New-York tribune., 1882-12-31

,oopv Of Redcvde and the Warden as TO the reiatVe
p.cnliarities of monarchy and republic ana 'ne
da.crnt,on of the hospital banquet has little meri'
except as a narcotic.
The Byron-ike propensity of Hawthornes mihd
TO dwell upon balesul hereditary traits transHi''eu
Sins and the dark and hideous secrets oil vice anu
crime that burrow and Iankle till at last they Oins
themselves to light is very vividly illustrated u
his treatment of all this. actual ana pnphed ANU
uodoubtsdlv, had ho lived to carry out his design,
he would have ampifed every character remoNeu
all disparities in the plot made clear the relaVoh
shin of the persons involved, augmented tue Niial
interest of the story by utilizing the characlei VI
the heroine, prunod aud polished the style OF MS
narrative. and cast over the entire WORK 'nav
glamour of poetic atmcsphere-the godeh maze Vi
dreamland-which is the crowning beauty ol nl'
art. In this fragment we see only the foundations
of great structure. But we are HnP'o'''' ','
tanpht by it to consider tAe intimate relationship
between the present and ;hc past. the vast 'aheio
of rom lnce in which the seemingly prosac aualr9
of human life are in,ol, "a, and the Importance ol
our actions as affecting tie destiny OF others Inc
fragment abounds. like &, isc, N Fictitious descHp-
ticns and characteristic hits OF thought lhere are
many sweet aud subtle t0ucncs III the drawing ol
tho cbildreu-an insight into the seraDhic calm ana
uatbetic wonder with which pure ana innocent
childhood sometimes regards the perpleXlng pageah'
of lie being one of Hawthorne's peculiar iaculues
One of the gems OF the book is scene III winch luz
grim and savage lout,' De Grim'hawe. wouh"'
the boys pride and Is melted 10 remOfse Nv h''
manly resentment. The c'I-pses vOnchsaien ln'o
tho mind of the wOndr''4- .'mancer blmseu' now
ever will he most dearly pi.ed 10y those VINO TeaHS
care at all for this relic Here III many m"ous' 10
the Hawthorne whom we have all known ana loved
None but ho could have devised tins poisonous
image and svmboof sin-the "dely ana haHSP'-
cious spendor" Of the spider thai dangles down 10
us from the dusky ceiling Of the past. Nouc puU
he could have written the wise Itter ana
summary of human nckleuess and frivolity-" the
heart never bTeai 3 Oh the krat IriVe' anu "''''
many Graves if gets so obtusc that nothing can
b,eolzitD once be morailcs On hge and THINKS IL
fl. rot good that Old mon should be much together,
because they become "lttlc, mean, and torpid.
Auotber time his iIna2natOn broods on the hOards
of memory as scenes and events that have stained
tbeuselv YES in deep cOors on the curtain that limo
hangs around us to shut rs in from eternity
Sometimes he uttefs his own infinite WEAKNESS,
A,ying that - the actors in the headi0ng drama OF
life must have repOso or go mah' or dle' Inc
world never seemed, in Haw horne eyes, place
OF happiness. PITY, apathy, and KIND oil mouihI"I
wonder at all its buste and bounce and effort are
visible in most Of his views of ii and 1t may wei
be doubted whether the prevalence OF Ills usual
mood of thought would be wholesome for the gen
eraify of mankind lie felt the tra 1e9y aud pathos
OF our mortal state, but not its pageantry. AT
times the whole earth seemel to him eucumbeleu
with wrecks and misery. W hat should we do'
he somewhere eNcl5ims, without fire ana death "
These werc the great and hallowed destroyers that
were TO give release aud rest This feeling IS very
strong throughout the underlying mood Of " Dr.
Grin,hawe's Secret There are traces IN II, how
ever Of calinc1, sv eetcr and more hopeful feeling
at Is not in the pride of our strength hc says
that se are best or wisest' "The Creator, ap-
parently has set little Of His own infinite wisdom
and love (which are one in a mothers heart, So that
no Child, IN the common course OF things, should
grow up without some heavenly Instruction. And
there is much of the more benguant spirit of llaw-
thorue in what he so tOuchInsly writes OF the un-
corth Grimshawc's education Of thu children;
" Then he told the boys that The condition OF all
good was in the frs. place, truth; then courage
then iustce then mercy; ont Of which principles,
upon one another, would come all brave.
noble high. unselfsh actions, and the scorn of all
mean ones and how that from such nature all
hatred would fail away and all good affections
would be ennObled"