New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-09-20
BOSTON LITERARY NOTES.
THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY.

GOSSIP" BY MhS fANNb hF-NApiH- 'S'-'S
AND TALES.
trRoN A Regular CORRESPONDENT OF THE rRib'Nh'
BosroN Sept. 15.-Ihe atlantic Monthly Tor
October Is good number. hut without the most dsth
eu,shed OF the wei known LOneellow Whittier
Holmes Lowell all absent from it; but 1t contains
.rt,ccs of real merit nevertheless. "Roderck Hudson
becomes dramatic. and more interesting than ever
am inclined think, IL nobody else should claim the
te OF the American Novelist IT would not be amlss
10 put that crown the brow of Henry James jr Not
that he dstinctively American, however. He mghs
n well have teen born England for any SPECIAL at
uosphere 81 the New World about him; and he seems
more al home IN italy than In Massachusetts,. Art has
90 country; hut Il TO write good novel and to have
been born IN America is what the American Novelist
means, why here You have him.
T. : Perry writes long article on Arthur Hugh
Clough in which he bewals the literary deceneracy Of
yr, day No of the arts he says can be sad TO
be IL hourishg condition. fOashng that Is 70 say in
comparison with those great periods for which We fee so
warm an admiration. Sculpture has but lingering eX-
sence PAINTING there perpetual limitations OF the
past with hardly single school following its own course
forward in architecture have "reminiscences. rather
thsn novelties In poetry Mr.. Perry thinks he per
eeives the same lack Of freshness and earnest
We find traces OF Keats and Shelley 1nt-
ting mp everywhere. He accredits Tennyson with
fscile elegance with grace of expression with
"preitincss. occasionally rising into grace % ana
ewinburne and Roset with assumption OF the inno-
Of the ancieus while they chant the charms OF
beauty don't understand how II is that Mr. Perry fails
70 mention Robert Browning the most rugged man OF
his time Robert Buchanan, who certainly has Tyre
Of Lis bui in the field Of poetry all seems 10 I'VE
vanity for TITS Dioctnes, who wants TO md an honest
poet Of TO-DAY and not an mitator OF the past III
thinks DC fuds OF him in Arthur hugh ClOueh' d
man who treated human nature with dignity, never
fAncyinc that enough for poet to have an outht
OF lines ingenious EXPRESSIONS ana 1dihidr in
ages with which 10 reJchO the popular interest ID an
tquity. or the fashionable melancholy MI fcrrys
aItoc good If it calls general attention 10
true and poet hitherto known 10 the few rather
than tie many. Cough genuine and IN earnest;
and the specimens here given of his work viii no donb'
Lead uary feaCcr to derc his further acquaintance
"Tle Oeandor Tree" ny Emily +. Ford. is very well
aone short sto.y az the Intensely realistic school.
Col Geo L. Warm, ir contributes second paper on
"Ihe Sanitary Drainage of Houses and Towns 1heSe
r.pers Of CO.. Warnings deserve TO be read thoughtuly
PHYSICAL who has reputation III two continents sald
20 me arropos - the first Of them On the September
Atlantic that il was the most Vauale article The A"d'
Lf had ever published.
Mrs Fanny Kemhle's "Old WOman's Gossip" is more
sntertain!n "a this number than in any previous one
Ber "reminiscences Of Lady Caroline Lamb especially
riauant. Lady Caroline slight graceful. spine
little creatdc. and aioHI marvellous combination OF
rlesness and snlness as coGdbe found anywhere enc
toos into her head 10 be verymuch ID love WITH Lord
Byron: and she ran after Inn more than was qnte
ECi husband, the sweetest ltlIi"ftI VI
would have borne patiently enough with this and her
other vara-cs had he been let alone; hut his fays
friends ~ length So TO work him. quite resolved 10
part him from his wife.
Much urgent 20 rsuasion brought 70 bear upon the
Endly ania!c +, ril,nan 2ld pIo,A.;t al 'isIn t
toried hI ty ais ritatcd relations 70 separate
tim,self ON L. crazy oon-OIi.
