New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-05-23
BITS or CRITICISM.

A CAUSE OF Wharf.-The blessing pronounced
oh peacemakers is not likely to be inherited by news,
papers The popular opinion s1a e Js 20 se their
Journals Is probably erroneous war y PAD iOr Ta1e'
and oS e TSos out Of the mere desire to ud
thing to cay newspapers do sometimes happen to en-
tween SS two countries SS Courts and the papers
bound g drag the affair vb into RR pSSity
and Mr.. Matthew Arnold saw at Eton Young TI1
Lord Claude and then Lord Claude was informed that
that beast Bottles says he won't take licking from
that FTsRee wC1 lake licking from Germany
that abe has taken diplomatic licking or that Italy
eences. Thus the discussion Of foreign politics in the
press like the gossip OF small BOYS IN the Lover
Briggs major Is afraid OF Smith, and whether thompson
is the master of Jones The eternal chatter a90u eneS
work enough fOr war cOrreSpOndents-lIhe Saturday
Review.
MEN AND WoMEN.-The opinion of men,
fSeS o5ion OF Women, roughly speaking is OF very
little importance to men but there Is Just as muGn
tue dfieuiiy is OF different kind, and shows sefin
different direction Miss Maresp says m ne to have
known time, at its very best that no relaon IS
70 the mind Of the present writer, about as many IN
stances of happy sis!erly intercourse occ" of
Choice but nnouestionaby what brothers and sisters
need is mutual justice and what men aud women hat
nrally give each other something different ana II
we may speak with the vagueness ana cXagScra5o4t
which is necessary in order 10 dea WIN sucn v
IN small space. we should say tLat inc Nay ~ W
the change the position of woman has affected the re-
lation Of the two texs that whereas M o has 70
looked on woman rs possible vic ne hoM , -, ne
look at her also as an ideal sister Se was UeS @
protected, cared for, controlled She is person 'o e
met m the field OF work and claim. In such mOduia-
ton we must expect some dscords'-lThe Spectator
THE EsTuETIcs OF DRESS IN ENGLAND
There is now difficulty In Obtaining beautu matgrl-
made by the firm OF William Morris, aud also By other
firms. which as beauhnl III ther WAY az Any IN, t Is
the way in which dresses made the Irrational anu
ugly way winch clothes adapted to the forms OF te
unnatural theory of what tie body ought 10 De hkt IS
very much behind the best and most refined Engnsn
taste of the time. Such mistakes result, We believe
from having such an unquestlOnng lallh ~
French taste aud also from our women Initiating men
costume, an imitation originating in fast society, Dpt
which cettan details of dress has spread through az
cassrs and which even Partisan deigns TO adopt
We sbOud certainly have thought mems dress too un-
pardOnably ugly 70 inspire desire 10 lnate II pu as
II is t. TIE Of aOrs to make clothes lOr women
"a well as for men, some have managed iugeniousy to
roll the ugness of mems and wOmen's aNire INTO one
such effort producing hSures IN usters ana DNcoch
baIs,-whch puzzle us as TO their seT ana when re-.
mind in their fOldess hard SOLID tghtneEs o. De
little wooden figures out of the NoahS ArKSILe spec
tatOr.
WILLIAM BLACKS NOvELS.-llis books have
one ana an mad impressed upon tnem traces OF design,
and have been manifestly written upon plan which Is
entirely the authors own Ills arr mas always Deen
r1arked by two erIstics-smpliCty ami SYSTEM
Method and feeling have gone together nor mas Mr.;
Black ever been more tender than when he mas been
most But for some hte time ihelG merits nave
CounterbaancCd Dy great utltciS. l'idVA
exhibited frequently tendency TO decline mo man,
Herism and HOuOIony. III his hctlOs nave never lai
to possess muca that pleased and not little That spark
led their brilancy. and the satisfaction WINCH CAV
was beginning TO be somewhat familiar. MT Black
seemed TO be rapidly becoming the victim Of
an acute forn OF what may he called Heblidean
mOuOlOania. Moreover, the machinery OF his writings
Lacked variety He let the reader too obrusivcy into
the secrets of his method he made scafcey an attempt
TO vary the rationale of his procedure Consequently
the most apprecatve Of Mr. Backs readers wished for
change Mr.. Black has now gwen proof OF bis resolution
and his capacity break Ound The first part "
"Suurse," which is being issued IN monthly numbers,
shows cOnclusively that MT. Back Is ntCnt upon
quitting the wewOrn groove so he Is qualified TO excel
in many other departments Which lie outside N-llh
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