New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-06-06
BITS OF CRITICISM

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On Mr.. TENNYsoN's LAST Poem. - Why
should called upon TO admire such stun thist
a lis but We
have caueht/it perfectly, and affirm that there 10
t6e po S aud most nmeodons ansnsse Il
lacks rhythm. rhyme and thing that mako
be accepted from a sc6ooiboy, and which wnen pus
% re .Sts o es
Which great poet may arrive Mr. rS IspngsSs sna n
and IN
which will long be quoted for the encouragement Of
hHSee are eonSnc Of S sasysy e Il
But that y NO ns nSx 90
example to younger writers, who may Dc tempted 20
their a T Sep o saSS es
not rising OF poets who shall weary US with
not want mysticism pushed 20 point where " becomes
send forth good eea OF steam so may one single poor
idea be clouded great deal OF yerbaRe But the art Of
PAIN Ss make nem shine fOrtS they had clear
light Of noonday bazlng on them. Verses which are
written 10 rude deIrOus tongue which requires great
deal Of parslng and constituting not poetry al ar
They trouble to read and puzzle TO understand
They neither poetry nor prose; they are nothing
[Pall Mall Gazette.
GERMAN Book ON AMERIcA.-The reseule
blance between political constitutions OF the Ger
man Empire and the UniIed laes Is not slight o. far.
BY the apparent tendency Of the former to more cen
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weight TO DR.. Schliefs exhorfatiop TO Ills coun-
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SF and io Of Court whose are
VIGOROUSLY liable t. DC appointed on political srognds
English that the authority OF this august tribunal
should have been On the WHOLE 90 o1Y Mnrs On sha
Continent among Teutonc or Scandinavian people,
saturday Review.
THE SOCIAL SpHINx.-Little az we know
tns ss %G s
-ghosty figures seen darky through the glasses u
Poor little beasts" Guy Heavistone would say, when
they dna his M SDd ac
aud exclaim, "Egad" The wisdom OF the ages, its
p 1S ppa S 10 H.
In ss 81 Sns 60 a nos
know much about the beings Concerning whom We
eternally debate; The great schopenhaner who had
Of earh was daily
On ordinary IN German town Every day ne lao
pocSeted the coin when he had done bis duty BY Die
Madagascar. disciple who had long watched This ritual
with wonder ventured to ask the master what he meant
by an apparently supeisttou. practice Was the gold
piece amulet ke that lent by Montsigne TO friend
on another occasi0I) insure the due digestion VI din
neri mo" the sage replied. " but have vowed to
give TIL: coin to the poor 5as military %
despite the analysis, civil aud military. q the sex, We
know less than nothing about woman-ts saturday he
view
A YOUNG AMERICAN TO Mir. HENRY JAMES.
In the healing art who bnsies himself for years in hack
eFsndos how f works when alive and PERHAPS Of
eventually assisting It's action. ignorant whether
:nas TO-
tensely for purpose. and have disc S',sts
at; am glad. Tor most as don't; and II win
trot it out. But don't believe You have. have re-
purpose. Unless soae very trivial one asS be clever
and have the nobility and gentry pat you ON the back
Sn@ aq hS% baS Great
are q snob!-trhe Harvard Lampoon ~
swINBURNE's MUsIc.-The greatest master
Is he who 6prrows tie most that can be borrowed m
doubt this is what every poet do by Instinct
but sacrifice each side there must be- and poets
Ts ne sc and those Who MAKE music yd
10 Picturesqueness SO decidedly does Mr. swia6nrne
melOdloqs emotion caused BY pnysical beauty rather
than picture that S, s ssssp1 10
individual Ian Escape SUCH as we get ana
portrat OF beautfS wo@an. such as ByioHs HaidSs
or Mr.. Tennyson's Gardeners Daushter.Irhe
Athen@um
He is AN ENGLIsHMAN.-He never comprised
sea and land TO catch converts No Que but Cardinal
Newman knows how many young men. strangers. have
thrown Themselves ON ha sympathy have entreated hs
aid their mental difficulties, ~ the agonies OF fatn
eyen to load captive these Ingenious boya In all he
long career. he has been true EDgshman. and has
preserved stainless honor and repuie His countryman
whose faith he ceased 10 snare, Know shey
not his countrymen In whose church ne Is dxpitsry
Even N it were modern Oxford Is no ecertic and
tolerant that this exile OF forty years would have been
welcomed because be lannon's. wictis noble style
him. An English poet has Justly named together Car
dina Newman und Mr. Carlyle the great Intellectual
wers OF that passing the chief masters
yered even by those who most widely differ from them.
Both are types Of which the Engsh world is perhaps
the more proud because promise OF the advcn6
OF other such kings OF thoughL-tLondon Daily News
MATHEW ARNOLD ON BURNs.- Upon iistori-
cal or personal view Of MrArnoa's genius. nothing
would at first sight seem more opposed 10 IL Than the
Burns's own cOuniryman. Mr.. Carlyle has formed %
Just aud sympathetic an estimate OF the poets real CT
cellence. Scotchmen may resent Mr. Arnolds descfip
ton of Burnss poetry as poetry dealing pcrpouaily
ners p but even scotcbmen will admit TINT y oritio
who can describe :" The Jolly Beggars as q SUI
perb poetic success In tspite OF its hideonsness
s %alnded Estimate sn q TIER National poe. Mr. Carrie
laws stress upon the indispuiable air or sincerity ~
BurnSs poems IL Il this marx OF all great xoek and
other high qualiheshe largeness. reeaom sbtewunee
and benigny OF the scotch poets view OF me- ns nfen-
swifness OF bis versethat have fascinated Nj Arncd
but he has sufficiently mastered ne daicct emu ox9
come his repugnance tie want 81 beauty ~ to wrd
about which Burns sings TO DO able 20 oeteos W9 H1s
Mr. Arnolds estimate OF Burns mat give eyekyopso
new sonsc OF the range OF HIS sympsthy eno the Qnc4c
OF bis insight Of HIS power to discover hixh Qu4ce
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