New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-12-05
BITS or CHIIICiSM.


VICToRHUGo's "LANE.r-T0 say of this book
thar . B., IM so oVrIhOWIuE OI pD,'ty and briualet,
e,qu- e. Ten. aud al ain is Of bsIuty Is almost
supcIh IL. seeing - WAOm 1t - "rttsl. IL Is not
merely taat tDc II ader tr nr IA ry >ieia tor
iIle auu wiring, Du, every hue is as musical aud rs
deeply stepped iG color as though TIE Inicec al sdO-
stance me Poem had been made 10 cid % the SET
sJus exprc>, ai4er the fasaiJn Of Daudraire aud
G.ni. T. T. Il The great chaIm OF
a Frrnrhmau mat he never knows hs
Is ridlcdiyu 4 tne great fault o. an EdgAshnan
tuat his morrill, Consciousness OF waat an absurd srei
iure tine hU.pun ANIMAL really IS naAcN nm ny None
but French fle. nineteenth century would have
ciuan-G al .4tl4oA= Kan, as ppiyng the society OF
day aOnc nGi F.ehchnen would nave area ncd Oh
putting IN atck i!to tie nOntn q donkey; ana as.
sureiiy u-4e Dat FRENCH oaOIe could read p4se Oh
such a sdIlr, WI-nuut sIIlug-sinliIS NOT WIN the
poet nut al nim. as man possessing power Wita'u'
knowing how 10 use III Ihe AtHeu@1n'
The CARDIXAL FAULT OF BooTHs HAMLET:
inc Iaait la ar BoJt's concept on 81 Hdm
SeeIs be thar II SHOWS dn almost SidVsl nspre. or
the letter. ana treas ANA Significant utter
what fact, mere exprrs'loH.oi temporary
and uausilory itelng. T's Is frequently mus fated,
hen Hamlet says mother LOOK on tbs picture
and on tna." justification Tor bringing
forward Two paininge since s9ch mas "a y nale 'eta
naud. Wheu, however, address ny R0SencrGht- ana
Gude'stJ7, he says apropos OF the poor atpHte in4
wulrh tue prayers are stlu 10 hdN1 l""'L - 'Us
strange Tor my uncle is KING OF Denmark, and those
that would make moNs al hih ~'he nv iatnet H'el
give iw"4ty. i"tt, my, hundrrd anc1ts glecs Or
bis picture in lit i've gu tt from Mr. Booths aeubg
drerTi offensive application t. trsr words Dy MAKING
Hasli ft OF CI1adias frOm the breasts OF
his two col ocuior'.-l fh' AT 'en9um.
TIE CONVENIENT SONNEr.-The sonnet 10
dis Inctiy " ha may Oe c@itd lne amateur iorm Oh
poetry Many great poets have, OF course, written soh.
nots bu " III the one exception OF Peirdrch no graf
poe depends upIh his sonnets for his reputation fer
man otherwise occupied, however, " 40 has az tIo
time share Of tnr PoeIca faculty, there Is DO
doubt THAI offers by far the most convenient
mode of expression. Ii il easily portable; that a. to
saw make sonnet IN his heal, On MS way 10
or from his bu,nessthe country parsOn. let Us say, GIN
put INTO any tnoug whcn strikes HIM on ms
road outlying cotIage-and carry II In ms mead
until he is again within reacn OF pen ana INK DC eau
correct and polish It at odd Intervals II II does 40.
wholly please hlm he can suppress without tue ieef
ing OF labor los The AhenBlm
Mrs. OLpHANT'S "CERvANTEs."- Mrs. On,
plant has wrrel log Englsh readers tue oest ne Oh
the author Don On Xote mat ba appeared W,
till IL is not ful the life pr fixed TO JaINss
version. written by senior Mayans Slscar, anu t,a"
lated rs Oze, hut IL Is better. OecaIse written VI
finer spirit AMI with deeper sympathy. II surasses
Tor the dull and laDored accounts OF
smoe,t and Lockhar Tcknor and Roscoe, aud vet tho
writer's know edge of the Language % Crrydhtes j. es
than that possessed by the least OF hese. Ms @
has caught glimpse OF he real Cesyante' ana hs S""
ceptiOn Of mis- character Is rendered with cie"n's
ygor and an accuracy nat VIII maze as ,ns s Of &
Don QuiXote well known one .! the hefoe'
OF her own noyels.-Grne Athen'eam
Miss FLErCHER's HEAD OF MEDCsA." me
striking feature O tls move. !, tde cOh"ct,r o. t
other { pe infinitely noblcr, aud Mr. FlenihS nRas
have conceded II, existence more nngfuignH ga, ..
does. Mazzin indeed q staflke SOU on' no vs.
much alone Mr. Fleming would nave uI 'ai"hs;
He had wrought the dciiyerdnee that ne dd ~.
had not found natures, ana That not bl ones a, t
only, that capable Of RECEIVING ms ucis nu 80.
loving whore he led The n rtnerh lIaHan "a" llV'
beginning been stay ~ his country. aud he WI uc
still If lac Is not overpowered 10y mraner inudthvos-.
Stil OF the fdelty aud ygor OF this picture tJctr 80
be no doubt We have some qu1rr Is indeed WIN Us
Fleming which, did occasion serve We h'Sn. III, u -
But We prefer take leave OF this rell nue. Woan ,.
art with an expression of sincere admiration an" P''
ure.-lrne Pail Mall Gazette.
LORD BrAcoNsPIEIp's NOvELs.-They have
the charm o memoirs. sarca or even -caudhio"s. ~
lives with the people wn0m great pnfuo ol tAe W.
would give ia ears, and does give Us weekly slNlc
to know nbout lie comes dowa from the sacrel nu,
tam ot society where II rumOrcd that TIE very h.e
of outnoEs colrrcts the prOOi-shcets OF tue me,b.
thai he Is pr,lleged 10 dcverto tue people h' 49,
MOI mind how many prIlces dukes. hnahcers e',.uh't
people he drags into his sOrei. Ihey nave ANNs M
amount of personality when tAe puOc lH,s' ss 80
carrie lures OF living people are buiheiehtb tHot nv
originals Not Byron and shelley were $50, I'm
Mr. Dl,reeli when he was comparatively N"u.Er a.
his antipethes fun swing In hls movers, "w,er
p1llores Croker and smaller people. lie u toou - ia
ana people whom nv cannot MT back AZ IN va uha
serelely scores of IN bis Onian'As lue -a,i' al
IL also n novelist has considerable advab ,,can
character real enough for recognition ne can wv ~ ia
faults or foibles, yaines II he chooses, ,bsousf
found IN the original model TINS Is no. ~ me yiop
neatly dOue-it Ia unaOswerable, AMI IL mases Sax.
tim squlrm in impotenI anguish.-iI The LS-aoH