New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-11-14
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| Mr.. MALLOCK AND GEORGE ELIOT.--ME
NaOtk j. y-ty severe upon George Blot 0r fle ds
RI -iOnzcd morally. Da>eess ObjecOns." 4u1 lmpot
| Ihle, winch she PROCESSES and uUhOOs But a moTs
Idra WUlch Is too obviously talnaoe = not worth 10
holding at all and tle us ere It imaguauon tle
positive wfltfs or me DAY does certainly bring meiA
incentives 70 bear upon the c0nsccBces o. Lef readers
with quite extraordinary pOwer She searches out ls
weh nesses ana nsn'erll"s or The human uclr ahl
| terrible illumination. sac couvnces Of sin. Sire N
! cites 10 self-cOnqIest, she strengthens for SELF
| sacr flee. O,hers Oh her school DO tie Lhr. 10
lesser degree. AMI until the Christian aud Catholic
apo ogls can do as mqch lie mad better leave ~ acas
70 the frertnlnkers. The sole Justification OF preaching
IN any case, Il the chance OF m king men better Bat
| is not true that the skeptcs, even the hgn-mlnded
skepucs Of today nave monopoly OF moral tact and
power. Mr. Mall1ck need 20 no further hal the great
modern writer's OF that church to whose communion
he aspres uud aGYOcates o. Cnrst anliy add 20
She utmost strngency Of moral requirement 1e gloS o.
the apostolic age and the buoyancy OF unaitefs0h
h0pe.- Inc Atlantic.
PRAISE FOR GEORGE OTTO TREvELYAS.-
Few men VIII read this book wIIhout conviction tai
lls autlOr could II ne chose compete his uncle L9Ie
Maeauldy's WORK, aud maze the sm al sum OF E0gEl
pleasures greater, by carrying that brlau history
cessiOn Queen Victoria. He has every qualification
for the task lie understands men-wtuess the wa
sseich OF Charles hOrge the man who could not eiuss
ouilhn1 Dribe yer e0dd not live under the sasue
taxing 1.-The can indicate manners hc knows iacs sna
he can describe them all In style which, though II cOr
pels parson with Lord Macauay's l. MS owl ard
Is IN "a long volume more attractive. IL y hke ~,
cles, bus h)lgh equally lucid aud bright y deYea
OF the metallic. ratler ytreo us glitter wncs N aBJ
lengthy work, made Lord aacaulay's sDuthetic sen
vans style, rapid abusive ana sometimes anttbetcs
as II Is, has in II the great qualities Of repos S1i
variety II DO Ne nstead OF dashl X. ana u can pe fsss
when me sntJ'et Is not exciting without an uuesJ
sense o. strain His srOut 10 not talk like goldfish asy
more than wnaIes Ii Is difficult TO imagine Sis
more pcriec than me pages, scattered al thiousu ~
volume, in which Mr.. Trcveiyan describes ms 1ef0s
father, Henry Fox, nrs Lord Holl2nd. the ABLE args
btancu, ldrge-natured easy tempered, lOVnS Ogls~
THE Spectator
The ENGLISH LOVE OF Fox.-Thc name o.
Charles James Fox st sounds pleasantly In The easo.
his count rynep. No English Statesman left DC
nina hin more geulal memory. Ills faults, ~sss
were many, hair forgotten. ana lave been Mnt
since oOgdVned, wglle his noble qualities arc feDeolr
bered aud recorded We hte Tor the gaming asa
tue drinking as we call up the lmsge o. The lApes'
leader, the npassloned orator, the truchestle ha'
true ALIKE to bis country, his party ana his Ale9a.
And so his portrait NAY be found IN every WIS
use. ana every recurring London season me @I a,
bers OF the Fox ClGb dine together IN mOry OF ~
political yirtucs ana social gifts. Even men OF teoy
posise party forget party raneor as they mink o.
anu SCOTS nue tribute. whlch sums up as ehaih3s "a
tenderly aud strongly, comes homo to Tory anu 4"
Whig alke.-ifhe Athen&um
On Miss FLETCHEn's NEW NOVEL;
George Jennings" previous novels we nave spSs -
win qualified praise and We can do no more wtai,
spcet 10 his latest literary venture Ihere axe 10
faults aud merits; IN fact, the book ocenp
fairly good place among secondelass novels i Inc
thor has evidently little talent for the CONSTRUCTION
plot, neither does be attempt 10 excite he reader on
sensational incidents. There Is certain amoa", ~
ability displayed IN the analysis OF character sud Wv
tlves; there is also warm sympathy with the pesu
OF both nature aud arb Whether writing about hsyPS
Palestine or Laly, Mr. Fleming always c0DrNes W NV
duoe "A vivid local coloring. Finally. the book Is tns
oughy pure, no small mcrit IN these days Nesst.
les there IS TSs as aoo"' aS yepty well
quanted with Italy, but likes IL TAR better than hr
It's iuhaoitans III fact he implies that itay Sou sief
charming country we're A. not for the Italahs Va
these circumsiauc he snouli not have MAD, my
inc marry offensive Roman count We have az
ono remark TO add, winch Is that u 10 dmels rr.s
cover any justification for the title Of the novs'iD
AthenSam