New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-01-07
1.-THE ATLANTIC."
A RICH INDEX.

Monthly" from its establishment in 1857 to the close
of the sixtysccond volume in 1855. ovo PIP. PA.
Boston and New York: lioughton, Mliuln Co.
She never tasted it, cries Mr.. swveller. meaning
purl whereof the MarchiOncsS has just assured him
that she had tasted sip-Once;" she never tasted
It, 1t can't be tasted in sip From purl to in
dexes may a far cry especially II you consider
the peculiar dryness of the index yet they have tins
In common; neither can be tasted in sip; each Is
an acquired taste, is said TO he. NJ the first sip Won
put the thing from you with face, or else for curiosity
YOU try a second sip TO confirm correct the sill,
pcion of the first. and 60 on sip, sip slipping
till contentment comes, or even anaeStheSla ana
dreams.
What visions at the very name and sight OF
this Atlantic Index" IT seems majestic and IN
exorabe finger pointing with more or less pride ana
pleasure TO the whole history of American literature
at all events it would have been easy to parody
the parody Of certain resolutions gravely taken by
certain convention held in Charleston in the far away
fftics Resolved" the mimic version ran "that
there ought TO be a southern literature hcNoNeu
that there shall be a southern literature keSoNcu
unanimously, that W. Gilmore SimIis, esq DC dP
pointed TO prepare it, For naming no Names an"
always excepting the brilliant exceptions this was not
so remote from the humor of the time when. in NoVem
her 1871 Messrs Phillips, sampson a Co. issued the
First number of The Atlantic Monthly" mainly a.
IN ofShoo and convenience of their great pupioHH
house in Boston. In 1-6O. on the death OF the pro
IecOrs Messrs. TiCknOr Il Fields took over the maya
zine by that time assured and even rcmarhaDio
literary success: and, under the various changes DN
which the firm became Fields, osgood 20 anu
i r. osgood a co., continued TO conduct II
with vigor and good fortune until the emu "i
1873 when il passed into the hands OF the present
publishers. Equally and singularly fortunate III It's
successive editors, Mr.. Lowell, Mr.. Fields ana Mr.
uoweIs and now MI Aldrich, The Atlantic hdN
I'm a land and time of change COntrvcd TO preserve
without a break of continuity the traditions ana inc
vigor of its early days Even the cover mas haIuN
So much as mOulted; and although the same 'hhIS
NAV not be asserted of It's political Opinions "i"'H
have always been distinctly pronounced, although
now pronounced differently, one must he thilhiul
and NAV well be proud that the sea level OF merit
IN ~Thc Atlantic through whatever springs and
means has never permanently fallen newborn mas
become if not the centre AT all events the 1Ic'''
coniueate focus of Our literature. Harper HAS
waved with the increasing years, the great conSiela-
tion of The Century" is in the zenith, the brIldhV
star Of "scrbners" is seen steadily climbing the
heavens vet " The Atlantic" flows on unchanged. IN
the fitness of its strength little affected ana WHOM
invoked bv all these strange conunctionS ana us
turbanceS. ,so.
