The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-06-12

siasm should not be checked by classical excur.
sions, or kept down to zero by PHILOSOPHERS
CONCENTRATIONS.
unfortunately Lord I.vtton. 40 far aa his meth.
cd Ia developed In that portion OF this work
which he had written, seems % have moved with
tho deliberation OF a scholar, rather than with
the evef-ncreasing speed and power OF crss
ator, warming the whole m Into a glow, and
fusing II through the very heat generated by its
own movement.
Doubtless the fact that tho work was for 80
long a time In hand, that actual labor upon 10
proceeded so slowly, may In some degree ads
count for the want Of artistic enthusiasm everys
where to be noted in what Is before us. As ina
timated above, this might have been manifested
further on, had the story been completed and
tho tranquil level Of what wrl ten out might
have been artistcally contrasted with the clis
macteric points and tumultuOus action THAI
were to follow. No great work can he fairly
Judged by Its beginning, or, indeed, by any iso-
lated portion; indeed, estimated by such data
alone. 1t Is almost sure to be misjudsed. For
this reason. II for no other, the expediency of
publishing this fragment may he questioned.
hat portion OF the work which we have endo
before Cleonloe has been surrendered to her
lover. Pausanias last appears on the deck OF
his trlreme, which, sorely damaged, as he hold q
.
one upon each side, belonging to and directed
by two chiefs OF the allies, Ia 10 peril Of sinkinR-
These two chiefs had thus given the signal Of
revolt from the spartan leader;
"on" cried Pausanas, 10 powerless wrath, " Oh, thb
SeeuIs,d elsnen. On That mine enemies had attacked
How are we to act ?" said Arlstdes. ave citi:
sess OF Rsg1Ole r. Tnca The majority g0ysSsn
we are 60 act Il.rk 20 me shouts thsS
arc opeulnk way Tor their kintmen ~ the lsle,.'
The sun sunk, snd with II SUNK the spartan maritime
the saulan and the Chan uted the galley Of Pau.
sinas, u We accord we'ht TO the authority which
brief ana glorious sovereignty Of Athens. Commence
ne M sna a9T w. msh wss an sp2ch mos sigma N
cyz 'tiOn 10 which as yet human foresight can pre-
diet no end.
In the last extract, the manner in which the
author keeps constantly before his readers tho
fact that he Is writing In the present time u
events that happened and were narrated long
ago, IL sufficiently illustrated. After the passage
quoted we have some account OF the arrival IN
Sparta of a messenger sent by the chiefs OF the
allies to accuse Pausanius to tho Ephors,
some description OF spartan scenery, sOme exs
hibtion Of Spartan manners-and all Is blanks
With the exception Of some affectations, occe-
sional turgidity, and some commonplace and
trite expressions, as when dimples are called
"lurking places for the loves" Lord Lytton's
style and diotlon in this fragment are such 90
might be expected from his accomplished peus
Yet, upon the whole, this publication can ada
nothing to his fame, which was completed By
his best work, "The Parisians;' and his admir-
ers will feel that 1t had been better for, and
kinder to, his memory to have sbstained from
giving this incomplete and inferior ending 70
| the great achievements OF his life.