New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-12-17
4 BOSTON SETTLEMENT ABOUT NEWHoRE.

From, The Boston Transcript 80,
New-YCrk is founding an authors Guy, Vt ti,n
view as If said Of emphasizing the ihcI tat tnu'
city il the literary and artistic, as VOL as ai'u I'm
mcrcial metropolis HIS though, Is ~ NJ" =
and would long ago have assumed taneD sn"I ic a
New-York had bad suihclcn; hohloHehooH1' - To-
rrt the saue forces that have worked against VIC
idea before will most likely WORK ashHss IL -
Tho literary and 9rtstc life OF tlaU cry, haS AZ
vays lacked adhesion; 1t has lachca lOGaI pICo =
s1Te .iIcL rs non-producers furnished. 1t was noU
a part of it, for New-lOrk can hardly clallp w
raise talent. ii only buys IT, nc taollt cii sai,
thlthcr TO earn money and the lhni.l ant CUi''s
seems to remain New-York has periods OF forget
ting how new this sort OF llo Is 70 hoI' 1r ~,
sulI living, hale and hearty, VINO rehenprr W.
Nor every publishing house was luuhdou ny NO"
Tupland EN- erprisc and when her every aOle news
paper had New England men ht lt' heau i ~ -
too for that aiter-Whlch' lHnet., =, Ia viii
case to-day as its na;nes OF the widest repulc VIII
show. AID the best OF her remaining ones "io
foreign . .lo,,4 hos ,ttc n
led New York to fancy that she was 10 ndFe !"
mononoIv of tIe talent of the country. inc lOl-
MGR relations of Edinburgh and Dublin 10 L0nuon
have been often cited IS examples Oh Tue Iut ;
LII ono nf Un.ton and Ncw-YOrk, and as showing
nov tLc ida was tending. But the examples are
far from paIall,l Neither Edinburgh nor D1puh
over formed the nv, ,GuS OF BIltISh laieht' LVh-
Gon .l.ocd her own from the earliest days AT the
tiu,, these two seconddry British cites had u uis
tnctiye brain lie there were no steamers iaIoIts
or telegraph to enable the talent 10 reaih III ~ ~
respective quarters and communicates eaSIy Wiz
the great commercial metropolis; so thet as wv
trinity OF British talent grew ana Wlurlleu anu no
noIitIcal relations bctWcen the countries mater'
ally changed il became Imperative tor 1t to centre
in one great focus There are 40 similar iactOfs az
work between NeW-England and New luIk, anu
the probabilities are that the former Will continue,
MS she has done, raise the talent ana tho Ialer
will continue TO import ~ az hlgher marker ltc,
London had the advantage OF wealth. age. priority
and prestige OF every sott-e even the advantage OA
nurl0iuinV and anticipating the prehistoric re
mains OF her rivals-all Of which NeW-lOrk GER
tainly has not. .,.i
herself tbe HEADQUARTERS Of the largest number OF
rainters whose work, unlike literature oepehuss
mainly mon variety OF eyes and Eeayiness OF
rurees I'm literature Boston still holds the cream
and will he the most likely 10 Ill up inc iaiivs as
tbe inevitable reductions take place. New-lOtK
as vet lacks the very fTss elemental aid TO literary
nurture in the shape Of accessible ibIarcs. her
literary residents who have special WorA 10 DO are
even now compelled TO come 20 Boston to DO H. as
they themselves often admit. ON the "hoIe' New
V"Iif seems a GOOD way of from being the artistic
literary centre she fam would be. she lacks Tue
innate something which ulconsci0nsly shapes tho
surroundings ont Of which the thing naturally
grows. She is rich only in heterogeneous mass