The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-03-20
ORR LITERARY BUDGET.
.,r yIslov or BISHOP BERKELEY.
.... Prediction Of the Celebrated rreiste Re
mains as Yet Unf"'fI''ed 8" lie "e'"''0" 10
,,e Literary Productions Of America.

.f.rtiuu arts anu icaIulls iH 4''i'''N'' 'f
t'.te,ev INDUCED in vein Of prophecy,
.....b. aaer lapse Of nearly two centuries,
.a,, been fulfilled IN part. In political
... tsc course OF empire has taken It's way
ward. The great republic, which domi-
tho dcstinies Of tie Western Bemis-
.,..-, hy the moral power Of It's teeming
Isolation. rs vast wealth. It's great energy
.,...i Tree institutions. can, without eXagge-
....o ne described in It's political aspects as
... .rh.est offspring Of time. John Bright.
o.. .,insuisncd Ensl sh orator. in his cele-
,..... speech oa the American war, paid
ssf tribute to the United states
elttcllo.i to 10 "a the home OF freedom
.I a. refuge ioy tie oppressed of every
and every CLINE, which Is the n0blest
...l Waica can DEE passed upon he charac-
any country. The muse, however,
Berkeley represented a. abandoning the
M World because barren Of every GLORIOUS
,... and establishing It's seat IN the new,
..f Old await the dawn of "a new civilization,
.....I sIttng like figure upon monument,
aeIe.s. lut detected. in her cuntCmpla-
. fle history OF American literature in
b.. ar.e 90 iAe tWO centuries o. It's eNis-
~ Do the proud and glowing vision OF
.. e.. drafted nfei3te, nature alone was 10
.... tlc brain aud direct the hand al the
ram imaginative writer. The pedantry
..r. schools was not TO Dee imposed as the
.., Standard # truth and sense. IL was TO
Golden age when the freshness OF the
a.. the eNuberance OF youth. the beauty
XIII. oler-arching shy and tine bue eXpan'e
F.. ... we're 90 Dee caught n all their lni0Niea-
81. variety by The sensitive and susceptible
-.0f the authors of the new cline, wno'
rent to ihe literary schools beyond me
t...rl. were % form literature OF ihtI
.. f.e new birth of new soil, and IS dis
,., tr.m tne literature 0i Shakespeare ANA
t....r us iae literature OF Shakespeare ana
1-... l-di~iinct from hat OF -fschHlus ana
>...ees. or that of Virgil and Horace, or
ar schiller. 0r Oltaire and Corneille,
.-l.riantes and L0pe DE Vega. Inc pre-
....r Of Bishop Berkeley was Que That con-
...r.I every element of probability al Inc
Fiji. that 10 was uttered. 10 was natural
....s f0 anticipate that the removed situa-
...... fne new Commonwealth would allow
neral EXPANSION which would be wholly
.umoled Dy the ir0n-00und convention
.. which shut iu the whole European
...,. wOrk. The progress of time, however
.. ..r.f..f about results in some directions
......it UNEXPECTED In It's political lnstitu-
+r-. America stands altogether apart. not
because It bias formulated new political prin-
f..f.s-it would be incorrect 90 say this-but
s..,usoi. local isolation has allowed 1t 20
ADVANCE 90 their natural and logical develop
mont fla principles OF liberty embodied IN
fte fng.sh constitution, the inheritance oil
10 ArrIn~aXOu race, which IN England mas
f..n partially curtaued by local precedent
sud tradition. and by the iMmem0rial class
distinctions of "A monarchy. The Americans
fre discarded tine political pedanlres oil
lr..anQ. while they have retained the lunda-
r.n.al principles Of Magma Charta, tue run
ILL Rebellion. and the Revolution OF loso.
llaapplv for the prophetic VISION oI me
r.ta0a Gl0vne they have not discarded Inc
f.s literary uedmiries of England, and at the
s.uet time they have not lighted at the lite
r.rt affairs Of the mother country a loren
which cast. it's radiance like the great names
%, England t0 an the civilized parts OF Inc
world. TheuorNadiug weakness OF American
writer's is Tie very characteristic ol Whicn
shop Berkeley predicted ID would De devoid
ue spirit OF imitation, which is 30 lalp'Die
end so universal as io constitute llle lnoel
conspicuous ard distinctive feature oil trans
anantc literature.
uVeexamne the literary history of Eng
land iu the course of the present century We
..rr0f discover in IL the smallest trace OF
.rr Influence which had its source IN an
American school of letters. or even IN one
Great and original American writer OF
.uy literary cast OF mind. American
fr-fs. American fheOlogidns, American
SCIENTISTS. "A story. an Edwards, ttanhlln'
t.f-aI impressed their special individually
t..n. the tendency of English thought I'D their
r'.'ecfile departments. ON the oinei mana,
r.. -rldow of the American imaginative
author is not reflected upon the pages OF
Wordsworth. Byron, Shelley, Iennyson ana
Browning in The present century, or ADDISON
~Wn Pope. Goldsmith, Johnson ana icIuins
m ttelast. 80 far as the tone OF the Eng ilsh
schools of literature has been modified or
enlarged. itw0uld not be inferred that sinsIe
l0A bad ever been written Oh ms side Oh Inc
Atlantic. IL is hardly am eXaggerauon 20 say
t.feItler in IT'S superficial OF fundamental
c.arac--rstics. English Literature mas peeh as
l.Ie affected lbs the literature OF America a7
t.IfcIafure of Rome was BY The pamphlets
Oh contemporary Carthage. Nor can Ihls ne
attributed. in the present age ~ leasl' 10 lSh"'
raace OF American authors ana American
literature ON the part of the English people.
Seventy wears ago sydney smith asked I'D de-
Is0n. VINO reads an American book but
t.. question cannot now be asked with any
..,0ess. American books have grown 10 be
r.ular iu England The counters IN the
. stores and the book stalls ON the railway
lines All display editions Of American Wo!kt.
American authors are received personally
with distinction. Lowell, rs a representative
American writer even more than as an
American diplomat, WAS one of toe most
c.r-nicu0us figures IN the contemporary
social and literary life Of England during the
tine ae occupied tbs position OF Minister al
lie Court Of ST. james. Holmes IN his OLD
exc makes journey OF an hundred days
through England, and his progress IS marked
lr an uubIOken series OF private ONauOns.
Motley finds the most exclusive homes thrown
Oxen 10 hum. Irving became the cherished
cmraniOu of an who were distinguished for
1919 and attachments iu the England OF his
CAV. And. finally, ia tie clOisteled precincts
ID tae poets' Corner i'm Westminster Abbey.
tem0st hall0Wcd spot IN The English speak
n.wOrld. toe molly OF holes ol English lite
r.tu,.. Z ,e bust Of IOngieliOW Is placed, 90
stand forever among the eiIgies of lhe linen
u.o have reflected an undyIAg glory upon
iar language.
There can be- little doubt, however, That the
greater attention now paid 10 American lll'-
Ia.ura and The increasing personal distinction
witch invests the American author IN Eng
al are due ia very large measure 10 me
Expanding material greatness oil me united
states. The United states OF the last quarter
b. Oh. nineteenth century IS very dihcfeht
Nationality from the United states OF the iisi
quarter. 10 is now one OF the weallhlesJ
al most p0pulOus countries OF the world
NM material prospects far exceeding IN
Ia.nnceuce those which the luiufe cN-
tLOs f1 any other nation. Sucn power ih
tlt.e phases Of its national lie, SOCIAL ana
literary as well as political and commercial
must excite "a proi0uud interest. Tins TACT
aI.. 4..f.f f.ofn any Growth ln the intrinsic