New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-07-23

time have felt warm this summer. 90 4 no'"i
said more, and went my way"
neichboring farmer used to drive tho literary
pair two or three times week. lnty oco@'lo"""'
visited Tennyson, three miles away anu uooi s'
Eliot did not enjoy the drive for says the farmer
"vthal her being such mighty clever body she
were very nervous in carriage-al swanteH 10 go
on n smooth road and seemed dreadful lcared "a
being thrown out"
Mr. John K. G. Hassard describes in a manner uc-
liehtiu IN ncIdity. grace and pcturesqnencSs tho
fashion in which Wagner makes his operas WI
Hassarl's interesting recital Of tho devices when
this audacou~ conoclast uses to increase the eneo'
Of his music will 20 to convince the scohers tna'
they have not the right to condemn the works
which they have never heard under the conditions
proylded for by the composer. None OF Wagner :
theatrical devices have ever been carried ON ~,
America according to his Instructions ai'
,hOrn of his marvellous stage effects iul OF p"o'
suggestion they are shorn also Of halt their ch
Ia reference 70 WamcTs Later WORK ana PioS0'''
tendencies his accomplished critic says
He hold, that the only fl themes for NJ com ,,l
are the myth and the popular iegehu 'stn}v of
viii be lmrclIcd 10 agree with nm Nv we SUI. -.
his example for while ne SCENE 10 be alNaNs l'uM-
ing greater IN tho bri 2ncy aud beauty ol NJ
steal ideas. The STRENGTH ana masHlnC,i, ,,,,
musical treatment, and the oIlsWahIN OF I'l' iiuH
al and ,.ictoriaI combinations. there Is ~" mncH
reason to fear that lis pOcIcal faculty Is bcColhS
more and more distorted. Ihls is easlN nc
~ounred for by ms persistent adherenc" 10
Ger am forms of the myth. The super
natural is effective in poetry only when Il
comes IN contact with the hie of our word.
Warner remembered this important ruth when ne
connected the doom o. his FiyHg iWc'mGH WI,
the simple trust and sacrifice o. NNd; WHeh nc
saved IdHHhdUScr through the wOnalhy utNou"n
of EE:a1cth and placed b. the white inquire ot
LohcagriE the loving and purely human Et"d'
D." ins,ram and -eui., with lts pIY3lal lora 81 q
ffu -frrft1l Il @
a lonely path winch ne has since pursued 10 such
uad purpose That now. III ms splendid maturity NE
sepdr himself from human sylnpal
a series Of characters whose thoughts ana passions
are not those Of the race TO wien We brl"fg. III
the tOUI-Old O, era of the "Nlbeung" there is no.
body except BrHHkHCc III whom we can lake per
sonaI interest. and we care for her only
ol ,SaulS wine When she is mad In Parsi-
TAI - the rcmCIcncss OF tic leI>OnaSes from Whal-
ever coaches The heart Oi manhlAd is apsoIuto;
Iuey are the yaporouS SYMBOLS 81 mystical ana
ILL., ictncd Idea. That an opera Shou'd DE unsNihd-
thetlc Is, according 10 Wagner own principles, a
terrible Diemsl. But tins Is not the Only cVil con
sequence OF ms devotion TO the my III. As H. mas
glduualV Withdrawn himself from the atmos PhcIe
Oh r,a lty go muse over gods aud Vooung5 ana an
sract Uus, nc has lost great zeal 81 lh't peicP-
tiUn Of tie existing conditions OF SOcei Yin Ojh'r
words tAdt common sense-Which the dfilhdtist
mtlst preserve If ms works are 10 be aClU. some
OF tht very scenes winch we have described rs Illus
tratiOIs wonderful art OF dOlaE iuihSs uhs,t
rust as well Be taken 10 lIustfatc Ms ocploIdoic
tnat ought 10 be done. In DIM legcn-
gary periods certdua cuOns were toerable Whlchour
civilization does mos willingly look al. wagner mas
always been prone To forge, THIS. some ol De sage
directions IN 3" Jaunnau,cr" could MOI Deobcycd, AT
least ia their spirit, Ia any Amer can OF T. eliih
theatre. As tnc gross dlynllcs ana incest nous
heroes. OF lhc "NI.ciu4g," they are 40" ana thrl
uunt Tor decent company. But the most appdi ih@
example OF MagncTs growing lnsehaiollls
10 causes OF OH nee Is seen III ar
sital." We have there a ceremony 81
baptism; We nave a 5iagdaien Nipug fU-
si,aiS lert with her nair but inc dranaIc motive
and eliminating scene of the work Is tir &c eDrdtoh
oi .Ae eucharist. The knl@hi, rs has been ALREADY
observed is not installed untli hc has been tempted
80 the dances OF dsbcVcieu WantOhs lead up io ihe
most solemn act OF UiVluC worship; tIc cdi-tdh ana
the nOly communion are IcpIrS cnteu on the sam
boards, without a though. that there can Dc al Hi
yIOprIcty III dClng either.
The present instalment OF Mr. llOwclls's story is
the strongest yet gwen. The way III winch bart
iey's gradual deterioration and Marca's growing
oI,enchantment are suggested rather than described
IS mastery and shows the writer's decided advance
both in perception and i'll method.