New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-12-15

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set forth With rapid wings they oar Their way ian
200 or GOO leagues OF without other resting place tsn
OCCASIONAL pieces Of floating ice may for few mone.s
Offer them They arrive aud al Is ready. ounmcr VI
% doys duration makes them happy. -,
stcTS. sad cimaes Yet who would not love them
when there the vast Tenderness OF nature Sa
central Of love and doV0uOhf from hatuI9 ,he
9SIs sun Shines there which not
the sun the Equator but Tar more W. b ~ very
soul tr TRe S te or Inc urgency Of peril
The supreme effort in this werld OF the NORTH wom
nowhere that Of beauty have discovered the Dean
mi This miracle springs from the mothers sonl Lap
land has but art, solitary object OF asths s
visited those regions; elegant and graceful Ike pref
ty little lined with the soft iar OF the willie a The
more delicate than the feathers OF the swan Aroua
hood where the infants head Is completely protestcuj
warmly and softly sheltered are hg rest0G,s s Si n in
eessantly, and whose jngllns makes the young i"P
% wonder of maternity Through its influence the
ruest woman becomes artistic. tenderly heedlu t S
inc specaces TO soc the bird OF the ederho eiderdnck
-pmckng its down from Its breast for couch ana q
mother st continues upon herself tho cruel operation:
when she has stripped on every ieather Wnen % te
nothiny more 10 dspoil but the flesh and the blood %
father takes his that the little one y clothed vi
themselves and their substance ny Their Devotion bch
| their suffering. Montague, speaking of CLOAK Whiun
had served his father, and which ho loved 70 wear ~
meIpbrance Of hun; makes use oi tender phrase, "o
This poor neat recalls TO my mind wrapped lnyeeh uP
! In my father" $50
THE Wing" 1.-THE First Futterings of the Wing
The Triumph of the Wing" are the titles OF thieo
| chapters which are in themselves poem none tho
less beautiful and perfect for being written IN prose
In IL Mchelct takes n leaf from Darwins book, anu
shows us the development of the wing from us
first rudiments up to the perfect of the fgatc
bird that bears its 'owner unresstng over the seas
for DAYS and nights together. We quote few pas
saces from the chapter called Tho Wing"
"a the cry OF the whole enrh. Of the world OF al ne
IL is that which every species OF animals or plans noa
hundred arS rorN and the Inorganic creation wings
we seek wings, and the power OF night anu
the nnan and the a. sad aud suffering images OF man.
which cannot advance step without gIonn-o,ns o
,,r,Ii1,ades The names by which we Identity them We
might Justly reserve for ourselves III siowh.ss ne &
the desire Of movement 10 t1s @
IL man His faculty OF dragging himself rom ono I,n
% has recently Invented In aid OF that faculty-n this
does not lessen adhesion 20 tho earth 30 Is not 'He
Tse man earth bnt one order Of created beings Which
enjoy the power Of ignoring or DeEnus 1 .,m,a az
dom swness of motion TINS universal Mon W
mpoent aspiration; mean those beings wnl9n Dfos
10 Garth, 80 to speak, only 10y Tue us oI ~. ,onny
which the dir itself cradles ana & ,h ,ha nv
without being otherwise connected WIN thoh 'n' w
guiding them at their need and then caprice. 49,,
When NJ the closo Of the last contrary lntn lorhc
the daring idea of giving himself UP 10 lhe Wous' y,
mounting in the air without rudder or oar, or means oi
guidance, proclaimed aloud that at length no na
Secured his pions had eluded nature, ana oongnefeu
lie 10 tins ambition Ho studied the economy OF the
birds wing be undertook to initiate u rudey enough
, v foI colnnn of bundled feet high poor hui
man bird armed With huge MIN, Gas' INTO ~"
The gloomy and fatal maehne IA rs Iaboilons com
plexliy, sorry imitation Of that admirable arm ,Ir
superior 10 the human ARM, that system OF lDns..,
Which cooperate among Themselves IA 80 VIGOROUS ahu
lively movement. DJqintod and Eelaked. INC hinhh
wing lacked especially tlat alpowelihi 1us'ie VIM
connects the shOulderto the chest dhe h"no"s 30 tho
syua). and communicates ITO Impetus 70 ne li,na.I,
flight OF the falcon Inc Instrument aeta 10 a,ieSty
on the mover the the rover aud nritcs win hun
perfectly that the nartlnot me Ilsae-oHu sW'!s
along at the rate OF az leagues hour I'VE on Elk nnes
rbs hurricane aud with no rival but tho lightning.
But even Il poor imators had exactly initiated the
them copied the form bat not the internal stfnoi
They thought that The brds power OF acson lay ~ rs
flight alone forgetting the secret AUXILIARY which nsiiuo
coneeas IN the pimagr anu ine Vo,v' INC
The bird Of rendering itsef hghtNr heavy at It's wiz o'
admitting more or lcss Of AR into ~ expressly s"n.
structod reservoirs Moud u grow lghi, u inmates IS
dimension. while diminishing its relative weight; by
this IL spontaneously a-cefds n medium heavier
INN and small cnitinS throns ihc ais which sn1poricd
aud rascd it IN s former heavy condition Here ly ihs
error. the cause Of mans fatal ignorance lie assumed
that the bird ship moi balloon lie initiated me
wing only but the wing however hhiu.y lml''lcn, "
mol c0vUued With this internal ioicc u bat ttis.S
| means Of destruction.
But this faculty. This rapid Inhalation o. expulsion OF
air. OF swimming with ballast variable a. pleasure
whence does IL proceed Prom unique. uuhoard-of
liar quantity OF air at once would ~ snIocased The
blrds lung elastic aud po1erul qnais ~ grows fnh OF
10. grows Intoxicated with ygor and delight pours 70
a6undntly Into lie bones into aerial cells Eseh asp
ration renewed second after second with tremendous
4
supplies each muscle with that .cXhaustiOlo enorgy
which other being possesses. aud which belongs ony
| 10 the elenents
In the next chapter The Fluttcrings OF the Wing
Is short but brilliant sketch of the Museum Of
| Natural History in Paris where Nioleet finds the
most striking illustration Of his theory OF develop
ment
Subsequent chapters ore The Shores" The Her
onries of America" The Combat" in which the
insect life OF the tropics is described with the most
| picturesque power and not tho insect-life alone
| but the reptiles, the vegetables the birds. And
not lees interesting are the profound chapters en-
| titled "Pnrifcation" and Death" with which the
| First Part Of the Book concludes.
] Part Second opens with chapter on The Light
| and The Night" followed by "Mgrations." " The
/ Harn0nies OF the Temperate Zone The Bird IA
the Laborer of Man." "The Song md The Nest
these last such as only Michele could write full 10
| overlooking Of tenderness, OF sweetness OF do
lightful gayety. and OF suggcsveness that carries
us perpetually beyond and above the actual subject
Never has the Architecture Of Birds been So poet
cally and yet so scientifically treated We wish too
1 that we had room for extracts from tho chapters
upon THE Nightingale" but then we wish as well
| that could transfer the whole of this most fls
| cinating book TO onr columns.
| And charming as Mieholet has made it with his
pen putting in possession OF % portion of bis vast
store Of Learning, Of experience, the dstation of
hundred books, bis observations of nature seen in
museums In the life of woods and fields his poetic
farreaching thoughts inspired by glowing love for
humanity-the book il hardly less charming OH tho
side Of art. How much pleasure such book as this
| is capable Of giving TO young and oldl How gu
perior it is in every respect TO the mass of
books that swarm at this season Of tho
year, faud which we call by courtesy illus
| tratedr III this hoax could 70 into avcrv fam