New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-04-17

!. often tempted to isas seht Of the tn ss"ss
,.nSeoey Of her principles h sdia'nf"a o, ""
strength and lo,eLnees u ber chersese''
IN. sutborr.. herself seems at times to have mssO
than half fallen in love with the bcaatsha sps"
which che hu. evoked from the dismal and pesss-
lent shade. Of modern heres,es- She speaks q
her in the Dedestio a. "a strong m''si sse =
great heart" one Of L" the workers true and soosss
diIgent seekers of better country thas ~
even in thu. toling world a country where the
Spiritual and Ideal reign and congner, putting al
wosidlincse and ambition under their kst."
Now these concessions, submit, deprive ths
moral OF the story u il sting. They -
have been drawn from the author BY the stnsnGe
entertainments Of the being to whom .l,e ha. g,vea
such q magnificent luxurance Of HE. The edect
Of Thu. work, in ethical point OF view, wlssiiy
pulh6ed as no one can refer the character NJ sueh
m angel Of light TO the nernal powers Of darkness.
Setting aside then the moral des,gn u tie story
. failure. we can only Judge OF its nserrts IN -
thetic production. on the our op'n'oa nay b
gathered from the tone Of oar pr~v'oss rensarss.-
The heroine il an exquisite and original creAtsos.
Her spiritual development IL traced with Singular
breadth OF outline, betrayng Q knowledge -
charac ter that 10 rare IN veteran writers, -
certainly remarkable IN this author wlo We 'tns-
derstand, is lady a. young 10 year., ~ she he's
shown herself To lie mature IN experience. IL
other percentages in the story wei sustsneA,
hough with the exception Of Alsnthas stewart,
wbose influence On lea IL represented ~ Of The
most run0us nature, they do not seem " have heeo
hvorites with the writer nor has she succcetc1 =
investing them with the attractions which thy
ought to display, connection with their emieeoe-
~ respectable qualities. In point Of style, a. Ne
have limited, the story 10 admirable. With . ~
occassoual bcmishcs, slight sddic tion to fantastic
phrases, which quite out OF place in tie healthy
writing, with which the volume is manly filed, the
language 10 keen, tcrse, and significant to an nm
common degree. Without rejecting the legt,nsass
use Of ornament, Misc Chescbro placcs little reii-
upon il for the effect Of the present .tssy.
The tone il ample, ehaste, often severe even ~
austerty, in perfect keeping with the character Of
the scene. Frequent passages Of wintry bascuess
stand out from the pages in their rugged strength,
giving an air Of impressive grandeur to the DE-
scnption, and revealing a certain majesty Of
thought like the bleak uakcdncss Of the noantaia
top when Invested Of its summer foliage.
more complete picture OF desoat,oa, almost
freezing the heart OF the reader by it's utter loneli-
ne-., can scarcely he found than that IN the OPEN
ing paragraphs Of the volume. They are from a.
aut obog raplca sketch Of lsa the Pilgrim of IL
story.
IL cannot date the time when love for
W'rir lug1rnc became the psssioa OF my soul. Ne
ivr lrs h,n rrlal growth, and, therefore, b -
,i,i II, hr. linny lave begun Ia state VI 30
hut rrst reused consctos.Dess think,
ih,uch tr rutpre conartossncss, the ~
Il. 49, ..LG 49,
via, M ,aiy years speut No angel sppoaztag
Wildly h.io, Iif i~iive nat Gabriel himself could -
Hn.or ''iop me- did his cosnins into thai pisst
with ~ ock 81 pun IT, aud comfort and coDntcUca ]
'nitl,d at the very stgm Of him out VI . nAseraho
eXitrncc-se tree from An Incubus, lct Iuoss froao1
into clear, bright, and before thss ~ unm I'D,
very nT.t DIV Of nav scholas hss' - The dawaAAssee
"Prorry speaking, I had uos thus Ear lived br wAse
b The hic OF childhood. II b nos Joy and yslnsos
and where had known ssyth.g q the ligAa hsatN -
sSs.' the y: .ssa. ssss.
rinsns Of humanity, among people whom ny 80
losrhcd II did hate them; among the kii0s. ~
crssei the poor bcsofted wrstehss tho world bad go
out Of love and reverence, jasti6cd n doing ~.
bad way ouad myself thrown into Ass lase D.
Of the miscrsblca bit VI weed VI n0snn.
ncss connections ouiy OF nsefy, and ehis lear, uaso.
Gncd rnd FOO sh (or what moro than knew We 49,
to fc"rs absolute horror arossd wss ] -
ns: Es III o:: s's -:
nothing enjoying nOehng. not even the us0~ohs ~
there vas anything 70 u enjoyed dsg,ssed witA q
degraded, wholly forlorn And sill wah ell ~ ovsss
Sowing u the chldfe (and not much child ITO .
'phh hie) within me-, With oil thi: capacity for ssers&
shoashtulness, this desire, Txis Lvr-~ nero 49,
entity ia the world
Tic came there with he mother She brouxAs ~
to saisiy his curiosity be had never bccn la pos.
hou", and derirc pointing that wuy he would -
n't I'LL 'hr went with HIM, thss he right ssr -
;t.'nse human ~,s. nvi.g there, Of whom 10 -
children who were playing IN the ilikept disordsdy
y.ld | w~ miserable everything h.d rosc vrsa9
With me that day; vs. tred and 'iek, scrl he'd -
new. When my tack was done, l feb soo WAY, -
ful ii hitnru.. join i. te sports Of moro csrs.
watched the boy. and giris While ihey played -
qusrreled, but wkh indifference ! i-k 20 -
nr~t in their gnmes. and eosh aos Tor the Ss a -
could have joined heartily In uhe exercise do x
.xsggerste; I know how utterly wrctched was NJ
nikery was not u the understanding but of the hsat
"While ! set there, beavufsl Ncwfou,4llasd do
dashed nto the yard For Q moment, he ioins1
the bosteron young once In their spor, AMI then
esme up 70 me, and stood beside me. and ahnrw.s1
ing extraordinary In al this. but had seen suy.
thing In dog shspc before. excetA those dirty ycipisa
hslsstsrvcd cur belonging 70 the house, and this s.
have told what Love meant hen, or eouIsi IA ~
Told, should have known. Had any one sshed M 1
might eos have snswered in wor'' but would . =.
py - - suu ss ~. ~ "Avc oesn gwen W us ws1b
h.ed and by the strange confidence va, vkisS
ob~ns sct rcpsscdD clipped from my beach -
err:ssrs: could have -ePs but did ~, ys. -
my desolate heart grew With q sudden sdseSSons1a
iniersst and impulse toward the animal which couH
only yet how fully thu, return my cosniing assctI1
In his ganccs."
lsa il taken from the poor house, where she ss;ua
her hr't consciousness Of existence, to the hss,s
Of Wesre Duggannes mother. The EollovnR
scene presents fine contrast to the sombre wr,taS.