New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-12-20

cALvRRTs FIRST YEARS IN EUROPE.

egraphy, as vel as Of an intelligent and sugalar!y
suggestive record Of foreign travel. The peculiar
circumstances, moreover under which it has been
prepared for the press lend an additional interest. IL
n founded on the experience OF European life 90 the
commencement of a career which has IoTn'aAeE '..i1-
able contributions in various department 10 oar h@'e
literature and Is nov enriched with the HI.ss oi many
studOus aud thoughtful year,, combining Tie N'"e4y
Of youth with the wisdom Of maturity
Soon after leaving Harvard College 10 le23 Ny
Calvert took passage for England WIN me view OF
VISITING some near family relatives IN Belgium, and Oh
nursuin, his studies in OF the celebrated German
universities which 40 that time were tavone resort
with many young men OF literary ASPIRATIONS IN ths
.ountrv The vessel IN which he sailed was one OF
tbe British royal packets which had been taken lOf
himself and suite by Mr. Sratord Canning then
Minister TO the United States who was about 70 re-
turn home and who had proposed to the father OF the
young student, inten, on foreign lore and foreign
lands, that the son sbond accompany hlm 10 Id
gland
Mr. Cavert's description of his FIRST experiences
Afer bis arrival on the continent affords some agree
able glimpses of Belgian society and domestic he.
Antwerp surrounded witt moat filed by the nde Oh ne ds
liant Schede There was no longer oteE 70 my UC on
auadranguar court around which rose the walls hcosAs
ToOmy commodous mansion with small chapel ID one Of tAe
towers Beyond The mOat all sides trees or less
uncky planted with view pant 10 landscape eneo IN one
en- rot hall mile distant small village where dwet he peas
ante ito whom he land was leased Outside f noat on]Ae
IL easy life sauuer down the slope Of ideness
K1nchnc flowers that You have planted but you follow
900 far Tie slope grows barren and steep TO plunge into
abyss. Indeed only az the top where ideness temporary
relaxation is enjoyment and healthy life insnciye rejects
a-foe Ny ideness made busy by the mutialcuS
toyey about There Veye dinner parties small ana h4ee
and elegance by long social cultue and the mmgg OF me
se1es, and where the cuisine as dseoyeIed ID a, 5 T
gustaory years. was most apezmg ana cfa,I ~ y, In
ball another chateau where was IN he H" .. lu
merous Kin ages and degrees running into the dato
Of fourth and fifth cOasushp -,
The position OF the young American Protestant in
the bosom Of an ancient Catholic family presented
many striking contrasts, and when called 10 lnind
after a long interval of years gives occasion TO
eouse of sage mOralizng which throughout the volume
kintimateY blended with the personal narrative.
~ RSsi5e the academic walks through tie Museum
had home in architecture from professor ih arr
should rather say had lessons IN Of me creek
solumnar styles became acquainted WIN le external eL
scterscs Of the three orders learned me snap tht nlvs
Of IDENTIFIES mOdhons and holdings, and al about the en-
a. ~ ~ F o75 rovfb OF these members and constituents
and Of the column itself and how came TO be- learned no
~ rronorto9- use and beauty may be harmoued how
the dea controls the WORK and how only idea give life to
Work-of all this there no word nor oil me relation De
tween Of people and ITS mnd-is wants and
Nov not only the best way the only good way to teach
ssssr for the Why and the WHEREFORE and the Who breaks
hs drum TO the Of its sound in the widest
sense representative Much earlier than most people are s~
youthful minds not only grasp principles bat take IN statements
The whole they not take bnt enough % be
germ and germ that viii nstinctyey feed itself by caspng
49,. rhio b, thew hold Gin soon op ONT or be eaced
My Professor physiogBOmcaBy oRe0i those exception
al men whom occasionally meets and more oilen perhaps
continental cities than esewhereen who in the mngg
together OF and families have been undekneadd
overlooked the edge Of the tray and come out the oven
