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MEDIAEVAL ITALY.
THE STORY OF THE INDEPENDENT CIVIC
CO.MMl'NES.
t>
THE Tl'WAN RF.I'lllI.K S. Florence, SW nu, I1.-B
nnd l.'tcen. wiih denna. By Bella Daffy, Pp. lix,.
4-ii. (The Mory nf Hie Nation-.) li. I'. Putnam's Sun*.
Thou* an .i-iie.t* nf tin- hi st ..ry of thc mrdidoval
Italian rapublina which mubo tli.* study ol Ikon a
mont barren and useless ltilior. Men still turn b*_B
to tbf little t-i'-ilc societies of antiquity foi le*s_*M
in politics ani f..r sm_e*BiBng cf internutinniil
comity. Hut OIM would almost as BOO* tliinlt of
eiting a Kentucky vendetta i?y way <>f shottiag
liow war ahonld h* carries] aa a* the trifling eon*
flirts of anarchic Italy, where .1 file al f-i>l<li.*r??
and a banner did duty lor an array, whore poison
am! tin* ra*k "-rare Baal* cMclcBI than artillery,
and when- tin* less principle was involved the timro
liitter was the liatn-.I, tin- moro unpitving tin'
Fla m.hter. Ol course there- is a line uri which
aeomparison may properly b* inado b.'tw--on the*"
iSAotfia and their predecessors, tin- ancient Greek
??effie* lt is tin* atfabgrat problem In hist,ny that
BfteT thi- haman race nail wateked for h'lndreda
of years tlio results ol a wide apt**- national or?
ganization, witji its orderliness and prosp'-rity. it
ahonld tiav returned I.y preference to the politi?
cal chaos of trlbnl lif*-. Oat of this ethnnlo-i-.il
problem the investigator might construct a system
which would give unitv to mediaeval Italian his?
tory. It _* doubtful if a w-in.lance of unity could
bo tfiven to if in any (thor tray.
Tlie author of this voIuiik* han labored hurd with
a period which is very iliflioiilt. to handle, and pel
it ganai ??? saM that lb* i?>ok randa asara like a
chronieli- than a history. An endless succession of
potty battlra and sieges and ma-isacres and private
murder-* presents n.i opportunity lor r-tudy fr un
tho point of view of a philo-opln-r. Perhaps a
fuller BrVarm at tho outset of tin* varied race ele?
ments which had galfc_**d and BBlnftled in the
Italian peninsula (lunn, tin* denny of RocanB su
ppaaanoy would hnv* hronght out a principle at
least tentatively nsi-ful iu illustrating tho growth
of thc r.-p'iblies. Hut th'- author venture*, on noth.
In. moro than tho ne.ativo conclusions that ri-ally
Jittle eln h* known abcut th'* origin of tho com?
munes, and that, aliove all. they owed nothin. to
the previous political system of Rome. There ha*
been a grant deal of confusing and bewildering dis?
cussion on this topic, and an onh-rly marshalling of
various Ibenrira would hnv* given the render a
clew In tho complicated labyrinth of later history.
]f ono liv*.* in bia mind tho nnml-or of Inimical
rac. 8 difficnlt to fuse into an efneloat politic*] or?
ganization which liad s<'ttl-"l in Italy with tho
Consent or in spite of tho opposition of the Em?
pire, ho will easily perceive how many notions re?
specting the orizin of mediaeval civic institutions J
aro possible. Yet it. is certainly unwise lo p.uss I
in a single scntei-c<* over the fact that Badi, neath
all this lavalike BtratiUcation of huaannify tho
foundation really was tho old I.'otnan etviliz ition.
Tin' tendency of that elYilltntioB was inward ot let
and uniforniify and law. And wherever through?
out media-eval history one lindu this tendency prev?
alent, one may 6a sure that lhere is a retnini**
cenco of oil Rome in it. Indeed, the time whoa
men's hoar's tunn-al with tin- in '>t longing afTo*
tion toward an iden] of political unity was just
tho tim.- wh.-ii not only Italy, but all Europe,
OBOaaad likely to lie swallowed un in tlc ab-ss of
anarchy. On* <IoiT, one Empi*rcr?thi* was Ihe
cry of men who wei* groping Mindly after a prin?
ciple that might ttvrt) all culture from being over?
whelmed in savagery. Dante'e aspirations were as
impossible as the ea .'lo in hi* vi-ion, but tln-v mark
the couine of thou.ht natur*] to tin* wisest m.*n
not only in his day but in pn-cedin. times. It
was only Ignorane* in ihe buriariau corni uraora,
and the Intractable nature of theil own lol!ov."rs, j
that provi-nted thom from perpetuating tin- Roman
Empire just .as they found it. They snw as well
as tho Roman ruh'is how cilicient tin- uiachiu<- waa,
how skilfully its parts had been fitted together
durinsr ages of uso: but they lacked the skill to
run it or i*ven to keep it iii order. Tin- result W_*
that Italian eomniunities tiocan n'am at the ln?
ginning aad did over awaiti a portion of tho work
by whieh Rom.- had risen to -re.iln.-ss. Il in ul I
Rome you have the everlasting conflict ol patrician
and plebeian, you have tn th.- Middle AM* tho
e-tutilly intoriniiiaiile foui.1 of Gtirlph and Ghibbe
line, which was in its true form only a quarrel
between democracy and aristocracy. If Ronn'
rose to greatness bv the gradual absorption of otlnr
cities and Stat,"?, the same was exactly tun* of
Florence. Mad I.'om.- laen Iniuined in from tho
first by powerful States as wisely governed and as
capable of civilization us herself, b_M also would
have sunk under the lahor of forming aa ampire
just as Florene sank. Hut the point to ls* oli
Bervod is that the animating principle was tho
Ban-t-* in both cases. It was the principle which
had boen exemplified also in Greek politics by
Athens, by .Sparta, by Symons.. Its virtues
proved groat when supported by Roman le^nl
jjenius, but it never sufliced to reduce tin- hatred
of contiguous aud rival communities. Florence)
in her work of absorbing neighboiing republics I
was not able to replace enmity by friendliness.
When thoconajuerod cities ceased to I** rivals they
became thc tools of northern invaders. The time
for Italian unity was not yet.
One thnj^; must bo confessed, however, e\-on by
those who condemn Italian Bradlan**] history as a
whole, lt is ridi i* lessons of individuality. The
violent ebb and flow of society cast men into
prominence nt most, extraordinary and unforeseen
junctures, and tb* way heroes wen- made, so to
epeak, out of notliing. will always be ono of the
wonders of the world. I or ("-.ample, in the midst
I of the, disturbances fomented by Salvestro do
Medici there came a moment when ihe ruling
party deserted their places '"The palaee betag
thus empty of its late k-nants, tho pbpalace
thronged in. the standard of tin1 Inaurgenta living
held aloft by Michele di Laban, a wo..].comber.
whose wife and mother s<?ld pipkins aud vegetables.
Hie appearance with th'* banner in his hand hit the
popular laney, nnd when he was half w.iv un the
staircase ho found himself suddenly proclaimed
-.tandtiid-boaror of Justice. Ile immediately rose to
the ocasion. took the direction of every Iking and
revealed great capacity and t>oMn>-ss." That is,
he went righi on and reorganized the government,
?with the skill of a hand practised in Birk aflairs,
?ud n-stoied order for tin- time. Such examples
of individual resourcefulness were numerous; Ikey
prove, dauhiloa*. that even the condition of anarchy
has its virtues. Hut there i- oin* individuality in
Florentine history for whom most of us hnvc a
oort of traditional reverence, ark* is treated almost
with animosity in thi* book, and that is Lorenzo.
Tlie most is made of his immorality, of his spend?
thrift habits, of las oppressive methods of taxa?
tion, of his shifty politics, which were directed not
to reform, but to a postponement of inevifnble
calamities. But after all this is said, the question
remains whether any vital reiorms were possible
in thc Florene* of that time, pressed an she was
8a all sides by external intrigue, and paralyzed by
the elements of internal disorder. Ik* tate of
Savonarola shows what a reformer might Biped
Fer the 6akc of art aud letters and the devi*** of
oo mm or co, things in which tlie city was to be a
toucher of the nations, peace for a Jong period was
lndiapensable, awl Lorenzo, whether by instinct
or design, was aide to confer that boon. lita
preference for a crooked diplomacy was no more
opposed to tb* abstract notions of right than vite
the irrepressible pugnacity of other rulers. If h*
impoverished tko State, he loft much to show what
he had don. with the money. With all his faults,
the world will doubtless continue to rall him The
Magnificent. His example was worth something
also politically. As national self-confcleusn-ss
became more perfect in Europe, the practice- nf a
man who had in general avoided war and blood
abed was more usclul as a model than that of
Caraar Borgia, for instance, wbo** onlv theory of
Baity in government Involved the preliminary dc
atruction of all opponent*, rartieanahip. within
proper limit*, has been found to be the condition
af liberty In modern states.
