New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-01-07
BITS OF CRITICISM.

MISS AUSTEN AND HUMOR.-Miss Austen ia,
no doubt. not the only woman who has possessed
the English language George Eliot Is probable add-
tom who has shown IT, We have been recently told oy
which, indeed may be true in the opinion Of those who
asked fS Se world to tell him Why swift Putting his
aside, should be called great manwhch Is very much
"a ay whether the SUM- putting his light and out OF
question. ia an important member oil the solar system
There are no more fantastic tricks played under high
heaven than are played IN relation TO humor by the
humorous; and Il is not wonderful that Miss Austens
large share Of the quality has on the whole been under
valued. THE Saturday Review.
The VIBRATING BUNDLE OF NERvEs-We
CLOSE the Dunciad with reluctant homage to its
thor We do not like the no Is spitefu prurlent,
INSCRIPTIONS and undlgnled Bnt there Il something
he Yields his stileto with such confidence aud plngeS
Il with such ysor into his victim; be steps hi'her and
cb sensitive ra,ddly vibrating little bundle Of nerves
o dSod of the pachydennatous covering OF your
true Ounce that admire I'm spite OF ourselves aud
Sen 70 seek for some justification II we cannot pre-
cisey call him good-or indeed anything but decidedly
which Heine claimed for himself as am honest soldier in
the war Of human enlightenment aud admit that even
Pope may Dee accredited with genuine conviction Of tho
yalne OF nil that is on the side of intellect against
pedantry aud stupidity which however alleged By baser
and purely personal considerations may justly Us
extending TO HIM something more than the sympathy
due TO a sknl manipulation OF wordsi-lPau Mall
Gazette.
THE HELLENIC LANDoR.-ln English let
ters Lander occupies position almost unique lie de-
He was as Hellenic as II soul Intended for Athens IN
The days of Percles had found It's way 10 England ey
Phocion intended for England Set he bad also mnrh
Of the Roman about him. not OF the Roman demagogne
hut Of some stately head of an ancient stlfpS Inc
characteristics OF both races impressed on Hn nas
nation subtle, refined aud various aud on an nieee.
severe aud grave II said Of Shaiteshury author OF
the Characteristics" that his style suggested the
thought his corOnet stood opposite TO him ~ no
wrote Before Lander there stood. not cOrOnct,
those historic Northes from whom he claimed lam
y descent but to whom he was bound by spirit
ual affinity" the great ones who had walked beside the
Ilyssus aud the Tiber He wrote 90 please them for II
was with them he was I'm sympathyi not 20 please tho
many, with whom he had none. lie was by Instinct
no than habit artist yet nature was more 70 hu
than art 1.-THE Spectator
IMAGINATION IN ART.-Beneath the surface
OF Mr. Tademas marbles. and INTO the hearts OF hs men
aud women, who TO look or TO imasne any thnKt
old Rome and her citizens have looked In the time 0.
Domltian but surely then as now th.te Wei1 g"s u
clincd 10 deny imagination 10 MI ladelha a. Ne uhouu
do to any man who Imagined body ana Iorsp. ,us .S
heart Art IN many-sided Magnificent techhehl poses
IL rarely found IN combination win great l'niSihhas
faculty; TO realize perfectly the outside o 10y gone
times Is decided achievement and where l. Joined 70
great pictorial ability produces very spcndd In9"t hs
perhaps not verS noble art. on tire other hsnd tne
inner truths OF natural beauty and human ieens sio
but too apt TO be 80 imperative IN their denna
painters powers make him unable 10 po, tns.
save with imperfect and even fstering hahu itu'ns
OF great value hard TO grasp. 90 swift to vsn ~
them nnayarss ike tho angels and before know
their faces, they gone. For those OF conhden
teal factloying nature TO whom heaven AMI 'nfh hD
nothing what dreamt OF in their philosophy VIC
shaowly perfect Art Will give most pleasure. ana ssn
from them sdmratonj while to those lees happy
ones, 20 whom the world OF mon aud nature holuS mny
meaning which they cannot snnyrs and n Ses
I've faculties IN Of their practical and whose
synpathes arc greater than t6sir Uttered nos
yet oomprehended" OF those psfsrs nose powers ~
betsre their aims are FULLY attained spec's'oa