New-York tribune., 1906-08-12

Nii'S'ly' Tie tsnda, %
and slander. their eunninr. % ~
cule- Marriage was but a ua,-,'.a' "S' 2, =
development Of personal prefer.---- oliE
must make his protest. as vo,,5 1as
against race suicide. F,us Ai ~
woman be the victim OF uDe,-.. ucS,s
environment. slight indeed iv 49, h1s
shortcoming. Her duty was i .4a'
husband Let her be skilled IN -
household. rarely appear in rrs,- an e
please her husband in all thinov -. =. s's.
fere with his liberty. and he - ~-- s't I,
inferiOrity- There was little N .''s's
ton Of wife who was liable n. =. s. 4 u
iisnt pretezt' unless. indeed. her ~.
so large that il would be inconvs,,.- ~
IL While the commentators bav.- - - o p
to attribute the poets views q, ,-.-'l - "a
own domestic infelicity. real =. ''-sa
present critic finds them due rafhs..--
Ing progress the authority os vvo-..- --s
ing in Athenian households IN 49, "a
mood OF the poet and in his ro.--- '''a'
mind. which discerned the evl ,,,s =
more easily than the good.
I'm his attitude toward social H,~
poet appears to greater advan,,,-
position. both elevated and ahead -
appeals 70 that imaginative t,,,,-.
strongly marks this critic and pIacs. -
the ordinary commentator. Saws
Decharme:
IN Athens. the most democratic 90 -
cities. there were great folk ana hT1-DEt,' ~ -
OF high birth and men o. low birth F,,-;-tss2 s2
tutely takes sides with the latter so.i--ss-- =
rler. sometimes he shows pity FOR 1---f -e
station, those whose life is cOufro''isit p
who are the slaves OF their FanE ~ ~ q \
express all their thoughts and are ~, - L
hDerty 70 Weep. But If he sOuletiu,a- y.
never admtFeS them What peOnIs c-II !, -
appears 70 him to be an abs0l1felv - e-a .-a
Ihe great Families of Greece sought 10 F,SSt.
noDinty 2y choosing god or hero Is ~.
fables, and ne Futhicssly DESTROYS ~ g
or pretenSiOnS when others enierfsf- :. -
places neither a god nor goddess Al ~
A-A16 "a -alliiiieS' Out d common mother. tie
Earth made all alike in outward sso,.
All differences did fsncs f-aHla
Naught do W. really own. the an.
In nature are the high and low
In his eyes nobility. as the ccmmon ,.,-t
GER oeTstand ana u, has nothing but wealth as 'rs
long IN certain houses thar in cOursa az -
nave become noble. But what is tha -
" %edItn- whereas poverty strains al ,bs \,
OF human energy, luxury IS a school of e.
and cOwardice: whereas want av3keos - 80 ~ =
ems tne poor mans Intelligence. the rieb -
be doomed to intellectual mediOcrity.. =
FOE bloekishnsss kis GO, hard in hand Wit. van
AND poverty for oirthr.ght wisdom gains
We foresee the poets conclusion. Nosr,-
s1sts neither in wealth ror in the claim y
tftOuS ancestors. The noble man is rbe -. y
the man without honesty is not noble sve- /.
he De descended from q father greater 49,
1Tue nooiiity may therefore be met viii
poor man. the man Of the people
BY sympathy and training. Euripidas III,
rivals. was a democrat He extoIIed ill.,
Justice. and denounced the exercise NJ 49,
power. He is also a man of peace Iov,r,
not from selfish wish for ease. bur bs,,--
is too humane to be blind to the horror, 4
His humanity is a noticeable feature ~ ri, :
acter, and it lifts him above the limits 40 !
row patriotism "The whole earth ia N. 4,
mans fatherland." he SAYS. and side br
with love Of country we find in bin, as 4,
rates. a cosmopolitan view-a coneepto-
breadth and comprehension that no fse5s
tellect was capable or
That portion Of the present volume which
with the artistic side of E,uripides sbavs p,
etration Of insight and a subtIe,y Of analvs.
less marked than the study Of his pbilos,-
No attempt is made to exempt the poet r.
the criticism that in choice Of subjects he ST
times transgressed the laws Of taste. and as
question of the morality of the stage dr
opinion in Athens. as it divides opinion ro-i,v
IS urged against Euripides that for no good
pose he not only represented man in his s-s
ing and his weakness. but even in his bass--
In the introduction of children info his d-s-
the poet is thought 10 have struck a new Il
All the great writer's sought to produce the a.
OF horror in their audiences. but EurF
awakened pity as we'll His catastrophes VI
not only terrifying, but painful and cruel n
made his tragedies more human. and eng.I
sizes what has been said of the humanity Of 4
poet