Th* ratimite of Savonarola as given here ia
moderate and trustworthy. It ia difllcult to esti?
mate a character about which so much that* ls
purely poetical caa^ bo said. When he refuaed
fkaoJiiUou to LorenfV. because the Utter did not, i
yield readily to his melodramatic demand for the
return of their liberties to the Florentines, he
inflicted pam upon a dring man, but accomplished
nothing for the good of Florence. It,was aq act
of unreasoning fanaticism How could the hand
nf o dead man withhold the liberties of Florence?
There was much ol this mendy rhotoric.il effusive
ness || Savonarola's character, lt wai bot to I*.
Wondered at that even his etuel death tailed to
eonvinca- cooler men of his natty, or even of his
piety. That he waa pious and that be meant to
be a benefactor to hts city is now conceded.
lhere ar- some inexcusable errors in tho proof?
reading in this book, but it would take toi much
space to specify them. With the*** exceptions tho
volume is a creditable addition to tlie series, "The
Story of the Nations.
TROPICAL AMERICA.
A VALUABUfi HOOK.
TROPICAL AMRRICA. Ily linne R. Tort}. Illus*
trated. IB-MI, pp. iOB, Charles Scribner'** Sun*.
The trained journalist wh), like the author of
this book, undertake* to travel in new countries,
is besot with temptations which do not a* a rule*
assail men of less ongfosaing occupation. Educated
to grasp the currents of affairs, koon to observe
and note every new development in politic*, social
usages, and civilization generally, tin* difficulty
with such a write* really is to restrain himself,
and to confine his olisorvations to a comparatively
small list of subjects. ..Mr. Ford's interesting vol?
ume is in some respects an illustration of thi*.
In bis p,is*?*.ige tkrnagfa tropical America his atten?
tion was nioiiK-nt.iril.v arrested by tin- International
aspects of whatever affair* presented themselves,
by their hearing upon American trade and com?
merce, by their relations to statesmanship in what?
ever form. Anti bis inten*e alertness and eager?
ness to solve nil these problems, and if possible tn
get at the future of the countries he was visiting,
has resnltetl in the accumulation ol a mas* of in
formatitn calculated to be ot the greatest ser?
vice in clearing away mistake* and helping for?
ward tho grnvth and expansion of mir foreign
commerce: and which might well have filled not
one hut several vii innes.
ib* wns afforded some special cponin.s and op
p< rt unities for observation during his Wanderings.
Thus in Hrazil his visit happened to coincide with
tho overthrow of the Fmpire, an event which,
howeter unattended with bloodshed, was a po.,r
return for tha- beta form of government tbe country
bari known, and which has not as yet resulted in
any marked change for the better in tin- state of
the people. Hut Mr. Ford's ob-erv-ition* in Hrnzil
and Chill, Blld Mexico ami Venezuela, nnd Faia
gnay and other of tin* Lat in-American oountrie*,
must, wi* imagine, have eventually left him in a
good deni of doubi ns to what form of -_oviT*V!i"iit
nfla-rs any dependence in ihoso volcanic re.ions.
The old story of the Irishmnn who (leeland him
self " f.,ruins! the laOVi-inmeiit ' on _?noril princi?
ples, without in the lena! knowing what the said
government was, gretta to applv only to* foi. il.li?
fo tropical America. Tho people who exert theta*
hi-lvi-h actively iu politic* hate, of conrae, their
own ax?'-i to grind, and most nf them look for i-**r
sonal profit in Borne way. A* t,i th" masses, they
i> a rule only ask to In- let a!.iii". They have had
more ihan enough experience of tyranny and servi?
tude. It seems to them that whoever is on top
plunder* them. And it is difficult for Ik-em to
simulate a real inl.-re-t In th** c.,n?tant intrigues
and revol iti'.nriry effort* which are being made.
Mr. Ford's itinerary led him from Hrnzil aero-.* j
tin- Argentine, and through tin- Andra to Limn,
? ?!.ayni|(iil -and the Isthmus. Carte*)*-* and Cara
caa, Jamaica and the Hah.una*, culm, alexio* Bil I
Central Ane-rica. It wi* a oomprekeasiv* ani
highly interesting route, but our bi-y-uumli") trav*
f*!ler Was Vexed by the too frea;:i?-nf cvi'lolic ?-, nf
lack of American enterprise; of the (.toady push of
European rani-Bra90j of the curio;* neglect -Beted
mit Iv their neighbors who ahonld be bound BO
clo-ely to ns by nt least commercial bond-. Wher?
ever Anerieaaa have fixed their feet they hara
maile their mark. Hut as yet they have brag too
few. ami they have not been properly backed up
by their -Government.
Mi.'Ford's visit lo the Weat Indies eouM onlv
-.infirm him in th.* belief thal tbs- fertile Islands
it" undergoing a change which mn*! .??..??ituallv
repiung.* then Int* the night of b*rb-rigm Th*
white **ettlem"fitM :,ra- *,inply dying out, nor caa
England, arith all h<r power and experience), find
i means of preventing this. The de*noraliS8ti*B
nf the Hri'i-h W"-*t Indies which tuts oeeurn-l dur*
ncr the past generation, ha* nlmo*f eoaaplctaly de?
?troy.(l tlie white sovereignty, while tin* dei lim. of
Ihe staple siiirnr ti.ide upon the development of
otter marketa has removed the main taraatlve to
-"newed elToit. Tin* negroes nf the Weat Indira '
no favorable specimen* of their race, but they do
not civilize rapidly and they do exhibit a noted
'.endoney. like tho*.* of I'nba, tn 1*1**80 into sat
'gery. Mr. Ford had no opportunity to explore
thc, interior of Cuba, or lu* might have told us
*t instiling about tin* alleged horrors wlie-h Mr. Kt.
Ioho declares have b**a intradaoed then- Bailer ?
negro domination, lt Indeed seems onlv too binba?
lda that whatever tropical islands rn ans of Ikea* |
-eas fall once moro entirely into the hands ol the
Blacks will be lost to cotameree, production and
-ivilizavl intercourse with other countries. That
s, perhaps, tin' woist which ha* to be feared, ami
that Implies and involves a very serious and had
Ral* of things. In the end, ol course, eoine power
ir powers?the United Slates, or France, or Eng*
mid?will find n way again to Bettina possession
.f the richer islands, and tln-n tin* old story will
ie gonn over again. Hut in the mean time then- is
ikeiy to he a great loss of time and po?ibly waste
d lib- and property.
OJ course in tropical America the traveller was
ginok by the dilatory habits and customs of tb*
eoi'lo. There, like the lotos lands, ar" lands whero
t is always afternoon ; while nothing is ever done
0-day, but everything is to be put of lo " maria?
la ;"" wher>- the retry first Impulse of every native
s to avoid doini;' whatever is Baked ol him ; where
?xertion for any Other purpose than Obtaining
-nough to eat is regarded with abhor renee; and
vh'Te tho climate seem.* to have '* livid ifs ('anon"
igainst hard work throughout society. Hip, in
Grant ExiH'i-tatioiiH," was Jed to entertain th.- be.
ief that th" Homans were so Here* hecaum they
mild not help irritating one another with their
iosa* Hut the Mexicans anil Hraziliun*nnd Vcne*
?uelans and all the rest of our tropical neighbors
ire wholly exempt from such influence* They go
ii from year to year in bUaaf'-l rcims-*. nml tlie
?rooked stick with windi they scratch the earth
till serves to them a better tool than any Amen
?an workshop cm turn out.
Changes are, of couri-e, occurring in all these
".tates ami provinces. On the 'joust there is an
ippearanc.* of maternity which aeetaa ti held out
lope of bette, things; though it must be sail that
vhat Mr. Ford has to tell about the new canals
loos not promise very highly lor the immediate
uture l'anama is not the only plano where there
las been apparent waste and carelcssm-ns. and tlie
latives. who are naturally and by training cynical,
:annot have gamed from their observations of
'oreigners a very high opinion of foreign integrity.
Ill the numerous revolutions touched apoa in these
>a2es, and the like of which have been and are
till taking place, are punctuated willi fraud und
deader. That goes a.*, a "matter of course, no
nutter who wins, and thc poor people naturally
{row to care very little which dog is on top, know
ng well thst their turn will come to be worried
n either case.
Mr. Ford has given his readers u rich panoramic
a'iew of the unsettled, half-developed rc.ion
brough whi'ih he took his course, and lu* has be.ii
o full and careful in all his st.itirtic* ami state
ients that it is possible to reenn-truet tin- situation
s it wa* from hi.* pages. A very lull and. on the
rhole, cjear view ol the state und prospect*, of
ropical Anieri?:acan conwcuuently lie derived boneo,
ind if thc reader's conclusions do not wholly coln
Ide with tlie most optimistic, view, this jt. really
he result of the whole impression made by the con
leientlotis observer who has set down everything
i-hich conld contribute toward tho formation ol an
nteHigent opinion The volume lr. adorned hy a
lumber ot Toll pogo plate* represent In', various
cones and place*, and it ia in ult respect* a ant?
ere, hearty, shrewd and jrood account of the ooun* * .
r?*g and loQahtica visited, ri
ANOTHER CARLYLE BOOK.
