New-York tribune., 1884-02-17
BITS or CRITICISM.

F~crrsu PRAISE OF THE BREADWGNNERs.-
iain enough the Breadwiuners" Ia n0t the work Of a
Sf oa m Of he recognized American uovelss There
can indeed be httle DOUBT ta there i hr" Anet-
can novelist that he has made his appearance IN ter
re with one OF 5he 7r0Hit RG s ihe of
lhe last ten years l. 10 70 "a ~ -, s
of hunor; it sparkles with eplgiam; u Is Drihi WIN
wit; but it has what " Democracy haI not" mas I
,o6cracy had at least what they da EO theeVeal
1T hes both feeling and imagination Ihe characters Of
ibe Brrad winuers rounded those ut Democracy
arc min and Hat stick pin into the best character IN
"Democracy the senator-and you Cdh see ualighI
ti,r,urb him Stick pin into MI Temple or Maud
Natc6in o. "rhe Breadw nners, and they 0~ed in',
indeed is he prime merit OF the b,ea9"lnnels me inc
aesb ana blood; they are at once true ana new anu tLe
ARE enphatcaly and aggressiyeIy AhcIiol M Andy
inc ms see facts and phasoa OF Anerc ne "nlG no oie
has put into book 6ei9rI & cc,f cponb The Basement
is too big for the roo5 tr,s l2r one ndi F o,io tIo
promise '' Aifbourh the anony nous author s beyond
~ ostnn Vliter experience, ne Is obviously enough
an s novelist Bnt after making all deductions.
a nov % % o." ~ ,ubstantial balance IN his favor The
iu,er- is einphatcaly book 10 De read IL is
bFrnN ,r, hut its brutal force has flavor OF the
very o1rism o, Ouda aud her fellows Il is rather
he rene tGn OF highly cultivated gentleman IaunildI
I m , and courts aud tired or the prettines-as and
WI W,is Of = ost modern hcton "fhe Breadwiuncrs'
Z 1ter,siiug earnest IL Is sincere II Is Ia many
tysvss ycrv remarkable book hue Ia is perlorndnce
"ri Iner stil IN It's PROMISE The saturday Review.
F,,rpsov AND HIS MOONLn WORLD.-None,
we think will deny 10 Emerson singular power oi sen
t,ntioIs speech and "a singular purify aud kcenness of
tcl insight, To mind, Emerson was tatLtt d Rt-
cen ornre some OF whose sayings ling Tor ever IN the
mind while others only jingle there. tinn either poet
an nl lilo.,pher There too mucn strain IN nm Tor
other lie ro,o too much tipoe Ior me poet ana was
too broken in his nsghts Tor p Osophers steady con
tnlity Of thought In'cIsuh hNc" ,i ~, - pta,;
a. dsptd 10 tame the fierce passions and apptd,e tue
aToniliug rcmor-e of human nature. lie was " No'e 10
& I,r. i1teoct and the more fasidiOu7 conscience oil
n., not power OF salvation Tor thrf Wle,'n. -
Knt his tromic wisdom VIII i've long anI rtuY' y t
Generations with It's clear, hign tAIllb AJlo 4'0 ~
dOu spectator.
Az AMERICAN WRITER OF AMEIlcAN ~, NV ~,
l,,tinu mas become TO u large tAtc4t S'ut-' ~,
t'i,,le M s,tp.rtlutes for men OF an P"l, 80 t,,
cl.'r.,r,uu who would once nave oeclIc'l nl' -
80, '.e.ental pouts OF doctrine IA thtOlu1' 3'
& .ri,,rs nave ean tIied fJr heftey ia uiou
s,i N,u"dU now experiments upon Io l"Pi' '..'in 'H
ttt 49,, roaitnr OF ncou for his DOlH 80 ~ ~ Mtu
WIN 'i M thou. .ht and the pubic Is NtiIhih'u ~
nd tbeorsl. and the andtcuilsA cAOtSuI VA, MI
-Netber the taste OF the puohc mas V1ouiaseu s
fhs unfortunate degeneration mas uthaucnet
va .,,ii, tn.e we cannot say nut CERTAIN II IL 'l"l
,rifinu uas come down Ia lower leNel than II mas
No. ,.',h" hefore since Americans began 10 write v
M ~ il either per, orsiOu Of the genuine once ui nc
- "a an xpresson OF literary art OF else, WIN rev eA,
crtinns A rests ON "a commercial basis whereby aleSeu
writer's are led not tO strive for the highest luea5 %
tuSv The hest taste but rather that which huhoIos'
and lhe most geaeIal-TAs Boston Post.