New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-08-10

vor-thst for what II has to do II cannot be much bet
ter done is study the Col de Bon Homme" The ex-
perence Of life has taught Mr. Ruskn the faacy Of
Of the dreams Of his YOUTH" to which no makes pa
thetic auson the following reference to paragraph
on the liberty Of the age :" al forget, now what
meant by liberty in this passage but often used the
word in my first writings, in good sense thinking OF
scots mooyland rambes, and the like. 1t svery won
derful to me, now, what hopes had once but
Turner was alive, then and the used to shine and
rivers TO sparkle" The following passage suggests
criticism of sweeping severity on some OF his earlier
productons know not Of anything more destructive
Of the whole theoretic faculty not to say OF the Chris
tan character intellect than those accused
sports, In which makes Of himself cat tiger ieop
ard and alligator In one and gathers into one contun-
of cruelty for his amusement all the devices that
brutes spangy and at intervals use against each other
for their necessities" On which Mr. Ruskin remarks
am and more grieved, as reread TINS ana othcr
portions Of the most affected and weak OF oil my DOCKS
written in moulting time Of my e,-thc second vol
ume Of Modern Painters'-at its morbid violence OF
passion and narrowness Of thought Yet at heart the
book like my Others honess and III substance IL Is
mostly good but all boiled to rags"
Mr. Ruskin often takes occasion to lament the religious
influences which he received from his early education,
but he nowhere voucsafcs to inform as to what he
has substituted in their place. except perhaps the vague
love of Nature, passion for aesthetic harmony The
following is specmen a great deal of the presunp-
ton and caused by my having been bred IN
the Evangelical schools and which now fill me with
shame and distress R rereadng Modern Painters Is,
10 my present mind atoned for by the accurate thinking
by which broke my way through to the great truth OK
pressed in this passage which all my later writings with
out exception have been directed to maintain and Illus
trate" With all the dsparagng remarks-th expression
pride in fact rather than of modesty-whieh Mr. RusKn
is pleased to offer IN regard to his own merits Few
readers viii hesitate to welcome the present volume as
an afiuent storehouse Of profound and inspiring
thoughts fruitful suggestions concerning art and liter
AZURE and unriyaed examples of the richness
and force of mothcrtonguc. In spite OF
the exuberance of imagery and illustration Win
which his sentences frequently overad 1t Is not
difficult to discover the grains Of golden wisdom when
abound in his writings the noble ideals which inspire
even his cytravaganccs and the athletic strength with
which he wrestlcs with prevailing doceits and foes
The volume issued also contains Mornings III flor
encc" of studies Christian Art intended 1of
the use Of English travellers, and Offering variety OF
practical for the guidance OF visitors 10 the
Italian galleries.
! FAMILIAR QUOTATIONS. BY JOHN BARTIErT. Seventh
Edition. limo. PIP. 5G4. Little, Brown q Company.
The interest of this agreeable collection is
enhanced with issue OF each successive edition. MI
Bartlett is never weary IN exploring The remote bynas
as well as the public highways Of good literature ana
from every excursion he always brings BACK lan
and tcmptng fruits His book has now become choice
selection of extracts from favorte authors no less than
museum Of quotations which he has taken the pains 10
trace to theiT fountain head 1t curious TO observe the
ancient sources of many OF ccmmon sayings Thus Mr.
Bartlett finds the well-worn apOthegn: Man proposes
but God dispose" far back as Thomas kenrls III
the th and 18th centuries But he informs Us that Tie
expression has still greater antiquity, and appears In the
"Chronicle OF Battcl Abbey" and in "Piers Plough
mans Vision" which date prior to tie time OF Chaucer
The earliest utteance Of the idea indeed as ola as the
Book of Proverbs. which among ats wise sentences has
the following: "a mans heart deviseth his way but
the Lord drcctcth his steps" "a rolling stone gathers
no moss is found in the Good IIus1andy Lessons OF
Thomas Tusser the early agricultural writer 152l3So
"A stone that is rolling gather NJ moss, and also III
Gossons Ephemerides y" rowling stone gathers no
moss Tie Original Of Robert Hails famous distilled
damnation applied to brandy and water is traced to
the "Icycngcrs Tragedy" by Cyril Toulnurc, In the
! lines,
a drunkard clasp his teeth and rot undo en-:
! 10 suffer wet daiInatiOn to run through EN-.
The praise Of strawberries that ICED donbtess could
have made better berry. bat God never did,, is often
ascribed zaak Walton, but the gentle angler himself
ouotest from "Dr. Bo;eer" refer ing, doubtless, to
william Butler who died in 1921. and who is styled III
Fulcr's "Wortl.cs" TIC "f,sculal'ius Of our Age
r. W. FmersOn's suggestive query on marriage Is not
without prototype in the sages before Agamemnon'
Emerson asks: is not marriage open question: when
it is alleged, the beginning cf TIE world that
such as are in institution wish To set out and sach
as are ont wish TO get int" An Arabian prov
erb rouotcd by Qutard, says: "Mafriage Is like n
fortress under siege: they VINO side wish To enter
and they VINO are inside wish depart" Montagne. who
no dobt suggested the comparison 10 Emerson, his de-
won't aGmircr, remarks: at happens with cages: the
birds without despair TO get in, and those within despair
Of getting cut" So. also the old phoscphic poet sir
John Davies:
! "Wcdlock, indeed bath oft compared been
TO public teasts where meet pqhie rOut
| Where thew tina. without would IAN 80 IN,
| And they tina: are within would lain 20 out"
! Pores liberal sen iment
| "For modes OF faith let graccless zealots fgllt:
! He can't be wrong, whose lie Il in the right
anticipated by CoTly IN Iis monody on Crashaw'
| "Uis ait!l perhaps in some nice tcnots might
| lie wrong lus life Tn sure was IN the l1gnt"
1.-THE cups that cheer, but not inebriate.' so often
quoted FROM Cowpers Task. seems TO have been an
ticipa1l hy Bishop Berkeley in his splendid euognin on
| the virtues Of tar-water, which he describes As
| OF so mild and benign nature as 10 warm without
heating, TO cheer bit not ile1Tiaie" ir Bartlett has
certainly transacted most OF the ouofe-way nooks and
corners English Literature in following his game ac
ing many prOyerbia expressions TO their forgotten oSn
identifying tie authorship Of not a few vagabond
phrases and separating rich treasure of choice sayings
from mass o. rubbish The excellent index at the close
of the volume model showing most laudable hdeliy
in doing well what is 80 frequently done ILL.,
| soDFrN ART FDrCATrON Ply Prof JOSEPH I..NGI
transirod by $. Il. KoEnLER syo. PIP. 16l. Boston; i
PTang Co.
The department of PRACTICAL Art, especially
in its trial relations the subject OF peculiar IN
terest in the recent Exhibition at Vienna In this publ
cation part the official report on Art Education is
presented, together with a series of explanatory notes
| by the translator and elaborate and able intro
dactory essay by Mr. Charles H. Stctson. The nnpor
| tancc OF al increased attention TO tic improve
ment Of the industrial products of tits country. by tie
application Of sound artistic principles, is fOrcby Illus
gaod by the last named writer. Mr. S;e,son argues that
ia view Of tie great industrial conflicts which have coA-
mencel IN Europe, prompting the several Governments
to their workmen in every kind with the best
/ IL nd NJ III ic
of supreme necessity America adapt herself the
si.natinn md strive aer the Lgh htandarl Of indus