New-York tribune., 1872-10-14
BOSTON.
LITERARY NOTES.

LITERARY NOTES.
THE ATLANTIC FOR EovENBEk-a,rl,tISs liz, IN IN
AT THE BREAKFAST TABLE0n TABLE 0,n~por,NnIn HE
IovFE- MRS. MIDAS GoLDbNhoD-DL ~
WIN HER 2-THE PRIMEVAL ShOsi. ,n " OnAD -,
VARIOUS OLD LEGENps-A fhoploAL o.a.. :"
TAHITI THE POETRY OF THE NUhnEn
1.-THE NEW DAY." BY LOUISA BUSHNELL
FORTHCOMING NEW BooKs-A NEW PUBLISH
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TFROM REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF Thk Ih'nUNh.
RosToN. Oct LITTLE Atldntic Monthly tor
November opens with its instalment OF ane r0e. "
the Breakfast Table" He has woven into MS WISE
witty talk this month somewhat more OF lnciueh' 'u
sns, for tbe LADY Gets a fortune and scheheragade,
the Young Girl, gets a lover To the Laoy' ror'uuo
Rrjns in her train usual honors ana troops OF
Among these last is Mrs. Midas Goldenrod' LINK VIC
al know Mrs GOldenrOd She was woman VINO loved
and hated with great persistence and intensity she
hated narrow i-ventilated courts lwhere there was
petne TO see II one looked out of window but old men
in dressing gowns and old women in eaps she hateu
little dark rooms with airtight stoves in them; she ma
ted rusty bombazine gowns, and last years ponne's
she hated gloves tnat were net as fresh as newu eks
and shoes that had grown bugy or wrnRled IN serVce
she hated common crockery ware, and teaspoons OF
slight constitution; she hated napkins and table
cloths she hated to ride in the horse cars she hated 70
walk except for short distances when she was Jeu vi
sitting in her carriage She loved-ah, now cordlaiy
she lovcd-with sincere and undisguised affection
spacious city mansion and charming country vlls'
with n seaside s cottage for couple OF months
or SO; she loved perfectly appointed household COOK
VINO was up to all kinds Of delicious surprises Frenen
maid, stylishOoking eoaehman and the rest OF the
people necessary to help live in decent manner;
the loved pictures that other people said were hrstrae
and which had least cost rstrae prices; she loVeo
books with handsome backs in shOwy cases. she loved
heavy and richly wrought plate fine linen and plenty OF
st. frequent dresses Paris point lace and large da
monds in short, whatever was best IN the material
things Of the world. And was she therefore sinner
Nan,apa A
her fastest
The Old Master gives the bookmaKers crumb OF com
fort when he says that fooshest book kind OF
leaky boat on a sea of wisdom; some OF the wisdom VIII
get in any how But he thinks books are trying 10 tho
constitution and always glad to hear, of FRIEND that
he's as we'll be expected after the birth OF DOOR,
In the middle OF the paper instead OF at the close as
usual the Young Astronomer drops into poem, too long
to quote; but of which must you the begnninR
for embodies question that every thoughunl lninu
and tender heart must be asking continually.
'What if a soul redeemed, spirit that loved
While vet on earth and was beloved IN turn
Ana stin remembered every look and tone
OF that dear earthly sister who was leIJ
Am9pg the qnTss E Srg1s re rdeeo5s t sHg rain
Whatif this spirit redeemed, amid the host
or chanting angels, in some transient lull
OF the eternal anthem, heard the cry
OF It's lost darling, whom in evil hour
some wilder pulse of nature led astray
And left an oucast in a world OF fire,
Condemned 10 he the sport Ot crueI hen9S
sleepess, Implying, masters Of the skill
10 wiring the maddest ecstasies OF pain
From WORKOUT souls that only ask to die
Would 1t not long to leave the bliss OF Heaven,
Bearing little water in It's hand
10 mosten those poor lips that plead in vain
With Him call our Fatheri Oris all
So changed in such as taste celestial joy.
They hear unmOved the endless wall OF woe
The daughter IN the same dear tones that h1shed
A babe upon her bosom from its voice
Hoarse with its cry Of anguish, yet the samef
Tie whole poem is written with more feryor than
usual The Astronomer, doubtless, was inspired by the
thought Of the Young Girl for that evening he took her
cut upon the Common lare we to blame, oh scohers
because we have no Central Park in Boston ~, and,
standing beside the Frog Pond studied astronomy in
the armament reflected there Aud, 80 watching, he
told her the story Of AndrOmcda, and ended by asking
for her love-
So there was a new double star IN The living irma-
ment Tie consultations seemed 20 enkndle with new
splendOrs the student and the story-teler WaAeu
hoineward in their hght AlOth and AlgO looked down
on them as on the pair of lovers they shone over
and the Autumn air seemed full OF harmOmes as "hen
tie morning stars sang together
"A Dinner Party; Was it Success :" by an author
whose name is not gwen, is the story OF most accom-
plished burglar so ceverly told that you are almost
brought look upon his profession as fine art He re-
speets it so thoroughly himself that you sympathize
with him invOlunarly Parton writes IN his VlYacOus
and always entertaining manner of JefersODs Return
from France in I779;" theOriziDg little about the
French Revolution while the hero saves his daughter
Martha, from nunnery and gives her to husband;
and finally settles the great and good j. as Secretary
Of State in small house, No. 81 IN Maldenlane, New
York Henry James, ir gives the second part Of his
brilliant novelette, " Guests Confession" Did prom
ise last month, TO tell You whether my blonde,
handsome, gentle, gentlemanly giant OF fellow
won his ladylOyei He did win her. but il was after
much trbulahOn the account of which will exceedingly
well repay perusal. One Of the most important and
interesting papers in the number is "The Pnmeval
Ghost World" by John Fske It's object is TO show by
what mental process the mythmaker speak Of natu-
raj objects in language which implies that they ami
mated persons" The people in pre-scientifc epochs
were mythnakers because they had nothing but their
knowledge OF human will and effort to measure and ex-
plain the phenomena which they witnessed. The piuci-
pe OF the Interpretation OF myths by analogy may In
deed be carried absurdly far and become grandoquen
nonsense OF this possibility Mr.. Flske quotes anus
ing Illustration from Tylors Primitive Culture"
should the mythcOmmentator, he observes, demand as
b nroIeftv the nursery "Song OF Sixpence" his claim
would be easily established-ObvOusly the four-and
twenty blackbirds the fOur-andtwenty hours, and
the pic that holds them Is the underying earh covered
"a that when the pie is opened that Is, when day BREAKS
the birds begin to sing the King is the sun, ana MS
counting out his money pouring OUT the suasnS tio
golden shower Of Danae; the queen is lhe MOON
aud trans parent honey the moonlight; the Malo
tno 'rOsyu gered' Dawn, who rises before the sun, er
master and hangs ont the clouds, ms Clothes across le
sky: tie particular blackbrd, who trag1caly ends
the tale by snppug on her is the hour Of sunrise
This sounds sufficiently grand and reasonable: the
only trouble is that all know the old nuTseryrhyme
not meant for sun-myth, but pure piece Of
merry nonsense. The rhyme OF Jack and GIN on the
other hand, vertabe antique be proven by
testimony; for in the Edda and among ignorant Swedish
peasants OF day, the story and Gill is
moon 1t matter Of curious interest to trace, Mr..
Fske has DONE many Of the superstiions back
So their For example, children sti told in
sone Daces that IL is wicked TO kill robins Why robins