New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-03-06
BITS OF CRITICISM.

TRANsLATIoNs FROM THE FRENcH.-Every
the Influence OF revs has less 70 30 Win the cur
arses tself and must be fed With printed matter Of
some klud Readers glutons. not connosenrs, and
Of intellectual and imaginative work and less
| appreciation Still, rowing hard against the Stream
remains the reviewers duty 70 protest against 0ad
work when finds it, and perhaps none OF our literary
work badly done are our TRANSACTIONS from tne
French. 1t II anyone who has learned 70 READ
| French with tolerable ease may undertake TO
render the works Of the best st. P,tse6 Writers
the can command But what chance is tHers
that an inexperienced ana p5GDdo du weeI can gss
Daudet or a Feuiliet, About Cherbuliez Books
Victor Hugo or George sand who by the breadth Of Their
sympathies secure European interest, bear translation
the thoughts they render but IN literary work the beauty
Of when lies eeaT gt It's iOs 90
clumsy style Any ar 70 our taste sSos me charm o.
ca S sense Of illness and nar@ony. as do the liner tribes
OF French novelists.-IIhe Spectator
AMERICAN PoETs.-We are convinced that
the future or they had little In common With the
occasoDay led astray by his theory Of song It was not
moral obiqmty thar caused him 20 perpetrste certain
Universal and "democratic." Taste not morality.
was what he lacked Perhaps Gses.s no e1p%Sss
might say that Mr.. LongtellOw represent:
MIR. Miller represents miners and rowdies and huntes
that Mr. Lowell represents humor torched with Puri
vague forebodings and untrained strength
literary spirit. America win ind her poet when she
such beauty Of thought as informs Mr. whiman's coq-
nave her poet sOon-we desire nc;hing better and may
he surpass Shakespeare as the ruins oil 60
Gays an American explorer FAR sufpass the Pyramids
Of Egypt"-ILondon News
ALpHoNsE DAUDETs SHORT SToRIEs.-Few
modern volumes have the subtle charm OF style tlat
these Lettres de Mon Moulin possess They sparkle
With airy a They s ssS a real Ars TSey ss
fancy without strain or fatigue a. nothing out goa
as GERMAN or Eussh stories might The sntuor makes
appeal 10 our egotsm by suggesting that we are u
graceuly they play their part and his book full Of
diffused light. SO that oven the men aud women inM
Provence U.s. like the that plays along Its shores. now
passionate now serene but never of the dun eaden hue
winch the northern atmosphere can give to Nats.--
1.-THE Spectator
LITERARY AMERICA.--The theory seems to
be tDat the political ana social
Well, they doubtless more free. wealthy,
wealth Of which history speaks. Tney are also sul
mewine their mighty youth" Ba: Immature youln.
except when Keats is the poet. Why should expect
something colossal ana unque IN ne WY ~ verse ro
America Will become mob less but more IKE older human
H. and Boston is more ike Edinburgh than Leadyle-
AS institutions mature, and traditions grow and buid
wrete6 cd paid condton OF thirty FEARS ago. America
will become more like Europe. and her literature viii
tho best poetry OF the world s on level shakespes
does not differ so much from Eschyile as Mr. Wnitmaa
would apparently hope TO ace AMERICAN differing IRON
fendastic poetry Tie fortunes Of kings and princes
have indeed made the material OF much European song
Are the fortunes OF men born free and equal key 70
present such changes such reycrsss
and successes i-tLondon News
CARLYLE's GREATEST PowER.-Carlyle's
greatest power ths wonderful imaginative genius
which enabled him TO lift veil from tae strange NIX
OF conventions passion, aeed. want, eapaciy snd
incompetence called human society, ana make us nnueI.
stand by what thread order often hange, aud now tAte
Is the sort of genius to restore when once goes 70
pieces No performed this great service Tot me
world as CARLYLE has performed it ~ almost an nas
w0rkB-notably IN "The French Revolution" sle
Sartor land this alone enough 60 entitio
him to very high place among the immers .ss
tor this great task-especlaiiy that usr
which made hu always MAINTAIN that fantasy YVES tpe
and though we have too little sympathy with his pr
sopal conception OF rood and ey 60 70 class
reiglous seer was, waa sense cnfist
he certainly had the full the pr0pnet ineifnt n1
the power OF parable and type and nc ~ ivs
The forces which society aud aspifc
with contagious enthusiasm. whether for geoa pl H -
fell short OF prophet ia This, thai mrs nssn
after all. rather Ia the graphic ana pslns2ae y.
terpretation OF social paenonenn, tae1 ~ a1J esS
whelmlng dssee them Tor me getsei Ns<a,ay
% that desire often ana oee'sy' ~
doubt. "a Il was entertained Il gnc Spectator.