New-York tribune., 1873-06-14


were atraneely Interwoven from that time. When
Christie grow 40 desperate with poverty and struggling
that the lansing waters Of the bay seemed 10 WOO her
and for one mad hour she thought to end the iret ana
fever OF living in that cool res Rlche iound her ana
took her In a humble friend who cheered aud helped
her Then minister sort Of father OF the iatneriess
and friend OF tho friendless-came INTO her me- nnu
nocod her for rest and healing In quiet family out OF
towp Consisting only OF n mother aud son-the mother'
gentle Quaker lady, who had suffered ana RIo"n NV
ing the son a brave honest man. VINO had Su're" uiu
grown strong Here her work was 10 heip III Noo' anu
garden, and greenhouse; and IN 'nis p0''o'"i
Iife She found for a time rest for soul and body But
her heart was the heart OF woman aud aier "no Ano
,opnd bersef ong the son OF the house. DAVID Sterhg
with love she believed to be unreturned, ana sugBeu
against as foe or course 1t came out rSu', lor "oo
are kind David loved her. Rachel proVeu 70 10 nio
sister and came home again 10 telch molheI unu
brother 10 bless CHRISTIE, anew, as her sNIor.
and David were engaged; and then came eno war VI
the Rebellion-the nations need OF her peS1 Son7.
There was a hurried marriage, and aIter u D"'iu
went away as a soldier aud Christie followed hi'n as
bospital purse and for two years they both "or4eu
brayely Then David killed. He received ns 'ioi'
tai wound, not the head OF his company lu INC P'
and tumult Of lighting, where death was glory III
helping poor contrlblud 10 escape Chrisue WAS WIN
him AZ the last; aud almost the last words ne Sau "
her wcre Don't mourn, dear heart, but work. ana w
and nv Won will he comorted" Aud so Christie IL work
ing t and teaching DlyIs child-the little giri that
came the Summer after father went away TO creep
into tho mothers empty arms and lonesome
same blessed gospel. Help, II you would Dc heipeu'
love- II you would be loved; work, II you "oulu Do
eavedp This gospel OF love and work has seldom been
more faithfully preached than In this Yonme Oh nlS'
Alcotts tits story with a plryIss-yet II never
ceases 10 be story full Of incident aud variety Against
one manner OF getting living the author makes such
energetic protest through the lips of Mrs Wkns' auh
dress and philosopher, that viii give 1t III her own
words
"Oh she's gon' to marry for lvin' is shei wal
now Id rlthrr one OF my girls should grD the wnst
Kind, all their days, than 10 that HDws ever u i5 @
sult some olhs, et tl'y ami got lucn ~ % a ~ mr.
nitoor. selfish cold silly hnIor wJmei miSht git on,
l dare say aud know SON, tAihA' IL - ul0NN'u'
smart thing TO do Out DON'T
The next pleasant story T. DO told us, through tue
press OF Roberts Brothers, lS The Ninceenh Century
in Love" a brief novel. by Miss Harriet W. Preston,
who wrote "Aspcndae," aud who translated that won
dcrul Proyeucl poem "MreO" into sucA delicate ana
musical English verse.
By way OF Summer reading. Mcssrs. J. r. osgood &
Co. are about to publish novel, entitled Rlth Max
well" 1t is not m any sense OF tbs word great BOOK
but it Is an interesting and my personal tribute to
il il that read the proof sheets all through, with really
strong desire to know what became OF all the pleasant
people met in them.
Runor has IL that OsgoOd & Co. are some time 20 pub
ish a complete edition OF the poems OF Edmund Car
encc sednan poet whom poets love- Ia the interests
OF literature hope that rumOr - right in this instance
Mr. stedmau never writes a small Iyrio out it is copied
from one end OF the country to tbs oher end people
are perpeually asking whore they can bay his poems
complete IN volume. As an lllu-tration OF his
subtly OF insight and doIcacy OF touch. three little
verses, recently published, from Unfinished Drama
occur to me:
Tlou art mine, thou hast given thy word;
Alone for my ear thon art singing
A sOug which no strmg r. hath heard;
Bat aar from me yet, IKE a bird,
Thy soul IN some region uu'tlrrct,
On mystical clfc cllJ Is winslng
Thou art mine, have made thee mine own;
HenrclOrJh axe mlagled iOr,V'r:
But in vain, an Ia vain, Ienleayor-
Though round thee my gariauds are thrown,
Aud thou yiedcst thy hps ana thy zone
10 master The spell tnat alone
My hyld on thy being can sever.
Thou art mine, thou hast come unto me
But thy soul, when strive % DE near it
The iuuermost fold OF Thy spirit
Is as f-r from my grasp, Is a trct,
A. the stars from tne mOuntlln-tOps be,
As the pearl In the dcp-ns OF the sea
From the portiouiess king tnat would wear H."
To my thinking this last stanza, especially, is an al
most unequalcd Xpreson OF the aspiring ami despair
ing love OF tho soul Hslrt may beat 10 heart, lips grow
red with kisses aud yet the sou unconqucred, uupo5
s,ed bo far aud cod, as the stars from tho mountain
tons beD This IL the passion OF SOUL only to be
experienced by iicalist, OF expressed by poet.
EumOT also that Sicdtudh ana AltIlcu lOSctucf
are to make "a book about LIudor LludOr a genius
great enough and unique euough TO be worthy the
abors OF tators. aud the two poets In question
will be sure discuss him with oyIag reverence and
intimate cOmureheasl0u. OK his power Ia this direction
MI stedmau has already given shining evidence in his
paDcr on LIndor, IN the May ScriJncr an article Of
which have heard praise from the very highest
sources than OF ans other literary paper OF the year.
O.good Co. seem to be the American proprietors
OF the Llndor iutere4t. They published FJrstcr5 Life
Of Laudor." OF the most deeply interesting Of
biogrlphc5; and they also Published in 1886, volume
OF" Selections from LlndOr" edited by George s. Hard.
This il a large handsome volume with Steel portrait
OF Iandor HIMSELF and allule 10 it, now, by way OF
answer 20 frequent question, "Whcre can one lind out
someihing about Lindor's works without reading him
thoroughly" Somebody says: II you can't be
thoroughly we'll informed you at least be wcmat-
tered" and there a great subjects concerning
which ono has no time t. become more than we-smat-
tered To this enI recommend Mr. HiIlards book Il
contains much OF Lludor the general reader Will
DE likely To DESIRE and X selected more uaoiOusy than
such a reader would be likely 10 select for himself
Len.