New-York tribune., 1876-02-04
LONDOT LITERARY TOPICS.

ANNUAL kUhNAiIIS tf III" LoNbc4' ii'"is"'
IFROM THE YEGULAR ConREsPUSDENT OF TIE TEiRtNhl
I0NuON. Jan. 15.-Mr. Emerson's new volume mas
made lis welcome appearance this week on the ooun-
ters of tho London booksellers, with the imprint oi
Nessrs Cbatto IL Windus notice Of 1T may be
fouud in The dMcRdum Of to-day; n0i1ce oi u
very offensive kind If it were the first, or tho sec
ond il might well be passed over. and certainly ii"
hot refer 20 il because suppose Mr. Lmeieos Iaino
in America can be harmed by an attack upon hiin III
Tile Aheadaa, OF helped by any reply W 1t. LIS
position il quite independent oi what weekly of
daily newspapers may say oi him. But tins ailic'
is an example of the style which las TOO often OF ia'e
years found its way INTO the columns Of me dhe
rGup Gppant, piesJnPiuoua, and hHc'ut'tc' IL
il fppan. to say Of . writer of Mr. tmersohS RAM
tha, in his aest production se Is - Grabbed, 10 80
tertainIng, aud as "cOCa-;uro' as when ho hiSi
startled the Phi Beta kappa society with LID paIa-
d,vs ~, Tie relations Of man to the universe II is
1iruopt iuuortiucuce 10 sncer at him as "pecado-
plilosophcr" aud broodng over his eggs t''i i'y
art added Ii II pTesumptuoHs t. say thaJ MS III
ilucuce il on the wane What does this AMs-
nduia reviewer know about hr. EncfsohS
influence in American IL is iudicroufly M
accurate 10 say Of thinker, almost oYcry
page of whose latest book bears MARKS oi ho'h
reading and lively interest ia the newest forms oi
thought, tl,'l iiOtil Wbl d.iA Hi'ANAi ~ '
scarcely reach him. 1t is sheer ius"lcnce to i,o th'
word lnGuntchau, in connection wi;a AiT HTo' or %
name Il il u-, L. and is plainly meant TO he t.he"
as applied to him. lis quaiutnrss and erccn,nciy
o. lansuacc. We are told cad by wcayiag:
They afo lie an o.. uri costume upon q Wis" ln'u
Tbo.n who enter int" '"u'rs ton Vith u' "'trI "i
md ont his merit. Unless however. he j. constantly
displaying Il, nc Lev toI'b va. i'ht An 10! " l'""t
ht.k
Now n,c Whole g'st tof tsari.leis t'.aJ H.. En'rr-
son DISPLAYS NOT y, -Jpr, but something very q i''f-
ent Tie last two sentences ailirn ha to o." ad-
inrcr- of rny ci>n and rhapsody a." nee" book "'l
Ic Vs.! .opc hut ta' II sd . r1t H. ~" common
SENSE which. on The principle We e1Trof', OF
Tacias, 'omnc igao..p p,o mogn in3, is c'c-t"heIo
laul, tarou.. Its pages" PLAINLY taa var! if u'i
for miult
Tie w.iicr ssrs lc has not roae through The b'o'
to hunt out d,iccts. Il Is probable hc has NOT
gone through 81 a. aN, a.l IL j. .clia,a 'A~' i at
had. Lis judgment on 30 would ho worth u" mo.-
than nov. Tn. measure of III. critical insight j.
easily taken. he crnrot comprehend o." n'..""-i
.l.,,o.. N'lclo p. s.,.3 l.l..-. H. ,,;ls .t5u ar
c,,n,t jc followed, hu. Zee has commit tAc seiai
iudiscrctou a. quoting rI--1g" and commenting
on 10. 10, pa..s-. 3, ;E.:
when p.o.., &c.! uc t.y ..o Mt r'.i-H p.c'-. .,'nI
IFr. r.' .' rr --t..'r .'' ,"i -''t '' "''t
volume %: ,iylae- 80. ..'.. s'o" i..t F., r- -
,nir proFr. 'l,'e ir.'- for r.r'r'.
!, require. genius frGaaH-7' 80 ris th' P.a''
Ircauiso 81 tins. lr. Emerson doe- NOT tin Is Nin'-
lrv ti7r poet nor Ai irs good rc'c 10" 'l y'Tc.
and sy- that people prove th-ir ' r+ f"rr i'F 'r
n.trtf.lil,. ~ bso,s which contain bad p.otIy.
.,it hear r.,. co,c..r1t" "l oar reviewer:
ItH.rl.tr ;'"..', '.c .r. .r"' 90 rt. IS f''' ''
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T. ut.i........,,...t .:urfL.I tl.u that and be
,od ,, we. i,..! ,,. prr,g. ifg fitets.H writer.
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j. .; f.r Am. .+.an. q. ~ t..t. Therefore. | VIII
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i.... 1.sof t,,. ,,te .,r .i,.c. H. A.ua fast a.i
al .,.,r.i.in Of NJ !i,pNoal Diyon T.
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,,b,,, IL .,ul, damn , book or ,.-
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IN, I,.,ls or, p,a, ~, ieb,t, hon
80. ord ,i,., A. present lie l,l,qsg is . letter
,...r to,,.. ,,r,tcr ,o..ally wr,. informed. and
,.;;,. h,,,.iro more i.lrcu;.al But for its ad-
.,,-,'.,..,. orc b,r,ily reed open ILe IfracuH,.
H. ,.;.,... wifi. i!.c pn.li.h.r however. make e..
,,..f.ltoc,c WHO vi-ic, 10 rec their weekly an-
,o,rrclacl,i, L. treatntu. Of American books anil
American toi,i.7 I.. ...Iact.l al n.iou .or good
,yLil.n,.,. 70 .ag t.i American books axe r,-
yic,yci IN The ftsonpsin uuialry l., au,c thcy arc
American. vouid ira l.aya thsrn. rcf.ain frol
,.aIiar il ia lhuac t,urs. E.t one who looked
tt &c ,l,. j., .,,.,l, al e., .l,,c.. Il, ,u,,.i.
'''""F" 80 WI ''''' -. ..,.,.
10 American books would fat t0iue evidence :