New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-06-02

Isnse 49, ~, go ,bnking only how TO keep your balance,
n{ NO, al ali of the probable depth OF the wacr, Oh
Won splash and plunge down INTO nasln wslstleep.
be srst sensations OF man mp TO his vest pockets in
.,r Gro poeulary foolish, and his first Tau "a n her
s;nt He Ia nfterward little ashamed Of the a!lcri-
~ with which he scrsmbcs FOR the bank. step or
two brings him TO a sanc-baAk and to himself; bu'
while von ore In a scrape at one end OF your line
trout has co. into worse orc at the other. iIIo
aunied with surprise at both experiences you come
near losing him in the iIudicous haste with "ASn 70"
overhaul him.
With what pious affection does this lnamoraso
of nature discourse about his beloved trees
Listen:
To the great treeloving fraternity We belong. We
lave feee with universal aud unieigne1 ioVry n"i a."
b;nos ,h.t So crow undor them or around ihem-the
whole leaf and root tribe Nor alone "he lucy ~ ~
thoir glory bat in whatever state they are-in ea OF
trimmed with frost, or powdered WIN 9o" VI ~ 80
sboatIed in ce ia severe outline stripped ana bare
.ms;rst n November sky-we love them. Oar hear.
wsTIos at cvon tie sight Of board or a lo5 i9m-
her ward is better than nothing. The sHel OF WOOL Al
Lead l. tbere the savory fragrance oil RESIN as sweet
ma mvtrh and frankincensc was to jew. II we
cen ee. nothing better love 20 read over me nses
OF ttees IN catalogue. Many on hour have we sat at
night when, after exciting WORK, we nceaed 70 %
ouieted and read nurserymon's catalogues ana Lou
dop's Encyclopedias and ArbOrcuin, until inc smell
of the woods exhaed from the page, ad the SOUND OIL
leaves was IN our and sylvan gades opened 10 our
eyes that would have made oid chauccf iauSh ho1 III
dlte rnItur0us rush OF Ines -,
Rut bnw much more do we love trees in all Their
Summit uomp and p.enitude. Not for Their names and
All ities rot for their secret physoo2y AM az IN re-
riaI for gc6 nee for reason that we IN gave,
except tina when with them are happy. IIe eye
il NJ the is fall The whole sense and all the as yes
soaaa d. nnd our whole nature rcJoiccs with thit Va.
rions and full happiness which mas when the soul
In suspended in tie midst of 'oo.hovens symphonies,
and il lifted lither and thher rs if blown by sweet
sounds through the airy passages OF iuii heavenly
dream.
Our first excursion in Lenox one Of salutation
TO our notable trees We hal nervous anxiety to
see that the AK had not hewn nor the lightning sirlck
them that worm had gnawcd at the root, or catso
at the trunk that their branches were not broken nor
their leaves falling from drou'h. We found them al
standing in their uprightness. They hfcd up their
head toward heaven and sent down to US from all
their bonChs leafy whisper OF recognition aud Giec-
ton Blessed be the dew that coos their evening
ieayes and tho rains that qneach their daily thi-sti
Nav fle storm be as meTcifu 10 them when IN Winter
il roars through their branches Is harper to his
harp Let the snow lie lightly on their boughs, and
long hence be the Summer that shall ud no leaves to
.clothe these mobiles of the pasture
First in regard, it is first in the whole nobility
of trees stands the white elm, no less esteemed be-
cause il is On American tree; known abroad oay by
importation, and never IN all rs magniice1co ex
cert in our own valleys. Tho old oaks of + igland
are very excellent in their way, gnarlcd and rugged.
The elm has strength es significant as they, aud
e1sce royalty, which leaves the OAK Ike a Door IN
comparison. Had the elm been al English tree, and
had Chaucer seen and loved and sung it; had SNak-
spcre and every English poe. hung garlands upon
IL il would have lifed up hcad now not only the
nohlest Of all growing things, but ems liincl in
thousand rich associations OF history and literature.
Who ovor a Hawthorn or q sweei-bricr the
egantine that his thoughts do not, like bolt OF gat,
burst tn Ough ranks OF poets AMI ranges OF syirk X
conceiis which have been born since England hal
written language and of which ihe rose, the willow,
the eglaniino the hawthorn, and other of vines
Or trees have been the cnusc they ana FOR
cvermore tic suggestions aud remonibraucers1 Who
ever looks upon oak and does not think OF nayies
Of storms of battles the occOa; of the noble lyrics
of the of English gladcs; OF inc fugitive Charles,
the treemOuntod monarch; of the Herne oak; OF
parks and forests; of Robin Hood and his merry moi
Friar Tuck not excepted; OF old baronal nails with
mellow light streaming through diamond-shaped pauos
upon oacn floors, and of carved oakcn wainscOtinyJ
And who that hGs ever Travelled ia English second
class cushonless has not other and less genial
membranes of The enduring sOlidity of tho imperyi-
Gus, unclastic oak !
A portion of the volume is devoted to letters
from Europe, written with great graphic power,
but not so interesting the sketches Of
ture, which require rarer organization for
their felictous composition than the ordinary
experiences Of foreign travel. la his account of
the impressions made his mind by the Euro
dean galleries of art meet with one or two
curious passages, showing the susceptibility of
the author to external Influences and chasing
him among the persons who in other days wouid
have been the subject of ecstatic religious Wis
ions or frances. Here is one of them from
chapter on the Louvre:
EsTHETyC OBSTACLES.
The first feeling which overwhelmed me was that Of
surTrisc-rroound wonder. IL seemed as If all picture
admiration before had been of one sort, but this of
another and hiehorthc result of instant conversion,
If the expresson be not irrcvercnt. The number OF
pcturcsiLe great number OF good pictures not stuff
TO I'll upbut noble, enchanting pieces of vast
size, Of wonderful brilancy Of novel subjects in po
sitions the most favorable for the finest efect-a this
filled me with exquisite surprise. Can you imagine the
feelings which You would have II after a., the flowers
You have seen yoa should, IN chance drive, unox.
pecedly come into some mountein-pass and ind tho
sides far up Perfectly oycrpreai with flowers the most
beautiful and new, of all FORMS OF every color of fra-
GRANGE surprising any hitherto found OF every SIZE and
growing that one set Off another, aud all of them
spread abroad ruby rocks, with diamonds and every
precious stone cleaning Out between the leaves lin
some such way cid istand surprised when first in these
grand galleries.
This surprisesoon changed 10 a more complex pleas
uie. IL was not the enjoyment of color, alone; nor
of form of the composition nor of the sent nent
OF the pieces, but harmony of pleasure from all OF
these The walls beam upon you If each was SUM-
mer; and like ono strolsng a; Summers eve, you can
not tell whether it be the couds the sky the light the
shadows, tie scenery OF the thousand membranes
which rise the soul IL such hour that give the
pleasure. saw oil that the painter painted and more;
imagined In each scene tor tho most were pictures
of human fonns) what had gone before and what had
followed. talked with the beautiful or fearful crCa-
lures and they spake 80 rnc. As l gradually Jour
ncyed down the gallery the of mutuslinOus
beauty increased and all that had seen aud all TIA;
wilacrirg OF tropical lGxarianco of conception
and execution. There was That same Individuality OF