New-York tribune., 1880-06-13
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BITS OF CRITICISM.

IIoNGFELLow AND TENNYsON.-There was
much sag,eity in the dieeFciion which led Mr. Hawes
nj All living pocts Tcnuyson not excepted) LougfeOw,
the American, has made for himself The widest social
ssopaeh tSat Lonsfellow was the poet with whom his
audience would hay: the closest Seq9antaHgS ostde he
81 Trn College, Cambridge who said IN his acar ng:
toaeSs tsSnsanS hearts Which have been
by the deeper and sometimes abstruse harnonies Of
Following observation: "It is LOngiellOwe fresh.
genuine AMI tender Insight into the religious thonghs
and feengs of ordinary human beings Which has naue
him the minister OF and the stay of faith in this
SEs,lid'' %S4IS aud 00'0''0-SVr n-'' D''D'"
There is rs usual American woman, but she is
even less successful thap most OF the current attempts
70 renrescnt our cousins III fiction Americans DO not
use the whole vocabulary Of "A%mercGnisms" % every
tine they open Sser tOs on and cspecay upoS
the correct employment Of the WORD guess."-tThe
Atheneum.
V1CroR HUGo's "RELIGIoN AND RELIGt
SSep the FGenCh anSuaCs an
form NJ Hugo may be said TO have invented more than
by young OF twentyOne so fuis It Of ndg enthu.
sias, free from that knowmgness and snbety which
come with middle age, so alien from that phosophlo
mind" when Wordsworth is the function Of the
nothing II even n some Of fhe 0des ct Bslades" Of
1922 he into French verse more o. bardo fire than IL
he ,hen showed less than is often found
oOmpanying such splendid gifts his-ess Of tue sweet
enduring comfort Of he faS SSnn0t n9s G
S6 Of IS Ns @S@ S1 sbnt % BOOK Of e hs is not
poem full of the lOvelest sayings and the nODest asp
osopSy Ra is mistake be has been SS6s ever
he began TO wrte.-lrhe Athen@um.
A MODERN CRITIC ON BYRoN.-Byron was
the greatest man amongst poets ar from inc grea'ess
with the most mingled feelings feelings sf Sg v ySu e2
hardly rise from them without % Ieeng fa orc yoT The m
diRnaton which contemporary might feel at the FeGS on
pa;herc side of the story There are in this ew
more melancholy books than MOOres Life OF Byron;
1t is like picture of a magnificent animal OF speIulu
symmetry Of form and strength Of limb, Struggling
desperately and to escape
the contempDle able creatures who are amazed
his Efforts 70 emerge why cannot lie sill like fat
epiouroan Prince Regent instead Of alternately 6SspA
with DOber weapons f-Irhe Pail Mall Gazette.
ONE SORT OF MODERN NovEL.-Representa-
tons human beings acting somewhat as they art IN
life at present the fashion Dresden china sne'
herds shepherdesses are for tue moment preerreu
Two three hundred pages OF Impossible prStte De'
%aH snS or
wall they bill and c00 constitute tne present p9par
pi is is NO more durable than an cream aud WIN
entity resolve itself into It's elemental milk ana sugar
"ARoUND THE WORLD WITH GENERAL
GRANT''-The tour parade, in thorough American
taste of whom Americans so chose to present
the representative OF American nationality The book
reminds little OF the volumes III WHICH tne ohan
Of Persia has recorded his impressions OF European
scenes and persons; OF course, that utterly
racks the nafvet6 of the Eastern mOnarchs views OF
European civlization II has all the wees OF courter-
ship with of the dignity which loyalty and revSr-
ence ancient title may sometimes give totne SUD
seryiency Of Court; all tile bunknm and bad taste
n American hero all the pert assumption OF
guperority all endeavOr to be funny attended by
ngnal success, that characterize certain Grass OF
american books OF travel In a word 1t is ao0u. the
very worst book Of its in the world and Will DO all
thai biography can do render emncnt man rdicu-
lous How General Grant have tolerated lis publ
ration we are at loss Moreover, there is
gr at deal more 1t OF Mr.. Russell Young than OF
General Grant. The courier figures quite as promi'
nently, supplies much OF tine real material OF tne
work as its nominal II Is relief, IN the midst OF
Mr. Youn "a hippant and meaningless verbdgo. 10 come
across the presented by various pnbe bodies
Engish and other, TO the General, which In aDyOther
work would be skipped as tedious to the last degree:
-. . 1t is notorious that General Grant mas never
sboyn that skill selecting his personal entOurage
which have possessed IN choosing leute e9ans
and assistants In tne field, and that ne has suffered
heavily 10 character. reputation and influence through
the sns and bunders Of those with whom he has sur
rounded himself; but perhaps he never maze wors
this kind than when he chose as the journal
is Of hs VOYAGE the author these massive vol
Unee with their 800 llustratiOns-Irhe Saturday Re