New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-24

life and hate and love. by victims Of faith and
thought. of greed and affection, TINS surely was
how IL must be done
Last January there published In the
Youths Companion" an article. chiefly remlnis-
cent. on Arthur Hallam, by Mr.. Gladstone II
/; did not throw much light upon the nero
Of in MemOriam," al any rate IT gave Some
pleasant gmpses Of the relations at Elton De-
tween Hallam and the future statesman ana
was moreover, an illustration Of the latter IN
one Of his most captivating moods. The puDllsh-
ers Of The Youths Companion" have reprinted
the article in pamphlet Of thirty pages. wise
act. which will be appreciated by every student
OF Gladstone's career.
The Scribners send us in their new edition OF
George Meredth's novels "Vittoria' Sanora
Belloni." Diana of the Crossways' and The
Ordeal of Richard Fenerei." Probably collectors
will continue to desire the splendid edition de
luxe which this edition follows, but wider pub
lie will be more than satisfied with the latter
II is excellent In print and paper 1t Is OF con-
venient size and the volumes are cheap. The
same publishers bring out the sixth volume or
"Fredrick the Great" being the seventeenth vol
ume in the new Centenary Edition OF Carlyle.
The death Of Edward Bcllamy cannot revive
discussion Of his Utopian theories, for those
were long since RELOCATED to the limbo OF utterly
improbable things. but some comment IS appo-
site on the relation OF Socialistc nostrums 10
literature. The two not necessarily antagoh-
stc. II the pill is sugared with art IT can RUM
It's purposes well through the medium or iictloa
as through any other 'Tess' is much OF
pamphlet as Looking Backward" Only Tess" Is
also q work OF the imagination working on a
high creative plane It deals with human nature.
and whatever is ethical in IT, or exhortative' IS
blended with the impersonal and artisuc pur-
poses Of pure genius Mr. Bellamys IDEAS were
not only fantastic. but infertle; they ieu 10
nothing He sought to project them into form
OF literature but literature rebeled ana cast
his work out She would have allowed him 10
teach lessons in an artistic form. but his lessons
were without vitality. and he had no art Neither
had he genius which might have helped him TO
conquer literature through the aid OF art
Mr. John Corbins "Schoolboy Life In England
NHarper e. Bros.) Is a practical work. INTO
which parents may look with profit. since 1t IL
not unlikely to be suggestive TO them on the eve
Of choosing an American university for their
SON. Mr. Corbin writes American. ana IN
the course Of his Investigations makes many apt
observations. But believe the CHIEF use or
this book will be to interest the general reader
giving him some very charming pictures OF an
existence Of which he hears. as rule. only the
vaguest things. Mr. Corbin treats OF Winchester.
Eton and Rugby and concludes his survey with
some remarks OF general application In his
view the lesson to be learned from the English
schools lis not to be learned by sending our
boys to them. but by studying them as institu-
tions." This course he urges because ne
wisely sees the Importance OF developing an IN
stitutiOn according to national needs. ana
realizes that an American cannot cope with life
on terms Of scholarship alone, but must be
trained in the atmosphere Of his country's ideas