, 1875-07-10


krtakng 1,kA tl,ss Of an old 1e.ts,t n EnEan
Ssp. y ~. wi as Sas X aSr ia M "a S
II to mi i4'onar!n IN tic ycas i7#' os there
abtlnA. and t-inaine'l With item ever .i''cr.
Afterwards, LaIy Gordon say at somo tllt.
tnuce inland gruup ot 11ottoutots, u whltn
Hls writes, .....
Tle.s wAro younsl'h, two mrn and Two wnmen:
a,o ' y. o , .dfts = xoa t. El"sr c "s,r III. III
au.r1y ahap:iyery, vtr3 .m.l ~ nong On Pre- M Of
"se ts ''.a u "1s >esy. se !ou @ eau ~ t1s q
tlr ,en.s: by x,y u ~''ch they s,rt "a, shef !.
thst, waen tse'si, lhcy mado tfe best Of rrrrah,-
GENTS, clam, h"nes.: but ths p.uny,s-E!a.' vine
yo,iug. They work in IL. ns,l., d,I lot,s
any wrre les but even here, VA told, II wAs wun'
der to SEQ them.
JEAN ltloeLoW
FAren TO pr Fnsx: 4 Sovx.. l'y JtAx rr4Etow.
~. pa.ton: Roberts Brothers rrt:e HI.
31iaB Ingo!ow BtatuB in tho preface 10 her
novel tlst she hna not "sinal at producing
work Of at, but D piece OF Nature" and that HLe
haA tried to maka her friends fsncy thkt ttley
wore reading tho unsxillful chroniclo Of thinya
that really occurred rathtr Than Bomo invented
story, AZ Interesting ns she knew how to make
IL. t'lt seemed to me" aha AJdh, ''dIicu't to
erto ut 1eass In proAo. an azlistio story; but
easy 10 come nearer to life thln most stories
do" THIS oaudld and surprising con-
fession quito accounts for tie dull mud
commonplace character Of tho book. With
out 1t, tho mystery woull ever ren,ain
unsolved, how pool OF tho l,no gor,us OF Miss
1nEelow could produce atory 30 devoid OF iu-
gonuity and of art az this. which liz called, for
aomu rcaaon that vo hayo failed to discover,
"FatoI 10 Bo Frco.'
A atury gives pleasure, aud therefore answers
itu purpose aud is a succesa only in proportion
as It Ia work of art. And The more lntnhu1 1t
IL from an attislic punt Of vlow. The ni,ro riJu-
po and natural It vii 10. Imagination IL III ue-
sonttal to fiction IL to a poetn, snh in either
cA.o must be Of hiyh order to prndnco tirst-
tato work. Tho Hiory.teftcr, like tho portrait.
painter, noeds 10 idcalizo lid snbiccte IL slow
uA tht no possibilities nrkiug III each character
thrown on tho canvas. Eathor than tito ordinary.
everyday gnaEltieB that have como 10 tho
surface, and arc read by tho common eyc.
Tuo nl"as Of humanity, ta!ton AZ they ihlMtuntly
aprenF il, l,G daily occurrences OF ifc arc prosy
md uhnsI,lrn:;. Put into boukH mud pictures
just III lucy are. with no ho1p OF the aitlHte
,Mncy TO tlreHs tholn in becoming colorH nn'f
dispobo them in picturesque att!tues as1d lnvlto
1len to acts and expressions that have meaning
mud consequence, a1d they Ate tedious. II not
odoun. We tiro Of the plain. tic trite tho
ll.1t whon iptrolncad int, novels, Us into paint
iugs and poouaa, thor shall bo sot q little nhoyo
the common evel. lbat wo may eoipy tle sucat-
ost and most ennobling OF ali delights, that Of
admiration.
Aceorolns to Miss 1nge1ow's showing, both in
tho novel and thu preface she las AtrivoiI
not to da the very thiuEH reuutto.l
OF novelist. md hnA copsolusntly wfitte'l
= stoFy taHt IL simply Is tatnc. aud obscurc, sud
intoueo4usnt Al tho record Of any part Of
dozen or 10 unovcntful liyos world 10 IL s.mu
misguided person vote to waste tino in writing
IL oat. Notlor t,aa sho made an effort 10 EN-
leillBh tho narrative with ANY OF tho ctlx, ms IL
uso by popular authors, AMI it ig a. plain and
unyarnished ~ 1t we'll could 10. Miss IsHclow
has certuinly triuinphed 10 her attelnnt to
present M "unsll!lful chronicle" but whether
her readetB will rel,ah It 4. they Wouil an "in-
yeuted story" Of high artls:io s1csusuce, 1t is
for them 10 decide.
