New-York tribune., 1875-10-20
BOSTON LITERARY NOTES.
THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY.


IN UoyFIIs's NEW sToRY-wARNERS EAsTERN
TRAvP1s-PoEMs-BREr HARTEs - TALES OF THE
ARGoNAUTs."
,rpox A REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBUSe.I
BosroN, Oct 1S.-A new story by Mr.
Howes is always pleasure 30 lei us conern'ula'e
each other the commencement Of one entitled Private
rhcatricals" in tho November number OF The Audn"e
Monthly don't particularly like this tile III oy no
means 40 happy as a Chance Acquaintance " OF "
Foregoue Conclusion nor Is the scenery among which,
I'm this opening chapter the stage is set so captivating as
either quaint cid Quebec, where Kitty Ellisons love
making went on Venice beautiful with the beauty OF
odream ia which "A FOTogOne Conclusion was wrought
out The present tale opens at West Pebn and confess
that dons much fancy places like West Pekn either IN
books or out them If the inhabitants thereof had any
more spirit than their the life OF Mr. Howes
would not be among them for behold the manner IN
which he describes them
ayays fancied a duh encouragement In the native
,.rm,nS race: an effect of the terrible Winter, that
browns good half Of the months In drifts OF snow ahu
Of the drcary solitude Of the country life Great men
hay come the rural stock IN nation before now
and perhaps the people Of West Pekn have earned ne
right to lie inow bu; whether this is so or NOT II Is oe
tain that they often evnce an apness to open the mouth
and stand agane at uSaa M %cn ncntaI cnn re
pose n they have thoughts. they have not the rre
silent race. have seen two of them, Old noehhors
mce after absence and when they had hOrniy ratified
their caos palms together stand staring al each oter
their dry sefated lips falling apart, their Jaws mutey
working up and down. their pale blue eyes vacantly
wnking and their weathcr-beaten faces wholly dis
CHARGED expression the gable ends OF Two barns con-
fronting each other from opposite sides OF the road no
figure can portray rOesquencsss of their persons
with their feet thrust into their heavy boots ana thelr
rlothes-originay misshapen in soI,shop after some
by-conc ashion and now curiously warped, cutgrown
ouiyOrnolmbing UP their legs and mounting upon tnelr
STOPPING shoulders. Bat II they are silent tey are no,
sury; give them time and they are sDidbe enough ana
they are first and last honest lhy oo nor ss ooo III t
Tor board and they show some slow Willingness 20 ae'
upon boardcr's suggestions for his greater comfort
But otherwise they remain unaffected by the contact
9bey learn no greater gbneSs OF tongue OF Vchess 9l
mind, grace Of manners If their city guests olnS WIN
the vices Of wine beer at dinner ana tobacco aef
IT, the farmers keep themselves uueontaminate'
The humOr Of Charles Dudley Warmers At the Gates
o., the East" is of that delicate kind which will not
bear transanting. The who was dentist, and If
now an evangelist who sees everything through the
tight of his inward vision who has az interview with
"the Pope's head :" and who has gone abroad to-
observe the progress of things in Europe and report the
same In q book, is portrait painted it'll few marvel
Gus touches clearly that you would cognze MN any
where Col. Warpg gives in this number the third
of his valuable papers "sanitary Drainage;" and
Henry James. ir generous ustalment OF his captva'-
inc novel, "RodericS Hudson
Charles Francis Adams ir., commences his series OF
parers descriptive OF Some Railroad Accdcntsa col
lection Of horrors calculated to mako all who wish
L. keep their legs unbroken and their heads on their
shoulders stay at home, or ride Ill chaises.'
Mrs. Kemble's Old WOman's Gossip has rare charm
of perfect frankness which dOab II ii would be pos
slble for any young woman to attain. Now and then
there ia little pathetic yet mrepinng consciousness of
ago which is very touching She says opopos to an ae-
count Of her early passion for dancing:
How thought should he able TO leave Oh dane
ing aud l thought Of riding ana so th0nSht OF
,inyng and could imagine what lie would be like,
reihans in thinking it would difficult 20 leave them of;
had conception how easily they would leave me OH
II Is curious hear Of the Empress E"Seno, IN the
early days her married life. when certainly she might
slI have been beautif without the aid of art, with
"her face painted like mask not only white and red
d,rkeed under the eyes, and with the veins on her
temples in blue the white enamel with which
they were pastered" doubt If any other royal woman
was ever fond OF dress the fair Empress Writing
90 FREUD during her husbands absence in the cam
paens OF Magenta and sofcrino, enlarged on her
anxiety for him. and cried ont, in her extremity: An,
,a ehere quee eriSfel,ce Je fdiS quc deBlder et
tsaycr dss robes " think she the first inventor OF
.contrvsncc for letting down her superb tOettes from
over ler head b machinery that thy might not be sub
,ectcd the disturbing touch of even the most adrot
iirevonan. She was very pious, this painted beauty
ont when she not praying her chief amusement was
10 study the effect OF costumes set Of fe-sze dolls
,he had.
Horace = sculder himself captivating story-telcr.
ascusscs the Of Hans Christian Andersen" "
and George AIRY Eggest0n does his best 10 make US
ret the Emancipation Proclamation by picturine the
III fascinating hospitabic frccandeasy life OF "Ihe
Dld Regime in the Old Dominion"
The Ioets of the number " f. S." T. i. Aldrich,
Della Thaxer, Edgar Fawcctt. and g. +. Iatbrop. Here
stho tender little sonnet Of " T. ="
stood and leaned upon balustrade:
% s1e +n 6aS S an sunk iS Sac srS sa PETE Pe Sme
While ali the bells their Ave Mary played
Sweet music filed the air, and the young moon
Trcmbled in liquid tenderness on nigh;
But / WAS looking BorthWard with a sigh.
And said, "Ah, quiet vale. greet thee soon!
Now when the daylight fades stand and gaze
Upon Tie silent fields aud tie Garl hills
That close around my lonely home M fills
Ny heart with longing for the Roman days.
Olongng changing heart o world too small!
Would all one one dear PLACE were all!
And here is Mr. Aldrich's dainty little rhyme:
TO CRITIC,
Hold this sea-shell TO your ear,
Aud you shall hear
Not the aidante of the
Not the wild winds symphony
But your own hearts ninstrcsy.
You do poets aud their song
grlcVous wrong,
II your own heart does not bring
10 their deep imagining
As much beauty as they slpR.
There was n time, two three wears ago when il
quite the fashion 10 say that Bret Harte had done his
work in Californis-tha he had not borne trans
plaBtiug-;hat his vein narrow and he had worked
il out he needed very little sdeb small detracOn,
while his work was commanding better prices than al
most any other Americans who holds pen. And now
stories OF the past few years gathered into vol
ume entitled "Tales of the ArgOnauts, and Other
Sketches "a volume which will certainly confirm the
highest estimate of Mr. Hartos admirers. The stories
are nearly all good. and all characteristic.
osgood e. Co. have nearly ready "The Young Sur
veyor; Or Jack the Prares," by j. T. TTOwbridge,
author OF Jack Hazard and Uis Fortunes" and many
other popular stories also Longfellow's Masque of
Pandora and Other Poems" and a new edition of The
House of seven Gabcs' which the second volume of
the Little Classic" edition Of Hawthorne. Len
New publications.
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