New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-04-06
BOSTON LITERARY NOTES.
THREE NOTEWORTHY BOOKS.


sKErcHrNG CLUB" BY THE REV. II. ST. JOHN
TYRwnIrr, NJ. A.
trrou A REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRiBUNEl
Boston. April 5.-0ne of the finest successes
of last yeaT was The Intellectual Life" by Pmp "i-
bert HamertOn. Mr.. Hamerton has always written au'
niraby but he had never before addressed 80 iaso "
audience A. in that book. II read and quoted ny
the best people everywhere Now he has entereo ."
anew field and exerted himself for the pleasure OF
different public and again he has made success 90
not think IL mach TO say that his Harry D'ouh'
Passages IN Boys Life by Land and Sea- Is the oest
hook for boys since Tom Brown at Rugby AZ mas all
Mr. uameron's charm of style, and 1t is = thoroughly
healthy tale. 1t the English boy at MS BEST
The English gentleman figures in II, hkowise-hc gen
mue article not the gent" or the snOb The movement
Of the story is vigorous and rapd-thec Is no trace Vi
preaching and yet you know that you are among SET
Of people who fear God and keep the commandments
The few bite OF morazug quantity put; as TOT III
stance when the author tells quietly as nc Wouu
state fact natural history that Nemesis docs 'ot
always follow Immediately upon the guilty act so that
death as 10 this world least often door OF escape
which the guilty get out of the way OF Nemesis before
she comes IN with them; but II you are TO I'VE OH " us
hope that Nemesis after you for the longer you
live the prOhale IL Is that she VIII eoiDo UP WV"
you In the end. and punish you'
THIS is thoroughly bows hook. There arc no g'fs ]"
II at an except charming goden-haired niue 'as'
who grows up purpose 70 be the heros VIC III VI,
end The sports of the boys at Dr' 1cmP'e'o" s0'
are manly sports-neyer that poor sort opracuc
Tie Obi ct Of which Is to torment or misie"o Ano
doaI ., s.,sble talk: bat II is so nteriused with
tho story that the most fault-dndng reader won nave
lard work to sort it out and coSlpain oflt ON o"VS
an while it comes. in n "sol chunk IKE the h''e
hi. OF good advice ancnt shooting which loHoNs SCI"
teuee or two about indifference to the suerinss OF
animals which seems natural 10 boys, ana 10 meu aso
mill they are civilized 10y culture since even some hue
scholars and noble scientists advocate viysecton 10
wound and not TO KILL Mr.. Hamerton holds 10 DC almost
n crime. Hence he advises;
II YOU shoot at all, make up your mind TO DecGH %
Thoroughly good shot ana exercise yourse eOou uel
at upon inaniu,ate objects hrst AZ "a III asy
eun~i 70 contrive both kinds OF tarcet. Anything VIII
do a stationary taIgrt the best thlhs - a P o,"s
target is great deal more AMUSING ana aLoIus ,,iUi
advanced practice II YOU live any wherf he1 Pon
make little rough of solid block ot nst Wouu
so that II cannot sink, with an iron mast anu pap"
saul that You can sosiy i'p,Soo sailing fast, and
see how many pellets You can Iut INTO ,nt t
san, ,TonSd f ouS1r of wrcched little birds; indeed
II is even more amusing, for you ana your friends can
s p9 aSns Of pS caS Sat Do me
wounded bird that has gone away tosunet ut %s %
AID as ior sCaurng skill III SHOOTING there j. alIpIe
proof OF the great utility OF targSt praeuee: i In, W
selves entirely upon the target good shot IS more
percifu than bad one in his praetlce' Whatever LIB
private feelings may DE. 49,
There is plenty Of incident and excitement In tAs
hook The Yacht race a spirited passage. You get us
excited over you had been on one OF the contend
ing yachts and TO beat the other were Tor the opop
the only thing worth living for The chapter where the
Yacht dragged her anchor at midnight. with only the
two boys board Of her. aud ont they went toward he
dccp nidocean, has excitement in it Of more palnui
sor, But the book ends happily; as SO bright ana
genial an author sure to make It, Harry blouht
was fine fellow boy-Oot too bright or good for
bumannature's daily food, but an honest AMI manly
lad sure TO grow into Christian gentleman
hnok 1rhi is a. interesting
rouances is Musical Composers, and their Works.
by Sarah Tytler, anthOr of 9TH Ola Master" alu
"Modern Painters" Roberts Brothers). Miss Tytler
modesty tells us that her book is designed ior tue
use Of schools ana students music :" but 1t commends
itself equally the attention OF the general pubic
since W. all want to know something of the great tone
masters as well as the great masters in any other
art IL is as a compiler that Miss Tytler eAcels lu
tins department she is thorough. industrious ana uh
commonly successful Sac is not woman OF genius
Her Considerations are not original, but she
Ia skilled In gathering from every source
the MANIFEST phrases, the brightest anecdotes, the
most Trustworthy and interesting records. This she
did in her works upon art and this she has done again
In the present volume. Few OF us have time TO search
for ourselves various biographies of half hundred
composers 10 the more indebted to Miss Iyter
for doing IL for Us and COMPRISING the fruits OF her
wide cleaning ordnarysiz d and most readable
volume.
The book begins with Dunsable, who died in S. and
Wager,
live let H. hope, to long his aureis, which are OF
laie growing so Rapidly. Miss Tytlcr has shown much
discrimination the arrangement of her book, treating
Mt length OF the lives which most interest
ing aud important. aud epitomizlnG the others
eIeyerly and inteligently. Qleer fellows many
of them were-these music kings. Think OF
Beethoven recording in his diary" The COOKS on
ogain SHE'D half a dozen books at Ler head"
He had especial fancy for "sliying" things; IL we
are to believe the anecdotes of his throwing dish full
Of stewed at the head Of waiter in the
dinin groom OF the Swan. aud Of his summoniDg the
cook who had him eggs the quality Of
which he suspected and on Eerenrance dscharglng the
doubtful ones her head suppose he did not throw
eggs apd soup the heads of MS friends but he did
throw bitter and scornful and angry words at them on
such chit provocation tha It's wonder be kept any
OF them He would, doubt have lost them
NIL hut that his deep and
ms genuine az his temper unreasonable aud hasy.
After he yielded III of passion. he would he
with SORROW and then he would write Il ny
% and in embrace ask for my lost friend, and
you will restore him metO your c0ntrite faithful,
and loving friend, Beethoven" 1t fortunate that
he never married. II he had. doubt his wife would
have ~ I,red much from his procivity for shying
things ~ his servants did. always had fanced,
how that Beethoven OF commanding presence /
suppose because 1 derived my idea of him, a good
Bostonlan should, from the noble statue Music
Hall surprises be told by Miss Tyler that ne
was not than five feet and four inches in hight
But he had "A great, massive head with ample fore
head under which his small brown eyes seemed to re-
treat out OF sight when he laughed What laugh his
was loud that shocked 10y II. and, accord
ing TO NJ. SCHNEIDER, dstOrttng his marked features I'LL
he looked ike u erinning ape.
Very different and much more lovable men were the
two Ms Mozart aud Mendelssohu. MOI art mad a
deep and tender that he could even love his sell