New-York tribune., 1874-03-07

tcularly rich in the philosophy oove OF love lii those
who are no longer young Sir Arthur says
Perhaps love never potent whcn II se1rs upon
those who have passed their hrst YOUTH OF even omoI
who have passed the prime Of h'e Inc choice maui
Is then hkely to be Thoroughly suited 10 ,e Wy ,e
the and any intellectual sts on the pirt ui iio
woman likely 10 be more attractive 10 ma VI i'
nge @ INA, Shsh TO a. iounsf5 lgrsh m y iS ibis late love
is the last thing be cung 10; ana Ihal H'ei IT, sho""
it he lost all Will DE desolaton.
Here is hit of cynicism:
Men are very apt 10 say that they viii die for the
LADIES' poor exp cnce has not led us 10 icco
nzo a larse amount OF male mortality resulting i'oi
these pascune pr0testations.
And here is the statement OF something which an
ookersou at the game Of lie must have ofien ooseV'u
We are al largely nduencea By the effect OF General
appreciation; and often We "nl 'nUI i G eeM ever
SO closely when these merits brought lhio uI E
by alien applause Hardy any dStac5 rthueS h nn,,re
dull aud the peTceptNc oW = 80 iccDN PF4'
hensive as the fatal nearne Oi familiarity eau 40
And here is another tru!sm:
A man Is seldom more respectful to al "oneh '"'h
when he Is very much in love with any one
With one more strong passage, not this time ABOUT
love- must close the extracts Of which this deisAuI
book might easily tempt me TO make hundred'
There is nothing remarkable in man as his power OF
conceang mental toinre Hh' t - NV sne hdco1s
consuming care-warnlngs oisdsease-ledI VI
death-reiected Ioye-vie pecunlory Gstre 's-or the
anguish OF anticipated shame The dark thing Is not
merely in ths background ts presence move, thn
drawn, its grasp wholly relaxed ~ occupies ll9
citadel OF thoughts aud feelings; AMI al mat i oey ou
lis sway is out outlying and unconsacred precincts
Meanwhile the man pays part IN society as 0her
men do: Is polite. gay afiahle; ana II ne is really
strong and able person. u as muc Ike MS ouhd!
himself before TINS dark tAle hdu aA! nou upon N'
as ii Is possible TO be.
Sir Arthur has dealt gently with the erring Empress
Elizabeth Of Russia who, If history ia to be trusted
loved not wisely but very much and he softens the nara
and cruel of the Duke OF Couranh WIN many
a stray CLEAN Of human feeling which the unchaniaoIe
historians of his time forgotten to set down.
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the touch Of the artist have thus melowed IT.
Ihave been reading the proofsheets of Mary Cowden
Carke's new book which she entities Tie Trust, ana
The Remittance: Two Love Stories IN Me'red Prose
The quaint dedication of this volume would 20 iar to
disarm the sternest critic:
TIE LOVER HUSBAND OF EiGHTYFNL,
These Love stones axe Dedicated
BY
THE LovER.WIFE OF SIXTY THREE.
But whom Mrs Clarke calls her stories II trcd prose,
She herself characterizes them Justly. There Is not
about single CLEAN OF poetic fire. vet they are
very charming in their simplicity They remind one OF
a Spring landscape. They de:ae and pure ana IN
Iocent and tender and when considered as the work OF
. woman OF 6s hey are remarkable. How has she kept
her fresh, grlish loving heart 40 long, These poems
have been frequently read in private circles during the
past few months by a wdl,uown Bostonan
You know they always rea1 something to you
in Boston. Usually it is an essay on the
Unknowaole or an Analysis OF the Unattainahe when
il IS only sweet aud tender little love story, Ike these
of Mrs CarkC's, we feel that have had holiday.
think they are lot going to have paper today how
delightful !" said brilliant theoiOicOintTateur 10 the
LADY who Glanced to be his next neighJor 1t was
lunch party and the coffee making, as We could
smell The lady smiled, responsively, and answered,
"NO, have not heard OF any But at that moment
the hostess rose -" am delighted she said toteLyOu
tuS my friend Mr. Wseman, has consented 70 fead 10
us his admirable paper the probable Purpose OF the
Pyramids" II was a blow, but every one smiled ana ap
pIauded for Boston is polite all things though
bored she is still bland. However we all blessed our
stare that MI G.. T. Emerson moved by the spirit to
read Mrs Clarkes stories in melered prose- ralher thA
the accustomed paper" And pleasant stories these
are-qUaiut. O.dfasliUucd aGd evidently WItteh oN
woman whose own heart at peace, since there is
none Of tho modern unrest and speculation IN them
The course Of true love very tolo~by smooth N
feil though there night seem, at first, to be oDsIue-
lions 10 its current they Pcedily swept away In
a first tale the Young lady of the manor is beloved by
squire of low degree; but they are shipwIecked ~
COMPANY ana she learns TO love her patent aAd la'u
protector the second story the inequality ls mat o.
age The lover has been the faithful seisacruciug
friend OF .is swectueart5 father and fears she will
think him ,og old for love. But she doesn't SO they
marry, AID -, happy forever efterwald
Besides slr Arthur Helps novel aud Mrs ClhrRes
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TEE TRIBUNE and they well worth reading to-day
as when they were first written. think no American
woman mas displayed perfect power Of c-icism as
Narraret Fller She had that appreciation which j;
cuigs and that aas and vared culture which makes
reviewers Judgment Of value, as well as OF inter
es- she wa tn. strongest soul which has yet
dwolt In the body OF an American woman Like
Coleridge what sne said yet finer and more
inspired than anything she wrote. Her personal
presonce was power 90 which all yielded SO vivdly
s She remembered so frequently discussed in the lite
av circles Of Boston, that to me, who never saw her
she Is q more real acquaintance than many whom
meet every day have never heard OF any person VINO
seemed so to take captive the remembrance and insure
herself against human fOrsetiulne5s by the impression
mat she produced her companions Bat the genera
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find wiser utterauces on this woman question"
than those IN woman In the Nineteenth Century" In
an Introduction 10 this volume, written by Horace
Greeley when the book first published, he said;
The writer of the following pages was one of the