New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-11-07

which is still imperfect. Your Shakesperesn age ala
for the English what our classical period nifty years
ago dd for our tongue ivs So of Germany into so
many little Municipalities kept alive differences OF
dialect and prevented the elements OF the German
language from being properly fused There are
great many things for which we have no word in
Can that be possibleP asked.
Some of the cOmmOnest articles" he continued
shave names in the local dialects, but name which
would he everywhere understood: Take for instance
c,eam which is called schdndt in the Baltic prov
inces SALINE IN Northern, Tahm in Middle Germany
and ObeTs in Vienna. Moreover, there are peculiar
tiles of expression of spelling which belong to
different quarters of Germany: We have no gener-
Renter who writes in Plattdeutsch. which is q de-
yelOped and consistent language rather than dla-
leot has great advantage over the authors who
write German. lie can say many tninRs WHICH Woulu
still be impossible to them"
You are quito right" exclaimed the Duke, who
had been listening with great interest. And there
is another deficiency which you have not yet NEIL
toned We have no political style, no popular, en-
PERTAINING yet sufficiently thorough way Of treating
political subjects, as in English or French"
1T is remarkable" said Freytag,. that the num-
Der Of editors does not increase We had indeed, no
good newspaper writer's before 18aS In that year
host Of them suddenly appeared, and we had fress
for the first time but since then scarcely new man
has distinguished himself in this field. There Is
demand for good editors; they are now much better
paid than formerly. and the vocation Is certainly
moro agreeable one than many authors choose LOT
Themselves Compare the writing in our newspapers
with that which you find in the French"
"And yet" said, a moro dreary ana unsatislac1,
tory press than that of France is scarcely to BIO fOund
in Europe 1t has fine writngupon all except ponu,,
cal subjects little character, and very limited
amount OF news II the German press were every
where as free az in England or America, believe you
would soon have the class OF editors you need But
when the K6nsche ZtaHg appears as It did the other
day, with column and halt blankYthe leading ai
tcle having been suppressed at the last moment u
seems to me that the lack of good writers for the press
is partly explained" ;. e..,.... ito
This led TO further discussion of the subject INFO
which the leading questions of German politics en-
tered. Interesting 1T was, should DO oDllgeu 10
undertake too long explanation of certain points
in order to give 1T without lnlsfepreSenf,ig th h
distance-snce last years Prusslan campaigns not
worry great. The movements in the two hemispheres
though different in form, are alike In the leading
idea. The prominent German papers beng on the
side of Congress and the people, one ilnds no adnia
ton for the abs0lutist Andrew l. anywhere, WHO
Mr. Stewards declaration in favor of the One-man
power exeites an astOnishment which am unable To
dispel The conversation was confined to these
points. The Duke, however expressed MS auIllTa-
ton of the manner in which the freedmen generally
throughout the South had conducted themselves -,
When we rose from the table there was still lit
tie of the Northern twilight left The Duke pro
posed walk throughout the park. commencing, as
no started, q conversation with me upon one OF tno
topics preached during dinner while the other guests
(as seemed TO DO the custom of the caste Tell back
or took neighbOrng paths. was so profoundly IN
terested in hearing the views OF man VINO had seen
so much of life from such different stand-polnt,
that an hour passed. away unIenidIhcu anu
in the tower struck ten when we returned 10 the
castle. The party assembled in the blllard-roon,
where the Duke played with has adjutants and the
artist Hanfstaengi while tho rest Of MS sat down TO
the papers and periodical. His IIighness, noticed
did not 0lu0ys win, whence / infer that the others
played naturally, and not IN the usual manner OF
Courts.
At II, the Duke said good night, and we were at
liberty to leave or to stay and chat IA we pleased
The Others except Freytag had their quarters III the
castle The latter got INTO an open GtIage ahG SCI
out for his home, some ~ miles distant, while i
climbed through the dark woods on foot, and was
welcomed the crest of the hill by the Mapping oi
/ intended to have added picture OF the cOnven-
tionaties Of an Old-ashoned Court, by way of con
trast; but TO what purposei The tattooing Oh me
SoutSea islanders the caste and suffice of the Hin
docs, and the ceremOnals of European monarchy
will all he swept away by the advance of cIyllza-
ton The ruler who possesses intellect as well az
crOWp will not submit to them. H. T.