New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-05-16
BITS Of CRITICISM.

A PHENOMENON IN LITERATURE.-Henry
Krke White, indeed, Is versiher WHO "by no .atural
vessel Of honor and whose vogue for It least fifty
years Is of the most phenomena 10 lera-
into place on the InsiisI Parnassus soIey by the
happy combination OF his plety his poverty. and hts
pear from selections Of the Brush poets. and
his maine from the roll Of history bur for ha az
side of Keats inheritor OF unfuled renown. In
ne no ak 81 OF his no fher
him s0ley because he was the son OF butcher, was
and-r weny years OF lfe-crcnmtancts no Doubt that
gave hm claim TO respect and sympathy but hardly TO
fancy, Horatian w.t. and original observation In terms
that would be Justly employed iu speaking OF kirks
White, eems TO be singular error OF trdgment-trhe
Athen@um
THE CRITIC AND THE ACToR.-An actor
while still SOuux he stage and displays
line. Let suppose tho artist to be woman Sue OBJ
tains almost to certainly warm reception, very
As SIZE plays however and 6nGs the ward OF iaaghtsf
applaus, thar attends upon certain graces she re-
Is probably mani6r{e or affected with vices OF
style that approach carieature. One ef the most
he's seen hns thus accentuotcd her style until IL
has reached absolute ear'catnre ana Is so artificial ana
would he easy from those now Oh TITS stage TO draw
elected verdict unanimously favorable. and who at
the outset found the critics her allies and fends when
says hut believes. that some motive Is at work. She
has passed Internationally slight upon her
known fashion; thOy are-tor the range Of feminine
conjecture Ia wtdcin love with rival Any reason Is
good except the right one.-fThe Saturday Review.
AMERICA LITERARY PROVINCE OF ENG
LASD-Even stll III spite OF the celebrity of few
ture there is certain air Of prOvincal.sm which Amer
lean writers have not yet shaken off, WHAT Atheus was
Alexandria aud Syracuse for long centuries after sue
had yielded up the political supremacy to her colonies
and dependencies ON the shores Of the Mods
beyond the ocean and in both hemisphsres.
We may easily forecast the tilue when these
Il Ray re centuries tsuc tho slow rate OF linguistic
ohangcl bef re the intellectual centre OF gravity VIII
gared either patriotic boast or ring OF that faee
walc iGat # false It is deuson at least shared By
educated Americans. They are tho readiest 10 admh
literature must conform Engsh s,andardsi aud they
TO this country for what We SHOULD cali Its Euro
pean hal-marK.-T London Literary World
Tom HUGHES ON w. E. CHANNING.-An (.
honor 20 tie anu true souls who led the forloru
least irm of ALI whose meDiory his church has been
striving to keep green and fresh IN meas minds. In
rGaa somehow thus There are times when il %ould
seem that great causes only be upheld this mys
can SEE but one sdo backed by the strong arm prompt
10 return blow for blow But such crises only
thence, chry. at earlier stage Of the drama. And
on the wnoe-whlle duly honoring, those who have
done the rOuRhest work with word and swordwe 81 all
best Gods purpose by bearing steadily mind
that the victory OF the Son OF Man-which alone haa
nude any aud oil other victories possible for his
brethrenwas won for our by Him OF whom II was
sail by the inspired He shall not cry, nor HIT
up. nor his voice TO be heard In tho stfeet.
bruised reed shBu He break. and the smoking FAX
shDll He quench He shall bring forth Judgment
unto truth He shall not fail be discouraged, I'LL
lie have set judgment IN the earth and the iaes shall
wait for His law."-[Maonillan
AMERICA THE LITERARY LAND OF THE FU-
TURE-America started with the civilization OF highly
civilized age She did not rear her own civilization.
her own soil She started with prosperity and the frat
Use she makes prosperity Is not 10 cultivate
fine arts 10 her people, but 70 laugh NJ them Ia
others. I'D 10 nov only class or transatlantiO
writer's have challenged the attention Of Europe. and
that was humorous and profane. Emerson, Bryant.
Cooper, Poe Lowell, Holmes, and Irving merely
Europeans born In America. But Harte. Twain, and
Breiinann are original and American. America Is an
dOuotedy literary prOnseland OF the tufure II
done hing up TO this Is condition has torbiddou "a
% achieve anything but great trinmpis may be atio
nated from it-IIlnSlev's Magaxlne.