New-York tribune., 1881-11-20
BITS OF CRITICIoM'

Nh rr,-vysoNs New POEM.-Mr, ~. iennsnoir sdssnoiT
naTes his readers feel by the very ueP pm G not the iu
which he delneaes ,n@ me bbbletheory Of IL requires
M 90 conceive ~ that It takes yivy of hu-
~ 70 ,bich II has no right, on tbat we" ~ "a
ulsthcuos -, faE, passiOnatey to heart AZ - aI aru
which indeed, If human naie santed r 10 be- /: could
never have taken passionaieS tn mem Of of despair
t ,ess as medicine despair; and p"TeTuI @ in
1" q, "a net none the less II shows MT ltl''
tbe noe tic attitude in which he has To our li;
IL Iast NOT rejecting the confident optimism,
NJ any day but rather rowing nara I'M Snec.
Of false assumptions and degrading creouS-li"0 '''
tator.
D,CrpXs As LETTER-WRITER - NOthIn1E
tbat ne wrote wholly wanted sparkle ana abave
nrivate mara was the most trivial noe of
most Of his eontemPoraTleS& & me andnIic Of charms No
riter of modern times has stO0d lhe etter than he
having ms ms Az a fnd that when private letters are are
ntb,esslv printed by the literary & t b"i,e arid
GENIAL hIInorist to have been AT b no and
tne tbe philosopher 10 have been pseNsn i,s a
maeyolent and the man OF aPTaIon'i PT Sreary back
70 of nettness and dulness and hatnesh 70 50 ~
+ literary public life But the cn0r9 eu,or harm have
bISed to reveal tire richness and beauty & 2i ' hnt
&c ,oce,nino only themselves he dlu Wheh no
spoke ur6i et orbi-lrhe London Times
A Rr1ovrp "LITTLE SINNER."-POpe'ss
u personality" may be described by sayIng y 'na' na
no writer has a greater quanrnF ,no 1n and word
IN I his bcs1 passages seems TO yibrate VIII mi,h
therefore pcflnanthtN Ost,a -,
ndIv The feeling often cOnceas ustIl untIcI
sxhich n has no rights vanity passes ltseh On io
Sndenenden,r and nere personal spite Ior Tsiito%os %
moral Indignation But the feeling, th2uSn "
he somethng better than il is is st genuine lotns'
and therefore appeals TO our synpatneS ao'' p,s
& go ~ ne not nTinsicaly base. On the contrary ropes
smnuses are SO keen and vigorous, ana splne iIC
nstnre with so much capacity for real aHectIon tla IA
snis of ourecIyes wes have anectiun IOI lhe warn.
besrted excitabe sendtiye, irritable ana spteI &
sinner and wish to down even MS SINS rather 10 Ho
nfortnate accidents of his position tnan 10 an essen
siai hasaness of the man himself Pan Mail GaletVe
RRYANT OK IONGFELLOW.-Mr. LOnS1eHoW
bas translated Dante great poet shOaid ne uahs
oted Alter this version, no other Will DC atehtoU
mill the prespnt form of the English language snah
have become obsolete for whether we regard haey 70
ss sense aptncs in the form OF eXpressiOn OF the s
fi TRANSMISSION o the poetic spirit OF the ht0 tne
ohrases of another language we Gun lOoh loI u,'nS
more perfect-l Mrs Fields's Biographical NOTES.
THE PRIMARY DRAMATIC RULE.-Poetry, IN
fact cannot sustain Itself negatous; TINS is It's Pc
cnIisr prermueuce The truth is the primary dramatic
rnIe holds Shelley said that the secret o1 moais Is
going ont of selwe had almost said tat the secret ol
nsC is going out OF self alsOat all events, 10 the eN
tent of endeavorng to speak 70 the health ana ace
nature of man. and not TO weaken OF 10 depIeSs IL
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