, 1876-01-09

tho poet who 'unwi:hho!dinsly commits h'1nse1'
What e., s,1lls:te analysis is tais,-what ins!en
and comprehension coa'eGed 10 se.'e.; e.;.;' ~,
i pure GOLD. Carrying out this polnt ot cl!;i.iou
lie ssis us to take l.oact. lows poem. 4'es't;
| n7t,or." sua co,lpa1o /. with Mrs. Bro"h ns
''On tho Death OF Il Child. and narh sna oa a'- ~
contrast. Longfcilow's is rncd1:as1ve' M's
Brownlpes full Of ihe tire Of actual anu im'1e1a'
JOHN aEEE::LEAr WHITTIER.
| he thinks. Contests vita Lougfel'ov tue palm 0,
| po,u,as1:y lie sal,i. very truly, that mol uut9
the aut,-ElaveEy e1cl1emsus b~sao g e:!'m'tato
did thv count:y learn What Volcano. 81,
crEes had lain dornans in ~, the SOU !,
of the ahy and secluded Quaker. :" H1s martial
| lvrics" lie declares. ''bal someth'n5 OF tha
| primitive bard urging On II h,,ts to battl,. Ana
| It was there oe De llo thinks til 1t had - Fass
| int;nrnce In cuuluns1ng. kindllng, aud oeVatla{
the pnblic sens;me.t against slavery. an
anti-aIayery meu. "tleir poetic ring and lnsp1.n.
tIou carried them into tbs intrencaod ca mp OF 1
tAe enemy" "slaj1v Il political t'1a 1aa-server,
| says .Ir. Whiprlar '.pru5f against Garrison .
hottest dauuucl1,lons AL Ph1Ilips most sung
ing sa,casms, quat!od before Nhit.iez's smiling
rAym"e."
Whittier's smiling rhyn,es' This description
is the one translation of Whlttier's long
power, and shows alr. Whipr}as genius Tor
.otd~paiptlng. HE aubtle sense Of enaractez, Or
GAYS tina, II Whittier hal POSSESSED any OF Popss
eGf- f-asser.ioa, la might laEa exclaimed With
him.
] own I'm proud: u,srt be Proud to aeo
Men not afraid Of Gs'u a.rai t u Inc.
Theeo poems he calls the product OF the noble
rage IN Whtt,es's heart nsainst tile injustice o!
slavery; aud he contrasts ta!s with what Ao esla-
mates ~ the natural clarac;o: Ut tha poet. that
Of q poe:le drsau.ur. II ally. peace-lo.ias man.
But iii this ehts1uAta ha IL mistaken. 1nese las-
in at3f hI1ff
euuca, ion-the s:rict Quaker Restraint, which
was m immense POKER iu Whlttier's young days.
Whittier h,1use}f sAva that he Ia \ bern tighter.
and has Lai hard work 70 hold himself quiet at
times.
or oL1cEA WENDELL HOLMES
nc get this curiuusiv exact and uenet1ating esti-
mate: 1.-The fundamental characteristic OF
Oliver Wendell H1lnos is the cons'ans elasticity,
fertility and sigvr of lis genius. He is nut
ony newer dull or feeble, bu: he a;poaas eapa-
ousls without meutai fatigue. His MUD, Que
Houid say nas canght the secret OF perpetual
motion. and acts upo, it." Mr. Wnlppla cons'a-
ers him US great elabosator Of lis Thought, IN
spite OF ais funny couplet:
No rubbing will xillL.e your lucifer match
II The tizz does not fofsy the pr1n1tiso scratch
lie th:nss also that ''wlt like Holmes must
cost lcbor e. e1ha-s,ing as metaphysical epecu-
aton." especially wien It always has m lnselli-
gent opjeet. In 'lussra*lan VI this inteill8ent
n
TIE GREAT LITTLE NAN,
and dedicated to The Say at Home Rangers.
poc1u with which those who are familiar With
Holmes will remember as d Keen 6atlto on tie
Young meu who preferred the 6afety aod com"
lurs u homo TO the pcrifous e1c'tementa OF q
soldiers i.ie duliug our War. Holmes. accord-
:ng 10 Whppe's Interpretation, covers very
WIDE range, as poet, noyehs., scientist, contro-
yersiast, and 10 thorouEa aad brilliant. 10 sil.
His intrepdity IN debate a1r. Whppls THINKS
special feature.
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL
though deacr. .beI clt elld ~ kj4apathetcalIy us
poei whose Thoughts ure 81 urllllautly p'ens!-
full tua. they are happily compared to Volsaire's
Etory IT CAullde, where the b0js OF Eldorauo
p1a7ed Ni:A diamonds as other boyn play with
marbles. has stlIl happier touch Of insight AZ
forded him BY our critic, when he saFa that he
alm avH appears to be on the 'kout Tor eVerF
new form OF pr r1unncation Of the 1an1ee d!a-
lect,-a dialect whlcl ho handles as Burns did
tie Scottlah."
TO JULIA WARD HOWE
he gives the place. nrss, of reformer and philan-
turoplst as scei az hiages, which last seems. "a
hls mind, bv this nf1uns semaut, to be the resuA,
or the outoreok OF tue former. He FRANKLY
says that 10 her Thrilling battle-hymn Of the
Republic does she owe her Widespread Eeputa-
ton. In summing up. speaking OF her present
attitude OF devotion 10 tha "3mau~sudrage
cause hs cunntny1y and deIicatelv concludes.
that "any doubt TO tie aopl.c2bil.tv Ut her
pranciples do not app!f to the force .. mind STE
brings to their expoaiuon and sappoi:. snd that
man must To e14cptlCuallg endowed with brains
,oho can afford '.tntselJ lie tuxu'y Of teseas4ng
he7. inta|ltct /"
Whls giving to
HAWTHORNE
full measure Of Appreciation for de@ic3cy grace,
woudo' fui power of deiiueation, and ma=tery Of
English he nits tnat inner Inns which Hawh1lue'5
admirers have uo. 20 ye; carefully touched,
when he says, "1Le defect OF his method APP
pears to te that he penetrated to SUCH dertn