New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-06-15
BOSTON.
LITERARY NOTES.


now ROBERT DALE OWEN sowED HIS VII"
OATs-BRET HARrEs NEW PoEM-JoAQoiN a
LER's NEW POEM" OLD AND NEW fon 'o
Mr.. HALE ON EDUCATIoN-FALsh
RECEIPT FOR HAPPINEss-THE coNoLo''oN v.
NOVEL r,,-sv,
gyRoxA REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF The i",01
BosroN. June 12.-In The Atlantic 1or July MI
s1ouells,s new romance. "a Foregone Conclusion, "
,s soone a. before announced, is laid in Venice
~. acna,s personr this first number are Ferris tne
,roune American Consul at Venice, who said OF hmse
that he was painter by profession, ana amused h'n
cif by consuling" priest with genius TOT inVehtiou,
Don Ippoito by Nance Florida vervain the daughter OF
q deceased colonel in the United States army; her
mother silly yet still pretty widow Of 49, and an Ar
menian monk Padre Girolsmo. or course the young
girl Ia exqustey sketched for Howels has the same
especial genius for painting the Spring time OF he 'hat
Bellows has for painting that OF nature ooI' 'ern"
tnts belong TO them both. This Is MISS 'er'ans
portrait:
She was girl Of about II years, who looked Older
tall rather than short. and rather full than meager
though 1t could not be SAID tnst sne e.fg9 40 h ti
tudes shy hauteur into which she constantly Ie au
VIII wne6 Shn was blonde with throat ana hands
OF milky whiteness there was suggestion OF recAes
The iai bps her eyes were very blue, the brOws and
lashes pale golden like her massive eo CONS nnsbed
wiih she faintest red Much Of this >, int;
mated that the late Col veryain. OF the United ned
been to cross in any purpose pleasure but
how much it meant would not DO so easy 10 say
sonae nature which her father had left her together
& the eP s mad oseS the youth
and where he CHANGED 10 be stationed when she was
of herself aud Of having watch upon her i'm
pulses do not know how otherwise to describe the
effect Of proud. helpless feminnlty, which woua nave
struck the close observer in Miss vervain
Asfor her mother. she is sueh an unrepresentative
American woman half disposed to quarrel with
Mr.. Howells for depicting. There may be such silly
fnconsequent Mrs Nicklebys OF women among u.s. but
seldom encounter them However she promises to be
effective person In the story; served to bring
out ali that is strong and sweet in her daughter md
will be an admirable power in the Of chess which
is no doubt TO be played by Miss vervan and the
yainter-eonsul. As for the latter when Mr. Howelis
says. He was a young man. and it was spripg' ana
this was Venice" he makes US feel how his hero was
part Of the city and the season.
Charles Warren Stoddard gives us "A Prougai III
Buskins" which all the fascinating recklessness OF
his usual manner, and which hope Is only the pegn'
ming Of series papers which are to take us pehind
the scenes Of the theater. Will Wallace Harvey, whom
we have known chiefly hitherto the author OF some
graceful poems, commences q story which promises
we'll entitled "Katy's Fortune" On the other hand,
p. Deming, who usually writes well. contributes
sketch entitled "willle." which seems to me to
have no reason being 1t the dsagreeabe account
excuse for Its paDfulness
In his admirable paper on Journalism and Journal
lists" Mr. f. b. Sanborn makes some sdgacious observa-
lions the OF American journalism. He says:
Journalism America is something, has been nothing
ambition enterprisng editors to the future power OF
the American newspaper II Is not only TO make ana
reputations; but 1t must regulate the mi
master oG preacher awSiVeT judge, jury execn
Iioner, and policeman, in one grand combinations; we
ports everything has an espionage as universal and
active any despOt ever established ana makes It's
scrmnstinr cali impndence on all that happens or is
Imagined TO happen or to be about TO happen
Mr.. Sanborn believes that stand at the close OF
tong OF American journalism, and rapidly enter
upon a dispensation.
The Presidential campaign OF 1872 and the death Of
Mr. Greeley mark the end OF partisan Journalists In it's
old form-that epoch Of which THE NEW YORK TRIBUNE
the grodsc and he sSyyo w rae dsan
Journalism. pure and simple, managed by accomplished
and experienced editors inaugurated by Jefferson ana
Duane. Fre0eau. Coleman. Cheetham, Rtchie, and
Crosswe, ceased TO exist. and independent journal
fsm becomes o fact impressed on the minds OF The
people"
What An innocent egotIm characterizes Robert Dale
Owens present Chapter Of Autobiography, which he
entities sAn Earnest Sowing of Wild Oats" He tells
the story OF establishment aided by Frances Wright,
Of The Free Enquirer, weekly paper, and the views
which he advocated in It, These ideas would not be
especially startling to-day when heresyis cur Milk
tor Babes" positive philosophy our Daily Food,
but they were startling enough OF that epoch and some
o! the HewYork dailies refused even Mr. owens paid
advertisements. This Chapter brings US TO the date
at which Mr. owens connection with spritualism be-
gan and we shall read the particulars OF that in the
next number.
An admirable if severe piece OF art criticism is W j.
Gtliman's article entitled 1.-Two European Schools OF
Design" Tue schools referred to the at South
Kensngton, of which Mr. Stillman very strongly dsap-
"a "
manner the Antwerp OF which he as strongly
approves. Our Massachusetts, people, who are deter
mined that all their aud daughters shall learn To
draw whether no, would do well TO read this paper
and well the authors conception of the true method
OF teaching We have shown in this weeks exhibition
that we can weli but take not TO lose
striving after detail the artistic effect The largeness
the atmosphere which turns prose inc poetry.
paper on Scottish Banking, OF much interest TO
fnanciers is by William Wood and We have more OF
Mr. EgglestOn's Rebels Recollections" In his re-
views am happy that the editor Of The Atlantic
has full justice to the subtle aud tender charm Of
Mrs. PATS poems, OF which he says that " Here Is
poetry delicate and truly poetic ever given
90 the world" Apropos OF poetry this July number OF
The AHanEe is rich ia noted names Of poets. The first
is Harte. who gives us "For the King" Now Bret
Harte is man Of true and independent genius in my
admiration for which yield TO no one but
when he puts on the singing robes OF Mr.. Robert
Browning, they certainly less becoming than his
own; and defy any who Is familiar with Brown
ins poem Of The Statue and the Bust" to read Fol
the King" without being reminded Of it. There is moi
sdenty Of plot THERE'S great similarity In Brown
ang's poem the lovers let dare not wait upon would
while you infer the opposite from Bret Harte's. But
the threened OF each poem tell the story OF
bride who saw and loved kuigRtier than her law
fnl lord. In Browning
The Duke rode past In his ifle way.
Empty and fac, like a sws.dless sheath
And as be saw leaning from her window and looking
down at hun the beautiful bride Of the Riecard,