TUE LETTKKS OF GERALDINE JEWSBURY.
NOVELLS!.
SELECTIONS FROM TIIK LETTERS OF GERALDIKt
RRDKOU JEWSHIKY TO JAXE WKI.slI CAB*
I.VI.K. Bdllr* bf Mr-. Alexander Ireland, dvo,
pp. At?,. Longmans, Oren * Co.
Miss Oeraatlae iawabary was tba mo?t Mated
and li.tlmiite friend nnd confidant of Carlyle's wibi,
and lt ls ta this friendship that Mrs. Ireland's t-ook ot
"Selections"' owes Its exl-lente. Devob d as ls the
fair editor to Ike memory of Ml-- .lewsbury. she
would hardly claim thnt llie-ie Kilns de-erved lo
rank In Inherent Intcn.t wllh the volume*, of cor
r?ap*adea*0 Wbldl tba world of renders lin* agreed
ta piesetra. WI*! .lew.laury. though a Ihlrtl mle
novelist, uas a woman of teal**! ibe hud nn filer!
perception of character, a reaaanaMa Bena* of hnatar,
an impulsive heart amt n gene rani natara. All tbeee
<lii:illt|.'. f.cr letter* ihow?and yet ll must lie BBti
thal they ure generally tall, often trlvlnl .nd nio-ilv
unimportant. It ls pSBBl-lB that If Mrs. Inland
had curbed her peculiar Iheorlei of :,n cdlior's duty
and had fareberue to Bubstltate iasbes for almost
every name nuiillnried In Un- biters Ibo mall would
have teen at lead entertaining. At lt I*, wlib nil
the good will In thc world, on- cut) feel no Interest
in erer-i ec airing paaragea like this: "Last wa ck
when ?-wns With me.-and little-taaN
over from -tiw kjinrt. wiriri* she hus been staying, lo
1?.--to po hacfc wllh them express to -e.--."
.Ml that ll ls worth while to preserve In the volume
could have hain laasiiiwed with advantage within
Hie Unit ts of a magazine arllcle. Tile gushing ? x*
preaataaa of affection with which Ibe majority of the
letters ure Hied doubtless g**e pleasure to Mrs.
Cbrtyle; hal it ls tin* usual gush of nn emattaaal
womali who lins few outlets for her emotions, and It
does not In any sense ieaeire to he enshrine* In
large type In n ponderous volume. lt wa- meritorious
in Mis- Jewsbary tai f.-.-t a tenta* rancira f?r her
"dear love'-"' health, but the tender concern pol!
upon tin- reader after twenty pages or so. One or
two pu*.ages of (hi- naturi' would have sufficed I"
exhii'ii ihe writer. aRecttanate tftapwlitoa amt Mrs.
Carlyle, rageriagsi but al ih nil Ibe re.t of theta
omitted Un- Ug boah would not bat* leen passible.
So far n< Mi-. Carlyle ls rat..'lied In th. letter* ll
ls ns ii testy and eoartplalBlag Invalid, full of woes
which .-h*' I- not chary of confiding to her corre
spunirat, soi prone io silsjadgaienti nr.d Btaciaier
standings, ii- I- Indicated by Berenl (parrels nial
conseqaettl mnuruful iBaataaa by ML*.- Jewsbury.
(..na era lng the aharlceailnp of Cnrlyle th'- mttraa
alni tlie maid, ii had evhldi'ly exchangcrl lieWl In
:il>iiiii!iini... ihe latter exhorts her friend to wrll'- s
laa.nk which -imn benedt other wemen, and addi i " i>?
Dot go to Mr. Carlyle for sympathy ; do not let him
dasi, y..ii with cold water." Ami elsewhere -i.e rays:
"Carlyle ls OMgalBceat, and you *re not wasted apo*
him, anil that will l.e a con-ola Hon to feel -niue dat.
He ls inu< h too (fraud f"r everyday Hf.-. A iphlnt
ii...- nm tit in comfortably io our parlor nf.- arrange
ne nts, hut seen from a proper petal of tten ll ls a
mp ?rent-Tally grind tiling." In on.- letter wa. Uni
ihi- hit of advice, wi,I'ii mo-t Cnrlyle remtnlKenrei
go to shan vu- con-, nini io th-- recipient: * in Ihe
nightmare of annoyances under ablet yon ar.- naffer
lng. lt I- Ibe mo-t nhataflome Hiing von ann ilia f.,
glte .brewing ' right snd i.n. it i- far better le
work oil year irritation in tbe due canna of Balure
nml h-i ii evaporate than to nppre ? lt aid allow
lt faa vork Iii fi,.? ystem, fra.m i,,a statler what
-I "ul tn i- sn' n.otivi. un I x .-i -ii i beneveJenee himI 'welfare
of others' pillia ipi, : i>. ]>? ml -ipa.t, it thai iappre?*<ed
Irrllri'laaii nil Mlppn --"I perspiration .ire bath i-ajiinllv
Injartansl Belier t.id. -cid. - stat" RIM
.l.-it-i.iiiv M'lii.-'lrn... f.H r,,.. Hag bel elf. "What
ubi pained ni" bmmI Ib yon." she wrili . "has bren
y.'tir iri-'iii'.iii.v tai ?ii th- pata ye* inftn l yourself,
nnd Ibe ni.-, nc- al nil ronsMentloB for the Bs tarsi
rffectH of things on *tbers." lhere I-. mm li lu these
hiia-r* I'i tia. nay *f emotional ronMenre, sreasstlon
lind esptanatto* iiiii.n. ii i- pinn la ira. tae artier
would lune -I,muk fruin laying before ri uld world.
sad, again, we nm-' regret i ink of Jodgmeni in ibHr
editor. li.-i ?ii Mrs. Ireland Mtvety sdmlt. lhal Mi
DBIIyle pr.built ma.ant ia, ita- Ta.t Ihe letters, and lt
would ra m tim* ... .a natter of loyalty atone -lu
might have carri'.: ..ul lb' ira* wobmb'i intention,
nt b-a-t so fnr ?- roneernrd Bistiers ol bo po -IM
puhllc Interest. Hra car..fill;,.?-* ifi regari i" names
-I.- might well |,ri\. . *. ? ? -..1 .*?*! fa. Ibe n'l.T Illy rind
-etiflni. nt.nl cominetit- eu ber owb heart -..fTiir wlhh
Ml-s .1. ti*l.iirt mule for lei file,,ir. lan.tit. All il,.
mon- ws* Mrs. Irateni hanni io 8a Hil- beraa i ibe,
toa, wa- Ml-* Jewebary. frVnd mid prafeaaed t.a i..\.
le r min h. While d> In. In Intense BffriBg N
lew-!.un lanna., il. Iri pm ar.u i-e ial J,, r praairrl a i..
Heir writer, ta. .i.-ii.av .VA Mr-. ( .rill. - I, Hem I,.
I .t, death irlalBI Ihe IBItbfal matti While Mle kiter
HUI remained n.i*. <"">. Mra, Ir-iani h.- printed
wllh it Mnage disregard of the known wbhei of th
two frli'i.ds.
Ihe letter- are not rich In anecdote, tut hi r-- .-mil
there i? ;t cbaraeterisltc -ta.rv or a ptotaresqae row
atent ou th* ri'iebrtile. sad lb" Btaaaen nt ihe v
laud of tin- *i<?-. Tie- witter went t.a hear Charles
King let pr.-nja a.ie ni. lil In I ti.rr.ie d pulpl'i ?'""?
'ells bel . . ne-potidi-iit thru lt wa- a orv good, -n-l
ii. Mimon, something Mhe what a termon iboald he,
?bal otibodgg, ns l thought, beyond repraach. And
inly laney th.- dtsma) of th- aingregsiloa when
ifta-r Usteniag mere than nn hour mid a half, nml th
Hhole WU ' lided Ullll tha- l.la-.lllg glfOU, (l.e real
-lergyiiiaii of Un- . hun h ntirtnl up in the reading
1e"-h and Hld theta that all they had I.e.id an.
wrong .-ind dangerous i.nd fnt -.-. Bad that If I.i- had
atagtaed what the ii ima* wai i" he the pulpit n.-ver
wonld bate been lem for the aeration. King-ley snt
Ike a siorn-, tin- cangregattoB -aid 'Kathi hu bl' to
?mb other, and iain' ant wltboai mahlng any ohara
rattan*. Was it not un odd eonelaatoal Hla Berman
ra- on Iii- teat 'One Lord, oin fuHh, ina- baptise),
ma ?"fd and gather of all.'* Th.re is a g'.lmp-. of
baWM (i.iorga- Eliot-, Lew.*) willa 1. scrvei. tai recall
me of ile' gaea* prejudice* Of the pa-rlOd. Ll Wis
undi- a prodigious leumttoU In Manchester, "onlv
il- mustachios nave hurt peonl,.'* s.-tise nf propriety,
md noihlng hal the report of hi- wif- and an BB*
l-certalii.fl amonnl of family (mild have _|i,,m1 iicalnst
lom. People here are niorhld about iiiiisIik hi..-."
