, 1876-01-24

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.ho~n IL psphi.s pnsah.d ii !; snasr @ III slts.
vii lad 10 sho ssp.ission ot p;rt o. Of ths Thos ot
tho na,ion from HONS, Tho fasurs viii show.
Really; n wo srs to sf't,t she efitics' Euroro
anothor OF tho uroat rowots,
whose chron!clcr has but litts to report In favor
Of thn intellectual advance OF hts nation. Among
tho 9,l4l books vhfcl, haso boon uubIobcd
In Russian during tho last yelr, remarks
dospond!ngly Monsieur a. popovio Zub, "how
ia tlofe doAerrlng Of notice for lis literary
merit n aplte of this lugrhrsous beginning,
zuo Svss N Of 'tos Ras
cohsdorahlc ntotcHs. 1t Ia worts, know
Ing that tho Authors Of the most I'M
portant booka Of national Interest
sto compelled 10 ssul thcir wotts for puplica-
oastly.nndoratood fact, asYa the wrlter that tbs
moro aosere tho ceusofslip the better tho char
actor OF those books. and tho greateE their tnlu-
enss. In apito Of ne freeing Of the serfs, xhilo
DO dented that Tho presont Czaz ia faithful! 10
| tho traditions OF his ancestors; and that tho
groat and rhpldly.deve!opinE nnaslsn peoplo
arc undor tio bondage Of tcsrbo taspotlsn.
gradually amctIoratod, will, In great noasuro
thHart their progrsba.
! 1rALT-
that boaustful Italy which hns boon 80 long in
1 4A s1tCNH0t4AA AtAttJ* tlO1H HAlEA Blu III ~
strain; hero I'll Il hopo, llfo, eour-
ngo, and energy. The prosent yoar-
rendered Of peculiar Atsistic interest by tho
csntoosry calebrht,ous OF Michael Angelo, Arl-
osto, and Rooeaco-has alao been productive OF
rich literary hsrycBtr. II am glad to say"
w1ites tho Italian critic. Angelo Do Gubernasus,
"that wa may hs congratulated, not only 90 tho
h!m that In general psrradoa our Studies, bot
alao upon tho sterling worth OF many OF
| thcao now books. 1sesdos original works.
many admirable traot'aslons arc being made.
in a fow years.-the publishers. who have givon
oEectual encouragement 10 rla!ng Autlors, hAv-
ing sho!r share in Tho morit." 1n referring. to
novels, BY tho way, BiKnoE 0ubernatus nlakes
dostlny In not IoIog born il Now York
Anl approntlccd In hkrncB8 with Bylranus Cobb.
~ certainly cannot congratulate tho public, he
vrile8, "upon the enofmous fecundty OF Nc
tnouth oaeh QUO bo.ra pootieal tltlo, and 6iIa
precisey ono hundred and fotty.four pages and
half. This manufacturer Of novols 'eer-
tainly does not lack talent, but hc
sos @1Es' bis a. oaasass saseGs nsS Il, q s,oMs M s hs
due's hts mysterious expectations, hsa Blgbs, hia
tear, g,-in word, hia romans!o mosaics, for so
mr1oh page and 40 mnel' line. ~ thouRh Il
VA. va nalo Of eooaa;" Fertility snd 1ichosss Of
tLeir novolists. N style he resembles
Dloxens, but Ia more subtle, tendeF, md
delicato,-gviog vitality to his oharaosora
with e1quaito touoi,ea Of nature. During tho
lass year he has published thron delightful
noyots, oacl Of which has boan Foeeivod with
enthusiasm. IN Ill departments Of literature
-scionoc theology. aud phllosophy,-tho ftatan
critic reports life and psogresa.
The smaller European States follow In tic
footsteps Of 1taIy; tLoy hAyo ali somethiDg
hopeful aud encouraging 10 say for thot1aolves.
Whilo tho Great Powers sre compromitng their
future prosperity. and that Of tho zace, with
thelr wars aud dospoio policy, shose small na-
tions zEo really we'll governed, and are making
progtess In art, literature, and ecienco. In
HOLLAND, -.
thoro las been unusua! intellectual activity DUR
l.o6ott, roports savosably OF all departments Of
MISUNDERSTANDING special praIeo for tho re-.
cont hlntorical novels. Que OF lhcsa Is BY shiun-
in!el, tho author Of !" Mary Hollis" Which has
of of'n hs soh t. within nte apS Fl 5e. hS sn as s9
Lo1ctt r0gross TINT Maoaulay did not 1.-Two long
oAouxh to ou1oy the Ruthor's dramatic and
racy descriptions Of Aa diplomatic donEs In En-
of certain Mr.. Doats, whose bervicos shou!d
sdsiso our literary burolus to sngaga forthwith.
singie citation will givo nj idea Of his quA,iti-
cations: lorts, who, aaa post, MAJ tor ! ttus
strongly influenced BY ByEona works. - many
hla prose- works. Of Dickens. Ho is tho greatest
humorlAt ih Dutch literaturo: and. II tho
language OF tho Netheslnds wore moro
sSn'fs' fanov ho would u0 a .efnorsds
European writer's. Bcsides being poet he is
thc rost eloquent Of our ossAylstB and lecturers,
as hin inaugural address On Charan;er has re-
Ssot sEan p5oyea srsst ~ h.s u
10 George % EiIot and md Mr.. c Iynn ''passs sypnson,
and whoso lEst novel, 'ronaarosr.' writ
ten in mastosly atyo.,. Ia diasin-
way IN which thc bas,s OF religion tho oilsteuco
Of God, Ia treaeod." Certainly Holland ia to bo
congratulated. With an accomplished Berss,
who rsaemblos ut once Dckens and byron (as
violent eoatrasts ~ literature atTords),-At oloo
poet, novelist. osBaylst, and lecturer; and a
ladY-noyolist who, In her frat book. disposcs iu
= thoEongbgolng wHy Of tho existence Of God,-
1t would seetn that this lltsso nation must DO
ontosiug tho golden osa Of hor iltstzsuru
MuN0An1.
Tho Hungarian crl'io Armlnius Yambsry, hls
much to say Of tho progroaB OF Hciouca IN the
country Of Kossuth, and tho efforts that arc bs-
ing made By scholars to preaotye tho purify Of
day an,ong Aungatians Is rhother. while draw
.ng nearer to other European peoples, and as
a!milatlug tncir char.ototlatscs, t6ey Will DO
abio l.ut 70 retain tnete own national Iudl.
fSa'y III ysw hsf Of V'"ss' sss safi saS.s 'Asss sa
focls profound faith in tho future OF hin coua-
try; but ho regards it. ~ = bad aign that tho
novel!sta ara Inclined 70 look upon tue dark slde
Of them to task for his bad taste In allowing Ills
horo to bocomo villain, alter making him the
representative ot Ill the beat qualities ol tho
uolie Hungarian raco. This CRITIC Is
,lcs!on,-uot moro than half s-lozon; and, attor
describing them, ho adds, uatvoly: "The novels
have mentioned arc not nearly enough to moot
tho ~auta Of tho public and = great ueal Of