New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-18

erect monuments to and set apart the birthplaces
OF our famous writer's before carry the sinews
OF war the sea and place them at the dis-
posal OF a nation that ought TO be able 10 'ahe
care OF Itself. Has Hawthorne ever been aoe-
quatey. celebrated in his native town? The house
in which he was born is still ramshacKle oiu
tenement and his relics at the Custom House nave
never been made the nucleus of museum wh'ch
his descendants could doubtless fill with objects OF
the rarest interest
1t might do England good to see the grateiui
readers OF this continent lavishing their bounty
with perfect impartialty upon the dead authorS W
whom both countries are so deeply indebted. Al
present the English view seems to he that Aneii-
cans should be satisfied with the compliments 'hey
get from a patronizing London press when some new
monument or tablet is established through our CO.
operation. The American efiigies which nave oeeh
deposited in Westminster are far from being 'he
admirable and conspicuous memorials when they
ought to have been made.
NJ Paul BourCet II is becoming evident. Is not
in favor with his American readers. They complain
that ne looks at his United States through frehe"
spectacles that forbid clear vision ana mat he -
quite incapable OF doing anything else Among tose
who have discussed NJ Bourgeois WORK Is Marin
Twain who declares IN 1.-The North American fe-
view that there Is only one expert VINO Is quar-
fed 10 examine the souls and the life of people
and make a valuable report-the naive hoNei's''
This expert is that the most popuious cou'i
try can never have fifteen conspicuousy ana con
fessedy competent ones In stock at one time. Ihl@
native specialist is not qualified to begin work unti
he has been absorbing during twenty-five years
How much Of his competency is derived from con-
sc!ols observation? The amount is so sSeht '"''
II counts for next TO nothing IN the equipment
Almost the whole capital OF the novelist Is te So"
accumulation OF unconscious OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
tion The native experts intentional observation Oh
manners speech character. and ways OF lie can
have value, for the native knows what theE "ied'I
without having TO cipher out the meaning p"'
should be astonshed to see a foreigner get al 'ne
right meanings catch the elusive shades OF THESE
subtle things Even the native novelist becomes Il
foreigner. with foreigners limitations. when ne
stans from the State whose life Is familiar 10 MN
into a State whose life he has not lived. Bret
Harte got his California and his Californiahs D! u'
conscious absorption. and put botn OF theh n.o
his tales alive But when he came from the racine
to the Atlantic and tried 20 do Newport HE from
study-conscious observation-his failure was anso-
mtely monumental Newport IS a disastrous pace
for the unaccmaied observer evidently
Tho writer Of an article on Holmes in 'Iippin-
co,t.s Maeazne' saws that me Doctor loved 10 taiR
about religion, or. at least about theoosy' an"
quotes Lowell saying 10 MIN once "po"' ii''
friend Most Of us have the polemc rage Inv
the measles. in youth. and outgrow II by '"cn,
~: Wendell doesn't seem TO have got over 1t yet
acquaintance that ne found two different theoosies
in the New Testament. and liked that OF Chr'S'
much better than Paul's.
The two bound volumes OF "Scribners Masa%'hc
for 1894 impress even more than the sep"i"'o
ru,nbers can with the uniform excellence o. that
ner,odical Fiction news. art, travel, history anu
a great variety OF practical subjects are sro"Pe'
in fair proportion, and the illustrations ana gen
ora, vorkma nship are excellent. The series Oh
sLetcbes NJ great artists and their work which run
Through the wear are interesting and valuable Inc
renroductions which they contain or the best WORMS
% such men as Sir Joshua Reynolds Edward
Burma ZONES and George Frederick waits are re-
narkablv we'll done. Another important series OF
art sketches are the twelve selections from CON
,emnorary Painting by the late Philip Gipef'
Uamerton which accompany the frontispieces OF
IN. di1erent numbers The last OF these articles
nos nubushed after Mr.. Hamerton's death Ihey
therefore must have peculiar interest FOR those
who have for years been instructed and inspired
by his writing.
For an American. there are no people so much
worth study as Americans and II is well TO re-
member that the great body OF Americans do rot
live in the cities Octave Thanet's Sketches OF
American Tvpes" are sympathetic and en-sight'd
studies of this great variety OF people-not mimi
grants but natives-who make the characteristic
community OF the different sections OF TINS country
Professor Skeat has prepared n Students Edition
Of Chaucer in one volume. the text used being
that NJ the new six-volume oxford Chaucer a
life OF Chaucer the necessary gossaries. ana
brief discussion OF the grammar. metre versihca-
ton and pronunciation included In the volume