New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-06-20

admrers.-lThe London Spectator
SOUTHERN CRITICISM OF Mr.. CABLE.-Rec-
oenizing ms ability, have not been able TO see
evidences Of genius except for hard work. in M Cables
something yet produce. He will he fortunate II
he shall beyond ten years He has but appealed to
hases OF southern life which general and that creole
= nocket which is not w. nth the working Pande ring
TO h craving at the North he hos secured the ear of all
who look North for the cue 10 wna Is just precisely the
NAV deiest George Eliot and revere Thackcrav Both
are good and enduring Perhaps wholly III
that to that nice judgment which conemns
who becomes the moutuprce OF others I" speak
IN OF hi- Own home. All honor the who speaks
that should be spoken when tie speaks it boldly
and defantly directly 10 his own bretbren ont not Of
and 10 others. AS u this there Is DO room for
doubt = The Memphis Avalinchc.
TRUE HUMOR-The quality of true humOr
1t NAV said Ike OF mercy is not strained. IL Is
Spontaneous enarsing AID Free blessing him tina gives
and him that taxes clear perception OF pathetic
element too forms integral part OF pure huInor. 1t
far removed from pahOs, and for the most part
plays II, hovers round 1t. In our merrest
moments close to sorrow. Tragedy and
Comedy 90 hand in hand. Together they the
road until they come 10 the last dividing There, one
goes the right and the other to the left Man either
Iumphs over circumstance. circumstance gains the
victory over him True humor' which concerns Itself
with all his relations to his surroundings does
fail to observe Il H. to recognize that
but as ep from tbc sublime 10 the ridiculous 80 the
interval between laughter and tears is no greater.
finilia sound may bridge over the space between
THE London Spectator
He DAD ARI OF MODERN REALISM.
For critics TO comment Us to ports without moral
is more ridiculous than for them to commend lis to
PAINTERS AFFLICTED with color blindness, musicians
without ear. II man Il 10 represent than the
surface of life lac must II truy else
must discriminate light from shadow, spiritual beauty
from doformity, variety OF moral as well as mental
shape aud tone, and tint, all the soul-DOtcs that
trasied and combined make human music the inevitable
consequences that Nature has assigned 10 moral
and Else yOu will have reiterated photographs OF
passions and mean motives whirh, except foil
o higher OF life. and either assisting
develop. at least An agonls'lc 10 the nnbler
Is OF palpahy coTiuptlng ana Gisn
tegratng. only be rrpnlsiye t. sane people, and
painter II he Though skifuly could paint You
Oniy varieties OF leprOsy and skin disease Besides
without clear vision OF what conscience reveals, OF Its
and reaches, OF the dreadful dragon
brood engeDdered 0y sln ana sln cOngeher- II" tgey
picture OF life Is possible. Essays Poetry
and Poets by Roden Noel
An ENGLISH CRITIC ON HENRY JAMEs.-The
love passages between IA SOutherner who hal fought
under Lee ard stone wall Jackson ana n Boston pro
fessUna female orator, who "sprechi1ed lird
Sings" might have made amusing magazine article.
Three volumes OF them would coy the appetite OF "A
Lydia Langnish the hungriost hchuo hOrOram III "a
German University. No person endowed with the
smallest modIcum of uig nent fail to ackn ~eh
and within due limits to admire cordially. Mr. James
talent His power OF analysis II very great his anatOm
iZa0n OF motive sklul as IL 10 wearisOme; his
dissection OF men and women is performed with al IN
sy'npathies Has he any loves 7 or hstreds I or
passions or prejudices ! Why, when have to
The end OF OF his stOres do instncvey make fol
our book shelves and fetch down volume OF Fielding
Harrison Ainsworth. better not TO be had. with
which TO SAVIOR our palate for tue Man OF UI says.
Is there any taste IL the white Of an egg r'lThe
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