New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-04-22
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
COME MAY MAGAZINES

foct in the way of magazine engraving can DC
achieved. Mr.. Howard Pyle's dellcately-poe,'c"
drawings and the exquisite sketches win WnI.h
NJ Gibson and Mr. Dielman have illustrated MI
Roes story. are especially engaging. they seem TO
show a race for accuracy and grace between 'n'
artist and the engraver.
The charm of Mr.. Roes stOry-which Is as lhuon "
journal of Mother Nature as novel-grOWs WIN
every number. 1t is the best Work "hon ',i0
author has ever given us. The wholeSoin' Na.
ness the purity and implicitly OF these pages must
Stir even the most stock hardened cit TO memories
of his rustic boyhood; and the iariicI inu'' e''
from them a noblcr view of his laoors
d. Busch's sketch of Kaiser Wilhelm accom-,
.,,;a1 ~, on admirable portrait one OF the most
attractive papers in Harper. Ii presents 'ho I'm
,oror "a soldier and statesman he shows say
Dr Rpscb "a penetrating knowledge ana an III,
d.nendent Judgment only in MILITARY ana P'i''
matters
Ar r,,ion Uavthorucs article in Inc century OF
a-rhe Salem of Hawthorne " Is refined ana o''Cliu-
mating in high degree. lie has uea'eu IiS
.,'a,oria, With excellent taste and Judgment lie
,ccords anew the fact that Hawthorne never IN
orted into his stories true literal portraits ''er VI
ho,.es or ncrsons. He frequently alluded saws
his son with certain arch hitting Vi 'no ~
oyebrov that was characteristic OF nm Whc"
and correspondcnts 10 believe that Henooia' loI 'N
o,,,la was suggested by Margaret Fuller; that lie
himself was Miles Coverdale; that the Pynchoh
Uouse existed in wood and plaster; OF tha' Jug
Pvncbcn was an enemy whom he had piloI'e"
und,r that fictitious name. There IS not a si'"o,o
of trutb I'm any one of these surnises Dut I''' y
so,no,bino which people devoid Of Imagination can
never he persuaded 10 credit or c2nipfen'n"' '''
uowthorne's paper is beautifully lIlnSu"'7u'
NJ 1o,,os,s story of "Ladv BarbeIna opens
neatly mon the usual Americans ABROAD N"o' ~
spite of living most of the time Ih tAe pun" e an
CO. liner civilization than ours, have-to borrow
oaa &c vr James's avoritc words-a a. subtle air
of vnlparity about them. Indeed II may be Sad OF
MIST of Mr. Jamess travelling Americans that the
last refined and sophisticated OF them are the least
-,,l,,r The story breaks of IN n tantaHIihR
fashion with the proposal of marriage addressed
L., the yo;lrg American doctpr-WoTth many
u,uions-to the fair. calm, British Barberlna
The most valuable and widely interesting paper
4, IA, C,gtyy is Mr.. Thomas lidgheS' I'AueS-
Tpioni,m in England" Mr. Hughes declares tAa'
what Is wanted is that the prejudice AGAINST man
nal labor which has undoubtedly grown oI i"'o
among artisans should be rooted ont ana '"' Pi''
in fine work encouraged; and that "not only
.,o,,nri,g, hut wasting time that is paid for
hopII be marked as diSgTceial By the pHhIc
o,,nion Of the hlndcraft,men OF England lh'
o,,licahlc 70 other countries than England
I, i q pity that Mr.. Austin Dob>on should con-
a.,a,1 IN t,ot-ho!lers sucn as j. his poem IN "'
C,ytru lie has talent Tor verse that ought not
IN he 50 wasted in trte thought and Affected Yersl-
hcatlon.
The procrcss Of "Dl. SEWER" seems to show that
Mr. Gable has not lately been IN the Fight mlnd ior
telling a serial story. 1t in many respects dsap-
poiuting bu: is authors many admirers are hoping
Tint n, somewhat vague wandering may be re-
deemed by a dramatic concius'on'
Mr. Va,y,ett's story in The Manhattan has q great
deal of polnt and vgor. He has drawn with IN
usual force the character OF WeaH, cola anu SELL
absorbed old woman of fash on in contrast win
that of a woman unconventional but Wholly nome
and unselGsh II nature and decd
The Manhattan offers pleasant variety in its
p,pers; it, illustrations are not 50 GOOD TINS moulin
as we had hoped o see them.
"Traian " the new serial. opens p!"tWes4nelJ and
promises 10 have sopc strong points.
The airy fairy little poem of MaItchal Mel
which Mr. Aldrich contributes 20 / h. it'dnhc Is the
host bit Of verse which the May periodicals have to
oncr Mr. Adrch has written better poetry
,lcr a very gallant grace about the woetnl lover
plea:
Icrvyou help. O flower Of knights
pom nv bonded knee sue it.;
If amy man can scale those heights,
You Marshal, you're the man can ii" u
To plant above that heart of steel
In front of which bend dc>ptNns
Your golden cnSigu-Mar>hu NtgL
II were venture Whrth NodI daring
m, .fti,ntc is becoming more and more q r"vle"
~ cu,rert literature Besides tie ~hor. notices o
q Books of the Mouth" there are IN tie new number
NO fewer than five critical reviwes-siX indeed. d
We may count Miss PTe-ton'- paper on M"tthe"
Arnold a. poet. All these are carefully WH'tc-
and they are not unintere>tln2; bat u is oten T.
onestion whether more original and less cHica
matter might not give a more vigorous zone % 'H'
wcll-beloved magazine.
Nh r. g. Whites paper on the anatomzing q"
Sbakespeare is lively reading for actual and pros
ne,tive commentators we shall sec hereafter
he saws I'm conclusion, that this accepted teachc
Of the world this beloved master OF its heart, wa
of all writer's of high distinction tie most lack d
In pnrpose of any kind. the most Indifferent to tIutl
and 10 night tie most needless both IN plan and II
the use of language the most careless Of consistency
jn IN, own designs the most agrant vlol9toI OF the
miles which he himself laid down, the most dlerc
eardful of dcccncy,-a writer "ho' having the hn'''
moral perception that has vet been manifest II
words. and being capable of intellectual life IN the
highest moral atmosphere, could do his daily WORK
n II lie like his own Iago. lacked the moral sense
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