New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-02-21
MARCH MAGAZINES.
HARPER S.


- 80 occurs in the early part Of the article Il have
$500 ir nassenc Ger vessels and have felt, as YEARLY
. AID apy landsman the lsuesSness OF nothing TO 40
an. onoony OF the blank horizons, the impauencet 10
arrive IN port The dolce far ne is not sweet on board
shin I can therefore, appreciate the dhculty WIN
which they OF the land can be brought TO eompeneuu
the omet content which, despite twinges OF homesieh
ness steals over the mariner IN his floating home In
that word lies the secret Officer or man Is one VI
small community isolated from all the world E"ch haS
his circle Of companions and friends saving always te
captain Who even more than the sacred hishV ol ho
meme kings hedged about by etiquette ana CERTAIN
awe and reserve which exist quite independently oil the
character OF the man. He, than any other human
hong may be STYLED monarch OF all ne surveys but he
"a very lonely in ms dignity. still, by way OF compehsa
lion he is far spacously and sumptuousy Iougeu
than any one else his books about him. and his
little comforts. And more than ALL potent to dlsPe
every shade Of elnu, is his seepless and omnpresen
responsibility. Ship and subOrdinates are TO MN VIC
and children. They ms constant carei ana care
makes him kcen-cyed and sha!pWitted' tPu@IS 81 y"
deck and In his cabin. There the chart ever open On
the table before him; the te-tae Tor reversed compass
over his head shows the slightest deviation from 'he
vessels course whether the wind heads her on or she is
neglircntly steered his eye by long experience tens
him very nearly rate Of speed; his ear sne is
steamng the very pulse OF the machnej the natome
ter hangs in view; the rising squal nthe horzonsedso
il visible from his cabin windows So while in iecel'
ng report he NAV appear absorbed in the pages OF the
last now novel the officer Of the deck is frequently sur
prsed at the captains knowledge OF everything Trans
pirnc And the roic midshipman has an almost super
stitious dread Of tins apparent omniscience Whlch is
cognizaut Of more things than the caprces OF wind ana
weather" Mr. Juuius Henri Browne contributes
ono Of his lively sketches OF foreign uaVel
Along the Elbe," presenting the picturesque iea-
lures Of tho saxon Switzerland as seen by an
open-cyed. mery-heaTted, lghttooted pedestrian
among the mountains OF that romantic region He
Inn, oil
baupt of American tourists in search OF comfortable
ouartcrs the artistic City OF Dresden "II had TO make
some one Of the capitals permanent residence
should select Dresden. 1t is p.easaner thah MuhlcA'
less mercantile than Bremen, more interesting thah
HAMBURG less busting than Berlin. Truly literary
and an art center 10 been for many years the resort
and residence Of students, savans, and scholars by
no means commercially industrally active and free
from the anxiety and fever and push so inseparaoe
from our own country IL appeals TO the few Americans
not possessed 10y the demon Of doing something as the
proper place for recreation and repose Albeit the GU
zens of Dresden are manyoDe hundred aud seventy
or eighty thousand would probably include them aI-lt
IL mystery 20 how they live as they always appear
TO have leisure and be interested In intellectual
than practical pursuits. As community they are re-
markedly intelligent and polite and their taste IN re-
spc g. the ue arts is much above the average OF what
have found most German towns. The Ieutonic race
Is not addicted to detautesm, but Dresden is not far
removed from IT, The common people have an under
stranger quickly perceves, and they bear about with
them liberal checriuness, which begets amabiy and
sympathy 40 return. The German language Is spoken
there with much purity, though so far as have been
able 20 judge, none but saxOns will admit IT, In
Goethes time Weimar generally Acknowledged TO
be the Teutonc Athens; but now every town Of any
sire or consequence claims that honor exclusively for
itself sght-seers ind active employment in Dresden
for fortnight and those anxious TO look beyond sur
faces NAV spend season with profit Though many
strangers pass the Winter there, the Summer is much
agreeable. for during the cold months the Keen
north wind ga that latitude is too much felt January
and February apt TO be extremely trying and then
you must either freeze ont OF doors or be suhocated
within walls, for between warmth and ventilation
the Germans recognize no connection Inc
"Easv Chair" relates is "reminiscences OF Rome
In connection with the late MI Kensett the sweet and
sheerfu and serene soul which henceorh lives for US
only in memory and in bis beautiful pictures" From
his tender lament we select few words. "Rome
changes so little year to year that the spacious
studio in which the Easy Chair first saw Kensett doubt
less stu remains occupied perhaps by some young
worker AT the easel who hears the same old constant
ringing Of churchbes, and who climbs the bill over he
studio evening 10 see the sun setting and st. Peters
steepei in the rosy light II was upon the Via Mar
eutta little back from the street, and Kensett shared
the studio with ms lifelong friend, Thomas Hicks. There
In the happy DAYS they studied and painted. aud there
was always the lively welcome Tor the mere loungers
youths making the grand tour, and excellent seniors
who came Rome with families and travelling carriages,
tho bland dispensers OF commissions. All That kensett
vas iu the Later davs-ever bright tranquil, sympa-
ihetic modest generous, manly-he was IN the Roman
days more than twenty years ago. Never peeylsh,
never fish, scorniug 20 solicit in any way, selreant,
trusting himself and the future how plainly he seems 10
stand az this moment, stepping back little from the
Easel turning his head and studying the effect Of every
touch. while soft. lovely landscape Of Summer peace
.hteus ms canvasi From Rome there long aud
Happy tourney with Kensett 10 Naples and Postum and
Amal6 I~clia and the Bl1e GIOttO. Then again for
few Summer days 20 Rome. and slowly nOrthward TO
Florence. After a month ia Florence, where Nj and
MI, Browning then were we passed across the Apen-
mines by Bologna and Ferrara 10 Venice In September
came through LOmbardy, and one soft evening az
Verona Keusett climbed into the Uanquete Of the dill
gence, and reaching down his hand, we who remained
shook il heartily and babe him Godspeed America.
During all that Italian time Kensett constantly at
WOrE, and with wonderfully little waste He would pass
day faithfully studying and painting mullen. His
sketches were so vivid and faithful and delicate that
afterWard there was no wall IN WORK beautiful
that OF his Old studio at the top Of the WaveTey House
the Of Broadway and FOurth-st, upon which
they were hung iu a solid He returned home TO
series OF uoiseess victories. He recognized mas
ter of landscape and all his pictures biographical
for they all reveal the fidelity the tenderness, and the
sweet serenity OF his nature Universally beloved, he
wAs always welcome He did not live 10 be an old man;
but although he had turned the hafcenury corner he
seemed no older in heart and sympathy and the fresh
faith that Eliminates Ciwith celestial radiance in the
studio upon the Fourhave and Twentyhird-st, where
he died, than in the old Roman in the Via Mar
gutta long ago. Somewhat lonely he must sometimes
have been, but probably ever heard from HIN
SIGH of regret. the least impatient wish that life
might have been different. AS those who personally
knew him die his eyeness life will pass from memory,
but his lovely character will stl live on in his pictures