New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-07-02


TO starye in the workhouse and kicked his little
brother TO death but these crimes are veniai ny the
side of his hateful and helish assertion thaI your
divine and sprit-compelling pi ,ture OF rSGghe
Watching the sleep of Eros Is cut Oh proportion
Serena sighed. then smiled. .,,
"Do Won know, my dear POnto. sometimes think
that little hostile criticism Is reiresuhg' lIc"hf
find it So when il comes III my way"
POnto shnddcIed.
"The only true attitude of criticism is that OF
Worship" he exclaimed. "The man whJ, IN CON
temp,atinC Your consummate masterpiece. couiu oe
conscious OF any feeling save OF the sfghg forces 0.
c0Smic yearnng. ioN ering ntc the FORM q ei.ecS
dealiz lton ana shining with the reflected lght OF
c0ruscatiuC eternlties of sterile pain--sucn han'
| say. Is capable of any social crime, and lncapaDre
Of any aesthetic perception" a,y,.. o,
Pardon me-" returned Serena. w nat y"u
say il doubtless very haiterlng. but II criticism IS
pure worship. how do Won account for your n own
attacks the literary productions OF inc ehenieS
of tue iesi he,ic schoOlT 3, q,
All modern schools but one are execIahle," re-
turned POnlo, with a grinding OF the tecth auu 4
waving of the hand. II Is enough Io .ao u,
pronounce that they are not-Art! In approachins
them we do not cIlticse-we Simply obIlterate Wo
cruSh. as we crush a reptile or an uncleah thnS'
The man who denies absolute perfection TO Io,'s
or universal mastery to Blanco Serena, al once
DroclaIms, not merely his Incompetence 10 sp1ah va
any artistic subject whatever, out oy InIeIeluo
his moral DEGRADATION as human beng We W"Fc
him from our vison-we wipe HIM ont. ne IL
lOathsome Philistine an outcast, physlcahy any
Intellectually ahominaOls Such m'n one Sn' o
in my hearing, that Madem0iseIle nc M"uP'n ""'
not the puIcsr whol6sOmeSt, most supremely sane
and sautary book produced since the DIVINE
Comedy and that, on the whole, he preferred
WorAsworth TO Gauticr as moral teacher Ny
whole soul revclted. | shrank from that man WITH
a shudder, and am convinced that the Wieleh Is
etmcally lost and intellectually paralytlc.'
MI Buchanan describes the gradual downfall OF
Bohemia. the kingdom of generosity, seediness and
6onhomie. He makes his tender-hearted, inpecuni-
Gus. irresponsible old literary man say that q" the
downfall of Bohemia dates from the day when
Thacketav became famous smoked cigars, and
built that nice house at KensingtOn. 1t is the
apotheOss of the Snob. Even at the Carrier. where
one used to meet all the talent, the Snob is ram
pant. There is not foyer OF the Old klnd IN a'i
London. The literary man has become CONNER
clal gent, the artist is a spiritualIzed Dagmah-
even the actor wears fine clothes and goes to swell
garden parties. sic transit gloria BohemtG should
not so much care, If people we're much better lOr
the chauge-but they are not Fellows are valued
now not for what they are. but for what they earn
The very journals are grown brazcn fronted aud
rave of Mammon A great book is a book that
makes a great deal OF money. great artist is one
who earns great sum-" The author gets a back
handed tlow at some of his critics IN these genial
paragraphs concerning Old volume OF what lie
calls the Satyrninc Review"
You'll End some spicy writing there" SAID
Grief. :" A little out Of date now OF course lor he
new society journals have Killed the Sa'y'lilie'
!" Clcyerw echoed Sutherland During the
whole of last evening aud for hours this morning l
have been searching these volume, III VAIN Tor one
spark of insight, for ray of pure talent. They are
simply trash, aud Spltcfu trasu winch Is the worst
of ALL" ,,u ri,
Perhaps you expect too much, old fellow The
'Satyruine only Processes t. he smart"
