New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-11-12

hosys foco eXnl inning nv way OF apology. that he
was compelled to expoctOrate. ana thas ITO nan
chosen the only spot which secmeu 10 n' wnnid
enough for the purpose. such philosopher wo.i,u
find among us to-day many opportunities iol VIo
repetition of his audaci0us lesson 20, s,s ;iiTt
find that there are several 0t our hosI oi it. ~
younger poets that a wise man would nesitae W
invite to his house and tnat not long ago " WIS
rumored that the cleverest OF them all hau barro"S
escaped expulsion from bis CLUB ,.,iooI
Passing now from the actual 10 the tnroiot.I i
the foregoing reflections il they are true, snow lha
i'm the thought of the present day there Is o.
able reciprocal divorce between arr ahl ne. Ou r
explanation and defence is IN tue moutnsol oo
artists-art for arts sake. II you venture 10 heA
for the TdiSOH d6fre OF a meaningless VI '.L 30
picture or OF "A lustul poem. you arc toIi, wiz. ~
little scorn, that it has no particular am ~; ~ ,vn
nnse that like all works OF art IL exists fOr ltS o"
sake When used solely by those WHO nhuI I 10
it, tho phrase was convenient, out 10" ~ ,oL ia
come popular shibboleth, ana, Ike an SUI a., ~
used to hide Ignorance; one can no Ionh1 81 th,s
reasonable answer, because OF the eaS'hossc Va
irritating retOrt. Mich. to render III ihoio nc, art
is commonly flung at us IN fIeh REM, Pnlvsical
II is he modern resurrection OF the olI or
snhterfnge cGilsa sui But il is false doctrine"
such a solidarity rules in human nature, va III md
ing exists by itself or Tor itself Tue r in tue
the practical. the body and the souI, i E,,nrson
closest casual intimacy. Beauty. SAYS tno - go
is the mark that God sets upon vFyue t ILL., p,r
cOntrve to ialsiy tins s3metluvs ~ o' i,,osrsona
sons il remains indisputably true III 'ho &c HE
domain OF art j. :. Mill SAID win suTpI!su " rd a
friend Roebuck who was lover 81 pUut ME fo see
clever poiuter that " he never CoIl 10 No.:
49, .bbo tbinCs have any value as AIDS III INC
f i"v Of Character" Art must have hotn us
oriyn and its effect outside oil ltsell' Vn;l's 90
familiar JroveIb. we may say lS ni'n unce art
niii ~. so naints he and so sings he Hehco a. ~
is thc hest history OF nations or may ,or
he beautiful viii must be stronR nli,. he Ioy
ruriCht. 10 he beautiful spirit HuSV VIC IN ia
rbare ara lew things ugller than Wcah W ~ "
an nnbclv spirit e Mr. McrriSs bread uenn'r ~
art is the beauty Of ie' WIN .nlS ~ Who sati
vge no lGnger think him so extravagant VINO S tnr
t,t h. vould rather die for beauty tHah lNo '"'
bread and Art aAd Life are seen 10 DE- iusGp of
and the divorce between them 10 DO SIsniN0'"' "
q nerishuble civilization. A.. q,
I" %nw di.jcrrnt is the common vow! Art IS
called tie worlds sweet lnh' -tnaJ - p.n'ui,o
il kind Of mental sofa OF ciRaF' In hn .nrc,a
ann shonl1 ne 10 give simple and sound ueull' o"s
Of the Fundamental principles, MT. 'Ohh E" t..
wlltes IN the narrower sens IN lily ~ tL,eyc
" Beautv il that which Pleascs the eye buI WIZ
eve is the question; the eye ~ thlulis' OF VI
tine autnnr hold that there are 10 prlhclpCS 10 w
t,uobtP This Is but an instance of the sIipSh"u
wiring rcsultin from lax !hluFiuS on TINS 81 nIec
which We meet constantly IN lhe '' tsi and
con mon life beauty means peacock-lttthei- anu
.1udowcts and the lUe~t Whlm oI Io1 vi
"fashion-mong'ring bows To rescue. inc luea
" Inch will be to rescue "uI-el NcS' l'U rs loi t"o 20
emf protes; against all such Things uhth the tll,lo
snail come when we have nothing to Tear IRON lhe
nrrttinrsses OF fc because tho beauty OF II Will he
secured. ~ . min,
with REGARD io poetry. The glst Oi II n gwen IN
remark made Ly an American newspaper upon one
ni Inc poems to which we have alluded. Ii Mr..
WiiJe, said he editor should eyor become 50 com
monplace rs TO marry and have a family we Won
der how his sons VIII feel when they grow UP To- =
variation of the act that their author Is the author
of " Charmidesr according TO Ben Jonson. ne
nrlncirgl pnd Of poetry - " TO INFORM men III Inc
rat Te.,.ou nf Ivi1p" This is hat the greatest OF
nur modern critics has been teaching MS Tor years
and in spite q; the present popularity OF other
views. We snail not greatly improve upon his
definition.