New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-06-25
BITS or CRITICISM.


merely striking l. HtnAte quest J II IL l. easy 70
. f,d oI this kind arbitrary and artificial CONTRAST,
both OF stuatio- aha Of character; pay hesV IA .i'
y.ud ans really great modern writer save NeD''-E'
Witu HUGO nh,u dealing with historical s"4eetS s',i|
tinn come. first character. rather types Oi cIa 4iti
IcXt aud h- oIIcl truth last And III Is singular bow
opposite he Is this To his most eloquent auhior aF
~ 1ni,rr Who AIMED i'm 81 gsh scGoo. OF nsi"f-
ca ~, t n. of sl,l,tion OF nd, idal cAarlc-
Ter however. NJ Hugo never had uuch conception. a
man or woman j. Ia him either use an AGENT ioi "oLs-
in situation o. typo illustrating hIs Own Ses' ]O''
a class The Athah1IIu.
MODERN HIsrORIANs.-NO portion of the III.
rlro All our tune IL more vigorous ana valuable tAan
n. Istorlca side our poe, may equal tncir pre-
d.cossors our Philosophical literature seems sliitea
WIN the very belief ~ tho Yalue o. ,.s
study q. philosophy MS apparently passed away. bab
we arc sure not without good reason tnal our -
toriAns rank high above those who wrote a. injury go
Even Clever paIustakng man OF lctte-, Sioh a. hoo
crtson went work il somewhat shpshod, uncohSer
cutous manner IS compared with The care ana tAV'
ou nncss with which anyone VINO pre.end 20 10 s''1
historical work must now labor One ilustiOus eAcrY
tion LOOMS out Of the past G.Uoon 1, SUI gfe. cN
cnlpiar Tor hi, Oras; hc anticipated the accrdcl "
tnoyou ni,ss which are cxanted Hhle he cllAAtt
Ia literary sA tue most eIOQueut OF his PIeof,.se
But that exc, ptIOn always make, may ieaI-essV
challenge comparison IN The hed OF historical NV os"7"
Ion wl.n any previous ase.-ILoudoh 1NAe''
ANECDoTIC LITERATURE.-Thea necdotlc sOr.
oi history carried quiio Iar cnouSh W haI s ~
Mr.. Carlyle II WAS enough 10 Ue cuIio., -c.ios
erlck's coats and pipes. But nov ne thlIst o1 ,,
tends L, make auecdotC eur only Nten.ure 'iit'.'
az an authOr degcnerates into st1ng OF peIeV'A l'i-
i,c.uces; and 10 satisfy tastes reNiohci .
{, udeocend TO Dc ntcrNlese.' tooP'v 'O-,. "a
hooks or a. least hear that he has Wrltith oVoA' ~
Stnv drs re seriously To know who Is his uator -
excite them selves about his ta'or1te lIuo.s be1I
vlie maiden name, and nave any OF het the's.o
notable persons IL appears To us that ne" n'e'"J
societies are app focus this conception OF aJ
AT literature and think that. Ia the csso I" -
| "A uOot should be al owed 200 years 'aM. -o",c.i-
should be formed TO fret about MIN TIL the great
dr,n or his but boy and his washer WOMAN ao
and their famy traditions about his muluL OHoP1
clean shirts are torgOtten OF course, III i've ~
"A society 10 meet and discuss him ana Mo "oiAo
| week that IN entirely his own AFFAIR, anu ~ V-e 49,"
r1ght TO remonstratc.-t saturday Review
TIE WRITING OF FAIRY STORIES >, ~, ns
mower TO write real fairy stories belongs ouS ~ 80
hghest order of minds. the real fGlrJ oloI; ",,lry
ali The P1fts that 20 make great poet III" s trI,s
rIse IN addition Phis something else may, ~ 10 X
SroyanI him from ever writing poetry nevertheless
one ooud choose one would be more APT 10 oho "a
additioDal RfI than oil the Others. We recf VI o IN
humor using the word In the highes' rcusv' & and o,
the broades. In the mind both Ot tue Sres, p hsicL
the great humorist, the universe OF mo- s -; 6orfu
natro Il soInbs They through inc OutNa i -
| and law 10 the underlying. llnnutaote ouss'ans
vheraof all forms aud laws but modes anu
thev annraheud the symbolism that unlteS bc hs nm
with me spiritual creation and being mus III tin
derstandng and elementa regions or phenoi"SI re-
ara able TO reconstruct things at their own - ,ot
and these creations of theirs are real thsr
| mere arelemer ations or adaptations, pos"uos, aof
| authors worked rom the primal SUBSTANCES. s
| from the ready made ~ RboL--iiAe Hio''"