New-York tribune., 1873-01-22
NEw-YoRK LITERARY NOTES.

THE FEBRUARY scRIBSER-A CALIFORNIAN STORY
AN ARTIST AND AUTHORS IDEA OF MAR
RIAGE-ART AT THE CAPITOL.
The February Scrbner is a number c0nsci-
sntiously and evenly good The fine and eareful nnsh
Of s usratons does both artist and editor honor and
10 he noted with cordial pleasure. The articles on the
Tehuantepec Canal and Siam" and the now iney-
fable bit Of scence How Men Learned 70 Analyze the
sun" are all commendable in their way There is mnen
notlon in the magazine, none of It poor Miss Il. o
Phelps has ghostly, shadowy story OF the parunk
soul - Dr. Hollands serial is continued; Miss Aoenne
Irafton writes pretty, improbable LITTLE ioVe-t o.
NE Noah Brooks contributes psychological stuuy,
ran Rafael Phalanstery," which is SORT OF "a
Californian Brook Farm. II is an honest "i''', "-
satire on modern reforms and being crisp is !e'
not sour The artist Philip Gilbert Hainerton' oo"'
The Marriage Question" from the ehau Oh 'ne i"'o
ieotual man. asserting that for that Pehsons -
onlv two courses open: 10 marry some spie' u"''''
household woman hnd Sllseua' Va SUM s -,
,rsevernc creature able TO carry her edueauoh ia'
,s sohool experences, and willing TO become ms
.,ou a, intellectual labor. The difnculty III
aaa,,o the beautiful peasant is that sho doesn't IT,
main what she was, but becomes n'nAe-oo'o'
,a5v whose ignorance is no longer HG'rete' Inc we"
~ a distinguished artist-frieud OF hamertohS
.ss that a man devoted 10 art might marry either
plau minded woman. who would occupy herSen eNolu-
,o,v with housahold matters and shield his peace by
,ain these cares upon herself, or else woman quite
apane Of entering his artistic life but he was con-
vinoed that marriage which exposed him TO nmnteih-
cent criticism and interference would be dangerous IN
the highest degree And Of the two kinds OF marriage
which he considered possible he preferred the former
,ha, with the entirely ignorant and simple person from
,hou no interference was TO apprehended He consd-
cred The rst Madame ngres the model OF an artists
,e because she did all in her power to guard her nus
bands peace AGAINST the daily cares OF LIE ana never
hersef disturbed It, acting the part OF oreakwater
which protects space of calm, ana never desuoSs
The reaee that IT has made. This may be true Tor
artsts whose occupation is rather @sthetc Ibah III
,eIectna and does get much help or beneht from
tlk but the ideal marriage for man OF great literary
enlture would be permitting some equahty Oh COM
panionship, or If not equality az leas' InlefoS"
total lack Of accuracy In the mental habits OF women s
stn the least easily surnonntable lmpedihent W Gun
ture The history OF many marriages wmcn nave ideu
10 aze nteec tual companiOnshp Is comprised IN
nence which was actually uttered by accomplished
man. +" She knew nothing when married her; uled
10 teach her something's 1t made her angry ana gave
unn And 10 the critic and artist undeTnes the poets
decision 4" Love is not enough"
Mr. Junius Henri Browne talks vivaeionsy' hai mag
nantv Of borrowing as social science. He ingeniousy
defines the cultivation OF this science, and gives Ne"
York indeed the credit Of being the very haven and
Mecca of the profession long article on Art at the
Capto does not hold much reverence for the treasures
rtrewed in that niche Of political purity III is WIN un
Guilty that pronounces them even respectape
and the ignorance the aectatOns and sehhness when
on those remarkable pictures OF ours get no mercy al AL
An tmpatient piece Of criticism like this Is good to see
and has long been needed. The sooner those fearful
visions OF absurdity are torn from the walls
the better Says this eTtio "The space 10 De neo ny
paptings on the walls Of the Capitol is too small that
we should waste any Of it, and 1t would De wise II no
Mcclure were finally accepted until cartoon OF H. OF
some sufficient hint Of what It would look when
,o11nV IN ne
during one round Winter Of Congress and Washington
society Then let the members their own eyes ana
their own minds accepting or refusing as ther hohest
judgments may decdeOur word for IT, in the course OF
no long time should better pictures at the Capo
better pictures, and better statues too"
Mr. Albert Rhodes writes Of diplomatic life at Inc
Hague, sketching also Court Ball In that region OF
men and women whom he describes thus
In the physical beauty OF the women, the thorn TO the
yse was the of large hands and feetprooa-
by the largest Europe in any similar class In ere
stng the Duohwoman Nature aesit Win her genSl th
ending In form of rounded lines Nature drew her,
snd laid the color we'll and then TINS JouIneym%an %
instep and hand that might hold cleaVer Bat tne5e
IL always something lacking; and had the sinai hsus %
and feet been there, she would douotleSs nave peeh
wanting IN other points -,--. 49,
Among the men, few old Remoranul heaus weIe , 1St
modern but most OF the guests haa losE 'a %
look of virty and determination which we ma IN le
old portraits These were MOI ths men in tbe WateT to
repe 10 suiier at the sae IOr cosSShGe
sak
push No the Thames and lay siege 10 LONDON AneH
glory was in the deeds OF their iathers; OF themselves
they had done little or nothing
Lady Blanche Murphy has paper on " An Arehseo-
logical Breakfast" in which there is everything but an
arehoogst; and there number OF poems OF which
this by Mary L. Ritter, is not the least charming:
sHEAvEs.
sad autnmual sky-a twilight sky,
All cOlOrless and gray;
A low wind whispering through the.withered grass
And wandering away;
Bare trees-save for handful of brown leaves;
quiet reaper, resting with her sheaVes-
How poor they seem how few how worthless all
Ali for another Spring
Or II the summer. late ana cod al pest,
Might come again, and bring
Tie light aud warmth that best natures the gram
Before the frost falls and the latter ram
And vet He knows and judges all Alright:
Some by the wayside fell
eome came naught and some the birds deYoured
And He alone can tell
What bitter chance or circumstance decreed
The utter failure OF the cherished seed.
But u may be in "a diviner air
Transhgured ana made pure,
The harvest that we deemed as wholly lost
Waits perfect and mature:
Apo the faint heart that now defeated gr1eyes