New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-01-22
BITS OF CRITICISM.

Br .:Ssa sSs9. d M M,sS hus 0q mind
Arnolds selections either from Byron or Words
i9TSTs ont S Of three would Id' prefer Mr. Arno and
that few would prefer Byrons The voyage
great TT poet, and is most admired by critics
tine c His verse T Ia acES that felicity that 9s that
iudenabe charm of musical words Whlo9 MI teHhys0h
and Mr. Arnold possess and which the GIT OF shell
lev Keats and COerdge. For poet want this charm
sat present to tau to attract many loSers 81 b poI oy
haired blue and white young man has come TO- as tue
idol OF the merely grsh and gushing class OF readers
Of poe,ry What then remains OF ByrOn-what OF HIM L.
impWortai We say Don Juan" That is modern epic,
marhons the only modern epica romantic poem OF ad
vonturous fe in which religion, society, morals, man
T9'T, az Selections from Don Juan is ike making
Arnold selected hundred dine pictures aud strokes
OF satire and cries passion from Byron be has net we
think presented that portion OF his WORK on wGl DIS
fame wiz ultimately rest; for that portion can only DO
presented % whole-lPah Mail Ga4eI'e
WEBsrER'5 SrYLE.-The English language
never was and probably II never wi! be again 80 spen
didy EMPLOYED as IL employed by Daniel webster
and he thus employed it with an apparent ease, ana
with noDest aiuence, that Justly warranted as Jug
Of the godke" title conferred upon him not by nat
terry but through true appreciation or pOwera tht ..
least seemed to be more than human. The organ
tones Of oraory fully represented by his printed
words. and under their dominion as you res.
AS we do read him, We are reminded OF the mighty
eth and the calm majesty OF broad ard cep river
not y raying roaring rushing stream, but-a superb
volume OF water that flows sereuely, but with nylhc
bio force into that which II feeds, and bearing
on bosom great argosles laden with the agents au
means Of that civilization through the triumph Oi "hch
made capable OF performing It's high part IN the ofess
work that belongs TO the scheme oi creatoh ls DOS
ton Traveller.
OLIVER WENDELL HoLME'Es PoETIcAL
Upwards n, 81 rs 4 and sSI p0e, H ia
this collection reader VIII Do able 10 detect any sn
tnat the authors the wOrn-Out Tyre" he bewhls Or
h latest yrics sharp and clear and as polished S
was the nrs poem Of bis very first Yc4ume-s
brilliant and patriotic 4" Old irOnsides." a.,
The general reader, OF course, ainrcs Dr. Holmes Vs
his humor satire. and not for his sentiment; ana
must confessed that In these popular forms OF NoS
ne IA nearly unique His satire always tempered VITA
kindness Is never personal nor spltcIu and pOSsoy
mayer nnnOycd single persOn-in that respect BENG
almost unparalleled IN the history or SATIRE yer MS
muse ia some shat Oldashioned 1T times, especay -
his earlier volumes not being aItOSothof uhOOheo"N
Collins ami his follOwers.-lrhe Academy
MISUNDERSTANDING is, perhaps the
hardest Of literary problems i Is, Indeed, p'Oonn
I'm prOse Is to approximate, moro or less closely, 10
of it. The body Of an author tn9ag1 hh my
clothed by the translator Is OF necessity new
snm0wlers remarks, with his usual clear lnsISul5
" Pnets cannot be trans ated VINO can translate mns'oI
te ,sracr tho sweetness and much OF the power arc
hnnn1 M u.eparably with the poetic FORM WIN ~
translator gins his operations and tho ordered Sos
nssuuler n.y." wel-ngh all that MAKES tne Nerse 80 q,
a. Isannear. The task Which then lies before blih "
nut together again. as best ne cah the usJeVNc ma
rnnr,p" and to reylSiiy and rooothe them. 70" ~
- attempted this task fail To sympathho w.
- tesI,nirng lament wherowith Shelley acconp
Iis English version OF grand chorus III ,oaody
impossible 10 represent IN AnotheI tb and dell
nf the yersincation. Even the volatile strenB.n
VI -, the ideas escapo In the cruclbe OF trsnslaVp
~ the reader Is surprised ~ Ind 'capus hoi'1A
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