New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-12-17
LITERARY CRITICISM.
LETTER FROM r. II. STODDARD.
.s,,.s .o-ct llr7, or sHEILEY-AN ENGLISH RE-


SIR: Viii you 90 me the ItNoI 10 p"Uls"
.or me This open letter addressed 20 lhy "'o'' "'
o. NJ ,,, ba,e leisure 10 read the little
..,.,t ,,.,,,,- (which ONO Of those good
,,.a friar5. Of whom sheridan tells ms, vs. KIND
h"'D', ,.,.,.,i,Y IN, II arpc.red iu the Oc-
tober number OF ne A'H''" V'''.''3' - -
,. i,..~5rt Of although / ought not 90 have BEEN
W." ,.....,. .,.. f..f ..-,,..rr of IFS twenty
tA " '" ''' 49,. t., o. unknown.
fn. year, As i''s .h'ti "'u,'."S may ~ " ,.. s.,,
,r- "a. .t ,.l. o. myself purpose Co give Linn ia"
- t, A., ,,.., Hero a..inrctn t.e a.-t lesson.
I's -A>s 7',.i ,2a W. i Prl B,'. -ac.-
.r j.. E,,..i H.arr. stoJasrl. Ncv-NoIk:
40. I-..'t -. a. r1 .---lI1v 80 highly gc-
-i,.. a.. .,.Ie ~.r.lrer & co.. of Nsu-l YiE.
.-... 3D.. tl.. .1.riI,f O.. ile AutcIltt
Mh' n 81. 't.. .t...., ,.- Nj. t..i, r.pfalst0u
'l.t 81. .tl-'. F..,.,.. rof.iu- ,t inc ,.rr..u
r. ~. ...r q bic "a auy other Ioras.t.eai book
,,- ~ a.a I...r ID tl, contrary. u.t. a7 $50
1ir,,. .r.-- JUS i....I3l~ $50 far os Trey a,e OF
49,, .- .f .. IT,. .r... ar, exclusively On. Narl-
o. -iel,,,t +. ,r1 E. o.Tt.t I.i.rs. etc.. Hogs.
Noivfu. and N.lll.t,u. fise.. T.tHHu1', r. co.ec-
sO+s .r-He Mrs -te|., 80. '. h', 10, s..i, i.
.-,, NV, ti...a g.. .1Im,uts applied O.
tSa M itcrJa arc as follows. Item. pr OF scissors
il,in, some ls o's Of aant and capacty,
All cr "a calm. o. .i..--II of principle and honesty.
srcahi.% Ui ~ '..,i, g'.a '''a - o.. ,,-. Isl:
Wrrt have drawn .itlu tle.c sources Nl generally
o. t .','. .1s1 ,t.t nave Written which ls dis
"a '-.. no r..t of oil, trNf POI, its iuclusurc of
i,n-t." nv. .i..-..rt is ,.riur, and absolutely an
iit."t ,,., t,--.r it,s s...t.incly hv design.
,,, ,'.g,r-i, hat 10 SAN viiri. Of two senses
IL le pa N., o.. '.. ,, ~ . . ',,, Il,.r.r'' The
a.. ,.,. i,-0,, tlqf v.tirf. ever sense 10 g. meant
10 le.r ID l- false: 90 10 means That tho passages
80 f,I, M, .oufrc. iu question are generally con
fr.d 90 the i0otuotgs, that would De the larger "I
lc.s u.I.tls fai-cLouC. because amy one Wuo knows
arF,luoi thc subject vl see ~ glance that at least
" .r,. - m ia means tiat when the text is from
"H,.s sources" tult .act generally indicated u tue
too-uot,s, tlai would 20. Juc -45.,l OF n.2i.
l..','' ''i' az I'M f,.I,ooi take. loi.,r to
Ss,orrr tgan tnc other Adl 90 mis- tlat when Nr
stoddarl introduces new material, purpoitms 10 ng
nom I-o I yu % tiri -, his @inciosIrc Of brci
efs" l.r without H. for he does both OCCASION
ally hc ls Nttr, uu e'.' S'l.l''-,' ~ "a "a t ti
t,,, ,,i. ,no.Ief,iioI ever. le..Isucv The letter
IurI.rtiu- 90 Do. f.ou shelley, which he gives a p1s'
2o4 ls n't even what he ihll,' I'D i
9iitnh, 9Deuh'ni II va, ~ ' ,'r;,'f,l 49, o'f.
inaIby MI S,tu,ran. another American writer On slc-
Icy; and j, so 14Grni ana clumsy i2s9i' ,ie w.
