New-York tribune., 1891-03-01

profsslen. They are equally important, because
unless the latter is Looked after the sfsS ane because
literature is art and other because the % ais has nass the
be free manno the ave NNs oI ho sne drives his pen all
day for daily pttance. nor man cont" a. fanced
by sense Of wrong and n!usucE ,yan nnon the neces
sty Of safe guarding literary property OF ian IT,
Ing what Is meant by an agreement DSioo @ interests OF
we are working In the highest and pest hi'oi0 ~
Consider again. In no other branch Of art r. is Ia o
tertal Interests The sculptor. the actor se to
the M"r1a "se as s he asf a are 4
the same mc they are watching carei Messonier SS Of
pTramd DTr Of g9m! Yet, directly serious attempt rs Is
@aT letter. there is raised at once an outsy aDpne
degrading art taking all the Joy ONT I o. ar To- Which in
the e wor ST Of y Mr. To be sure whSss those
charges always preferred by fe nss or by those
Who dbbe and play with literature content 81 70 srce ,siee
now and them critical essay or iha cn and women
whom the world loves It desradaon OF ,snS att ID
upon the right Of p prOGpepy G.nycd ano Of 's, the Joy and
nobg Of his work he locks after n G%% s
again ,S..n il the TWO words tiaet s SF NJ
absurd to suppose that George Eliot was thiRSng Romea
her commercial value Na w1eG Of see aferwsrd That is
the way Of It, The true artist THINKS spo"! The man
hut his work while he cngaged rRS how he can
ever think abont the business side OF ms WIN ~
VT ho al WAY
that there is business side of his work ,ta o tbcre !"
mindsto most mnds-the knowledge that t,,ns I.Gpr
yaTG In i %Ss @yce es the %rtcr confidence
and courage and sefreSpect u maM ,,,tc % %standard
s oyer lowered we He takes this recognition & this popd pand
larity this demand, as PROOF tha' his "o'" - o'
and artistic.
rrasor Poe,s clever novel. Miss Bayles Romance
ie 70 he succeeded by second, which VIII nave All
other. or possibly the same, American heroine IL Is
TO be called An American Duchess
The University of Pennsylvania Is negotiating for the
nurchase of the late George Bancrofts splendid col
lection Of historical works. which is valued at S1oooo
II Is wanted for tho Library OF American History re-
Gently established by the university. Congress mas 'he
refusal OF the manuscripts in the collection Tor ieo
years.
81 have been Interested said a lover Of good |
English in the little discussion which has gone on
with more or less frequency in the columns OF The
Tribune recently. 1t is really very gratifying to ma
that people enough about cur wonderful language
to stop in these busy rushing days. and discuss the
finer points OF good English There is one part Of the
subject however which have been hoping some one
vould take Nd That I, tae abuse Of the posseSsive
case We seem nowadays 10 have mania for making
eycrvthng possess something, using the posses>lve
ease as II It were the Latin genitve. Why we should
say a mans description when We do not mean any
|
saw a mans description meaning the description Of
man there Is no notion of possession. Neither should
We saw the rooms door. the houses 'front.' the streets
appcarrncc etc. We have a genitive as we'll as a
| po,,e,,ivc and / wish we might have end Of the
expressions the cyclones devastatiOn,' 'the fires
destruction etc
81 will give YOU another example OF prevailing
rise I'm English said the literary Few
writer's allow themselves to say the best OF the two.
vet we find the former applied often to the first Of
hafdozcn or more and the latter the las'. Former
and latter like either and neither signify one OF two
I'm referring to one Of three should use the
first the last anyone and no one. was reading tic
other day Of a bundcr by Buwer who. after speaking
- three suppo,itions, adds The latter after all was
thc most pr.aLc.' lie should, of course have said
the Last, In this same treatise. an example was
cited where some one have forgotten who & uses
either IN referring To Dryden, Pope and Words
worth. where IL would have been correct 10 say ANY
one ~ them -
4 friend Of a young author whose voceuary and
choice Of wori, are much admired by those who are
familiar with his work isn't necessary and IT might
not be fair 10 make pubic the name OF the writer
saws that this writeE of books owes nearly ALL II not
ALI his vocabulary 10 the Bible. II is his habit end
delight 10 rc,d aud rrIead the Bible Words when
are uncommon and vet peculiarly effective in certain
connections he jos down slips OF paper ana afcr
ward experiment., with them and uses them until he
feIs that they are n part OF hi, verbal bank account
put he read, the book peI~,enty whether or not ne
makes notes that the solfrd on his ear ana the sym
pathetic imprcss upon his brain may show MN 10"
bc, 10 employ those words which are at his command
and those which he is adding 70 his store. 1t Is TO
be hoped that thi, story will not lead aspiring young
men 10 read the Bible only for the words contained
therein