The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-05


veloped q Russian soul Quick 20 trans
late fiction back 10 life. Il became q fashion
IN spirituelle society 20 express In q hun
dred subtle ways the huctuating. yelled
yet passionate and capriciOus tsmpsFA-
ment Of the ssrpenfins slav. Not q dim
cult matter for Paris. which had oncs
listened TO the magical tonS waAvtngs q
Chopin and felt itself Polish: bad been tho
Balzac woman. the woman who revoltsd
after the fashion o. George Sand. and was
ten ycaTs later. after the influence %
TurgenieH and DostoIsvsly had passed.
20 assume the role Of the cerebral Ibssn
woman. Daudes. with bis peering gAss.
noted the advent Il the Rllasian woman.
and happily credited 70 Dickens much Of
the Russian pity which psrmeatsd man
ners, novels and the drama IN France.
What is this compiler and mystic Russian
SOUL Stuinsky In sitting forth the dr.
ference between TurE6nieh and GOrly aays
q the Russians that their naIvet4. their
rmotional eKubsranoe. thsir inability 90
recognize the practical or 20 cling irIn-
~ % the ideal for which in moments
n stress they may be ready enough 70
lay down their lives. their overdsvelOped
power q sef-anAlyais-thess qualities
ind expression in every page o. their
imaginative literature. Russian men will
fight zach other one moment and embrace
each other the next in Gogol. TurgAni@R
and TolstOy. 80 in Gorky: and aocoriinG
to all our authorities Russians will alter
mite between Oriental cruelty and a fem
IniDe soitness q repentance. or vii tear
their hearts opeD for their friends 70 look
INTO aud M outrageOusly immediately
afterEard OF will Ct drunk and heat their
servants and then grovsl tefore them IN
contritiOn. OF will break the moral hw re-
p,ataily and take their own lives on an
empty scruple lnTurgeniei ~ In Goriry
tho good may perish, EVIL triumph. the
ridiculous lord h over the Rsthetically A.
lot IN the end the fundamental difference
u the two men overcomrs ell similarity
II theme or major treatment Tur-
gsnieF's heroes. towards. tyrants. victims.
drunkardiz and clowns iOr all their eousn-
tricities appear - ESSENTIALLY cunditioned
by tho main facts of lie in which they are
rooted. With GOrky they seldom loss the
impression Of primal eccensriciiy. Of the
abnormal. the monstrous. rIrgSuied's
chanctes are men and WOmen expert
encing pain and bliss. In Gogky we have
only personifed aChes aud satisfactiOns-
let us listen to the greatest spiritual
voice Il al the Russia-. to Fiod0r Mikallo-
vIt,h Dostosevsky. For him the Russian
soui had vaster m-aninGs And in the
long run ! am CUnvinoed that We. that i
10 say not 49, but the future Eenrrations
u the Russian people. shall every one q
H. from thu first 10 the last. understand
that n h. a reel Russian must signify sim
ply this % strive toward bringing abOsEt a
solution and an end 10 Europsan con-
asCts. 70 show 10 Europe q way Il escape
from its anguish in the Russian soul.
which Is universal and all embracing. 20
instil into her a brotheriy love Tor an mems
brothers, and in the end perhaps TO utter
the great and final word % universal hsr-
mony. the fFaternal and lasting concord
q all peoples according 90 the Gospel a
Christ DOstoievsky died in Issi Uni
versal peace h still q rainbow lure. the
Russian -oul has not conquered the riohs.
and Hamisi and Don Qlixots composs the
larger portion o. the Russian soul An.
the pathos q the unattainedi
In iS9i the critic Bi6hnnki quoted as
an epiGraph a fellow critic. Senkowski.
thus do 90 possess a hteratursp' NO.
We have nothing but q book trade
- A..
= related by WAliszsWski. Since then
what an array Of names. beginning
with Pushkin. Gogol. TurgsRisH, Dos
tOievsky. HerEeR. Tolstoy, TchekoH aud
the minor choir. Russia Taduoed"
might be a title for book about that much
vilified, much misunderstood land. In
Maurice Barings newly published Land
marks Of Russian Literature there d a
refreshing absence Of the abuse and mis-
Interpretation % often TO BE- found In
works dealing with Russia written by
foreigners. especially the English and Ger
man. That the country 10 a huge prison.
that the average Russian Il daily occupied
in butcherinG OF being butchered. are
common beliefs with most Of NJ. Mr
Barring dos not deny sporadic cruelgisa.
but be finds that even the siberian s1iles
are better % than the inmates of Engllnh
prisons. A pretty COURAGEOUS uttsranoa.
this. Russian cOnvicts Rst fresh air.
vine when they have tho money, inter-
courss with their fellow prisoner dear
cot q privileges for those Otherwise con
demned 10 solitary confinemsnt-a and they
may learn a trade. "A Russian 10 freer
in prison than an EngliahmAn 10 at larre.
said q socialist member % the second
Duma. who had spent years In prison.
Mr.. Barring h not an apologies iog Russia.
but he has the advantage over mary Who
write q Ia life and letters ofhaving lived
there many years. Of speaking and rad
ing the language; also a being devoid Of
rigid English pre- judioes. His book. which
h not an exhaustive study, q dia-
tinctly valuable and interesting. II
sheds nov light on tho Russian soul.
For ~ the most significant portion of
Landmarks % Russian LiteTaturs' h
the liberal allotment accorded 10 the
WORKS Of Dosioisvaky. MF. Raring nOtsa
that with the Wane Of the popularity %
TurgenisR ths red slar " DoatoIsvusy hav
steadily mounted. has even topped tha
radianoo ~ Tolstoy. This miRht have
hsen eEpsctsd. TurEenisd Waa q Courno-
politan. He was an aFig1ocIut. and be
never went 10 the psopis. e. did Doa-
tCisvsky. or a. rolaloy tEiad 20 hard 30 DO
(hinasli an implacshls pazsiu1irt and ais
toorat. and moross after much early diuui-