New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-15

$4,000 as his share Of the money derived from
the sale Of copies.
: So characteristic Of the Ibsen craze IS Mr..
Zangwilrs recent letter in celebration Of the
Masters" birthday. that 1t is worth while TO
quote 1t here
Far be 1t from me to suly occasion like
this with criticism. 1t is the moment TO say
grace for what we have received. lbscn has
been one OF the great intellectual forces of my
time-a very recent time During the last ten
years I have often disagreed with myself about
his philosophy. and his art, and his somewhat
ungenial criticism Of life, but never have |
ceased to regard him as other than a master
poetic dramas. and IN his social dramas he
speaks with the accent Of the gods IA a
dramatic craftsman he has made an advance
even upon Greek drama Nothing ever wrought
me 80 tonic a glow as did An Enemy Of the
People," a sort Of anticipation Of lola. by the
way. His influence In England has been enor,
nous, though the Philistines have not finished
eneering. The Athenian Voter got tired of
Aristides because he was always called the
Just" II have not grown tired of lDaen, II
IS because he Is Away called the immoral
and the absurd" When the searchinGness Of
his psychology could longer be denied. II
was waved aside S Norwegian psychOogy--a
pretext more specious in the sunny South than
in our kindred ATTITUDES. AZ if all the great
world artists did not unversalize the partcu-
lar, In fine. If the function of writer's is TO
stimulate thought. TO kindle emotion, and TO
inspire action. then must Henrik lbser he ever
counted among tho highest. May these poor
words OF gratitude reach the great lonely SOUL
Mr.. Jerome X. Jerome allows a little common
sense to temper his enthusiasm He does not
think that lbson Will ever become popular in the
sense that Shakespeare is popular.
lie has not the truor artists ear that catches
above lns wailinC Of the world its many songs
OF jo" " his passion for analyzng the root
he ignores the blossom Cnlr in one play TN"
PrctenGer'" so il seems 70 ne, does he climb
high enough to view life whole. In com
mon with many other reformers. whom hate OK
cant has driven fanatical. Ibsen falls into thN
error Of assuming that beauty IS of necessity
cloak. hiding the TRUTH whereas. in the hands
OF stronger thinkers, it serves rather az a grace
ful garment. enhancing her charms.
The volume on Karl Marx and the Close q
Ills system" which the Austrian Minister 0.
Finance. Eugen Bohn-Bawerk. published
not long ago. has been translated into English
and the translation will soon be issued by the
Macirillans
Colonel Richard Malcolm Johnson has written
a move, of Southern life which Way & williams
are preparing 20 publish. II is to be called
'Pearce Amerson's VIII"
The impulse toward warke verse given by
Mr.. KipnSs muse is more and more apparent
in England. II has even reached Z. Nisbet who
has heretofore been distinguished for exceed
ingly gentle feminine measures Are you going
for a SOLDIER" she sings:
Are YOU going for a soldier with your curly yell
low hair,
And a scarlet coat instead Of the smock you
used 20 wear?
Are you going 10 drive the foe as you used to
drive the plough?
Are you going for a soldier now?
am going for soldier. and my tunic is Of rcd
And I'm tired of woman's chatter. and I'll hear
the drum instead
will break the fighting line you broke your
plighted vow,
For I'm going for soldier now
For a soldier for a soldier you that you
will go.
To hear the drums a-beatng and to hear the
bugles blow?
I'll make you sweeter music, for I'll swear
other VOW
Are you going for q soldier now?
am going for soldier II you'd twenty vows to
make;
You must get another sweetheart. with another
heart to break.
For I'm sick of lies and women, the barrow and
the plough
And I'm going for q soldier now.