New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-04-18
NEW MAGAZINES.
THE ATLANTIC.

The atlantic is that in which MI. henry oaoo'
Lodge describes the decline OF the coloniai spin. III
tbis country. and attacks with refreshing V'eor
those yestices of it that still remain. for years
So orr ,ndenendcnce was declared the new ma
tional feeling had bitter struggle with the COLO
nialism which would not be persuaded that the
nolitlcaI complications of Europe could Dot aHect
the Republic for good or i'll. Mr.. Lodge ILLUSTRATES
+b;s Inv recalling the fact that in country where
every privilege and artificial distinction had been
swept away, and where the Government was the
creation of the people themselves, worthy men felt
called mon TO initiate the follies of the French
Revolution-to dub each other Citizen Brown
and Citizen Smith, TO drink confusion to tyrants'
and to sing the Wild songs of Paris. 1t was wash
ingtons proclamation of neutrality which ala more
than anything else to break up this curious sepseo
dependence and imitation but 1t was not uhtii al'er
the War OF 1912 that politics really became our
own Literature, business, and the proiessiouS'
which were saturated with colonial feeling OF the
narrowest sort followed politics In taxing on d
Wholesome nationalism, the weakness OF Ser'in'y
to English methods English preJudlces anu InsnS"
criticism lingering longest in our literature. III mas
not yet quite disappeared, indeed, and IL Is "or'n
while to quote Mr.. Lodges opinion OF
Some of our cleyerest and best fiction has been
largely devoted to studying the character oi our
countrymen abroad; that is, either sena.ohdtiaZI
Americans or Americans with foreign paoA-
gronnd Al times this species of literature resolves
Itself INTO an agonized effort to show now Ioeigh
ers regard us, and 10 point OUT tle uetGo'S t
jar upon foreign s1scepuDites eVer Inv endeayoT TO
urn ourselves inside out In order 10 appreciate e
tIivaliies of life which impress Foreigners u io
nleasantly is very improbable exerton, ana the
EuropeaniZed American is not worth either STUDY
or saline Writings of tins kind, again, are lntehoeo
10 he cosmopoltan in Tone and to evlnce
Enowledge OF the worlds they III reality stepped
IN coonialism. We cannot but regret Tue IL, s
fiIrence of a spirit which wastes hne powers or
mind and keen perceptions Ill Hultless ssliri1 rs
aud n morbid craving 10 know how we appear 10
foreigners and TO show what they think OF Us.
This paragraph has rather startling effect IN
magazine which heads It's table OF contents WIN
the second act of Mr.. James's comedy OF DAISY
Miller"
Mr. Lodge finds traces of the same colonial spirit
in certain groups among the rich and idle people OF
our great Eastern cities "These groups" he says
"are for the most part made up of young men, who
despise everything American and admire every.
thing English. They talk and dress ana walk ana
ride in certain ways, because the Enghsh 40 these
things in those ways. They hold their own country
in contempt and lament the hard fate OF their birth
They try to think that they form an arlstociacy'
and become at once ludicrous and despicable. The
,;rtues which have made the upper classes III Eng
land what they are and which take them into pub
lie affairs into literature and politics. are forgot
fen Anglo-Americans initiate the vices or the iol-
lies of their models and stop there III all TINS were
merely passing fashion, an attack OF Anglo-nania
or of Gallo-mania, of which there have been IN
stances enough everywhere, it would be OF no con-
seouence. But it is a recurrence OF the ola ana
deep-seated malady of coloniallsm. ltis illeai
descendant of the old colonial family Inc features
are somewhat dim now and the vitality Is lo"' put
there Is no mistaking the hereditary qualities. The
thpir
E,a,;sh manners datter themselves with being
cosmopoltaus. when in truth they arc genuine
co,ouists. petty provincial to the last degree"
An improving picture for this sort OF Cosmopolitan
To contemplate is that which Mr.. Lodge III 1ew
strong sentences, gives of Franklin the most gem
ninety and intensely American of Americans Men
TODAY take up life perhaps on lower and more
sordid level than that on which Franklin walked !;
vet that apostle of common sense that most wise ana
manly man. Will still remain the type ana eAen-
plar of our highest citizenship
Mr. Howells conceived poetlcal idea in causing
the Basil and Isabel of u" The Wedding Journey
10 revisit the pale glmpses of their honeymoon
when the yife's thinning locks and the husbands
widening wastcoat foretell their autumnal days.
If he has not chosen to treat this poetica idea after
the fashion for which we look III poet he mas
doubtless good reasons of his own for that neglect
His sketch is excellenty polished, ghtterlng WIN
neat ouips and turns and well-calculated sugges-
tion. Isabel In the years that have wasted some
nj her illusions aud introduced two interesting per-
sons of eleven and nine years TO her intimate ac-
ouaintance has lost nothing of the unreason and
;nconseouepce which adorned the bride OF her
EARLIER iouruey 1t is o wonder that some female
critic of satrica turn has not yet pointed out how
skifnlly these invariable qualities OF MIR. How
els's herones are made to tickle the natural pfide
of the male reader In his serene consciousness OF
good sense aud unimpeachable logic But even the
male reader may sometimes tire of the mastery
. delineatIon of silly women and may be permitted
10 wish that the clever artist should draw crea-
tpre like Ethel Newcome with womany courage
and womanly faults of more vigorous KIND. lsa-
bel amuses but she inspires little tenderness or
admiration Mr.. Hoves has not cared to evoke
the laughter that lies near to tears but he has
NEVERTHELESS provided material for genuine enjoy
mani IL would be unfair to the lovers of the
vonne coupIe of dozen years ago to hint at the
exuerieuces of this second journey each must
read for himself the delcately garnished record OF
"Niaeara Revisited" Whether Basil be saddeI
and Isabel wiser as we'll as older ;-whether olsen
chant,nent has come to both with the daily recur-
renee of bread and butterall this the philosopher
may guess if he have not the opportunity OF read
inc. The humors and dsappointments of married
lice under the average prosac conditions easily
conisctured--and Mr. Howells is conscientiously
and choicely realistic.
HARPER.
fresh and lively article delightfully."- illustrated
NV Mr.. Reinhart is Mrs. Blakes paper, Roman
Carnival Sketches" The artist has contributed
of tVpeS which