New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-12-09
BITS OF CRITICISM.

A SATURDAY" SCoFF.-It is said that a.
having asked Why does the author Of the Epic OF
was answered "To dstng uish himself from Mr.. William
M0rris-of Parnassus" All students Of poetry will know
how appreciate this personality and the ignorance
which prompted it.--IThe saturday Review
Mr.. CABLES READING AND SINGING.-NO
word Of praise can better express Mr. Cables perform
last evening than 10 say eKqusey unique.
We cannot say equslled or surpassed something else
because have never had anything at all like IT, and In
itself il simply fascinating III we Insisted upon COM
paisOn, indeed we would be Obliged to 20 back to tho
stage accessories are reported TO have produced COM
uneTTng but he Is also oonsuInate actor Ills ehsrae
ter sketchng presents even the bodily presence OF hs
environment The mans sympathetic adaptabilty
Is marvellous, aud the musical qu2hty OF hls
dexibility The music and feeling the songs thrn-
selves far might venture TO classify things 80
ley French troubadour grace and wild African fervor
blgsionprOdusng hantng eyaHesSent yet an0rSSa
sale Boston. 1.-THE Boston Transcript
JUSTIN MCCARTHY AND HIS WHY NOT NESS
Deeply committed apoltician to fierce and nnscruu
lOus policy the Member for LOngfOd novelist QUE Oi
mind, could not point out among the writers OF uelVn
who have any real rank In contemporary literature ~,
hate III is thorough and "a round 50 that DC nalI
ally mis- thoughts and fancies into scholarly snu
polished form, pleasant to the ear good music cor
rectly played bat no fine writing ever comes tiV
his pen. lie IS very capable lnteea Oh nii srcs q,
him beamng the and the people before MS ia
with specaces benevolent those OF Mr. Pckwck, Dus
also truly knowledgeable surveying them with luo.
humor I'm which there Is gall and no intolerance; nouo
OF that yindctiyeness toward the silly majority that pas
sionate desire for the summary extinction OF fools anu
snobs which we hnd among the harder and hotter saI-
lists OF society and denoators or men and manners.
There great deal of live and let ive-even snobs
| and foOls-in the cheerful, rather tho serelle,
philosophy OF Mr.. Justin Mccarthy; II u nov
ohirpiness for 10 10 entirely out OF his power 20 uo
vulgar and nothing Is more distinctly vulgar tnan
chirpiness lit is kind OF mildly contempatiye WY
nOtness very difficult TO describe but which we tnnN
nobody read his novels without teelng-i1ne LO"
don Spectator
MARGARET FULLER.-The impression that sue
was over-rated bythose who into personal conos
with her has not been removed. In the world OF ntcl
ture there those who achieve certain reputation
yet never readas, for example, Andrew Marye s
DR. Johnson Margaret Fuller bids fair to take her 2sV
amid this goodly COMPANY, She was diligent % ni
apt teacher vaxed friend OF men like Charming sn
Emerson yet she has left behind little which the
would not willingly let die, and her estimate o. sirrt
cOuntrys literature imperfect that she preie h
now forgotten writer's TO Lowell and LongfelloW ~
somewhat remarkable that In America, where the e ~
cpatiOn OF women has been far more complete tnsn n
the Old World, women OF emlnenoe have yet
rank with Mrs. Browning George Eliot or Ms"AHS
sand.-Crhe London Echo.
WHY THE SOUTH Is NOT GREAT IN LIr I'm
TURE-It used 10 be said before the war that the ~
governed the country and the reason was the se sga
the South was devoted TO satesmanship and 70 tc
profession q stepping stoQe to political ~, ina
Judge TOurgee declares In his Fools EIrand .,tss-
Southern people have exceptional genius for a
| an hrepressible talent for government Ana WY