HIS frInncs however Was not supposed Of nature to
Re Entrusted wI.u management OF the parting ana ne
vent III BrocEct Hail, leaving is sister 10 heh ns
aeternira',on 10 Lady Caroline. and siterwaGd
20 follow the news or now eHt
had received The expression of Lis rcso!utlon
never t. s,c her again. The interview between
the wc and -'cr.r-Aw took pace; and the Offending
lady cmrhaucaly aiPfscd Of her husband sen
cetermn non =" tn regard 20 heT; alr'f WiC, sett
member - Nr. Lambs family lcit town ior HeluVId-
sire To tel Inn The matter had gone TO strengthen
Lnn III ', anu Nm ~ " ,sh,nd
Arrived al HIoc he', they sought the nis"soa.e
H. vain TIE honrc ana grounds MI IN remote SHln
h lq ,aS st ms M hs lap and fcedc him win
osty si,es OF bread aud butter, which literally
parting mouth the counteances OF the relations
ANON Lady CarOlinc's accomplishments was that OF
heing e fms rate hOrScv CInin Ca pa!lHlS ron her
lar. As lie could ride straight BrOcbe to tell her has
rand herself she had taken MS sentence AGAINST ner
never FAD Ccuart when believe Lady Carohnc
4, supposed intended TO represent her idol, Lid
whicn ! an acquainted is The Potty song OF
Waters of HE, Of Which | think size also wIcts the
ar. she ,.douDt,d y very clever IN eite OF heI
t-Alh,sS ',' ma NH hei,nrs e"r~etiiocs fo
women - -ic DISTINGUISHED 10y great personal beauty
80, so,t les T,s E,dc> q. 6ont es gyauacs Dass,ons
The Iu.C al roi8ct mating p' tI0 icce are tie
Poet ard cc.oirate1 oLcnaItlcss of that charming
fotocsa aN,s reminded me Of Lady Caroline Lalb,
tbe descriptions gwen Of her 10y her adorers
What a Republic ought 10 be- and how suffrage should
he made al once object of ambition and reward Of
merit. read The Curious Republic Of Gondour and you
,hall learn Under the title OF Southern Home Politics,
Albert f. webster gives most encouraging as well as
entertaining accom-; dispositions toward us Of
Southern brethren lie sets forth then loyalty TO the
etsrs and stle their love of country Their honest aI
preclatlOn of peace aud union. ". j. Fawcette has
PAPER on the "OllTimc Oriental Tea Trade - aud
George Washington Green tells at length the story OF
Gen John De Kalh Of Revolutionary memory, most
Interesting contribution. this TO American history
Among the various pleasant poems which adorn this
number l ain Impressed by one from Mrs s. NJ. e.
P1ntt, entitled:
THAT NEW WORLD.
How gracious VI are TO grant To he dead
Those N..c. vague lauD- i.t tn' foreign tsy,
Reseivng the world for ourselves Instead;
For Z mast I've, though OtLcrs must dle +!
And what is ,he world 1ha: we keep, prayi
rue. il has empses Of dews ana flowers;
Tel youth and love here and away,
Lake mated b!rds-Dut nothing IL Oals
All, nothing indeed hut We cling to i, all.
ItIs nCtllug ~ hear ones OWE heart neat
II IL nothing 10 gee once tears fall;
Yet surrey the breath 81 Our lie i sweet
Yes The breath Of Or lfc is = sweet. I 'ear
We were loath 20 gi;C II tCr al W know
of that CLAIMED country We bo.G So dear,
Far into whose beauty the Mea'i-ess 90
Yet certain VIC are. when We see item fade
Ont 81 The pleasant AeLt 81 tie III,
OF the sands 81 colO III The pailn-.rafs shade
And TIC stl,l ~, heh Jewels All tAtse nave won
You dare not doubt It. O soul of mine!
And yet 3 these vacant eyes coilt zee
One uny one from that voyage Gyiue,
With something, any thing sure Tor ne
An blow me che scent Of one lily 70 tel
That u grew outside of the wOrll. - most
Al. show ne "a plume 70 touch, or a shell
That whispers OF some Unt aItis.y coast!
~he Judgment" by Henry whitney Cleveland. would
s,so be marked poem did an the time suggest