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SCENES AND THOUGHTS IN EUROPE: By GgOsoE
CALVERT. Second SeIiesl Emo. PIP. lB5. q. r Put
nam.
The character of this volume is revealed
in it's two.fold title. The scenes visited by the
author are inseparably connected with the
thoughts, which they suggested, or which he
brought to their contemplation; and accordingly
his work is quite as strongly marked by its vein of
Deep tranquil reflection, as by the freshness and
beauty Of its descriptive passages. Few travellers
carry such an excellent spirit of observation to the
objects of interest in the old world as the present
writer. Alive to the peetical impressions which
throDg his pathway, with cultivated taste for
the productions of art, and mind enriched with
rare and various learning, Mr. Calvert shows the
deepest interest in whatever concerns the fortunes
Of the race and studies the and institutions
Of Europe in the light of universal humanity. This
trait gives tone of earnesines to ms remarks
which we do not usually find in a book Of travels;
but it redeems his volume from the staleness and
monotony, which good writer's scarcely
avoid in the description Of scenes, that have be-
come hackneyed by frequent repetition. At the
same time, Mr.. Calvert exhibits no ordinary
power in passages of pure description. His
sketches are always clear and welldefned, never
running into vagueness or common. place, and
valuable no less for their rich sugge sSyeness, than
for their positive information. They will bear to
be read often, and indeed, do not unfold their full
significance on a cursory perusal. Mr.. Calvert
does not hesitate to make demand on the intel
ect of his reader. He may not accordingly be
favorite with those wlO tarn over the leaves OF
the last novelty merely for amusement. But who
ever wishes to follow an intelligent and cultivated
thinker, in his reflections on the most suggestive
scenes in European travel, viii find the value of
this little volume quite out Of proportion te the
modesty Of its pretensons and the too small
number OF its pages.
One Of the most characteristic chapters in this
work is that describing the authors second visit
to Wemar. We take the following extracts:
VISIT TO wEIMAR.
walked again in my old paths through the tranquil
town OF Weinsr. It's like arresing and fixing la hard
corporeaty, the airy Images Of dream thus TO rebe
bold after twenty I've years, the scenes OF careless
laughing youth The solid recognized forms are as cold
and peakng the sarcophagi of departed fdends
One hoveTs about them with melancholy seltsbanson
ment think know how ghost feels who revisiis
the bauns of his sublunary sjeurn; Ipeered as went
into faces with a hope OF recognition recprocated
interest but all were cold Exclusive, inroverted Just
he the faces of other s,reets passed before G0ethes
houie At that door had once knocked,-witn tmld
ty having claim 10 somttance, but that which his
fame gave me-and within | rad met shining with
kiLdliness that greet steripg eye For what ia left Of
/ HE mortal part must now seek In the vault.
And ,hither bent my steps He who after the lapse
OF aqus,er Of century revis the OF his youth
must betske him 10 the graveyard to lind the vesges OF
/ his former acquaintance The cemetery Of Wemsr
lying Just outside the towr, has an untummed look
; which suits cemetery. Flowers and shruobery and
grass rot much curtaed of their natural freedom.
This wdress and uncipped exubeIsnce is in harmony
with the spot, and gives 10 It softer aud quieter
pect In the center is a small chapel tor iupersl
vices. Through the middle of the hoor large round
opening, guarded oya balustrsde, conmun cates with
the GranoDucs vault below, wherein with Of the
sovereign family lie the bodies of Goethe aud Schiller
We descended by the stair way into the vault 1t
neither dark nor damp, and was mildly periumed by
burnt incense here naught OF the giOO OF a char
nelhOuse Twas as though the Immortal splits of the
great inmates had purified 1t Of all status Of death b.
side their holy remains we fingered with feelings If
cheerful elevation. II not place for sadness Tee
cofns raised three four feet from the ground
Those containing the bodies of Goethe and Schiller
side by eide, apart from the Others. stood between
them, with my hands resting one on either coffin.
The late Grand Duke OF Welnar, Charles Augustus,
thciriend Of Goethe aud Schiller ana who IL ilu'tous
" that frendskp, requested that his dy should DO
placed between the bodies Of the two Poets He had
night u make the request he worthy of that exat
co place. lie was not merely their friend aud generous
protector he had soul that o mpathzed win theirs.
Whcber It be that his successors, animated by low
jealousy are unwilling to recognize his rghto this great
fil'hckc t4ey are lnnuenCtO oy moro
noble motive, his request has not ye, been complied
with The coffin containing HE body lies by itself
SCHILLER's STUDY.
In the study OF Schiller sat down one corning at
lie desk, and with ink dipped from an inkst,nd of
Goethe, took phrC biological notes cast OF Schil
leIs head There a seat and an occupation But
rothpg 10 complete In this loose, f-sgmentary world.
Why was there mold from the Uranium of S;hil-
lers renowned iIiendi Because such laggards
behind truth The momentous, brilliant discovery of
the phy,iocgy Of the brain promu gated In the be-
ginning OF this century, and hfst Ia Germany by tie
great dscoverer, Gsl And still though easily veri
fed it remains unscknowledg,d by scientific on
the continent Of Europe. In reer England and frsost
America It's truth has been forced upon the sct nhc 10
great by the enlightened perseverance OF the
isi'y Goethe whose sympathy With the spirit aud pro
eess OF Nature was the source OF bis wisdom, meeting
with Gall. who. 10 a tour through Germany, was ex-
pour ding hi. newly made discovery, received once
into his mind with that large hospitality wnicn ne a.
ways extended TO newcomers from the realms oil Ma
ture Pity that he had cultivated mountaineering
/ Into intimacy. His would have beeu passport
TO this fruitful tltb and thus have FASTENED By halt
csrtury n acceptance among bis oountrymeu- In thG