New-York tribune., 1880-06-20
BITS OF CRITICISM.

a PLEASANT ESTIMATE OF MISS BRADDoN.-.
| The perverslties OF literary destiny certainly
nSSn the OF g oo IN a ocs
copying words and figures into series Of follos Mss
DddOn is conducted by nscrutable fate to the n0vei
ss DESK there to squander fortyclerk power or per-
sistent penmanship in turning romance into rdicue.
She has little Imagination Indifferent taste, and
humpr yet she has writ ten nearly two score or novels,
erS and the pages OF which are unstained. far We
aware, bv anything worse than scnsatOnalism and
r we kno% not ouaa 80 ia due eI hes e
aans F Hazsc 81 to h,s
Miss Biaddon, without the aid Of either prureney.
known and is perhaps more read. than any OF the
before toned writer's Where Is the explanation OF
OF minds Which nnd repose neither In sleep. In
waking idleness but only in superficial mental move
ing itself occupied and thus enable 1t to steal sonc
San be- more sne tcia than that produced by an un
critical perusal Of one OF Miss Brlddons novels and
therefore inward calm more unrufilcd. (The spec
tatOr.
AN ENGLISH VIEW OF POE.-To say that
Poe ii the frst order OF writer's would be hardly
Of an exaggeraton than Lambs similar siate,neus
the best OF his criticisms are OF the very rst order each
nense Guaiiy of Gross and few wrteis arc response
bic in proportion to the bulk Of their work for
5Tstworihy citcsm ihan Poe His entire want Of Tie
comic faculty. and tho terribly deary buresque which
lie mstook for hrmor, may be set down TO his Of
one at the mos, dacut Of critical stdes ana we dc
not know that anything has yet appeared the way OF
Of him which does justice at once 10 his faults
TO the repusive aspect WHICH, IN the hands OF the
aoleGrswold his character has been made TO wear. 10
and loved that his faults rather the result
stutonal eccenricity and unhappy circumstance than
OF bad heart vicious temperament and, lastly.
that since literature became lucrative profession few
OF such genius have received singulary little Of
this worlds good things from it-lPali Mali Gazette
GOETHE AND THE MODERN GERMANs.-Goethe
i and may remain for centuries solitary aud uaiqae
all kinds. AS Enslshmen point to Shakespeare and
spsnards to Ccrvantes and Italians Dante repre-
SO Germany %ay speak o. Goethe for sentres yet
s but s aNSs ~ we O5 new We
saturated M with p an S equally sincere convieiSa
ready welcome truth In every direction. mbued With
genuine falth In ts powers OF dispensing darkness and
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Of this iaQury he used bis ready PEN With consid
sors Huxley and Tyndsi. aud other wsIEnown writer's,
A. we believe: however no one one Of those sttaeked
IN aSshuius that he mas gained vie,ory.-The satur
| day Review.