New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-06-11
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

and moro dsiointed chat every earthly suuec' IMAM
ritheT The mind Of the author is IKE tue n'"s'O'"
bottle from which slight turn Oh the manu- l'"i
nanny kinds OF wine were found in the eeliar Vi
bach Strike the keynote, and he starts OH lh'o
space and returns with pocket ana haNeiSaoN -
mn, over with the fruits that he he's seeu y"
the way ApTopOs. for instance, of DaNioS u"",l
WITH his might before the Lord when inc arr ""s
brought into the tabernacle, we have puus'' -
thpcs about dancing in general, with some I"e9
ions az the performance of the devoot monarch Nc
o,o,es shafteslrry in proof that Dayds statutory "a
plots were quite religious as the Ilusio VI nl'
The play and dance were "ot hoS appoiu''u r,
and divine right" In modern days RAINY 90
sIer has been thought to nave hnell,eu 'ue
sacred gift Not that the example OF Da'lu
- ~ s.te,v followed in Christian families
.sA,oong the Old Scottish notewOrhies eommemonteu
In mean Ransay's "Reminiscences Is Dr. scott minister
of Carlisle described hne, graceful kindly man
noc-Vgiegcd and cane in hand with friendly Word 10
every one who, upon one OCCASION after onca'inE ~
bridal IN his parish waited awhile till the young PEG
pe wero fairly warmed in the dance The leauer Oh
dissenting body that had sprung up IN the PARISH was
present and questioned Dr. Scott on the propre ol MS
thus sanctionmg by his presence SO sinful an ENJOY
,ept, Weei minister what think ye o. this dancingF
sWhy John, said the minister, bithey, i thhA II an
excellent exercise for young people and care say 50
do vou All Sir I'm about it; see no autAof-
ity fort in the Scriptures 'Umph, indeed JOhh; you
cannot forget David 'Ah. Sir David; Ht they were
ia DAVID Glu 10 WOuu NC AiAANAN'AN '''a
ntbe-either' 'Hoot fe, boot Me- Johni "omu 9e
have the young folk strip to the serkP"
Among recent authorities, De Quincy is strenuous
asserter OF the moral dignity Of dancing When adapeu
10 music not OF a light, trivial Character pu'
charged with the spirit Of festa pleasure II presents
"the very grandest form OF passionate sadness "lo
can belong 10 any spectacle whatever" The reason Is
mat such scene exhibits ga sort Of mask Of human
life with its whole equipage Of pomps ana gloreS' s
luxury OF sight and sound its hours Of golden YOUTH
and the internnabe revolution OF ages hurry aIer
aces and one generation treadng upon the flying loot
stems Of anotherwhe the overrung music Is through
out attrmperng the mind to the spectacle Tie suyecV
10 the object the behoder TO the vision"
Charles Reade is also quoted in defense OF the gracious
Yastimc Things wrong out Of season. ana llght IN
season dance in harvest as becoming as 10 oe grave
IN church. The Almighty has put it into the hearts OF
insects TO dance in the afternoon sun, and OF men ana
women in every age and every land to dance round the
gathered crop whether It be corn OIL or wine, or any
other familiar miracle that springs up sixty-iod, ana
nurtures and mupes the life Of man." "In another OF
his books Mr. Reade describes dance got up among the
starving children Of a penniless penman, by VISITOR
radiant with benehcence, who has first led them We
and now stirs them all mp to foot it blithely herself
shownr them how TIM the parents themselves
catch the excitement and join in There was no sWlm-
ming Spawning irrelevant fTsEing; their feet struck
the ground for every note Of the fiddle pat as its echo
their faces shone their hearts leapcd aud their poor
natures came OUT ana MdIAcA tAt-A~'N' '''
glowing melody; q great sunbeam had come mo 'noi
abode and these human notes danced in IT,"
Another ally in the cause IS found in scotch FIesOy-
terrain OF rare geuiaiy and good humor' "Ihat very
lovable and vitha devout pastor Mr. Cherton' IN the
story Of The GOrdlan KuOt, condemned by some OF
his more rigid brethren for permitting his children TO
learn music and dancing; but lie smiles at some OF has
more rigid brethren and the lessons on To his wife,
however he saws Hook to YOU Nellie, TO make Allan
understand that deep love even Of Mendelssohn does
not comprise all the virtues And though you need not
set the ease Of Herodas before Bertha and Maggie as
Door shallow good old Rigby did before me the other
day as an argument for stopping the poor chldrens
dance know that YOU love- wiz make them sec why
CARPET quadrle tonight does not mean an assembly,
room ban tomorrow"
Mr. Jacox has a somewhat curious chapter in re-
gard TO the effect Of musical sounds on the brute
creation DIT. John Brown tells story of GER
tain Wandering Willie, second Orpheus' to
whose strains the beasts Of the field were eager listeners
"a Galloway farmer was awakened by music one June
morning. before sunrise; looking out he saw no one but
at the corner Of grassed he his cattle and young
colts and FLIES, huddled together and looking in
tently down into what he knew was old quarry SO,
putting on his clothes he walked the field every
thing but that strange wild melody, still and silent
in this the sweet hour OF prime As he got
nearer the beasts the sound grew louder the colts
with their long Names ana the nOwt with their wonder
Ing stare took notice of him, strainng their necks
forward entrauced. There in the old quarry the young
sun gun on his face and resting on his pack which
had been his pillow, Wandering Willie, playing and
singing like an angel. When reprOved for wasting his
health and time by the prosaic farmer the fellow
said Me and this quarry lang acQuent, and I've
MAR pleasure in ppin TO thae daft cowts than the
best leddes in the land were agurin ava afore me-"
Another instance is taken from nearer home. "On
the night OF Mr. L0wes stay az the abergo just be0w
the village of Colonna at bis first visit Rome night
ingale sang exQuistely from fublossomed elderbush
ODD of a ugt the road And
ture according 20 the racy penman Of the BigoY Pa
pers, understands thoroughly the value Of contrasts
Il Glanced that donkey from shed hard by htehed
and hestaed and agOnzed through his bray that his
listeners might be conscious at OF the positive and
negative poles Of song. 1t pleasant TO with
what undoubtlng enthusiasm he went through his solo,
and INDICATED Providence from the imputatiOn Of
weakness in making such trfes the nightingale
yOnder "Giye ear, heaven and earthl" he seemed
10 say, nor dream that good sound common sense is
extinct OF out Of fashion as long as lve"' Mr..
Lowell supposes Nature made the donkey half abstract
edly while she WAS feeling her way up to her ideal III
the horse that his bray IS in like manner expert
mental sketch for the neigh OF the finished animal"
But there is end to the episodes Of the author in
which a casual hint terminates into some fantastic
surprise. Bis book, I'm fact is all episode. like the
garment which was all fringe. 1t will be regarded
trivial by the studOus reader who disdains unstTung
pearls, hut the who delights in the quest OF
scattered gems viii rejoice 10 the unexpected treasures
which often drop from between its leaves.
THE LONDON QUARTERLY REVIEW April L. Scott Co.
In this number of the slow-gOing old GUAR
tery the editor appears have gained fresh Of
the fact Of Thomas Carlyle and has given place long
and appreeative article dcscanng on the merits OF the