New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-11-22
Rayard Taylor in Northern Europe
EXPLANATORY AND RETROSPECTIVE

has yer been forged in ;ha, chain which 10 connect
IRE iRiitSE and its readers with their rowing
irerd and correspondent. "Al beginnings are df.
fcult, says q German proverb. which have founl
10 be true but 70 less true ia the French sptithe.,
The first step Is the only difficulty" have de-
lsyed taking this hrs' step, not from any want Of
tresjmi practice, but because il was to be the BE-
OH ming of Two years race, and determined t;st
to take breath, ard grid up my oins for the .sa-t.
Alb, my fr ends, known and unknown, to who's
| have written from Ethiopia and Palestine ana
Inis and Japan, and who expect me to converss
with sou from under the arch Of the aurora boreaIis
and from the isies
Who're Wild LOfoien
" hrs 20 death The roaring whale"
YOU do not know now much more easy il ls Tor
you 10 read Difficult as that may be, sometimes)
than fer me 20 write. Did you ever try to catch =
colt which has been stabbed all Winter. when he Il
turned out 20 grass again Even so irksoms Is It
10 drive to the pen brain which has been steediY
in harness tor two yesrs and half in the land Of
lectures, The empire of newspapers, the swift. un.
resting excilsble, oyerworked Republic. The spirit
of Work iLf,c.s our atmosphere: We cannot escape
the maady. Our souls are pitted aud SCARED with
it, ana tLere is Nc vaccination whereby we can
avoid Il. Ii you once plunge into the stream you
must strike out with the bodest, while breath and
nerve remau. There is no such thing rs rest inside
Of Sandy Hook and felt no relaxation of the On.
nstUIa, tension until the Gulf Stream rolled ia
tropical opate between and the maternal shores,
Our country gives us everything, but she ex-
acts everything from in return. What If vs.
play tfusut now and then what il We fly from tho
neyer.e ndipg task, to dream Summer dag in the
quiet air OF Europe or the lazy anguor of the East
We leave our household gods 10 await our return.
and we pray that the which is to hold our ashes
may be placed beside them.
But the relief of Summer holiday in Europe!
The sober respectable repose of staid aud sarche@
Old EDgland-:he gay ronchalance Of ParsiAa
streets-,he drowsy quiet Of slow, goodhumored,
| patient, WARM. hearted Germany-the deep do
IcCus draughts Of Alpine air. cool from tho eternal
| glaciers and musca with echoes Of the cow-hsrds
| horn-.he silent dream Of Venetian days and tho
| sublime deso-a,ion OF the Roman Campagns--ts
| feel all this, and TO see il anew, through three
| pairs Of young American eyes, which looked on
Europe fer the first time, was an prepayment for
| all foregOne .ou. II gave myself up to il with Al
| Idle satisfaction in which there was no reprosch.
| except VIXEN s.ray TRIBUNE fell into my hands,
| and remembered that two votes were Loaf -
| Fremont (mine and my sailor's) by my absence
II ia some Subtraction, however, to know that tbs
| space which my letters would have occupied, had
| written sooner bas been used to better advantage
| IN the mOmentous campaign which now draws near
its close God grant hat tomorrow week mag
give 20 Freedom that victory which must bo hers
| in The ED
l am now taking few weeks rest in my Ger
| man home before setting ut on my journey to th,
| north, and will commence my suspesded duties
with brief resume of my Summers experiences.
which you in the Breathing time after the contest
may fad space to print, aud NY friends leisure ~
| read / srded in Liverpool on the 2lst Of July.
in The mids. OF violent rain Gas usua), and under
| circumstances Of delay sud discomfort, which
| strongly suggested comparison in favor Of New
York. Thence, by familiar ways, through lovely
| Warwcksbire 10 London where spent eight days.
The season was over and the great city was rather
dull but was in time to witness the last represeu
| tatiOrs Of Ristori md Johanna Wagner. Tho for
mer | saw 10 Medes, role which served better
than any other, perhaps, to contrast her with her
| great rival. Rachel. She is much the mOre beauh.
ful Of the two, and has the advantage Of speaking
more musical, passionate and sympathetic Ian
guage Her readiDg IL very fine, but falls itsls
short Of that exquisite artistic perfection which
Rachel has attained With noble head. full
and rounded figure, aud beautiful arms, her poses
and gestures have no. the came antique grace.
She touches more however, II she charms lees.
Medeas yows of revenge against the faithless Jason
were superbly decaimed, but you did not feel quite
sure that she would be capable Of carrying them
into effect. The terrible calmness Of Rachel, in
| Rorane, on the other hand, chills your blood.
Wagner, whom 1 heard in Tareredi, is an i'm.
| posing young lady Of thirty-as nearly ~ I could
guess by gas.light-with profusion Of fair hair,
blue eyes long nose and an ample mouth. Sho IL
exceedingly sell possessed aud independent in her
demeancr, and both looked and acted the young
knight with great deal Of spirit. Her defamation
| is magnificent aud Impressed me much moro than
her singing. Fer voice appears 10 be somewhat
worn, and she has fallen rather short Of the pubic
| expectation.
We visited Sydenham, where we were enrapturod
with the gOries Of The Crystal Palace worn
which makes all fable seem possible, except mo
romance Of .arge dividends. 1t is sublime idea ="
brno quarter of mile Of the tropics into the raw
mi..s of EnQIani-to rebuild Egyptian and As'yrian
| ,.npe, among The groves o! palm and bes.de the
| noel. Of lo,us-to restore the gli.terDg courts Of
| the Ahsmbra and make them fragrant with their
native bay and myrtie-to collect together IN oos
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