, 1869-12-12

k1 anC1fnt ut1Age GouteS A4UWAY Auu ~ 1AA&3V"s l
be traveller and the ue4ued camhl BoJond
ham stretches eastxa1d, l.ne upou rna Of saIs-
,de, to wnefe dawn nf moonlight anow1 the
ORION, md Ct may be) The dim boanda11ea Of
eyes-te be recalled departures But the west
~ ruddJ unungB: knd the th7ea crumburg COZ
mnz that overlook tho pl1tn catch the sunseth
rgos reflection, ~ the aen1tnels catch watch
1peu.
Ard the ars!tt, vhn, bezt Of MI our Ar1s:a, gves
he ideal through the real, has not Taaled Ia Ibis
nreshold picture Of bis views OF Palestine 70 rc-
NJ
-,, .Th.t fesstul bloem \
rt.: hne wheh haanta t. to the lamb.
sssI2at aissa e. 81 sssSS1s 1ssuna a- I
saaS i'sst = ~ 49, 8 s5.Sag ea
.Ieh cesms. but usafe Ia sseltshsd esEhn
Bat how kaall describe 70 JoQ " The CITY OF
which IL tho order Of ahts te3rodao-
t1cu Of Easten studles u the prscarsos Of 1he
CtJ Of .Jernsaltnr,r and which Il the arat
klauoe 1eyesls n aspect 10 nnaxpeeted7 For
i Wha. went ye out Into the uidezness to $50 :"
pamAscus clothed IN pa.p!ea and poup7 Gt1A
cened with foses, ma lountained With unstc,
and }eWel]ed with pavll!ons: cau1sa Of encn&ot-
uent, truitlanterned hxe tho Hespertdes..,And
c,ropis~. With sapphire ana peaul
: No! oarrep, barren ledge; I paia-hewu rock;
. tomb; and beJond The ceNrs height, the alter-
rcou sun Locked out but Iso lAtely that It's rays
beam oyer the r.dze, ard trum those deHlen
3oeks a sh1dow, wondrocs sors, touching the
border Of a valley .sun!it ralsey. Vista Of
s1een summer, rich with e,osett network Of !
yerdpre, 1nd woven with thread1 Of Etver rtlis to
ne distant rneettnrplaee Ct earth and cloodiAud.
where, furthest from sunset, The Eoon lif,s
yei!ed lsmp-ught, and nearer. II parted BY the |
hroad p1cau Of 1 river, T1s 10 THU tae ROCKY
portals open, and that shsouded mt glalee leads
uA -..-...
And shs1l wc rAuse 10 be reminded that this
-.erdu.o sf the Valley Of Damascus Is not 1 free
git Of rato,e, but ptcs-oough. With patient IT,
.tsat,on; a the mosa.isf tells u, gifts Of grace
arc won by tear, and tolls Of sacrifice.
one lopg, bright a'a.e Of ycrdusc, a1d In Its
m!aAt, vhlre and gold like uiea Of the sall.5.
nua simple "a do7t-c!gni, u the city summing
itsel!. .-... ...-.--.-... ...
ufc:utes teat have saIuiy sought to spt:tualtze
me capras With sonc celestial viIion, espec1AlIy
you have seen Martins rne-labo1ed and vhiss-
t,eal pafrt1rss Of "The Reauuect;on,r y and " The
Utave1ly Glcry," or Leu'zeA "PArad.se and
the Per.,~ or colsa sae1sdly tuSgesttve bat ru-
nn!shed crosa sLt the World" or Innht swk.
wx1d eDdeA,or 70 prt:tpitase m iron-oue New
Jerusalem, Of uottentolish architecture, upon IN
unpEe1xred and unsuspccucS New EnzlAnd
farming lind. you Will prize very dearly church1
p.c,u1e, and, nrdin7 something far beyond what
Is promised BY tic ample title, viii take to JorF
"The City Of Damsscus."
