The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1874-06-27

and BIO shews that gymnastic science is not be
meath being profcssed in Germany by even medi-
cal men. Physical exercises in Frcuch lyccums
arc on a part with instruction in living language.
limited to one hour weekly. students arc con.
demncd 70 twelve hours intellectual work daily.
which NJ. Laprade correctly dcsiguatcs rs " HON.
icidal education, - and health il only saved by the
pupil seeking refuge in in~attcnuon or idleucss
Respecting the difficult point rs 20 whether the
plan OF intern or extern students, ~ the better.
NJ. Simon in theory leans to the former, as dcvcl-
oping more the sentiment OF family, the taste for
liberty, and the idea Of self-goycrnmcnt The
obstacles against the practice are Of a social ma
ture. 1t Is necessary TO send sons 70 the uniycr-
sity, and since France has no families as in Ger
many to receive youths, 10 lodge, board, and
watch over them, or the tutor system as az Eton.
or the professors as elsewhere, the lads must en-
ter special boarding-schools of n lay or clerical
character. Ten years Of this regime, truthfully
observes NJ. Simon, develop men who only abandon
themselves 10 excuses, or revolt against such.
II prisoncd IN n barrack, never in relation with
fathers, or StFpeiHdRfS who represent parents.
family affection is deadened, and il is n notorious
fact, that rarely collegians on the completion of
their studies, find themselves agreeing in political
opinions with their fathers, but have their heads
full OF ievcrish ideas, distractions, and chimcras.
French professors arc next 10 prohibited from re-
ceiying pupils as boardcrs the fraternity frown
the arrangement down as being commercial and
unworthy Of a man Of letters, who NAV be on The
verge of want Notwithstanding. There is this
happy fact 70 note, that the monster boarding
schools are being supplanted by institutions OF n
smaller class, where something like the - comforts
of a home are more than a common place.
NJ. Van Praet's anxiously expected second
volume OF Essays on the political history Of the
- dcrRferS SieeIeS" has appeared. This distin-
guished Belgian studies the personal side of his
torcai events; he makes the great men live again;
his portraits are speaking, as for instance those Of
Charles v, William the Silent, Queen Elizabeth,
hlChnIen- lnniH Mn tf the first Fharloa Y
he bad great empire over himself alike in
prosperity, pain, or peril; knew how 10 show
himsell weak to avoid appearing too strong, and
never to allow any pleasure, any excitement 60
affect the political plans which absorbed his whole
being. William the Silent was personally the
author of the great event of his life, never was
revolution more completely personifcd i'm n single
individual. Philip ii. was q man who was n
stranger to youthfulness, and in whom advancing
years brought no change he had an a%ntipathy
for activity, but n passion for work; n taste for
silence, but a mania for writing. The Fle..Iish,
observed NOltaire, are good subjects and bad slaves.
and NJ. Praet shows that Belgium is the anne to-
day-desirous TO be neither slave nor revolutionist.
The second volume is devoted TO the decline OF
Louis XIV. in power, and ends ut the French
Revolution. The author sagely remarks, that
the eighteenth century was more closely related
to our own, than to its predecessors, and that
profound study Of history shows the necessity Of
guaranteeing and respecting small states, for the
honor as well ae for the safety even Of the large.
To render happy and stable aggrcgations Of terri
tory belonging to different nationalitics, some
thing more is required than military occupation,
identity of language, and an apparent analogy Of
manners. There ought to exist the desire for a
common life, sympathy between the masses and
the needs of a common interest. The point Is
not to operate n junction but to effect a complete
and irrevocable assimilation. For three centuries
the domination of foreign rule in the low coun-
tries, has been for that rule only "A source Of en-
barrassment and uneasiness, and for Europe a
curse of perpetual anxiety.
NJ. Lenormant i'm his 50 Souvenirs y of the youth
of Chateaubriand has given many intercstin
particulars that will be. welcomed by The admir-
ers of the celebrated writer, tEa,slur, minister,
and politician, whose death, contrary 20 what is
generally to be observed, has enhanced his fame.
We gct glimpses also of the old lion dwelling
alone, with ennui for bis faithful companion con-
stantly retouching his memoirs 10 deceive his ia
tigue, and begging the constant friendship OF
Madame RGcamier, as the last solacc of his life.
NJ. de Varigny, who has been for some twenty
years accredited 10 the Sandwich Islands, has
JusV- iGiu II CO1ytrrreo Uhere;n he treated Of the
civilization Of Hawaii. The climate Of the arch
ipelago was a perpetual spring, and the sou, rich
and fertile, produced a vegetation which was nm
abridgment of that of all countries. The natives
were the descendants of that Tartar-Mongol inva-
sion, which spread over the East as well ms tho
West, in the twelfth century, and after six CEN
turtles of chieftain warfare, Hawaiian unity was
established in l77S, when civilization at the saT ID.
time appeared on the scene. NJ. dc Varignysas-
sorts VancOuver's memory is more respected titan
Cooks; one represented persuasion, the other
force. 10 less than two years the natives passed
from a state of nudity to European costumes,
but this clothing cost the lives Of so, 200 indiyid-
uals, as they became subject TO pneumonia affec-
tions. Civilization entered by it's bad as well IA
by its good side; by it's vices as we'll as by its vir-
tues the bra~ndy-merchant trod on the kibes oil
the missionary; one was saving souls, the other
two surely killed them. IL was a struggle. be-
tween the " good white men :" and the white adj
yenturers, greedy Of gain. The missionaries,
principally Americans, continued a kind Of theo-
cratic government from 1900 to 1850, when a
Constitution was organized. comprising n cham
Der of chieis,-an Assembly elected by universal
} suffrage-and a King; a Government framed on
those Of England and America. The only enc
mics were ignorance, disease, and malefactors.
One-ffth Of the revenue being devoted TO gratui.
tous, and obligatory education, every member OF
the rising generation know how 10 read, write,
and cipher; free hospitals and medical attendance,
combat decimating maladies, and an effective po-
lice force, answers for order. Free religion in a
free state, is exemplifed; ommerc and industry
are bringing forth their hundred fold. The peo.
pie desire only 10 live under the government oil
their choice, Offering TO strangers cordial hospi.
tality and absolute security. All this effected in
fifty years Happy, enviable Hawaiians :!
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