Il hate that word, though IT expresses well
enough The journalism we speak o1.he JOURNALISM
and calls himself II gentleman, but Is at
best a production of iiteratules Shiny de-
poslt+-a Faun, earth-grGbulng, ugllness-
loving screechng at the mysteries OF artistlc sun
hight and moonlight. Even your friend Larg irdcre's
style Is better-it makes no hideous pretenceS,"
Come; Pm. glad you see some merit Ill Lagar-
dere after ALL
{" Bur this rubbish here he touched the volume
contemptuously with his foot TINS rubbish III It's
horrible baseness and unintellgence. has not even
the redeeming quality OF honesty Inc writer's are
ignorant, but tney also vicious unlnstructed,
but AL the same time pertinacous. W no are these
men Does anyone know themi should be
curious for example to see the goat footed animal
who wrote this article on Ihackeray,
Well, you see" answered Cren, re1lectlVely,
they rattle make a point of working in the dark,
keeping up a mystery, so TO speak but nowadays,
when the journal has gone down hill, and splcler
DaOors like the Plain Speaker have practically
killed il, the Satyrnlnes are better known lhsh
they used 10 be-" .,
Are they persons OF rcputatlohF
"Well, no; OF course not"
Gentlemen ~ 80
Some of them perhaps" said Crief with
smile; but for the part Just ike the rest of
us-a mixed breed There's our friend GaSs. whOm
YOU met al Gavolless; hes one lie las his finger
III journalistic pes, and writes on all SIDES TO
VI Hnmpn /" muttered Sutherland 81 once had a
'SatyrnIne Reviewer pointed out to me at party
De looked like a creature fresh rom some large
drapery establishment; dressed within an inch OF
his life with ptRcenes on nose, but soat-earcd and
goat-fOoted Tor all that-l am sure the animal
couldn't even SPELL But turning rOm the men 10
the matter, what | nave been most struck 10y III
reading these wretched volumes Is their utter want
of The positively human qualites-ycraclty reyer-
puOhc OF any MOBILITY, either IN politics or
literature, who Is not perslSeutIy PlDOcfcI at ana
revived. Our present liberal statesmen are lnsuIted
by the grOSsest personalities. Oar great literary
are for the most part decrled-when they are
praised the reason Is not far TO seek. IhacAeray'
inspected by the SatyT, IS no gentleman. Dickens
Is an ignOTamus. Browning Is Ounce, Ignorant
even OF grammar. Worse tndn this Is the vicious
reorganization to ignore any BInd of modest merit.
In the course OF the long years over winch these
Ties extend, many men, now distinguished, nave
arisen In 10 single Instance has TINS representa-
tive Journal been able TO recognize the coming
genus, Wiling to help the struggling asplrant.
Inc method has been 10 ignore new men
as long as possible; then, wnen lg-
uorance could not be pleaded, TO nterpOse
every possible ilnpertincnce of Interpretation be-
tween the men aud the puDhc; and llnally, wheh
they have been crowned, TO insult them WIN
monkey gIDDCrIng III erpositlOn. For latu0usneSs,
ignorance, and dwarhsh splteluiness-ln wOrd'
tor ali the old earthlness OF the cloven foot-com-
mend me to tins Satyrninc Review"
Never mind, says the practlsed ClieH, cneerlly'
"Nemesis has conic-the Satyrnlne' Is done LOT.
The curse OF duiness Is upon II. 1t once sold
10000 The other day, when il was i'll the market,
IL could hardly lind purchaser. 1t fingers on with
a country subscription among TetrOgrado old
rectors and biue-DuskIn'd village splnsters, but
by-and-by the acidulous short paragraph system
VIII conquer even them"
oNEsIMUs. Memoirs OF Disciple Of St Paul. BY the
Author Of " Pnilochris US" l2mo. PIP. 3OS. BOs-
ton Roberts Brothers.
To the ecclesiastics of the fourth century, alb
sorbed in discussions abstract theology
and church polty an episte like
PauPs little letter to Philemon turn
ing on the fate OF a single slave seemed unworthy