New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-06-24

Gergione Ruoens o; Porss!n would have enved
Yes the great masters Of painting would alone have
worth Of reproducing whs; have casually discovered
and almost flched from the favor Of chance Il Is quite
enough fcr me, who cannot handle pencil, to behold &!
feel H. and enarave Il on my memory"
Foreign Quarterly Review, No. 1XX1u
In the translation before us we find Sigh, things
we would wish TO see altered. For instance, the
address Mademoiseile, should always have been
used instead Of the English Mass, which has
something pert and grating in its sound. The We
netian ambassador is called Corner and the name
we suppose, though we do notrecollect, is Cornaro
Anglicising foreign names and titles in this way
has usually udicrous effect. But these are ir-
fes; in subs;antials the translation shows great
deal OF true feeling and ability
The work itself cannot fail Of innumerable read
ers, and great influence for it counts many OF the
most significant pulse-beats Of the time. Apart
from its range of character and fine descriptions it
records OF the mystical apparitions and attempts
TO solve some Of the problems of the time. How
to combine the benefits Of the religious life with
those of the artist life in an existence more simple,
more full. human in short, than either Of the
TWO hitherto known by these names has been. This
problem is but poorly solved in the " Countess OF
Rudolsad,' the sequel TO Consuelo. 1t is true, as
the English reviewer says, that George Sand is a
far better poet than philosopher, and that the chief
use she be of in these matters is by her great
range of observation and fine in,uitions to help TO
develop the thoughts Of the time little way farther.
But the sincerity the reality of all be obtain
from this writer will be highly valued by the earn
est man.
In one respect the book is entirely successful in
showing how inward purity and honor may pre-
serve woman from bewilderment and danger, and
secure her a gentine independence. Whoever
aims at this is still considered by unthinking pre-
JUDGED minds as wishing to despoi The female char
ac;er of its natural and peculiar loveliness. 1t is
supposed that delicacy must imply weakness and
that only an Amazon can stand upright and have
sufficient command Of her faculties TO confront the
shock Of adversely or resist the alluremen,s Of ten
derness. Miss Bremen, Dumas, AMI the Northern
novelist, Andersen, make women who have q ten
dency to the intellectual life of artist fail and suf
fer the penalties of arrogant presumption in the
very first steps of q 10 which an inward voca-
ton called them in preference to the usual home du.
ties Yet nothing is obvious than that the cir.
cumstances Of the time do, more and more ire.
quently call women 10 such lives, and that, if guar
dianship is absolutely necessary TO women many
must perish for the want of it. There is then, rea-
son 10 hope that God may be a sufficient
guardian to those who dare 10 rely on Him
and if the heroines of the novelists we have
named ended they did, ii was for want OF
the purity of ambition and simplicity of charac
ter which DO not permit such as Consuelo 10 be ell
ther unsexed and depraved, or unresisting victims
and breaking reeds if left alone in the storm and
crowd of life. To many women this picture will
prove true Consuelo, (consolation) and we think
even very prejudiced men will not read it without
being charmed with the expansion, sweetness and
genuine force Of female character such as they
have not met but must, when painted. recognize as
possible, and may be led 10 review their opinions
and perhaps TO elevate and enlarge their hopes as
to woman's sphere" and "woman's mission" If
such insist what they have heard OF the private
life of this writer and refuse 10 believe that any
good thing can come Out of Nazareth, reply that
we do not know the true facts as TO the history Of
George Sand there has been memoir or notice OF
her published on which any one can rely, and
we have seen too much of life to accept the mon.
s;ers of gossip in reference to any one. But we
know through her works that, whatever the stains
on her life and reputation may have been, there is
in her soul SO capable of goodness and honor as
to depict them most successfully in her ideal forms
1t is her works and not her private life that we
considering. OF her works we have means OF judg-
ing-of herself not; but among those who have
passed unbalanced through the walks Of life wehave
not often found nobeness of purpose and feeling,
a sincere religious hope 10 be ompared with the
spirit that breathes through the pages of Consuelo
The experiences of the artist life, the grand and
penetrating remarks upon music, make the book
precious acquisition to all whose hearts fashion
ed 10 understand such things We suppose tho;
we receive here not only the mind of the writer but
of List, with whom she has publicly corresponded
in Letters of Traveller None could more
avail US. for in him. also is spark of the divine
fire." as Beethoven said of Schubert. We may
thus consider that we have in this book the benefit
of the mos, electric nature the finest sensibility,
and the boldest spirit of investigation combined, eN
pressing themselves in little world Of beautiful or
picturesque forms.
Although there are grave problems discussed,
and sad and searching experiences described in
this work yet its spirit is in the main, hopeful, Sc
rene, almost glad. 1. is the spirit inspired from
near acquaintance with the higher life of Art. See
ing there something really achieved and completed
corresponding with the souls desires, faith is emil
vened as TO the eventual fu6ment of those desires
and we feel certainty that the existence which
looks at present so marred and fragmentary shall
We, end in harmony. The shuttle is at work, and
the threads are gradually added that shall bring out
the pattern and prove that what seems at present
confusion is really the way and means to order and
beauty.
The book is to be found at w H. Grahams, Trb.
une Buildings. *
TWENTY-NINTH CONGRESS...F First Session.
correspondence of the Baltimore Patrio-Bv Telegraph
SENATE " AsulSoroS, Monday, June 22-2 z. NJ
hon; JOSEPH ClLLEY, of New Hampshire, sp.