALAXY,
A., ost entertaining articles in the
.nru numher of Royper's Monthly is q sketch OF the
.,a o,d working Of NJ. GOdins famous Famiis
-, o,,so The ease, method, and economy with
,Ioh this model Commanstlc "Palace" for workinS-
o and their families IL managed are as suggestive Hs
sn,rable It's nothing to rejoice in-tlds.buidng-
heaIthful pleasant and even beautiful which contains
500 people living IN adjoining apartments In perfect
har,nony. and under conditions comfortable
ms they are cheap. In view Of tho Famtistere,
cooperation can't be called failure. IL proves
even the possibility of Plato's model COMMUNICATIVE
Objectionable part left out The children, tiny babies
all cared Tor and educated by women chosen for
teir Intelligence and temper and all the affairs OF
The Community are So managed TO save time labor,
and ncrvous energy 10 wonderful degree and to culti
vate and stimulate the moral and intellectual facul
OF Ae residents Why cannot We have - pat
aces" like this, wherein those unhappy wretches
who crowd the East side in utter poverty and misery
may be congreeated and amcloratedi" our philan-
tArepca schemes are much In the Jellyhy pattern
have a great deal 10 learn from NJ. Godn. Among
the other articles III Harper repetition OF the STORY
Of Tammany." article Wiberforce bg A. Is Mac
Donough, and one by Porte Crayou fun OF thoSe saue
old pictures Of ark men, and smpcrng scraWny "ohen
that have fearuy adorned for many years the pages OF
tbis magazine 1t is longer necessary TO read Monsieur
CrayOn's articles IN order 20 know what thcy are Io
same gallant cavaliers and pretty girls are always stay
ig at the same country inns the same dogs BARK ana
the chickens sQuavh and fy under tho same barn
Eoor the innocent pair OF rustic lovers carry on
the same naive dalauce-sIl unImportant If true
The leading article IN the April Galary is sketch OF
Charles Reade by Mr Justin Mccarthy. II is in the
geodDatured, too critical manner IN which MI Nc
Carthy usually writes and gives rather piquan picture
Of the impetuous, Impatient, mmeasmahly concerted
hearted author he is not in the nISt rank
OF English novests, Mccarthy thinks, for he has Jailed
10 conquer the tests of popularity Writers for the
press don't aude his characters without feeling bound
whose novel and what novel those characters
appear artists don't select from his works subjects for
paintings. nor do articles about him appear often
the magazines. IT is amusing to be told that there Il
pen nywhere feeble hut it sting Reade into
something like delirum He replies every attack and
discovers personal enemy in every critic His m0ulaCu
eonceit leads him into the most extravagant cccen
tcites OF temper while his love of controversy is so
udOusy developed that II is little else than funny.
Secretary wenes pad> hs Gaiary with article Lin
coin aud johnson, and their plans Of Reconstruction
Tue most striking thing in 1t Is the relation Of
extraordinary dream which alwaye came to President
Lincoln foreruucr OF important events. j. W De
Forrest has another Of his Characteristic Southern
sketches In number II il, IL possible still more
dsshing and hnetuOus IN style than The Colorod Mem
Sor." The description Of his Cracker" hero an lnde-
peudeut Ku Kux." is perfect pTance Of TOtesquerie.
This gentleman ~ Carna is not 50 much natural
human heing as "a shabby work Of art That Rem
brafdt of the spirits 0ttthc air. Malaria, had
taken him in hand from the days of his doughy
infancy and had nodded and colorod him in accordance
with it, waywaId taste. Malaria had followed his abdo-
men and uuged his cheeks and sunk bis eyes, ana
rnched his temples Then laying aside the chisel, 1t
had gone at Inn with the brush staining him from
within 0utwards, as il he were meerschaum pipe;
clsIalDipg him 10 recking with all the monoo-
Doas unts of dumb sguc: taking fresh dab
st him every tiIue II got him around to a
NV swamp; using up him the richness Of acres Of
dtaayug trees ana Of creeks full Of oozlng vegetable
Iand running the pencil along every surface vein and
into The whites Of his ewes and the roots OF hs hair
epOt,ilg lu here and sppng lin there, and strea1ng
hiio u other places; in short giving him the finish Of
masterpiece. 81 Il a peculiar being Is this could be
nothing Joss than Ku Klux OF the most
t.rT.dc sort. Ms. r. H. Davis contributes
Ee story Of shadow" whose construction and geu-
erai idea much like other stories by the same
vritcr that less attractive than 1t might otherwise
be. Gen Custer continues his Life the Plains and
"FIftocu Years Shakercss winds UP in properly
mantle ana hundrmn manner mr Albert Rhodes de-
scribs french al home IN rather interesting sylc
and Ella Williams tells story which is clever enough to
promise eoI9ething great deal better.