New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-09-05

iional nOyoAst.-l5,. James, G-zctse.
FURxEss's "LEAR."-Nothing, at all events
could be cathOc than the spirit OF d. FarneSs OF
more iudciay comn than MS eA o. tle
ton Lear strikes as. for al practical pur'
cent tie masterpieces Of kespearedeserve editorial
treatment such scale. The ryer OF text flows be
tve.n broad 1uea lows and nark-lands Of annexation
series Of appendices swels out the volume % poriy
though by means Unwlel ". Dimensions Yet We
have hardly met with surerhnous or irrelCV1n, sen.
tence miracle of genius Ike Lear, allowed by all who
form Judgment on such point to be one Of tbe
greatest achievements 81 ne human mind IS mol
Je Ieal over III couple ~ hours aud returned
to the she'll We ike to have IL kept long before U.s. 70
the quarry from waich u was bewn, t. consider inc
principles of its construction 20 20 round ara Iuna J,
IN the company now OF one specaiyqualhea saue,
now OF another. This advantage - besOwel upon Us
with siu felicity and completeness 10y Dr. fuIhess.
Dr. Furn, SIS hand Is night ana stroug comm' n-'ehses
his enectual safeguard from pcdautIy The labor 10
Ia, undo gone must nave oeen enormous Dat II was
labor Of loving enthusiasm and, having always Desa
himself genuinely interested. he has never failed TO IN
terest his readeIs-lIn Spectator
THE FAME OF CALDERON.--His fame wa!
the work Of The schegtls Ii became an accepted
dogma with their critical school that he was erva'
and the world believed II on tneir authority.
That authority has been weakened, and the word nag
long benn to suspect that her prise o. TIE spn ars
which prompGed Popes cIVty to some one, Sisn,
namely be offensive To third party. Iley used ns
merits 1T the spanish theatre "a good Literary sues
wherewith to bear the French A the schlegeis ana
their followers 10 longer implicitly DeHe'ed ~.
talked about THIS seem very cavalier or perhaps
the rIght word is Phillstlne, way Of treating sneh
renown Tie few genuine admirers OF the poet .ns
many who admire Inn on the authority of others, spa
who II they nave read his works have done so WIN
predspoSion finG there the merits they have oeea
told are TO be found can always cnim 10 De supgs Ina
by the great names OF Goethe ana Shelley bu uOeo
made his reservations and they are very consllerao
whe as regards Shelley, who very practlcai
proof OF his admiration by transatng part 81 20.
MOI apply % Caderons starry autos" that process
mystic Interpretation by wheA anything may be maa'
out OF any thih..-llhe SATURDAY REVIEW
OUIDA on GEORGE ELIoT.-I remember
once hearing clever man argue that George L,os ,E 4
a clever student, who made taent 90 tI W." ,aeni
genius and remember Directing to bln ihSt sas LEA
alou. could easily have produced Middemarch anu
Romola" but that nothing short OF genus eoud n,o
created the Tulliyer family aud old Slias Manner H..
il purely faucliul" distinction, yet 1t - Ser' Ie
and VINO does not regret that me t.an!s tinnt
talent has received in the dreary and positive uisPus
lions science has clouded and crampcd ihe l.u
Of her imagination, and thus WIN - can:
growth Of her genusf Talent does Wh'' !. ,IsTs
has said he had better have worded the latter na OF
the sentence, what 1t Wills, FOR II IL just tIs 49,
marks out the creation genius the laOored now
ever polished production OF talent Is a. se
freshly wrought out Of the marble oesiue ,he p,.t
mask that Is only copy. The poet the true sr's
| always takes delight IN creatlng-l ne whitman
RID. BLACKMORE AS A LITERARY ARTIST.
lie altogether given over to following tn' conducts
own sweet Will, and II must De confessed ssant
! him IN very charming manner through veI' ~ lie
| places Having only his own original lOIee' -.
fase, of public that wears responsibility IN suVu
tiers as fiction very lightly, to depend upon Very
who has Mr., Blackmore's force is very fotuua ,ont
likely he would say he does not care button we
styie for example, In which case lie Is iueAe hIs "a
made shirt 10 get such admirable one 80 nsnnatble
genuine blending well those geperalV p"mor
eements power ana charm. lie viii. II ne 'Aes n a.
hlm elf III making wrctched pun now aha ss.s,oss
LAYING his action by quaint phlosopb nSttins
that could all 10 rritate hostile reader ~ thal
| "A literary aphorlsm into tie mouth OF enai'saa or
| could by no possibility have either cohsaaassare
expressed II; IN lettering over the details OF ns for
Which has tie charm OF Il miarity for him. put hn
anotner; IN Introducing full-length porusi, o"sdly
have no intimate connection with the set no ~ Of
painting; and In verbal anips and eseenaracier Il
nhraseoiogy which utterly contradict INC o,ed i'm.
his auaintness which Is that Of adnrupp ,"cs of all
nle,ty rather than whimsicallty: In inc aanle 10
his one can only suggest that IL Is very ard
AMI his merits so far outweigbng MS n never
nossiby 10 soace ones self with The query nsmely,
occurs 10 the strictly academic crc-wnr.a,i
tnese bemishes and merits are not cosns.e ART TOO
II Mr. Blackmore should have Iespte. 'p ,lr,ie. with
great 10 permit him take such frequent and ab-
I, n" would not lose something IN the wy o, our
sone sincerity that among It's ehef ean sense Of
odm,TaIion and contribute, II may DC, 10 tpo hnks-
| large truth las pictures oi hiel tnSs ,, n,oi' ~
.Iary Anerley" notably.-iIhe Na'ion'