worth turning. mind You, well for ltNei - lo'
what it leads To: happily printed on only one sue
NJ the leaf and quite free from the macmnau'hN
NJ the false fiend that rides unbld TO mar 80
many indexes at their blrth-one Is app Inv
Richard Vet with difference not ID HIS
favor to fall a-dreamng and 10 think oil mahN
things long forgotten the heads of ones SUBJECTS
pass in review Here Is AeasSiz alive again. once
more kindIing our Imagination with hlS kindly earl
est talk of an age of hot ice ana "oIurouS S'""7
snow Under his magic touch we play on inc s'lu'"
beach the CarbOniierOus fern blooms DcIo'c o"'
oves and the oldest and coolest of glaciers becomes
our bosom friend for life. His good VIE carries
the lantern by his side Death has not dared 10
call Iouisa Alcott for there she is grooming to Us
by the Christmas fire about the Modern Oihue'cH''
And AIdrich. with whole page 10 himself j having
a struggle for Life such as he well deserves VINO
Is wicked enough to tell there Is no q" MarIery
Dav. who tries us with his "Olympe Iahil>hie'
and catches Il, with quick cast OF ms own FAVOR
vest Of point lace in a Midnight Fantasy Where
can Won find prettier concet than his Hamlet anu
Cphela Romeo and Juliet, changing partners "nlo
he waits for a Cambridge car, and so all e"l"s
bapoilyl William Henry Bishop has afliNcu WI"
the plans for the House of a Merchant PIlh'e vi"
der his arm and zone OF the Thirty rieceN III III,
nockct Henry Howard BrJwnell sings briskY Of
Abraham Lincoln and William Cullen Bryant MS =
stately chant Of Agamemnon Achilles ana Ahdfoi"'"o
How fresh appears John Burroughs with MS b'u,
ond hrcbee Want to know about Brahma and
Buddha and Confuciu, and Mohammed, or "h"'eNc'
his name is thi, weekl ASK the Rev James Free
man Clarke or else. indeed. the unreVeIend Nahuei
Ianrhorne Clemens, who i really at his nest Ms
very hest in "Oh Time, on the Mississippi, where
ALI is LIE and nothing machinery. or properties
There is Mary Abigail Dodge, calling herself Tan
Hamilton At her renchaut best in Glorylng IN the
Good or her funniest in Moving From hrat -
last Won can have the company Of Emerson. that Is
il he be company for YOU or you Tor MN II NOT
YOU will feel alone. and had best be alone len
wears brin. in Edgar Fawcett. Fields ana MI
17ie1ds make classic era by themselves with the
fourteenth volume John Fiske begins t. lecture on
everything from chemistry. via the Constitution T.
norror NJ horrors were wolves With the is comes
in Hawthorne with some OF his most beautiful "or
with tho, charming English Sketches. and with those
tantalizing scenes from the Deliver Romance
All Hale they cried. the wicked wag5 who
meant to dcrde7 when the first number Of Ger
tain magazine made it, appearance. Well then
The more, the nerrcr and the better, for It's ycilia
be Quill Of the American eagle that the Rev.
Frederick Ingham7 ha, plucNd for the writing OIL
"The Man without Country ~; "a jest 50 COCA 'h"'
the solemn -tai,tican set himself To- disprovc IT.
And what Il masterpiece and master STROKE was
MY Double and How He Undid Me- granting That
tbe mingled science and fantasy Of the Brick Noon
makes too strong mixture for your daily DRINKING
A story teller OF another sort i Rebecca lidIdls
Davis: a teller Of strong stories, with or Without
q purpose but always with plot. Bret llaIle had
not stopped observing then. John Hay WELL II
Won don't like "Castlian Days" You care not for
cn.in neither are your tastes literary
Pest Of ALL the dear old Autocrat, the beloved Pro
fcssor the genial Poet. Where Is the man. woman or
child that ,it at that breakfast labe' anu P'''N
drive in The Wonderful one Horse Shay lt'eIl on
sly sly visit to the Asylum for Aged ana DecaNed
pnnsters would not pawn an entire library Of SIu~'
called realism, and of realism callec art
Ar Howell, is always at home when he travels.
FeneciaIIv i'm Italy or the next street. what can
he so delightful as Their Wedding Journey unless
If be \ Days Pleasure }'
H. H. was another pleasant travelling companions
And what lot Of good Of several sorts Henry
James used 10 do when he wrote Jr" after ms name.
Another capita traveller especially if We VIII saunter
and HELM him to fiji exactly the right word into o fore
ordered place in his fine mosaic Which do you hkc
the hest Frederick Hudson "The American OF
"Daisy Miller
Shall not take of our hats to Sarah Ornc Je"et''