New-York tribune., 1873-12-25
BOSTON.
LITERARY NOTES.

" OH AND NEW FOR JANUARY-ANTHoNY TR0LIoPE
AS A NovErIsT-wALL STREET AND THE PANIC
"A CIVIL SERVANT "-sKETCHING FROM NATURE
JOHN STUART MILL
(rRoS A REGULAR CORRESPONDENT or TIE TRIBUNSl
BosToN, Dec 1S-Old and Neio for January
opens with discussion OF the much-dseussed Cuban
question, which is followed by the first instalment OF
new novel by Anthony Troope, entitled Ct The Way We
Live Now" 1t is TO be printed in Oid and New from ex
elusive advance sheets Anthony Trollope is always
entertaining, and this tale he displays ms usuai
quality stOry-teler. He is not highly hnaS'
NATIVE he is impassoned, poetry is not IN hn
but he Is shrewd, sagacious and kindly observer.
The men aud women to whom he Introduces us arc Vi
like passions with ourselves creatures by no means TOO
wise good for human natures daily food Ihe mo'o
OF the story is like the life of every day one
event grows simply and naturally out OF an0ther' anu
the situations never startling ana rafeS o''n
highly dramatic. Trollopes tales are masterpieces VI
realism well done that their intorest thouR" soo
intense is always unfaing In these opening chapters
we have already the intrfguante whom We All
know neither wicked nor witty as Becky shsrp'
not ouite unscrupulous aud yet stranger to the dell
cate honor OF nobler women; the prouV' Son' i"r
whom the fatted calf is continually Killed. YET WHO
always remains prodga the mother VINO Is ready 10
sacrifice herself and her fortunes FOR him. aud then re-
pair the loss by marrying her daughter to some ancient
Crasus; the daughter, sweet and bonny, LILY Dile
kind of girl who of course loves handsome ineligible.
We have seen them all before do say,'under other
namesf only answer that having grown familiar
with them through long course Of TroOpe hhe them
even better than at first.
T. G. A. the pet poet Of old and Ner. contributes
some verses on Places" ana Mis- VI. II. Hnckley
sketch entitled Dave or the PiOver Fight some
what and unaccounaOlc in its ending but fu OF
feeling for nature. "Wall Street and the Panic is the
title OF an article that Will attract great attention
The Rev T. f. Hale tells characteristic tale, entitled
"a Civil Servant" pursuing the long and sad career
of an Oice-seekcr till it ends in miserable nadness-a
tale with a moral in it, The Rev. X. St. John lyrWhit
goes on with "our sketchng Club" the perush OF
which must be of great advantage ali ant students,
while it by wihoutIinterest for other reaG
ers Mr. Tyrwhit thinks that what We cail sketchng
"takpe lessons OF nature and nature ike the great
master whom every one believes in From Master Ma
ture you can learn do historical sketches that
preserve record how such ana such athinc looked
at such a time. That realism. and mas "A value
"Tom Hlliburton's Quandary; Or, Washington Sea
son." by certain mysterious initials X. W. & NJ :. S.
is TO he parts Of which only the first is gwen ~
this number Francis 5. Drake tells again the old story
of The Boston Tea Party and Mr. Perins's scrope,
or the Lost Library is >tin continued. Tue hero gets
of with the old love- 10 his infinite content but does not
quite succeed in getting with the new.
The Examiner" reviews various books, aud among
them "John Stuart Milrs Autobography.' which 1t
pronounces fascinating work from beginning 10 end,
aud yet lndescrbable sadness The reviewer secs
nothing hut ptful. blank hopelessneSs In the manner
Of Mr. MlVs life after his we's death He calls 1t
dragging ont Of existence bui think there IS
something uober than despair IN these words OF the
bereavcd husband:
Since then have sought for such alienation rs my
state admitted Of by the mode of life which most end-
bled 10 feel her still near bought cottage as
close possible TO the place where she Is buried aud
there her daughter (my fellow sufferer ana now my
chief comfOrU and live constantly during great pOi
ti0n OF the year NV objects IN life are Soley those
whiclAre hers my pursuits and occupations those IN
which she shared or symplthled, and which are inds
soubly associated with her. Her memory Is TO me a
religion, and her appreciation the STANDARD by which
endeavOr to regulate my hie
To this living 1t we're in the very presence Of
the beloved dead holy worship beautiful
poetry. IT is a cOnsaney exalted and 80 ideal
that the many II may doubt appear morbid and
exaggerated. seldom that emotion 40 intense
concentrated but 20 have inspired such love Is
enough 10 make any woman immortal. L. {. ".