New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-06-05
BITS OF CRITICISM.

PROFESSOR ROBERTSON SMITHS BOOK.-Crit-
tics OF school Of kuenen. well critics OF The most
Robertson Smith is Of competent learning aud
ability, and Of marked requirements in those studies
torical critic IL is fact Of immense significance that a
man Of his weight has found and rested in position
him ground fTOm which he can accept and Nudici" The
divine and supernatural IN revelation while giving
legitimate scope scientific criticism has hcci di-cIod-
ted in the eyes Of the churches by It's too arr use %;
ouently, with the method which assumes as H. i; IA
mental irincipe the denial Of the scrnntral and t.
divine and the personal IN nature and IN history. II Is
mn into The very forefront of his teaching euc posi-
Hon as IN, following: The Bible is book of cS ri
mental religion, IN which the CONVERSE of God VIA 'i-
abiding manifestation OF saving love III the rcr,n
Jesus Christ God has 40 message 10 The bchctnt Of"
bare formulas. but III living and exIcrm' utl fog. W
giving the actual history Of the need which Tie
ceived the message a. hight to their dar,n'N.
comfort and stay TO their oSn souS"- The Spectator
WuX1E CoLL1>,'s NOVELS" Tie NMck
Robe certainly "A story 10 tell In our opinion j.
Collins has IN this very h-r indicated ihc "a, y,
and hnd' their taking rank with ms former mot Site
cessf,H productions. He suffers his story g." e. .t
his attention Plot superscde- character. TGc a'. 0f
his percentages seems trst To DE settled III M i a'i
to assume an import anc, which di-url If II doc lot
destroy, his and his readers interest In Tie ~
lures Mechanical arrangement takes the place 0l 'u
taneOus action and reaction The first thou J., ri,
not the ittest Illustration Of the change IN MI Collin.
method which occurs to us his novel No Name" IN
from The bcliiinc' She accepted eSciitp. nouiard
them and was influenced by them In way consistent
with her own nature, and which satisfied dramatic IN
stinct That II the handspring, the iOun' the i-nra-
ton, the Justification of fiction Human in- want 10
study human beings. Poetry, the drama the novel al
exist for that end. But take away epOnaucl TIC I'M
certainty OF human individuality. the action and reaction
OF free nature, and the soul Vai-hCs leaving only the
machine. The machine may be galvanized into action,
but will feel interest In It's
News.
Tn, uN,,r Vrps,nx Wo slou o,,lr .,,.
that the evil influence represented 10y the ruggcro- ~
the American Committee seems often t0 have worked
continuity OF literature which characterizes raany lite
rary reforners Is strikncly and must say painfully
thieves" in the crucfIi0n. the last farthing for
the uttermost farthing, and the like. Ihcsc tine'
sacred associations in others In the most familiar and
constantly read literature OF the profanc kind In
neither Of the the most cdantlc phiJl-
oger who retains his contend that there
pressing necessity for change, while there the
the Lords Prayer and IN the famous and splendid passage
from St d Paul about charity The LoTdS PRAYER
point Of view, because considerations OF theology and
scholarship In with greater weight than usual The
charity passsge-One OF TIE trumphs of the originals
INFINITELY treated. Here love II substituted for
"charity" Now IL may be- granted II any one peases
that al the time OF the orig n Translation 1t bold to
use charity" But the translaors knew what they
were doing. They wanted a word free from equivOca
associations and they chose Their choice has
JUSTIFIED The full meaning Of charity In the sense of the
passage hns passed into classical English and viii
main That the substitution OF "A nOnOsyllablc for a
tsyllable utterly ruins the concerted music of the piece
undesirable But that the reysers deaf 10 this II
seen ron their pedantic substitution Of done away
iSs vanish away" where the original ransiatqrs had
employed the hitter phrase to avoid IN ugly h0nIp0
Seieuton.-lThs saturday Review.
a DETER CONCEPTION OF TIE NEW TESLA
sLnI.Oh Tue whole. therefore, far "a curs0ry
sninAuoh can De test, hold that the tfansatofs
ve zone ther work with good taste decacy and nrIn
uere are Needless alterations indeed, and there In
49, oee aslonsly fault in the direction of too little
se,iiyh we wish they had not left the unnielhgible
wofa Raea still untranslated in the Sermon on the
Aoant; We wish they had shrunk giving the
Ae.res, English coin they could for the denarfus"
ssnssssa OF translating IL by the misleading word
Yonby We wish that In the conversation with Etco-
taey had adopted iii the text the literal rendering
AZ enohst. which the minority give ia the margin
rsn aoevS ., instead of leaving the VI the
sns, version. But these mistakes OF over
Hs,1s tnsy are mistakes ALL Unquestions bly, the
ToysS ss.ss'n WIN give the whole English-readtRg
sesssr.n. ~ Hncn better conception OF the New
s s,v resny than they have had before and
thoss Stpoal producing any excessive nuIDber OF
go -, Earring notes which any Al
pon n book 20 familiar and 80 dear 10 the car ~
Ssnrxs Sios. necessarily understanding sort VI
ess1 a. resentment which II takes q good dealof
'sA'e Ana go'd VII 10 subdne.-lThe Spectator