New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-12-02
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Mr. UowrIIs AS AN OpsERyER.-Oncc for all
he It said that an observer OF his T M n,
-woman-he Is quite unrivalcd. That he deals
by choice with tho American type Is no 03ecIol ior
ths type is typical of the whole claSs'-'ho io""oi
Academy.
TIE MODERN BNRD.-Aftcr all, is it possible
~, mr modern baris to sngl They do not believe in
ANYTHING sufficiently childke falth TO ne ths
inlc or serious enough to make Others believe IN he
reality of their own feelings and emotions They more
he ab Ia ace through the msts Of warning faiths the yet
dim and faint outlines OF some new religion great any
heir passionate service. And If there be no new reyea-
ton IA humanity itself ever before tet ey t mOP
cycd and patient its love and s despair Is not the
nn the objective study OF man the best cure for hyper
aesthetic megrms i-lrhc Fortnishtly Review
TUE porr AND THE WoRLD.-Shelley used
IN saw that poet must be much made by as ne inc
maker of his age: and the statement Is true ia he DO
world Ia starting point and basis, and that however
fSy bn PSGhI he nyc S ow the greatest
who takes least from the world 1t 4. ne VINO taxes
ho takes is passed through soul that Is above the worm
and thereby TRANSPORTED. Only the poet "h0 e.n 80
nnrroy and 40 rcpay Is, TO reverse ShceyS dlct ~
rI the maker OF as ia made by his age But between
the poet who. thanks to the moulding force OF n
a. and the 1oet who reproduces tho worlds features win
the simple realism of the suns Snt cast Un SI
London AthenIun
TUE VOLCANO BRowNING.-Let me say DIS.
,,Iv with whatever ATTACHMENTS Browning Is great
noii;b writer 10 whom are very deeply indebted
Gsred Volcano rolls you out ashes stones ana smoke,
~ Win its flame and burning lava And he who never
Iosnsnls into the deeps shall never ascend upon the
hoI,hts dappcr dandy, with little mind ana little
hoort lint perfect Il not very much
~, him 10 1ossess-hands you neat little gift well pol
Glbnd saw "A new silk hat, nicely brushed An uncouth
great man with big mind and big heart possesses himself
moi 80 thoroughy-here s more Of hun to possess-and
ne presents you with his gift say huge vase OF gems
INT the vase may have flaw In IL, and what then
one can only pity the fstdiOus person with the weak
digestion whose gorge rises at some trivial fault as
he deems it, I'm the cookery that he cannot enjoy ana be
nourshed by good wholesome food when it Is offered
Perhaps because 1t lacks olives trlcs he Is for throw
ing II All away And Mr. Brownlng5 style IL some
times perfectly clear, full Of Saxon force and dignity his
lines and phrases here and there memorable for their
strong ncislve felicity, schooner, though now ana the
even for delicate grace, his metres are frequently
original appropriate. vigorous and perfectly seIane 10
the sense " saul Is probably the finest poem browning
ever wrote and IL has the note OF immortality. Know
II any modern poem more glorious for substance ana
form both here they inerponetrate; they arc one as
soul and body character and deed lofty aim and heroic
cOuntenance The glory of the lit of it, the long Dowy
roll of the sound entirely corresponds TO the snendor OF
clear Imagination that burns in upon the soul lIhc Con-
temporary review.