New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-15
MAGAZINE NOTES.
cLrMpsEs OF THE NOVEMBER NUMBERS

GLIMpsEs OF THE NOVEMBER NUMBERS
A. the nresent moment there is much vio-
IAN, arSument in England to whether 'ne
statue erected TO Oliver Cromwell in the pre-
o,ncts NJ Westminster should be suffered 10 re-
main mr. he cast out into utter Darkness ~
IS said that Parliament does not wan' M
statue there and what some ouSiuers '"'"" Va
the matter may be gathered from the sai0as'N
letter in which a correspondent OF my N
-, pov,ev,, noints out the applicability OF
this case to the inscription to wren III o. "u'
.T ~ the ruins Of castles churches ana hoiie' "a
old England" runs this protest oeiaceu u W
ter,v destroyed by that ruthless deVas'".O-
JCromweI1 say 81 monumentum requiii'
cuuspice'" II is while this niue 0ii'''
ar,sen IN Cromwelrs own country that Iohil
,,or,ev begins In THE Century" his history Vi
the Protector. 1,.a,rs
go hos nuctuated and how this has oeeh
A. % tho contradictions Of his career ne
o,onoes swiftly at those diverse historical es"
,,,o.os which have painted the man IN NaiieU
samblances from the blood stained anu -!
critical usurper up TO the transcenuehI"i "
and the uberator Of mankind E&acuS "HN
M Morlev's final judgment on MS su0'.t'
NAV be we cannot of course tell un'' -
naners have all been printed; but IL looA' 0i.,
The tone of his first instalment as II lie 10
IN take a middle course. telling 'he iO'
cordinc 10 the latest researches anu o.
same time taking view Of the documents - -
trating and independent In the inca" '. -,
get interesting indications OF MS co"Iep
Cromwell in passages like the loiio""e
7, e hard TO deny that wherever IoaS vor,nIe
N,oss Cromvell failed; or that ne 90. Grr,
useless CIo' MA in what modern opinion nrHi-
wou iaes 70 he false directions or t!al ,eu
- Sfiton and Bunyan rather 'na t, ~ "a most
that we seen 1itanisn: we look to its apostles
natber than its soldier Yet OhVei "a energy
90 dim. his freedom OF spirit anu Ctia of
oI en- oo,,es Of a free spirit the present. 49, 70
tlat -. I,Cb1 in his mind. though the lisht 80 ~
80 later times may have grown uIil' ~
faIth his valOr his constance ia "a octs that
hie name in spite Of some exaspeIauet ~ in,agi-
ms - eonhistrv to justify, upon the
nation OF men over all the VasL adv ,a,,o nre-
civilized world where the Engnsh noNS 20 chose
-. Tho greatest names in hlstor! dIS ~
vans nc f,I "a reer and amid the turbd ex,
trnnnities of political action, have yet U stond
closest and at most points 5he VA the things in
mS - noen's interest never dies. or TINS rare
company Cromwell was surely one
Mr. Morley is necessarily restricted IN MS
onsnlng chapters to the clearing OF lhe e'ou'.
and a brisk marshallng of some Oh Ine Oi
actors in the drama dominated og O'o,' 40.
We NAV note that in traversing the cary l
., his hero he points out that there Is "0
tbertic evidence TO support the stories Vi
wicked youth. His vignettes OF the ri''s 49,,
oueen are perfect. OF Charles ne says ii-'
fault-and no statesman can nave "
os that he never saw things as they were
He had taste. imagination logic ou' lie "~'
drooroer an idealist and theorizer, IN whch
- tie have been good rather than evil
80, dreams theories and ideals had not
- ont of relation with the hard duties OF d
ao,, =, storm" Describing the Queen, Mr.. MOT
, savs that "of the many women good anu
nod who have tried to take part In AFFAIRS VI
,.o+a from, Cleopatra and the Queen OF ohep'
downward. nobody by character or tralnliis' a"
ever worse fitted than the wife OF Cnarles / io'
such a case as that in which she 1ouho He'
SELF co,,
+. is a privilege TO read the story or Croh-
valrs career when set forth with the skill ol
q man like John Morley, but a special edge Is
given to the readers enjoyment by the i"''
that in addition TO his skill the historian Po9
sesses q narrative style prosperous anu us
tingutshed 1t is good to find writing line MS
4, monthly magazine. The illustrations to
these Cromwell papers are superb lhey -" :
much N the tawny tint which has been added
10 the usual black and white. We rejoice 70 see
AT Mr.. Edmund ]. Sullivan has been engaged
is exactly fitted to the work. Other contrlou-
tions going to make this an unusual number OF
"rbe Century" are the opening chapters OF
1.-The Biography OF a Grizzly by Ernest BE-
ton Thompson--adorably illustrated by the au-
thor-and DR.. Weir Mitchells Autobiography
OF a Quack."
There are some particularly good things OF
personal sort in "Scribners" this month The
RI Of the autObiO-
graphical sketch of the late Mrs John Dire"
Is printed and the Stevenson letters are brought
to an end Also there is fascinating paper by
g. E. Martin and Charlotte NJ. Martin on the
Paris of Balzac which is not badly topographl'
cal but contains much that is interesting IT
regard to the great writer's personal traits
We may cite a passage relating to his meth
DDS Of preparing copy for the press. The sub
ject is not unfamiliar. but it never loses it,
charm:
With no Unborn literary facility, with an In
born artistic conscience that drove him on IL
urtiring pursuit OF perfection, he hled the vas
chasm between his thought and its expression
with countless pen strokes and by methods o
composition all his own; the exact reverse o
those Of Dumas, writing at white heat, neve
rewriting; or Of Hugo. who said, Il know no
the art Of soldering a beauty in the place o
a defect and ! correct myself in another Work.
Balzac began with a short and sketchy an
slipshod skeleton, making no attempt towar
sequence or style, ana sent H. WIN al II
errors 10 the printer. Proofs were returned |
him in small sections pasted in the centre G
huge sheets. around whose wide borders 500
shot from the central text rockets and squit
of the authors additions and corrections fire
By his Infatuated fist. The new proofs cam
back on similar sheets. TO be returned TO tn
printer again like the web and tracks Of
tipsv spider This was repeated dozen or,
Is said a score Of times always with ampl
fcations until his typesetters became palsie
lunatics He overheard one of them, as he ei
tered the Office one day. say: I've done my MOI
OF Balzac: who takes him next" Typesette
publisher author put out Of misery on
when the last proof came in, at It's foot II
magic BON trer."