New-York tribune., 1879-06-02
LITERARY NOTES.

Mark Pattison, the Englishman clergyman
and critic holds that il is Matthew Arnold who has
taught the people England that the critic OF literature
must have soul He has had large share III the reior
OF that criticism which I'm Macauays time acted on the
principle that book must be either demolished or re-
commended. without practising the profession OF re-
viewer himself for his Of books have been occa
sonal and exceptional he taught something Of that
urbane quality the possession Of which raised the
hhenans to the prominence they hold in the annals OF
ancient CIVILIZATION and their hold upon when Sun
keeps the French nation the Head OF civilized Europe
Englishmen have learned from him that booS ls hot
merely a vehicle Of information, but work OF ART
There have been those both in this country and in Eng
land objected to Mr. Arnods methods on the ground
that they involved too much restraint, resulting III
want of viry and force, but Mr. Pattison afrms tha
his influence gone beyond the negative influence OF
restraining him from hitting out" The spread OF civil
cation tends he says TO conine cub-aw IN criticism
20 the Bohemian newspapers" ana MI. Arhoid s has
sought TO INSPIRE critics with new peIcepti4-
Of refinement as quallty WNch shouiu Per'"ue "i"s
as well : speech"
Several years ago the public library in Sag
lari on the of Sardinia purchased Of priest
and ex-friar number OF manuscripts on paper ana
parchment purportng date from the years 99o 1882
1871 among Others and relating to phiology ana the
obscure periods OF Sandman history. some OF them
beng in Latin some in Sandman, some in prose and
some in verse. OF these manuscripts anticipated
The modern science OF philoogy and judged the Neo
Latin languages the standpoint Of late European
scholars 1t laid claim TO the discovery Of an early
Italian literature which independent OF foreign
pduences and claimed as the first born Of the Neo-
Latin languages. The Sandman pride was naturally
eratned not little at the supposed discovery, ana
scholars Of considerable reute believed in It's genuine
ness The manuscripts became known as the " Carte
Arbarea" and attracted the attention Of wse-nen in
many parts OF Europe. But Mommsen and other mem
bers of the Berlin Academy pronounced them forgeres
and the correctness their opinions after time was
established. Two Italian professors have just puo-
lshed articles the subject in one Of which it Is held
that they were the work Of some keen-witted pa@o-
crapher who had free 10 Sandman archlyesi
While IN the otheTti SHOWN that they were D9i up
from Manna's "stora della sardegna,' ana tha'
Manpa's errors have been copied III them'
Estes s. Lauriat, of Boston, are sending
out the prospectus of a art periodical which they
intend TO publish under the name Of The American Art
RerieC, with s. r. Koehlor editor. and Charles
Perkins and william c. Prime associates 1t is to ap-
pear monthly, and each number will have three fuA-
page plates and forty pages Of cterpress the suoser
zion price be S12 year. The prospectus promises
that the magazine shall embrace the art OF our own
as well as OF pas, times in all Its branches and in al
countries and shall give special attention to the his
tory and archaeology OF art in America Its leadlng
articles Will be contributed by welknown American
writer's among them S. G. W. Benjamin, General Ces-
nola Clarence Cook. G. P. Lathrop W. j. Linton and
Russell sturgs, and all original articles VIII be signed.
The Illustrations will consist of echings engravlngs,
heliograyures and wood cuts with series OF original
painteretchings by American artists" as its special
feature. Besides American otchings each number VII
contain az least one etching by celebrated European
artist among them Unger, Flameng, Raton Meyer and
Forberg The revival OF etching, so largely due In
Europe to art periodicals like The Portfolio and HArt
ought TO have similar encouragement IN this country
and IL is the purpose TO make this magazine supply e
Several articles ana ILLUSTRATIONS are alIcduy III
preparation.
Ruskin somewhere has gwen Sir Walter
Scott a foremost place among the poets of oil time
because his was the rare faculty OF seeing Hun
dreds Of people talk" he says, "to one who can
think, but thousands think to one who can see'"
Sir Walter Scott had this gift Of seeing Couture sets
forth in book that in art the great secret is to see
web TO choose we and that this is where Raphael is
so admirable. "An that he creates seems TO go out
from the hand of God" Raphael resembles woman,
who is by nature eminently artistic He has her gen
teness and beauty Couture pays high tribute not
only TO womans artistic qualities but to her Judgment
No one has a better than she. woman he
saws who does not pretend to know anything,
and who appears never 10 look at the serious
side Of life will choose well because 1t is her instinct
"The governments Of women have always been go-
rous because queens have known how 10 draw around
them sensible men. Men never know how to judge
men, but women always Judge men wisely" This
faculty seeing with which Raphael was gifted Shakes
epeare in literature also possessed and in the same
very highest degree. "T0 man of narrow mind says
Couture, "a poor. disnherted, infrm cripple will
be laughing stock, while Shakespeare will sec In him
a being possessed of great soul and immense powers
of enduring suffering and grief" While Racine COM
posed his bouquet OF only shakespeare added
leaves, making 1t more splendid" There are certain
authors whom painter may read with proht-Homer,
Virgil Shakespeare. MoieTe, Ceryantes Rousseau and
Saint Pierre. "HoIner gives you primitive simplicity
Virgil harmony, Shakespeare passion, Moliere the most
beautiful language" Couture alwas disrusts himself as
q writer Near the middle of his volume, he says at
that point his editor remarked to him; I'VE nave
great difficulty in making 800 pages; you must add
fifty more to make a respectable volume" Here is
Coutures reply: But my dear sir you give me credl
for having what do not possess. am not man OF
letters capable of writing much line assure you
know but little, and find that little hard TO say"