New-York tribune., 1874-12-16
BOSTON.
LITERARY NOTES.

-~olp AND NEW FOR JANUARY" CALEb hiHNNi'
cARIEroN's NEW NovEL-"THAT QUEER GiRL"
=. WHITE HAND -" nALF-HoUR RECREATI0Ns
IN POPULAR SCIENCE "A HUNDRED MINIS
TIERS ~" TOO MUCH ALONE"
uRon A REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF TUE TRiBUNEl
BosToN Dec. 13.-Old and NeW has fallen
into nsw hands Mr. Hale he sure. st It's editor
hut found him saturday. not Of old, at Roberts
Broth rs but at his desk az Lee Sherards this
henceiorth the publishers OF ofd ana Ne"'
aud is their parpose well as Mr Hales 10 make "e
future Of the magazine Improvement upon lis past
With the modeSy for which the guild OF publishers is
Distinguished they affirm that It shall be "the best '&
istmg combination OF Brilliant Light Reading, Entertain
ing Instruction and Fearless aud Disnterests" Deus
son OF Living Topics They promise set OF snort STORIES
by Mr Hale discussions art subjects by the heV' H.
St John Trwbitt, papers on sach topics as railroads.
rnrrency secret societies &c. besides novels. essays,
history. etc.
Are all these brilliant promises fulfilled in the jan
aary Dumberi Not Qute but 1t is very good speei-
men Of a magazine, and contains more than one article
OF real ability. In his "Introductory," Mr. Hale dis
russes that Capitalization Of the Government which has
been q batecry much during the last two or
thee years. This hugbear of Capitalization does not
appear to terry Mr. Hale though he gives us the note
Of warning OF foreign statesman:
In the middle Of the Mr.. Charles Sumner received
ministers at washington Mr. sumner used TO tell the
story Of the interview, as marking Perhaps an epoeh
IN American history.
Alter talking OF the detan Of the history Of the mo
ment-marches sicges, and bdtjles-'F For the rest,
said tos lOOkeTOn wdO saw the game better than lho
players. from this time you Government and ours arc
tbe sane "
thai Mr. LiucOln was 10 become an emperor.
Mot 1. indeed. II is not that which makes govern
meut 10 he one thing or another what mas maze
America America, and different from Europe is this
you have had no need OF revenue; your government
expenses have been nothing; YOU have had no army,
no navy, no civil service of magnitude 80
you lived without cabas at the center because
you bad pow rd bureaus at the center having tte
money o receive here and little TO disOurse But now,
csus aUe- change tout ocld.'
Now you nave debt rs large as the best OF US You
will nave 10 raise taxes OnerouSas the worst of
You must have establishments OF officials as numerous
vel disciplined and as powerful as any OF us These
seUtrl establishments Will govern your country, as
sncs establishments govern countries You Will
trlsne the corrnptIon the ogerruHng central power
which IN. aud must come IN, where great deal
ct money Is collected, is handed aud rs paid over
governed Ony YOU will stHi call yours . republic
ference
ago. and ask with halfseIiOus anxiety whether the
astute dipomatlst were right or wrong. Mr.. Hale
thinks he wrong. IL true that the expenses of
public service have increased IN proportion inf
ntey beyond that of increase Of population but it
wealth and busines. which demand increased faci-
ties, rather than population; and wealth and
business have increased almost infinitely since the
DAYS of our primeval simp icity. We have. indeed
barge debt and large taxes meet 1t and all this
shnery requires great many people. and these
people must obey q central order. But IL we
have large of employees, do not have large
army OF muskets; and without great standing army
there can be no real desposm. Whatever the Pres
OF the United sits upon be does sit upOn
hayonets There could be no better illustration Of the
essential strength of system which Is often called
weakness than the meager play Of The force which
National Government has been able to bring TO bear
ut Little Rock and at New Orleans. TIE despotism
when can only with the utmost difficulty. concentrate,
ut the most two three regiments by borrowing them
from the wilderness does not yet seem despOism
greatly To be dreaded
" The DespOt of To-Day" is long paper which at
lacks the Western UuIOn telegraph Company with great
earnestness and advocates with equal earnestness the
of the postal and the telegraph. The
writer evidently thinks that whether the President
absolute monarch or not, the Telegraph Company
and the Associated Press tyrants killing
murder
Tie Rev James Martiueau is still discussing "The
Protestant Theory Authority and the only fault TO
be found with these able aHd most interesting papers is
that the train of argument ought to be followed contn
nousy. aud broken up the monthapart numbers
Of magazine.
One Of the most interesting papers is "a Portrait
from life of NJ. Guizot" by AIhanase Coquerel, iS.
Nothlug has been written which conveys vivid an
klea Of NJ Guzot this article does In few sentences
lac makes us feel GuiZJtS power:
He a lie had strong will and powerful
mind. Though h was often. and not unusty, taxed
priGe ana obstiuacy, 1t Is nut fair tn he
possessed also. IN no common decree the very virtues
~ which when carried undue pitch, those harsh
names Delong He was empAdtically what the ancient
Romans would nave cdllcd "cJnSttHS StGt True 10
hnS'. Fully conscious o. his extraordinary powers.
he az every turn faced his cOntrddctOrs win uncon-
sneraoe energy, brow OF udrOie, ana the merry glance
OF all eagle.
IhoueI OF slender make and short stature, he had
commanding eOunjenauce, with nrm and nuely chiseled
features. carried lOiuy his beautiful
Ane Iead When he >tood ~ tue rioune or rostr1m
large assembly, Statue towering from It's
priIte pedestal his piercing aud domlueernS look ian
bis audience with something lmperOns cold, ana
even stf But all az once ne would rase his eyebrows.
winch we're tmcE-set, aud lowered over his ewes his
forehead seemed 10 expand MS whole cOuutenance
ngnted up and gOwed with the most variousycxpres-
sive looks Then flowed his lively e0qdence, where
neither the piaut motion. nor the brightest eoors
werr lAcSIug Majcsuc ana cnas,e. OverpOweTiug aud
attractive had great variety and rcnness Of tones
imagery. and movements; and, Whenever he pleased
he couli charm an hearers.
N1t only was appearance frdil. but he had been
scay Ia early youth. III, cnest had been very weak
very precarious However he lived 81 years died
ftOu Dess, Dnt ana tIo rs signs he gave o Ia
leIleetuai decline appeared ONLY year OF Two before
hi> end.
froD nothmg 10 he the beading statesman ana prime
minister Of ms couutry. Atcr ne had lost his power
Over the state he never ceased TO rule In narrower
circles.
Another sensible aud solid paper but far less interest
iog the nature OF its subject is Richard j. Hintons
"Trodes Unions ana Cooperation" Bucretia p. Hale
Tells charming story entitled Which is the Actressi"
There is "A Christmas Carol" pathetic little tale in
verse by Minister at Large. There, the usual
cecDt reviews and, altogether the starts off
very eredltably under it's management
Lee q Shepard about publish a novel which will
excite good deal OF attention. fnasmuch it Is the
rst essay In fiction OF Charles Carleton Coffin widely
and well known the signature OF Carleton" q
newspaper correspondent from battle-feds and from
foreign lands This novel Is entitled Caleb Krnkle,"
and 1t is a story OF American life. The same faithful
mess and painstaking which gave force aud vivdness
% Careton's" newspaper work have impaired this