New-York tribune., 1874-09-22
Butiron dug from ce1trsl gloom,
And heated no. with burning fears.
And dipped IN baths ofhssing tears,

battered With the sh0cks OF DOOM
The prevailing pathos Of her books affects on with
personal sympathy for the author as well as
with that larger impers0nal sympathy whlch ~ Is ey
dent she wishes and aims 10 inculeate on behalf OF the
whole ptable world OF mankind. The irony In which
There could hardly be a greater mistake II is the sad
smile that plays on the face OF ruetu despair. Gym
icisn is earnesness sOured by contempt. ThackeraY.
welded humorous sarcasm supeThcialiy similar
George Eot's. no more cynic than IS She But
Thackeray saved from cynclsm ~ Lack OF earrest
ness George Eliot saved from cynicism more nobly-
by the absence Of contempt. she is seldom mote SIN
ceIey humane, more yearninSy TENDER than when she
irradiatng the gloom IN which her philosophy seems
halzladdening even to herself. OF irony, like tue
setting suns pathetic light"
The parallel between George Eliot and Hawthorne
given by the writer's ambitious piece Of composition.
but itcertanly places points Of resemblance in
Just light.
There points OF Interesting resemblance and CON
Iast both literary aud ethical, between George Eiot
and Hawthorne The style OF each Is exquisite. B0tl
depend for the interest OF tc!r novels on clements
than narrative aud plot. Both comparatively weak
in invention aud construction. BDth arc profoundly
and, in Their several ways, PAINFULLY psychological Is
II HAWTHORNE is 10 George EOf, that exposes TO us
t1iloWsin .'TEicetoiI TIle~:p "Then might exen-
pufy how influence, beyond our control, lays its
weayes its consequences into iron tissue Of
necessity" Arthur Dmmesdae and NJ. Bdlstrode are
evident moral coDgeners. Tlese specifications perhaps
exhaust their uOints OF mutual resemblance. Ie points
OF contrast between them are curious and striking
Eliot but he far iess objective than sh" George
Eliot. accordingly would seem TO be the more amply
endowed the evenly balanced nature of the two
Hawthorne Is not 50 learned "a George Eliot, nor 40
famlarly conyerssn with cotempordry thought Haw-
thOue vastly less dramatic less versatile m dialogue,
than George Eliot UawthOrne'5 attitude toward tho
supernai ral IN most suggestive ana stimulating con
tast 90 George EIors You feel all the time IN reading
Hawthorne tnat you are under the spell OF wizard
WuO possesses strange power OF imposing upon your
Imagination with the effect OF aSupeTnaturalism In
wnIcl he does not believe himself You are kept con-
stautly on the waverlug border tnat joins the
World OF sense with a world Of superstitiOus fancy
felt be almost equally real The cOjurer that plays
Ihis trick upon your Imagination you to be
lF.1I e III
against the 1eX iu renee OF his own woven measures
aud waving hands. On the contrary, george ElOt Is
severe eX0rclst OF sup.rstt0n Her word Is world
OF pure natuIalsm Weird Is Word that Is always on
your lips TO characterize HagthOracs quality The
word j. never 80 much as oaee suggested IN ia S%pe1h peal
clear OF cuging msts-a broad light. equally dfused
G.s,ip4tes ali haunting Supernatural shadows At the
real supernatural OF which there none IN her books
George Eliot turns more belleVing heart thln ala
Hawthorne toward the mock sipernaiuiaIlsm sug
gsed rather than expressed OF winch MS books are 80
fuiI.
The paper from which have made such copious
extracts is written more subtle spirit of criticism
and in proounder OF reflection than usually
found in periodical literature OF the dag. There
some apparent citations both Of thought ana
bu until we know the Interior nature Of the author,
NAV not pronounce the sincerity OF their
origin. At all events, 1t is an original aud striking
article combining breadth OF view with force OF express
sion-Mr. Kings series ~The Great South Is con
uuued and there is very readable article describing
two visits to Oxford by E. s. Nadal. Tue poetca
trbutons by H. H. and Celia Thaxter are characteristic
OF the writers and will be welcome TO a large audience
of cordial admiFers.
The Journal of Specaiatre Philosophy treats
largely OF the principles Of aesthetics discussion of
"shakespeare's Tempest" by ID. j. snider. and The