New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-02-20
BITS OF CRITICISM.

GEORGE ELIOT's MALE CHARACTERISTICS
aea masculine quality IN George kilo -ner wlde
and calm in lehgence-was certainly combined with
thoroughly feminine and the reads her
books aud notes her real triumphs the more strongly
70 reveal under Commonplace surroundings is found
che In feminine hearts Each OF the early books IS
woman. That George Eliot succeeded remarkably in
some male portraits and ootably IN Tom Inyer 10 an
gulse. The gquaney for example OF the famous
voIuptnouS. selfsh but sensitive character not un
fani the fiction which deals with social inr gure
but generally presented to feminine We
are told DANIEL Deronds upon whose character an ex
traordnary amount Of analysis expended that ne COM
bned a femnii an ctonateness with masculine IN
fexibity To our perceptions the f,minine vein be-
decidedly the most prominent anu TINS equay
true of such characters as Philip Wakem and Mr. Lyon.
Adam Bede indeed To mention else. is thorough
He cents, it would seem. tha oeal Ol iniseu
OF success to depict IN Louis MoOrethe firm arm the
offer which las we are told apropos OF maggie Iuln
aud the offensive stephen GUEST has ID IL some
thing strangely winning To most women" Yet Adam
Bede had shown less Christian iorDesrsnce 70 young
vnced that ne OF masculine nbre throughou-trhe
CornhilL
DIR. STEvENs's "MME. De STAEL."-It is a
pleasant thing after many days mere upon
our old friend the adorng bograpner Ii has been too
much wont OF biographers OF late to take liberties
clever fellows they themselves are how superior to
their heroes and herones or at least to Po.t morals
effect upon the unfortunate corpora rtGd thay have
6sen exhumng and Gsseefi3S Dr. Stevens Il nSne Of
imagine ia perpetually saluted by him with epithea
which If she were alive would probably procure ioL DE-
scarlet turban resting upon his shoulder aud
H~r enemies wholly unfairly. judged Cornne to be
nunqud ldSSdQ IN respect OF datteTy but Dr. stevens
S Ts % Sss least Of Ia
has the French cities OF the last century
kind Of his own h invents or indorses the
traVagant panegyrics on his idol Many woman may
have had equal sensibty hnt add to 1t the exalted
genius OF the Cornne and the profound intellect Of
literary history."-lPall Mall Gazette.
Poe AND Mr.. STEDMAN's EssAY.-Praise OF
5eSuar but integlble feeling OF irritation It IS cred.
ibr indeed certain, that the line from the Haunted
Pllace'-' Banners, yellow. glorious, goden"-which Is
sufficient for test examination OF poeca critics. does
actually strike people possessed OF fair compile.
ment OF intellectual faculties rs nothing az all partlcu-
lar To these persons admiration of Poes poetry will
always seem preposterols as admiration OF Moere
Tbe Pnarisee thanking the MUSES. that able
admire both Moliere and Poe y Let us hope NOS; and
LET ma congratulate the inhabitants OF the Empire City
on having done, rather on being about to do very
sensible thing The Northern States of the Union have
already and quite recently produced. in Mr. stedmans
ss.y the critical examination yet published Of tho
p,aI farly supplements that criticism and the b.
ographical labOrs of Mr.. ingran.-lssturday Review
AN ENGLISH OPINION OF THE PURITANs--
The savage brutality o. the American Puritns ruth:
fully told would AFFORD OF the most significant and
II liberty bnt merciless and snprincpled tyrants fug
lives persecu tion but most ana recH
less of prosecutors; claimants Of enlightened religion
but the last upnoder OF the cruel and ignorant creed OF
the witch doctors whining oveF the ferocty or the
IIdau vet outdoing that feroctya hundredtold; com
painng Of his reachery yet their descendants have
bern 10 this day. treacher0us with deliberate indher
epce 10 plghted faith such the Indians have seldom
shownhe ancestors OF the beroes o tne Revolutionary
and of the civil might be held up ts examples OF 10
power of Calvinstic religion andA bgoted republic
canism TO demoraze fair average epeeimens OF race
which, under better Influences has shown itself the least
cruel least treacherous, least yranncal OF the msstsr
races OF the word.-lThe Saturday Review.
Mr.. BooTHs "IAGo.n-Mr. Booths iago y
a schoarly and satisfao DRY PERFORMANCE by nnloa
tions OF dress and like devices tue idea OF yiany y III
waved But for these the general ippTefaion ,ai
zcnM he anita rightly that OF an agreeable nteecnai
and prepossessing man. The business IN
deed we have find with Mr. Booths renas,ns - III, us
character Ia the way which he rcnes ana soften .no
nhraseoloTy of Shakespeare. We have ourselves gene
pretty far in Bowdlerzlng our actoo drama ~. ~.
Americans may judge by what 70 aohs ~ so ~
ent instance, leagues ahead OF "a
sneech IN accom- panied by correfpopqnx p5rIts
skonsht ar action has long bosn npated "a kpfasAmS1
nv foreign critics. and charge is saxon % heHft ~
Ift.A EI..Tlo1