New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-08-17
THE GALAXY.


The scntcmber number OF this Magazine con-
taius an admirable review Of Tcnnysons Queen May
co,nrncnting on the remarkable drama from u hlRs
critical standpoint and analy ling is peculiar traits Win
rare insight and subtety II il wrtHh Nv AN heiIy
lanes IT, who prc-ents a ter-e summary OF MS concur
sions as follows " The great heilt OF -h'
,reunvsons drama, however. is not i'll the
ou0,ablcucss ef certain passages, bu III we
thoroughly elevated spirit OF the whole He desired 10
make Ms feel Of what sound manly stuff the Enghnen
of That Tudor reign OF terror needed 10 be- ana hla verse
is pervaded H. the echo Of their deep-tohed ieluHa' 10
,b5cate their manhood The temper OF the poem on thh
line Is so noble that the critic who had mdusou III IT"
STRUCTURES "a to matters OF form hcls H. he had been
frivolous and uigardly nevertheless venture 20 ada
In conclusion thai Queen MARY seems to me work Z"
roro alnItv rather than great inspiration; q powerful
tg,r de farce rather than labor Of love Bt though
IS not the best Of a great poets acleVem'h''
only n great poet could have written ~ In
papcr on 1.-THE Spelling OF the iuture Mr. GRANT
White takes issue with Professor whitney, IFOi'ssM
March Mr. Trumbu and other distinguished philoogis's
who have declared themselves ia favor or change III
En,lsb smelling Mr. While insists thai Change IS
necessary and brings many eogent arguments against
the adoption OF pretended reform. One o the cardinal
difficulties in the way OF change thts lol@o'!
urosent.d: :" But suppose ID settled that for
economically and other reasons a thorough l'Iofha-
tjon of Engsh spelling is necessary and desra
III
the new svsten elaborated 70 perfection, now
and when would its adoption be seeurstsi books aUd
Letters. are written tn conform TO the views oI Pho
noogats ana pologi>ts but mat they may b" real ami
read Immediately To be read they must I've printed and
written in the spelling which their ntendc readers he
learned If their spelling differs much from that 10 when
the intended readers are accustomed and unless tE i
ference is great there viii be- r4sOrm 0thcf tLii
that which has hecn gradually going for ccntur1e)
they M dit as well written in another language ~ II
moi oueston of eOnservasm of shrinking from novelty
of lazness or it ia simply the praeti
cal one Of whether n man shall write to be understood
or TO be not understood OF whether Publisher shali
print his books in tie language OF his custo"Fs on III
another better it may be, bnt still another Here seems
TO be an insuperablc difficulty III the way OF ans great
and particularly of any systematic change III English
snelliog or in fact In the spelling of any language.
Among The other articles OF interest in ti number, We
may call attention lively paper by Lucy c. White Oh
"Surnmcr DAYS IN London" elaborate reiiew Of
" sherInan's Memoirs" and discussion Of French
PLAYS" bv Albert Rhodes. There also pOccal con
tributons by Rose Terry Cooke, John G.. saXe, and
Emily /. Ford.
The Je,rel'crs Circular Cd. II. Hopkinson), III
addition to variety OF matter Of special interest dthe
trade contains good deal of valuable information with
regard to the history construction, and management 81
clocks and Watches whohis worth the attention OF every
reader who takes pride in the possession OF COED c