, 1874-12-20

The first half Of his 81 Christian name" with tho
so" left out
Outside Of Ill this, Boston takes its old way Of
making much OF any foreign lions. Bradlaush
was received with open arms especially BY the
1cm1Mue reception aud party girers who make q
point Of filling their rooms By telling numo on
the cards. Recently,
tho gentleman go long connected NTH the cduca-
t,onal movement in 1ndiae-was rather promi-
ncnt figure. particularly in reformatory society
and Wha. society under tho shadow OF Faneuil
Hall Is not rcformatory? Tho other dny,, at tho
Noman'B Club, Mr. FORSYTH followed Mr. Frank
Abbott, the editor oftho 1nder, in q fow remarks
about education in England and India. Thcro
srest.-a healthy, beaf-fed,, muscular Christian
uspcct,--in direcr contrast to tho slim
and pale NoH-England scholars who
usually speak or read at the clubs. There Nas
also dnFh Ut bonhommio in the gcntleman'a q
remarks now and then,-a spico Of humor in lns
courteous compliments to the ladios before him,
AZ If he thought. IN his inuaost soul, that
TIE CLUB WAS GREAT 1oKE-
And I've no doubt he did. IIc is i man nccus-
toned to dealing with men alone upon all tho
IDENTITY regarded by him, not certainly IS hcking
in intellect, but as entirely different species;
very likely he hasn's yet given up tho old
fashioned ideas OF tho finer-clay theory; and
kicIG IluSk udS6 UCeu uOmet4IQE OQQ Lo uiut III
all this solemn gathering in one Of tho dEcaricst
parlors, III venture to Say, that Boston can
show. to listen to paper on educational ethics,
Two forgotten Mr. Abbott's exact titlo. but the
paper vas mainly on education, and the right to
vote with or without it. In using the term
!. .drcaric.t parlor, n am well aware that I am
going directly against the general rosy tale which
has gono abroad from fomlrine correspondents
concerning tho Wonan's Club apartments. A
fev days ago there appeared in a Boston paper
- = f3n
described rose-tintcd. and q general idea WAS
conveyed tha. tho two rather dark rooms, plain
ly and oven Eparscy furnished With as little hlnt
OF feminine taste ns possible, wero miracles Of
art and luxury! So much for the gush Of d
certain cla;. Of girl-Writers.
Tho recent change in the publishers of
OLD AND NEW
has survived I'll tho comment and criticism that
was so lively awhile ago, when i. r. OsGood l.
Co. sold out the ANdntic to Houghton i Co., OF
1ncuss advantage and prestige OF Edward Everett
Hale's name as editor. But it has proved q dis
appointment almost from its birth. It mad the
bes: Intentions, but it had the fatal effect OF
dullness, notwithstanding aIr. Hale's con-
tributions.-whicb, by tho way. have never
eQueled his contributions to the AQdnflc in the
days when tho Oil aid Ac,n vas not. The notn-
ble fact just nor, however. is, tina: this is the
third Boston magazine that Kas failed to provo
sufficiently rclauIcra.ive to be held by its origl
THE ATLANTIC
w2s in its glory or frcahness and promise. Phil
iipB Sampson, /: Co. sank under its weight, and
sold out right aud Title 10 "llat Has then TicknoT
j. Co Under this new management. the m2ga~
zine won its way and Kept it: promise to cor
tan extent; but it had oven then certain
extent; but it had eren then certaln riSidity OF
Pur;tanic style; it never blossomed into brllian-
CT or vlsacitT, or took in any way = broad range.
Holmes sparkling essays, and Harriet Pros
e1tf1S 3lGh
timo about tho only brlliiancc. OF course,
with this lack of popular vcrve and hexibility,
tho magazine did rot bring fortune to it's
publishers. Eat it did very well; it did Eomc-
thing moro than keep It's bead aboyh water; and
tie publishers, and everybody connected with it.
had such pride in it. it was
SO AsIouNp1NGLY INTELLECTUAL!
So intellectual. III fact that one OF the oldest
and noEt distinguished Of its poetical coE-
t1iDutors said once. NTH naive hunor, "Tno
enjoy The Young FoAs botter.' But, for the
last four years. j. r. Osgood i Co., the latest
outgrouth of 1ichnor i Co., havo been making
no money on the mag Sazine, and hence ita sale to
Hou.hton, of Now lora. Probably it has been
too much Of a one-man roTer,-the sole editor
oeing Wr. Nowcl!s, who is lne story-tellcr in
his peculiar vein, but. oil the critics say,
Of such limited tasses and sympathy that his
selections have no variety. Two or threo yoass
AGO, Julia Ward Howe made this criticism upon
him. wEch; as things have turned out, eccrnH to
be just Gao: Some orc was remarling to Mrs.
Howe that, under Mr.. HoHells' management,
,1o magazine seemed to be q little tro much in
one vein. and lacked variety
Yes" replied Mrs. Hove, "Mr. Howells is
incapable Ct seeing morit beJond what plcases
lis individual tastes. An editor should be aIle
o get outside Of his mere personal procli7ities,
ind to throw himself into Sympathy with the
public, and thus to know what has merit and
faIuo berond or out OF his range."
Whether Mcssrs. Houghton d Co. will insist
1pon division OF forces,
4 DRACE OF EDITORS
n the Gata2y fashion, remains to bo proved.
n the meantime, probably shall miss, wo
,aYo missed for these last four years OF Alr.
ioUelts' management, tho wonderful word
,aintins and singular psyehologic power Of Mrs.
Harriet Prescott -Spo1ord, she Of whom HaH
llorno spoke as one Of tue most remarkable &C. Il
iuses OF the nSe, and, with her, other writer's of
he e11otionally artistic school; for it, is WELL
nown fact that hIr. Howells declared that he |
ocso't cara for emotion in literature So the
aatter Vi the Boston magazines rests at present;
o one can tsll viast v,tl be the nc1t develop |
lent. Z. A.