, 1870-01-30

IA both important, sad uuoocupled bJ maY
'ther means u reaching "a educating sba
,esrt. TIN samplsst fosm q ths nnrsi,-
bat In which thn obstacles to be overoone
~ tho tsicd and tonptsd, but s.er {dthful
ove1a ars distance, ph5 sical oosrcioo, dun.
and castle walls,-illustrats
The faue principle Of unwedded 1ovs as
the moro complex and advanced, wherein no
physical obstacle inte1rsnes. tho parties
hare d.ly Acoess to each other, and arc |
freq to love and we'd II they viii, but are
by ideal hindrsnoes, points Of
p,que. prids, honor, By differences Of char
ae4er, or by misunderstanding of faesa.
With every xapt perusal of soeh tales
OF oonstsncJ amidst diooazage-
nent the reader ia fnvolunt &stly
educated in the capacity and disposition to-
ward coastancy, while in the auor7 either
character commits he 10 interested In pro-
portion a. thsy suggeat Ake possible es1ors
In his own future.
AZ the churches Gre challenged to
she important work Of defending naaz.
riags a. an Institution against Ill
forms Of innovation, some care should bs
exercised in distinguishing hetveen that
clssa of fictitious literature which standa in
powerful alliance with It On this point sad
tha. which ncolcatas immortality.
The great fault Of American noselsis not
ptuf,epc5, fox tbs Avt1age xeading tasto
does not sanction it, but the want OF ideas.
We bare hundreds Of eo-called noyalista
Who will get up story on the old feudat
physical thread, that Sir Hugh. pArenta1ly
fond Of his heir, the futue Sir Eustaoe,
desisns him to marry the beautiful bat
eo,oslea Lady De We're; but su
Eustace (who is not one whit
changed il the "sir" is omitted
and be is made to grnduate from Harvard
instead ot 0dord), becomes devoted to
the tsther3sss, pennilaas, laudless, fau1deas,
oaun.tess Atiee, DC, DC 6uch rehaahes Of
the stories Of which Sir Walter Scott VIZ
the original are endless. Evory well-edu-
Gated school-miss can write ono Of them.
and mort Of them have doue 80. Out OF
tAis Riopgh Of lack -daisical dish-vAtss two
mad, to ,rern. ma Poninor, Coonsr, a.
..,,nt.d q rv ,-,l;r1 e;- pn.t... T..t,,a,-
.te.t;.~ 80 h.+.;as ~, .a7.5 .-:,s 80.
nd v.nnnn- But rsoonera oh;v.lr;o n.
di,ns are ~ ne.r1v fke gootta cb;y.1,i,
crusaders. and 60 i,41e ike tho thieviao.
loca,, nkulkinp. sca1pinp Utas and Sionr,
that m .ha vho1e the eff,ct m. a f.;1rr.
.,,h,,,,,,, ~. a.. t.1as 49,. -, ~. wh,t. :,
,nrcese Iv;nc ne1t n.jnted in .;mr,1,
xa,er.colors a few Amarican ehsracsarz-
1chaboa tho schoolnasser, and his sweet
heart and rival. and Rip Van Winkla. Bu,
| <4o-nbo.. 5<ro,,nn.rt :. . n.a,l;z
A''I ""o'e a,'""' *, Pe0,PAN
ntusn !" ~ u 4o,e'
oe". o.D .A' - .9~.t;4 - ".As -
-: n..
Is -4e o a 80 - -. s as.1o' 10
e4e@t'oa" "s40 'aeA1 Aaa y. s1iAt''e' al1'
related manly 70 leo psst- 1ney poaeeasas
genuine powell, bnt not of the reahsttc OF
der. 1hey did NOT dagoetreotype mode11
Ame.'can soeaety % .naekey ana 1to'
ioPo n@so o'no e1'n' " 1.ueiano, VI aulpes
eonste Inc eceent1acaues OF Ametaean ue
Dickens has done those naainly Of the vu
gar phase OF Eogliah, OF, at least, Of Iondo
life
| Mrs. Stowe has written one real Amer:
can story, depicting with pathos, If NJ
with discrimination, the coarsest, most phi
eical, sensational and repnlaive phase {
American life. It is thrilling as all Grim