Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1847-08-21


of The Lock. But it is time to bid Mr.. Fairholt
farewell, with one more extract-a description OF
the towery heads of the ladies of 1868. II may, at
any event. serve as an offset to Stanhursts descrip
ton of Irish head-dressing, which we have already
given:
at would be impossible to do than give types oil
fashion that was SO varied and SO elaborate which increased
both size and ncacy of fancy during the years,
as we may Judge from figs. and 4, back and from view Of
lady's head from A Treatise Hair by David Ritchie,
harrssser perfumer &c. for in these days hadressers
were great men, and books upon their profession, lay
ing small claim TO the superior merit of SO important an
art and content with merely describing the modeof dress
ing the hair favored the world with much learning the
origin hair affirming it to be vapor excremelt OF the
BRAIN Arising from the digestion performed by at the instant
Of nolrshment with many other curious and leaned con-
cusions into which cannot think Of following them The
figures selected from this book will show with what care and
dextery ladies' heads then dressed with good
pound Of wool subsatum, which the hair deI
erousy arranged the reader here Sees then bound down
with REGULATIONS, and rendered gay with flowers AMI bows.
Heads thus carefully and extensively dressed course
not dressed frequently The whole process is given IN the
cheney Of native hair pomaum in prousion, greasy wool to
bolster up adopted locks, and gray powder conceal dust
har-desser is described asking lady show long 1t was
since he headhad been opened and repaired She
ed not above nine weeks to which he replied that that
long head could well 60 in summer and that therefore
il was proper deliver it now began to be little ha
zar The description of the opening Of the hair and the
disturbance thereby occasoned to its Inhabitants,
revolving for modern readers but the various ADVERTISE
mens Of poisonous compounds for their destruction and the
notice of these facts prove that exaggnaton
In Charles Knights new popularized History
of England during the last thirty years Qrom
1915 to lS45) part |, we find that there is sort of
general survey Of the late progress"-the legiti-
mate one, that of science and the PRACTICAL arts
tInra
In the analysis which the English reviewer gives of
it, we find the subjoined remarks OF the subject in
particular, of the recent improvements in books of
education. In general, these remaks are just; yet
it mast be confessed that manuals br learning have
been produced, by almost the shp-load quite as
much worse than the old school books as are many
Of the new ones better; and that mack systems of
sudden education have been palmel upon the world
with still wider success than the eal amelioratlons
in education. Mr.. Knights reviewer, however,
says Of him:
The of system of elementary instruction, and
the steps which have been made towrds its Improvement,
would be wide subject enter upa at the present
ment Bitter experience, however, cvinces us that there
many hdeous features the past which children
likely escape from. Hdeous and dscouraging the
schoo-books with their yellow dog-sn bindings and dog
cared leaves rough and painful erst steps to learning
of young days. And why Th system was purely
FORMS and there, fixed, it were, AZ place OF torture, had
certain rules and exceptions aground into Them The why
wherefore of the rules they never told and to have
dared to inquire would have ncurd inevitable ogging
Is it wonderful that, under such SYSTEM learning should
have been dstaseu and after painful requirement easily
forgotten except by those few Who had the perseverance
to pursue acquaintance with it into higher regions from
whence they could look down witt compacency upon the
ged path by which they had first set out IN lis pursuit We
will only give two examples of what refer to IN this re-
he trule nj oil
nycase Can any rule appear crude and arbtra I'M
supported by the rationale, the principle upon which 1t is
founded Unfold us however, the fourth book OF Euclid,
and the whole doctrine of proportions and PROFESSIONS, of
which the terms in rule of three but part be-
obvious. Then take the rule for completing
the first side Of quadratic equation; namely adding the
square of half the coefhcen of the second term Tins we
protest appear in other light than as piece OF eserde
main to the astonished tyro until the rationale Of solved
by reference the fourth proposition of the second book Of
Euclid Yet how seldom have the principles Of Elcld, by
which ahmetcal calculations may be resolved, been
referred to for their eucdaion In school practice Euclid
generally follows arithmetic"
In another Of the same useful compiler; works
! (his Pictorial Gahery) we meet passage which
will give to most readers, we are sure, quite new
idea Of the real principles of Greek architecture,
and Of elements in its effects and objects inits stu
dies, which modern art has never attempted and
not even suspected until of late to exist in the
i
make the beauty of Greek art no longer an in
stinct, gift, guess, but something as positive as
science itself, though founded on more airy per-
ceptons.
"Whcrcver turn we find the Parthenon at Athens
made the theme standard in discussions concerning
architectural beauty. Lord Nugent, in his work,
G Lands Classical and Sacred makes remarks which are
intimately connected with geometrca design in Greek archi
lecture When speaking of the studies OF modern architects
the temples of Greece he says 'They have long known
that all these models differ in the symmetry of their parts ac
corng TO the height and general character of the gund
which they stand and which they TO be approached
They have long learned that in these things others
there certain spirit Of compromise which is vari-
with the stctes principles while abates tie harsh
Of their application. And, in music, the tuning Of
instrument merely mechanical process whereas the
harmonzng Of the chords afterwards makes trial the ear
and genius Of accomplished musician the other arts
taste and genius required to nicely arrange thos mod
cations which give charm TO the whole, but never per-
ceyed except in the general effect Thus il LETT 10 Mr.
Cockere and TO the Germans who followed him in the maui.
ry within the last few years discover that in the Pahenon
and Temple of Theseus there straight line Not
only any eye will easily detect the tapeng lines each
column conyergng from the bottom of the shaft 10 the top
are curves Of which be described from single
CENTRE but the themselves converge also assist the
perspective Of height and this in different degree with re-
ference the different height of the ground temple covers
Them again. the ground plan also of curves the columns
both of the portico and sides, stand lines the
conveying of the Of the columns is very distinctly
shown in the diagrams, Of that old bat beautiful work
OF Suas. The lines of the ground plan have been
very recently and ably reasoned upon by Mr. Pennethorne
and may be observed by looking along the face or side from
an angle Of either OF these buildings All the lines Of the