New-York tribune., 1876-01-22
LITERARY.
r1r AT1ANTIC FOR FEBRUARY.

flrB IN ST. AUGUSTINE DESCRIBED BY Miss h' -
pBrLPs-TALrs And EssAys-"PHIDIAs TO PERI
CIEs" BY W. W. STORY.
,rpou ARrGUIAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE rnrBuSE.l
BosToN, Jan. 21.-The opening article OF Inc
Atlantic Motthiy for February is remarkable specimen
Of picture sque description II IS entitled
Anyustne and IL picture Of life in the ancient oy Vi
Florida as Miss Elizabeth stuart Phelps lonnu IT. !"
raust be lazy, fascinating sort oi place. 40" ia"
leaving somethlug there, Mis- Phelps says-9ouf ma,
YOUR gloves your last specimen OF eOquha' your ho"'
I,self She wonders how the native st. AuguSuni""'
Sn., thor souls To natures sprung from that lazy
Golden weather. 1t seems il it might be so ea'S 70
mispaee little thing II that sort And yet perhaps II
were actually too much trouble to lose IT, he'e '
NJ color which Is 80 dainty that copy II for yo"'
Beneaih our feet, wander % and fto nnner L nc
great eyes breakers masses OF SOFT ro1 m nd
ssrd where my poor sheias cr n cd nmber amber and
snow Perfect and untouched upon Tue cool opai.i W @
h %oc O1nnnd rest exquisite contours, as my ami az
es,s & a. nush-rose leaves Here are the unts wlncD
ARE wonI 30 credit TO The imagination OF an u.st,
Nav man hts palette ana modified it to srt himself
The shy reserved shades OF which nature is spaIing
COLDS as suodued ii they bnt hall maze up thel' MINIS MINIS
70 become silver silver reticent as iSst pearl ~ a
knows to keep the secret oi l,s re1ee"s - p f
only eau yiOlets pale as II nddened III tau"o -
SaSe rose as delicate tnat laildctocted blush which
Sod.sty self snppresses eni drives quickly INTO placid
palor and that spoess cTeam-like whlte' winch s NJ
huch winter for being warin
Ard here 1. Bit OF landscape painted during the Flor
siian winter:
vrnws 40 great a. snffo, atlng, sad maer soc III
the beatty OF dcsoation, the dreariness Of peace re
yond the pale colors OF the san sebastian kNcr =.
stretches calm, purple, e;oInal miles Of WASTE "h0
Homan is nor hath oOen siuCe aSug of the wol"
Depths o poison, pitfalls death yet Low peSnii,h Nun Nun
calm With the eonsciousDess ol health in hidden lakes
and sprngs bow grand the sweep Oi ls gray ha sAooN
an oii southern family No such gray heads in your
Yankee forests, yon may De sure .
Charles A. De Kay tells story entitled - "Manatha'
fp.r, Tho aflu M
,sto deserve more than passing mention IL Ia beaut-
fully done-tis tale of sweetheart, who was neither
ghost ror humana part Oi the unoomprehended nature
round us pale phantom fair and tender as moonlight
and almost impalpable; yet so material as 10 DC
elasped m the arms from which, in hour OF tragic fate
she was torn away by her own strange kindred elh1e
Poe there hns been no OF Imagination SO compact
not hawless, indeed, but m0Onstone among common
stones.
Harriet W Preston contributes au account ot Jacques
Jasinns poem OF FraneoDeto"a synopsis of i's piO'
ipersnersed with TRANSACTIONS Of It's most important
passages One gets from them the impression 0i sln
pe sincere, and altogether pocTic poem Win every
snccessye pper on this cid PrOvenes literature which
az few OF us have time study, Miss Preston puts ms
unler fresh Obligations 10 her. Under the utle OF
Literary Nightmare" Mark Twain tells how lie was
"obsessed" 70 use q term belonging TO spitualisti,
literature by the "horse-car poetry which TUE TRiH
uSE published and al the world fell TO reproducing;
- Conductor when you receive fare,
Punch ia the presence OF tine passoiJiue'
A Dine trip slip Tor an eigbt-cent iare,
A buff trip slip for ex-cent fare,
A pink trip slip for a threeeent fare,
Punch IN the presence OF the passer1arc'
Punch. brothers punch with care
Punch IN the presence Of the passe,iare|
Prof John Fiske has an admirable pOper on tue IN
eeen World" Mr. Howells's novel, Private The'tri
calls" delights and more with every successive
number I've Mrs Belle Farrc myself; in fact she
IL sn intimate friend Of mine Her faults ouinumber
hut no so
they dazzle your eyes, and not being able to sec
them, you are bowitohed ny her ali tie same.
Besides the prose articles already mentioned, are Mr
Adans's paper on Tie Railroad Death Rate, and Mr
0araeld's on The Currency Conflict" Mfr. Gafelds IL
an able discussion Of that question. He advocates the
resumption OF specie payment. He shows that the
Arguments o the ether side but the rciteraon OF old
faaces long ago tested ard exploded in other counties
You cannot make ten-doiar hill equal 10 tendoai
Sold-piecc except by being wiling TO redeem II with
tendolsr gold-piece-tO say thing Is worth 50 much
does not make il any mOie than to pass law mat
mile should be called furlOng would make the suriace
OF England larger than 1t Is. You cannot ccnound sed
with capital without fatal consequences.
The poems OF tue number mostly too long for quot
ing Mr.. Trowbdge has one OF three pages entitled
"Under Moon and stars" Mr. Story occupies i've pages
With bis Phdias 10 P,rcles" poem with much Of
the old Greek spirit, but with modern application
which those who acquainted with certain recent art
controversies viii not be slow to divine. Here
u which might give an nukndy crltlc pause
What matters II, when am turned to dust,
When an emotions, joys, loves, Passions hJpes,
Are Yaulsbed IKE a breeze that dies away,
Aud all that aG uO",-these hands, tins beart
This sprt-nay, the very friends OWN,
And an that lent this uie ia perfect charm,
Arc pact and over; oh what matters it
Whai in the future men may say or d1t
Whether disputIug O'CT grave, al last
They call me good or bad, honest or vile '
What Joy any verdict give fDe then,
When my self and ali who love me
And all who hate OF envy IDo as wei,
VIII be but mute tnsensdte dust whose ear
"A II mo pClUrp pagn- up ID of "A
And yet even then, although IT. matters not,
Truth standing by my grave, ! trust, VIII say,
Honest he was ard faithful to the last,
Above low frauds striving for lofty ends,
Friend of the gods aud also fiend of man.
Doing his work with earnest faltb and viii;
Not Wanting what he did, but knowing well
Perfection impossible IN Art;
Receiving with hrmjiity the praise
The world accorded wishing well To oil,
And never enYiOus OF hls Oi OiOther's fame.
Also there arc three pages OF Ralph Waldo EmeIsOns
tes,party poem about Boston," which seem To me
rather COMMONPLACE and wanting in the poetic anos-
phere as indeed is unnatural In the case Of Il poem
written to order and for occasion. And now may J
claim space for ne Of farewell to my readers Of the
past five years beseak their good wishes 10 ill with
fayoring breezes the sails which viii bear away
Saturday from familiar haunts toward that strange, old
world which Is for me the new! l.. ~.
THE WINTER BOOK TRADE.
"TBE IFE OF GEORGE TICKNOR "-HAhERToN's