New-York tribune., 1880-02-22
BIS or CRITICISM.

HENRY JAMEs's FEMININE PROELEN-We
shond be glad h gave himself NOR, Drea,nms ,,ir;
monotouy hs books while. looking at the characters
ur,isticaly, they leave rs puzz ana unsatished:
Nvster, IN fiction IA most a. sirahie thing, rui the
passion FOR te enigmatc may b. carried roo i1ri ana
wnen we nave series o. cnnne proOisns subill,led
Indeed in the end be driven 20 doubt VIII ther
In. knows inuch more ~ his own mind Than Bis read
rts At the same time et Mr.. JONES write md fariga
~, "Trr,ly a. f., tyhansble lie is always fresh spark
i,t. mr. .5i,ran,n4c Tie lets ms ueOnle speak 'or
irri than ILL., Wien he has fairly s'n
reyed the tudl1ldualil.es OF his suOiects-lLo1don
Times
DU MAURIER. SATGRIST AND CARICATURIsT.
H draw, .cty ANA gracefully -tonahiy 30
has a good eve character; in aud.Dea certain TORN
~ the ridiculous gives proof Of the possession of
great den Il tnesse ana Ingenuity AMI he i nsaly 10
BE- ooh at wi pleasure ana interest ointume9. ~
decd Ire shows hns II really great But or the carca-
turiss knack ana the caricauuss temper he has not
uery mucu. Exceptions apart ana speahlhs s'ntta.y,
bis tlous elaborate for pictorial iests
tuey tack ease, the readiness, the spontanety ~
The audacty Of satirst he dsarms resentment
beforehand, he dAtters while he suies; bis butts are
usually only momentar,y absurd are uSua.l ~ 10 9e
laughed at but accidentally, and Only by reason OF their
predicamentnO for ANYTHING udicrous IN themselves;
Add 10 these qualities certain monot0py ot type and
incident. and Mr. Du MauncrS artistic ph siogonW rs
II aprears in his society pictures" viii be toiciably
complete. We must confess. however mat lie ls hos
awavs lacng IN the audac'ty OF ne s'lSl or w lhe
0ualites vrrttabe caricature. witness h' most tng
and Who'll .ale rdicule OF the madndergs ah.clnt9ns:
tne en- acuaie mten,itics which mark the - airno
weakness ana dbNAf0ll OF bffutol itt1 ~ NoN'
Here he is most excellent and mos enrcve iis nus-
cuns his Dir wincroom ten0r- h> baronet bi. esi net
ypic,l.-tPail Mali Gazette.
The TASTE OF TIE DAY-Eyeryw we
see a PASSION Tor variety, ont ;tle Thought OF unity
There Is q strong centrifugal force az wotk; men readily
cast OF tradition and abandon the beaten paris o ocal
and Nauoua lie 10 form themselves INTO sect sen oos
ana cocres, In ali the aris tne ann Is ather u aston
.h h,u 10 elevate 70 please. Natter made siDor-
t. maze To form; the laws OF form itself ~" Gonir-rd;
Poetry seek, support non Philosophy or PAM 'ngi
1iS H,n Sre.n seif and Nus!c While Music -;
carang melody strives to usurp the tn" ions oi ,ae
uoec draml such a state ~ things pOeats 10 rs 70
indicate nos progress but eXEaus.cn.-tL9n ION Quar-
terry Review.
TIE ArHENEUM on 0UIDA.-" Moths Is
Solemn ma fnc,iui ale. 10 ietuIts 10 know that I'D
other liyirg writer is capable o. sucr sPcn a ;ntenec'
,uasc becomes gorgeous gltterins. ami Ieh inex-
rTcssvc 10 satisfy her arior cXpressyeness her pas
sion subtlcty ana e1icihesN' she na7 u,NcIHsu
Fr-ncb of cr own; she Is the author or another AID
sqddcr world, whore ume and space exist tO', where
men suf women ARE constructed new and uocu'iar
natfcrn and only office Is 10 serve - btck"found
or hcl-soued misfortune apd 'Onb TO- love most III
tile and au,crc; sue Is the mistress OF an hat
ranges al Bohn TO the last love song OF suly Pr-
hcinr and even includes suCh recondte scraps ~ the
Fchteubaum" OF HeIne In the ORIGINAL German IN
Moths" she comes iorT ara once more as the e4spoa
ven ana will while she lives, write be worth
reading
CHARLES LANES CELIA" IN FRENCH.-lt
seem bold thi9g ~ any FreGclmSh 70 attenPt M
OF Eila VI. DcpfCt ia. dn pten iie pun
of strictly literal trinslauon and the e'c, IS Deties
than might have been expected But me tfuth s lnas
au English critic. rcIdug such WeHkno"h WORK 10
Lambs naturally ana uncon leus Al u hnt t sa
wlh bis mind, though the Freneh wOds may Or Detote
his eyes Tho translator has pfehXe ol& itruiuctlOn
nn T3mb on hnmor and tlinGs in general which is
more destitute OF method and composition than Is n5uat
with Freucameu of letters lie Is constantly dsressSi
il ~ II en- dcu to make ont IN WhaI particular SalIey
be is the moment sailing ana s m"ro nlnleut 10
make out what business he las there HIS critical dica
agsin are MOI happy. may be JUDGED from his dis
mlssal Of Tbackersy dpre e! sk and from the iacs
IN The Vicar OF Wakefield any OF the moral character
upon which Thackeray himself insists The Saturday
Review.
BUCKLE AND EDUCATIoN.-Perhaps one OF
the secrets Buckles great popularity Win ihe boys
Of t1e necessity OF not Ourdenng their brains with 100
much work He had 10 faith III the elhcacI OF heepinS
ibeG Ion n prescribed lessons and al Ia favor or
encnu,,gIng them 10 acquire knOwledgc b. Olner a-
,nd ,vscthrr he was consulted not-hi. advice was
always toward the shortening OF the ho Oh lessons
Ter e reasoned from experience as John Stuare
Mil dad in estimate OF What roy eona ptohhs,py
ionrn III, expereuce was very different from MlIs,
bnf W was probably quite as unt 10 TIC taken as gem
eral rule Of eduOatlOn.-Irhe Academy.
DoN OUrxoTE OF ART AND MORALITY
For great moralsI, which essence Mr. Rusain cer-
fainly cannot help observing that Ne IS uch 700
fd of that refined and delicate sneefDg when tho
most bewiiderng form OF sarcasm IN tne CORRESPONDS
cnce ION usury) between Mr kg5kn ana pr arhpr p
ricW Mr. RusknS share IN the matter consists chey IN
the discharge o. perfect v9 10Y o. sucn v S % ISo
are and each a kind draw its drop OF blood, Dns
almost all aimed rather at ls opponent man
az the mark which that opponent had CHALLENGED Mr..
Ruskn TO hit Many OF Mr. Ruskins comments are very
fno In their literary structure But they want almose
entirely not only That broad and paln homeinrss Of
manner which the subject requires but also that evidence
of srdent desire to reach the mind OF tho
person ne Is addressing the heart OF the subject to
which he is addresug himself. which Is OF the
sence OF persuasive eOquence. DR.. Fraser. IN this
respect, Is great contrast to bis Antagonist lie now
and them no doubt, lays himself open 90 Me- Ruskins
itetion with which he speaks OF precep: In tho
Bible which Ruskn jeers at him for feeling any hes
Itation about But the Bishop seems made up OF slim
great moral critic who him. and who
even once tho centre of the question with which
he has 10 deal Rushn Is q Don Quls0te half oi
art and half OF morality knows how 10 MAKE