New-York tribune., 1877-06-15
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

.ch cordial satisfaction by the lovers OF rural descrip
tion with from fis literary papers, including
essays on Mr. Emerson and Walt Whitman, ana cri'ica
comments on other conspicuous writer's OF the present
dav "Tho Flight Of the Eagle" is the title Of the chap
fer on Walt whitran ana gives ioretaste OF the all
nr,tion OF the for the un que American poet
In his opinion whitmans daring lights" suggest the
soaring aud circng in the vast empyrean OF "a strong
bird on pinons free ajrdus vast and fornless lessons
OF freedom. power. grace, and spiritual slgYlhcahoe
Tho ouatv of Whitman's which 50 strongly chal
lenees Mr. Burroughs's sympathy Is evidently the 40
se,oe of all conventional formality and rule, lts
aboriginal power and manhood IL is 10 hl'h
protest against the dainty and eneminate
rosncmonts OF scholarship in favor Of the
masculine expression of nasral passion His personal
acquaintance with Whitman has confirmed his estimate
of his poetry. He has found him man OF large me,
fresh magnetic personality after studying him as he has
studied the birds Even the physique OF the poet Is an
aesthetic wonder "Hs face exhibits rare combination
of harmony and sweetness with strength-strengh ike
the vaults piers the Roman architecture sculptor
never carved a finer more imaginative prow'
Then his heavylidded, absorbing eye, hs sympatheuo
voice and the impression which he makes OF starting
from the broad bases the universal human traits Or
Whitman was grand in his physical and perfect health
think him far now Qs77h cheeriuly mastering
paralysis penury, and old ase You know on seeing the
man and becoming familiar with hs presence that IL he
achieve the hight all it Will be from where every man
stands an not special genius or eXce?uonal
md adycntitious point He does not make the impression
of the scholar or terateur, but such as you
would imagine the antique heroes to make that OF
sweet-bloOded, receptive, perfectly normal eatho-
lie man. WITH further than that, look about him that
IS best suggested by the word elemental or cosnica
Mr. Burroughs places Whitman in higher rank than
Emerson on account OF living flesh and blood reality
Emerson probes the conscience and moral purpose III
ls peculiar way, giving much needed stimulus IN that
direction after him the need is still more pressing
for a broad, powerful. opaent human personality TO
rurff fl,eep something
than Ano eayingo with Encrsvn alone We are non IN
sunlight, but poor in rain and dew-poor too IN SOIL
aud in the moist, gesating earth principle MI Bur
rouchs dwells tie somewhat remarkable TACT that
Whitman has found his amplest appreciation IN Europe
He seek, the reason this in the American taste Tor
swcetmoats which rejects manller Diet and not IN
the alleged surfet of the cultivated European classes
with respectablity and routine on the contrary,
Whmau's warmest admirers are not among inc oiu ana
faded eouyeut0nalists OF London PARIS, Dublin or
Copenhageu but among the freshest and sturdcst
men in the fields of art and literature. Ine
American race has been so pampered Win
sweets that it has for the athletic Ygor OF
Walt Whitman. 'fI suppose" says Mr. Burroughs,
.t,at speaking literally no people under the sun CON
sumo SO much confectionery much pastry and CAKE
or indulge in many gassy and suPared drlhhs' Inc
soda fountain With its sirups has got into literature
and furnishes the popular standard of poetry TIE Ola
heroic stamina OF ancestors, that crNed the D'ef
Int nourshng honc-brewed, has died out, and In Its
rlace there is sickly that must he pam
percd and corseted Among educated people here hcFc
1samania for The beachcd. the doube-rehued; White
louSes white china, white marble, ana white sklns we
fake the bone aud OF the -four IN order 10 nave
white bread and are bolting literature rs fast tne u
as possible" MIR burroughs Claims ior MS poet
"A mastery of the modern sciences, TRANSMITTING
them into strong poetic nutfiment, ana grOuho-
ing his poems in the deepest principles oi
modern philosophical inquiry. The old htera-
tures he afirms. have been founded ON fable. IEe
poetic temperament has not set adjusted Itself 10 the
new gis large share Of oar poetic literature ID ytt
mainly the result the long Of fable and myth at
now lie behind us. Tire Leaves of Grass Is perhaps
the first large attempt at expression in poetry o.
knowledge of the earth of tie oros aud OF man as
microcosln Of the whole 1t gives to the Imagination
these vast of wonder and romance, putting an ed
10 fable and su osttion. skcpuclsm aud doubt BAN
fishing dark orebodng that have h'unied the human
mind since il broke with tradition and the past aad rein
stating Man-reconciled, ecsatc full otreverencc ana
awe-in the garden of Paradise, the paradise oI perfect
knowledge aud profound faith Ar. Burroughs takes
courage from the example of Whitman TO announce a
cheerful augrry with regard 70 the poet OF the future
He will NOT e afraid OF science but will rather plant his
feet upon it rock lie knows that there Is no eud
between Science PoeSy any more between
gio, between Science aud Life IN man
OF science aud poet do not walk in opposite but
in parallel paths that often approach each other closely
II they Go no; actually On Science IN its present bold
ana receptive mood, is eninenty creative 1t has made
every wise thinker every large worker in any osthetc
f. i
reIjed many Illusions but il has than compensated
The IMAGINATION by the mDounded ystas ii has opened
nm Science accordingly, dOes not restrict the imagn-
ton but OF on compels to longer flight Listen to
Tvndall on light or T. the chemistry OF the
sunbeam and sec how fable paies its Intellectual hfeS
and to boiest dreams the poets are eclipscd'-Mr
Buuulighs will doIbteSs find more cordial esscnt
TO these views of the character OF scence, and n
warmer sympathy with hi' delightful pictures OF
rural nature than will he called forth 10y his OK
oessiye lauGation OF the huge Titanic poet. His
enthusiasm however. presents not unplcasing
aspect in its quarrel with plausible and peffumed
aricaliuos ana It's passion for the snewy ROBUSTNESS
of truth lie is not lkcy increase tne number OF Wait
Wbitmans worshpers by bis cxu'rrant zeal, as the
love Of that communion like ecctual calling III religion
is tho fruit Of special grace but the words OF hearty III
horn sincerity are always a reircshinent and they are
seldom uttered IN tones OF Inspiring music than by
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