New-York tribune., 1874-11-18
BOSTON.
LITERARY NOTES,

THE p,curroysNrss OF MONEY -MAKING-A NE" |
POEM BY PROF. LoNGFELLoW HOME NE |
CREATIONS" MR.. GILLs NEW Booh-i"N ON
CATION OF "LoTos-LEAvEs"
IFRon A REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF Iah in,'o'
Rosrov Nov. 16.--The Atlantic Monthly Tor
December opens with conclusion OF Mr. Howeilss oe-
uohtful tale OF which 1 will not speak unti nave
lacked over the VroOfsheets OF the wnoe' ein0o 80
.oon IN he made into a book by j. r. OSsoOd q w.
havn not always cared for the English sketches OF H. .
Nadal: hut this time he gives us really eneI'""
,oncr on Contrasts Between Englsh scenery
and Our own" IL contains numerous sug'
pestlye little bits OF Information, as lor hs'ance'
that one great for person desiring TO ook
a an Epcsh landscape the absence OF good fences 10
sit anon the ground being usually TOO damp. Mr.
Sadai missed very much our good rail fences with
which IL has been quito the fashion to find fault You
come in England, TO fine prospect aud your legs are
20 tired that can't enjoy IT, You look about for
place sit down. but the inhospable landscape con-
tains not single invitations There is no stone in sight,
and you can't perch like bird upon the hedge. How
You miss good old rail fence Of which the top rail- Is
as comfortable q seat as a reasonable need ask!
Another thing disappoints YOU in England Inc
streams are unclea1; the waters she poets nave
made famous smell aboBinably, You traverse
North Wales By rsa, and the delading Dee eraWis
along for many me beside you,wah tumut OF green
waters Mr. Nada stopped at Llangollen, to walk along
the banks O Dee ard make its acquaintance lie found
nice inn. charming lapilady pretty Welsh siri ana
"a good lunch But he found Shat the Dee washed
noson,e, lsmelling recks, from whose neiehborhoed
he was glad escape Englane is the prct,iet country
possible have picnic in. The air is sweeter ana 1he
sod greener elsewhere; hit its beauty peaes your
eye without touching your heart There Is TOO HtIe
speutaney about u. Art he stronger than natufei III
deed has been chased out OF England lnto 'he
sea But the English climate is comfortable to
live in The fashionable hour for horseoaeR
riding in Summer from 12 to O. time quite imprae
tieab!e in our climate. But the English Summer always
seems a thing the future or the past Forever IL IS
May October.
should thiux George Cary Eggleston must finish his
"Rebes Ree0ectons here, since this leaf is entitled
"Tne End and After" After the end, what2 Not the
third term surely There is something profoundly
touching the account Of tho last Confederate cam-
palgn. The poor fellows went into IL with such des-
perae fatastic sort OF vaOr. Everything was against
them; there reserved fOrces-eFery man was
who could carry them They had only tDeir
present, alfstarVed, wasted ranks and strange
fauaca faith that the God OF battles meant to give
them the victory. Supcrsttons 1ouTished among the
troops They nearly all fatasts. Believing that
the hour and manner OF the deaths were trrevocaby
they performed prodiGes Of reckless valor and
exposed themselves TO danger with utter careessness
as to Its results Mr. Eg tells story of what
seems him superstition, but which to spritualist
would mean forewarning:
"Im going to be killed pretty socn," said brave
man as ever knew, to me one day. - never nnched
from bullet until to-day. ana now dodge every time
one whistles Within twenty feet OF me"
tried 10 persuade HIM of the belief and even
got for hn dose OF vaeriau with which 10 quiet his
nerves BE took the medicine. but assured me that he
was In the least.
My time is coming. ats ALL" he said land
% S honr iSS Sfryaras the poor eOs head was
blown OF as he stood by my side
Such f1lnIment OF one presenument Of course gave
rise 10 a thousand more and then came wonderful
religious revival Prayer-meetings were IN every tent
Tcstaments in every hand aud sort ofreg0us ecstacy
took possession OF the army The men ceased to rely
upon the flesh but they hoped stiU for a miracu
Ious iuterpOsition their behalf. Men in this mood
make the best OF soldiers; and at time were the
fighting qualities OF the Southern army better than
during the siege of Richmond. Mr.. Eggeston speaks
with enthusiasm OF the loyalty and devotion and
Inodesty Of the blacks II his estimate OF the colored
population Of the South Is correct they are certainly by
no means the dangerous element they have often been
represented to be- He believes too ia the good faith Of
the southerners themselves their ability perceive
when they beaten, aud their sincere desire ana in
tenon 20 the best OF the condition OF things
Edgar Pawoett, himself graceful poet, reviews
oitc at length aud most lovingly. the poetry OF T. b.
Aldrich J. g. Barry writes OF Old Trees ana instan-
eos some which are fourishng, at 900 years OF
one in Gloucesershire England, which ls 1900
old and great chestnut Mount Etna. which is from
1900 to 1850 years old The old elm Bosten Common
must hide diminished head. Only 200 years old!
Why. it's nothing but baby, in the world OF trees
Perhaps the most really able paper in this number is
1ir Edmund Atkinsous manly defense of 1.-The Right
eousness OF Money-Naking" He dwells the wide
spread notion that there is sort OF guilt ia being
very rich guilt which in the of the religious
caa only be atoned by distribution Of vast
in Lary and which in the eyes OF the abCrng classes
is hardly TO be aoued for at all. Tie bad blood be-
tween capital and labor has had many fostering
great many OF the wrong ideas about wealth and the
Jealousy OF property may doubtless be at
tribGted to the continued of bad money,
"whereby the Government OF the nation now
lends itself to every fraud committed by ind
ydua IN being itself the exponent Of lie and OF
less ara fraudulent insolvency" Then there is the
enormous amount OF nonsense talked at and
Iaborer about the dignity of labor as there was some
peculiar merit in being dtcher or delver and as II
every dd not Just as he possibly could, get
out Of aposton and into where he could sub
stitute brain power for muscle The OF affairs, who
have uads money in business have submitted too long
70 treated people for whom apology ought TO be
made Thes are the true benefactors OF their they
II who have clothed the naked, fed the hungry. re-
moved famine from civilized lands abolished the plague
increased the duration of fe and in way helped
forward the great achievements Of the world
la strong contrast TO the practical, hard-headed,
worldly wisdom Of Mr.. Atknsons paperi is the other
world amos phere of Mr. Owens chapter OF autobiog-
raphy enttled some Results from my Spiritual
Studies" Mr.. Owen has tue genest acceptance, the
undoubtng faith. IL appears to me. OF any man
alive in this utitarian century. For he is utterly sin
read hm and doubt that. He e1ly
bele3cs in splrituasm per but he believes IN il
The buwark OF Christianity. the defense of the soxi
against materalism, the certain evidence that this
ntte life Is rounded By sleep. 10 this number he
gives eony ers aioB held with Violet the sub
feet OF marriage the next world. will quote II, for
the beDeet Of AL the disconsoaie:
Question fmcutal is there, the spirit world any
thing corr spoLdtng to narriagef -
Answer 10y f!Oet.-A corresponding feeilng, but df
Onestion fu,ealall -Wherein dferentq