New-York tribune., 1873-01-23
TIE FEBRUARY ALDINE.

ggs 6ldine for February is good number,
poth I'm text and illustration, we except certain PIC
trre Of mother and children, which beyond oruinary
pewers OF appreciation. Mr.. j. d. Woodward mas seve
r landscapes illustrating Virginia, which are decatey
and conscieptiously done. Accompanying these ia
p,eant talk by the editor about the rocky and wood
land ways Of the old Dominion. J. G. Brown has a
eharacterpicture OF an rrepressble young snowbaer
and there is a beautiful sammery copy from Rouget
up In the Trees" where the sunshine seems almost to
burst through the black and white. Here is the little
poem by John Sydney which signs the picture;
UP IN rnE TREES.
Would we were there In the woods together
Two little birds in the midsummer weather
Out of the Winter. away from sorrow,
WI I'm trs Q. whose braacRes sre swinging
They sit in the soft airs SINGING singing @ nSS,ended
That is always beginning, and never ehue"'
Look at them there now, sitting, sitting
Where owls are hoOting, and bats are ht'lhs =
% tss s9s me Moo5 SndT through The leaves peepng
And now look at us,-whose years are uoupieu m
We have missed much, and nave Deeh 80 uouoieu-
Would we were there in the woods together-,
Two happy birds in the midsummer westhef'
There is a dreamy, graceful paper by the Editor on
"poetie Chfdren:" sea-story by Hiram Bch;
and an article on "Lchens and Moses" by W.
w Bailey OF Lingering superstIons'" Z. D.
snaply eossips in entertaining way, giving
many odd instances OF things which are "no canny"
ward IN the house, two weird bringers OF bad
Iuek which are toerabe. and not TO be endured.
very remarkable superstition sand ltO prevail In some
of the Western states, wherei wild pigeons are very
plentful is that bedrddenlpeOple, placed upon mat
tesses stuffed with pigeons feathers, viii live TO faou
Ious ages There is story of family whose aged
grandmother had lain for couple Of generations upon
mattress Of this kind II too bad as the old lady
had much property to leave. And her dutfu grand
Sons under the pretext of airing the mattress took Out
pigeons feathers from it, aDdasubstituted those o
geese which had the effect oflquafynghe old lady fol
her funeral within a week after
Ons Of the most attractive papers translation Of
Castears sketch OF DephineFGay Girardin, wit poet
patriot Of society. or the literature OF tht
salOn-s literature belonging alone to Franceand one OF
whose best ghest Dephine Gay senoT CASTELAR,
says:
Women shine brilliantly in this particular sphere and
attract many admirers. whom they hold fast by then
taeut aud magnificent conversational powers. Ihls pc
cuar style of literature. however, although delightful
and fascinating is always superficial IL possesses more
intellect than inspiration, more artistic feeling tna1
original and true IDEAS and is utterly wanting IN that
profound depth Of thOught, subjective and to the fullest
psy theological which is one OF the principal char
aoteriscs Of German literature. poet or writer who
receives MS inspiration from the salon. who seeks nc
wider audience, other applause than he nnds there
the ideas which gather In his brain INTO mere
hOthOuse piauts feeble ard beautiful aud transient
which larger hight and fTeer air might have expanded
into sturdy grOwths holding themselves fast against
the storts of generations Dephine, the OF the
salon az eighteen years OF her Deauty was OF ina
character which cings 70 the memory like heavenly
VISION exercising magical power upon all who beheld IL
She tall SLENDER graceful, with lace ana mleI
both sweet and queenlyi her nney ar9aed @ 1S DISWt
hair fell uXuriant gstening curls about ner shOul
ders. The ensemble OF her face and figure formed 9
beautiful combination Of the AnglOSaxoD and Roman
type, rarely seen even Ia France
with picture OF an utterly broken-down emigrant
wagon and owner, Mr.. K Ii. stoddard has this dialect
poem: