The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-06-04
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A moaRAPnY Of Emerson, compiled by
the Luaa,y World, Of Boston, contain,
Gity.two titles, many Of which are, o.
course, titles to sermons. magazine artt;
ole, and works which he has edited. HIS
contributions to the Dial, two volumes Of
which he edited, were thiHy.two in mum.
ber. To the Atlantic he has contrtbuteo
twentyFeven poems and prose atticies
Five articles from him have been printed
In ne Moth Amrioln RfrieS, the earliest
al which was on michael Angelo" lS3!l.
ThIa was followed the next year BY The
ono nm NAiilton," recently reprinted WITH
other early and uncollected North AH'sri'
can essays
T II d believed that no complete collec'
lion in temporary editions Of the writings
Of George withsr, the old EnglISh poet,
has ever been made. The British Muse
um docs not possess one, nor does the Bod.
lelan Library, and as for reprints only
one has been made, and that by an En-
Vlish society which issued lie publications
In limited editions to private buyers. In
The collection Of books which will DO sold
at Clinton Hall this week, beginning on
Tuesday evening, there is perhaps as good
n collection-though II Is at the same time
yery incompetent the writings oil With
ar a. was ever sold here. II comprises
49, A.. -. ,,,N ~ tho aavNnfV.HVA mr. ma
hundred volumes that are known 20 20
his, aud some Of them are scarce. With
er's rescue from undeseyed oblivion Is In
large part due TO the efforts oil southey,
Lamb and others In whose time he had
been well.nigh forgotten. There Is one
collection Of EngliAh poetry, designed 10
include all poets from ChAucerg time 10
ihe present, which ignores him altogether.
Pope. In the "Dunclad," calls him
Iivretched Wllher," but even that did
not secure TO him the Immortality which
M johnson said Boswell had escaped
BY not having been alive when the dun
clad was written.
ONE Of the newest volumes from the
London publishers, received here by
scribner { Wexford, Is "The Religion Of
the Future" by John B. CrOEler, which
contains two long chapters, comprising
one,hali the volume, on Emerson and
Carlyle, OF Emerson Mr.. Croker re.
marks that there Is perhaps no writer Of
this century who will better repay care.
iul and prolonged perusal, The Concord
sare "enjoys the rare distinction oil hay
ing assembled to the highestpoln towhich
The human mind can climb-to thepOint
whe,s, as be says Of Plato, the poles Of
thought arc on . line with the axis on
which the frame Of tbings rpyOlyes"
Again: "He Is one Of the prOfonnlest Of
thinkers, and has that universally, sereni.
" and cosmopolitan breadth oil pompTe.
tension that place him among tue great Of
al ages" "Ele has swallowed al bis pre-
decessors and converted them into nutrl'
tnent for himself" ltwas not Mr.. Crozters
purpose 10 optsr into detailed criticism
Of Carlysle's writings, but TO show the re-
IatiOushIp existing among bis thoughts, in
% far as they are parts Of one harmonious
whole, CGriyle's ideas are not systemat'
ically developed, the author says, but Lie
scattered far apart throughout bis yolumin'
Gus writings. They arc inserted In outoi'
the.Way places, In side temarks, sometimes
in paTentheses, or are gathered rs the spir'
IL Of the whole books. II examined closely
a vital principle will be found, running as
a thread through them all, which Is the
soul Of the facts and "degEadp9 bis histo.
torres and biographies into mere illustra'
tions."
Hermann GRIMM, whose Lille Of Nj.
chael Angelo" Is perhaps as well known
in this country as In his own, has written
au essay on that artist and Raphael which
has been translated for the current num-
Der OF The Journal Of Speculative Philosophy,
published at st. Louis. In reference TO
Michael Angeles desire to have his model
for Christ, which he was making, fast
ened to the cross, that he might better
perceive the expression Of pain, Grimm
remarks that THIS act would never have
been attributed TO Raphael. Michael An.
gelo's pride and ambition were "only the
expression OF his aspiration to be worthy
Of himseli." Raphael "strove for the
Cardinals hat as q child reaches out
for gold and diamonds" but the Pope,
Clement VII. would have been cautious
about offering this honor TO Michael An
gelo, who, perhaps, would not have re.
fused II In the gentlest way. There are
some natures which are great on account
Of what they obtain; others through what
they reluse.n Grimm relates that Yasari
one day entered the private room where
Michael Angelo carved his "David, =" and
naturally desired 10 see what the famous
artist was engaged upon. 1t had been Mi.
chael Angeles wish that no one should
see the statue until It was finished, and
accordingly he put out the light instantly
when VasaEi appeared, and went on
talking In the dark. This recalls 9 story
that Emerson once liked to tell OF Goethe.
A young man, over extravsgant In his
praise Of the poet, called at his private
room In hotel one evening rs Goethe
was undressing, and broke out into maud
lin EXPLANATIONS Of alteration. Goethe
blew out the candle and jumped into bed
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