New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-08-04
LITERATURE AND .iRT IN LONDON
sroa, Our C~b Correspondent


LONDON Tueslay July J. I-Ji
>ou are perhaps aware that Vivian OF r.
L'ddp has been 10 take the benefit Of the cold waite
cure at the Malvern Hydropathc Establishment
hoGe 81 cure which he himself has adopted with 9th
tIs III BIS critical capacity often sid successfully
he gives us the result in couple of douche. in III,
Ltadr. lie is himself sgsin through its instrumental
ny ION know what philosopher he il. Wen. this
IL portion Of his philosophy of the wster-cure:
he processes OF the ws,ercure may sound -dcuIou.
70 me ~ initiate aud considerably alrm those whose al
lutons being constantly Of tho licl-and promise char
ae'er nave an epidermis much alarmed the meat On
~ al cGcE OF ieroc!ous aspect in lonely lane. Never
ihtIes-, The processes are in reality. extremely eeab
eaIo ceDy that they cleanse tie skinthey are open
I' non ~ me Pa" sad OF the io"t-bathi bat
distinctly deny that Lcyse Other than exquisite lax
urts; eud whatever curative virtue there may be in
wafer has cert .iIly the NEGATIVE merit of heinz unl
curative drugs which ere not IN the whole aoreable -
The palate system. think n1ecd that il some of the
WaieTcuIe pT,eosses could ouy he called vices and
proved ~ injurious 80 alcohol aud tobacco they would
be as largely INDUCED in. The immense AID exhla-ang
enimtl vgVr, tie general tendency whip ones weight
N poiecais. which sue 'Ceds good ha and rubbing
are sensual mdncences not 10 he de- used and j. only
the idea of nc deal treatment vhch suggest the con-
| nary The human being Objects 10 treatment -shu T.
ders at black draughs serlOns and drugs are hy
| zeal stimons. solmons are moral drugs.
James Hannhy, who edited Thackeray's Lectures
on tie Erghh iunolsts, for the press also gave six
Lectures in London on " Satire and Satrsts aud now
they printed in a volume. Horace Juvenal Eras-
mus. Roile6u, Butler Dryden, Swift, Pope. Churchill
and tho satirss Of tie present century form the staple
Of b. lock. don't agree with his estimate Of swift
rcl with a good deal be says ~Lout Byron. But the
hook is written pleasantly and sttracgeIy uere is y
coed description Of Erasmus aud Tie If, oi ,choaf
IN lis tine:
The old dame loves her boys, and her brilliant
d. Rings eirly enough. Erasmuss head might be ton
sued but that operation waa performed on he outside Of
H. He remained IN fact, in purpose AMI in Influence
"a, o!0r literary IL is curious read and observe
low shy he fought c preferment in h- nominal Profe.-
on. o., 20 nEE. u,,, YOU llke he VII tke little
money; for The Sct9a! must c-ne as well a. the Ounce
you Ca sOt make soup of aarcs: Yes he viii take lit
to money, also jar OF wine, # you choose mot swce.
vine for bis constitution j. delicate and il does not agree
with him. but sound, fine wDeeiyng the preference 70
Burgundy if you happen 10 have any OF k0t. All ne
wants il to sup ont lie coocny while h. writes h.s book,
edits his Greek Testament his 81 jerome. collects and
d,courses Proverbs gives tree loose % his humOr-
heart, and ashcs begSary ana ignorant ii1n@s lie
doos want living b" wOuld rather have pension
smaller p' Ion Literature Is lis vocation. They
tell ed once OF making bin. bishop a. which say tue
booraILcr- he laughed. OF course be did an1 il Il
very easy purseup ones mouth into usly stat" OF
orthodox expression, and talk of his leyty But ~ss
far letter thai be should have lau he'd ami seere clear
of ecclesastical Vrcfcneut than that be should have
crusLtd the natural III him, and tempor.zd aud been
h,p0critical Better be a good humor It ihn h!i
bsiol' Era mu. Il "p,n 10 ceLsure ior ia ms ana we
nc sCs lc mankind clerical ard lac; bu 70 l. quite I'M
possible to deny that in las relation To the Church he
she we'd much intellectual honesty and soul li-ienal
I'm bis career a. q nan of letcrs he hal hard and
stIaI e Of it for many yolrs and IL lnoTmng oneself
Of the particulars, one meets nnumerabe tu-e 10 sar'
prise and % ruuti,s Of nusinr on the changed cOnd-
lion 81 Europe How ir OF lie those day. hpu5h only
some liee hundred and if,y !ens have passed away
since he lonBCd rn Le garden OF >r inpm1s More
lou,c at Chelsea aid sG" toe od lhamc' h9"inS a" ~
beneath him lie i.et in London when abo1t trty-
tvs aTs Of age having come from Par', where a hal
ben reading with pupils ocg a. tutor 70 / lrd M'nl-
low vire AT times IN the castle of great LAZY IN the
Low C.untrie Tue Iii. Of scholar in those ~
affair just a tn minstrel II al ea.r d4{ nil
v..n f.ntIt lrf .r N ID ] a.
