, 1881-01-02

I like best bis three. foul. or five volume BOOKS
Water on large scnie-a lake, sen, an ocea1l-
is a fine thing. but ! cant endure water 10
1 e!O:l !, pewter plate . pigs head they brought;
And you know in the German nation,
1t,s thu snoats of tho rtgs: ), they always select
We have 10 space for MI analysis OF the place
and inhurnee Of Helne On the poAtaSal worlo' . Us
through srsands 9s q FqseIP rs Parspn Sof @
iudefhtiEnble industry bis pltterness a.ins' w
uep. aud his continual ttnanfiAi dafnGutles' ln
many Respects the time ne spgae r. m
ing, ct his life. Here be wrote bis series OF
articles fur the Augsburg .atios,netfs ze:tunp, ny
I}eitr1ge zur Gcschchtc der ncncn sch0nen
Lircr1llur in Dcuscniand.' in twn volumes. ana ,
"LAilcmagne" awork tn which ne attacKoa &C. re nne
nearly everybody. III lsN be NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
wurk against bis former friend, Born. becnme
involved iii duel with the husbanu OF \ may
whom he alleged to have hlld fliegttfmafe rela~
tton with Born, and on the eve OF the duel mar
ried the faithful grisetto with whom he had ior
some time been living: Poets nave oiten das-
Goethe married bis housekeeper, Southey
dressmaker, Moore d bullet 'Eirl, aud Hc!ne q
grisettc., byron married high-b born malaet,,
tnutnous discussion Of bis married HE. Hcine's
e 1sf arpsa e Saa Ta sad ded n n
" hofnra hfs daath hn sajd to hts nhysicfan
that *.he was convinced that i bis nerves were
<rn,id oSto;n q srold fneiAi fur paip and sutIer-
mo" His st1fferinvs must indeed hive been In
tense, when he could wire OF that Tor wntcn no
aMo a tna+ ~ hanm,c+s NV hnaith is drunk out Of
eniden aobiets and in the best wina
# H' myself meanwhile separated from
WITH vi III insin,1 ttsnne? What lists it to me that
enthusasttc youths and dan.scis cstayn my mar
i,st"r 0H si Is neinr oapped behind y ears BY y
III , 20 Va Hit.d easily an the 18th Of
Feb1,nrv' nnd was buried in Mout,1a rtre. near
Were % DO n" Religious services lie was laid 10 rest
stooa m s1 u aronnd d in - respectful resp silence. He bad
1,t., ~ nc+ira nrn1ttte intrectaI worker and
y cn,nnjata ,.,jnctton Of his works published at
Hnmh,1rc ia is0l-'G; formed twenry-one vol
+,a 1snel ~ e"s,ni eninymsnr. usi;,r the term
Il, IL hrnarst Sense. There Is much of ctnrst-
ness. ribaidry, aud profauity In his writings.
.,.orsf % inH,,is Free thinkcrs and arleut lisc-
ME ~ tha Pantheste theology OF St Simon.
lie was not Of tho same Spiritual stur a. the
au ~ ~ ter reI,ls and who have exafed
as wei as Increased the spirituality Of the
tn,crant of his censovs must adnit the great
ness 81 his mind. the wonderful originality OF
his thought. the might Of big genius, .ons' the
tiiitv m Conception Of. mint grace and purity.
r. i "a a liza tn be read and Wondered ut,-aye,
tn eren txt} fHelin4 of wonder and dsTst fhat
De 50 s and so as
tonshn Ths 9adeb N h %pca ape re
mmcb weiaht lin Forming M estimate of bis life
and WORK. Ills Imagination ran riot, Much Of
r,atts ,a an5 90 nieasnntIr ~ Sheflnv He was u
n"warf,, vipor,us thinker and US a tnun OF let
ters @ entitled to first rank. H was the boldest
sc1,ei hv natra arsd hnntt: Extraordinarily fr-
s;ehtei and sat 10 Judgment upon what be saw
WITH Vi rare wisdom and ll6erallty." =. 49,. ,..,o
fa''t ~ be 9annd In dr,nr with Heino's life
and win ia wnrlr he Ia satisfactory and fair
minded, "neither extenuatire nor Setting augbtt
and dserf s wftag % hes 81
had better neysr naTe been nsn wrtsn But
Wa,ras on.n1nns m, rf1an seektner TO excuse
H. fs srt,in rhore can hn M excnsc And he
IS too severe w',h 1's & o, h,s neFo os'ir~ Sn No.
Hafna's pesn,,,s wero Unwilling to wursbip
~. as.no souns tne t,yo. .tnrrnd md fierel
hnd taught him to believe hfG hIs KRIS 70 Go ~ ee a
@ 1a1, pu ~ 'a a1ii r+hnrs cn,11 test;tv R1r
Tue, @ shoniS ha free fron, tha epotism
- ~ tta gnet.nnthnr> Tnke rs single Instance
what StltAnd mas TO SLY VI uoEknc,--ouc " LUZ
On ine pages OF tne "ofu t ~, rhut h
nossesses many brilliant Qualities, hut he hicks
love. He loves his readers and bis fellow poets
as little ~ himself ana tos tno sashH f,,, y, t"g
4a'lH ,y+h +ha 4pnr,ss ~ mnn md of nnraIs
and bad not Alove fcaarity), so were Las sos1ifd
ing brass or as n ttnkltng cymbal:'" 6l'gand
calls this the gost nnorlsical snying eser ,, na.
ssUs ~ hin. o aGoethe VIVA neyer wholly the
met or the man Of sciepcc He wns Guetbe, in
respect Of whose personality all things hnmnn
and divine we're or 3nlerloF moment: NUM- H..
tnssa and !"nrns. " his nat,1re ICY and dn
liherate: a stately, mundane phiioso-
pher: who so completely disentanged
himself from ai sympathy WItn als 1 ,iel,ows @ lnat
s,en ~ hn,.as ~ h,ma,iTv sTere ennohe .nf
distrncfinc him from his astrological and physi-
oioeical INVESTIGATIONS: -. . Goethe who en-
tcred into pnrtnershIp with humanity on the
.lirnitn1 finbIjitv' principle. .:.<- to whom
nnetry hud hrf,ome something completely OBJ
fertiyn "a 4 Grecian statuc.--somethnx outside
f,imseif. nj which he could chisei at his leisure
without in the innst jntprfcrIup with the eaua-
,,i,fr nf his emnt5ons. ."-thes3 are some or
Stirands scattered phruses which be applies to
the ereat uoet who ouly said of stigand's hero
thste he licked heart. 1--we. or CHARITY! There
aro si1mp tew rrp0pranhicai errors in the two
vninn1ns Hetne ID hot rr hn Initiated. but his
life ia interesting, reading and Stipand deserves
nro,1it fnr so et,Iiffnfv rsinp his material
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New York: j. W. Bouton.
REMfSISCENCEs OF DIR. LIERER.