New-York tribune., 1872-03-13
NEW- YORK LITERARY NOTES.
THE APRIL sCRIBNER-NEw BOOKs-RUsKINs
WIIIM.


Winters come and Winters go, but the war
OF the particples goes forever Mr. Richard Grant
White whose vehement tilt in the grammatical field
against those caT forms of speech, sis being done
and being built" left them crushed and lane mas
found opponent. This adventurous knight Is d.
Fzedward Hall, who is that singulary ior-
tunate being, literary American accepted
and praised foreign crcsand who also an author
y in sanscri, aud the holder Of an oxford degree IL
is in the April ScriJncr that Dr. Han throws down his
gage in defense Of the wounded passive prescnt-mper
feet When Mr.. White advances Macaulay.
Dickens and The Atlantic his authorities,
DR.. Han pounces down upon him with southcy,
Colcridge Lamb Landor De Quinccy,-all OF
whom used the Objectionable "is being" and was
being" 1t inspiration Of analogy, he thinks,
that suggested this form (which is in rigid accordance
with the symmetry OF verb" He goes so far as 10
intimate in a courteous manner that White. Marsh,
Whatey, ana the rest of the "pursts, are little else
than pathological Oges Phstnes in speech. conserva-
tiyes in grammar, and alas!-'minds OF certain
order" This last vague designation Is the unkndes cut
Of all when nobody knows what You mean what maynt
you meant sthecs, not criticism, may be- he thinks,
Mr. Whites congenial element for of that equanmity
crcumspectOn patience " research, and equipment OF
minute scholarship without which it Is given to no man
10 be a phiologist he has uuhappy, made the most
penurious provision" what Saycs thou, good Monsieur
Dogberryi "An two men ride Of a horse, one
must ride behind" Another scientific oiorescence Ill
this number of ScrJncrs DR. Tayler Lewss article on
the unity Of the human race; what certain clever
writer calls ga wild effort 10 prove that you're not first
cousin to the gorilla" Darwin, Huxley, Lub-
| book. get no quarter from Dr. Lewis. who, it
must be said is more dscursye and strictly orthodox
than clear and convincing. The one thing that
religious scientist must do IS To mistake mysticism
for keen and simple logic That without saying Ihs
is not Ivy any means declaring that such mysticism Is
not good and worthy of all honor and err dence 1t Is
only "A caution to those earnest and honest writers,
whose terrific bugbcarS the iconocasl OF tnc
| anti-bibical and preAdamic theories
Prof Schele De We're. that interchangeable maya
znc writer, talks nsructlvcy with Illustrations ancnt
fossils and nncs bones and oil wells gold and coal and
| Mr. Noah Brooks prophecies hopefully OF "Awak-
| ened Japan" whose young top-knots are passing
through the doors Of the colleges OF civilization
whose statesmen. politicians and scholars are get
| ting into frOck coats and high hats; and whose
| internal resources already comprehend railroads
| telegraph lines, and steam engines All that II
seems need to become civilized indeed, is purity
solfdeyotion, and fidelity in government-and with its
politicians taking notes IN Washington and NewYork, Is
there any doubt that these necessities will soon be an
sweredi
The AppletOns Will soon publish, in book
form, Rhoda Broughtou's feverish novel, "GoodBye
Sweetheart" My Lord it is wondrous tale" Can
are forever getting mad at those they ADORE and datnc
their eyes, and being pale and stony and red ana eager
and all sorts Of things all at once Other com
| ing publications of the AppletOns are new move
by James DE Mile, An open Question: and another
volume OF Alexander Ii. stephens's History OF the
War between the States" The of Mr.. DE Miles
novel Is laid Europe, and IT IS said TO he still more
sensational than anything he has before produced II
the coming years fulfill the promise of his intellectual
| babyhood,4o what tremendous flights VIII he not
attain
Among the publications recently imported
are several volumes of Rushin edition o, his works
They are most eXpensVey and exqusitely printed and
bound tinted, gedged paper and in blue calf; and
cost seven dollars and half Il volume II Is the only
edition permitted to exist, and he who desires
10 possess particular volume must pur
| chase the entire set do without the one
he covets This aristOcrac cNcusVcncss l. new thinl
in literature but il is not strange that The Rusn nsti
tutes It, II is a wmn entirely in accordance with HI
later views Of political and social relations II lie chooses
that the poor scholar ia the hreadbarc coat and rusty
boots shall read his books, il is assuedly his OWL
affair; that he lacks the and generous spirit o
the true literary man, certainly hurts one much is
| himself.