For, nke Godwa-saow white, eilpping down tho
cAatle stAirWays, To 90 on her errand OF mercy
this city. we think, might be one that. loosened
from soue desert-pit, Ing heAver, has doased
down those tides otpes1peeive, and that the VAL
ley, lorG IN waiting, has canzht 10 ttstlf giedyt
and holds entangled IN network Of si.ver, Ana NJ
chored With enerald anchors, city Ill white and
golden. Lot turmoled with co'ors OF re1ed with
vieng spiendors. but reatcl ~ Peace H. And fAif
~ The 1lles OF the Annunciatlon!
But 1t ts time, think, that tell you Of some Of
| tho4e minor work. Of arr BY no mears untmpor-
tAnt, Aas wn drd distributed among the beautiful
etft books that a1r 10 ten rttngy ar1a5ed In view
| OF tie apptoaehtng houd.ys.
The richest sud rIost coatly Of these Illustrated
| volumes that We have YET seen are from Apple
tors, and include, as = companion to the Schiller
Gallery, publlxhed iABt yeaf, the Goethe GA.
lesJ,' elegantly bound, and containing. With ap
ptcpr!ate tcxt, ufty engravlEgs, designed by Pech,
| and Won Ranhe1g, representing the principal char
nctets from Gootte's Eoffa. Tho tront,spIeoe Il
portrait OF the e1ea: nuther himself, and. apps
reEtly, tsum the kauc uIeuesl whose ule-like DIX
Ntt-site copy is 90 foudly chesishes
: ~ C8s1ven. IN ore Of h
private nntetoom1 OF lie AGtor Library; az
IN the routine OF elerz..ags We md other pos
; trssturet, among Which are Tire Councillors, Latl
0aetne, W,l,tan of o:1cgc, Margaret OF Farma
Tosquato Ta..o, ard, perhaps yo1 will EaF, Hepa
: {s,optclts. Ttosc drawn from Imagination al
bete clote,r "a msE ee to the authors desc11I
tscrs, and We gee nSaln the besutlial and prou
Ccunters VITO yet could gtoop to lore; Lotta, wit
tie wh.re 1oae, emblem OF her oHn ufe; Mgnon-
not HE cur sehede1's Mignor. whom, 1t u sa.t
was dsnwn from his o-n daughter,-that child {
. EyFerJ; The Harper; Faust; The love-s!ck We
. fe., and Charlotte, so cruelty Kind; and Ottlll
. | with her aweet mouth, and her Mournsul eyes
eyes tha, scc not, i. Ne ste, the ahadowy bae
, ground Ct tho picture, where alseady tne~ bo
, sldes iosth On that f4:Al tide:
we tneS what ws ale; but NC fnov net vs.s
; ALa l1om Apple tons wo have, too: " The La,
, ! and i'll Story; or The Sncred Historical Geogr
e pnJ of Palestine" BY n. c. Burt, D. D.. emood
trg With Ill seAults OF modern research, The oase
:. yaitons incident 10 travel, ard cop:onS aeconr
d nlnent OF maps and ensIavtnRs; and i
: "Churcng Floral Calcndar," which wo might G.
It ! aGer!ea OF elauelled tablets dedicated 70 I
+ church ieAuEai', 40 richly Illuminated are t
= pseeaoi cayefully-telccsed poetry and prose, a
z 80 chsrteter.tlcay symbolic Is the Imagery, ffe
the cnaplct Of quaint leayes and scarlet holly
ii lies ktt3nlpg Christmas r. To khe cnb'e nac a
q pAlpfca OF the Goapel Apostles, whore gilded
9, nees cntab]ature the erand11ls Of The cover.
=ut rr-r rost.T than .Aese. ana beautiful a. scch
ugL giILbao-.n '.e. u " Tne Poet and the PAtutt
ged CT, Gtus OF All Aho 49, thing 100 pages
c,n ! select.unR fTo1 English Tpets, nuu Ist..-ry
ya1. Etgr.vtret:'' a2d. 1eeptsE hand In hand ~
lion es.1 should le, thase dlstLe ATS tnaf Eaakc
hey RuaGe tontlaihg Eosr LAO ~0os, ao0 q
Ita- trvRA vanishing i.res = meaning tmno
"Woct.lde md Seatt1e" is a bocr Of the .
