New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-07-23
THE NEW MAGAZINES.
TUE ATLANTIC.

THE ATLANTIC.
The most valuall lie article in the NUMBER Is 'n''
An which Nh w. +. Harris anayzes EmerSohs III
tellectual and spiritual methods and dchheS MS
place as a poetic seer. Mr. HarriSs VISION is k'e"'
his distinctions are subtle, and his manner shows
the orderly rraces of y philosophlc thinker HIS
estimate of Emerson Is both Just and reverchI-'no
best which has thus far been gwen TO the puohc'
The passages ON EmersonS insight into the r"uS-
tendency OF mind in the visible world ms po"o, ~
use the mcdern scientific view Of nature p"e'lo"A'
and those IN which are traced his mehlods as ."
ethical writer ar especially disceruing and the III
troductory definitions Of the forms oil HS'E'. -
longing 70 the are full OF suggestion % ''''
son as a poet MIR Harris says:
His means of expression are not adfqudU isne9rr
nnsicalv 60 Justify comparison win itr,. D
OF SpenSer; but In the miefnal l' Iii'
as II has been defined. Emerson mas ~" su 49,, aud
H. Sbotc.reare we ind nature IN its freshness ana
viilncss and vet transparent 10 Is "'P'"S W"
corr,Spcndcnce 10 nina. Emerson hNeS III HH A.
coverles OF laws winch give IN aDsllac' unit "
ture not suspected III the tite oi tlc b t',
boen eupposcd 20 make poetry Impossible III ol dse
Emerson never wcaIies OF the story oil tncSc
new discoveries, ana mas al onNo ,,"r'
spiritual significance. Ils poetry '"'1ciV III,
has this new element unknown TO ehioi
notes.-the element 81 natural science inter pc
noe &c revelation OF mind. Inc fI'Shh' - anu
~ nj n.tute as Sn. kesprare depicts II are aisO
found IA Incr ons natuic-poems IL we S.u'N i,Ii
,,.ous l,v winch tins fine effect IS produced We Htl
reach sort of Jlhuucatlon OF a u'g'V0 v, -. vi
lesSness IN respect TO metre Inc "c'uS9 oi
nature demands q C Tlaih hteiecl u i,',
and symmetry IN order 10 s r,aTr l,1''' OF
boundless resource, Of toIln ana OF e"dnV' in,i
from mechanical conformity % laws ~ -! ltbc
Physlcal material is mechanical as we hhu IT ~ 49,,
laws of ar reflection bur nature there - le ~
gestlon ol transcendence over all mechanism i
met il attracted ~ this. propOrtOh 10 MS ll
Ia Inc - ID
who wrote poetry hi 10 put Touhl I"NtrU "r,
Ia Emerson chaIaCtcrlzer them mlgh d'l'nii' -
ecapc gardening but Tue Detlcl Po''S "''' ~
the native forest.
Mr. Uorris's exclamation of Emcrson's apparent
de.cieucy in organic ulty and gical sequence 50
ofen and lately 50 severely criticised, Is worth
careful reading 1t Will perhaps appear supeieros-
otorv to the true Emerson enthusiast, who Is a3j 10
proclaim the opinion that that unity ANA sequence
need not he invoked by teacher whose every sell
fence holds either a sword OF CONVICTION OF Fay ol
warmth aud light which wakes 10 responsive HE
Tic seoc OF thought i'll the readers mind.
In "Some Account of Thomas Tucker" Mrs. Rose
Terry Cooke presents the most striking study OF
New England character that has been published
since her story oil certain controversy with FroV-
dence. printed year or two ago IN HdYT. MIS-.
Co Ike has a singular power IN the dc'.neatloh oil
the stern. uuovlug, CaivlnSic side OF NeW-Eh@
land lfe-a power which has never been more el-
1ectyeiy displayed than IN this account OF a man
OF CHASTITY honesty. lie represents a type
which will soon b. only tradition. Three or tour
OF Mrs. Cookies studies deserve to 20 down 70 iu-
tnre generations a. remarkably vivid and exact
porira.ts of the latter-day ROundhcad. One OF the
sharoest observers OF the time declares that
strange apathy III regard TO religion Is stealing over
the New-Euqlmd mind and that the descendants OF
tboso who once sat benea h the teachings OF the
eo.lv Mr. Edwards have more natural plety
Than they have doctrin.d beliefs. Ii indeed there
is truth In this opinion, clever chfonic!eT as
Mrs Cooke may well be gratefully entreated
In his description of journey " Across Africa y
which was not 50 desperate an undertaking as 1t
sounds. the narroweSt portion of the Continent hav-
ing been selected for the feat-Mr. Charles Dudley
Warner shows much of the bright and airy hnmor
which he has used his readers 10 expect from HIM.
II has ever a dehcately celebrating quahty-it Is
a "cup that cheers.n-In the present Instalmcnt OF
doctor ZayD Mss Phelps has rather lost her glp
Oh her hero and heroine. She has begun to commit
the objectionable fault Of novelist In making her
hero somewhat efieminate. The pretty doctor, too
grows little too superior and selfcOnalned for the
purposes of nature and art.