New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-09-19
Jenny Lind. The ConsueIo Of George Sand.

England to Germany Her name has been unknown
among US as she is still young and has not wan
dcred much from the scene Of her first triumphs
but many may have seen, last Winter, IN the
foreign papers an account Of her entrance INTO
stockholm after an absence Of some length The
pcople received her with loud cries Of homage, took
the horses from her carriage and drew her home
tribute Of respect often paid to Conquerers and
Statesmen, but seldom. or, as far as we know,
never, to the priesthood Of the MUSES., who have
conferred the higher benefit of refining raising and
exhilarsting the popular mind.
An accomplished Swede, now in this country com
municaied friend particulars Of Jenny Linds ca
reer, which suggested the thought that she might
have given the hint for the principal figure in Sand
late famous novel " CossUELo."
This work is at present in process Of translation IN
The Harbingcr." periodical published at Brook
Farm. Mass but az this translation has proceeded
but little way and the book in its native tongue Is
not generally though has been extensively circu
lated here we will give slight sketch OF its plan.
II has been a work OF deepest interest to those
who have looked upon Sand, for some years back
ss one Of the best opponents OF the difficulties the
errors and the aspirations the weaknesses and the
rsgenerative powers of the present epoch The srug
gle ia her mind and the experiments Of her life have
been laid bare to the eye of her fellow creatures,
with fearless openness, fearless, not shameless let
no man coniound the bold unreserve Of Sand with
that Of those who have lost the feeling OF beauty and
the love OF good With bleeding heart and bc
widcred feet she sought the Truth, and If she lost
the way returned us soon az convinced she had done
lint abo dc he fact lat slc
lost it, What God knows dare avow TO man.
seems to be her motto. II is impossible not to see
IN her not only the distress and doubts Of the intel
lect but the temptations Of sensual nature but we
see too the courage of hero, and deep capacity
for religion This mixed nature, too fits her pecu
liariy to speak to men diseased a. men are at
present They feel she knows their aimcnt, and, if
she finds cure it will really be by specific
remedy
An upward tendency and growing light are oh
servabc in all her works for several years past till
now. in the present she has expressed such conclu
sions az forty years Of the most varied experience
have brought to one who has shrunk from no kind,
yet still cried to God amid all who, whatever
rsc you may say against her, you must feel has
acvcr accepted word for a thing, or worn one mo
ment the veil Of hypocrisy and this person one OF
most powerful nature, both as to passion and action.
and of an ardent glowing genius. These conclu-
sions are sadly incomplete; there is an amazing
alloy ia the las, product of her crucbe, but there Is
also so much OF pure gold that the book is truly
cordial as iis name promises, of Consuelo (Csnsola
ton.
The Young Consuclo lives es a child the life OF a
bcggar her youth is passed in the lowest crcum-
stances of the streets Of Venice She brings the
more pertinacious and religious fire of Spanish
blood to be iostcrcd by the cheerful airs of Italy
vague sense of the benefits to be derived from such
mingling OF various influences in the formation OF
character IL to be dsccrned in several works OF art
now when men are really wishing to become citi-
zens Of the world though old habits still interfere
ON every side with so noble development.
Nothing can be more charming than the first vo-
lume which describes the young girl amid the
common life of Venice. II is sunny, open and ro-
mantle the place. The beauty of her voice when
singing little girl in the streets arrested the aen
ton of a really great and severe master, PorPora,
who educated her TO music. In this she finds the
vent and the echo for her higher self Her ailec.
tons are fixed on young companion, an unwor-
thy object, but she does not know him TO be she
.udgcs from her own candid soul, that all must be
good and derives from the tie for awhile the foster
ing and inspiring influences which love alone has
Tor genius Undecep,ion follows quickly upon her
first iriumphs in her art they have given her ri
val aud q mean rival in her bc,rothed whose tai
en, though grcst, is Of inferior grade TO hers,
who isvain and every way impure. Her master,
PorPora. tres to avail himself ofihis disappointment
TO COW ince her that the artist ought 10 devote him
self TO art alone that private ties interfere with
his perfection and his glory. But the nature of
Consaelo revolts against this doctrine, as IL would
against the secluson Of the convent she feels that
genius requires manifold experience for its deve
lopmen, and that the mind. concentrated on sin
gle object. is likely pay by loss OF vital energy
for the economy Of thoughts and time.
Driven by these circumstances into Germany
she i. brought into contact with the old noblessc
very different but far less charming atmosphere
than that Of the gondocrs of Venice. But here, too
the strong. simple character of our Consueo is un
constrained. If not al home, and when her heart
swclls. and needs expansion. she can sing
Here the Count dc Rudosiadt Albert, loves Con
saelo which seems in the conduct OF the relation.
Of Art We do no, mean that any such cold ali.
strsction is consciously intended but all that is said
mean. this II shadows forth one Of the great de
srcs which convulsc our age.
A most noble meaning is couchcd in the history
OF Albert and though the writer breaks down under
such great attempts and the religion and philosophy
Of the book are clumsily embodied, compared with
ns poesy and rhetoric, yet great and still growing
thoughts arc expressed with sufficient force to
make the book companion of rare value To one in
the phase Of mind. Albert is the srisiocrs,ic
democrat such as Alferi was, one who in his keen
perception Of beauty shares the good Of tina, culture
which ages have bestowed on the more fortunate
cAsses but In his large heart loves and longs for the
good Of all men il he had himself suffered in the
lowest pits of human misery. He is all this and
more. in his TRANSPORTATION. real or fancied of soul
,hroagh many forms Of heroic effort and bloody err
rm in his incompetency to act a, the present time.
his need of long senses, OF the company oftbe dead
and Of fools and eventually of separation from all