New-York tribune., 1880-06-27
BITS OF CRITICISM.

OK Mr.. TROLLOPE's AMERICAN HEROINE
The vital OF the American character Is that
". You And by this ihey mean not that they are as
good in birth, in fortune or In education-such
foreign to argumen-but they that you what
your rank and acquired ADVANTAGES have nothing
morally and organically 0ppertaining 10 you which
gives yOu the right to put airs in the presence OF any
other hunan being wna'.Ter So' Uny IL H ms he to %
anyone seriously holds opposite opinion, he s hrst
frankly incrodu0us, aud then wonderingly amused. lie
Your Grace :" tne Information has affected bin as
ais hears a address another man "Your Grace"
and observes that both the men maintain their gravity
It 10 him that the world OF logic ana reason peng
turned tOpsy-tuIyY. We have briefly alluded TO thls
1dosynciasy of OlT American cousins because MI Troll
ope has made his publican hoiress lay 0side her ro
publican revereuce altogether too easily and TOO soon
Miss Boncassen Is charming GIRL and her VFaciy ana
age essentially and at bottom she is as English "a
the Duke himself, and not American at al.-lIhe spec
tatOr
NJ. ZoLA's REALISM IN. Zola's work has
been called realistic" aud paraded
merit; but wist is meant by this word upon which a
meaning is thrust 70 serve the purposes Of clcis
People ayerse UnRy Eng take that the work
in question pOrrays e aud character precisely as they
exist, without the color or the glamour when fiction
supposed generally 10 throw over itg descriptions But
as applied to Zolas work II means nothing Of the KIND
II means that he drags into literature what offers wond
not touch because o s cOarscness or s loulDess he
displays no extraordinary power IN painting scenes of
ing the fe'nPs or tie Inotives OF men But where nn
other pants garden OF flowers he depicts dunGhill;
and mountains or the charms OF homefe, he cOnjnrts
up the prospect behind the stables the slough the
loot of the dram, and the dsgustng bestHlty OF tho
This seamy side or things s no more real than
tine other and itE doneaon no moro realistic IN Tie
sense gwen TO that term.-i North American Review
DICKENs's LASTING FAME.-The small pro-
phets made tue small prophecy that dickens be-
Onged tO the category OF evanescent RVOrites, and
his fame would decay with his bones, are sOrey
in danger % G epg SSSaa 10 s T5p I9I @ e
authors DEATH following after perhaps, an unparalleled
OF editions brought out during his lifetime, Is
sufficient guarantee that there few reading house
where the genius OF the novelist and painter OF
does not continue TO be appreciated Another
test Of growing influence ts the extent TO which his
Shakespeare. whom can we mention as furnishing %
everyday reading and conversation more apt phrases
and models OF character than Dickens fLondon Globe
THE EFEECT OF CLUB LIFE IN ENGLAND
There no doubt that the standard Of comfort and luz
ury England has been considerably raised during
the quarter OF century and there doubt That
our club life has had much do with this Two shilDgs
day, which IL said be the average expenditure
alcoholic drinks Of those members who use the coffee
room OF the London Clubs, speaks OF moderation in
and even fathers. In fact, Engllshmen have .
tendency make homo Of their clubs and paradOxcal
as II may sound. the homo influences Of the club
considerable. On the other hand clnb life has tendency
TO make men, and especially young men, intellectually
subseryent to what called society,"" overpartouar
and exgeani at home to prefer club uxuries TO family
comfort and develope Into selfish and festldOus old
bachelors, instead OF becoming sefdenylnR fathers OF
families after ALL Pail Mall Is not Utopia, and
Institution in this world perfect.-fThe Spectator.