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

NJ the dav is the apparent lack OF the quality OF
discrimination in those who practse 'he "a'e'
The sort Of encomium Is besto"eu upon
penny versifer that has been given to hrowhi"s
and a Tennyson: ard Thackeray or Balzac or
Hawthorne might have been glad OF the kind OF
rraise showered upon some ingenious piece Oh
melodramatic fiction which, after one reaoihs' 10
speedily and deservedly forgotten ln'eh'iohai
and persistent log rolling has much to 90 WIFI
this especially In England; but II is possible 100
that the supply OF persons who know poor 'iiiis
when they see II is for the moment smai. As
for those who are incapable las rhinocefos' d.
Mr.. Birrel says in "Scrbner. OF DISTINGUISHING
o. between grandeur and rhodomontade pe'"ee"
pathos and hysteric blubberne," the WOODS are
full Of them There may even be persons VINO are
sincere In believing Mr.. willy Watson a second
and a greater Arnold. and in worshippnS at 'ie
tinsel shrine OF young Mr.. lie Caffeine. MT. b'
re,l by-the-way urged young people 10 reau oovn'
OF sound and sensible reputation. 10 puoo'e
and sparkle" he says. "are not the highes' qu'"
ties OF literature. Nowadays unless an au,'oi
goes off with a pop nobody orders him. ms j.
pity for, depend upon 1t, in literature as III me-
Wisdom is justified of her children II Is Only
from wise and sensible people We can reah! iehiH
anything except indeed. what 10 avoid ana 'hele
can be no true taste without superior kho"ieuse
The onening chapters of George Merediths ne"
novel The Amazing Marriage. are presenter i"
'.Scribner"; and again his readers must "o'ue,
that so remarkable a student OF chdia''ei '"u
nurse a style so wandering uli0ei'"i" anu
slovenIy But the author is enthusiastically man
., Genius and through this weltering flood OF
words his characters move and think and feel.
all creatures OF vigorous life.
Professor sloane's study of Napoleon as pub
,,shed in THE Century. evokes admiration TOT the
ruck brain of the young Corsican while IL EN-
nbasizes the "shiftiness' of his character IL Is
a picture OF an adroit, uneducated unseiupuious
and imperious youth of the type for whlch weaver
natures always make room Professor swan.
work is increasing in interest as he approaches tue
traredv which carried Napoleon into power.
Mr. Maxim's article on the flying machine GER
.ain,v seems to bring that desirable object some
xvhere near realization. When the DAY comes io'
navigating the air perhaps the problem oi INC
North Pole may be solved
1.-THE Atlantic" opens this month upon the hrs'
instalment of Mrs. elizabeth stuart fheps'
Wards new novel; "A Singular Life Inc scene
Il is TO be supposed Is Andover, and the nero Is
divinity student OF many winning quahtes' Inc
current OF the story. 1t is understood taxes ."',
,,oung man through the ordeal OF an ecclesiasucai
council which pronounces his theology uhsou'u
and he turns TO an attempt 10 hep Ha"h''u :"
q Chrst-like way in the humbiest quarter vi s
mort town. The opening chapters "''iouu'u
eroup of theological students who are descr'oeu
,,. .ha case and effectiveness OF thorough know-
edge: and we catch some pleasant glmpses VI 'ne
,ero,ne the fair daughter OF the OLD diNlhi'! pio
lessor But why, why Will Mrs ward persist III
her old unhappy effort TO be very picturesque
'xyhv talk about a warm. rich, human girl WIN
..r,r,,oe IN her eyes,? 1t recalls Mr.. Chadband
The naner on THE Survival Of the American
Type" should be read by all me orealne's "io
have been narcotized by Mr.. Bethany some one
DR. Denison says. ought 10 write second v~ii'e
~ ct ooking Backward in which Mr. Bethany ;
S,or,ass oNiciaIs should take the background, and
tho noIiticaI organs OF the industrial army should
appear with Mr. Debs as commandef-ih-cn'ei
Therein We should be told how all the uisi"'e
Grating forces Of socialism led from one tyranny
TO another until tyranny inevitably tenoeu 'o"aiu
autocracv: and how at last that same sihsie'
forc;b,e shrewd head OF the Caesar once more ap-
neared on the throne of the temporal and spiritual
world and so the look backward was compete
There should be chapter. too, on the personal "'
meets of the inorganic Atruria: how men sank into
mora automatic: how personal interest in work dled
out because everything fell into dead samehess'
how individuality ceased because no man nad any
breadth of field in which TO exercise IT. how creative
power failed for want of property; now men shiiheu
because they were doing government work; now
rnanliness persisted because every man was tahe'
cara OF by the State; how life became feeble because
the great types failed; how character became inert
because nature ceased TO be coercive no" al'ruisi
itself at last collapsed because IL was enforced anu
generosity died out the secret of generosity
&c liberty" Not that the author despars OF Altrura
but he says with truth that the type the ne" c'i-
zenship must come first. The new citizenship GER
1ainly does not lie in the Debs, Altged and coxey
line.
Lord Roberts's study OF Wellingtons life and
xri,inps has led him TO the ncuson-expressed
In THE Pail Mall Magazine'-that the Duke mas peeh
somewhat overraed as man and greatly uhder-
rated as a commander. Many virtues ne possesseo
nut he was no more the slave of duty. in LORD
Roherts's opinion. than other great commanders
who fought for distinction and power. He called
forth no affection in his soldiers. BY nature re-
served and MISUNDERSTANDING NIUE seNnsh-
he regarded his army in the light OF hsh'"s
machine. When its task was performed ana peace
established he ceased to associate with the onlcers
xbo had been most intimately connected with him
IN the field and ne did little nothing TO promote
the welfare Of his soldiers or TO make the nation
understand what debt OF gratitude 1t owed them'
Rut 10 this cold-blooded general Roberts assigns a
place as leader equal If not superior to that given
20 Napoleon
The "story Of a nineteenth century cult is told
nv Mr. T. F. Plowman In this number OF the PAL
MALTA story which relates, OF course, 10 the sdd
eyed and lank-haired British aesthetics, ranging
from the young Pre-Raphael!tes of many years age
70 Whistler and to Oscar Wilde the prlg or paradox
1t is rather queer find Rossett!. Whistler MadoS
Brown William Morris and Wilde all CLASSIFIED
under the same title. This Will give umDrage
doubtless 10 enthusiasts yet there appears &c
be sound sense in il when pondered thougntfuIly
Mr.. Kipling's story Letting in the Juisie' II
OF course. the strongest most original Dit OF wri's
IN "NcClure's Magazne'-a positive creation and
not a comment adaptation. That picture IT
words Of the great panther quiverng with the magic
OF the jungle night is one which no reader with a
trace of Imagination can even forget The maya
zine continues its interesting series OF Napoleon
portraits While some Of these are old frends
others will be entirely new TO most people.
Mr. Howells. in his Cosmopolitan story. "A
Spfc art a
ton A young betrothed pair. in all the enthusi
esm OF first love, pause in springtne drive Il
q visit a Shaker village. They do not remain long
bu, It Is long enough for kindly elder TO CONVEX
the young man to a belief in the Shaker doctrines
and 10 Inspire him wtfp desire to JON the com