New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-07-19
BOST0Y LITERARY NOTES.

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NEWPORT DAYs-LEr rs 1--WE
,ypo,, RFGrIAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRlDUNh'I
posrov Julv 1G-There is a fashion, just
nov for making up books from the nlscelnoous d
cles in newspapers and magazines. " Lie III DeHo'l5'
M h. selling book OF the season, had gitered oeioro
,a5 a. en-, columns OF The Danb,uy Eens ii. H. made
| 80 no, 5eligbtfn Bits OF Talk" from the Wise ana
oosort Things she had said in The independent Oea
| Tlaxter had photographed and glorihou hel i',,N -
shoals in The Atlantic Monthly before she onp"i"'ou
,boro IN n yolumc-the Hap Hazard " OF our own n
! 7, mad been already hazarded IN TIE TRIBUNE INC
! -. P,,,ietlr etc-aud now Hurd Hough-
ton are about to publish Outlines OF Men, women
| and Things" by Mrs. Mary Clemmer Ames' Voiulne
chiefly made up infer from her contributions 10 nc
IgdcpendeaL and other papers Mrs Ames says hersc,
in this volume that despite the mentel ana spiritual
oltb Of the American women, one Of them is to-
day giving anything that will long endure 10 ne hJera
ure Of her country Let hope that She may be ms
o IN one or two instances at least But even II she
IL right We will not refrain from twning rose
garlonds because tomorrow they VIII have faded It's
not permanent things alone that are neutrality-suspicious.
things have their worth also. In TINS very DOCK
Mrs Ames has said great deal which 1t Is wen worm
while 20 hear II may not be startling in its originality
or profound in its philosophy, but IL Is wei auu Pe
antly and generously uttered.
She treats large variety OF subjects, and all OF them
in fresh and attractive manner with womany enthu
sasm and keenness OF perception what she reels sue
feels intonscly-perhaps it is hardly possible Tor any
woman to write impartiay and without parusahshp'
| any more than James Parton could make biography
| Of which the subject would not be proven hero
and demirod It is impossible FOR instance, for Mrs
lns n see anv good in Edwin Forrest; and one Of her
most imprisoned chapters is the one where she con-
trasts him with Horace Greecy-a most singular JuAt
| position. But, at least, the contrast Is strong.
| Each one she says, In distinctive spheres OF ART
1 illustrated the highest order OF talent OF Hs
| kind. Each exempli1ed in his dally wax an"
| conversation opposing types Of manhood Each IN
dving illustrated the law Of his whole existence in
! life the success Of each man sefmade This last
fact affected each man according 20 his nature II MADE
Mr. Greeley feel superior to all colleges and to all tha
colleges could bestow, but made Mr. Forrest Ieel SD
peror to all other men, The one was devoted 10 inc
interests of mankind and the propagation OF ideas-he
other devoted his vast energies TO the dehneatoh OF
single art and the qualification of himself what oil
ference WAS here in the man who worked for the up
building Of human nature and the man who worked Tor
! the upbuildfng Of himself!
Tho loves OF these two she finds TO have been as
stropg In contrast their hfework. The one OFeu
his wife her only, and faithful to her In sickness
and in health and nursed her at the end through weary
DAVIS and sleepess nights, Offering up thus the last
energies OF his tired life, and following her all too so0n
Tie other devoted all the force Of his powerful manhood
to crushing the he had once sworn to love and
chersh and at last he died alone. The one death was
the desolate conclusion Of deeply solitary me- Inc
other was the nual triumph OF great SOUL to whom IN
that hour even his enemies 0d taIuy JuSuce anu 4oi
whom nation mourned
From the almost tragic earDesness Of this chapter 1t
is a relief TO turn 10 the spirited discussion OF I'm
| Money" Women's rights have no more earnest adyo-
cate than Mrs Amesthe right, for instance OF equal
partnership in her husbands possessonsthe right to
/ ADJ fTto viz IN lpp own
individuality II is not indulgence which women claim
what more calling than TO have the thing that abso-
| lutely belongs to US conceded as a fayorf a woman
ourht no more TO be compelled to scheme contriye, or
even ask for her rghtful share of the money which be-
longs TO herself her husband in cOnmon than che
ought TO ask leave 10 breathe, or to laugh only with
! PREDATORY please, Sir" As Mrs Ames asserts, Our
family monetary system in this country is all wrong;
and It is one Of the most fruitful Of unhappy
family life, especially of unhappuess between husband
and wife"
| touching interest attaches 10 the chapter on
Charles Summers Home" in view ofhs falling health,
and the many sorrows which have Of late oppressed hs
weary soul. II is pleasant 10 think that his Washington
home offers him the soace and oompanionshp OF noble
works NJ art of choice books Of surroundings after his
nv,o beart On the walls hang original paintings by
Tntoretto Sir Peter sely Sir Joshua Reynolds, Sir Ben
iauin West, GansboroGSh and Others with captivat-
inc collection OF proof engavings, An exquisite
marble Psyche lends the graceful suggestion Of womany
presepcehere busts Of poets and emperors-thefe
are books and autographs such as no money could pur
cbase And among all these beautiful objects lives and
works Charles Sumner-a man too lofty OF nature as
tbin IN he very sad or altogether lonely, though
hts laechosen love has failed him. and he knows that
FOR the fruiton OF his hopes he must await larger life
| than ours.
With what feminine extravaganza OF dlctlon MIS-
Anes assais Col HigginsOns MalbOne That fascnat-
d,.fY 1larNyau stu
ALI in one Our feminine sharpshooer owns the charm
~ tho rerfect STYLE but she hates "MabOne" himself.
With an actual and personal animOsity character
must be powerfully drawn to be 80 well hated lie IS a
Mormon she says; and "ii she had her way there
s not wilfu intelligent Mormon in this land that
should exist longer than II would take to drive
him ont of itn "Mabone" she declares is constitu-
o,ol Mormon whom nothing but laziness and the laws
been from having harem larger than the Sultans. He
IA altogether contemplate from beginning to end He
isbut the catalogue Of his badness Is TOO long, ana
when all is done we left to wonder why he should Mt
no man Mormon or any other kind OF man, whom his
delneator choose create. Are all the Characters in
our dctons 20 be good little boys, or stainless Sir Gala
bad,s1 Is the life portrayed IN novel TO be life in
Irtora or average life in Boston or NewYork, where
nenty OF men Mormons, Mrs Ames uses the term go
Notwithstanding wolves in Sleeps clothing, seeking
whom they may charmf
win the pleasant island where the scene OF Nal
bone" is laid-fair heWport-Mrs ANUS Is iioie 'ii "
1--we She has fingered there till fashion has Ned from
,ttul the ocean House is closed-ti no slxIn-hand
raises the dust on Belevueave-t the Turk has folded
mn his Oriental dressing-gowns and carried away his
fans and his toys-tin, in short. 1t was september
.rhen II ever come perfect days" The ocean remains
and there is softer rhythm in It's call than ever broke
upon the Summer shore.
light rests upon Its waves which no language car
interpret transRure Along the rOadslue crOWds o
asters look up through their purple eyes while al
]
oISenrod In the treetops the miracles or color have
eoSnn Autumn in her first ecstacy, has decked herself
80 carnival in yellow and scarlet From It's Hoods
The Island has emerged as radianty green as when nC
ss hnrn All arOuna II the opal lines OF the ocean
Os A. hnnds The intense blue OF Tho heavens 1eckel