a. L.s music; asking Little of the world bat IA ler@e pay
breed and meat in exchange for bin and Greek, for
" dom AID wit You trace Erasmus from >pp' 10 spJi
o. n o dark lantern huut at school one GOT Gnmpie "i
the loy with - lantern. by he occasional Ntl no throw
out. lie Is IN France !Ila1y. Ensaud .iTay- HIKE
- ct &C light in places Of darkness supersto1 Cuoi nce
whence But consider how this knowledge acq AIR Il
TOO; Low different tie task OF being scholar theu
dan in day with IL rand apgaraiu- o! books mlp
cclts OF al intellectual neTy perfect TINT Yo1
con tun out moderate fra" ds coP''nss Is 'ne! max
IiIs getting a few yards Of ordinary vie, AID working
Them up heads and all in comp iraVey u" tine 10 be
gjeGt tuih0r remains a. dirt rs ever nt te Gays
Of Eic,Lu. You could hardly be nan 81 diiaIn et-
without ben of genius. Inc inst editions o Tie
Cascs WORKS which he curiosliie- Of libraries
U,rd believe fetch large sums. particularly il You
get u oopy with the leaves uncut which s byggl were
slowly crawling out from the prcse 90 ence Florence
al q further moth sometimes IN Erasmus younger days
He says once, in letter that If lie could get ~orie
'moHty, lie would buy t,t Greek b)6hs, ana then
co!cs. There were about three men al o1"rl eapa'
bo If teaching Gletk az that time Iha great schD'nrs
IN ac taught then selves, ANA by hu-e personal eEer
dcns 1t was time Of eraud energy ant iudonit0ble
tnusiam. Europe C-an TO learn, a. centuries bcoe
sle had fought with a lcroism dat va, demonac. Bras
MS Budaus and those who followed thcie gen loaier-
were the Vikings o. literature. They embarked on the
SEA of kuoaleGge with hearts as daring a. those "Ih
which cur forcfatlos long before had spread their sails
ON the Baltic 0hd the German Oceans.
Mrs. Stoves Sunny Memories are very sunny, and
flushed with golden lights and rosy hues. Despite
her detcstation Of Ruhen she 10 very like HIM III lay
iIg On the cCors TIE Lcndon ol French travellers
and that Of Ms. Stowe are strangely different. Wh
her IL vas all smn. skies, hoWefy paths Kind greet
ilss. happy faces Her ways were ways OF pleasant
mess, and al her Ia'Es were peace. She seems to
write On tie principle that one OF Shakspere6 charac-
ter, dsper,ed his praise: Il viii praise Il III that
"plaisos ne" She only Jaw the sparkling surface Of
a society which contains in itf depths a. dark ules
ard vices as ever existed in the old cities OF th plain,
end hLumantes unparalleled save among the savage
ubls. Mrs. Stowe says English children nave a
.uucL Loglt!er appearance than tLOsc o Americas 10y
"tle side Of THEN bli, ht bloom ours iOok pale md
faded" Now tiis sounds very strange 20 those Wao
ale acquainted Will tie poor factory children 81" THIS
county, with tlcir tooiiefs whit, checks. Wan as
with tie HES oi death. Tie Little 'hng' whose lives
alo ere unocGsiug rCu:d q to-yho no'er know Ma;
it is L. ttC The yourg blood of infancy pu.sns a. -
tk,ir slruLken lI.tf also. the thin, Wsn srpnes ol
ti aristccracy that lock rs though then blood was
water. 1Lt,e surely 10 uot look more hea!iIiui aud
llo,uipc than American children. In I'll eases where
Me Stowe .peais Of England and the English, one
inst iutcilclate- what she saw Of them with her
yves swimming with ninth and happiness Remember,
q &c. that she cab, her book sunny Memories ana
1ait l,Ie is touch OIL won't call 1t cant even
tl,Ulh fic would not meet George SAND American
etlcd'fru with eel tvang, ard then tie oo0A VII
be relatively tue. We all have sunny memories t-at
axe us fgd. and these are Of them forgot to D.
,Iye OF Mrs Stove ciiticsms OF Painting aud 70
civ ale rt feet. But surely We haze seen Tint on
Dr. Watts in a conversation between bstich tr ana
William Hewitt in all omnibus related by the Latter