New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-03-13
BITS OF CRITICISM.

Rprr1su BIAsT.-We cannot think thai
the Sketches and "reminiscences OF the Eadc4 Guy o
Club represents the SPECIALIZED liberal rehgions VINO IN
ne a,i s UnSTsnsm sprSBs from o1s
section OF the old PuritaRc body The volume Is iui OF
fTenty wears ago regarded as somewhat daring, to
say bias dstinctDess OfaREIaGe ont what pow
adays it requires such more courage perhaps 70
than 10 publish We do think that 1t contains any.
thng mat WIZ either stsrte e epghten TIE 1eaaers OF
The F0rtnighHy Re1iep and The btneeentA CeRInTy'-
LThe Saturday Review.
Mr.. GRANTS "FRIvoLoUs GRL."-From the
titepage second novel ON our ust we learn thai
Mr. Grdut Is also the author OF Work enntiso Inc
work we are unable to tell what MI GraEvs little w
gods ke out there s an unconseionaee amonnt oil
anOthcr kind metal his new heroine, the PnVG
lous Girl" ana that metal Is " brass" The author &c,
life" II professedly depicts American society aad
The picture be true all we can say that the descriptions
been rrearded as ihes are very far under mark Il
ia amazing US hsw Mr.. Grant could spend so much
Miss Alice Palmer In telling Of her friendship for one
whom she regarded her dearest frend sue observes
mat within week she called me hateful thing and
and lit makes me blush to recall II now-stuck out my
tongue at her aud walked away titterng, arm ID arm
with fascinating GWendolen dOchheimer'-lAhe Ac1o'
envy
MILLAIs AS A PAINTER OF PORTRAITs.-Sllllals'
Oriugs perfection nearly every qu&y
b tue highest II 1t sufficient 70 paint me outslia
only lItle lower than the angels then AlIais would
be the hrs pOrratpainer in England perhaps even ID
the world But It Is not suihclent man or woman !;
not coored o, edon anu sI s"G mss some
thing essential TO our complete satls 1cuon 40
sum up long and, we tear, rather dlscursVe noce VIC
NAV saw thai thus ARTIST is the naturally talented
PAINTER that England possesses that ms mead anu ~
hand are alike be trusted 10 do good work as crafts
man ana mat his painting has a serious defect TN
one which many artists, aud among them ar. AIsn
Spectator
Mr.. HENRY JAMEss RESERVE FoRCE.-Thee
is more direction IN winch European novellsu
might a hint from their American coniraternity
OF the reader with extreme pslnness after laying
down the two volumes named ton-square.'
Reserve does fully the idea and 10 give u
the scientific name OF " parsimOny weula appear
reader recognizes In speaking Of American novebsts
we are at the moment thinking OF the NEST eminent lnd
distu gushed amoug them, Mr. Henry James IT, WHOSE
two last volumes perhaps suggest more than any Others
he has vet published the particular quality OF limited
acton wSch puts itssIf forth with exactly suniceui
force produce the desired effect quite rrespeeIiyeS
the weight OF energy unemployed In tue DackRround
very thing in writers Of fiction II Is delightful
ee1 T'b hammer crack wIinut without touching the
kernel after having watched IL crush through sao "
iron foot thick as If 1t we're cheese.-lrhe Lsnden
News
Novrrs AND REVIEWERS. -Philosopher tell
ma that y.minded nan can learn nothing
bv iuterrOgatlng his Own eOnsciosness and broodng
over his own mental aSDaS, Dd S s"a ome
thing different they are aware that they are
Dar I'm The same way aud assume something different
from their true character as they examined
VITA tue eye Of criticism. Novels are written Tor novel
readers not for critics The purpose Of novels s 70
nmuse Now no man who Is dong his daily work OF re-
viewing Is exactly amused by Interested and ABSORBED
he NAV be- not as the novel desires 70
lie IL Unable to yield himself freely TO the move.
mrnt and humor Of the story He has TO stop 70 tnnk o.
pouts and criticism. This Is unuGky, DOM or IeHe~
ers and noyellsts-lrhe Saturday Review
WAITER BAGEHoT AND SPECIALIsATI0N.-
Tho tendency CT AN axe never so wholly good thdt We
en- ford ~ dc without occasional protest against ~
alof A
dancv In excessive specialization. Specialization 10
~ letters what division OF labor Is 10 industry Inc ad-
yantages of II up certain point are beyond question:
"'r, 10 NOT always best the workman. Pas may 20
halter and cheaper that II takes fourteen men "
make one than when single man dld all tine wOth Dut
there are men who are COCO LOT nothing eAoop
make the fourteenth part OF pin Mr. Bageho Was the
nxac converse OF the who lately moved Lofd Sner-
brooke 20 verse Though he knew many things ne AIeW
Them All well enough to make them mutually useluL
In ma mind business, politics, science, reacted on jug
another and each was constantly suggesting some hap
illustration which served TO light up the darK places"
the rest.-I he Spectator
V1cToR HUGO, THE GENIUS OF PITY.-N0l
only or the sklful dillgent t0ers. put Ior tue
wretehed and outcast OF the EARTH has victor u1
olwaya mad sympathetic and compassionate WORDS ~
CIV From the beginning TO the end. be has oeeh he
very gonus of Pity. For all the great host OF tne hep
ess ami unprotected. for women Tor htte cnn1ten' os
,Go bu,nbe hres VINO serve u.s. he has ever had zen
r ana ancitOus eve: nowhere else do tho spenoo
ofts OF his Imagination SHINE with 40 pure par
Ians this "a me most durable OF his titles 20 our
non tlat he has known bow TO sLr msh ~ he ful al
sympathy IN world where but 70 thlhk ~ " sson nj
s0rroW This ~ why even those WHO ulsrcnt honar n
%otos NAV still honor his name. Those VIA 'hos.
s mtre who believe hat he Is foremost aOns nds ~
who by inspiring ory dea OF dsrF days and many evil
wears have helped To rear the IaprV VI sA' q
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