marked with singuarty He had much OF the indians com
Yle1on and face with straight black Undetermined hair and
tyamida head his forehead being much broader az me base
shape which excludes in the race in whom Is found
poetic susceptibility and artistic hveness Lucky Tor h MS
architectural ambitions did not those his nego
Antwerp the .me INTELLECTUALLY finished there was
A repair or at most to reproduce it limit builders
junction in agnan city whose goes arc in memory rather
Had my uncle and the professor taken TO the cathedral
led noe down into the vaults pointed deep broad Ounda
then built up before eyes the vast structure stage by
stage exhibiting 10 the high mechanical knowledge dis
crowned blythe gigantic roof then gtened my
poetic eRbties by making witness 70 the marriage OF
Csc TO grandeur and beauythe solid walls through he mystic
power poetic standing there before without heayness
he lofty light upsPrngng e9onnade without
don purpose and Of the manifold details and then
sRdOut aerial vastnes lis roomy rnagnhcence-hadth this
been done should eyenin short series Lessons 9EEe sk1
building with all building would have mingled Itself IN
t Bod baVe carried aW az Vital tnowedrc which would
have been light in my mind forever But Tor TINS knd Of
teaching the teachers are yet lew ana rom NE 1a senoo
the aesthetic academy routine as method and memory as
lively confident appeals to the reason and the noble s
tiles
posed qualified for he anuccomPshed detate not an
earnest student Of art. ..
which they inherit golden bond OF power adding by siren
invention fresh links give themselves purchase Oh the
sranges their freedom Ny professor his part Of the
chain quesceny passivey uDconscously Py uncle
himsel-Hith far higher capabtesat all aware 10 what de-
gree he benBmbcd by the exanimae air Of cssom.
The Autumn had worn away Winter had come; and was
fresh agrown nephew from the world was an event IN
che quiet comparatively vacant life Of uncle People who
live in industrial nacon their incomes anu who LACK mon
cal force impusyeness mmaeTal interests moral
1neectua aesthetic have TO daily battle with Time or
Time will Lii them hthey cannot Kill him 10 maintain the
night they are 0Dleed-humhleuhg oAlsauOho m5e.ty
prosac OF life Its end that meourosey prolonged
snd dressing and distant supervision Of pecnnity interests
and minors0ca duties anu exercise Uecole Le
whereWith by the cid Of the amuements OF visiting passive
reading small talk games ear tobacco they M the vacuum
left by sleep Ny unce used tobacco in no form and cards
never in his house
and envened by arrival became AZ once an object TO his
80 teeet and his affections Ny heresy did not as have NH
patty had lived long enough in amicae contact with persons
unhumanity Of that shallow engtcOusuess which feeds
spurious pey with the poisoned clippings Of arrogance and
DOH OF cobce anu hOutiAAtu D lst -
mostly ignorant and limited individual ascIibe nilby
20 his religious conceptions and pass on all dssenents ire
But amidst members Of ancient Catholic society the
bricks Of whose fabric nodded centuries anu the
snoar Of their present coheSion conpoundeq o, uHol anu
conyenuonaiues young American republican Protestant
though neither forward demOnsrtve was as UNITED a.
Gothic spire Ionic temple intrusive almost eel
among crabs The professionalism the CHIEF source o. ineon-
kuity might possibly be wiped and with view 70 such
my would have liked 10 change my route OF travel
leaving Antwerp making 1t lead 90 Paris instead OF Goetn
gen On his hitting this INJECTED that fathers wish
that should go 10 Gotngen Had the change found
favor with myself lie would an ste have written al once TO
my father recommending 81.
On his way from Antwerp TO GOttingen, the young
traveller passes through the renowned city Of Frank
fort which has recently awakened such universal
interest in the civilized world by ats forced subsection
20 the rule Of Prussia and the retrospect OF his visit
calls forth train Of Characteristic reflections with
ard IN hp prQaf noe ID guDSpQuent