New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-02-03
THE PoRTYIGHTLY REVIEW Elted by JONI MoRLr
H. Holt h Co.


The "FortniehtlyD opens with an article Oh
the Autobiography" OF John Stuart Mill, by the editor
who was personal friend OF Mfr. Mill, cherishiug
profound sympathy with his opinions and his char
acter MI Morley had previously written highly
appreciave estimate of the deceased philosopher re-
viewing his position and services and characterzine his
genus while in this paper he merely touches on certain
points suggested by the autobiography. Among other
topics which he takes up Is the influence OF Mr. MPs
early education his subsequent development 1t Ia
WONDER he remarks that the reaction against an edu
cation 50 intense, analytical doing much for the
reason and little for the affections was not more
violent Mr. Mil! did not escape the crisis which nearly
every youth of good quality has to through but 1t
did not as might have been expected land him in any
of the extreme forms of characterization.
II it had done So the record OF the journey would
doubt, have been more abundant IN melodramatc incl
DENTS would have done 10 tickle the fancy of the
present OF loud disputes but weak convictions aud
takers and writers who 10 think that history of
careful mans opinions on grave ana dilcut subjects
ought to have all the rapid movements and unex.
pected turns OF romance and that book without
rapture aud ehusiOD aud great many capital letters
must De ioyess and disappointing. Those OF us who
dislike literary hystera as much as we dislike the
coarseness that mistakes Itself for force may well be
glad 10 follow the mental history OF man who knew
now to and grow without any OF these reactions
,tS, J ni.,,ro IN, tvbh do sysrndIv NOR nfteU
than not mark the rum OF lnind ana the nutcltOn
Of career Ii We arc now and then conscious IN the
book OF certain want Of spacing, Of changing per-
Of being too Narrowly ncosed if we relish OF
humor or the occasional relief OF irony, We ought To
remember that we busy not with work OF magma
ton art but with the practical record Of the forma-
Ou OF an eminent thinkers mental habits and the sue
cessIOn of his mental attitudes and the formation Of
such mental habits Is not romance, but the most
arduous of real concerns. II we are led up 10 none Of
the enkinded SUBMITS Of the SOUL and plunged into
none of its abysses, that is reason why should
possession OF touched by the righteousness and SIM
OF ex tpe lev vehement e con
storm and and spiritual shipwrcck might we'll
fha filaf naFfa mad &c
ponder the unyarnshed history Of whG. trough
not one Of the picturesque victims OF the wasteful
tOrments OF uneasy spiritual sefcOnsc Ousness vet
labored patiently after the gifts Of intellectual
strength aud did so much permanently to widen the
judgments of the world.
A conspicuous trait IN Mr. MINIS character was the
union OF boundless patience with unshsken hone. With
to tits Mr. Morley suggests tna In the history
OF grave aud sensitive natures there are always two
crises one on the threshold OF manhood, when the
youth defines his purposes his creed. and aspirations
The other towards the later part of middle lfe when
circumstance mas tested his creed. and given cold
practical 10 his aspirations The crisis
though less vivid The more important probation
is dna and decisive. 1t marks, not the force of
youthful impulse but the strength the pur the depth
OF the native character THIS the time of the grand
moral clmacteric when genial unvarnlshed seshness,
or and grabbed cyncism Guerulous despond-
eDey, finally chokes out The flneed strength which had
not yet been tried ia the furnace Of circumstance.
, M MIL did not escape the second crisis. any more
nc hhu escaped the rrs thOugh ne BUSINESSES lt IN
Tar more summary manner. The education, he tells
u.s. which his father had gren him with such nne solic
tue bau taught hb TO look the md
source Oh happiness IL sympathy with the good Of
I on large scale aud bad ttod him to work for this
soou oi MANKIND In yaIiOus ways. ~ time he was
US sympathes aud passive sVscepbilities had
SeSi ~ te Gu.yated ms analytic quality had been
oeysoped win 81 little balance lu the shape of deye
oPed IetDR that he suddenly found mself unaLe 10
tahe pressure 10 th0se thoughts virtue and beueyo
enc wnen nsa hitherto only beso ASSOC ated with log.
lea demonstration aud not with syDpathefc sentiment
rms detection was dispelied mainly by the influence az
Words1orha poet austere yet grdeLus eergetic vel
sober penetrated with feeling for nature YET
with feeng Tor the hOmey lot man Hefe Vs. The
emotional synthesis, binding together tue eurgies 80
the speculative and active mind by
IN the common feelings aud common destin Of AMMAN
beings. "a"
Another paper OF considerable interest this number
Is Experiences OF spritualism,' by Lord AmberIs>,
describing the results OF a recent Sc lnce at the hous -
a friend IA London The interview was angularIy m !
satisfactory leaving the impression that spiritual mani