New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-01-01
CURRENT MAGAZINES.

Luther Monument at Worms, The engraving Is Oh
n careful, skilled and refined sort. "Flu-J"si-
Ra'tiste" Louisiana sketch, has some good 0e-
.cr;pt,ve color and poetic touches bnt as story IL
ia nolntless wayne and wandering. MI. George lick
nor Curtis presents the Introductory paper Oh
his series on Creation and Evolution. lie announces
that il is his intention To point ont in this series tue
distination between the schools OF Darwin ana
snencer and to show that both systems result IN
otions which put an end 10 the idea OF I'M
mortality and that the weight of evidence is against
both Of them He has passage ON the arrogance VI
scientific authority " which ought 10 be read oy
those followers of the eyolutonlStS VINO regaid IN
contemptbe idiots all who do not hold theH case u
no proved. Mr. II. c. Pedder offers paper on
aWoman in Modern Civilization" wherein ne taxes
n lofty view of woman's place and influence IN TIE
,,or,d .Uuman society" he declares, cannot be
,ermanently maintained without the existence OF
n healthy moral element W;
And as this moral element cannot be maintained
without a proper appreciation oil woman sPheio
and usefulness. it is obvious that we cannot 700
hnrnnUhv realize our responsibilities in this dlrec,
ZION There seems to be IN man deeply Neateu
tendency toward improvement. Rut m,tnU ,o go
nroper appreciation and elevation OF woman no ~"
ciety can he morally sound or healthN pioUIcNSINo
Al first sight, this lesson seems sach an rSad oio
that we may suppose we have ALREADY c'incu az
Hnt LET ms not deceive ourselves. we nave u ~!
Hooked at the question in the spirit OF t'L> ',
aud condor to which it is entitled Ana uuln W
do we cannot pretend to the discharge Oh our u.,!
"a intelligent and responsible beings; 80
.nongb 10 dismiss the subject one whlch mlcltIi's
,,Iv dreamcrs and would-be retormers., but Ing
stern realities of life are not to besNalcu III ,
way with impunty, nor Is the isnd ~
tbougb il Were a small matter OF no praclcal N"lIc
What woman is may truly say, Is iaIg1lS l r
inoTation of mankind really commence, until the
1nost fundamental of the social relations II pl"O'"
under the rule OF eFTa 5Tib ejr strongest sympathy
with an elual in rights and III CULTIVATION I'LL d
not until then, viii AstrIa return |" t iI an"
humanity enter into a realization oil Us Holoeh Ago
There is much interesting matter, scholarly ana
.o+bervvise in he last number of ShakoSPedr1Ht",
IT, MAGAZINE in most particulars shows sklIlul
5i,iro The Contributors Table contains a fantas-
tic cpess al the identity of Holoternes and FRANCIS
- Bacon ,. go, 1,ror,is
pncon Bor0n of Nerulam were the double suns u
bacon, ,ton or Elizabethan age of English inter-
a4I,re and Thought SO far rs the BOOKS KNOW, my
never spoke to, or saw each no. acb ohyons of
editors critics all agree that caCIL Is III ii %
fhc nj her and that between them theI" ~ q I's'
Uncomfortable shadow OF silence NoM, l hidU" o,
tcrTyes sir; and can prove IT. ohlNS 81 ~
heard noted observed, and twIgg'I bacon lmU
Conrtier many time and OFT. lie shoI an aIiU"
of Ignt through and through the h"n9r anu CoIJ
OF lIsa1 mo chancellor; ne lnnned him, SketchGd
ianoitb his nncrring touch and the pedantc; hiEh-
nm MIS ,rordv schoomastcr Ho' Dfemes Is the g-
nll hHeui l"ck and white! | Do not know whether
q ION have eaten books and drank ms, pu' W., w
take it for granted that YOU nave itLa tnC
the speecneTI GInoranda of Lord Bacon--that Is to
saw of Bacon the court ohlcai, the Ia" oilcel' tI'
having and cringing courier. DOCS lioi oi'S i
ISonce lean into your eyes bet vecn the lu!sonlc
3atteriup iolofcmcs aud the lIs"iue' ~ @
Inor Eh what The words OF one are DuI an
b 1nof the phrases of the other. Note the uhclH-
oTn s sentences of Hoofencs-the ideas begot III
tbe yentricle of memory, which are pollrcu "rC um
tllo 'neIIovy occasion" with the "rc0mp hylhS
TAGS IF Priscian little scIatcb 'iI', pCF 80
hyperbocs >" spruce Ter are almost identical
9Th the 0uaint phrases which the Lord EianCe.93l
gravely writes when fattyrns Eueen I,,f 1@s T.
