New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-02-11

and in arts Of household economy, as might give wen
founded expectations Of their being able hohoraDy 10
No girl should receive her permission TO marry before
RsT a s should be point Of somewhat dis
tpgushed hoor with both sexes 10 gain their permission
of marriage in the eighteenth and " eny year.
aud recognized Disgrace not 10 have gained AZ least
before the close OF their twenty first and twentyourtn
do not that they should IN any wise hasten acua.
marriage but only that they should hold II point OF
honor 10 have the right 10 marry. In every year there
should lie festivals on the first OF May ana one
al the feast OF harvest home In each district NJ WHEN
festivals their permsOns 10 marry should be gwen pun
licy the maidens and youths who had won theln III
that half year and they should be crowned me mus
by the old French title cf Rosiees and the youths PER
Specification OF the word bachelor" laurel fruit ana
50 led IN joyful procession, with music ana shghs;
through the city street or village lane ana the any sdsu
with feasng OF the poor but not with Teasing 'heiS'
except quietly, at their homes. III, 10 or.,,,oa %
Aud every bachelor and rOsore should be entlucn 10
CaIm If they needed IT, according 10 their poslloh III me-
fixed income from the state, FOR seven years rom tne
day OF their marriage for the setting up Oh ei' ov
and however rich they might be by Inheritance Their IN
should not he permitted TO exceed gwen sum,
portiOned 10 their rank for the seven years Ia,
in which they had obtained their permission TO marry put
should accumulate in the trust OF the state uh INA,
seventh year. in which they should ne put ton d
cond0ns) finally in possession OF their property; anu
men, thus necessarily not before their
nor usually later than their thirtyfTs year. become en-
gibe offices OF State So that the rich ana poor snou
not be sharply separated in the beginning OF inc war %
fe but the supported against the tist stress Oh ~
long enough TO enable them 10y proper toIetnOueh anu
economy TO secure their footing; ana the other uheu
somewhat in the OF moderate means
permitted To have the command OF abundant ones. hhu
OF the sources from which these State incomes 1or e
married poor should be supplied or OF the treaheht VI
thO.e OF our youth whose advisable 10
refuse them permission TO marry, defer what nave 70
say till we come the general subjects OF taxation ana
criminal discipline leaving the proposals made III tns
letter TO bear, for the present whatever aspect Oh c
and unreliable vision they prODaDy may, am
TO most readers such they assuredly Will Nor sha
make the slightest effort to redeem them from ,hese LID
putatOns for though there is nothing IN an lneir u
port which would be approved in the deepest sense
practical by the Spirit of Paradise "
Which gives 0 all the self same bent,
liz are wise AMI innocent,
and though that national Justice in conduct and
peace IN heart, could by no other laws be so sWity Sc
culcd confess with much dSpeace OF heart, that Doth
Justice and happiness have at TINS day become III Eli
gland, romantic impossbilities"
Several other topics of practical reform are ds-
cussed in the course of the volume but our space
compels us to dismiss them with only passing rel
erence Mr. Ruskin's suggestions are chiefly valua-
bic for directing attention to evils which seem IN
herent in the framework of modern society," and hold
ing up high standard of excellence in all earthly re-
lations He treats the subject poet, as man OF
imagination and feeling, not as a philosopher. lie
writes from his own fancies and impulses not from
any recognition of the laws of social science He de-
scribes the conditions Of a Utopia of which the
dazzling vision melts away before the realities OF
experience not the ideal of a commonwealth founded
on a Just analysis of human nature, and the prin-
cples of universal harmony His book shows the dim,
uncertain instinct of a change IN the organization
of social affairs lie has keen sense of the injustice,
the selshness the intense and vrulen competition,
and consequent misery which enter so deeply into the
present composition of the social state and cherishes
the most cordialand generous aspirations for nobler
and more harmonious order of existence on earth
But this cannot be realized from any illusions of
sentiment, however lofty and beautiful. but must
await the gradual evolution of scientific truth. The
laws of attractive industry and the equitable distTi-
button of its fruits must be well understood before
any significant changes can be introduced in the or
ganic laws of society Mr.. Ruskn has written a
beautiful book but he will never be the founder of a
beautiful commonwealth.