New-York tribune., 1872-02-13
BOSTON.
LITERARY NOTES.

.. 90, ,,.pcu-A NEW CHARACTER
IN THE HAWTHORNE RoMAsCE-Dnn,v long
Nv noCrORs-sToRIEs IN RIIYhS bvyowu d,
FELLOW AND wHITTIER-Ihh 1T THE |
POET AGAIN-KATE REi0Noh''
TIIEATERS. an ruv rpIpUNE1 |
rrRoY A RpGuLAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE iND ~
Bosroy. Feb. 12.-The proof-shee's vi -
March Atlantic are full OF atuac'ions' .,-no tbe |
containing part Of an original mover ny ,o,ovy
keenest wit OF DR.. Holmes q new poem w s io pret
and another by Whittier to cay no'nne u o" r,o,s
Uartes best stories has not much to rear iron ITO
"septmius FELTON," holds the readers lh'eres' VIZ" Tn
subtle and mystic spell which is Hawthornes own.
this number you septmius half loving i'oso
half wondering at his own choice OF heF' p'"~ne 80,
tho mysterious writing given to MIN W Wv 90
whose life he had taken, ana qui'o. "
read IL, except one strange, bref sentence ""o"'
a plant with its root in a graVe-tclnp'vu'
tured banned, and blessed by turns fihany "p
the stage there enters n new character, "'"
fair to see, slender, pale girl, whom sep'ihiuS mus
day when lie ascends the hilltop, where ho iau pu'
the stranger, to take his walk upon the accus'oncu @
which he had by this time deep and smooth on'
sat close beside the grave this girl with slender, pad
melancholy grace about her, simply dressed IN u"rA
attire lifting look at him large dark. melahchoy ey'
such as had never met his gaze before she was
ing among the flowers, with which the gardening VI
septiInius had covered the grave, apparently ior %
partcuar plant The soil s fit" she said, "Dut tno
flower has not sprung up" "Do you dwell hereapou''
manfred septimus Of this girl who had come here 10
suddenly and unaccountably Surely" said the maiden
with look OF surprise, where else should d"eu' my
home Is on this hilltop" II startled Septmins +" III"
his maternal inheritance thus claimed by TINS far pare
s,raneeaotiug maiden. "Shall 1 you again T. ne
asked as she rose go. "surcy, she answered., ths
Is my walk along the brow Of the hi' "You arc wei
come to como here" said he endeavorng TO keep sch
hold on his property as implied in Hospitality onerihg
the use of 1t another. "Yes said the gill; peiSo
| should always be welcome 10 his own"
uisareef to turn from the somber, halffeariul ias
cipotiop OF this psychological romance to the bright
loon it OF Dr. Holmes OF the world worldly lie runs
tut In this number against his profession There
is mysterious brown spot on the Poets lace "ich us
ouiets him. and he concluded TO give his feilowpoer'
the youpg chance at IT, young doctors ho h"
discovered are particularly strong on diagnoss-an eA
ceent branch OF the healing art full OF sausiacuou W
tho nractioner who likes TO give the right Latin name
to vour complaints quite so satisfactory 70 inc Pa
tient to whom It Is not so much peasahter 10 w p
| by dog with collar around ms neck 'ei,n'S
you that he is called Snap OF Ieaser 'n'n man
| hv = dog without a collar. Inside Dr. benjamin
rrankl,n,s Office were "OphthalmoscOpes and Rhino-
scones and Ooscopcs and IAryngoscOpes ana stetho'
| ecopes; and Thermometers and spromcters anu Dyh'
| moreters and Sphygm0meters ana ileAhe'ois' '.No
Probes and Probangs and all sorts OF fghu ihlnsi''o
ovploriuo coptrvances; and scales TO weigh you ILL.,
and tests and balances and pumps ana eec'romaSe''
anil mapnetoeleetric machines; in short, apparatus
| for doing everything but turn you lhslde out
The young doctor examined him by tho ald Oh one menu
is conriyance after another, ana hnally appaueu nun
bv the suggestion Of disease called "Hor6us Ada'Soht'
i'm which The patient turns the color OF bronze NO Won
dor that the noe went away sOrr0wful and desp0ndng
Rut his laudlady comforted him. She said the brown
auot was bruse and recommended Drown paper ullpcu
IN vncar The dscooration disappeared, and the poet
did NOT become br0nZcd man. In thls NUMBER too ne
bits of the sreciaties of the scentlsts-the man with
,1rfGr lap1
70 500 e earth and the with the microscope VINO
could Mt stop look at tho stars because lie was
| deyotng lis LIE the classification OF small
parasite which infests the bee. Poor niue sche-
herazade, the talc-eller is In trouble REVIEW III
which some caustc critic has been cutting up her serial
story Las been sent to her. OF course by rlend-iat
fri arc the wounds a friendbu the Poet cheers her
until she smiles through her tears. and reads him her last
funny poem, Aunt Tabitha, the story of Bood ola
| maid.
our two preat poets Longfellow and Whittier have
each for this number tale in verse. LonSfelows IL
entitled "Thc Baron OF Saint Castine, and it recounts,
| in most melodious rhyme, the story OF the young
| Baron. WHO went away from his chateau in the
| Pyrences, and sailed across the western seas. IN
| the old chateau bis father waits month after
month and wear after year for his Homecoming waits,
and reads meantime lis sons letters to the cure VINO
goes every night comfort his loneliness and play ans'
quenet with him. nanght letter comes when tells
Of nights passed in the OF the Taatine Indians,
and the Indian chiefs daughters, beautiful beyond
belief" The curate listens this letter, usual but
| he smiles, aud says:
| All man Is fire, and woman ia tow,
| And The .mcbUly comes and begins TO blow
The old father takes alarm at this ana the next leer
iustfes the priests worldly WISDOM for the young
Baron has married one Of the chiefs daughters The
father dies blessing him, good father should Then
for many year, the old chateau tenanesS until at
| last news arrives that the Baron is coming to his own
| asain. bringing his Indian bride with him. But
~. l.oI,v tan inn el
The heart that woild have leaped Tor JOY
On tender heart OF truth ana trust =
To see the coming of that day
In the church below the lips are dust.
Dust are the hands, and dust the feet
That would have been swift 10 meet
Tie coming OF that wayward boy"
Tie cu le is waiting In the hail, expecting to ace the
.ypica Indian queen, with panther skins about her. aud
eagle feathers in her hair. He sees instead maiden
lovely enough to make sunshine In shady place, who
speaks his own Gaecon unsteady that it not 20
much said as sang The climax OF the story Is the dis
covery OF the cuatc, In conesson that the Baron has
only welded the beauty Indians wed-bough her for
a gun and knife. That Is easily settled, however, for
,he Baron listens TO reoson aud married Spanish
Baron ought and left to infer that after the
manner Of all lawfully welded people they were happy
forever afterward.
Whttiers rhymed story Is entitled King Vo,mer and
Elsie" 1t is the Danish OF Christian Winter"
and il shows how the truth of little Danish maiden, be
trotled TO humble squire. tested by the brilliant
offers made to her by King Volmcr, in the character OF
wealthy and powerful noble. He tells her:
The snow of pearls I'll scatter in curs OF golden
M lire with furs the velvet Of the krte that YOU wear
All precious gems shall twine your neck; and in a
You shall ride my little Elsie behind four steed gray
braZen lamps shall glow;
marble floors feet shall weave the dances to and