, 1866-12-16

Ia his own Thoughts, and reads the work, to
quote Mr.. Rs WI words, "by tho light II
bis own foul Imagination" u sslmpIy kb,urd. /
Purity eau detect ths- presence Of the evil |
which 1t does not understand. and d+of which |
II il wholly Yoid, Just ~ tho dove which has 1
never seen hawk tremhles 1t tta p.escnce.
Just AS = horse rears uneasi1y and qulvers
when the Wild besst, unknown and
new, ID near, 50 inuocencd Is startled |
BY, Jet understands not, the -pnholy look,
1huddcrs, and ehrllks from 1t instlncsively,
BY power like that which God has con
ferrrd On tho unseasonInK utmosa-" The
great objection to Mr.. Reads's work Is aot
that bic openly e1cuaes bigamtsta, teducers,
aud there selecta proposition formally false
and peuicious; but that he leaves sn i'm.
psxssson untsvosahlc to hetlthfal state Of
thought and feeling, snl which Is peculiarly
dangerous to the young and inexperienced,
who 4wallow without suspicion the iusfdions
poison that Turks undsr the Louejed words
fthe elegant md philosophical apo1ogist
for Vice. Mr. RS brilliant creations are, ~
Professor Frisble said OF Byron's, '"thc
scene Of summer evening, where ali Is ton
der, and beautiful, aud grand; hut the
daupa Of disease descend With the dews Of
Heaven, and the pestileut vapors Of night
are hreathed in With the fragrance aud the
balm, and the delicate and the Ga{r are the
surest victims Of The exposure"
We cannot leave this subject without e1-
pressing doubt which has arisen ID Our
minds touching the tendency Of mlnutecriti-
clsms-eyen denunciatory crittcisms-ofa auch
books Al Gr5dtth Gaurt. Concerning many
cases Of wrong-doing, 50 much pains Lave
sometimes been taken to show people the
way not to be naughty, that they have sbeeu
thereby, for the very Grst time n.theis lives,
taught Aeu, and tempted 70 Be
90. Especially docs this hold true Of
| moral reform societies, denunciations Of i'm
| moral hooks aud: q, rtrsea1 performances,
aud puhlicatiaax kttehdo6 " portray the
| frightful increase and terrible cGaasauences
ofHcentionsnes4 In community: sHeatub-
licatlons optrat[ In many cases, oplT ~ h,7-
| ger posts snd ddreHsseAstafs -tu- Ehutt Whose
fervid passions, notw:'' hsta.,tsag their 2res-
crt purity and fnnocelsaG, are hut too ready
to be famed. by the slightest suggestion;
Into violent aud uncomfortable flame and
to the writer who, Ike Jsques IN 4t Tou
LRx II, would thus, BY "speaking his
minn'-
,..-... ''thrnni.h and through
Cleanse the foul body OF tho infected world.'
We may RAT with tho Duke:
-Flc on theei can tell what thoa NO ll1st do
NoN Hascaaet0He Jout san IN chidis9 siu.''
When William Pitt was Frime Minister OF
England, bill was passed for the proven.
tion Of smuggling, prohibiting bouts Of a Ger.
tain length Of keel, breadth OF beam, draught
Of water, etc., from being built by any subject
Of King George. The model prohibited was
80 exquisitcly Gne-of such matchless pro-
portfous-that al the smug.lers at once
adopted 1t. and had their craft constructed
in French ports exactly according to the
measures forbidden by the statute; aud the
Deal boatmen used to cay that they nescr
knew how to but1d boat for smuggling TIL
! LT1y Put taught Mem the t,ay. The anec-
! dotc -forcihly Illustrates the peruicions
Effects upon the morals Of society
,csultiug from even well-intendcd pub.
| lici.ions, acnouncinE immoral booke,
| CT tlemsclvcs :bouudiug in eloquent
ard glowlug descriptions OF the VA
tIous forms Of Tlrc mud wickedncss
| In its midst. 4 still further confirmation OF
! oar views is found In Etct stated some
+; years ago by sn English paper. TINT certain
!; aiticl.s III the London Norniug Chronicle had
the effect Of inspiring hundreds with m IT.
rcsIstib1c desire 10 live themselves the
straDEc and peculiar modes Of life so minute.
" depleted BY tue writer. It may be Yucs,
toned Ehctber De QuinccY's vivid mud mas
ttrly descriptions If the delights and horrors
OF opium, calling have not attracted more pcr
sons 10, than they Lave frightened from, ths
rsactiee. We never read m impasssiones
/ dcAostation fiom this and kindred vices-
anhvc nll, those Of licentiousucss-bu ",
think OF the hostlar, who was asked on con
fessiuu day by Ills priest, If he had neve
creased The teeth Of his euests' hotses, +.
prevent them from eating their allowance o
i,ay and cats? .*Ncvert" walAhc promp
; response Subsequently, he confessed th
frequent pcrpetration Of the trick " How
exclaimed the astontsh6d father, II though
you told Tic, at your last confession, tina
you lad reser played that trick" "True
nor had daen,'' IVES the reply. "for, Till 70
, told I've, I never knew Shat greosdnH horse'
II ffsfk :su,.{d rrtstYt Hts fatf,.utt