New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-02-09

complaint, for Ii is clear that II we haVens any
church we can't have any clergy, ana "itho"'
clergy there can be no need or DarsohhReS' S
your readers may be led 20 mterpese' ihpIu"'"''
that we have churches and clergy alter All, "nu
great many parsonages for the latter to live In b'
Mr. James's marvellous transatlantic sense inusV o'
borne in mind. According to that church WINCH j.
not the English Established Church-ltls cic'ii ~
neonday-cannot be q church as oil, Inc "po'O
difference between and posse lies ike an "oS
hetwocn tho two and the Pilgrims who sailed III
the Mayiower the Cavaliers no less VINO Dio"s''
the Anglican ritual to Virginia are alike fair SUD
iocts for orr oxecration in having deprived us OF
60 great a boon-whch, by the way, Gladstone
| threaten. to take from the English themselves.
VIII tbe great Liberal have the hardihoou
IN ro on with disestabshment when lie le-
turns to power, now that our essaylst
has spoken VIII he venture TO expose himseh ~
The scorn of some second II. James, jrr IN coming
century 1t is to be hoped he Is IuliN aW"'e
bo,v blostinc 70 his fame such penalty would ne
Az to "Uttla Norman churches" probably II the
writer were to investigate their exact formative III
luencc on the literary quaiitys he WouI" DO
seriously puzz ed TO make ont good case. Do"p'-
less much more could be said for cathedrals ana "o
bevs as stimulants TO the imagination. one cou'u
wish that the ardent Mr. James would write q
Architectural Beauty in Application to Women
proposed by Hobbies in CoaGh's pastoral OF Inc
Bothie.r You will recall the poets fancy. there
that the different styles of women should be technl-
eauy discussed, as, for example, he Lady-De-
based and the Lady FlambOyant p; and the prnci-
pie is laid down in one line that
Every woman is or ought TO be, Cathedral.
Mr. yamess first principle would be, with a slishV
alteration: Every American poet ought 10 own
Cathedral" At present our poets can 90 no "el'ei
than TO cross the water and purchase the nght 10
inspect cathedrals under the auspices OF Verg'r'
or valet-de place, at sixpence or shilling heau'
This is cheaper than TO bay; but, OF course, II is
deporable Yet in the face of such adverse 1dcIs'
one OF our poets. Lowell has written certainly inc
noblest poem of this century having relation to
cathedral, wherein, piculing in exquisite phrase
the minister's grave solitude of memory and all
its mysterious beauty. he still has the rudeuess 10
say that even this great structure of art is no more
potent 10 sublime with awe
Thou oises 10 mo familiar that O'erarch
The conscious sllcuces of MINDLESS woods,
Ccntur0l shadows. clOlsieFs OF me elk
Clough by the way, is a man whom 1t Is almost
disrespectful to Mr.. James to mention; Tor inns
English poet came over to America, and positively
liked if. He preferred our institutions TO the ruins
Of fcudalism in England, stayed here some time,
and committed the Improperly of writing poetry
in the midst of our provincial" surroundings
gross offence against Mr. James's theories OF ht-
ness.
"No army. no diplomatic service" We read
further. But this is rather to the credit OF the
couptrv if | may be allowed the boldncss OF claim
ING ANYTHING for it. Ii certainly might excite the
imagination to inquire how, with " no army on
our side il somehow happened that General Paken-
ham didn't march into Ncw-Orleans, though firmly
intending 10 do So but, on the contrary suddenly
fopnd himself dead, while a nobody called General
Jackson looked out from the American ntrench-
meuts nj a routed British army. Has MI. James
forgotten the "hero of Lundys Lane under
whom Hawthorne, rs 1t happens, served
in the Custom House. ana wno is GeSCr h;eI
Mr. lanes appears to have read? But perhaps an
army in the European sense" NAV mean an army
TO which Americans give defeat Bnt u Is llitie
difficult to accede to the denial OF diplomatic ser,
wee One would fancy that MI. james might find
if convenient to retract this when Minister IL well
goes 10 ST. James Still, parsonage who SO easily
99otes mincemeat Of the civilization and society OF
America may justly assume cood deaI OF Import
ance; lie may almost be called nahon by himself,
anu t diniomafie representatives Officially" Ii
would be relief to know, ms precise
oobdnratelv 70 ignore our Minister at the Court Of
81 lanes. the President and Cabinet might be
moved 10 consider the withdrawal OF That func-
tionaTy. =, -, .. - 4, - .
nolaces no castles nor manors. nor Old tEnRlshl
country houses, nor matched cottages is TOO true
palaces have not invariably been used for the
cultivation of letters at least some appreciate
onantitv of literature has originated in com
Pleto Undergraduate Of theW. But the matched G
done with one He could almost by
diligcut contemplation thereof have stlted
his originality, and have avoided giving us
! sentiments with which his poems are hed frosalc
English phanthrOpists. indeed, have sought to do
away with the tel Hh Uaa utbnaRe
| considered disadvantageous here ; but what wouid
! = few dead peasants and an occasional bad odor
matter if We could impaTt an English flavor TO our
| Gterat1ref There should be heavy Importation
| of the genuine matched cottages made at once,
nder the supervision Of onT sChcltudlnous country
| mon To a people in ali unfinished condition. they
| night by their cultivating influence serve even
| as a temporary substitute for Oxford and Elton
| something TO tone us up gradually. meanwhile,
| we must bear we'll as we can the lgnomlnlOus re-
Hecrion that those seats of learning not for us
| unless we should agitate for the abolition of Har
| vard Yale Cornell, Princeton and our entire public
| schocl system so that the funds absorbed by
Them could he used in sending all the youthful
population OF the United States where IL can learn
| Ia write Latin verses and play loot bail.
There one other detail demanding attention,
,iz onr failure to obtain the benefits Of EPSON and
| Ascot races for the authors whom we nave ignOr-
| antiv fallen into the habit Of generating. The
| onnrnous debt of English literature 10 the horse
;nctev has never before. think been limited
| Of Mr. James with his subtle apprehension, is the
at IN noint il out; but criticism must hereafter
davelop its nasal sympathes with the utmost care.
ond one of its most important offices will he to
toct tho aroma of the BILE in the pages OF imagn-
| otive genius 10 a taste trained, il is evident
that our native authors will appear insipid and
| hardly worthy OF notice. . .
| But have said enough to indicate the Importance
| of tLis commemorative passage in the volume. If
ANYTHING have written appear extravagant TO
tho conventional American reader 1t should be re.
membcred that "a slight eXaggeratiOn in the candid
rYnansion and enlargement OF an authors views is
essential in order to give them their due force. II
ia evident that. according to Mr.. James, we are
completely on the wrong tack in this country; and
the Wo,k Of regeneration and remOdelling before
we can achieve any literary production satisfactory
tn Inn (which of course the chief standard 10 be
| rennrdedl. is an enOnnOns one In fact