New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-02-27
BITS OF CRITICISM.

BITS OF CRITICISM.
E. P. WHIPPLE ON GEORGE ELIoT's Sad.
human oharacter--Homer, CervaBtes, Shakespeare
Goethe Scott and the rescheer and ns syel
It's meanest, most stupid. most criminal lorms NOV
Ssr q
intimate knowledge OF the most obscure recesses Of The
%aginave hamor which sofrens the o.
serious side Of life by quick perception, 81 ne %
presses the mind while the Of genius animate q
and that she saddeDs the heart while they MI VITA
sSSs Sro5 sea % Joy at @ Bu.
SOgd say 90 an under Ss
and Of what our modern pbiosophers call nefed'
y" She inherited The results OF mans !, ssnr
gether. The man was master; the woman was an az.
ber he kne az lover but com manded husband; aud
established the absurd superstition that she belonged
interior to his Now when the worth OF Il moro
generally recognized when her substantial eduay VITA
becoming the and not mere hepmate OF man.
may hope that when another George Eiiot sppesfa
creaveness imagination, she VIII teach 10 our COM
Of Gsess as Sno Of sen
since the creation OF the world-lFrom speech al the
Papyrus Club
CARLYLE THE Halter OF SHAMs.-It is in
some respects curious that Carlyle has connected his
of shams For we are far from thinking that the pas
sionate love OF truth in it's simplicity was at all bis chief
conscious for that Of sheer love Of truth
no %an SI oae Of the condons Of sate
Of truthwoud express commonplace ideas ID 80 round'
mending Emerson 10 the reading public, " The words
OF such man-what words be thinks ~ 20 speak-are
gracious woman gentle, excellent female soul as
be does in mis- Life Of Sterling" There is ssranins
is not the CHARACTERISTIC Of overpowerng and per
fecty simple love of ruth NOE was thaI sne ang 10
by hatred OF shams exposure Of unveracires defiance
10 tue Everlasting No." affirmation Of the Eysra:s
ing YEA and like not much the love or uut1
as the love of divine love of that which had
genuine strength and effective character u H sns as
life OF mere oonventonallty or precedent tne eonsem
for extinct not SO net ana would pS longer
bear the strain pat upon them y human passion ss
meant by cant not much principles which man does
not personally accept but repeats BY rots on The aush
estimation, 10 exert a living influence on society,
whether heartily accepted by the individual or not
lThe Spectator.
WoRDswoRTH's SHoRr-coMING.-That his 81
case case o. OF Others MOST fertile Of poetry was
the result Of want, not Of ,ou selS-
The criticism Of Haztt-a criticism often random and
il.aimed, but which, when it does strike home always
here. "In Wordsworth there is total dlsunion and
q ns vsg ops but hardly strong
No doubt this spiritual cebacy aud ascetcism has pro-
Tnq % somehow or
string. Of the Tyre seem o have been cut syay ana ens
The aesc1 i not one Of s@pe
Gs sense q Dd pr fsai with poet merss
for SS"'' not being something other tnau wha.
be But here the qusstisSSn, is vn w1sh ss
ought to have. Mr. Myers has occasionally approachel
this curious and interesting subject but be has never
all panegyrists Of Wordsworth from Dc Quincy aown
ward But criticism which does NOT face can %
to demand that criticism shall do this Or the famous
triad Of SpPeW a. Mso Gsy ohs
passionate, but only with the passion Oh coniempsSs
p psei%Ts s1s
to employ and tss fay bs se pToo
Of this.-TThe Saturday Review.
ANTHONY TRoLLoPE AND HIS CICERO. y
He and seldom gets below ase sariaf S
they always 80 easy 70 Teado exactly ts
cause In these stories ali the thinking done for US;
character is problem, no course Oh acuon Is uns
70 point out the solutions motives and with his trans
parent English 20 make everything quite pliu !" ,hs
same result and here we have volumes OF reading
almost as easy Framley Parsonage or Rachel hay;
sat am easy method and those who are the
gropng stage and have questions 70 ask some OF wnen
rsSy vo ay on ocere viii be entirely
pointed. Perhaps they VIII nave oeea spos W 70
wh,ch Mr. Trevelyan treated last autumn.-lThs
Academy.
r n SrOppARD ON FITZ-JAMEs OBRIEN.-
have read the collection with the interest," whic9
naturally attaches to the WORE OF one wnon asa
liked aud my opinion now e what IL was twen.yn s
ceedngly clever yerser but DO not feel that ne va
a trne poet There sincerity In MS WORK, whlen -
as bright and thin as Ice ne ia1 s' rsan ss was
irving hardest 70 be sinoere.-lrne Critic
Ia Mr.. JAMES LITTLE FRoTHY f-Now ORA
", Ito nower is what Is most wanting 10 Mr. James 1e
he dssects his Characters and eaoorsey
shmsalyes II we may venture to read-tbough y po
oniv onr own guesseebetween the lines OF one OF w
n1 cca essays Mr. James has been led 10 adopt thas
form Of tale Of which aae rsnsvn h. arsop o
TourmIenief. But the American, brilliant ana aFtstle
"a he is wants the Russians power The tax. TOO
sreal comedy OF the Restoration and the lsst cenfu1
n Is too evenly clever The characters thrust ana
with much dexterity not the , "a
carefully rehearsed swordsmspshp OF the saSe me ~
hereore the writer has not left himself ample ron
develop mis- characters they are opt to remain
s@e-a suspicion that what ooks bright and clever
Ia little frothy.-tst Jssness Gazette.
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PoLLocK's SpINozA.--In many respects, tnN
book stands nneaualIed y Engisn hssIssnse 4 ,ssr,
eeednely able and most scholsiy All that has ssss
cleaned and gathered and conjocfured even ~
the life and opinions q The pa see snS ever, state
ment Mr. Pollock makes regarding ths facss n.y.
cepted as true He has given n the inroonsus1 M
critical account OF all the inpor tsns n vsstou
recent yea,s have discussed the various problems ~
syh avsr tbe aim pIrposo and method Of bplne