New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-11-02
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
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SENATOR MoRRILL'S BOOK.
CONSCIOUSNESS OF NOTED PEK ssSs sy yor
piled Leisure . MSars ~ I s ." =
W., a;s,;r r,,ishcd statesman who gives us Ill
mis- valume such an interesting pVo"'. vi "'
.n.ye bou,s displays literary TASTE al" "i' "
,,,.;ptonce with books which we 90 NOV oi'0"
associate with political pursuits, a'housn "a
,,a,ter of fact more of our pubic men oehsh' IN
studious cnjoyments than the world maSin's' W.
have here q collection of anecdotes lius'ia."S VIC"
nro,;tv which the compiler Justly calls SCH
s,sn;ousness rather than vanity. Genius is prob
.b,v ALWAYS aware of itself Great 'aeh's "e
orx. casi,v hidden from their possessor, since ues
s,,t in supcrior workmanship, of which the
,o,,,man may not be a souni Judge rather IMAM
original creative force whose stamp Is uh"h'~
ahe But in either case sclf-consciousnesS. III ,''
morn identified manifestations. is TOO ha''' !" NC
offensive II is only the frank avowai oi ",'N
must be perfectly well known. Two NhiarN''N
Instances are mentioned of the lack Oh any up
oarcnt tendency to self-applause: these arc Sn" Z
s,care and Daniel Webster. But we haze no rco-
"a 81 Shohospeorc's PERSONAL demcanor or con
versaton, and careless as he was oil MS pays IN
can hardly have been ignorant of what was III
s,,cp, As for Webster he never eNhlolten All
offensive vanity: no public man in America can
afyors 10 do that but lie certainly was ho' ui.
dent of his own powers. The examples Oh .,V
.,,or sort of elf-iudlmcnt which we call VANITY
arc abun liant and amusing, some Oh 'nei" E'
tcsoue as in Victor Hugo and LORD bioushdii Sum
aisc,,stnr. as in Napoleon, ami some mercy i"usiE
able and vcnlal, as IN Uoiosnhui' ""o~0 '
foibles are attractive
c,x,rs NJ srrSsUINF AND SHADOW BY MATURN
Al R.IIou l2no pp W.. 3Ol. TleKnor " %
IL is not easy TO define Mr. Ballous DOCK hc
oas male a random collection OF ahecio'es "p'"
an sorts Of famous people. writers. artists Actors
nhilosophcls kings and couIteis sometimes Illus
,,,,in, familiar propositions, but following 10
line of thought very long, shyin; at casual IT.
marks and dartiny off in new direction, ana ny
No means confning himself 10 men oil genius e>ch
II we accelt the broadcast meaning OF thaV eEsuo
term. But he is not Of his own meaning Oh
,rnus and on ragc 81 he seems to embrace Inc
he,csv that il is nothing but the ca acly lo'
,ari work lie is q little careless IN his slories
lilo makes the astounding statement tllat Mo|a'
.hocame Hind before he was forty years OF age
but continued TO compose. The duct anu '"o, ~
An .hIdas Maccabars AM some Others ca lie
finest efforts were produced after ms tJ'al oepllN"
.;on of sirht Mr. Ballou meant Han TEL ho'
A,ozart and we might attribute the bunder IL
a slim Of the pen were ii not that 1T occurs III
LONG paraorarh OF which Mozart is tic sole SUD
,ec, Another surprising statement Is tlat VI
,,ot Of Ilvpn's "Giaour" was almost literally III
,&s nal experience Mr. Balou does not really
ueun this, as he shows in later senich e II
spite of all defects however, the BOOK Is aihusihS
md win serve admirably to besulle odd mohith'S