Ih.v wcri Hkewlse rataewhal morhid ahaal Hterary
im.a,i n, nnd th.- i)mpetbetk (tarsMlae notes that
hay -ur-- beginning mildly to he pnlin-d for Mr.
Mary Harton.' And one Indy said lo me tin- other
lay, 'I don'l think author. ought ever t" mam,'
md then proceeded io entoflsa Mr. Uaskiil.'' Tba
Brlll-h hii-balnl of the tim." oi liis.oanlly excite* the
ariter'i rldleale?espeetally one omaaliig specimen ot
it, .Uss who greatly n-.11ia.1i pta better-hairs dun?
jeroo-- Illness, ob-crvlng thai ?? A Wife. Illness made
i man iiisigniii(ant by oeenpylng eterybodj in the
muse and gretal Hiein ram et bing to do ht sides Bl?
ending on hlm-alf.'' This ninn's BenM of hiimor
bbs! have been lomethtag Uk- thai >.f aaotber
ilrlton nenttaned Iii this boob, Who, Peing very rich,
ook h finny lo 111 np a Utile limp. I In hi*- palish
burch, In order Ihat he and Ids family tnlghf Worship
.lita au impo-ing appearance. ?? ile went io a claver
rtone-auso* at fadlewtath and told him to sealptara
lim same ?aacntan' to pat on some monument,, ha
Kif going io balli in hi- chapel, and |* rraaa their
eft, that they might look as If they hag bee* n> the
Sraaoara; he bought a ajaantity of baaaera at the
88M time.'"
Miss lawabnry'i rammeala a* Emerson, mode after
?ending his saraga, ioablleM plenaed in-r torrrapand
Mt " lb- ls n dry, cold, raetaafl**! Vniikee," she
isys. *? h.. spbitnaStta pratt ani lo.* ami itrikeK
i very fnlr balance, nnd -ays ninny true sud many
enatMe things, bal he ow.s himself to your husband,
think, and has not n grain nf his passionate eh,
petter, which mikes one's heart barn flthln one. I
an profit hy film now, tmt I might have read him till
loomsday before I knrw your husband and been
leliher heifer nor worse. I don't take lo the man
it all; he ls sillier, honest and so fnrlh, becaiMc he
learly see* ha get* more bf lt. It I.s the most
irofitahle nnd ?sfe investment he cnn make of his
'..rultle*.
Mrs. Ireland's hlo-rraphtcil Introduction ls absurdly
ilgh flown, and fairly Hasping wllh admiring udjec
Ive* and exclamation point*. The whole volume
hows a sltignlni lack of taste snd ls beyond question
he lens! Important of nil the works uccumulstlng
unod the memory of tbe Carlyle*.
TUR COUMtHt EDITOR
?rnm Tlie Kan ms Cl'v Times.
Somebody lins asked If ;,i| ||,e thin?* he -ean
it'injl tba country edltari poverty mid general woe
legoaebcsa are true. Here l* the answer: No.
?ne of file flr?t men al all tin* lund ls the e_|tnr
tba moulds the opinion of the people mund about
I.inlay town ni etltofe lu which he liven. IU
I uo ..Hilliary lieing. ll* |t ?s Independi'iil iv, a
nllltonaln). aud Joy ento un house thrice lo every
ilngle time that dlmppolntment rome*. Me 1* king
taning his people- if hi* surrounding* are lowly
ie ls sUll the greaten nan within thcai. If bis fd*
ow cln/cn* ire above tli.. ordinary, he ls Better thoa
heir avra-je. W.t table ls well filled, hts home li
ia poy, bis friend* are happy and Us trouble, few.
Tin-re ls no riwli In the life of tbe country editor.
ionieUmes h* gets the btes In bli bead tl.sl miriness
i hurrying bim snd that s rest is needed. Ile
lever .onilderi me matter twice. A trip to plsaned
md, ss soon a*, tile rsltmsds send sloug tbe peases
rilli cony for tbe sdrertlsernents to be lasertei In
leflnltely In psymeot, the editor and his wita an*
all the little editors go away. Back home at the
office the foreman receives the stifecrlptlons and gets
out the weekly paper nnd "rots tvpe for Job worB
Just the same si If Ute editor were nt home. He U
iis?*_ ta thnt sort of thing, nnd he knows that when
be gell rendr to go nwav the editor will get pussi-s
for him and his wag.- will run on while l,e ls visit?
ing nbout the country ,
Winn (be po-Mnfli.e I*, vacant, everybody mentions
Ibt editor .ls a possibility. Bebett for th"' cirrus ar."
laid on his ubi-, together with the two doran egg
fr-m n go.**! larmer fi?n'l. ? roll ol l-utier. - for your
wife, vi- know." and a dot** ether things that come
to Ihe biggest man lu 1*4**1 "'* '- ,,;lllw1, ''V ?*?**
body on the strc-t a.s b BOod fellow. All are his
friends. Urabi cm.' for review and never get lt.
Thet oil go to t:.c editor's coaey hom-, where eo
many ot the village Batta 1 alTnlrs 'alu* place each
winier, when Hem- arc scarce and Iii- paper romes
ont nib-d with hint* ci how I", ambe pr.-s.-rcs and
J'Mles ia-xt Bummer. TU it's the mci-rv time for tue
rdltW ol 'he rountrv Journal. Nobody I- mair
pramlnenl than ha ls in thc loe.u four hundred
Se; withdraw your opinion that the country edi
tnr ls a man to h- pilled. Merer picture .Am in
tatter*. Don't I matta* thnt li- .penal- ball of lils
lime driving the wolf from tba iota, ll" ls I hu-t
br probably, and ?h-n a legal ?"'?I''" la altered tor
pu bil cs Uon be lenrei n. stane unturned thal will
keep lt from going to another imper In tc- same
manly The couulrr rdltoi raver ines ot spopieij
or I.min fag. Ills life li ns nc.tr ti?> rase-colored hu*
as earthly lites g-i io be. He tran i- lb worlo
ov.-r. goa-s Int.. polltlc*i and succeeds, ba- a Hst af
r, malton* thst wiiiti Ippafl nie etty man in any
lim- of bi.-lncss, and most of lils Hine |. bli own.
lia I* hoaest, charitable. Mgadoun. All honor and
r> -[set la the roantry .-nior. Ile ran afford ta ba
Mic butt of merry jest and hrib-. but aa lona a- he
ian hire n bia,it stan to turu th- handle of th- pTMB
h- can afford to laugh back th" public smiles. Il?
ls great, nils co.mirv sdltar. R* am* -ouid wish for
a happier lot than bis.
*
LITERARY NOTES.
It t* reported that five hnndra-d nnpiihll-hod letters
of Voltaire have been dfcratered in tin- hons., of I
descend.mt of Hie phllo-opln'i'- physician. Th. od r
Prancbln, nt Brsrinfra, near Oenera. They ar- ta
he pnblsbed a- ,-oaaii as passthle.
Mr. M. P, Ullman"- fa,rthca,mlng volume OU " Soeliil
lam and tba jimmi ran Bplrtt" will pre-cut n -iaie
BMBt of the BBSWer which the American spirit BMfcM
to Ibe programme advocated hy Boctallsls,
An iiiipublls! ed letter from Charles Lamb to
Jnnn-s Keaney is about io in- -old in London. Kenney
wa. th.-n Iring Iii I'm!-, and l.nu.b will. - lo him:
?' l/ord. what thliurs you -.-e, that travel. I dare ray
the |ie.,pb- an* all Preach whererer yo* fro- what un
overwhelming effect tout anal have. I bate stood
one of 'em nt n time, but two I generally toned o-rar*
powering.?? _,
Mr. William Morrl-'- nunaiic.- 'The Well al the
Wa rids Rad' will aol ba pabllshed fora tong lime t>
roase. lt I- a iii.dlacv.il -tory and I- ta he beautifully
lllustru*,'*- by Mr. Morn- hli.i-elf.
Mr. .t.-im-s Whitcomb Hl'-v -nts that his own
feeling* incline Mm to lertans writing, where aa the
pabtto <b it,.md- that lie shall ?produce dialect. Crillcs
mid friend.- mike hnvt advised him MX lo abandon
ti.at beaten pa"1 wherein td., critics and friends Bl*
undoubtedly right, Better tbe ilaire! work, which
baa n HaUnetli.f lia own, than ina "aerlona wort
nhl. b ls commonplace,
title ol Mr. Robert
vu'b ii for "The Eng
?I'oriu.i.'s Wl..-r I- lb
lim hanan's forthcoming ifni \
ii-ii I bu.t rated Nags.lue.
