New-York tribune., 1880-10-24
BITS or CRITICLSK.

THE REPENTANT LoNGFELLow. - At ono
period ~ lis career, Wlth0Ut u~ius sU-e % hs
people. Nj L0ugelow puzzled 10i ALLEVIATE he critics
.Ecn va. foreign to oar taste ana which We pro badly
induced Dy his uerp and Hlecng study = German and
Scauaiudslan literature. ms was not the ony occasion
upon which re lost ms path tor tiie - hle. bHt MS
ycrsltiu Is -reaJ, and his yrai'y amazing ;aud 90
time OF lie al when most poets. even those "hO LaFs
shown the greatest energy ana Voiupity, b-gin 10 ha,
ne returuol with frcshucss to those more dgliGea
tones IN which IT. csh poetry has always loved TO "a.
Shrine IA night His Italian sonlets were to
s; expression q this better mind and ior the lat W
year. n" has nHhtually attrhate,l ms l-htr lkRhs
vein" win verse. o. q sw eter gravity 80 tha no
dcclcy and force % fancy, Threatened 20 orc tine 70
hi, lr-itinate hold o. the he tcr ART 90 ne pu3 e
has ncw resuCicai,d with complete ucccss his Sd n %
place among our seAtler c.osslc'.-lt W. Gos'e, IA
Tna Academy.
FATHER PROUT.-Much, then, Of what once
ma, aaYe se ne. witty IN PrOui has now become sa.
piy Gu. and much rs never worth ouytihn- "a all
Bat paTOdcs hGlt 0Oz' .aIl gu stl rriaia
much OF charm. aud u may at aJy rae Oe claimed
for "a, ihey stand reaIly alone. No doubt he
pushed the ifeak OF attrbutlug "elFhno@h NciSe 70
htLe. uBht aId-of originals much too il', repeating
tan II was stale aud WedrsOue. But The D.eccs IT,
selves are often very aduiiIdole. LIS ilole OHSnA
verse seems to Us to ave been some" hai ~ 'rr-tea
The Bells Of Sh ndOn by deserves me pa',e
that has been WISHED UPON II; "Ihe ked3rr.sto oi
AQUItania has Dut few good lines; the CCr'h ode
IS not the bHppes or It's kind. But AMONG his half
seri1us and ha.mischevous paraphrasos, where his
ori-El saved him the troubie of choosing cay,s AMI
his wayward fancy and nondescr pt reading supplied
him Win INFINITE material Tor emo oiHeFiug H. II !, a
cat to 20 wrong They are not things n be read very
q
J. iduOr, their whimsical grace, tie tippug meas
urcs they successfully sot, and her Gualnt y,roa
qups aud cranks. give 10 snall refresuinenL-lP'h
Maii Gazette
NJ. RENAN's FAILURE.-M. Renan is a uniqu.
personality. Rarely to we hnd IN any writer sacDs
union OF qualities. Accurate anu extensive learnihg
united TO singular facny OF opposition. and yhl1
Imagination Is ever at WORK shaping tue crue resuso
science into artistic whole. he picture Is so beaua
fei t1a one 's sorry to De compSea 10 seeosn@' s rs
tact that Is true neither ID nature uOt 20 history e
lerusa OF the Hilbert Lectures mas deepened tie I'M
uanity had produced on our minds tha Whatever he
has accomplished IL that work. he has let unolchei
the problem he had SCI himself to solve In these
lectures views widely separated ID lorntt o.ln
been brought into close contact and me result = 70
throw into greater prominence the essentially 'ul ctlse
nature OF NJ Rrnans meihol. The deerminasOa OF tho
personal equation would. in his case, a'ect Larger area
than the with almost any other writer OF tpua'
toh-. Inc SPECTATOR
Ok Mr.. BLACKS LAST NovEL.-Two 0thei
ing scenery-namely. Mr.. Blaesmore aud DR.. George
Macdonald; BAT while it YOU'D be quite 9osSO.e %
give hun the puln Tor description ovct tleu iheN wv
dnqucSiiouaoly bis supcriors in the art OF duy suD
dinatng The landscape TO tue figures las petsonagss
are often mere spectators it norama theIs so
characters act-g before Us with petaie que OaeA'
ground to throw them into relief, and to acceh,us"
lher moods; whch is the truer method oeeause'a Va.
human figure Is the highest thing III literary a. wen s'
IN plastic or pictorial arr And aEain ls we arc ~ y,
ehncd 10 fh'nS lterSry mistake 10 MS 10Y tne
fourth time tAe set or chaiacters which achieved ses
! deserved success IN " The strange Adventure " .
Phaojon" Queen Iitania, and the gentleman who scs
as her chrcnlcier and chorus. have been prtn neay
eNh fIsccd auu further result Than mat Ot
tgue comes IN the reader from the itriaon ia ta' ~
begins To suspect 'hat there grim earnest unde u.
husbands hight banter OF his wtes ways. or iai sne
| IN truth somewhat % vixen and domestic t!1'n'
IN petty ami II 'tating tashion-tlhe ACADEMY
CHARLES kINGSLEi's MORAL pURP0SE.-
Chnros kiugslcy toucnei on English lie ~ s0 ~
points. aud eXpreSstd ITS doubts and longing ana -
the oott am It's faih. more truly dnd 'Ndy usn aHs
his cOntc p0raries lie artist. pet SpOftsmo'
politician, man Of science. sanitary rntr ahe -
thinking of him ci these Capaci es we nol i"fs
hmm The thnrs M al ln
the himself forget for Que moment THAI &c N-
restricting process, but 10 the backbone and .uss
was TINS which gave HIM a standpoint aud y eus sss
which was the basis OF Gil his lies Work varied ~
his writings characteristic runs through thrm ~
which drew them the Ccusure OF TIE critics w. w..
pered. or course, by praise OF dramatic ana aussS
power which no one could deny. According 10 tae ~
should IA work Of art, pure ana simple. wheu o".
nothing. 70 4ches aothirg. Dut simply pOrtfa!s hss
nature rs u Photograph. whl3 ~ every one oi "ri
books some pieoept OF doetrlne underes the N,f q,
spOils e = work OF art. such was the complain
the critics. No doubt TINS Is e. ue lhefe is hO s "a
an has books which viii DOt prove stanDnng-OoosS
| SUCH High churchman AM low churcLmAu IF,ss
saint. aud fourteenth ceutury IN. dlSitor, monA rs
Thehaid Methodist preacher. talOr poet. de ST.
saint snncr-he paints thcm all with That WosneT
pen of ,ou u Every picture the IL the ctar ,ea
nf te porson anu the teacher beneath thr cOoTs ~ uu
verses OF the artist and the poet. am th2nku va.
II is even assuming (what neither ADMIT nor Gen, IN.
they may suffer works OF art. For alter an w
books must Oe. not u dehsht auu $500
mems iuteects, but u toHch their heart a"d
rhs man VINO stands head taller than any Oh us AZ.
tcmporares us pure artist Is TAacheray ANA no v,ss
hghIcd In his matcless photographs more thah aseS
Kingsley, more ioyalb acknowledged his snptS
But mUft .qus stiou whether 9ny boOk oI .naea
ever Wruug nom struggling ana fallen men VI e.,as
Cne such COURAGE ana reNivng hops ~ .s AZ
| 10 Charles Kingsley again and again. lew 10
whicn sho carefully treasured inon uhNiny NiypomaS
hin, has given us m the memories OF his lue-li
Hngaes AZ CINCINNATI.