New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-08-08
NEW PUBLICATIONS

,xnrps IN NOVA zEMBIA r69e-l691,;
An Arctic Poem. TRANSLATED 1p wv Vas Ts1r Win
mtSpRs and an historical Introduction 9y on ~
RTCHtRp VAN CAMrEN limo PIP hNi"' A~'
putnain's Sons ~. tho, %
". Cao,en who is known as the author Oh
49, historical work on " The Dutch III inc A'c'0
CO. gyes an interesting account IN tue p'V'"''
g. This volume of his long continued enorts 10 p!V
mote the appearance in English OF the poem III ''
one of the favoritc Dutch writers OF our t"o va"
.a,.tr,ted the adventures Of Birents and his com
,anions in the frozen ocean. The Original WIS "'s'
published i'm 1919 and we are assured t'i"'
one In Holland knows 1t by heart '''''
translation has gone through several eu. 'o'' "'D
80 a,onynons English version said 10 lie haroai-
onsly literal appeared ~ Holland n l7o', o"' u"'
be called practically unknown. The author 81 '''
r,oso,t ATTEMPT Is Young man, born IN li"''".'
hut educated i'm the United states. 1t Is mp'sS,"'
,ot Ia resnect the enthusiasm which c"ir'"' ''''
through this respectable labor; anu wv
with which one follows the stiriug n"'
told I'm his lines-a narrative ~ wh''n wv '''''
,o, NJ No,lev found splendid theme" 'n"
lac tbe coincidence of It's appearance JUL v"
dangers OF the Arctic are again tine Reh''" W.
or,lopght Candor coupcls tho critic I" '''' ho"
90, that the charm winch Ii0nndcrs '''h '' "''
- -. -, az I ,lleps docs not glow In th' feV in
tI,.s of Me Van pelt The story, M he pr"@'hl' IT,
"a s,r,,ybtforvard and simple even 10 TIC '''t'''
badness. and we read page after page ol IT. WI" ''
epdinq n poctica IMAGE Twice any, n"".N ~
Che description of the Northern lights anu '"'
panorana Of fantastic forms OF ice wW'h nn''''
before the bnatmen on their return VOYAGE V''
we discern the magic touch of Inauguration ""''
Transforms sober prose- into something il".' "''
more suggestive just how much Oh thls u'"' '''''
IL chatgeabie g. Mr. Van lclt IT IL not i"' ~" "
n. made a mistake No think. In turning wv"
sxlt
het,tc ,bymed cnnplcts The fhymed r"np"l "
VOL suited 10 our language. Young nM''',"''
are ant b. imagine that blank verse ~ ""'''' '''
o. mako blank verse poeticnl and hA'm'n'"' ~
extremely bard, and MI Van lelt has not MA"
tered tie difficulty. Here Ia "A sample "h'h W.
take quite at raudomi
sncu &c unfrrndly lind
They hoped wOIll pvr tncm iei'g''
Ttn'. utter'n e IN loud bursts Of sobbns eriel
in Ha,rn - rave aud cal revive, thell heaIls'
/ suireA the Do vii ne COui x ! ~, ny ""''"'
oar lot Is 1aT mop f return 10 VAN
oio suroly there ia no pootlcal quality here
TEE GREAT COMPOSERS by urzrmm BUTTER
WORTH. 1Gmo. PIP 10. ID. LothIop ~ ""
This book forming one of the series OF " Lltte
biographies" Is intended for the use OF the young
it's to guide their taste. strengthen their tymp'
,li,s and enlarge their education. Mr. Butter
yorth's nurpnsr. are excellent, and he has m"do
compilation which will probably Interest the c'"H'
for whom lao writes aud may encourage the" u
look elsewhere for more oNact information "no
moro iudiciou, commentary We are not oil th"so
who believe. however. that tcmarka which are NOT
true enough for the old may bee true enough Tor the
Young. Very nearly third of tins book Is de'"t'"
10 tune writers who have no business Ia ll'Ra com
many the authors of " Hazel Dell" and Hold the
Eortv standing on the same oninenco with Handel
md Beethoven. Even Mr.. Butterworth, when hr
isuot writing lor the young, Will hardly pretend
that George T. Root and +. T. Bliss aIe among the
"great composers"