New-York tribune., 1873-05-10
BRITISH LITERATURE.
SOME RECENT PUBLICATIONS.


THE EAsT-CARCATUREs AND ILLUSTRATIONS VI
THE LATE WAR IN EUROPE
IFRoM THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE Ihipo''
LONDON, April pa" The Royal Academy,
said friend 10 me the other day, Is nothing out OP
and poor shop at that" He thought there are ~
three real artists among Its members Al III %
Oitarterlp Reriep published this week taxes '""
The State Of English Painting hardly less dspar's"e
Right or wrong, it is sure TO make sur anu " ' 80
influence and an influence on the whoie ne"'"ul ,ol
IL sets ont with a protest against tho coni'no's
standards now prevailing against, that ~ '" M
for buying fashionable pictures at great pioo
Enolisb Art the writer declares that 1t Is,
ing its prosperous pecuniary condition, IN 30 oep
state as to suggest the inquiry II we h''0 .io,v
o,,s,ne as n school among us" He passes III re'lo"
hrst,h influences operating against IT, anu '"'H
of the most successful painters who pracucc n' "a
,i,n 1,reat movers inNillais he with pain auu
rogret 70 how little advantage these powers are uo"'
what trifling and unworthy subjects they are sp"
rbo, n dangerous tendency his manner betrays' "o
accnses Millas Of slcvenly treatment ana hequD
looseness of line OF vagueness OF genera Pun
ness of sentiment, poverty Of tone ana ""n u .,h
NJ color Mr. j. c. Hooks pictures pe" -
them a fresh and Wholesome atmosphere lauen VIZ"
wind and odor of the brine, but they have great SAINT
- -, ,,,,oot and treatment and he has no revelations
., oobe Mr g. d. Leslie is accused OF being solid anu
so,a,yhot cumrous in manner, lacking In Fenhehcp'
and deIicaey vet paints landscapes when nave so"
times an agreeable harmony OF treatment MS
graceful and he has some pretenslons 10 lno iu'
dashed with the delights Of Mayfair. MI "hisuoi' "
whom his American countrymeu have been wont " an
- ,,rido ia xravward with pronounced materalisuc
tendency his productions capricous ana iah''S'''
his expedients empirical and his art Is artlce, anu
,hoch ne has mower he employs II In spurious lrnlta
tions of Oriental ingenuity and taste All lhiS Is ~
dovvn in stye which, II slightly didacuc ana maHise
rial s at any rate readable and II such pam speaAs
gives oaense it Will have the advantage OF provoking
a discussion where discussion IA greatly heeueu'
Tn the same number Of The QUARTERLY two noVens's'
h,h famousone living the other recently
Eliot and Lord Lytton made the subjects Oh TWO
arate reviews of unusual power, and they gam from
beino read together Contrasts are no longer Tue ou
hu II one was to be drawn two better studies cou ay
be found There IS moreover, something pesl"e So
criticism or vague aduation OF the powers tha'
q" Middlemarch," and judgment that Is so'ne'iiine
more than literary s passed upon that e1traoruai'
book the reviews OF which have not AZ a ru'e pee
or3nary The social views Of George Eliot are not hhe
to find favor with the great ois@n VI
which sums M thus
,,oorgo Eliot has learned many lessons from many
masters but 1t would impossible 10 designate her
with certainty and without TeSerNaPn as 81 "1 1teratre
has been close, her sympathy Win sc,eacS zen
tense she has brought 10 her o NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
intecrity of aim. We have, however, great uOuot
IhtcetS hn wnnld he willing 10 formulate at all com
nrehensiye theory OF life, though we nave
Itte doubt that she To formulate sucn d @ 1vOy go
would should be comPeiea 70 % br wont 70
study men more than DOCKS, anu w ilo - S no,
acknowledge the value OF the PfacCai W nnrst
10 enforce II shall not DC 10 what Is DUBIOUS a
Of amman AFFAIRS that as take leave OF her we WIZ
fy Of the necessity OF selfcOntrol, OF the law oil
uh has somehow IcStucu loI Htl-
self by which she Is manifesty animated, ana WhIch
she desires 10 Iortly III Othels'
The other articles Of this number are, Railways ana
IN, state advocating the purchase OF existing lines by
the Government; "Autumns ON the Spey' " Monta-
Iembert~ Greek at the Universities" Central ASIA
aud the snauper 10 the whip usual at the end In the
sbone Of pungent and vigorous criticism on the lrsh
University Bill and the Defeat Of the Ministry paper
thoroughly worth reading by any student Oh Enghsh
politics.
Mr. Murrav's announcements of forthcoming works
include in addition those promised in former list,
number OF books of considerable interest Foremost
among them is Mr. Darwin's The Evil Effects OF Inter
breeding in the Vegetable Kingdom a subject which
takes NJ Darwin little out OF the region in which hs
fame has chiefly been won and perhaps also little out
of the hot controversy which his former books have
excited. new work by Mr. Motley. which VIII hnd
plenty OF eager readers on both 81 des OF the Al
iantic bears the uue Life and Death OF John
of BarueNGd, ucluuluB lht iii'tOiJ VI W.
Causes and Movements OF the Thirty Years War" The
title shows how closely this is related TO the other works
On which Mr. Motey reputation Is built; ana contains
further the following quotation from the Uhlted Ne'h-
oronds - There was at this moment Q555 one Neither
lander the chief OF the mission TO Queen Elizabeth, al
ready the foremost statesman OF his country, whose
name will not soon be eaaced from the records Of the
sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. That man was
Jobn OF oden Barneveld." And are to have an oc-
tavo volume about him. and he will presently be better
known 10 Engsh-speaking people than he is perhaps,
TO bis Dutch countrymen. They, too will have their
chance of ENJOYING his fresh celebrity this book, like
Mr Notley's other histories being sure suppose, to be
translated into the vernacular Of the Low Countries
A book probably called forth by the Khiya expedition
is Ma,or-Gen. sir Henry Rawinson's England aud
Russia in the Easta series Of papers on the political
and geographical condition Of Central Asia Sir Henry
RasIiuson Is one OF the highest living authorities on
that subject His work is by means the earliest Of
what bids fair to be copiOus series OF publications on
Kbiya and related topics is 1t yet stated when it
will appear.
Nothing is more curious than the commercial vitality
of some books and editions Of books and their capacity
Of surviving the most powerful attacks. II book
was lied with critical shot II Crokers edition Of
Roswel's Life OF Johnson Macaulays mercess review
of IL is one of the best known OF his in their col
lecteG FORM Caryle review less elaborate so far
as criticism upon the particular edition went. yet
summed up with the verdict that there no edition OF
Boswes Life preferable 10 Crokers. Yet IT never
ceased 10 be salable. The original issue OF IT In FIVE
octave volumes among and dear books,
and other editions of il had most extensive sale in
popular FORM Mr.. Murray advertises another new
and carefully revised library edition in four volumes,
octave for which, aso IL is safe 20 predict good mar
ket There are plenty Of people who still swear by
Croker though his name has pretty much passed out
Of the ken of the rising generation.
lis pleasant to be able TO note that the advertisement
Of Maetzners English Grammar which must have been
standing some years, has advanced a stage The
translator seems actually have been decided upon.
His name Is given to the public He is Mr.. Clair J.
Grece IL b. member Of the Pathological Society.