New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-08-14
BITS or CRITICISM

tho gross heroincs that So common in the sbo n
seem 10 pass at once INTO the pure air the breezy downs
fron an simesphere that Is tainted with the burnines OF
throng town house the night Of a dance The not
II nevertheless Ingenious ANA Interesting II il picture
9" maaners that 1t must claim 10 hold is ground Is
nave been the aud rctentivc memory ~ fe NV
character after charaer pas Sac SST eSr c Rad seen
house and ia the great world outside IL il in the ions
the author shows her chief power Her Braghions Ter
Mr. smith aud Eer Mr. Lowell admirably deserted
while Nine. Dava is in her way almost as,s,rHssss
The saturday Review.
MAN AND FREE WTLL-Where il would once
have been almost impossible for him feel temptation
nat0n; ana here too, IL he honestly nessts ne win
va. os,k some Oh ms ola power What cannot for
OF the power oi WILL when not honestly eNertcd sf a.
when not honestly rtod And il there be such
dwinding of power, then there is certainly also a cor
responding dwindling of moral responsibility culp
ability Tor transgressions which. before they became
habitua were hcinous, and only ceased through
inc deterioration of the brute ;, far a
We can see Il would he - vice expect doteriorated
10 expect dcteforated soul 70 hers tSe HSaa,
ia;s OF innocence anu virtue The extent Of free Win
main here, there IS always some nont az witch tue
lower and humber levclhan that OF tbs DAYS before e
seaeracy began.--Irhe Spectator.
THE AWFUL CONSEQUENCES or Nh. WuDr,s
hkSs hs:Il was Their a"thors misfortune "a DE cast
be meanderngly eroiIc aud TO ntscr The mast ,an',r
things in silly sooih; he was Young he was Tessyei
ton this the result time viii come %heH 70
VIII be as much ashamed OF this position his career
as ms pest friends are now aud ia reflections Of
that sober respectable humdrum niddleagc Tor which
ishment Resides, he never marry-never know the
aehghiful repose of an own domestic hearth graced
ana boys A man VINO has once printed poem ike
he look them in the face when they grew ups Fancy
the humiliation OF being father two or three manly
papa wrote "Charmides" when he was a young man. n
Jamess Gazette.
PosrTTvISM AND MISERY-Pure thought is il
seems Impossible 10 man. Underlying every phoso-
Of sentmentality. and when Mr. F. Harrison aniolded
is cream 81 universal altruism the agent which
death INTO ie no one greatly surprised 10 nd thai
e cba hS r s'es6 OF nescenoe SORT
before. Indeed IL the author of The New Pad
and Virginia failed tried to show BY redaetio
Cd abseTdlen that is impossible 10 obtain from these
Doctrines any food for the soul"
them he failed not from the strength the Pasvst
ae 9S s rom the lssSensss Of his grSeee And
NE be evolved from system OF thought. which, while
denies the existence another world TO set this re
IS the origin al tSeoss %d al ~ pS ana
u 10 the fact as the Positivst asserts, that modern
Il wise ind much comfort in the darkness as
ean-trhe Athen@um.
Mr.. SrEDMAN's "PoE.r--This elegant little
volume. In its hundred or tiny pages contains much
aJust and discriminating criticism genus and
work. and account. which kindly ano inst,
OF his character Poe has not had always fair Treatment
HIS errors and SINS which were in truth quito serious
enough, have been exaggerated On the ether band.
apologies made him which really strike
oil social moraites Mr. stedman holds the balance %
seems to firmly and fairly. We may quote tine pas-
mage from the concluding chapter: He lowed ms share
OF pain, and instance 81 the fact that In the
one being that takes delight in the tragedy Of he e
stenee and for whom joy deepest Who'll II SPRINGS rom
Wandering among tho graves OF had caer
shed invoking the spectral midnight skies believing
himself 10 be the orestes OF his al hik he wss
fulfilling his nature. 1.-THE Spectator.