New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-07-10
SOME MAGAZINE NOTES.

yOurscu 10 DC ncUlttu 10y ltO jJIHCNlIe "N'"' va Nv
"middle-agcd poet7-thc epic. There j, a saving Of
little and good; and lovely lyric will be loved and
sung by millions White TIC epic stands upon the shell
waiting for decorous reading once in decade
Mr. AIdrch's poem opens an uncommonly brilliant /
number Of Harper The adventure, Of Iartarih /
arc becoming exciting. and more ana more delightful
in the sophisticated artlc-,neSs with which thcy are
related NJ James, translation l., OF course per I
lection and he has especial reason 10 be pr0d Oh Ms
adaplions Of slang phrases.
Mr. Pylc's paper Jonathan Wild IS picturesque /
and his drawings admirable No artist illustrator
Of the time has surpassed him in imaginative c'ncep-
ton Of the grim and advcnurou, phase, Of eighteenth
century life and character; though Hugh Thomson
perhaps. has heener perception of the humorous side
There are three short sketches of American character
in TIE MAGAZINES Of the month which, in the deEcicy
of their art in truth to life. in umOr and in pathos
would do honor to any literature. These are MIS-
Jewett's touching story in The Atlantic" that by
MS Mary Wilkins in Harper; and Mis- Ro-cboros'
Reign Of Reason in The Century They rank in
the order named-th0ugh one may well hesitate to put
Miss Wildnss beautiful bit of work in a second place
Mrs Greene's "ScarecrOw1 deserves honorable men |
ton too nor must forget octave Thanct> quaint
story OF ancient time. Under Five shilng> Leav-
Ing Mr. IIare Of the question. may be said with
justice that the American male writers Of short stories
have need 20 look 10 their laures
What a delicious group Of poems Of the PENCIL are
those which Mr. W. II. Gibson has decked his Scribner
article withal! The frOudS Of fern uncur before
ones very eyes and the scent Of woodland nook
Is in n0strils.
Tho man ., tho ,dnrrt oil GAYS in scrbner"-with
preliminary compliment 10 oar younger writers
was there ever generation that made sich ado
over lis own attitude ana uePo'''h'"V "O'"' ~ WIN
Ut 'hd' la" Ill sum- IcSp'''N ~ '' ~ d" "'''' Va 80"
artificial IN its frame Of mind -
leFlar9 IL - OILY ue NJ Inn i' Ci,rinr If
,br ehnv-s -, ths discu.snn If rcbnic-tic snort
story form mote well the hyphenJ: the "cyclc" IF
novels with PREDATORY references TO me Oomcde
t ,.,d' w o d. rL. xIrc,rno," S,0nid have
liked 10 have rhackc,ay hear it called a cycle" by |
the way the machinery Of declarations. proloEucS |
cacI io me size of ihc ccacEled Xxx Of however
excellent qualu% the latteF may be- fcrhsrN sucn a
a. IN, W. A. ,r"re f +i. nr.ce..rs INTO
tie rcsultS-an easy natter but enough /
OF ms belief j. tFuo; heNcitlctSS' 10 MAKE S3 IL
NU''H } M i ,r,, Dc "o ~, GOOD ,oclir
Tor a thoouch mastery Of the tool, of ones work
certainly there cannot be TOO strong self respect IN
man o. Letters, III amy m4 I It sen rel pee, Is
and as for todnnic il ought 10 be remembered NAT 1t
i, not the work itself; The White kni-ht said 70
~; ,1d'c ~! ir u U - ~ c,IIcd ''' ISL
INC Touueer French writers, whose porfcction Of
technical skill Mr. liowells ana those he praise, alike
iishN ADMIR- save mae >cS au' u n"N'eN -,
cIcrci.r: Iut however n,,ch ticy rly have talked If,
arcot within the groups" does not notice that
which tie mastery j, acIurcn Hti ~ G2aN ANY, any
linn above the dGinr Of The Thing it,clf or forget
that the cclue arcm" cannot be successfully |
Cared cut Whic me aI'l,t n@AtIeS uat MS person
" "a,E, '' any '"'0' - wv "r 7 " wa
-,,, so,, :, -. .,ono = . ,.,o,o,roo ,
IN tbo.o n,r,rr,nhs
/, it wise TO print everything written by dstin
ruished writer-or to print thing because it is writ
fen l,v a disnc1 she'd writer with Mr. Robert Louis
stevenson, >criaucr7 poem before Us. con
strained to say "No.' al to say T. with exceeding
.a,na =, o,,, ., io,o ,,,.yod hr it, ,m,bar
or ~. roodors
N, .,o,,n.o, % 10, : , r,,t br irtortjor and !
mot hv instinct i,o was ho,-, 70 yrttc pro,c, and
not Dy INSTINCT III "dS Do.A " "'l'c P'o'O' anu !
very charming pose
.Tbe Centurvs has ocourcd a more than usually |
Ihe Oc"'"'S mas "'F'"'" " I'
interesting story IN "Ihe Ancioman"cN' i ms
wy "''"i G ,'o,.,o, a. ,,ir - ,,cr-ir
anu Sc'N up j" '"' 'O>'' '"'''' pun ,,'
young people, whose course OF true love VIII probably
run smoothly in the end. This story suggests con
,oc,uro ,Ici i moi uc,y-tlat there i, stl a curou,
49, ,to Ia .I.,i., ,t., n, IN.
streak IN ms CITY Of inc o" '"i'Hl"I SP'I' W '''
"Provncc Of NcwNork." Is not th' what we DOW
call Anclo.uauia~! i there not something more IN !
van -'"e 80 -. ~ o.,, J. !, NOT tho
IL Una" u'c i"'''a''" - a." ,I1,, Thor. j. coma
almost slaNI>h COPING % " '"I'"'''. '
Hing rIoc-qrc and humllianc in the talk Of Ne"-
Yorker VINO twists his unwilling tongue mo 'ne
British infections which arc neither hoic huS''"I "o'
more correct than those natural 70 I"m'
Dr Mann. ,.dor,ouyille paper in d" The Century
1, an i,orio,,,l,v cool and r,.lr,,,cd version II an /
,I .,- Ne, ,uiot a, il is. villa; Il wrench /
- i.,. ,r,r.r., II, tr,,,h that j, a record !
MIN 49,, ,,lo,.t can ever explain away and While |
,h ,,,rIl may ,or,iyc IT, IT Is simply true that she
W. ,,.or. ,,,,cf -,
niece Of southern history OF an earlier time Dr. |
rrc,esto, recount, with spirit and prcc,lou-te story
-, ,I,. ,..o,, ,, ,,u rlo.r Who .reyc over modern !
nolti,I corrli on should read the chronicle Of the |
Iircini, Assembly OF Bacon, tlnc.
., VII, .nt.,, DO !
W. N'Ic"' "''''"0 80 . .t., an ,-,il,r.,v |
w" VII CO." ..,.
men arc l"I''''I"I' anu d, "'o VIZ, ,,;o , .,
IAc constant '"i''' ~. ,iet i'I I(aT,tni', aSui
20 NIX, mon ,uch uut The railway j, a most |
exacIiu. master. and II wodld be very dhcut io ono