New-York tribune., 1886-07-18
JOHN MORLEY.
NJ THE REVOLUTION.

cxc,lence that even a collector VINO uu Nv nU
cn,e ior John Morley mleht be ehip'eo 49, "
1t for the sake OF Its peauty-mH rs, " ,pou' ihe
thee ,olume, of essays, principally noh i o
Fottuightly Review, and TWO Oh nSt uion" or
NOW belore us. They include some ol liie hos'
acute and brilliant essay wtl'lhg WIN VIZ ' . ot
tipciIished the recent peIl0duoal h.tui.tion
Tnoiaud. II we were asked ior an ihus.lauo,
oi me most elective cllucism Oh Vic Pitry
time in that country where crciuve inuu's ~, 'h..
seems TO have given way Tor mhiT ~ an
discussion and classification OF uie WIZ tn iohn
ealhcI cenciat',E, we should polt IL hos,
Morley A. lmssibly not the aoles. noI ~. Wv +,nIv
eouipned but upon the whole the snos' ~ th
REPRESENTATIVE oI class OF writer's ~ " W." Gtteen
higher English reviews OF 'ne i.1'r ,'o,r snr-
yeaIs owe a strength and vlyac'y hHb.s h:s,,cte,
passed in journalism, as wen io;r 10 nredecessors
cnite distinct from that OF tielI PiI PI,i titorary
Nr Nolcv has lar less of the puiSy d'',i;n'.
sri,it than Matthew Arnold ana III tmI hn SIRE
aiion ol a lich and vailed sch%oi"i % ,ih'nre vit
taste a poetic.l Intuition alnnuu,nrIishcd anu man of
and hload outlook OF aIl accom- lit nth our
a. a. Ill he !, not TO be c,cnpiucu WIZ. VSl ob
own Iowtn lie is an eHeeliI,n. W P"nd mon
Now c,iti,ism which considers ooohS ""a d Nm ~
not primarily for wt" tbeir '"rA ,cAlations G to move
, n''' = and schools of contemporary UhouSn'
n,J tho Immediate problems oil sone'i, pin.
"sonby .',," and religion. Historical ana iIeI",s 1T rc
srbiccts interest writer ol .llis .b onestions
.snr3y;on 10 their pertinency 10 thc quoS'lunn
~ IL day that aVaIlableness 1oi ntWHPaPSIi
ol Wv which French Journalist woulu
drau oct,,oIitS This method OF criuchsn sus
o'.ts a broad outlook and "a phnoSoph'dl .od lh.D,
81 g.ucu,lizing bat i'll point OF tact IL Is auoP'1u ~
~ ','','r n,,ettioners who posses neither ol
tIo.e Valuable qualifications 10 s'ouI q
sI,biect only in its bearings upon tle HILL an
;deas and the progress OF the hundh i,ad i"I,
,tt"n to treat il with narrow ana prcJuiieo"
,n;nd in itcratuIe to overlook the ehuuiins
p.,'tv Of art and nobility OF thought whlcn l1
Ken the works OF genius fresh through al
changes of circumstance, ANA III ihstol. =" n' =
lect the influence OF Pei;ona son" ons cau>es
Man ihrn appears no longer as an htcihseh'
fo,cc hut as the helpless victim OF some NJ ~
nyn'abc external law of social evolution, we
lose half tie lie Lessons iannc On oS'f too for @ abroad
Nr Mo- lev is not free from the tendency 10 ~
orLitrary violence in the effort to square hS III,
indrments of individual men ana actions ,. Ds
proc'r cived theories OF tne iocluded in
these volumes have a special pertlhcnce " :.
certain set of problems. Their general snDeci,
i tLc movement of revolt, intellrctu.l poulch
and religious wP9n h,';er,c we can Turro NJ" Vauvcn-
o'guos Coudorcct, are studies OF the gi6l'
u,heaval in France; q chapter OH Josopn ; Dv
Mai tire and the Catholic Rcacnon IS lc'ieM rev
OF > sequel Byron. Callyle ana EGc'n"n "rv
manifestation and Macaulay Is taken as ali
EXAMPLE of the disastrous consequences Oh iSho' :
ing the Revolutionary spirit. II we 'ninN
says Mr.. Morley, what chansea h d,l9e,ent I,i
copception now presideS over history, no" ni'tn!
