The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-10-11

our national pride. Ana, - an nctoi
| am proud TO remember that Mar
written primarily for the stage that. II not al
| actor himself Marlowe was intimately asso
| ciatsd with the actors calling, and that tns
| Elizabethan dramatists, with Shakespeare
the actor. at their head. in employing the
stage AZ the first medium OF their appeal u
posterity linked it forever with an imperisna-
| BILE glory"
In commenting on the articles on Marlowe
which this occasion has drawn from the Eng
lish papers. the London Spectator says:
Many of these have been excellent in theIl
way, but. as o rule. the most interesting
point about Marlowe has been missed. What
makes his career almost literary miracle Is
the fact that he created a style and manner OF
writing. which in its essentials has renamed
unchanged to the present day. Behind Mar
lowe, English poetry may be beautiful inter
esting truthful to nature inspired. what you
will but it is confesseily archaic. medihyal.
unmodern Contemporary with and alter
b IN. the style of English verse Il revoiutlo u
lied and becomes what, for want OK better
general term. we must call modern. For ex-
ample, we find Marlowe. the moment he be-
gins to write, pens such coupiets as
Where both deliberate. the love is slight;
Whoever loved that loved not at first sight?'
1t was no doubt to be expected that the
Renaissance would in England. as elsewhere:
rapidly affect our literature. Still, period OF
transition was to be looked for, as In france
and Italy Marlowe. however. with practi-
cally nothing behind him from which to
draw inspiration for new form, begins as
lad of twenty, 10 cast his thoughts IN the
mould which is used by the poets OF the
nineteenth century"
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There is not much to add to these con-
1Qn
critic on the base work of Ibsen: AS lbsen
and his advocates claim for him that he is
essentially an ethical writer. one who seeks
to better the world by his presentment OF the
doings of its inhabitants on his stage, 1t Is not
unfair TO ask If he has succeeded In his in
tent. He is an ideal dramatist has he set up
one single ideal figure and so clothed 1t with
mortality that men may believe in 1t and use
it as standard TO live by. hating
and despising or loving and admiring and
striving to live up to this standard Has he
made folly seem more foolish by his humor
villainy and hypocrisy more contemplate by
his wit, or raised the standard OF right do
ing? Will he leave behind him Lord Fop-
pington, Tartufe Hamlet or Cordelia?
His enemies may contend that he has degrad-
ed humanity by many degrees and condoned
the vieness that he paints. If his types are
to be accepted as normal the world Is GER
tainly n viler as well as a gloomler place than
most of US have supposed"
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Poor sensibility and an ear for rhyme and
rhythm are very common gifts, says Or.
Holmes in letter TO literary sspirant, and
are constantly mistaken for poetic genius by
those who possess them and their friends.
OF the hundreds Of thousands of poems that
are written by our educated and intelligent
ladies very few are marketable or re-
membered week after they are pub
lshedn The real reason that the MSS.
of such writers are returned to them, he de-
clares, is that new writers match them
selves against those who have proved their
superiority. It is Just ike a village base
ball club challenging the Bostons.o And the
aspirant to whom this is addressed will prob
ably 20 on filing the land with poor poems"
to the end of her existence.
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Although it is now nearly sixty years since
Charles Lamb died. the little cottage in
which he and his sister resided at Edmonton
shows but slight evidence of any external
change. Situated few yards from the rail-
way station. the house. with its gable facing
the roadway, its red-tiled roof and whtened
walls. its narrow doorway and smallpaned
give the impression of Old-Worid
comfort and seclusion. rowan tree. on the
branches of which hang clusters of red
berries, stands at the gateway. and its autumn
nal appearance imparts Just now pictorial
attractyeness to the interesting building,
which is still known as Lambs Cottage"
~
"Frenchman in America" is the title OF
Max O'Relrs forthcoming book of travels. II
would seem TO the ordinary reader that this
author had already exhausted his observa-
tions upon this country, and that another
book could hardly tell us ANYTHING new. We
are informed, however, that its material is
fresh. Ii describes his amusing ex-
as a lecturer and it, is profusely IL
lustrated by f. w. Kemble.
Carlyle's heretofore unpublished novel is TO
be brought out in the New Review" II is
said 70 present under thin DISCUSSES many Of
his friends and acquaintance hardly an
IDEAL light perhaps if we may Judge by the
very unpleasant references 70 most OF his
friends and acquaintance IN his Journal"
The same periodical will soon print his &C
count Of his journey TO Paris. Both works
are to be reprinted in this country.
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Mr. W. Z. H. Lecky is ffty-three years old,
and his first volume OF poems is about b APP
pear 1t may be that they were written in his
salad days. He began 10 write while still
very young. When his Leaders of Public
Opinion in Ireland" was published. he was
only twenty-three and he was twenty-seyen
Natonalism appeared.
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A complete translation Of Heine's works has
been made by Charles G. Leland and "a on
he point of publication. II is TO be in thirty
Volumes and will include all the letters and
memorials in the last German edition. IL will
llso contain a valuable biography Of the poet
)y Dr. Garnett. We are glad to welcome
his exhaustive translation, for it has long
)een needed.
Colonel Theodore A. Dodge. in an article
IN THE Needs of Our Army and Navy" in
he October Forum. makes the startling state
nent that every shot from bic gun con-
umes { ,000.' At this rate war has become
very expensive luxury
Tennyson. it is recorded, is very fond of
lorses and dogs and greatly en- oys walking,
)ut he never even in bOyhood, cared much
or field sports. OF Wordsworth it is remem-
,ered that his only active amusement was
kating.
Edmond de Goncourt has Just published.
t the age of seventy the first of a projected
erles OF twelve monograms upon japanese
.rtists Of the last century.
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The Specializing cashier of a Great corpora
ion is the hero Of Mr.. Howels' new novel. |
lie runs away to Canada and leaves his fam
ly behind.
The book on Palmerston which the MARQUIS |
# Lorne is preparing will contain extracts |
rom an important series OF unpublished lot |
ers.
II is stated that 5000 copies of Mr. Stock