Yenng Mr. Irrtng, lb tm Irving, eldest ion, has
left the -'ig-. retarnlng to Ihe mady ol the ta* ind
I* Ut.-.arv pur- lits, lb I- now writing a llb- of
Jeffreys, Ibe ? Wiil.-d .iud-.-."
Miss Ma-v E. wu'ir-"- play, "OUra Corey, Vra
tii.rn.'' I* lo '"'? pabllshed Immediately In book form by
the Harpers. Mles Mllllni bs w 11? ? ? n a new *"r\
.., ll.-.t I ? t. - ?>? .- mr?t," and this v* 111 MOU ipi- ir
lu tl,- " K.i.ar."
it, a gula raralli a hm.-in.' in ii v nth with Ibe
white Mln-d Thaeheray and tlie itrong Impn* lon
?ade ni".ii him bt Ihe novelist'i kin.lu- .. ??! have
not forgotten, I hope," h.- ci . -)one v...nt of Ibe
Bl .,1.1 g-llll-- aa.UH*.-| Willa a fl.ail,alt gate til
that nigh', BBd how be bade m>- -baa kl*' mt bell light,'
'haag out my Iga,' and ash bim to ? ame aad 'uki
a rbop wtth me. lome ol hil torera li of What I
Blight do if i ?? I--ai proved t" I- aim! ?i ot ihe natara
of propborr. aad. If I na) borrow a* treal Irom ooo ol
tl..- rn ft i which I prartlari in mv youth, I mav ij
ll it tn-, ba .rt uni Blind Were lo iii- a- be talked eVi-n
of the Batar-of a plate of rapper, and that, with th?
ai ut -i of h..db and lb- -tr. uge-i of sqmifurl
eta Ind airt Ul Iii an Ihat plate a rab- oT work ml
-tody mid conduit from which I have been enabled
lb( ? uiat ?. \. ,r j. it rery rarely lo .:\i.:-."
Wa- nr-. glad IO web omi. fri tn Ibe pr-.- "f Robi-rti
Itroti,.r- ihi t,r I two tulnraei of .i nea edi kw ol
Ml- Crri-r*. ii"\. ? rhe ..Iii ai will Inda*- ila
\? .inri*- ? ? Marriage," ?? f:.- Inheritance" and ??Ha?
lo.'." each ocr ti py I ng tro volumes, lie ??ditton vt
.millar in form io thal al lae admirable ??ditton of
Mi , a .-i. ns aovefa baaed hy the firm.
The tale Willam lla/lllf. son of the e-aii-i. bad
a praaini-'np vole ,i? i boy, |nt either i barlea or
Mar) lanni. Wfgestrd thal be bool,! be trained for
the l\:b -'ak''-, hat, wi- ure (old, "hi- 'riM.ir's III
raperalie repngnanee ia ihe choice of nut line of life
llt-gered wiih bim 10 Mi-- last," he wanted "> iee bis
-..ti i gentleman, and to he iMe ? ,, leave bim lade
pendent of Iha world." Consequently ll wai not
until ofter hi* father died that ha look ap the legal
profeasbtd,
Mr. Henry James in his brHft*at article on Flaubert
In th.- Man b " Macmillan" Ml* that tl.- nov-ll-t ** ls
s -i.ong taste, like nny other that I- itrong, and he
crista only for thone wbo have a coastttattonsl need
IO f-el III (allia rtlreat'oll Ih" purl I.' liar BC thalia l-l,n
?defra ikal he in-pit?. Rmi conttdeace rests bb
Ihe simple f*rl thal ll- arirrl'd C*e**ttM BO tar and
nulled ll so teal. No on.- will cate for him ut nil who
do.* uni cure for m. nels phot-, ani th..-.-, moreover,
Wk* cur- nm-t f..r th. will ta .ll-crc.-t enough t"
admit that evil a -tyla 11< li iri limbra ls limited when
lt reagen only tbe rtet-le. Tbe Invisible ITaaberi
siur..iv lunches; hi* vocabulary and all bia method!
wer- Bnadjasted ard eben to li. Ile ranld nol rent
hi- French ITordaworth, M. dally Predhomme; he had
no f:i11h in the pawer ol Ihe moral lo offer a wrfare.
H.. himself allen raeh a fnwlera ene thai ihi- hard
roncratton is raceme, if he is impossible us a eora*
panta* he is deeply retraahlng as a reference; and ail
Hun bl- repatstlon asks of you i, an oc-antonal tap
of tbe knuckle ?i tii.. - iirm thin plates of g.aid which
commute tbe Iravra al his booba. Thia paastag
trilmte will vlehl Hie Um re-'i!ls vii.-n you hula- liet-n
prompted lo lt by som.- other prose."
THE YESES DE MEDICIS.
Pram The bando* Sews.
Apropos of iiu* uncomplimentary appreciation of
Ibe v .nu-, de M. dbi i.v mose authorities lu nclence
unit art Ilia- tate slr l.lchurd I)Wen and Mr. Holman
Hunt ipiota-d in oar Issue of yesterday, li I- Inti real lng
ta renal] Hun .-.nilli i,*i t ., reulury sud u u na il er ugo
declined to lie tulon lu by the itatae. writing from
Rice ian Pebruary ?">, t.'i*.... ala.ut s visii i.. Eta***, nee,
he -ars; ?? Willi reaped lo tbe famous Venn- I oulla,
cointiioniy railed Ita Medici-, Which was founu ai
I li "ll ami I- kepi III a Separate apart neill called Hie
Triunia. I believe 1 oaghl n. ).atlrety itleBI or at
lensi maeral my real senMmeats, which will otnertrtse
api?-:ii- ei|it,ii|y aboard mid ?pre.-iiiiipliiiiiit.. li atUel
bs want al lanie wbteh prevent* my feeling thai en
iiin*-i i-1i<- admiration wlm wblrb nibers ara- Inspired
ut tight of nils -tritiie. ... i rabnof help thinking
timi there |a no beauty lu iha frataraa *f Venns, nun
tun lbs attitude ls swpward nnd out of character.
.1 STICKLER I OR PRECISION.
From The ntutmrg Chronicle Toll graph.
Ho wini Into ii res 1.1 u in ii i and -ut himself down
at a tnbb*. To the young woman who cuni', lo l.-nrn
hi* wu nt* he ob-ervi-o :
"(.Iva ih- liam nnd eggs, bread mid butter, und ti
cup of ra doe.
Ihe food was draught Iii (lu- time, mst winn it was
nearly consumed the undress approached and laid ti
Chech hy the euler's jJnle.
?? What might timi ba .*"' h.- a ..ked.
" (.'heck, slr," she replied.
?'A entail, eh?" tm went oa, taking it hatweah hts
thumb mid forefinger, and Inspecting lt. " What ls
lt lor?"
"lt to to tell von how -imn U IO pat the cushier,"
she replied, wondering nt thc inquirer's Ignorance.
* Tay the namer! I pay thc caamert" he repeated.
Interrogatively.
" Yes, of course."
"There I.s no Ht course nrmiit lt. I don't Intend
to pay the cashier. Why should 11'
" J-'or Hie food you have eaton."
" My dear young woiiiun. j baie no Intention of
paying for ihut."
"Hut you ordered lt."
"True, but you misapprehended tho term- In Which
I made my wants known, or else von ure Ignorant
of the menning of some ol the nm-t common words
of the English tangnagr. I ?m proceed to enlighten
you. If you remember -but whether yon remember
or not the fact romain* the b*BM**-1 did not ask you
I* sell me furn!. I said "(live me* soiinil -o. Row
the word -give.' aa genned by Mr. Moah Webster
lu Bis dictionary, nieuiis ?to bratow without receiving
a return; ta confer without rogiprnsstlon.1 Tel,
nfter 1 nsBi'd von. In plain English, to give me such
edibles as I fell 1 needed, you show your luck of
knowledge of Hie EnglUb tongue by liiilmatliig au
eipectfttloll thal I simulal pay-"
Ile did not continue. His discourse ou language
mit with an Interruption st ihls point. riie- cushier
thought thai an tinni-cesssry amount nf talking was
going on at Hil* particular ml.ic, and he came to tu-e
whit ll wis iitiiiit. When he n**. .-i t:.ln.-il Hie aub
Ject of the lecture he grasped the speaker by the
coat cuJisr and encorted him to tbe door, with .ome
ramara* of his own which, while not particularly
noted for their elegance, were decidedly forutblo.
THE CHRONICLE OF ARTS.
EXHIBITIONS AXD OT1IEB TOPICS.
