New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-02-15
SOME MAGAZINE NOTES.

and Unpublished letters OF DR.. Holmes. presented
nv Mrs J. T. Fields. How fresh. gay ana sparkling
are these letters. In the least OF them one
finds that vitality Of youthful feeling that never
failsa until the light OF the kind and merry eyes
wont on. forever. The infrmities of age couio not
daunt the b.ithe soul. III the Loro rh'hKs IL oe''
for me TO stay until tumble TO pieces III "'''i.e
I'm willing" ne said He was always capaDie' Mis-
Fields declares "of amusing his friends on the SUD-
feet, as In the former days. when ola age came an
offered him "A cane an eyeglass, a tippet ana d
pair of overshoes NO; much obliged to you s"'u
So dressed myself up in a 5aunty way
end walked out alone; got a fall caught coio, was
laid up with lumbago. and had time to think up
the whole matter" II his boyishness OF nature
IN his unwearyng pleasure in lfe-the best anu
simpes; and sweetest things Of life-the Au'ocrat
was surely alone among the New-Ensiahders Oh MS
generation. l..
Mr. Mohun's story Of Ernin Pachas death Is
tragic one II is strange episode in the fharcn "a
civilization in Africa for the man. 1t appears ueu
chiefly 20 tickle the vanity OF savage
The melancholy strain in which MI howe"s
heas with life Of late II more than ever
a,narcnt I'm the conclusion of his novelette, III Inc
fosmonoitan" HIS heroine feels II, as the tenor
Of his work seems to show that he sees II. on
dear me-" aments the OLD LADY 10 'he o,e' "a Nv
youth 'Yife ant what we used 10 'iiih II "'e'
Roger when we we're young " ell MS ~
rbc,ber you take II sleeping or waking; II con
cater much which way you take it,. Mr. Howeiss
s,orv OF rustic lie and rustic conscience Is quite
IN line with Mrs. DE KovcA's sketch oil urban So
ciety In the same magazine That an Is vanity anu
vexation Of spirit is the lesson OF Doth pieees %
0c,ior The youth who seeks shelter from 'he Worlu
IN the twilight shades of the Shaker community =
no happier than the pretty woman VINO is Struggling
,o The TOD round Of the social ladder.
Mr. Ren,ng,on's spirited illustrations for Mr.
Poultney Bigelow's French Fighters IN AFRICA
stand out like men 'all alive in Harpers pages
and they deity lead into reading what Is we
,hnk the most picturesque and entertaining paper
,ybich the author has contributed TO magazine III
cra,ure Mr. Raph's bit OF East Side life Is as VVI
IN lis way as Mr.. Remngtons dra"lhss' anu gus
costs for this young maa wider he" Oh noto
AFR Ralph's felow-workcr. Mr. hichaiu Iia'ue
Davis Is disappointing IN MS story u
Aline" The thing is 100 artihc>ah
Mr. Warner believes that there VIII soi''e ua. ~
an American literature distinct from lhe ni's-"
because every great Nation must nave a cna'
,,tc National expression. Perhaps; but not uhiesS
- o,d,no of many national types the Anglo
caon na,ol Is beaten to a thnness that means
practically extincnoh'
&C.. s,udv q, the Mob" as found IN The A.
,sntic" Is an acute statement by Russia" -
nature Of a mob and the way 1t is set III h'o''
The author finds analogy between 'iie n.y.
ton of an individual and that OF the rnoo y!
..,- sudden action; and his ILLUSTRATIONS Vi MS
ho,ief certainly tend to reinforce MS aI
His observations of life In Russia p'o''ee s luz"
with the most curious and ih'eres''e "
illustrations. 49,, o,. ,o,ett
In THE Life OF Nancy" Miss Sarah Orhe 'e"e''
-. r,,,en one OF the most touching ana peau-
&c.,, stotches she has contributed to lhe Az
Iantic" Her literary method Is as iehc''o"' 90 NV
vision is clear
Mr. Bret Harte's Question Of Privilege" printed
l.. ..cshr.r would probably hit its marx Win
rr.ater force IL 1t had not been discouh'eu ny
Farmer recital by Truthful James. Ii Is always
dangerous experiment in verse 10 'hro" '"e ~
second time W. p,orl
new hand in the person OF MT. W. H. De-
.h,e magazine a clever and pathetic West
- story "BIsnaga's Madeline" 1t shows ao'hucS
which deserve encouragement
Nv Theodore Roosevelt says In his Forum
rar an True American Ideals that Americans
Rave had to war against a tendency 20 resdru l"
.ho ,rav,d,al and the Nation alike as most impoF-
+ant things that OF comparatively httle iIhlo'-
tance I'VE rightfully value success. ne ad''s, put
sometimes we overvalue il. for we tend 10 lorse'
that success may be obtained by means "hich
sboun make It abhorred and despised ny every
honorable man one section OF the community dei-
fss as 'smartness' the kind OF trickery whcn ena
HES man without conscience 10 succeeu III VII
financial or political world. Another section oil 'ne
com,,,oity deifes violent homcidal lawessness II
we shall have proved that We are unworthy Oh .ne
heritage our forefathers left us; and our country
will 90 down in ruin. The people that DO harm III
the end are not the wrOnsdoers whom all execrate'
they are the men who do not do quite as much
wrong. but who are appauded Instead OF being exc
Grated The career OF Benedict Arnold has done us
no harm as Nation because Of the universal horror
II Inspired The men who have done us marin are
those who have advocated disunion. but have zone
II so that they have been enabled TO keep their
ady
of debts or other financial dishonesty. out nave
kept their position in the community; who preach
the doctrines OF anarchy. but refrain from action
that will bring them within the pale OF the law
for these men lead thousands astray by the fact
that they go unpublished or even rewarded for
their misdeeds.
Some day. no doubt we shall see in print an ade
quate biography OF the late Robert Louis Stevenson
one framed In discretion and marked by method
judicial and tasteful. Meanwhile one cannot but
turn with regret from the flood Of foolshness poured
forth upon an unturfed grave. Death is made terri
bic In these days by the Of unthinking COM
ment and trivial detail which in the OF persons
OF note permitted to fill the magazines Me
Cures" this month offers interesting portraits
OF Stevenson. but could have well spared the
accompanying text. Ian McClaren's' tribute Is
sympathetic. but just unnecessary
In noting the fact that "Lippincotts Magazine" is
becoming more and more vehicle for American
fiction 1t be noted also that the fiction is OF
excellent quality. 1t is not Of the kind which has
a long life. but is surprisingly better than that 10
be found in English magazine Of similar stand
ing: II Is trucr TO nature, has moch more huH'or
and much less sen;imentality.
Apropos OF the question Of fiction We may men
ton some interesting paragraphs in the same maya
zine on negro talk in current literature. Ihe real
lingo" says Mr.. w. c. Elan, "is not half so bad
-~trt -L1ra tt Ia nfDht n