New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-03-08
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
,,p rNrPsON's NEW VOLUME,

SOCIETY AND SOLITUDE Twelve C'ssl.o'I rti, 11SS
RAIN WALDO EMERSON l6mo. PIP SN fle'us'
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In the common experience OF the scholar says
Nh Emerson in his cSsayon Work and Days the
weathers fit his moods \ thousand tunes the Nari-
hle wind nlovs n thousand specacles il brings, and
each is the frame or dwelling of a now sprt'
nsed formerly to choose my time with some nicely
for each favorito book One author is good for
Winter and one FOR tho dog days 1t is one
of the charms of Mr. Emersous prose that
we need not choose our times for reading IT.
In the Winter and the dog days, the gray
morning and the golden noon, we shall
surely lind something in his pages to INT
our mood They are loaded with texts for thought
sentences which act upon the brain like Stlmulant
and hidden meanings which gently worry our per
cCptionS like a cOnundIum. There Is so much III "
little space that the mind whether II be SAD OF CAV
thirstug for knowledge or yearning for relaxation
will not search far without finding something 10
satisfy Its temper In this latest collection OF ESSAYS
MI Emerson perhaps exhibits greater variety OIL
intellectual wealth than usual They are culed nom
the Accommodations OF quarter Of century or soc
are taken out of the tmCStalned pages OF me D'o'
some from back numbers of The AHaRtic Monthly and
four or five have never before been published at all
MANY are only q few pages in length, such as
Society and Solitude. which gives the title to the
volume. Civilization, Ant y others like the cs-
nity of lectures We therefore Mr. Emerson
himself in many of his moods though he is one
whose mood, do not greatly vary 1t is superiiuous
at this age of the world 10 analyze his style or his
philosophy Our readers will be best pleased to have
a few specimens from the new volume. In the essay
on Farming" we find the following charming pas
sage in the authors pleasaDtcst and clearest vein
Great is the force OF afew simple arrangements for In
stance the powers Of fence On the prairie you wan
der hundred miles, aud hardly find stick or stone.
SHARED and Cvefy such section has been long occu,
pied. But the farmer manages to procure WOOD
seeds .pr6u and tie oaks rise 1t was only browsing
az, l,V ii nS ~ Nv frnit iu never he allowed 10
rpen. Draw pune fence about them, and for hy years
they mature FOR the owner their delicate fruit There
great deal Of enchautment in chestnut rail- or pcReted
Sai1rc suggests every economical expedient somewhat
great scale setout pneirec ana ~ ores IN the nst
year or ye poor spindle B9i Nature drops q PS
ihrce an fouI hundred feet high and thirty III diam.
Tbebrs Ash The tree how IL was done 1t did grow
on ridge, bat basin, where ii found deep soil cold
itself from NE sun by growing in groves, and
from the Wind by the walls or the he, mountain! IAN
snti tic less thrifty persisted and MANFRED The
soil for the stronger, aud the mammoth sequoas rose
10 Their rGSS%@s n At 6ome where
every year, the destroying wind, his toforn
SGen he PeaTs hang heayicst and are taking from
the sun their gay cOors, comes usually gusty day
heaviest frnt in bruised heaps The planter took the
hint of the scquoas, built high wall or-better-snr'
Thus he had the mountain basin IN miniature;
and his pears grew the size OF melons, ana the vines
beneath them eighth Of mile But this shelter
creates new climate The wall that keeps onthe strong
wind Keeps on cold wind The high wall rejecting
the heat back On the soil gives that acre quadlupe
share oi SUNSHINE. , ,
a. a, a,i AID = . aI 1tT pos Of s.r"
and makes little cuba within it. while all without is
His theory OF domestic life is expressed in the fol-
towing paragraphs:
Eeyopd its primary ends Of the e0nqga parental and and
amcabe relations, the household should cheTlsh the
l. Whatever brings the dweer into finer life, what
enarses hin may We'll ind place there And yet let him
not think that property IN Deau oa % turn nj.
house into q museum. Rather let the noble prac,
ice Of Tic Greeks lind place society. and
let the creations of the plastic arts be col,
leced with care IN galleries by me plety ana aho
taste Of the people and yielded as freely as the sunlight
10 all Meantime be II remembered, we are arlsts our
selves ana soimreio!S, eIen one; Nun f [ho or n m
Tho fountain of beauty the heart and every generous
should we owe our power Of attracting our friends TO
pictures and vases. to canoes and architecture Why
should ourselves into shOwmeD and append
ages 10 our line houses and our works OF art .,..
the beauty admire We shall spend II again on all
around us The man. the woman, needs not the en-
Enlistment OF canvas and marble, whose every act Is
subject The scu por, and TO whose eye the gods and
uynpls appear ancient; FOR they know by heart
do urdcryalre tle line instruction which statues
and pictures lint ! think the public museum in
each town viii one day relieve the private house OF this
charge OF OUuL- aud exhibiting them, | go TO Rome
aud hr Wall, OF the Vatican the TRANSPORTATION,
painted hl Raphael. tCc6olcd the first picture IN the
void; tue ,>ue Chapel see the grand sl0yls and
prophets painted nIosCO by Michael Angelo which have
every day for three hundred years miamed the
iiidCs Of men 81 all nations! wish to bring home to
my children aud NY friends copies Of these admir-
sTa,,s: ba d" not wish the ycxaioh Of owning
tHcM / wish TO find IN my own town a library
aud muserm when Is the properly OF tho to"n,
where en- deposit this precious treasure, where |
aud my children It from time 10 time, and
where It has its proper place among hundreds OF
such donations from other citizens who have brought
tACr whatt articles they have Judged u he III their
nature rather public than private property.
collection Of This kind, the property of each town,
would dignity the town aud We should love and respect
our ncigA!.Ts more obviously, 1t would
lie easy for every town to discharge TINS
Gladly contribute his share; and the gladly the
more considerable the institution had become
D Certainly, not aoOf from this homage TO beauty, bnt
m strict connection herewith the house will come 20 De
esteemed sanctuary Inc language OF ruder age has
given 10 common Law the maxim that every mans house
D. his castle: The progress o truth VIII make every mouse
shrine VII not man day open his eyes and see
how dear soul of NatuTe-hOw near 10 MINIS
N ne not sec through all he miscalls accident, that Law
prevails ever and ever that bis private being part
of IL: that II. home his uIsOunded hcdrt; lldt
his economy, LIs labor mis- good aud bad fortune, his
i'm miniature Of the Genius Of Eternal lrOyidcnCet
When he pcrCeiycs the Law, he ceases To despOnd:
Whilst It, every thought and act Is raised, ana
becomes an act OF lclEloh. DOeS lHe VonseoIatiuii
Of SUNDAY confess the dcsccrdtlOn OF The entire week
Does the consolation OF the church confess the prOfana
non % house Let read Inc lnCdntdLOn DaCk-
ward Let the man his feet Let religion cease
20 Occasona and the pulses of thought that 10 the
borders the universe, let them proceed from the
bosom OF the Household.
Thcsc are the consoaons-thesc are the ends to which
the household IL instituted and the TOO;tree stands III
these are sought and In any good degree attained can
the state can commerce. climate, can the labor OF
many for yield anything Deiler OF nall as RoVdf