Demoine courier., 1856-07-10
The Uascins at Florence.

IL was spring, anU I'D lfaiy; one OF
those hnli.doz-n Gays al very most. when
the feeling Of winner departed, . gentle
freshness brea,hes ihseus the air: trees
stir soisly 80 by magic; the earth bee comes
carpenied with tlowers, whose odors.
seem TO temper as i, we're, the exciting
atmosphere. An occasional cloud, fee.
cy and jagged. sails azily alof.. marking
ITS shadow on the mountain side. In q
few days--a few hours perhaps--,he
blue eky will be unbroken, the air hush
ed. hot breath will move among the
leaves. or pant over the ,ricklihg foun
tam. aa.
In this fas, fitting period, we dare no,
call II season. the Cascine Of Florence
is slngularly beautiful: on one side. the
gentle river stealing beneath the shadow
ing foliage; on the other; the pic,uiesqoe
mountains towards F'iesole. dotted with
lite palaces and .erraced gardens. The
ancient city itself il partly seen, and The
massive Dnomo and the .Palazzo v1chio
tower proudly above the trees! What
other people OF Europe. have such a
haunt!-what other people would know
SO thoroughly how 10 enjoy i? The
day was.tra wing to close, and the Pr
szzone was now filled with equipages.-
There were the representatives Of every
European people. and Of nations far
away over the seas-splendid RUSSIANS.
briilisnt French, splenetic superciIioos
English. and porderous Germans, ming
led with the less marked naiionali,ies Of
Belgium and Holland. End even America.
Everything thai called itself Fashion was
there TO swell the tide; and although a,
choice military band was pesfofmine
with exquisite skill The iavorise overture.
OF the day, the noise and ,umult,of con-
versaiion almost drowned their notes -
For the Cascine is 10 The world of So
cie,y whp, the Bourse 10 10 the world of
trade. |, is the great centre of all news
and intelligence. where markets and bar.
gains OF intercourse are ,ransacied. and
where the scene OF pas. pleasure il re.
vived, AID the plans of future enjoy m en-,
are canvassed. The grea. and The wealthy
are there, 10 see and 10 NEE, with each
other. Their proud squirages lie side
by side. like grea, liners: while phe,ons,
like fast f-igu,es. shoot swiftly bv, and
solitary dandies flit past in varieties Of
convey ance to which sea-crait can Offer
no analogies. All are busy. eager an!
occupied. Scandal holds here i,s fes,i-
val, and the misdeeds Of every capital
OF Europe are now being discussed
The higher themes of politics occupy
bui Few: the interests of literature attract
still less. 1t is essentially OF the world
they talk, and it must be owned they do
j, liks adopts. The lac, wii,icism of
Paris--,he las, duel a, Berln-who has
fec from his creditors in England Who
has run away from her husband a, Ma
pies--are all retained with serious cir
cums,antiality that would lead one to be-
| tieye that gossip maintained it's "0wn
correspondent" in every city of the Con.
tinert. Mora!is,s might, fancy, perhaps.
tina. in the tone these subjects are treated
there would ,ningle Reproduction OF the
bad, and due estimate Of the opposite,
it il ever occurred al all; bul as surely
would they be disappointed. Never
| were censors more lenient-never were
CRITICS so charitable. The transgressions
agains. good bresding-,he "gaucheries"
Of manner--,he solecisms in dres.. Lam
guage. or demesnor, do indeed meet with
sharp reproof and cutting sarcasm, bu,
in recoapense Tor such severity. boa
gently they deal with grAver offences
For The felonies they can always discov.
er ",he alternating circumstances" for
the petty larcenies of fashion they have
nothing but whip-cord.-LiffeHs Liz
ing .Age.