New-York tribune., 1880-10-03
BTTS or CRITICISM.

THE BEST CRITICISM on POETRI.-Slelcy
real cfe ene9ee as s WEI S a. 49,. Us ,, tsr'y y yog "a,
siated IN Tie Defence Poetry" aud IN the trlgs'
tions A to iLe xlHeE % has peiAaps some decc' N
plan; bur, uotN ith~andins these detects We 90 not
hesitate TO pronounce the best criticism poetry IN
general which ~ ~S u tie j. glsh Language; ~lle aS
VIII be found we'll as tie review just alluded To. IA
Mr. F0rmau's tulrd volume, great part OF which with
the whole Oi the fourth, Is occupied Dy lettcIS-ttdl
Mall Glzete.
CONTINENTAL APPRECIATION OF BYRoN.-It
is reIn1rEao'e thst % while - Eng iShnen % have nave
been much difference of opinion the subject among
Contlen tai critics. There many English pocs oi
real emnence wnCm foreigners have great officially in
appreciatHg. They have never admitted the impor-
tance OF Wordsworh even Keats has ben very made
Nuatey estimated ~ then; ana oAellef ls ohIy no"
Beginning 10 ne read with IN approach to sympathy IN
France and Germany But Byron's greatness was
recognized aimoSi Immediately an over Europe anu
tn.rc is hardly Continental poet OF he nineteenth
century whom he has not IN some degree Influenced
The ordinary way o accountlng Ior TINS lact J. 70 ~
mat ByrOns effects" are tor The most part OF tie
maud IN atention which is rarely gwen 10 more eN-
quisite workmanship; There L, peIhaps some ruth m
sentiments would never have made profound lnprcs-
SION SIMPLY because they were easily understood. Hs
writings took az once commanding place IN Europe n
literature because they gave adequate expression or
Jamess Gazette
THE FEMALE NovELIST's HERo.-ln the old
times wien literature encfy in tie hands OF men.
elevated e. a visionary pinnacle bat now
il the stronger ana there are lew ilLgs
which more surprise the male reader than tie hal,Tns
which lie nuus presented TO hlm OF ulr own
species IN the shape Of heroes who to MN are Ney
questionable specimens of the race. once more
We repeat there is nothing SO nscrutabe as wOmaus
hero. Being perfect as ne u.s. ne may cohduet himself
like the basest hound. ana nobody hnks any worse 0t
him. He remains to all parties as Elsh-soued ana mag
unanimous a being ever, even af.er this extremely
silly and futile attempt 10 Lead the CONSCIENTIOUS lit,e
ought to soften the gentlemen OF the newspapers:
here, fear, another principle comes IN, aud yout
critic feels himself in every a more desirable
specimen OF humanity than the muchlauded hero but
who knows that no such appreciation awaits hlu, ut-
DrOtler.-l
Magazine.
LOVE STORIEs.-It was, we think, with
"Jane Eyre hat IL BEGAN 10 BE- supposed thai the hot
encounter OF two lovers with all their jnxtaposiious
and ali their quarres heats and coolnesses the Ouy
more DAMAGE in the world Gan many a more imporisnG
mistake. Taking shakespeares example, however We
may that story which II pure love ANA nothiBs
else aust end in a catastrophe. II Is an intoera
bic state not be supported by the great mass Of
human beings who are not ia love and Its suddenness
and the overpoworng brief current OF its potency. he
pity OF the strange and tragic conclusion, the bitter
sweet OF that union winch II ending, cOmponcut
parts OF Its power over ana Justify us acceptance as
the supreme romance the typical tale OF you'll ani
passion. There Is DO io9king behind or after III ta'
sudden rapture-u Is all concentrated IN the momeh
tho hour the one point OF everlasting duration. whcn
to ordinary mortais Is beat out upon the clock IN Tue
shortest spell of But when The youthful pair oe:
cupy their real position In Zeal world the interest ot
their story not only gives zest 10 the study of more or
dmary existence. bu! gives the Indispensable compo
son. the necessary beginning and ending which every
| tale requires -iB!aeAwood's Magazine.
PRINCIPAL SHAIRPs STUDY OF BURNS.-The
OIsidcd the Professors estimate Burns
poet and "A man drew down him at The Of
Its publication tho wrath OF all Scotland, which VIII al
low The memory OF almost OF Its ustr0us dead ~
be trlhed with rather tnan that OF Burns Fancy q
crtc regretns that Burns ever wrote his scathng 50
ana that Llmiiable piece OF Tenierslsm IN verse;
"rhe Jolly Beggars," which Mr. Matthew ArnOld prone
though he Is u dip HIS IN toilet vinegar Gale 20
superb poetic success" Fancy scotchman. and pre-
sumably a patriot" quoting some ciokie OF Mrs
HemanS and Wordsworth by way VI crluc,m " scots
nae to the effect that IL Is not much more than
commonplace piece OF schOolboy rbodon ontaie about
liberty" Fancy man htte IN ympathy with hls
subject not 10 get his facts carefully. but 10
make such ludicrous bunder 10 say that BuTnss
mausolcun In Dumfrics, " there Is u long rambling
eptapn IN tawdry Latin (which epitapb exists only IN
| the Professors Imsginaton.-trhe Examiner
ENGLISH MIsTRUSr OF " The UNDISCOVERED
COUNTRY "-Engsn readers OF the Lady of the ArVos.
with Mr. Howellss latest production Not that tne work
then Is novel with purpose. ard that purpose The
ventilation OF somewhat distastefu subjects, namely,
the vagaries OF spiruaists and shakers Mr. HowelPs
main end " The Undiscovered Country has evidently
been exempfy the effect of the doctrines OF moiefn
Splrltuaism on AN inquirng and candid, but -regu'
taed mind. For this he has accentuaed tho character
of ynlOn aud thrown the other accessories iuto
| the snade SO To speak. Whether such study was