New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-01-12


an Oriental type OF revolutionary propagahaa. h''
scholastic defence OF the creed never went 80 La d,
% de-ard moro than reasonable constitutional
,odor, for Pussians or to make attacks on ioerh
governments $50. a..
The Career Of Nihilist' was good move,
not a convincing political tract, ana ne h'ii'S0'' W.
a nud-mannered man OF noble family an accon-
pshed writer a university professor, ana uu'''s ''
twenty years exile the latest OF wnich were Spe"
in England he gained the personal respect OF those
who most abhorre1 his notions. But ne he'si %
came Gute conventional Tie answered. Ho'SS "
ink If that came most handy. ana maue reop7 ~
II he wrote with the bottled blood oil tyFa"'s' '"
when ne lectured in New-York in 1871 ne aPps'.
in the METROPOLITAN Opera House with asopen WAIST
oo., ssarninr shirt front low collar and black
srock coat He had a powerful voice, ana win
true Russians linguistic gift spoke Enssh psi'e''
IT, though with effort.
The new international review, emitted "Cosnopo-
lie may be described as kind OF literary Trip.e
Alliance II Il publication in wa!ch Ehs''sh'
French and German men of letters combine with
view TO bringing about not merely state OF
literary reciprocity but "a sense OF close telio"-
shin between the nations-a larger sympathy max
ING for the far-oT goal OF perfect culture.
pcace and concord" The ambition Is lofty' ana
one. it would seem. requiring for Its satisfaction
services more practical than those which supra
fas,Gious periodical IS qualified to render Bat the
editor Of "CosnopOlis' on the right siGe IN
preserving a rarehed atmosphere within the pages
of his magazine and the diettanti VINO contribute
to the initial number-Mr James, Mr.. Gosse. Mt
Ianc and others-cannot repress the energy AZ me
centre of the undertaking. II Is a good first num-
ber far more promising than first numbers are
apt to be- for while the editorial MANAGEMENT
Is exceedingly systematic. apparently aiming al
bringing the contents Of the magazine rlgdly uhder
50 many heads" there Is one immense gam IN TINS
very system. gain Of clearness ard convenience
r. each Of the three national divisions printed
In the language OF the authors there IL provided
certain amount OF fiction. OF political discussion OF
literary and dramatic criticism. Some OF these de-
partfnents are handed over to writer's VINO VIII re-
main permanently In charge Of them In this nrst
issue these chronicles n! well written ana n
torcstlng only one quotation need be maze from
these critical dlscourses but that one must be ad-
nttel as worth making by every lover OF dear old
Thackerav" In Matthew Arnold's recently pub
laheI letters there Is passage which records MS
conviction that tha novelist was not "a great
writer" This stirs Mr.. Andrew Lang to the fol-
owing retort: "On this side Of ido.atry, he says.
II have admired Mr.. Arnod's poems. and taken de-
light in his prose. as much as most OF his juniors;
but II had TO make the choice would not give UP
'Esmond' for all Mr.. Arnolds collected works.
Though he wrote In prose. Thackeray seems 70 me
to have had a depth and force Of poetry within
him. creative vigor. sympathy WIKI and knowl-
edge OF mankind which arc more essentially poetic
than Mr.. Arnoils poetry At lis best
The original matter In "Cosmopoiis" is not in
any case remark ble. but there Is much to interest
the reader. The opening pages OF the magazine are
devoted TO the first chapters OF Steversons I'M
finished romance, Weir OF iermlston." II Is i'm
possible 70 say much about II the present stage
OF publication. bu; these things may be noted:
That tho I.ord-Aivocate Adam Weir IS a grim and
fascinating brute: that his paid lady. Jean. last
desc, liant OF the "oi. riding Ruherfords OF Her
lnision' shows Stevenson escaping with perfect
tact from the pitfalls which h. declared were al
Why's before MIN when depicting womanknd; and
that there IS rather much Scotch OF the elossa
rial sort in the text For the rest We must wait
In patience The tale begun by NJ James The
Figure in the Carpet" j. In hs familiar vein.
There is "A literary man who Is mature and there
is one other who is not. and the latter. when he
writes a review OF the newest OF the mature ones
twenty volumes. brings down upon his ambitious
head tie observation that what ne has written Is
twaIIle. He has an Interview with the great one.
gets told tina, the thing that's the matter IS thai
ne d,esut get at The grea, ones secret the great
ones great pan. 50 the reviewer goes boneless.y
up ana down the word trying 10 find the secret
He tries through good many Of Mr.. Jamess
PAGES and the odds are that he will s be trying
in the next number Of "Cosmopoiis." May he find
it and breathe easier, and leave the reader in
peace,
NJ Paul Hourget. beloved Of Mr.. James. attacks
in "L'Age lie Amour a figure after Mr. Jamcss
own heart. Rect dun Reporter" the production
j. called in subtitle, and through its clever
liloqules VI. Bourget approaches some of the mys-
tories OF the 'intcrview.' Mr.. James and VI. Bour-
get both appear to - be taking shop but
of them. al least. talks with amusing adrotness.
The German pages Of "CosmOpo.is' are less
sprghtly than those preceding them. bu, they have
4 moro than passing value in the fiction of Ernst
!, md in u ~
dor SIommsen and Herr Snielhagen. There are
notes on the recent centenary OF lithography
In which Herr Herman Iicferlch naturally has
some nice things to say OF what his compatr!ots
have done for the art but he is also just to Ranet.
circumstance which typhes the impartiali;y and
urbnn!ty Of the entire review.
Altogether "CoSmopolis' starts WELL The various
reading pubcs of the three nations represented
VIII continue - turn In great numbers to the
views published by al three In their tongues
throughout. but there many. too, who VIII rel
ish the charm Of a magazine bringing the current
literature OF France. England and Germany into
such contact with one another "Cosmopolis' as
sures. The magazine IS we'll printed and Is without
Illustrations. 1t "a likely TO succeed
Gloomy and Greary TO the last degree IS that spot
of earth witch bears the name of Falkland Islands
Yet it has produced romance in the person OF Miss
The1 Gift. the novelist who as a child wrote
stories there and read them to other children one
Of these other children by the way was Miss Alice
Havcrs. the painter. Another clever woman who
was born in the Islands IL Miss Eal.ne Terriss
What Ia said TO be singuary interesting work
Is the Cambridge University Press II II an
elaborate study of Convent Life and Saint Worship.
covering the period from the beginning of Latin
Monasticism to the years just preceding the Refor-
nation. The work is to be called Woman Under
Monasticisn'': Its author is Lima Eckensten.
Mr. George Moore. by the way. Is making a less
ponderous study of convent life in the novel which
he Is writing The book is TO be named Eve
.yn lines"
Literary ambitions Spreading. Milwaukee
wishes to be known II nucleus and the Mayor
and other prominent citizens cooperating with
the Ethical Society for poets and authors con-
vcatlon which VII! be held on March 10 under the