THE IRCC-BM OF Mit. I'.-iIUOXS-A HSTW OLD
MASTkl ? THR r.I.MIiRVNDT DE l'rl'Q
AMKiin:Vi picttrREg at the ixion
Ll". IOU-* ( l.fn -A PORTHlIT OP
TIIK LATE PHILLIPS UROOKS.
No new Hiing of unusual enn<serpience I* promised
for this wek among the art galleries and the principal
attraction will remain thc loan exhibition of the Fine
Ans Society. .\ minor aafleeOan of painting*?, s col
lection rearsBtattag more than one owner, was pince 1
on exhibition yesterday at tba Fifth Avenu.* Art
Osllertes, when lt wfll tie followed, prahahty Peter*
the end of the week, liv Mr. Samuel Colman's iir-lntln.
nnd curios. The exhibition of Britt Van Mayden*!
etching-* and il ra wi ulm innllniie* nt Keppel'*,
that cf Mr. William Keith".* biimscap.'H
al Macbeth- mav be seen until Boat Satur?
day, and Mr. Eaton, exhibition nt Avery's aili Bira
remain open during the arah. Aft-r Mr. Baton's
ptetarea have Iieen removed their place will ba fllb*d
by some works hy Mr. fie knell. F.tigene .b-ttel-who
had nu rxhltdtton at tl ls gallery a short time
ago and Karl MeffbeT, Ile- bii.dscnplst whom Mr.
Avery Inlnv'nea,I to New- York two or three year*
aime. Ai the American Art Gtettertaa tb.- pnrs.ms and
Applied Arts exhibition-which ls open, by Hu* way.
from J until c, this afternoon?.closes to-morrow
night. It has bad added t i N a Reatbraadt which
will be found discussed below. The Both ellon of
Oriental nigs referred to last sunday will ha evered
at linc- gaUerira before Batarday, aa was expected,
bat il.xlilblllon and -ab- of Mr. Ming's porcelains
which were annoanecd al tha same Him* have been
difa-rra-d. Mr. Pbraona rmi only feel d'lighted nt
hartog shown Ids water eaton of .tainui hero befon
taking Hum to London. At lOOSl thirty aeten of
them have been -uld since the opening reception,
the sum received for them amountlni: to -ft LITA and
by the lime the exhibition has cloned the ggnra will
doabtlraa be increased. Thu.* tar 'he record ls one
of the he-i, If not thc very beat, ere* made In New
York.
Karly In th- year 1--00 there was much ex?
citement oeoaatoaed In I'arls by the announcement
that M. .-t.-pli.-n bourgeois had pureb***d nt iincHon a
pi.iuie representing "Abraham Entertaining tba
Angels," which had boon catalogued anil sold to him
aa a work "of the sch.*,i ,,r Rembrandt." bal which
lo- hui ile.ideii wa* n genuine production of Rem?
brandt himself. Two f.aiti'ii.s wen formed, one
doubling, nnd one accepting M. bourgeois's, views as
to the BBthonblp of his aen.ul-1'ton. Bebora of the
contra) cray aili bc lemcmbcrci ns having eonaded
aero*- the sen iv America. Now the bone of con?
tention |? actually here. It was tani hy M. Bourgeois
to Mr. Verbes, ol chicago, f,,r eablMltoa nt Hip Art
In-iltufe, nnd 0:1 lt- way bach to I'nrls lt has been
hung al Ibo America* An Qalleriea for a few days. It
will be there until to-morrow night. Its owner
has foitiiii-d it arith a pamphlet gaottag
som.- of the favorable Judgments which have been
pases il upon it In I'arls, ii,.. Judgmenta of mich
BUthorltlra ns mm. Paul Mam/, und Louis (taara,
and giving lils own naive declaration as follows:
??I.Stephen Bourgeois, do by thia present declare
on my honor and conadeace that the pb fur" r-pr
saming 'Abraham Kntertalnlag the Angel-." bought hp
me at M ni nu Legrand'i aactlon, at Peen, I- an
original ind genuine work of Pani Rembmadl van i
Byn. My tong expeiience nnd tba Bumeroaa plc
tarai of the Blaster 1 have owned .... eooatttute,
-" I I bink, a *uf_cU*nl guarantee for my aaaerttan and
'??r mi competence in t!,.* metter. Any contradlctlona
erefore, according to bbs, hal !?? attrthated to
mih vol*nee umi Incompetence on tbe imn ol their
author-." Thl; dectriri* prole,um ??m.nt, with Ifs
a i.iipti.'i of infallibility, does not weigh
much wi.-n li I- perused befon iii.- picture In ques*
Hon. I'-' -Hiv Hi" taltra I* ii genuine Rembrandt;
whether ll I- a.r no' I- ii matter which ha- nothing
to do wtth H- owner*! boora or roeaeteaee,
bul must be -..nl-il. If lt can ha Battled
Bl all, by positive evldeace. CH external evidence
ilier*. I*, a ca.n-plcno.i* tech, tbe reflofi* cotiiiilnlng |
no reference to this pletun. Internally tli*> work
ai.p. ar- to us to contain lasafftoleot proof that Rem
brandt rsm >:t..l lt. If lt ls from l_- Imnd lt ls the
memorial ol a time when that hand had had Its
power, and y-t carlously tha rtyle of tho pi.-tur.'.
free aad broad, wouht seem ta rtotm for lt a date
not tar from that of ronny n raBVSB bealing the mi?
mi.tal,ali- Imprint aaf ii,. Slitst'l best period. In
Hi- naur-., of hi- not-s on the plctare M. Uonso
aays: "Thl* scene ?!. Bot pr.--a.nt the I".'st ans
logue wlib Ihe 'Pilgrims ol Kroman ."' ihe celebrated
palming In Ibe Louvre, and he might have added
Ibal neither does tia** execution ol tbe "Rembrandt d
Pecq" furnish a parallel te tba! of tba bettor known
tm Cl Certainly no better touch-tone eouM he up*
piini t* m. Boargeota'a ptotan tann tba
moBterptace of Ibe Louvre. There ls
anala.gy to lu* alrriwn between the two
pointing*, for not onlv ur- tin* compositions som.
what -.iriii* ir. Int the purely artistic ulm ls the rama
n each the concentration of tbe Inters al in * i.e
liomin central figure whose character would permit
tl.a- i..- af a single -'ra.ng nullum.* i <? rat phalli* lt
uni I., light Bp Ibe a ant ri-. In the Louvre pieter*
wi* are lenatble abovo .ill things of tba effhlfeace
ibout tbe priaclpal -gare, ta the "Rembrandt de
Pecq" it li iha- glow in which tbe patriarch is priated
that ri*.' - the painting Ita vain-. This I- a ra*
? linii.i', .?, howet er, it libii need not he reckoned
with t.ao icrioBsly. it i- Important aa showing Mm*
llarity "f aim Rut In a rase like this it ls the
?i lil.'V'iniiit lhal counts, And while on th- side of
?h.- Pilgrims of Hinman*" we hat* ImpBOOBbla work
manshtp, color tint is heantIRd lu every detail,
irsn?pareni pigment, a work of iraniciujienl
ti.i..iiac- in ibort, on th.- sid.- of thc "Abraham
Rniertalnlng tbe Angels*' w.- hate aaibmanahlp
.f the mo-t uneven qualUy, there betag psaaagm, aa
,u the outlining of AMah-ta'a head, th- fraraborteutag
?f hi- hands and Hu' modeUtng of the nngel on hi
left, which ar.* ill Hurlly weak, color that ts beautiful
in on.- pince iln th.' ca'iiire of th.* calivil- and nowhere
?I-, i. pigment that I* sometimes Impure und less fro*
pi. ntly transparent, und. In short, a work that Ls by
in. ma*un- trun.-cendi'iitly tine. In a work by the real
Rembrandt tbe figure-, art- detached from Ibe back*
'ro'in.i \'itii consummate skin, lu this picture tba
Spares Bte given relief, but not with Ibe onVci that
night be expel i,m1. it may he averred that tiara,
Blt- lbs pioinliltig- whh li If so often Involve*, may
t>.- rt-pon*lble for the ugly painting Ju.-t around the
leail of the central BfBre, and for Ibe un BembraadUah
realnnnt of tbe face of tbe angel to which Wc have
referred. Ital ls there any <>f Remhrandt'a magic in
tbe high lights mi Hie dish and Jug, light-, which In a
.vork by iiim an Hbo gema thrown ou tin- naraal
lime takes much from a picture, amt adds much, but
t also bites much ihut was [mt lulu lt at tb* be
.'Inning, testes the liol.* ol authority, the Im-ominii
rlcabb- seal of th<- liuisli-r's grasp of ii problem lu Its
iiiir.iy. tit far us Wa can s.'e, that not.-, thut .seal,
- mi-lug from iu.- "Rembrandt de Paeg."
