New-York tribune., 1885-09-17
IITERARY NOTES.

nm. F.. r,r,,sb Illustrated Magazine for September
s,,e.a,Iv notable for its engrayings many OF 'neh
-, beautiful If not faultless specimens Oh . at
A. por,ard Fl. Beckors paper on Chlna-ni'hi's :"
clever and interesting
c.nsra, Grants description of the batto OF 'n"','
,ooea viii be published in the November 0en'us'
an rolstoi's exposition Of the Christian lle IN
,.,on - Ne social duties viii soon 6e puoiiSneu IL
To,don Its title is " What beheVe.
u-Eu parwins biography of bis father Charies
- ,,,,, he published during the winter
.,..,v lang In clever and sarcastic " Letter 10
Edgar Allan Poe" thus addresses inc slaD " a.
&c. allow unhappy the neeessiues' no" u0
",, Az. ,,air that compelled seduced man Oh
,oinarce into the dusty and stony ways oil oon-
orx, critiesmi About the writers OF MS on"
a,,aro,on n leader of that generation shouu nou D
.a.o Ee should neither praise nor blame nor uoiu"
a.. ao,als. he should not strike one piow az Wv w
,,avnc snnemerae of letters The breath OF tneii '
u e. Tho columns of Literary Gossip ana 'ney
bopd he allowed to perish with the weekly 'o'o''l9
,,snts ON which they pasture. Reviewing, oi oo"9e'
! -. must needs be; but great minds shouiu oni9
,;.e the great who have passed beyond the reaeh oi
,osv or fault finding. Unhappily, taste anu c'i0un-
stances combined TO make you q censor; ~" ''Ae
continent and you still unforgven IL was no' u'
d;vidual vanity alone but the whole hterai! o'' D'
xou assailed AS literary people, yOh "Io''' w
are one vast perambulating humbug' A'er .n'''
Sas,sraton Of war you died. and left your reputation
~ . ,rit,es vet writhing beneath your scorn lhey
- ,;,b,ns and writing STILL For us 1t IS enough 10
that you were compelled to live by your pen, ana
-. 4; an ACE when the author OF 10 Helen anu
r,,o cst of Amontillado was paid at the rate Oh
souor column. When such poverty was the lla'e VI
sucb pride as yours, misery more deep 'Iah n"'
e,rns M arony longer than Chattertons were nhe'i
tahle and assured Had you lived generauoh '"''i'
honor wealth, applause, success IN huioPo ""0
hooo ,vould ALI have been yours Within thuty years
-. = hapoa has passed over the profession o.
:; America and It is impossible to estimate the
( -rds which Uonld have fallen to Edgar roe, hau
Z chance made him the contemporary OF MaIA IVAN
and of Called Back 1t may be that your cr''oi''i'
beued to bring IN the era, and to rlt le'tcrs ~
Of the reach OF quite unlettered scriDe'erS.
-. scholar at least YOU had respect for scholarship
You might still marvel over sueh woruS "' OoJTO
topal in the new biography Of yourself, and mgh'
- ,ho, ia meant by such sentence as his counec-
.on with II had Injured to his own benefit by the fe
osent nuifs of himself' and so forth"
:. your ingenuity" adds Mr.. Lang, your occasional
luxuriance of fancy and wealth OF JeweiiAo rus
not perhaps gifts which Mr.. Hawthorne had at MS
momm.ud He was great writer-the greatest writer
4; r,ose fiction whom America has produced. butFou
and he have not much in common, except certain
,oo,,uary turn of mind and taste for gloomy ahe-
yo,;es about the vorkr gs of conscience forDeM 10
anticipate your verdict about the latest essays OF e
icon fiction. These by means follow In the INES
which Won laid down about breyity and the steady
vo,kne 10 one single effect Probably you would not
he very tolerant tolerance was not Sour leading
x,rtus, Of MIR. Roe, now your eountrymens iaVorite
novelist He is long, he didactie he is eminenflY
pn,psnired In the works OF one who Is, what you
were called yourself, Bostcnian, you would ADMIRE
at least the acute observation, the subety, ana inc
untailpg distinction But destitute of humor as you
unbappily but undeniably were, you would miss,
fear the charm of Daisy Miller" Iou would adhit
fbe unity of eject secured in E" Washington square
though that effect is remote as possible nom lne
terror of I" Tie House of Usher" or the YmdicuVe
tyiumph of The Cask of Amontillado.' Farewell
farewell thou sombre and solitary spirit genius
tethered to the hack-work of the press, gentleman
among canaiIle poet among poetasters, schoiar ;
haste without scholars training embittered by bis
sensitiye scorn and al unsupported by his eonsoia