New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-10-10
BITS or CRITICISM.

THE SECRET OF LONGFELLOw's SUCCESS IN
ENGLAND.-rue encouragement OF a new HoG" Or
greater number eXpcctaut admirers than we suppose
any other iynS pOsl cCna ra.ic Cam KIN nay
pecuar,y he. own, he has been appropriated ny NH
mon t % ne" Sseved and now IN his old
age revertd rather than looked up to- For ne has III
peculiar way bcontAe poet OF the mdGie cla~s o. Bug
hsh inellccls and lives His devotional fccugs, The re-
lined result Puritan rel nonlsm have enaOlcd him.
10 SER Oh the synpdtles OF that Immensely numer-
Gus class, IL whom u9goh cloa,S hho,'' t'i1 e1,
bined this quality power OF poelzinE on ieVe
deem His musical ps aims OF life, bis songs by the fire
side nave echoes III proSdic commonplace natures
Jul nature nich gish haleducation, were both
by nature aud training inapt to be sirred by higher
more my site more PASSIONATE That for inuune
able natures life swecer brighter as wen as
more earnest hss bcs0mf II may b be- not 'l ~ hn
fu verse Tie poet OF the middle classes We THINK no
observer Of his fellows OF the influences that have
been AT WORK for the last quarter Of century,
would deny-lIhe Examiner
VICTOR HUGo's CHEF FAULT.-H Hugo is
neither friendship bell vcd nm, nor what UNJUST
rnmor ellis ann His chief fault his boundiess
rare ard infinite egosm, OF winch recognizes
no existence iuJ It's OwD-hence comes all the mischief
-lsainie- Beuve's Letters.
THE SOCIAL CoUNTERFEIT.-Shabby gen.
Unity social life what Bnmmasem wares are TO Inc
Workmanship bestowed worthless material to pro-
Gnce the result Which the honest Jew desired when he
directed that his mock silver spoon should be stamped
Will cog which was TO be made much Ike hon us
possible COunterfeits mark nigh degree OF clvza-
non ad great cultivation Of the arts and sciences they
represent Of all the mournfu expenditure OF human
TIE most deploiaole-lMss JewsbuI1's "sor
rows OF Gentihty'"
LITERARY FAsHIoN.-Novels, like coats and
gowns, have iheir changing " cut ana IL Is euro
how insupportabe the iaded fasnon makes tben lhsl
human nature novels just as IL docs tue drama IL
only the ana mos lnTra ,R Gofa
demand, just as Let us play al beng mamma" Is The
earliest attempt at seamu1emenf, .o As long
s at Will be resorted to for amuse
We've At any time 10 the taste of the unntehgent Sir
walter Scott is, fancy, both too old ana NOT ola
survives in literary auson Half the people who talk
OF Pelham have never read the book. Novels OF
when the generation they depict has passed away
ami social and polilGal illusions haye ceased
probably be found the slelves OF many libraries
but few persons no" rGa9 enH amn o ps rr n
thought expression are the great oil
a TREMENDOUS pace. There snethrr difficulty obscur
inv in George EOts writing, but there Is solid thinking
aid people who ought 70 be wiser are beginning 10 neg
iect her works. They say they don't like scientific
novels. aud, when requested to e1piain' quote the
dynamic giance"-tIonoon news.
THE INcoRRIGIBLE MR. RUsKIN.-If Mr..
RusKln would only opinion, not OF his eaemies
and critics bur of the twenty people who
do him a kindness, should be saved great deal Of
the iniquty public reservoirs, and shonld get IN
winged words c0quenct about LtlDl anO the
eweet Influences OF the LOmbari school Ii was by
writing OF the latter order that Mr. Ruskn assembled
the platform OF which he now taxes iaise al
vantage with unsclentlnc economy ana dun
derDg politics. However, are now quite sure tbat ne
A. ipeOrrilible and must be c0utenl with hoping
that he will do little possible TO tear down the ed
fee OF taste when lie spent many years IN building
nm He never a really catholic critic Even his
iaudatu OF The great school OF Venice there
dorcurIeut Of n gnbuess that should have prepared
re for later fcats his InvecYes against
Michael Apeelo his abuse Of Walkers noble pic.
fure of THE Bahers," ana his suspicion or all
sculpture not directly Gothlc. lie never understood
10 domipauce the human figure III all really rstra
arr and still less as MI Poyn er has shown, It's supreme
Inherent beauty But in his early books this and other
Iacnl,,rtics were kept well IN the background ana
were cOndoned by extraordinary novelty ana tinth
of Statement In other directions o. lae the preJudlces
and oddities of his style have become predOunaht ana
IL IA no longer safe 10 take his opinion III any oi the more
Important regions OF art Saturday REVIEW
HEINRICH HEINE.-Heine was one OF those
men who are impelled II dein0nlc Iorce not only
drink every emotion IT'S bitterest dregs lie gave
birseli up entirely IN the hum0r OF Inc IeeIhB OF ne
moment with utter disregard VI the most obvious
consequences. He bOtA ana gave uucr-
aEce TO truths that were bdoen from
the wider camer glance of Goethe. What lends ms
that In him this lyrical intensity was uHtoh u the
Qulckesl VIII and such humOr 0ther wFlier OF our
century has displayed lie felt deeply, keebly, bitterly
the language Of the widest and most ped pas
sion spfaug naturally from his lips No passion ID more
sincere than his ne knows its every Tone from inc
calm TO ImmOrtay-tnat IN bis Work the Wboe splr-
ituai LIE OF his age Is reflected and representations
temporary Review.