ewing to antara seen ctrcumstaacs* the March exhi
dil.ni ol Un- I'nl'Mi League i-bib wns not ready fair
Baperttoa uk usual ?n th.* leeoad Tburaday aft-r
ii?.n of the moiiili, and millee of lt has ben neera*
anly gegrrred, It may now ha giv-n. end tn th.
avariiicst ti-rn.s. The farty--a-wu American pictures
Ililli' were broUgbl lo Ibe house ut short notice, hut
tbey form one af tin- beat and most BpBMeetrieel ex
libltloiis Ho* dub hu- lield, and one that lt ls to ho
?egretted will atora tonight, lb* exhibition is what
I ls gf-raute ll rej-resents what one colb-c'or, Mr. i
-Thomas il clarlii*, bas rare-tally ariectcd tram his po
iraatona to add io tbe exhltit of Amertcaa art at the
hicugo Fair. Tlie colnsilon as lt stands will go
nm the clubhouse to the Exposition. it
Hill tak- there OM of Mr. Millets most
?harming studies of (Jn-ek costume, hts portrait Ot a
?reny malden entitled "Luring the -Vandal"; lt wm
uki- the dalntlc-t and Mit li* .-t of Mr. Mowbray'* fnn
iiab-s, "The livening llreer.e." with Its Moating
nusbiaii.-, lt will laire some examples of very clever
tenn- by Meaajy. 0. C. Curran, V. C. Jones, Alfred
(appa*, Loubl Mueller and Charles Y. t'lrb'h; lt will
she tinnily ii ann-l lei'ablc group ot pnlnMngs by fi>ur
troiig mil-its. Me,-r-. Winslow Homer, QeoepjB Inne-s,
). W. Ty'rou, aud th* tote A, M. Wvant. Mr. Inness
111- Hie -maller nf Hie club's two 'julierles, and malus
ill Impression which it limy -iifely be prophosli-d alli
mt hi weiikiiicrl when thc picture* an- hung tu on,.
.1 ibo big halls nt Chicago lu company with hundred.*!
if Other* Fourteen lund-rapes show bin development
rom 1.0:1 to tari .tear, ll I* u development |? bruMb
han ls nothing but advance to note from one year to
Ire next, and lu which al th- same Hine lhere have
iivi-r been, apparently, any periods len* latereattag
ir ratflfRlag ihun thpae wUbh have f 1! lowed theta.
.11 nlonn Mi. Innot- BRA luci".u*id the Intenlty (,f bia
;ol-?r. until in Hi.- latent of i||.-*e idetufei. "Sundown
n Ibo I^me," lt vibrates with the warmth nf thad.*,
te ls broader, too. more synthetic. In this and In
A bunny Autumn Day." llltewt*3 none ju imo-j, than
ie I- in the "Dataware Valley,-' of lSOn or the
White Mountain Valley." of lfi70. But be has been
I colurist alway., * colorlst producing ex-iulsltely
sensuoii effects; he has slways pat s meiltaUra a..
of feelhg Into nil work, sn* bas slways -taiant
person* els*, and from the curllett of tmtmte*
In this i.xhlbltlon until the latest lhere ti amtu
which be falls lo charm, and to charm by vlrtae w
being hlmelf. This I* th- ciiv witb an. ._.":
strength md rift*. Anion-- Ihl ?_-__) -.-l ?
strength md rifts. Among the aatraf^lahMl h!
Mr. Homer there |s one, -Tamp Fire." a ?,?,, 'JJ
which must date from -omi- yean bick, y^ ,.TJj
no le**, of the Itidlvlifainlliy of n,c -rttm L ,
than Uta p.nir- of -Tlie _b**| <ale"* '??,..)!" l.
diii-d lrtliy. Eight taedarapra, by Mr. Wyini, JJ
i-ven by Mr, Tryon, r-pn sent nrtlita ia.,
ir.,
dko Mr. InneiH mid Mr. limner, .killed l*sa*M_D
but 'Jirvemlmitly lnt.rpr.iei, "f n.iiiirr, ami ^T
whom the pomt of view h l-rerythtaf. |n _J
Aaaertoaa drpapmanl al Chicago them ar.- not n_)_!
to be found bur iirtl-ls sinagra 'Iran thara ireh,
their -overal wyra, with tbe tandicafsj by IJ_
reteraaa aa Mr. 'nm-* and Mr. wyn,it there bra
lilbld-d the W'-llkiowu pielur , ?? BtlenCi-," hv \VHn__.
bliss Haber. This and oi.r l?o other picture, j!!
Ui- snme artist ii.:.rly everybody know, by Uta nj?
Yet whenever lt rmpgaan i"r*1,iing, n new ?,.??^
what un exopHonuly prorul.lug career wa. cut Wurt
when Its uii'lmr dbd. ^^
Mr. charles granta Malan is a wmaaBj aitm
mid ono who pilate uiid.-i-tind ugly, t*mpra_-____i
inor- than lie-* on the siirluc- of both lu, .ueiilmii^aJi
his siibjert. Yet be li.is not pamilBbd very atren,
Into tho mysteries of *Rb*r oils or laadarafo, anti!
hi escape. UH ebarga ol rapergctattti ur ihtam_Bf
ls not io d.-serve Uu* 'pro!.? awarded lo kn *.???_,
pain its of Hie lirst rank. TilHy land-cui-e* |,r .ff
ire on exhltdlto* st Hu Av-ry (.ull'-i-r. Ta-v .S
that his niii.-'i* Ls not mulled narrowly. Ho |_.
painted midsummer nlgits and days and ti,? *??
autumn, and siioiv-rova-rid hiids uudei hrivi' :??
autumn, mid raow-eovrw* hi*ids a'adot htinta uT
Shine and lu colder light. Kv. ry ania- ,,r hi. pbtJjJ.
-vinces oleierViitlon, -indy, and ls up to s ce,
aniciiiar In.t
--. ?-.-???? a nt.-., .cana a__
tasUcaOy Ht by fireflies, there i- i .uggeMlra m
L'..1.111111- -.VniU.ll UV Hilt _elll?l armmil.. ?!....-. " ..-"
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^v-<. ?? *-i' to n cernra
point pi-sua-lve. In one bright paniciiur ln*:.___
in Mo. 3, "A Midsummer Night," a rh.;. -re*iii-> _____
lastbaily lit by Brodies, there i- a nuggemba m
genuine sympathy. Hm a-i uni sympiihi, th- imagtoadia
mstabl of the ian_.n-.i_n.-l to vimm art I. -.aui-auw
wita emotion?all tills ls nbs..ni fr.,:u Mr. -^loa*.
work. It I- slugiilaily Impassive .uni a,,,,. wortT
singularly so, f?r lhere ls p-nlli con*4ienMs c.lni
In it amt Hie handling I- not at all .on-laalii.t. _|J
explanation would Beam ta he Hihi li atten no raes.
?ll-*.', I- tile Illulllfc-liltlill Of BO llHlllllllrilny {flT
peculiar magnetic posrer?thai lt bas, in *, ?,-*
style. Tiiei-i- is no ranaertu Mba nita "f-.
ii.H.,.. ?..?.- ...ii i...? .,..i.. ..io -._?. . *m
no
no _^^_
I'hlllstlne may rail, but style will coutte'ta tom
the test by whjch a work af art will stand or falL
Then b com|i.iratlve|v Ut il,, pla.tlc art tn Wm _?,
Exhibition, but what there ls of lt I- of a bl.u ruLf
arter. Tao exhibit Illustrates In a group M .seven".
teen terra cottris the dellcit,- nnd niiirv-lloiisly f%.
pro-she, modelling, the Inimitable nnlin.iti.in an* thl
tin- BlttaUC and poetic feeling of the Uratft artlxi J
tl.e fourth century before Christ ; in one beasUfal bat
relief the aenritttc, spiritual arl '.f tba luiua
Renaissance; in a conMoenhle number of repreientB.
Ure ptocw th* powerful r-ali-tii of Batyo, ant in p.
caloma, symbolical statue one of the ripest tabtatk
our own country at tbs pn-ent tim- ?r
Preneb'a ?* BeanbUc" cannot pe really apprectatsi nntii
lt ls put In Its d-stlm-d puslticn-la
the ha-in In tbe great court of honor
at the Chicago Fair. Brought Into niutlon with tba
buildings there lt- si nh' will I..- situated to isympiitbaflf
surrounding.-, vet towering us lt da?.? oat of ill
proportion t.? tbe gallery In which lt non -Pinda, jg
a ni..!.-! timi 1- Itself enormous, lt -till r*v.-.ib ,,
conception of remarhab'e stateliness and serenity, ani
lt shows thal Mr. Preach mn treal a peculiarly -itnpb
il?lgn un ii large scale. In actual ma.?*, _ni abbra
raveritr with.nt, obtaining bilda-*-**. -T'- i;..p .Mir'
ls an Incarnation of th- -pim ..f imtvcr and dtgnt-y
which should preside oter the luir. lt emito.!.*
worthily a nobb' In-plra'ion, and the nariel In
t'i- Loan Kv'ibliion .-!i"...d provoke i liv.-,, curi?
osity ai to tl.rte-1 ,,f tbe c .nipie'._ .ritae ta
l's proper plaee.