POLITICAL ECONOMY.
POLITICAL EcoxoME: 1ra cHAascrEn AND IontosL
METHOD. W. Z. cA1nNs*, LIZ y. how io:t: :
harper BioshuEs. cn!c4go: Janssn, MeCluGg l.
Co. Tits. s.5h.
THO death Of Prof. Carncs followu hard upon
the publication Of this work. The book which
tho dead hand holds out to Ia mol wholly new.
1ts substance was first published more thxn
seventeen yossa ago, aud this Ia really revived
aul enlarged second edition. 1t was reviewed
than as II is being reyleHtd now, in England and
Amoriea, with slmost universal pEaise. And yet
II fel! fiat on the marriott. Tho larger
work BY tie samo author. "Bomo Loading
Principles Of Political Economy Eowly E1-
ponpded." which vas published about year ago,
IL Bald to hAyo been = failure peculiarly al
though It, too, WAS highly praised, The OK
psan4lion OF these facta Is dUubtless to be found
IN tho othor fact, tllas Carenb writes for thn
studeut, and The trained student At tha!.--uot
for tho multitude. uip logic ~ pitilesaly cxArt,
aud Ao diBdains to enllyen tho cfose-pressed
pentouces which arc crowded into every pARe.
scleuce must be popularzel NOWADAYS to bo
popular. Tho tim for big books. too, has gon0
by.--wLicl, may partially Explain tho recept,ou
como tho aoclek of sueeaas.
Tie general reader would p1obab!y not be in-
terested IN the book now hofuro ns- Bat the
student and tho great nlaaH Of educated mon will
find it we'll worth th0 reading. II laa Hi added
iute1obt tron the fact that IL tatly toptrKdIcts
Jeyous theory OF appiYiug mathematics 10 po-
ht.cal eeououly. This. Calrues saYs, may DO Of
use III illustrating results reached in other Ways,
but not IN original research. lf it Gao he used
iu the latter way, why DO not tia vota1ieu discoy.
OF with It some hitherto unknown principle
Political economv III 4 se!euca, md properly
dedncsiyo scionce. This eautenoe Elvss tbe
thomo Of tho book. The 'wllole OF Il ia devotnd
to proof aud illustration Of this,
| Daniel Hebatsr and Secretary Boutwell, hago
both recorded thalr opinion that therc is no such
lhipg as q science of political economy. Both
proved by thoir actions ttAt Tiny did Lot willfuy
lie. 70 Them there Mss 10 auch scienoa. They
acted with eroat disregard and xIeAtar ignorance
OF IT, Tho botence oxisth nevertheless. I.s gen.
eral LAWS are affected hy shs human will In
| counsless ways, but this does not Mtor their cx-
istcnce as laws, Whsn chiid catches falling
apple, dues gravttAllon csaao to exist More-
over, the variations Of theas laws uan
often bc reduced to anotLsr law. 1t
is In emphasizing tho lniuouco Of shesa
variations OF what may bo called "socopslary
causea," that Prof. Carucs hAa done his bsht
/ work. He is tho best Of Mills critics, supple
| muntanR the defocts In that great th,nkers avH-
/ TEN, and showing how the principles he Lass
| down as ir1osstbo arc really checked and couu.
teraesed In = myriad ways. II the Author OF th!s
book Rhins place IN Tho history Of political
economy, ho will DO known ~ tic apostls og sec-
| oudaEy ckuaaa.
1 POPULAR SCIENCE.
THE AERIAL WORLD: PorutAn ACCOUNT o. TEE
| PHENOMENA AND LIYx oy rAX ArNoHpMLax. uy T..
! uAarwlo, 81. 4 =. D., Author Ut ~ TAe Boa aud 1A
| Lt1ng WoulsEa, etc., etc. With ChlonIn-rYlo-