New-York tribune., 1886-08-13
LITERARY NOTES.

LITERARY NOTES.
The Great West represented by It's newspapers, u
much interested in the question OF Novels many
Sunday editorial Ia devoted to that weary aud banning
subject. The st. Lo,us Republican, lately discussing
the morbid novel, adv noes the opinion that
ROmola" is powerful, but not heaithy book anu
declares that there Is too much OF tho scare IN IL
Let us retuIn," this wri'er, "to the ola scnoo
10 the fiction, pure and undened, winch scout DoAo"
and Thackeray represent
Now and the Eastern editor takes hand III the
the Novcand bv the Novel; Ia these day
most people mean Literature. 1--WE have. says me
Springfield (MassJ Union, "no American HieralaIo
rightly so-caled at the present time Nothing ou TO-
porting greater less degrees OF excellence ihs
disparage reporting Dy any meaus Tor report
Ing great att almost ine art, at s best But IL ~
not The only art nor Is it Identc wth the art or t'r"
turc la literature the observation of the reporter s
blended with tho experience Of u lie that mas Ah'N"
spiritual struggle aud has become attunel TO SSmp'.
thctc harmony with all other life, IN nature anh III MAJ"
The reason why We nave ~ literature i ''' III" r"
WY there little spiritual vitality IN current religion
and philanthropy. Everybody Is a1sorDnEy ih'efes''
Just extcruals OF life which are the material Oh
the reporter. oar occupations, onr sbhs' anl c'hhgN
tue happenings OF the day. are what interest u How
many OF even the earnest men AMI omen IN th'
most cultivate ei community. think much or care much
about the growth and culture OF that immortal nature
that IA not seen OF men
Mr. whittier contributes The Boston transcript this
little poem The late Mr. Tildcn:
Once more O all.aiius'ing Death!
The na ions Pantheon opens WAC;
once more common sorrow lth
stronl, 50 man has Gird
Faults doubtless had he. Had we not
our own, {" qucs ION ana aSprfsc
The worth doubted or forgot
Jnul we stood beside his hcars'f
Anbious. ious yet the man
/" Sirikr down itat' VIZ" ic'"'"'c "'u1'
y patriot If "A partisan,
lie loved his native lana.
solet the mourning bells he ruur.
Inc banner dioop d. i. iod' ,i ,l'.'.,, na'i-w'y'
Their nitng tribute pay.
Then let IL, vow above MS bier
To set ,ur feet ON parry lir'
Ana wouud n more living ear
Win words that II ath denies.
" Eibliotheca namiltoniaua" li-t Of books wrntcn
ly or relating 10 Nlexandcr Hamilton, has been pre-
pared by Mr. Paul L. Ford and VIII b" pubshodhy O.
Putnam's sons ir edition uniform with Mr. ilrnry
Cabot Iodgc'- handsome clifton of the wJras ot IamI
ton The volume will he large octave, printed on one
side only, and III har morocco. Ony 500 copies
Will he prntel.
Mr. l. II. Low, librarian q; the American Nunismatic
and Archaeological society na- written and pa 'isncd
paper the coinage of lae Mexican General Jose Mana
Morcos More.o, prominent "a the "alcr - one oi
the many Moaic,u revolutions, aud hs c"dnl' no" nav"
placed him next IIdeo IN the rank OF patriot nera-
leader among the irsur-cnt4 lie wa' c'tur"I at fcl-
malaea November II, 1919. aud SHIT Ia i"ath At san
Cri-tohal Ecateprc. suburb ~ the 'ity "I heNl''
Dccouiber D. In August, l-S', "a You"- American
archaoio st. while ,tius snail tinillu7 near
Tlncocia luaya ia tho state oi Oarnc'. MeNco found
a straw polcn containing 12- copper aud silver coins.
all of the type 10y Nor os These CONS were on",
two and reales CrOm II Goats to - oo eaoh A.
such holrl Morcos's coins haI never before been
,ound discovery decmei o snicen Interest and
Importance TOR paper which tnc society authorized
william Barrow>'s stateinon's Ihe A"doro' hcrior
as O the RAPID decrease OF tJe American Indian, arc
calculated shame the nation H." hc y. our civ
zon has done best. ard tan, 20 syc any Of tc-o
oi tribes in their Sepaaicnc~s, while II apPfopldo-
their lands aud vale. their blood W II ccascs 10 low,
AM spares only eeosrrpIca names a. memorials some
o its praise must he al Itr The cFiliL ilpn whl0h
cannot mako cltlous OF Indians, or the Religion
which make Chr -tinns ont OF tho abori,iur"
iuust hecome modest II. preeE,on-; and. reasoning
from own home aud oxpcr crimcnt. II may Deconp
question how far maze success la tto,- l'nce
among The Inferior foreign lands. II American Chris
tany and American civilization can 30 thrr best only
hy gracing the extinction OF thr E.-t indian,
ana Turk ana Cilne-r and Hawaiian. preparatory To
the rein,cy OF English eikias peo '' over tcr
ancestral domains the theory OF Christian missions
expose itself 10 grave criticism"
COlonc lIgIn.On. does Lot believe Ia the alleged de
cline Of the re ,iins faculty, though conc-do,
art lie Bas0r The fact that rIo active profess
soual men RAJ. President Walker. OF
Harvard said to hin Put down IA tulc that
no eminent lawyer reads book" L.. Walker.
Colonel HigglEsOn adds, "was generally regarded
as mau great worldly shrcwtncs-, and
had been brought Officially ia contact with the leading
lawyers OF his vicinity. with this II would
astonsb literary persons to know how Tar this
proposition holds good OF those who make literature
profession. They read for criticism, for supply Of
materials but they rarely read 10 please themselves
Ournwn countryman Mr.. Lowell, has never, or At
only recently II at all, rett ptgo Of the most
markabe fictitious writer Of the age. Tourgnenrf"
:. n. Thayer discussing In The ChristtaH Unon Mr.
stednaus poetry says that Art alone In poetic
ton the end; IL sufficient II proved
greatness Uhough properly its train divorced from
ethical principle Songs made simply OF airy sweets,
though perfect in the art Of form aud grace. poised
for sheer beautys sake are epomeral without tho
strength OF eDnObng aim Stelman though schOOci
in the feeling. and gifted with mind especially
felcltOns for the absorption ana mastery Of its Attic
stand ards yet possesses these giits no may
them In fine subordinaton o. the modern spirit with
its strenuous environment writes best men, their
and moods: he IL true socialist, In its
nenehccnt meaning; he has tho lynx for situations
for contrasts for customs. and character sketching
there that in him which wins him heartily these
humansms OF lifc."