patrrc on taln1:et Fcale, acd cert uns vic n,
self asd nla1lnr, rnzEuuea fro- drawings on '
" or IRON ,hnt meet advanced asttst OF the pencil
= ,tc palcr .'ors, Er1ct Foster, aud from OIL
tion .AcG Ls:ly, trtll Appie:ohs'-as the g2etu Of
aud clndleh Z b1olt, hila sls p!ealtol a-d par
tre lhsiy hrsiliaLt tnit ~ asap-.s chatnng Eo1
aud II io,!o, la Fatty Lsnl: Pictures fern the
n.c Moid." With rceu ey ". ANin2haul, M
ac,J lusualIoaA IA oil c.Ic.s py Richard DoEe, g
ally | Lnelt peeps luio ia1Et-la1l Like those old.
rom ioIrd convex mirrors that use.' to hang In
It 10 :.g.rcn,rt, that Entc AL the furniture an
AZ TIC pe1p.e, 80 thy Aad 80 de*itch!nE, these
hs- eerAttohs In miniature Of fAEcfal bntnanitles
1T uststsibie ehatm, and children see their
l1,d Nste halt rtco2nKed selves. in thcsr Coxer-c
;.s:s It's, a1d Sc driving, AID air.danctcg. and v
ter aliOulbR fA:rtes. Fur VITO would no. be 4
for nnd i've in . fairy word7
the From Scnblr11 there arc TWO especially 8
orr, frl git1 hooks. "The Sopgs Of LIFE '' tcl
tsy,c Ilon Ea1y a11fces, vita lInsfralous,
original tetiRue, BY UcnneAsy, aod barley.
Thu E5unRe, and Ward; and other farortte n
.a;a atd .ya the autographs Of Longfellow. and
,rcd xLd the D1oHnlngA and Willis, and 6toddas'
"a latter {.tllten Ike 7ng OF Little eeA.ls)
lie teas brief poem that We might IaJ owe. ovesy
Peo- "1Gds arc slns!1E round nj w!edoH.
In Ard hanf my ease shrss daily.
,nsn ~, so@,th i t6eashts NJ b1.ln pes,p,ed.
=. i5s s. sat5F \ 4; sGs
uou. In tic little ease ef cong
tsts; What 1nouM 70 DO ~eIoont oaf poeH
I Of haze the wonderfn1 salt that catches the htr
.tne ~ And we cannot be too thankful for the
fAA I'M RafFk fff81
>epy, verses. The eheft, nc eon'oI., sae
,c u We can eoloI oA1s IN s9sa o1oA1 - euee.
tsel. ast, In this exquisite Itsi4 gul oook, Asl
pot I AID 1ss illuztr2.lon8r Especially beAuu
m n think, Arc The illustrations Of TenuJsou 4 ~
.a.rn S1n7,r and OF The Forging OF the Anchor,
VA by Fenn, aId the bird picture, BILL efr.ck. d
q be paying the sone et ueJNood, beginning 10
tae AIliy:
Legs - "Psek elena. .vay I'D wrisaas Dns:
wM aEeet thought 10 dnd
kpeae Joy Gus, aud loving, AID ba
and aching "SoDgs Of Ltlt
wr1ste1 BY vomas:
h Gs-4 t, Thee.
That talasth me-"
AID do ,ou love the Lady Geraldine Z
- wa" "tns wonsn who dksed;" but sae d
n II kraeefollY, 10 seiiedIy. and 50 prophetics1
: u We can hardly think her unfeminlne: and Y
n1es her cosrs hip p.easant in those " blessed VIC
tEy 70 snsex." and IN those golden drawiu2-r
i set | Plesaans With that uprnurinR under1on
mon- underl.ea eyer even tie cams and the dog
, and Of love; and that Melodies even The resuk
1t to lovers.
q real The Rltt boot from Ses1aueS'a that llQ
lss ~ thts poem n1s = ytgretIe Of Mr.. browrtn
aaker Is very rtttsos IN Retaining aN the lural
fruu | OF ne1 iace vi,nou, thote maria Ct pa
when m.1red that mGu1pIu1 "n5. photograph
l. hut l -hth a. h.. t.a.r tsh*n The anrf1FtnrR