New-York tribune., 1912-08-30

uOnstar--one however. Tnlcn was per
haps quite capable of kindIng the e%nInu %
siasm Of artists. The real wagner na!
reuth as IT actually ~, was ON! nm In a
had. final proof. pulled on inferior pdpei
from the engraving which was my cIea
tion. Ny blunder was that | "ehS
there with an ideal in my. breast, ai.u ~
was thus doomed 20 "mperlelCt lel,lii',o,,c, tlS ui'
az uCliness. grotesquenesS ana fU3n5
n,nner thoroughly repelled me. hau
imagined tragedy with music IN a way
that FAR surpassed Wagner, ana ! heeiu "
music in the tragedy OF ehisieseIfb ls3 eI'bonan. ~,
manner which was far Deyohu Hchop0"
hauer.
The biographer's discussion ot hel
brother's earlier works is illuminating
She tells an anecdote Of his "Schopen-
bauer as Educator" II brought nm
telegram purporting to come from the
great philosopher beyond the pourh,
and assuring him. in paraphrascu
line from Faust" that "YOu are IKE
the spirjt that YOU can understand but
Won are not Ike me" Nietzsche's at
tempt 20 give Wagner's music Wlocr
meaning by linking it with the he'-
Ionic world brought about the first OPP
nosition tn his scholarship among his
learned colleagues. 1t was a 'o"' %
force. youthful work, full OF youth
fuI courage and melancholy, as us
author called it later THE Birth OF
Tragedy out Of the Spirit Of Music
represented the Greeks not as peo-
ole OF unceas!ng cheerfulness, but az
a race that, suffering profoundly oe-
gpi,c its superabundant energy, sought
10 transfgure the Dionysian by means
of the Apollonlan clement FROM inc
interaction Of these two spirits, WIN
which the whole future of art Is bound
I'D. were born the tragic wisdom al tAe
Creeks. and Greek tragedy. But the
atternpt 10 link Schopenhauer ana
Wagner with this Hellenic spirit was
the cause Of much academic polemlc'
Tho musicians, however, eXultcd-
List and Bulow, as well az Wagner
himself. Far more significant, the
work OF a true and daring patriot vas
the first OF the Thoughts Out of Sea-
SON" with its frank discussion OF GER
man culture. it's condemnation Of the
coarsenng materialism that began 70
lift its head shortly after tho victories
Of the war Of 1870. and of the boasts
that il was German culture. Ger
man education that had conquered.
Nietzrche admitted the superior educa-
tion. he denied the superior culture.
In what sense can German culture be
said 10 have conquered" he asked.
'In none whatsoever: for the moral
qualities Of severe discipline, of placid
obedience, have nothing In common
with culture. Such virtues were char
acterstic of the Macedonian army, for
instance, despite the fact that the
Greek soldiers were infinitely more
cultivated"
Frau Forester -Nietzschc leaves US
OF The problem" From sunshine into
twilight and tho darkness OF night
from happiness, contentment and sue
cess, from acceptance Of the things
that are at their highest and best. she
viii follow him Into the period OF his
growing unhappiness and loneliness, OF
his revolt against II all
AIart from It's subject matter, and
making allowance for a not improba-
bic measure Of partially this first
volume indicates that the completed
work Will be a remarkable achieve
ment in It's class Of literature. II IS
admirably well planned. brilliantly
written and exceedingly we'll trans
latc3.