New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-09-28

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n. ..rvcs NJ Mammon however,. does not sbsorb an
ths tutsrest Of the place There mo reaoingro0m
buffet aud picture gallery, which arc not smons ~
Last attractions. The arrangements TOT inc comIorSo
the employees are admirable "Few Of the many persons
who 20 thither to purchase gloves and dresses imagine
that behind the scenes Of this bury and crowded store
rostarant and lodging house for hundreds OF people
Ar. to be found Tho employees Of tie house number
nf,n hundred All these fed on the premises, and
one M ree yoans girls and fifty boys sleep here, and
In fact ind here permanent residence These last arc
from the provinces and have no relatives In Pans Iney
are not allowed leave the establishment without spe-
cis permit from the chief Of the department to which
they belong Tho sleeping Of the young girls arc
neat and quito as spacious the bedrooms ut one OF
our fashionable watern g-places. The furniture ccn-
prises an iron bcdstead, two chairs, washstsnd o
euod-sixed wardrobe in stained wood and curtained
row OF pegs against the wall. The young girls have
pleasant paor allotted for their use In the evenings,
neatly furnished and containing piano The boys have
brilliantly ,ghted bilardroon. with tables for any
kind OF game OF which they may choose to play except
cards Ches smen checkers, and d0mnoes are supplied
to them The diningrooms seven in number one OF
them accommodating tlree hundred persons at time"
Mr. T. A. Troope contributes as usual some Interesting
paragraphs to the Monthly Gossip" this time, about
the visa musical festivals.
SCRIBNER.
Mr. Stedman's second instal!ment OF the
minor Victorian Poets" includes critical estimate OF
Philip James Bailey. Alexander Smith, Gerald Massey,
George Macdonald, Coventry Patmore. Sydney Dobell,
Ingclow, and others whose names are iess Ia
mar poetics readers this country After an intel
Igcnt survey Of the whole field. Er. stean Expresses
his conviction that anthology could DO culed from the
poetry OF the United states equally lasting
and attractive with any selected from that OF Great
Britain He does believe, however, that British poe
try to decline with the loss Of Tennyson, Arnold
Browning and the rest The sority Of which thesyInp-
toms visible, does not indicate the over i1peh
ing of the historical and aged British nation 1t
is rather tic afternoon etarey Of glorious day, which
has sncceedcd critical scholarly PERIOD and which will
be followed by cycle Of lyrical and dramatic achieve
ment England, the mOther % natons ~s Eer youh
from her children and hereafter viii not be unwilling 10
receive from fresh and vigorous return for the gis
OF more than two centuries The day Is not far distant
when the fine lyrical feeling Of America will swell Into
foods of creative song. Our own progress will exert
reflex influence on the mother cunry, and return force
that may animate W-born choir OF Ter minstreis-A
paper Edgar Poe, By j. q. Fairfield aihcusseS 'ie
question of the madness OF that Giraffe genius, arriving
at the conclusion that he tie victim OF what hs been
STYLED cerebral epilepsy, a disease marked by
sudden attacks Of malacal type without the coll
vulsions that attend the more common forrls IL y
invariably accompanied by state Of unconscious eere-
bratio, and generally by singular hauchat:"ns shch
"a seem form the basis OF stories lKo Ahe Black
Cat"" Ligea," MorcIl," "Wiln wilson," and tho
later products Of P0os pen almost wthoat exception
The explanation given by Mir lowell that they Gre the
fruit OF fantastic invention does nC; cover the ground
They are mcthoical, and too distinctly determined
by sin ec idea fol that There is method IN their mad
ness method is inconsistent Win fantasy as IL 10
with blnor Air Fario.ds views OF the physical condi-
ton OF Poe as niiesScd In hs later productions, arc
well summed up IN tic following paragraph:
fttfiss ini III II
BRAN lie boy constantly exposes cYO1,.ei ~
of emotion over steady llleeeLn@ Worh ills ~, l'..
know except ir0m his o'n 'tnss cylhcts lhS Jct very
eonousyey. WIN passod fGt tho he'.I.i,n III Is
nnsnls fnr.!s they the C~pJHcntS ~ vague inys-
nc. and Oppressive unrest; OF nlInei lssioEs Ni'h IN
mature intellect OF M emotional aciiSity seiIs WIN
was inca pablo aprrcica ing, Htiil less OF competence
ing. lie dreams well. beautifully, though ls
nriJcs halt little and he, ba his work Is only
dream work Great IIon Tor impulses 70 gro" ana Waa
ullco, crnabe IN haywood snch Hs this. AZ he grew
elder tLis OF intellectual training seems to nave
forced itsf upon his attention. Seat TO college nc
had found iis wog6 interfering with his dreams.
Hence lie ran away Once ma:rs'ilated In the great
collage 81 lie, lie lfd to acne will, Win canGhH
crfertd with his work. rather, ne Lad d;eamedfo long
that b. ilc ipahe OF honest Wor. Hence mentally
he never grew mp For The aitic AID siicfi3 OF IN,
teliectual manhood were, on tic ether hand substituted
puIe show cleverness ana anaiytlc ieatS o. nc sove
scarcely caring What IFS words meant that they
sounded we.i not III, but "a an extremely clever
thing real IN life the stage scenery Years OF vas
wassai TIE Inherited devil OF dlpfo,aai.a, dormant
only little while, asserted itself h)w and then III
wlatsc@vor result Us wics'lc cnded it contributed It's
onntui to the fatal peryorEicn OF nervous system icrcd
i;arii determined ia tho direction OF epilepsy: The late
J. r. Thompson AMONG his "reminiscences OF Poe wit
ncages to the fact that this period lie could take
taorinary OF brandy without being at all affected
by Ii; but nervous degeneration went on and the
clepc tendency developed lac became CAS- Is generally
tie easel rcsti7c ~ alcoholic smalafs tit tI,-
ne n,,car.ro cremation i us ncrbidy vicious i'm
with cpleptc insanity This Yves about the dle OF THE
Fail OF the ounc o: Ushcr and o. at singular aliceUry
OF madness Tic Haunted Palace" 10 now absained,
by re habit OF morbid introspection which It's cx
ponen and gathering force from somewhat NJ lc,ss %
hereditary prespIN,ion, wehs GA ct'g hVp hs bitih
until sanity Only recollection, ana III the S;tter
be fell and died.
Among the editorial para graphs In The Topics Of the
Time the remarks Church Dcbfs, and "Thc Slow
Times" are sng;arly opportInc, and viii reward the
attention OF Thoughtful reader. Tie editor protests
against the cxtravaSau outlay Of money for church edi
fees, which involves the burion % heavy debt, and
rroves source OF painful embarrassment both to pastor
and people "Thc results OF building churches upon
such an unso,ld basis are bad enough The t result,
perhaps cxtinsaisnent OF al church benelcence.
The church debt is the apology for denying all appeals
for aid, from all the greater aud smaller charities.
church sitting in the shadow of great debt, n0s at
home 10 callers They do not the debt. but they
the money and they afraid they shall be Obliged
to payit The heather mast take care OF Themselves,
the starving must 90 without bread, the widow
and the fath,rless must look to the God Of
pine, and the poor children grow up in vaga-
bondage because OF this awful church debt. All
the meanness in n church sknlks behind the debt, OF
which intends to pay very little while ali the noble
ness really poor, because ii is conscious that the
debt Is to paid II paid at ALL by itself. Again, a.