New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-04-10
BITS or CRITICISM.

CAELNLE A. = PilNTEE.-CarlNle will live in
rsatnr a- la!i.' ~ riih' ilaii AZ tlnser 81, al
,,,.I,I,t ~, o,u. .l.u- ~ wlit,-bI Hrmh,ani, y
too -lrr AND narrow n his '"nt.p-t 81 eh; AMI = ado
l-.-. J. - not h-t ANA shallow merely. Lat cl"- al
oI,r tl. lr love o. Iint chaOs url onlrr
only hn all 'hc great parado,e OF human naiir Try
passion struggling with rfln conventions. PAN" ~fh
pIrio>c ,A-u,. 'u"llorin- discomfort with -.' con.
.fuuilils and frrlllr, u IN. multitude the thin rl
torn M Johanna o iIr sCifcOusciuu- orator ANA no
I.S, io,, contrast. ,,l,on
y,.st 60. chaotic ~ human fetrs and bopr- on 90
oth tle deliberate purpose. COOL or bad Of p",'i
t. Uiit made th' " French Revolution" Carlyle has
az almost in,Eic s,ol, for the painting Of all sort. u
human force and ,cbi'uc-,, IN every rtge ~ gathering
and d lining power And h. made Of II such scri'' ~
Ji~-nllir: views ot vivid sceneS ever before
painted IN tins world and perhaps no man viii ever
paint ".dll1- The spectator.
TIM RARITY OF HEALTHY GENIUs.--Wc az.
know ' glu'"ntiy that of Few painters car, y be- -ai
y"aths, hily experienced in The world ~ young men.
msnS ,nrr-'rni IN ,he err my pinctis'd 1nd t.S
~ their for their potUr,s, their teaching and
their LIE SDm,t hin-, cannot say what, that hton-,
t. tn ur-i temperament IL prnrrnlly found to pn'ent
either The success sought for IN" respect hlt sAogi
accompany IL II II makes -hpW rcrk of ucihr fame
respect. yet forms the cause ~ dsaHtrr SIN h0s
l ,,a, " -, Xxx ~ ~ cril Zine yhtrh admit ~ ls
nile, ation. Healthy genius exist We Do eyo
!, l3; cy,cd but 4 crni9iy ne rar;, ,as "a Tho 10
against 10 de' oiopmcnt Tho Spectator
How Nix. JAMES Discs II" II "'WAsnING-
our -o said Tony umpAn In h u cxaSI- ration wiz
hi. moth r; and the phrase might with some -how OF
chosen to adopt IN lohngton suar,"a story which,
10 put Il briefly long both for materials and 'or
ciins aai thosr Witch occur in Northansor Abbey
Mansfield Park" aud the way OF narrsting them Is
a. tf..1 A ix.I Of Ia
IN which tie author ~ those novels Was prompted 70
drSeribe the scenes which she observed ana lun,,hs
Mr james. lnc Ia uso pet word of his Own, az ms
,mnnrnTy has with eharactrristic implsvcneSs called
his ernns" can hardly yet rank with the writer
whom have just Inferred The constant inrirrn,e
upon trivial of commonplace character Il danger.
Washington square hardly excused by the
s"e nre entirely rcpusye The fact the tale
sketch, whatever should be- called about twice ~
long ought Ia be- The actions or want OF actions
of hashy. ayarcions yonng man OF q meal clever
father of his determined ana hlyhhearc, though nos
brilliant, daughter, and OF her sentimental aunt, over
very commonplace case Of lo.emaking and l,ng do not
sS 2r al the length ut Which Mr. janice hs chosen 20
tell them: snoh things are tiresome In real ife AM;
ds,ccted by Mr. james, yet his skin the knowledge d
To- Of things which l.s to tresomepess tas 70
give any real interest "a that which Il In III essence
deeply uninteresung- 1.-THE saturday Review
An ENGLISH CRITIC on W. NJ. IIUNT.--In con.
clu.ion. sum up the exhibition by saying thst
perhaps interests more IN tie painter who executed
tie pictures than III
20 show genuine artistic genius struggling despite much
admiration OF other mems work. 70 beat out an indlyd'
unl path OF ia own, and only falling because lie pos
SCISSOR too clearly the merits OF too many psops;
Mr. Hunt wanted 10 be Coutur, Delscroix and Mile.
rolled into one and he ended by being-and II Wa 10
small achcy ementa Vermont Ruskin-lThe Spectator
MODJEsKA's JULIET.-Those most confident IN
the value Of Nine. Modeskas method and the genuine
her talent could scarcely have anticipated sue
such achieved. From the moment when;
with kaees trembling and yielding beneath her ana
movements which surprise and rapture had rcbbcd Oh
their customary grace Juliet returned with something
almost Ike gduheris the obesance Of her lover 10 tht
when, despairing and bankrupt after her one iay
dream OF love, sle placed the ht Of Roneos dagger
against broken column aud leaned upon the point Win
hor full weight the performance was startling IN noy
Such changes. moreover were introduced were wiz
exception intelligent and defensble. That Their GEE
influence In the direction OF assigning 70 tno
performance certain OF that realism whrh
the special characteristic OF modern acting may 90 m
taned. In the hands Of artist woinanly ana uo
Nine Modjcska realism Of detail has little ina,
formidable 70 tho rigid stickler for convention s
the first stop toward revolutioniEng our tragic meu
passed not only without mourning suggcst9s ~ %
bukc, but Amidst warmest acclamAtions-tPau NAL W
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