Ed deifyinG her sacred person, Aer appC'iIes' Il
omini9ns her god-like walk, her neck her oIc"''>
and even ner yas one of the players tina, PLAY ed
before Elizabeth on temporary trHmpe!y S StaeC,
at one of the many festivals. SI r3nCil nIIo
was iode ia whom il was meat and drink to be II
~ s,,n III est in the sunshine OF the royal c0uI1
ethnks see HIM Tf In 4S BOW at her gracious
ing anu and when the long loOkedfOr OppOr unity
came Distinguishing himself Py the NEW wo of he nTS
And in the background, partly md ny IN ne siag'
curtain stands Shakespeare an he4Imf' aa-1gGas'
notirg The dresses of the luxurious lords ana IdtN'
cotching the whispered phrases, ana mar5lnS no"
lie presence of some handsome youth led tnI cttS
81 tie virgin Queen; and especially observing ne
VI rnG Recon who with his fluent speech out
battered them all lie saw him Sketched nm ana
ave even his defect immortality by giving II " Iocd
Rabitation and calling 1t HoloielneS
rhore i , pleasant article on "Pepys as a Citi-
on y in The 1ptiguarg The amusements which the
nidIondonrr INDUCED in, the duties he performed
ore woven in description into vivid picture oil
himself and his period.
tn. JsBloqrqpker opens with a paper by W. C.
IIoyIitt which contains a reasonable plea Tor the eA-
tiucton Of such literary works as thclr au'hoIS dIu
not themselves think worthy OF preservation
asensible writer's" says Mr.. Hazlitt, keep back
the not very brilliant doingS OF Their youth IheH
DAVIS of drudgery in book sellers back paIors were
- the men of the last century their prehistoric
era": ,..r -. ..
lamb committed to the press more than all that
be Thought worthy of Preservation; put u would
not have occupied the SIX octave NoiuilcS uICII
comnose in the publishers yernacuIar the library
e4itth"m Of his works" Dickens III our own day,
was surely not very backward IN glvInE puDncaJy
70 every scrap which he Judged deserving OF paper
S rSt vel an editor las been f0unu tOT sundry
~aifs and stIays which II would haze been lar
Linder 10 have fl where they were. This Is run
hiu0 INTO nm unwise and unhealthy extreme. For
we are unable to think OF an author whose Icpu;ta-
ton would be proof against an eNsauA1lNe n
Which has lost the clews put all nameleSs tribes
into new Founding Hospital t"r WI; Or 1t to
tt"rs Interests anG desires better than himself
What would Shelley have thought OF the laJe pro-
GlgGGs ea'I| patS would have tried hard to commit
10 the flames his lOve-letteis II ne nag deemed II
possible that any human cLeaSr n To" OF The six
yoInmes of Lambs works we would che'Ii3iy give
three on the contrary for the letters ot
during so many years TO Lamp ana Ills sl''''' No'
one OF which is known to exist
Lo.o,ean's Magazine contains Mr.. Bret HarteS
latest story--one which has a gentle1 humor and q
ouieter pathos than the author has for some time
ogerad NJ Mrs. Oliphant begins IN this number a
Somewhat improbable novel, and Mr. Anstcy, the
outbor of "VceVerSa," presents a doletu!ly
9 funny" article on the decay of the British ghost
The popularity in England of this young gentle
mans forced and rather vulgar writings Is not q
thing easy to understand.
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