, 1876-01-29
The Characters Of 0thello, lago, and
Desdcmona..uiring Docks in tho
Middle Ages.
The Proposed Dover-straits Tunne'...
Work Of The British Royal
Society.
Tic New Vienna 0bEcrvatory.--Para-
sitic Worm in Fiah-.-Climbing
Plants.--Extinct British
QuadrupedB.


LITERATURE
ESSAYS BY LOWELL
AMONG t[r nooKa. Eccnnd t3trtas. IT JAMKs HrS-
sEL1 LOWELL, Professor ot l'elIes-lcttrcs IN lsr-
rd Go,!ege: 1a%s' Eass pl' a' '''ton; James H.
James Russell Lowell las produced 30 much
verso of various exquisite mud exalted beauty
,iuco he first began to uso musical pom, now
some thtrty-six years ago, that tho world ts apt
to associate bis famo exclusively with Ills poetry;
yos, hud lo written nothing beyond his four vol.
amos Of pro sc, which include tho ono boforo lib,
Ia wn,1ld hayo been Rhlo to command h placo III
tho front raul: of American men Of genius. Bus
compa1iaouu aro ine1ably ofGnHivc, and wo do
not caro- to draw parallel betwesn Lowell
the poet and Lowell tho pasAyiat, noE
between tho latter and tho moat cunning
export tn tito art Of ''ptaciug words In their
best oraor." It Is enough Tint We find III
Lowclis proBo Hucl, wcnlth Of wit mud humor
such opulonee of loarnlng, Huch treasures OF
wisdom, such aplondor Of imngery, and such
sumptuous dict!on. that. w!iilo We rovol In its
afluenot, we forget tho Rifta mud Vaccinations OF
all other authors, and seem mover to hayo met
60 dazzling combination OF bri!liaucy md
Versatility before.
Ia this sccoud volume bcnring the appropriate
tltlo "Amopg 3ly BOOKS" Lowell has repro
duccd ive papars which frat found thoirpuhioht ht
varying datca III tho past, In tho readors OF ono
OF two Of our laadiug periodicals. Thoy aro. In
sense, uniform ia ttion1o, ns troatsng respect
tvo!y Of Dante. spenaor, Wordsworth. Milton.
and Keats: thoy giro, In aeraralo chapters, ono
tbo cbsractcrietica, tuo achievements, Of poetry,
n. thar t,vo t,.or .}rriaetot IN tha gorks ar
va .nos na.o 1Son .'.s,'t.a r.,,,nra o,,5
Of Erato.
Tho first mud lonrcst cssny In tho list gives
,,orc,n,. ,rctraa ~ tto 1tfa nnd lin ,,o.trv az
nsa.u % =. s,',,,,u ras,,. ~, na,,or tns,, n,,y ~
uahte. II oan1o,'a' pet"aps po'1o! 'na" any ~
bis wide and studfous reading, and Ills familiar
4ty Will forepn litoratu.es and, for this worry
ro,aon Il viii nroh,},v have n mara limited
.oasou' "A' y .,'., .aua.. ~ - 49,
Au4enee tnah TUG Papcf7 'i'n. ioi1o"' ~ -" .n'
author appoars almost wholly in thn charactor
pr tho critic md, ucutoly Rs ho apprecinteB tlo
rcni,a NJ Dante. nrofounl,v aa ha admiroB It,
ht1e - ' ~. ..,..,.t..... 49,,
with tho warm aoanooa Of ihtsnao 1ooHne. cases
upou Lis subject tho flncRt trn Of Ills wit md
Imagination. .-..-..-.
Tue osnng IN 10 Upon md Spa s
splondor Of atylo tint enrich and irradiato tho
pages that ensuo. "Chaucer had been In lis
,n,a 1.n -o,~a avn Emil, n, had accrnt nd c.oice
b'aso ~ ,oa'o ~ ~ s.,a,,,a. aroat
nnatn Aftor th,a mn,cato period. ve nro pro-
raraa ~. t,,a ,,,.,, -, troro nnI ,netanbor lint
danco ouk iu rudiant j}ruros from, tho succeeding
pa,aurnnls. and for tic Hago original. nntl poetic
Mreileetions that form tnestaoio ioMnuA''oun @ w
witch tile l!gtIef lahclos eoeafety t1oop' pas-
BAge or two, taken almost a. rauuoh from tuo
body Of tho eHBaY. will aoryo to illustrate tho
raro ooalogoence OF melody with meaning which
ror,na X. oh,of shawn ~ T Tnwejl'a ur,ff:lrH In
nn;n.. Nv ,t 10 ,,ar;ta ~ Hnnna,r tho author
pUmM'ns ps,nn.',ss oas 'oo ''e'''o VI '''"0''' 'Ao