, 1876-06-03

Organs Of the Transcendental and So
cialistic Movements.
Hnydon.ana....Goss'p About Byron.
C1Inntrey, Sir Robert Peel,
and lYordswort},.
A Visit to soane'a Musoum--Ooleridge,
Bpuraheim, and tho Saroophagus.

llavc heard Of the publication; yet In its time
It excsted deep, II not wl,lc Influence, and lts
prosperity WAS watched with splfcttule by many |
Of tho most enlightened minds In our country
The magazine was established when the Trans !
ecndcntal movement In New England ba1 ac- I
qufrcd It's greatest impetus, and WAS the special
organ Of tho enthusiastic leaders of that Jtuyc-
mcnt, who wished through tts columns TO dis. |
sctninato their system Of philosophy among the
people, It was published quarterly, the initial
number appearing IN July, 1Sa0. For thu siyAt
two years its chief cdltor wa. Margaret Fuller,
With Il, W Emerson as her principal associate
1ll-hcati, compelled Miss Fuller TO give orcsthc
journal into tho hnnds Of Mr.. Emerson nt The
cnd Of two years, yet SHE still continued to write
for it,-cxcittng the grateful woncr Of him WHOM,
she thus aasistcl, ''as the facility With which
she a.suincd the preparation Of 1aborious ar.I-
cles, that might have dauntcd tue most prac-
t!ccd sertbc.'' :.
1t WIS intended that Miss Fuller should re-
cciye, as compensation for her services as editor,
800 per n1,Iluln; but the SUN uctualIy realized
dill not reach that amount. Yet this Il, no way
1esscncd her interest In the periodical, or hrr
efforts to promote its welfare. She was eagerly
solicited Z, undertake thc charge q this work.
aay; NJ Emsrs% "wsl whr t. began, con.
hnd Its origin In club Of speculative students,
TI!o found tic , air in Ameriga getting alittle
sl@ss and ttnSant n ham. rY ,|ns1a ||1usna was
ises Of many co-opcrator.. But the wor;nen VI
sufficient culture for apoet!eal and phllosoph-
| ical magaz!ue we're too few; and, ~ the pagcs
wcrc hllcd by unpaid contrbntoss,-ea Of
eeessty S % of 'ts tss eunt2y Il s soms "s' yine ans
| emnluyilent,- the journal d not gct Ills tcst
work, but his second best. Its scattered writers
llad not digcstcd their theories Into distinct
a. Int
10 eclectic nnI miscellaneous that each Of It's
rcaslers ard writer's valued only small por-
hrc tSn ot II II i, vco't hat t1S t1,x R es1"sed e
vcntional rubbisi, some sparks Of tie true 1--we
and lopc, and Of the pfety to spiritual law,
Which iia'l noved its friends and fuuntlcrs, nnl
fsosss y IT: sa, '1sss0f,s htst a x s
words of TOOL critic, whpse serene judgment
Is never stirred Or biased By enthusiasm.
MI. Frothinehaa'n, :, wno 4 r has described the
New England writes With more feryor Of nh
enterprise which won l!is watncst sylupathies.
II Il better to quote his statements literally
than to attc5'pt nh abstract which must either
serv!!cly initiate, or do thetn Injustice. 'Thc
contributors writes Mr.. buckingham, "wcre
the bright ntcn and women who glre vote In
literary form to tho yarios Mtteranccs Of
thc Trlnseendcntal genius. Mr.. Emerson bra
ycst lectures and uobless poems were first print
ell there. Margaret Fuller, besides nun,truus
pieces of miscellaneous criticism, contributed
| thr nrttclc on Goethe, aloue enough, to estah-
n her ff f. 4sss sssfsC s1 s't ,a aud the
| Aicn-Woman versus Wuulc,I,' which was
afterwards expanded Into tile book, Woman In
the XlXth Century Bronson Alvott sent In
anazcmcnt to tie unsultialel aud III, utnusr-
n,cnt to the pEoianc. Charles EHlcrson,--
younger brother os the cssayist,-whoSc prc,s,n-
ture 1tathwa bcWaElel by tiu admirers Ut III
by Ills Soirs fgum tl.c Journal of IL Scl.oar,
| that the genius Tot cDntlcl to o siuylc
member u his fAmi!y. George Ripley, Jalnes
Freclnan Clarkc, Theodore Parker, Wlliasn u.