W- have recoil'-"! from Meran. Ti knor A- Co
of Illiston, a portrait of th- late btahop lironki. lt
l- etched hy Mr. Charlei a. Walker from phatapamta
and ra-pi-esents iii-hop brooks ri- he uppeured -liortly
befon- his grath. Ab un etching th<- plate is ? faff
pb - ol work, but baa bo .aaMtieN lo lin lt inti
nolle.'. A- a portrait ii I- ex. i-I'e.'if, though lt
ml-s..? tin- kindly expremion whleh 'H?MRguish*i
Phi Ul ps brooks and make* I tm alBMSl a stern m_n
lt ls n-vrt'o b-- fslf-ful *.. ? - broad rbararl**.
l-lb-s of lil* phi-I.--nii-ny nnd Will recall film reruiiiy
lo the niemairy of th. who knew him In hU official
capaiitv.
? m ? . ?.
BM DIDN'T MINI) emus AFTER THAT.
Till*. glRAMORR THL- AlnlT Mr.TllCflKES,
iSIJHHT AMI in: ivy
" Rarttapaabra," raid the -traneer, cnnt.mpliiousir.
"You p-ople hen- think yo* had an eartliaiuake Hie
ether nigh:, d.. you- Yon goat know- nba! matta
gaea** ara. wi.y, in ?Oabraral* ihey haw taribf__ta8
thal are mmaiMug gba aarttapa-taa; pet ih.y ir-n*t
ta very hid, rttber, though I know a man out tUere
who always packed Ma watch In cotton before lia
went to bed, sai that th.* works wou'dn't get iUileg
our in the night hy on aaftbgaaba,
?? Then was a mun who cuan' out there fro--, Ste.
Yaark wh* didn't know anything about carUiaiiba.
Re was living |* a hot.-l in a Utttr taiwn, ?..*, *
-hock (am.- on,, night, it wasn't much ol a ?*k*-_
Ju-t an ordinary little air.ilr to whb-h no nitlet
californian w.,uld pay the aMgbteal atirallan Bil
wh-ii this teaderlbat felt the myth -taking, ini
afterward naen the hon-.. i?.g.ui t,, ntt|s nnd rod,
he ran for his window. Ile was o-i ht the tbri
story, but hu Jum^-d. Down pelaw was a .lied ?l'_
a light roof. H.. struck that and w.-nt tbro'igh lt
HU" a -hoi. ll- WM scratched ami :orn and Jibbi
In th- mo-t aw jul nay, but he wa- Uettad to d*nb
Wbea he found h- wus alive. ||a w..uMn*t bellert
u& when we told him ha was seared?thal li? 'uinpei.
He declara-d tliat ha hadn't Juiu|H-d.
???Why,* bo aaya, 'aban ibal aarthguat. btmt
to shall., the hon-., to places I tried to gel haili af
aaaasthlag ta brace myaeM with. Jiu-t w_en us
walln begun to full something plated BM up and threw
me ont Hie window, lin glad lt did. lt save, tat
life. I should have been killed If I had ?"*-- lo lae
house whin lt fell.'
"You BM, ha didn't know nut thing about esrtlJ*
qua!.,--. Tba ptaatra on ibe walu of tin* bram -sdat
ev-n ln-en trucked; but that's t.,tn way ll ular!
tenderfect.
?'me of the worst -.linkings up 1 graf ha. will*
Africa. Then waa u fettaw **ter there tau tai
thills and tote* that Wan th- wornt I ever isa.
lii.-y u.-.-d t t loni" 08 him every ilay ut s certsiB
hom. ll- would sit down and ih*a* ?" jou trali
aiuio-t hear bbl haaea raine _.ni bis b*M would '?atp
like the bones of a ptoyer la a minstrel sbo*. Vilitt*
he got thioiigli with his attaik h.- would be as weill
u- it kltti'ti and us willie as a abort. *\"ll, om* ?"'r"
naen ha wt down to han hts chtls, when an i-inh*
i|iialia* shock came along, lt th.'.-w un- do?u uui
lln-il me nil over the ground, hal Ju' j'i-i BM ikert
and shook. Xo man Ibal ettt geed s_a*>k Ihe wuy
that mun did. I heHen if there kodat b?n ?a
lunch nolsi' illili confusion you could hat* hand Ul
belt crack a mil- away. Ha Ju-: .slilv-r.d from head
lo foot over and over agata. 1 could _M him while
1 wns tossing around, ami I thought ha vmulA s-iata
to piece**, but he )u*f sat up slim' as he MV-fl did
when h.- had his chills.
"When the shock was over 1 got up, and HRS ha
suld :
" -That's tba worst attack I ever had. I beuert
I'm piting worse. lin ufrald I'll hate t? WWH
sway from bera.' ,
?? tvuuld jon belove ii, that man IbaafM WP
rartbquabe was om- ol hi- attack, ol chin- Me ara
?lr. and Hie mo-t u am I tallie mliii: iii*mt lt was BBJ
ilt.r Unit whiii UM hour for hi- ibskes eaaw orouoa
he would walk alHiui and attend to hi- husteess m
f nothing unusual were tappenln*. Ve-, slr. ali-*
Hun earthquake he Bhtn'i annd chilla a Mt, nr. au}
i blt, .ir; und ha always .aid ba wu*, gritmg otiitt.
VISITING UNDER DIFFK CITIES.
Pram Tba lioston ft*natitpl.
ll.Ti* ts 'au Important iM.tnt In our BBbBaMBM
"i-taiiin and tha' minor morals Intuited. M *M{ ?
iave tai suv mav I*- ihought at nrM ia. rei.-r onlv io toa
lolngs ol 'c.'iiv.niioiii.l soi lily. B HUI- re-ecttob^y
thoa that lt ls more than a merely formal mu"A
ind mv complaint ls ona- in which many wemen ???
iniii. writ*-- a rorreepaudeut. , ... ,,.,__
tailing hour-, are bera irom 'A o'clock till aaru
nm this ttatemenl itretchra them ta lbiire*?wa
Imlt. You muv ga to see an Intimal.' -ta?.g
la a targe receplto* after dark, but you do "-^ "'",
?alls- after Hi- ?'arly night Of a winter aU'MffS
n. and e.irll-i* you are oit-u met with itt" ?'
netaage, -doera'i raratn tm after 4." ' **BLT
mw abort ls the lime allowed for this social CujKUWfc
Ind how ls this wasted. "Is Mr-. A--- m- nJL
lon't know; I will see." And you ?W/JB ?
jinid ?earche?. ** No. I can't Rai her. I "? ?"
i little White ago. I didn't know she fottmr
.ir, "Yes, MM ls la; will you walk up I* ow
iiarlor* -she will I v down presently*"
Again*. "U Mrs. W - ut home. ^^~
?? I don't know." Iba maia looh? tn ih? reecp---^
room.
?? Is Mrs. Vf? In. Mr. W? I" 4 ^a
Mr. bb? neveroly. ? I don't know go ^.\^
Mr. W-- comes out nnd mks you ta <? TTS
\ rather const ruined conversation. >o ?? - .^
io mraaag*. Voa take r*m Matg. e*#iii?|Pf ^?
regret that Mrs. W- - should lt* out.
When- was Mrs. n'-1 ... j__^
Amita: Mau lu Urary appears. "Ia M1?? *""'
*nilth Int" ,,, ., ,.? n_~ni *
?ivin you walk Iii "nd - *'? w iAIZb
loor. but doses li hastily. - Mr. HmEH M *****
iiaiim; ptaata ta wutk ?raaBrira.* ^B,
Meekly you iiseetnt and etuiid lu MB "VP"
-Ute he disappear* b-hliul the |r*?tf*_?__. dld ,_a
??(li, res; show her in. *Wt, Theajjs. (??
for us both or only f?
Kor Mis* .lane, niu'nm.'
' Never mind, Thomas, t
* you wend your way tt. -??--, ,, .?
butler hus buttoned bis ra>, anita*
-iii. res; -how her in. mJ/P\' iVnuY"
,sk for us both or only for Mis. Jjiw
- Kor Miss Anne, ma'BBB. J|U?, |* ori.
.. Never mind, Thomas, ell 11? r ?? ?nf com
lfla vo? wend your way fa *LigJ|iJ gb j_
t bailer hus fottoned hto ^f J21raiini??g
,-lsiireiy espresu.-* hu doun ..^ '^JSjasOtaBiH
md io not hrmw-hnw be srtiW !?{ '^ ,n mlW
u not onlv annoying, ?ut I" if ^_j-??. alli aol
_W enough for' an organ&? agWy ,,, rj.
.rary woman who enpecla ta ?gSTJ3c-l deftig
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