problems on which Macaulay was silent arr
now the familiar puzzles OF even supcI!lcl !l'
readers we cannot help iTrhg nt 'o at g rra5 Is th'
Lr,o of a past which is already remote ANA ina
lc did little to make men better h'ted TO I"G' t
n present of which, close as il was TO- hlm ne n'
seen, haIdl, to have dleamed ms cln,I.l
scntcncc piyes the key in which the wh0l'
rs.av is composed. The papers on MacduG,,'
and Emerson, however: afford many a'iin'lmall m
Illustrations Of the felicity III purely nteiaL,
discussion which is Mr.. MOlleys Whenever III
choo~es 10 employ it, The Emerson cS.,'
onens with beautiful little narrative of tn
American philosophers life simple, syInp'
thetic, ,jgdicior~ nodgi |l HiN'' h ond md" th
staten mt OF Mr. Emclsons pllnnIlcS ah'
methods. although not exhaustive, l. Pied~
and clear The comparison between tneIsol
end CARLYLE is 2 fine example OF NlSoiou
thought and choice expression:
Iowi. humor. psthos penetration. poetic sranden
md iervid sublimty OF inaslnaloh JARVIS is i IT,
,urerior In that hich and TRANSPARENT san ty which
poI further removed from midsummer madhrsS tHan
from a ttrIcue and grove ing med ocrity ms 7unS
things kept Ener-on in ne win me m iniil III
moral problems OF modern societies Carlyle ohoso I
rmr-pnts 90, things against all the 'orcts aud elem'n nj
that are pusslng modern socetIe, ior" ara @ @DeEaniu
~ ms S"S is,iprtS he came TO dream that only leadn
instinct worth ttinSi9s ae"u9 ..n,b ' Emerson was ft
bassng the health Of modern s ah n gu y
Ielisi upon namely. he honest manly simple ip, a. ~
emancipatrd character OF the citizen I'm, "a EdVes 10 ~
doctrine hold and prize on INC WORK q Ie ,a,, on
MAKES hin our helper. Caryles peIverse reacii1n IA
nm for drccon In spite his resplendent genius.
had no direction TO give. and was ONLY ane III Nse M
turbd torrents OF words 10 hide shallow ana oeSoie
lesson.
The same essay spalkles with the epigian
matte turns to which Mr.. Molley's style owe
much of its brillinncy. hen people PEG n1.r; 81
that Emerson, style must be good ana ii'Eni
able" he remarks, because 1t lit his thOuS1
tL,.y forget that though it is well that loi
sLonld fit. there is still something to be s'l
about its cut and fashion. vi Emerson .
copied the tones of the oracle without FIR
making sure OF thc inspiration. They foTg
that platitude is not TUNED into pr0iundl
by being dressed up as conundIun III
j. n telling st Oke ii Is a pity that the auth
isnpairS the eff ect by pIolonging the idea thIout
n number of phrases which aIe not so goo
Speaking of CaIlyles summons to us " to tn
the lamp OF endcavor at the SHINE OF nero
chiefs of mankind" he SAYS: q" In That hOu
there are many mansions. the boist stoi0uH sane
u;,ry of vaglbond poythei M The e>sS
on Byron abomds with epigIammatic phias
and pointed comparisons which convey
sound and striking critical opinion. 10
much fine color and freshness of feeling the
j. in Rene what a sense of all and space
sPaul and Virginia. and what must they ta
been to a generation that has Just emerge
frcm the close parlorS Of RichordSonf"
those last words we have a perfect characcte
imtion of whole school Of sentiments,list
Here are few sentences which very he
a. well as true:
There are some writer's whose words but half EXPIRE
the indennable thoughts that inspired them, and
whom we have TO surrender whole minds with
peculiar loyalty and fulness ind pendent OF the ett
and printed phrase II we would nguey the froz
speech and recover some portion of It's pnn imprson
essence. This IL sel dom q necessity with Byron
tell us all that he means To say ana 90 POI mere
hint or suggest. The matter with which ne deals
gigantic and paints with violent coIOrs ana sweepI
pencil 49,, I'll, ,., -
Yet he is free from that defamation with which sol
Of the French poets OF the age and representing
OF tho same movement. blow out tneH cheeh