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Show Our Lai 1 y Literature. Editors ffcraUh The author 01 "Curiositi ol Literature" Liter-ature" speaks quite positively of the impossibility of one man conJucting a monthly review, and mentions a couple of cases wherein the endeavor to do so occasioned tie death of the editors. He also turns attention n what he calls the inevitable super ficiality and monotony of a review which depends on the resources ot a tingle mind, however briliiant and accomplished. The successful re view is simply the receptacle of tl e choice thoughts of many acccm phnhed minds. W ill a diiy new papr bs able to do what a luoulliiy review eiiuot do ? Cn we reason ably cxptct an original aiticle evt-ry duy from even tbe unt proluund r the ma;t hrulianl talent of a aiij.t editor ? It st enH evuieut'y tu zequire a w:du copartnership a c- mipjoy of ai'lrt, iniellectual a toe K ho deis to tdil a daily paper with complete com-plete success. In no other way can eitner ahVctalion of smartness, or dry monotony, or barren eelf repu tatiuu be avoided. Tlie daily news-p news-p -per is ibe diny literary untie, t'if Uaiiy legal adviser, the daily shrewd puiiticun, the judioiou patriotic cenaur in fiu lhe acct-ptaolc preacher. Heuce, in fact, the great papers, aa they aj-e called tnt I leading my jouruals, are uuJerstQd 10 bj iumisued aud equipped f.om tbe intellectual armory cf a whole corps ol tne ablest wi.'.ers '.n be louou. We ruad, fur example, mi admirable article Oa a social or I'ltucal topic, wnlttm with cu-trmiit race aud numur, and teiiiug simpici y cf manner; but it we inquired, tsuoiKU liud it probably tue one counoution ibe writer hau furuisn-.d in a couise ul moot Lid. Tois ia tuB WiV in which our currsut newspaper literature i refining and exaitine i'sclf, is making mak-ing H-deli richly benutm.l aud u'.ruUL;; aud entering, with tui.at),e pomp no eflicitnt diecipiine, into tne great tieid of intellectual end moral strife, fhis, which is here assumed 10 be a true account of the beat claes of our excellent daily journals, is an index of tbe taste, forming, and in part already formed, ol the best cias ol newspaper readers. Editing is cnpelative wit reading. Tue supply take the quality nf tin-demand. tin-demand. tiruce an editurial am bitiou to appear e ipcnor to partisao-ehip. partisao-ehip. The ureil paper wines to ap pear to descend when a partisan view id given ol ft current question. This is curious and t-umheant. A question ques-tion of parly m (oucued with client superoiiiouauet-; w.tti apparent good-humored good-humored reluciaiiee. Why? Because Be-cause the be;t readers think of mere parlisausbip with considerate aversion. aver-sion. This is lhe nwlry between readers and editors, wnicu elevates both. It has been (he case that on almost auy disputed point of public policy or ot general welfare tbe ouly way to get the truth, the wnole truth, aud notning hut the truth, was to read two newspapers of opposite party characters. It i a significant change lor the better when practical iin ar-liality ar-liality in the conduct ol our beat newspapers gives the reader con-frMi-m-e tlmt hri l'pIs the lai:tn on hnlh nides by reading one paper. For lo think of it tru y, is not a partizan newspaper, Irom the u 'ture of me case, moral moustrosicy ? To iwi-t and turn and color the truth iu any way and at auy lime, is not less than a din and a disgrace. But iu terms news is the truthful summary ol actual events. Let the wise jour ualiat therefore recognize the reader's honesty aud cacaiily tmd independent inde-pendent Inve of lT'Mr v,vl ol fair play, il. I :i :t forgel that bacK l this is al?. :.e nan cjuai'ieoce linen, re.ivly m K.u inin indigtrMit dug it at the pm.ZiU iiiitiip laiiun ot truth. Gektilb. |