- NJ eioJiari ,I,t,s,rs to he anxious about its
credit because lt was formerly iu his russessuhi pul
We WH'Iy ',gM. Alh "l H's %, ID, H, ,,-,l r.,
- t,6 's il rfI, n' shelley a worthless and
dryC,in. sefa,L
When NJ otoddard ventures 10 ac'l WIN Lc'S' n' a.
III ' i1 d, b- ,,.. ~, rtr.t of Shelley" Tier
arc no least two that are positively authentic, while two
mDit' ,qt't !1,.,A,c, '.e ,', ff . " NTH ,.,.
toa certain qualified authenticity, though po,tAumo1s.y
executed. Nl. ~tudiJldo ul-- ittcuc. L. nom h- own
POINT Of Nt"l ON u.guillLI one ol one mn M, NV
and ~fist, 4, tI,tie ON Nh. l.li of one who ma, dc
deliberately chosen the original of his wood-cnt
portrait 'N- engraving nom ..i lHi, '.t"'J i s ~
tabd ,i., ' 80 ,i from tIe or Z. mai urc.
We address tac foregoing remarks more PARTICULARLY 70
our american radc-' 10 whom NJ. 5toa1a5Hs S -
Hand he book cannot be LEGALLY sold. consists
mainly Of excerpts from copyright works.
WHO wrote TINS amusing ""ue.'''S" -" ~ -
ITO" ''e Il'Il'" mana OF Ni''''' 'I'''-'' i'.'''' -
an "NiiI.i"'4e """''"''' "''1 'i'0 I-OS''"
Richard "'iac''' "Ao is q c".I'i'"- l'c'' ~ iO"'
foHeh I'n-I.'h h'Hd Oh liIi' DIN'o" io'i'', Nv ~
AeNc' s e''iA lH 'l' L'u"''' ioS' O'"', i-'
or 'ht-e ul1e's 'i "II-e4s IS vi 'lv' 81 .'
lhS una. A" al al anxious "'' 'u' "''H'"''.''' ~ |
Shelley icuei' u "as examined ny an eAl,It 1's' sum
mci' compared WIN sIA Vi sew O'"'l '"'''''
ana pronounced genuine 'iI' oiii"" j. """i' - ,
bGt nc refuses 10 D' ''"'-"'ss'' anu "''"H' "
am not mistaken ID the POST OMce' Hc IT, %
course, J1dsc Of the handwriting IN iettei
which Dc has never seen, reading with telephone OPP
TIC across the that divides England and America!
IL d, man OF letters with vengeance. Bus do not
Think Is this Uulucgy document which, h4s cadsed all
thls ire Tie offence Is doubtless iu the preface 10 TINS
iC.or.ut and malicious A;.l' Do' ana lI''d'y III 'A..
pleasant paragraph: ever! hO-tIAy ihat nave foaN
arpear. % have been written under biis, ana lat ol
Lady, shelley under the STRONGEST " ALL Her 'she
ley Memorials which was originally published
IN $500 omitted important fact in the life
Of suri,y-a fact which brought T. light
by one OF MS early friends within few
months after The publication ~ hor volume fact which
cannot have escaped cruouc'. bat which She has kept
Der readers ignorant Of Tor more than sixteen years
TIL. fact which disintsred from Chutch Register
Ia Ar Tb.fus- Inye p,aclcl g. -ltlCy's second
ma, 10 hi- first wife about four months before his