New-York tribune., 1873-12-09

imparts tender and delicious sensation. mingled
Of revelry and pleasure like the song of Cberubno
in Mozart. 81 fresh wind comes from the valley;
the body is comfortable the mind one finds IN
his nature a harmony hitherto unknown; he no
longer bears the weight of his thought or of his
mechanism; he does nothing but feel; he becomes
thoroughly animal, that is to say, perfectly happy
OF the peculiar social life of the place, NJ. Tame
presents a succession of mschevous pictures show
ing power of sarcasm equal to his gift OF criticism
es no less at home in the dissection of fashionable
folies than in the analysis Of intellectual pro-
ductons
Everybody agrees that life waterine places is very
cialiv adventures OF the heart Read the novels
"LAnneau dArgent" Of Charles de Bernard george
II watering place life s romance. it is in the books
that it To great men IN these places yon must
carry them bound in calf in your trunk
Its equally agreed that conversation at watering
places is extremely brilliant that you meet only artists
superior men, people OF the great world that IDEAS
grace and ee gance are lavshed there and that the
flower CT all pleasures and all thought there comes INTO
The truth is that you use up great many hats. eat
great many peaches. great many WORDS ana, III
matter OF men and OF ideas, you hnd very much
what you find elsewhere. =, ~,
Here IL the catalogue OF SuOH uetteT tnaue up stHdh
An old nobeman. somewhat resembling Balzac's NJ:
de Mortsauf an officer previous to $780, very brave. and
capable OF reasoning exactly when he was hard pushed
lie had great long cartilaginous neck that turned all
fee shook about i'm hs squareOed shoes the skirts OF
his frock-cOat hung like flags about MS legs HIS DOdy
and his clothes stiff, awkward od-fashioned and
scant Ike his opinions dOtard moreover, fasudious
peevish busy all day long III sIng over nothings ana
| complaining about trncs; he pestefed his servant
whole abOut grain OF dust overlooked on e skirt
Oi his explaining the method OF removing uust tne
danger of leaving dust the defects OF negligent spirit
the merits of digent spirit, with much mouotony
and tenacty and slowly mat at last one stopped up
chin on his cane and looked straight ahea1 with the tor
pd. dull expression of mummy Knslc nc the wahi
.l.4. tim and
| BESIDE 6in sat an English girl and her mother. The
voupe woman had not succecucd III eAtingulshnG her
self she was frozen her birth; however. sne was mo-
to1less ~ he sac carried jewelers. shop her arms,
bracelets chains Of every form and all metals. which
hung ana iiuged Ike little bells The mother was one
nj tbose b1nIed stalks oil asparagus, knobby. stuck
VI 'Ilo9o iioohe - ~ az icnsn am, cotn. to seaI
only amidst the fogs Of London Tley too& tea and only
| La the third place one remarked a very noble young
man. dressed TO perfection. eured every day with SOL
| hands forever washed, brushed, adorned aud
| beautiGed. and handsome as don. His wa,
| "a formal and serious sefconcelt. Ills ieasI
| actions of an admirable correctness ana gray
nv lie weighed every word when he asked Tor soup
He put hi. gloves with the air Of Roman emperor
He never laughed; in his calm gestures you recognized
man penetrated with sei-fcspcct who Raises COnNcn-
uonlliies into principles. HIS complexion. MS hands
his beard aud his mind had been ~ secured rubbed
and periumed by etiquette tnat they seemed arihcia
Ordinarily gave me cues 20 a hiodaylan lady VINO
kept the conversation aNe rms ady hdu raVeied al
over Edrope. aud related her travels III such piercing
ana metallic voice that yoI wondered II sue had not
clarion somewhere Ia her BODY. She held iOIih unas
sisted, sometimes for quarter of hour together.
principally about rice and the degree o1 cViIzdton
among the Iurks, on the Drbsrn of the Russian gene
rails and ON the baths OF COustantnOple Her well
filled memory only Oyerhowed in GRADES: II was almost
as amusing as giIett'er -. ,....., ,,
Near her pale slender. meaeer spaniard, with
face like knifeb blade. We knew by words he let
fail that hc was nehtnd arcpuhcdl' ne spent hn ie
with newspaper ia his hdni,ue read twelve or nfteen
Of Them IN day with little dry, Jerking movements
and cOulgaclOns that passed over ms face Ike
a shyer. Tie SIT naDltnaily Ia corner ana you saw
cleaning in MS countenance feeble desires OF proeana-
uODs ana professions OF Ialth In lhe very same mo-
ment his glance died away ike too sudden hre that
bazcs up aad fails again. lie only spoke In monosyla,
Dcs, aud 10 ask Tor Itd i' Miic hc" 10 fIcuch dnu
sat jlI she evening mouonless Ia her armchair.
Must We speak Of an OLD lady from sIumur IRE
quoner OF the baths watchIni OF The neal the cold lhe
currents arr the seasoning, determined not TO eurch
her any than 10 necessary who trotcd
about alida. aud played with her dog III the evening
OF abbe ana his plU, VINO dued apart To escape tho
contdgiOu Of worldly conversational etc The trlth II
that there IS nothing 20 ph tnd hat III the next res
taurant You viii sec the same people.
After all no quotations from this volume can give
an idea of its attTacyeness apart from the cnar
acteristic illustrations of 81. Gustave Dor6 which
are in the best of his earlier days. In this
case. the author and artist have a perfect under
standing with each other, and are mutually sustain
ing and helpful The thoughts of the one are carried
out BY the brilliant drollery of the other as com
plctely as if they were his own invention. Seldom
indeed have two minds worked together in such
perfect unity of spirit and purpose. NJ Tane's de
scriptive sketches afford wealth of suggestion
which DorG has embodied in his hapDiest comic
ceits. Even those if such there bc, who have
not yet attained to a relish for the frnity humor
and sparkling briancy of the WINTER will not fail
to find delight in the gay pictorial sketches of the
froicsome artist. As whole the volume must be
reckoned of the greatest successes which the
season is likely to afford. The beauty of it's exte-
ror no less than the richness of its contents makes
il one of the choicest gifts in the equipage of Santa
Clans.