S. Dwight uhc musical rritic), G. T. Cranrl. {tle
artist-poct), William E, Claiming, were liberal
of contributions. all III characteristic ways; and
unnamed Ineu and women dill their part to
1lll tue nlIbtrs Uf ILLS most remarkable n,sI,a-
zine. Tht freshest thoughts on all ub}etts
were brought to the eslitur's table; social lcn.
deacies were noticed: books were reviewed; the
ncwcs: picture, tho last concert, was passed
upon, abroad as well cs at home; tho p3llo-
s"pheal discussions wcru nbe md ltocrim!nat-
Ing: tue Theological rapcrs were learned, bread
aud fresh. The four volumes aru exceedingly
rich IN poetry and postry such 49, rs seldom I9 n9s
tllrd, 10; the fo,ir.h, H. Among these wrre
Emcrson's earliest inspnLrations;; The Prob;
tOlc to Beauty stro Rllca,' iir1t appeared Ia
tile Dol. lIarps that hs.l long been silent, ull-
able to make themselves lcarI AMID tie din u
the latrr generation, lnutle their music here.
For Transccu.!entalis'n was essentially potttsa!,
aud put It's thoughts naturally into song. rhc
poems In tlle Did even leaving out the famous
onrs that have been printed ssre with thr'r al:
thors' 1lAincs, would make Ill tntercsttug aud
"a remarkable feature Of the Dial were the
chapters If sEthnirnl Scsptures,' scrcn In all,
containing tc1tA from tho Nccshnu sarna, tle
laws q Menu, Confuclus the Dsati1, the Chi
ncse Sour lA,oka,' iirr1ncs Tr!smcsistus, tho
Chaldc4n Orarlvs. Ihir.y-vc years a,o, these
Scriptures, now SO aer .ssll,!c, and in poriuns 50
familiar, wcrr known to the few, anil were e.
terne1 by none hut scflolnrs whose enthusiasm,
fur ancient literature got the better Of thelr r..
liious faith. To rcatl such things thell, allowed
Mi enlightened aisd courageous mind: to print
iliclg liz magazine undcr the aaercA title ot
hrcaltl of view. In Offering these chapters ii
it, rculcrs, without apology, am! on thel1
merits, TFansecn.lrnlalisln exhibited It's power
to oycrpss the limits of All special religions,
an! 10 perfect Justice u ull expressions Ut The
! religious sentiment"
III tl,is very full account. it is only necessary
70 add that the Itass WIS discontinued in April!
lsA, after carer q Just fur years. a
II weekly Journal cutitlcd the iar1i,gyer wu
established By tho Fraternity ut Brook Farm
and continued InriHg n term Ut four years. Il
was published In the nsvrcsts Of social reform
and to further, rs Mr.. Ripley declared in Tho
l,,.roiust"ry nnttec, !" the Ealleai movement fo
tlt hcnrtit ol t!n misses, whlrh Is thu crowMlnt
glpry Of tic nnetecnth century: :, I.
that ,ntiyemcnt, c,nsurrattd BY religious pgtnti
rlc SUSTAINED hy llt awful sc'Ise u justice. I'LL.
thecrcG by tue brightest lopcs IT future good
all our powers, Talents anu nttalnl1lcnta are .lr
yutrd.n Again We torruw from Mr. Fruthins
lM',l's late book, whrh contains l'issury Vt tho
a!His ntil achievements of tho patFr:
"a powerful! company Of writer's cont'ilMtcs
lhe!rlahor 10 help fusward the plan:.; The Jour