The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-09-22

max; INC lcngth OF HOre " frequently Twelve
feet, and as II IA now beached TO snowy white
ness it, uses arc greatly multiplying.
The genius of TUrpER HOLLAND docs not
shine in satlrcsl, sarcastic, or ironicM writing.
where II does shine we must Leave ms readers
to say. pcehlTs Nr JrEHiSGs OF the time will
tell us. ~ this me he must have read rrprrR
IlOLLAND from "Tmothv 'ritconb" 10 Arthur
Bonmcastlc' and "Kathrna,' and not only
know that our American literature boasts such
Wi cr. but also ho prepared To appreciate the
quality Of his genius.
In his magazine Of this month TuprEB liOL-
LAND tres to write Ironically about what he
calls In his sarcastic way "Onensive People"
According to him they are the good and pure in
life, the successful. and tho praised. Tho bad,
the loose lived, the unsuccessful, and those who
win no praise. are the ones who jcalously and
envously make ont their better and more foriu-
nate neirhbors to be "oncnsive ueoplc." IuP-
rLn HOLLAND thus ironically puts the case
A man WHO IL good IL not u man at ALL He might as
honesty l. smplicipi hts sgbrciy y economy hia
uvr M vretchcd world nus would he II II were filled
shtncB WIZ good nci what right h,a man TO be
The average nearly possible. Let " he good tel.
WHO dirrs to ascribc to us single virtue Lei US ali
Keep down 'l1 ont Of sgnt. All that do for our.
Win .ii rcrs and 90 nctflvs the hascnca of human
nature that, We may wen blush to think that We are
hcmucis - the huui1n race
1his displays a sournoss Of temper on the par,
OF IurpER HOLLAND which II pains IA to OBJ
serve. 1t should not appear IN the writings of
so good person. No one, UPPER noLLAND,
fails to honor goodness. There IL, however.
often adherence of oi linton IA to what good
ness II. There IL such athing "a can't and
man may hold other men to be bad because
they do not live Just IA be does, attend his
prayer meeting, or refrain from the pleasures he
avoids. II TOPPER HOLLAND was left to draw
n line between good and bad men, he probably
would do It with mach ease Other people
would 0nd the task OF separation more difficult,
and perhaps they would put many Of UPPER
HOLLANDS lambs among the goats. The world
does, Indeed dislike pretence OF any sor., and
the good men, so called by the American IT r.
PER, are often distastoful to what he calls the
good fellows because they do not bear them
selves naturally and simply, but as II charged
with superior virtue. We do not hold In much
account good fellows. II they be as 1UpPEI,
HOLLAND makes them. that II, fellows who
don't pay their debts, get drunk and violate the
commandments. seriatlm-eXcept lying, steal
ing, and Killing; hut neither does any other
man whose opinion Is Of any real value. but
the genial, faithful, honorable, simple. natural,
ana enlightoned person VINO Is less occupied In
converting his fellows than In doing his own
appointed task, and who does not gauge them
bv a csst-iron standard Of his own making, l. a
sort Of good fellow who 10 always held in honor
by us, and generally by men who through expe-
rlence Of the world come to value men for what
they are, not for what they pretend to he.
Moreover. commonplace man who imngines
lac has mission TO instruct the world Is an in
tolorable bore.