New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-02-06
BITS OF CRITICISM.

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common appearance, and most Enthusiastically Jewish
aspect up sing single line OF recitatve. After
rstons for his effort he said, But the children OF Is
rae went dry land and then he pausedI and every
then az il carved upon solid stiffness. came
those three little wolds through the Sc =" Aud ouI
bent our heads as all the wonder Of the seemed
10 pass over with those accents-awfu, resonant ra
Hours"
The NOT PERFECT WoRDswoRrB.-Fol
some years during his lifetime Wordsworth was een
orally admitted 10 be the most original poet OF DIS age
but fame somew at diminished before his death ana
writer. He himself IL chiefly TO blame for the ilsue.
qua'e recognition he has received ior proosoy ti
other poet OF equal emlnehee Is sssoesteu
with much verse that Is unworthy oI an tnuur'uH
place ~ erstre ,o1o or ~ tn rime -, their publication
they are trivial IN thought as III style ana woo;
never have been written ",,,, NM Mun of his
later work, although by no means Trivial nss 81 a,
pOrentOus dulness Tue excursion gs
Its undoubted merits CONTAINS ong passages d eYn
not tue fainest claim 10 he considered poetry s eSe
II we take them as an exposition CT morus"orn' sn
every deduction has been made. however, enough &C.
mains to 'q be- his and lie was not AZ ali
clluod to underestimate his own claims
An ENGLISH CRITIC ON BRYANT.-His rank a:
poet - readily fix H. 10, the greatest indeed, Da
the trst-that is the earles--Of genuine AmeIv" as
poets. One ony wonders what he might have occor s
~ poet # circumstances had favored his deveOppthS
AS was alter the early days OF manhood he never
tenure He wrote nothing better han "IhanstoP,,,.
and " To Waterfowl" aud the nrst OF these ne WIZ VIE
at eighteen. and the second at twenty After tna'
nice years work lawyer, ami more than nitl !,nt
work a. the editor Of daily newspaper man Mi
be "a lawyer, and yet a poet, but all editor !-lfa' ~
Gazette.
MIR. BOOTH's "IAGO."-In the expression oi
deep emotions. ot love- iury. Or tenderness
of vital importance Is wanting; but wheh tne
the eli aracer Presented does not demand the
OF such sentiments, und requires only anal Az cnn
Ingly keen aud cultivated student ana most ny tns.
pllshed ACTOR show Dir. Booth Is supreme. AZ
art and intellect supply Is .eacy d. oot
INSPIRATION the touch OF genius ahd tnat my are
sympathy which attaches the audience 10 tho iisbad
wanting Thus his kchelieu AMI iag0 nave nes 6Is
while las Hamlet and Othe0, anu. In soI1e az Rroth
BertucciO have disappointed With easy sk ~ Of most
avoids the faults which are the sumohg bis VII.
lagos He Is neither apparently noness an fbnt
becomes mcreablc nor Is he suSn t,asreace be-
belief ia his honesty Is unreasonable ln ard IA he
tween IagO he seems ~ his sufIounuf These wa
truth, cnnningly discrinaa h,nsslf aud
lent contrasts OF manner when iago 10 ina ,te
with also most properly az i've he re
incredible that could day aiIer , s h,rr,h ,l,s
which some repre- sentativos make nu nv. az rhA nrrt
bnhca at one moment aud hnmoly son S s,hls saI
SIR BoOh's Iagu consistent anu ~ hi are
his Elects are gained with unforced nias.ey
wheh commands alton ana respea- a. ~ hss ~an
always at the right tinle-A kiahee "a
derfus eteot.-iThe London otanuaiu