New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-04-30
BOSTON.
LITERARY NOTES.

Ant lNoiiaNNAiNN Nv h-AooASAS'HA''
so,,v NFw DRAwING-BOOKS
-, . REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIDUNE.l
posroN. April 24-h there is grammatical
.or;pine ~ word Apostle, do not know it-but
snnpose in these days. when woman who has night
pgale IN her throat is singer and not songstress-
when every she who writes true poetry is
poet-it will do for me to gay that Mrs. Whit
ney is Apostle, not like Paul, 70 the
enties. but to the Girls. wish that every English
speaking girl in the world might read her booE-'The
Other Grls'Whch J. r. Otgood Co. are about puoiisn
ing Il is story which be told in column as you
would distl whole rose-garden into single Dotbe Vi
divine odor; because, interesting are Hs moi
dents. they are but small portion OF It's IN
terest I know no person who is writing TO-DAY
who seems so profoundly 20 feel the who'e
ness OF humanity. It's dependence ana IH'o'
dependence. as Mrs. Whitney. THE other Girls aie
the girls not in settle butcher and baker anu
caDdlestck-maker's daughters-and the book SHOWS
how after all, there is 10 real bitterness Inc nv u
Life has roots trunk and branches-bOushs Tor DruS 10
build their nests in ana leaves, 70 nuter III 'ne VIM
and glow in the sunshncbut the leaves must ue Aep'
alive with the sap running up from the ear'hou iOo'S'
and IL is all one tree girls and the other girs an
mutually depend upon each other; ana can only De eoou
and bapnv in uroporti0n they find this out For,
as Mrs whitney says. they are all girls Ever so much
OF young Ife and glow. and companionshlpi ever 50
much OF dream and hope and possible story Is ~ Just
that little plural Of five letters. company of girls
Heaven only knows what there not represented and
suerested and fOroshaGowed there u But the girls
must rot be allowed to keep Mrs whitney 20 themselves
She has thought much and wisely on many subjects,
and she puts the matured results OF her thinking into
the OF her characters IN all sorts OF quaint ana
Characteristic speeches Rear, for instance, what SEN
sl5e youug carpenter has to on the much discussed
question OF Tho difference the wages paid TO men ana
"a man could be doing some things that woman !
could not DO at a-was meyer meant 10 DO lie st.huS
for 50 much force You may apply things rs you please
hut Il you don't use them according 70 Iner aSSSs
capacity the unused yalne mas 70 ne pau iSI o t ni
You NAV take mahogany or pine 10 maze a .'D5 M tnu
will the common convenenees OF taDie as
well as the other but you earn not 70 tqKe SHPSH5
when plue vii serve the purpose. 21u W." ~ or mo
20 If the pine were not the cheapest. women n
books II the world had not found out that ~ /
poor economy, as general rue, 20 tahs |
for The nearer on come TO pure mental power
the nearer you come 10 equal IecOmpense. woman /
who writes good book, or paints good picture, OF
sculptures good statue can GET as much lor her Worh
"a a man. But where time Is paid tor-where II Is per
sonal seryice-the old principle at the root OF LILIES
comes IN Men open up the Wldernessesi men sun 1e
seas work mines, forge the lrOn build the clues uS
feud the nations while they grow do the physicd Work
OF tho world maze way Iot an tne ~ M
ana opportunity that come arerWard ana thtI pu.
where they are to-day And men must ne counter
for such things II mans work that has mi 5e these
wOmens platforms. They have the capital OF sTenstn |
isn't necessarily oppression OF the strongest
While one is reading Mrs. Whimey's explanations Of
some OF the moral and spiritual problems with which
souls forever vexiDg themselves one Is
tempted 10 wish that she minister, and spoke
with the authority OF the pulpit. But, after all her
audience is larger and anxious seeker after truth
can read her books without being helped by them. |
When things perplex with their perversity. when
they work and change in spite OF she tells that
we may know is the Lord working and her book is
an Illustration no, whole compendium OF illustrations.
OF this truth. You have only 10 watch the course OF
events 30 natural and uOrced that you the story
must be one Of real experience TO perceive how Light
grows gradually out Of darkness, how the very
best things OF life Oftenest brought to us
hy the least welcome messengers. And II Mrs.
Whitney the Apostle Of duty and OF privilege, she
d. also the prophet Of reconciliation. "But the sin
stays" poor pretty Marion Kent says 70 strong. simple
minded LucariOn Grapp" you can't wipe the fact out
and you got take the Consequences And honest
loving LlclariOn answers, Yes, you have But the
consequences out. Everything wears out but the
Lords love. And these old WORKOUT Consequences
why He can turn them into blessings; aud He means
TO- a. they 60 along and fade and change until by and
by may be safer andstronger and fuller Of eyerlast
Ing life, than If we had Mt had them"
"Isita lOvestory 2" asks girl al elbow, with the
pretty halfshy curiosity OF fifteen. pause moment
20 consider Yes, il Is love story story full Of love
Gods love and human love-father love, mother love,
Chidrens lOveeyery kind Of love. People marry IN IT,
too-youug people, and even old people Fineenyears-
old will know Mrs. Whitney means. when she
says poor little Miss Smaiey. in love with the watch
maker poor and old like herself;
"Her thought reverted instantly 70 Mt. sparrow, |
and yet with the conscious shyness a. n she mad
been eighteen. and the poor old matchmaker twenty
one Because you see, she was woman; ana sue had
but been woman the longer ana hef woman HedIU
grown enderer and shyrr in it, unlvcd he. tuat she
fOurInd-dfty and not eighteen. There are three
times eighteen IN four-andhtty'
But be sure that Mrs. Whitney understands her audi
ence She gives them fun enough incident enough love
making enough. Her wisdom is nowhere obtruded.
There reason in religion, and il is the lesson not
the bread, the inspiring soul Of the whole You are no
more bored by IL than you bored by the brightest
entertaining person you know, because he or she
keeps the commandments.
"NOt without ThOrns " If novel, pure and simple, |
and a thoroughly agreeable one, written by Ennis
Graham and introduced 70 the American public by j. r.
Jsgood & Co. It's greatest its thorough natural
ness Except that the scene laid England and the
manner of life is English 10 might be the story Of any OF
par mutual friends" The motto on the ute-page is /
from Victor Hugo Ddiieurs qa eS-ce Qt atteint son
dtaI9" story takes step farther than just 10
show Us how far short Of attaining our ideal |
al human lives come. IL does the better thlng /
Of suggestions 10 us without any obtrusive |
uoraizng 90 how 20 make the best Of
Dur failures It's philosophy pretty well summed up
IN the remark or Roma OF the healthest and nObest
of the characters: Everything seems 70 be com |
promise after all Nobody quite good quite bad
and people and most lives are made up OF great
many Titles OF both" The heroine OF the tale IS girl
with an deal-not the femme peOmpriSe, Of whom we
are all so tired girl who thinks that the love Of
which poets sung and romancers written is posi-
biity; aud who, therefore, not prepared
10 make the best Of anything short Of
H. She falls IN love with handsome,
gallant young English gentleman, who seems TO her
fancy D be KING Arthur, and Sir Lanceiot and the
stainIes, Calahad all rolled into He has meant
only 10 amuse himself but her earnestness sObers him
and as her beauty touches him. he persnades him
sIf +t.t be e. In earnest TOO and marres her. Pres