New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-09-24

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land, and were sk,lfuly employed as counter
advertisements for each other 1t was purely
business enterprise, and, from the c0mheic. al
point of view, shrewd one. Why should
not a man with so keen an eve to business
bethink himself OF the business project OF put
ting his unusual experiences into book Tor iur-
thei proitY 1t was the most natural thing IN
the world Tor such man to do.
We take it for granted, therefore, that this
interesting volume will speedily follow Mir.
Wdlcs return to England We unhcsltat-
ingly call it interesting in advance, for we are
sure it will he. 1t is not difficult to forecast
its character. It's author has made no disguise
of his impressions concerning us. our customs
our manners and our defects. 1t is not to be
supposed that he will be more Geticent Ill com
position than he has been in speech. lie has
seen very little to make him truly happy, eX-
cept the costume of the Colorado miner.
Even the Atlantic Ocean was dlSappontipg'
and landed him ut our gates in an unhappy
frame of mind. Our new spapeTs grleveu MIN
by their propensity to treat all subjects humor-
ously. including himself. Our architecture
was 800 utterly drcary" to afford him any
ran over every audience 10 which he pre-
scented himself convinced him that our man
ners were very Iude. He went up and down
the land pocketing the fees which his lectures
brought him, and bewaling our sad condition.
If this was the way IL truly happy man &C M
ported himself, then his observers agreed WIN
the simple milkmaid in the play that the truly
happy never seem quite well.
All these gloomy incidents of this pilgrimage
through a rude and unTSthetic land Will be set
forth in the book without fear or favor. We
shall he told again of the Iude manner III
which the students Of our colleges initiated the
sacred costume of Tsthetlcism and hooted
the droning accents of its originator and
expounder. We shall he told again that the
Young ladies at our summer hotels thrOnged
about Mr. Wilde with such rude and brazen
curiosity that he was forced to retreat In con-
fusion TO his room. and thus put an end to the
exhibition until he could reopen it III costume
and secure the usual admission fee. We shall
be told again that when the apostle OF reform
in dress arrayed himself in the most careful
manner and repaired to the Stock Exchange
of this great city, to grant its members the
boon of a special view OF his person, he met
with a most shocking reception; that when
he appeared within the building such storm
of bowling arose, accompanied with such
open and threatening preparations to rush
the apostle and lsmante his beautiful per-
son, that prccipitate retreat by back door
was deemed essential to personal safety All
this. and much more, will lie unfOldod to the
Gaze OF the world. The story will be told
with that vigor and freedom Of style which are
born of a consciousness that the more striking
the narrative the greater will be the sale OF the
book.
What the effect Of the publication will be in
England we do not venture to predict Mr..
Wilde is known and appreciated there almost
as well as he is here, and we can await the re-
suits with cOmplacency. In this country there
can be no doubt of the kind of reception the
book will have. 1t will be regarded much as
its author has been-humorously aud not I'M
kindly. lie has not been taken seriously, and
his book will not be, whether it praise or
ccnsuTe us.