New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-12-25

spacep new king sat upon his throne, aud he walked
unrecognized through the throng OF welknown faces
Oliver would have had him grid on his sword and again
make himself master Of his kingdom. But Pharamond
was minded otherwise He had left oil for Love, and
Love was enough II his kingdom could do without him.
so could he do without his kingdom; aud whom Ohver
asked where they should honceforth dwell he answered
the land where my love our rear9lng and nd6,o
There peace there, aud all things this land are uh
like TO-"
should do Mr. Morris injustice should fail to speak
OF the charming ltso"'atY Of his work. The songs
with which the volume inerspcrsed its browning
beauty They are supposed to come in, as music, be-
tween the different parts OF the play. Read one OF inc
hriefest, 10y way of specimen
Love is enough : it grew up without heedinc
In the DAYS when It's nor It's measure
And its leaflets unrodden by The light feet of pleasure
Had boast of the blossom no sign OF me seedlng
As the morning aud evening pass over us ireasuho'
And what do We saw then athat Spring long departed
Has brought forth chd 10 the softnesS ana showers
That slept and NO dreamed through tue summer vi
We dreamed of the Winter and waking dead-hearted
Found Winter upon Us aud waste OF dnll hours.
Nav Spring was DER happy and knew not the reason,
And summer dreamed sadly, for She thought All was
In her fnness Of wealth that might not be amended
But this is the harvest aud the girnfrng season -
And the leaf and the blossom IN the ilpe Hui' arc
| blended.
IL sprang without sowing, il grew without needing,
We knew ROT its name aud We knew not It's measure
We noted it not mid your hope and your pleasure
There pam III ltS DONsDl, despair III lte
But daylong your bosom now hurseth lIs ueasre'
| JR Osgood e. Co. have ready for the holidays two
new illustrated books, THE Romance OF the Harem'
by Mrs. IeoDowens, and Backlog Studies by Charles
Dudley Warner. 1t would hardly be possible to com
| mend too strongly The Romance OF the Harem." No
fiction can equal these thrilling stories of real
hut tar away life In all the realm Of romance II would
be hard to find heroine who bears her ideal woes
with nobility and worthy TO be compared Tor
instance with that of Tuptm girl scarcely sixteen
We are not accustomed to think that human nature Is OF
nober pattern in those countries nearer the SUM- but,
il there be many Tuptims there think would be hard
to match. elsewhere, the women OF Siam. Tuptim he
longed TO the Kings harem Mrs Leonowens describes
her. on the day when she brought an Offering 10
His Majestya beautiful childish creature, about whom
all the other women whispering in eager admira
ton. Poor Tuptm was not happy III the Kings Palace
She had berohed before she came there, TO man
whom she loved. When sine was torn away from him.
he became priest and from hcnccfOrth any love be
them would been the deadiest sin known TO
the Law OF Siam. At last Tuptm disappeared For some
time no trace OF her could be found but at leugth
she was discovered in the monastery, OF which
her priesy lover inmate. She was thrown into
an underground prison, was also the young priest
I KhOOn P'hra Balat" When Mrs. LeOnowens saw her
brought up trial she looked like another creature
the fresh, young beauty OF the IIarem Her hair
was head and her ebrOws had been cut
after the presty customfor she had escaped In the
dress OF priest and serving "a disciple in the
monastery when her pursuers found her. She seemed
changed in soul no than person She had been
tmid shrinking, wayward child before-now something
Undesirable majesty and strength looked from her
face; a dignity and resolution which nothing earthly
had power shake She told all her story ruthully
far as had herself she had disguised her
| self as a priest escaped in that garb from
the palace. and presented herself at the Temple
OF Rajah Bah dit Sang. An Old priest
asked her why she there, and she
begged that she might be his disciple and live in his
monastery He gave charge 10 Bala her former
lover but Baiat never once recognized in the young
disciple his little betotbed. This story she told
gforwardlv and Not till her pursuers
had found her had she crawled TO her lovers feet and
told him she Tuptim. Then he said, Alas, TuptiIu
thou has committed great sin. But fear not We are
Innocent; and for the sake Of the great love thou hast
shown to me, ready to suffer even unto death, for
thee" she revealed, willingly; but when she was
asked tell who had shaved off her eyebrows for her.
aud procured her the dress of priest she folded her
hands across her bosom, and answered, Il will not"
with simple. heroic grandeur which defes description
Nor was it her lover whom she shielding. 1t was
| that she might not betray poor slave girl
| who had helped her, that she suffered,
| cOmplainingy. fortunes worse than death.
Time after time the cruel torture was applied 10 her,
when she could gather strength to speak, she said
over. always, the calm proud words II have not
snned, has the priest, Lord BAla. sinned The
sacred Buddh in Heaven knows ALL" At last they
condemned TO die by fire. she and her lover and still.
with the destroying flames wrapping around her fragile
FORM and fair girls face. the seadfast voice cried out,
in the very death agony, pure and the priest, my
Lord Bdlat pure also. The sacred Buddh in Heaven
/ Judge between me and my accusers" The stories
not all so sad this one but there wonderful, fas
cinatiug interest about all The Illustrations
from photographs of real objects such Sanese idols
AmazOns Temples. Ladies of the Royal Harem &c. &c.
1t is which should fail to read who would
he ported the actual life OF Eastern mystery
and marvel
Backlog studles- by Charles Dudley Warner, CON
tains twenty-one Illustrations, by Augustus Hoppn.
How fun this book is Of keen, balf-satirica but
! unkndly WISDOM Here Is such bright, little lance
thrust at the domination OF small aud really insignn
/ cant concentrations:
There has this country within the last gon
ton OF pie II has taken the character Of movement"
though have had no conventions about H. nor Is any
President against it, II is safe almost anywhere to de
nounce pic, yet nearly everybody eats on occasion
speak With horror OF pie, although they very likely
the foremost Of the Americans in Paris who used 10
Madame Busque's than of the Venus Of Milo. To talk
against PIE, ands t eat IT, is snohhish OF course; but
prophecy Of better thing To Affect dislike Of pie Is
something. We have statistics on the subie,t, aud
large Its disappearance in select circles Is no test
The amount OF writing against no more test OF Us
desuetudo than the number OF religious tracts dstTib
uted in a given district is criterion OF its piety
We apt 10 assume that certain regions are sub
one summer, fancied that we could draw IN England
sort Of diet line, like the sweeping curves on the $50
thermal charts, which show at least the leading pie sec
tons JOurneying toward the White Mountains,
concluded that line passing through Bellows Falls and
bending little south either side, would mark north
ward the reg1ou Of perpetual pie. am not sure, how
ever that pie is not matter OF altitude rather than at
uds, mud that all the hl-cOuntry towns OF New
England full Of those excellent women very salt
Of the EARTH who would feel ready to sink in mortlc