New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-11
MAGAZINE NOTES.

~ oil tho nacazinc articles of the month INC "o>'
insmrine and suggestive is und ouo'euy MI "O'
hnrv,s reproduction in "Thc Ce itury' Of Emerson
talks with college boy. The Sc neno,d"u' o"''
Iaor bi,ts to vo1ng writer's: t iey breathe glorious
cor,roon eense and perfect taste IL Won" DC "@u
In find better instruction in the y ri oi "'''"- '
only those who follow the wise IN an Va''"SS WIZ
admitted 70 tho ranks of authors, ne magazines N"u
90 hare. To see clearly and 10 say ucioN u"' Is
tre outcome of Emcrsons prccept> TINS Is what not
ono ,rriter in five hundred can DO, AND not one III
0ye nil,ion can add TO the clcaine and hcdrF mat
Electric force which srs the reader mHseH 10 creative
effort Emerson has it; and 'greatcT than he
Shakespeare
.wben Won have something new to sss-' s>'d Emer-
CON to his vonng friend. say it! ont with IL DohO
lead up to it: Doat try t. let your nearer Uo"' ,
So That is 10 be commonplace. Say 1t with all me
co and force voT can and stop" And especially,
q makers Of the many books. wait until YOU have the
something new" to say
The spanard Perez Gados. is conG his best to
oesort the importance Of fiction as criticism Of HE.
Mr. W. H. bishop, in his interesting paper IN 9ciIo-
ner concerning Spanish writer's. no les report la'
6ados had himself elected 20 the CprtcS IN oruer 10
Study legislative manners for his purposes Is novelist
In describing Palacio Valdes Nj. shop quotes the
conviction Of Valdes that everything is plot, that
all of life is equally interestus'-a CONVECTION Which
is fat and Improbable, if not stale no. 0''or
vades all Of life is not equally interesting some ol
il is as dan as stagnant pool ana n01 10 DC f""cu
in fiction, at least.
"The Point of View which Is to "scroner'
What n. " Contributors Club is to "Thc AtlNuc'-
a series of fresh. bright little es'a\T-i' q
dr,iroble addition 10 the new magazine
And the latest number should not retreat INTO tAF
hound volume without word OF thanks Oe,'o"eu oF
tbc reader upon Mr. \. L. Frost. His "1imd MI
shivers. is little comedy which deserves It pace J"
a new series of stuff and Nonsense
How tiresomc and illogical is the lac Jefferson
Dovis,s " Doctrine of state Rights as Let forth IN
The North American Review" How hacknryed IL
al e with lis old phrases inhaming the Northern
mind, double dyed crime gray HAIRED ~iies'
ord tho lkcl The records of Congress are iuIi OF
the same selfish sophstry and pompo'LS "co4ueh'e|'
let us he thankful that the south has Wahened 10
. morc vigorous life and one not founded on phrases
Don't read the February outing unless YOU know
Won can go a-fshing for taII"n some day the
norr,its of the benny big fish are a. enucmS a. l.
tbo description of divers battles with him.
That optimistic gentleman who has been looking
backward TO such an extent that he has been able to
eee nothing correctly-uot even the size of his own
tad-6nds a critic in d" The Atlantic who is both cool
and kindly General Walker takes human nature into
account-whch Mr.. Bcllamy does noi-and indicates
some objections to the Eelamy scheme which the
author may not find it particularly easy to answer
urt then the Nationalist 90 not care TO answer
grrront. il is enough to say win a snih Hide
hound conservausm.@ Quite as effective i'm the same
direction as General Walkers paper Is Dr Holmes
playfll description Of the land o. the Na'uIh'h>
uberein al men are born fiee-htN, that U.s.
70 obey the rules down for the Peeulto" "l thtI
conduct pursuits. and opinions. nee 10 'c married
N the per.on selected for them BY the physiological
section of the Government. and free 10 dc al SN'
proper period of life may bc~t SUIT the convenience
and general welfare Of the community ln'oNi' L'h
d suicide are the cl!cf recrcations OF the saturn
ians-vavs Of escaping from a life which GUS ana
dries everything for its miserable subjects defeats All
the natural instincts confounds all mdviduh char
actcri.tics and makes existence such colossal bore
as your worldly people say. that selde-iu'u'n b'
comes luxury"
three hnndredth thousand copy. and "Nationali,t~
clubs multiply. wonders how much
effect all this enthusiasm ha, on the
characters and dealings Of the enthusiast
whether it finds expression in something Of tie help
funes and unselfShness seen almost nineteen hundred
wears ago in an Ideal pobler than any in d" Looking
Backward
Dshakespeariana4 has taken on o new form. Il ha-
gone back 10 the original SIC Of Volume and has
become handsome illustrated quarterly MAGAZINE.
Its text remains what it has always bcen--choafly
bat never dun, animated but never hplrnt The
shakespeare society Of New York VIII st conduct 1t.
The current number contains portrait Of the ate
Mr. HalliwellPhiIpps, and some charming rminis-
ccnces of that eminent shakespearian scholar.
Two papers in the February "IIarper' are I'M
commonly interesting the " Talks with Edison and
Nights and Days with De Quincy Here is Ed
sons conception Of matter and his belief concerning
its origin. as quoted by Mr.. Latlrop:
do not believe he said, ." that matter is inert.
acted upon bv an outside force 10 II that
every Atom possessed by certain amount ~ prnI-
which atoms OF hydrogen combine with those 81 other
element, forming the diverse substances. DO
you mean 10 say that they DO this without in'cll.-
gence2 Atom, I'm harmonious and uScIul relation as
sumo beautiful Interesting shape, and cooro or
give forth a pleasant perfume, As II expressing their
Satisfaction in -caue.s. death dcCompO-itI %, or
filth the disagreement of the component atom ila
medatcy make Itself felt by bad odor~ Gathered
together in certain forms, the atom constitute animals
OF the lower orders. finally they combine ia uan.
who represents the total utesc Of all the atoms
But where does TINS intelligence come IRON
originally ~ | asked.
From some power greater than ourselves
Do yOu believe then, I'm an intelligent Creator,
personal God IT,
such "A God can 10 NY mind, almost De proved from
chemistry"
surely il is n Circumstance calculated - excite re
Section and 10 good deal OF satisfaction tat
this keen and penetrating mind 80 vigorously rep
The mind Of A renal kablc exponent Of applied science
and of brilliant and prolific inventor VINO has spent
his life in dealing with the material ptri Of TIE world
should confidently arrive at belief IN COO through
a study of those media that often obscure the per
ception Of spiritual thing.