New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-02-23

10, -iye Won Iifeess ca laogue OF graces, which no
e1erese Of your Imagination can blend into the1captt
waiting whole; for elements OF beauty arranged IN
series cannot possibly produce the same effect az in
iuxt,poston Constantinus Manassas sought to sdorn
is hald chronicle with such picture OF Grecan Helen
"A list OF attractons-but II crnned at hm IKE
skeleton instead OF smiling on HIM like w0inah old
Homer was wiser He says simply, that Helen was OF
rodlike beauty and picture 10 ourselves per loVe-
ness bs the effect produced Recall the passage whte
he describes her as entering among me lTelAh eierS
when the venerable sec her coming, ana one says
to tie others:
small blame is theirs IL both the Trojan knights
Aud brazen-nni ed Achaians have endured
SO long so many evils for the sake
or that woman rhe ~ wholly Ike
In feature 20 the deathlcss goddesses
Can NO doubt the beauty for which even hoary-
headed codbiooded age deemed It not wonderful that
men should have fought longf Poetry can turn
beaut, into "charm;" which Leasing defines as
"beauty In notion" and which eEdes the grasp OF the
painter.
To condense into column the theories of an
essay Of $50 pages CT which sentence ~ pregnant
with thought we're an impossible task. ] have said
enough to give you some notion OF s value not alone
to students of art but all who read or look at
petures and sta ues. A critic fearless or more
indeptnde than Lessng IL would be hard 80 find lie
convinced himself first. and is certain OF his ground,
so conscious his integrity that in turn, he con-
vincos every reader.
Thorpe Regis Dy MISS Frances NJ fedtu, VI
1.-THE Rose Garden" anu A" Unawares,'@ Will soon DC
ready for the public nave read proof Sheets and
have not been disappointed In them; which Is good
deal TO say her two former novels have gVen
us ,ht 10 expect good things Of Miss Peard Ihorpe
Regis is not at all inferior 10 its predecessors Inc
0let pcturesqueness OF landscape is that of England
not Of France; but the tender dreamy grace OF the
style the same. Who else Is thcrc tnat couiu nave
painted just this picture
It was throughs curious tansle o. lanes that Jop
jOtebhs load little more ungcrciiHB 9i;n tS
lest the time which had been lost should ne ad 10 ny
account OF the Thorpe clock Ivy unbelevers AZ onufr
ham. The hedge were 80 high that the sun at tn9
hour the day shone only the tops OF tue Dach
thorn aud the nut bushes which crowned theui snone
with keen yellow hight contrasting strongly nWl1n
the dim shadows falling underneath upon inc ons the
and moss. But every and then break III Ine
hedge, gate leading INTO the fields reveaed s"s"t
hOmeke Vew,-wlh no DOd glory ol loIi VI 'o o INTO
tender with subtle harmonies or tnts netting onc my
the other, haze OF blue white smoke cu,.lhg in
straw thatched barns, with quet apple ORA oI abnnf
round them, where the grass grew long ahu Coi uJoJ
the stalks oil the old trees and the young rut lhei0Weu
through the kindly summer nights ny anu ni ~ Inv as6
wldened they passed an Old mil, hah hduih W ash,
trees. drove between nat ule1,loN = mp Mnn1rng
reached the outskirts OF CndeLhal. M, ,, ,nS
and the Vicar mad fallen into discussion ul.o9 nc"
edition of sophocles and Marion looked Gus OF tne VIII
dow with happy glow upon her face ho uheis s
ing how the Two men should Dur on mi Of
charm, Of pain of wonderment After al, II rs nu'
world OF new editions SOphoces Was no hoic Iel0yel
fso Them than the hundred hopes and fears with whcl
She ana Marmaduke beguiled the lime until they should
others eyes. But Marion mad not learnt TINS yet
Marion not exactly the heroine-perhaps indeed
there hardly heroine proper ~ the b0ok-out sue y
one Of The two girls with whom the story concerns
itself a pretty, impulsiye, communicative klr VINO
could always cry out wren she was troubled ana oio
NOT suffer as 20 her damask cheek from any conceal
ment She had a sort OF persevering sehshness, too,
which included her lover, and, indeed was chiefly on
his account She wanted 10 De happy In his bappl-
ness and since indolent, aud sofsce King, and
pleasure loving ChOugh not without good trn,t, aol
she wanted all the ripe traits of the world should
fan into his hands without his having tie trouble
TO gather them.
Winfred-the other e1rl in the DOOk-was OF quite
another type. She had a proud, delicate, reserved
naturesteadiast, and loyal, and generous-a girl 10
stimulate make the most aud the best OF MIN
self You shall her, she stood in green
house fun OF fragrant bloom:
There was soft gloom in the house, ont Of which
seemed TO spring the delicate green tedthefy Iers lu
Of suil strange HE, aud Niniired s.dhHluG among
her lips u very often That people agreed she
pretty ana then they were probably thinking OF
the fresh cOloring. the bright halr. ard that indie
scrbabc fairness of youth which, even without 0ther
clam Ia beauty carries with u 40 great charm out
the attraction IN her face consisted ia certain
b1t Deepen as ,he more Gecting fairness departed.
Her lover. Anthony, Martens brother 1 say her
lover but for long they scarcely knew what the
tie them for they had up almost to-
gether-hc OF the rector of Thorpe Regis, and
she the sources daushtergrOWn ~ In free and happy
companiOnshp.
Her influence frightened its hold upon his heart all
impercepubly, ike many threads winch ala not let
themselves be known for letters. There peril in
those little threads woven BY habit by proximity, by
Opportunosnot peril Of tneir breaking, Dut of their
uured strength being all unguessed. OF some blast OF
S, c',i, for me ,ncr,enf ~ syecn the,n IN and
free the heart Of them f0rover-tnt as the rush dies
away and the calm comes back, too ate perhaps, We
thar not ahroad has snapped that the work has
been "A o. desoatiol that the small cords bind
stl IKE unyieding links OF iron, and that the freedom
bondage.
Anthony was young fellow of irrepressble energy
always bent upon reforming and setting rigbt
thing-,Ometimes his mel shbors conservatory;
times the unhomenke homes OF somebody's tenants;
sometimes the mistaken energies Of some Dlssenter
But he was manly ana honestiot-h headed and perhaps
often mistaken than IN the right, but honorable
and unseInsh. lie loved wnifred for long time. in
unconscious fashion, while She poor girl, conscious
enough Of loving him thodgh she had the in her
heart, ana so bore herself that guessed 1t.
Anthony shone in society," and he liked TO talk to other
girls, with Wlnifred Sitting by. He never asked himself
why her sitting should highten his pleasure
lie knew IL did He liked her 10 hear the others praise
and spoil him. Perhaps he had boyish notion that
IL enhanced his importance in her eyes. He never
meant 10 glect her; but srl who loves with an
unacsnowledgod passion. unlntentonal neglect 10 the
most bitter OF all. She CAV and little sarcastic on
tho outside but she herself fanced that all sweetness
gcnteness had died ont OF her heart leaving bitter
ashes behind There was an Ada Lowell, weak, pretty
sort of girl. with long curl which she shook about
when she turned her head--who used 10 hang on
Annonys accents and fatter him, while Winif ed sat
by putting little stings and then, which
were not half bitter she meant they should be.
once when Marion pouring forth her frequent
plants because the her lover could not
come him all at once, Winifred looked at her. and
said. groyey:
"You don't know what worse than nonsense yon are
talking and yet she said II, her full OF