New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-08-24

attained 70 IN word In sound in color In form And
II such life does not lead to feel bis own depend
ence to yearn toward the Infinite Father and to rest on
the bosom Of Infinite Love- 1t is simply because 1t Is NOT
the noble intellect not the great In talent not the pro-
found knowledge not the rich in experience not the
lofty In aspiration not the gifted in imagery, but solely
the pure in heart who see God" The number dso con-
ains description Of the recent invention OF Tempered
GLASS;" by which, 1t fulfls the claims that are made
for it, the most brittle Of all substances Is converted INTO
OF the toughest There is also an interesting chaper
on Fresh Water Mollusks," from Professor Morse's
forthcoming First Book of Zoology" and detailed
account Of the great Iowa meteor Of February, 1879
LIPPINCOTT.
The paper entitled "Our Architectural
Future" considers America the great building country
Of the day. Most readers will regard this Judgment rs
somewhat premature but the writer supports II by inc
necessity Of providing shelter for two or three hundred
thousand families each year. and OF the improve ed accom-
modaons demanded by the old population and the re-
placing Of hay ercctons by others more In accordance
with the increased wealth and culture OF the nation Inc
edces Of the Old World, Inc suggests. from cottage 10
church. require renewing and afford less opportunity
and temptation for change Of style. The bvonac OF
lG hus followed by tents OF plank and paint and that
by the cantonment Of thin red brick. represent but
40 many degrees OF the ephemera Real architecture is
later product What will be its future character In this
country, 1t is difficult to conjecture At present. YER
saes our model Our antiquarian search for tastes
Is limited to centuries The ambitious Frenchman,
NJ Mansard, looks down upon us from every side. HIS
soaring slopes aid the eye in It's heavenward climb with
it's various traps for dust leakage, decay, ana nre
Another decade, aided by repetition Of the Boston and
Chicago caames the writer thinks, may sweep on TINS
fashion of day. and the word Mansard will no more DC
the synonym of roof. Climate will doubtless exert
dominant influence The prevalence of sunshine which,
on the WHOLE Is o Characteristic OF America will modify
tba
but shady portco The roof regularly inclined, but
Indicative neither Of the avalanche nor the
tropical torrent; the facade OF hghtcolored
material counting every play OF light ana shade; inc
general effect stately, and occasion gay, put never
gloomy These speak of cline, where man, body and
soul is ON friendly terms with Nature. The forms which
twenty centuries sprang UP under such surround
ings are not unique in beauty than In adaptabty
For their elaborate developments, our arclh'ecV
looks TO the Acropos 10 Postum, and to Tvo but Tor
their adjustment 10 the needs OF common lie, dc VIII
turn to the structures of imperial and modern Italy
Rigid as the cold and simple Grecan forms may SEEM
nothing can in fact be more plastic and cosmopolitan.
AS developed In the infinite shapes Of the ford Renais-
sancc they please the eye OF every people ana make
themselves at home in every locality. No amount OF
Ignorance bad taste smother their innate beauty
Our designers will find ample scope In selecting from
their various outgrowths, though there will he room
enough originality. At all events says the writer
"Of one thing we may he assured-that The coming
American house will at least be the most comfortable
den mankind has known. On its aesthetic side IL
will in the main follow the classic What may be
called the accretory schools, as the Gothic, Burmese
Chinese, and their varieties and combinations sIng AS
il were by the mere superposton of repeated parts like
coras poyps snow-fors and mudpies Will not advance
in favor. Neither viii that evancsceut anomaly, the
Tudor, of those grotesque outbreaks OF mistaken
aste characteristic OF the English Our people have at
bottom iuster and sounder of the beautiful tan
the northern of Europe. They show i i'll the sre
rior elegance of their public parks vehicles ana vessels
and will increasingly evnce it the broader and finer
field OF arctecture"An agreeable travelling sketch III
this number is "The Hospce of the Great st. BERNARD
Mr. Adolphus Trollope gives lively description OF
Prefett and Prefecture in Sicily" and among the
various pieces of fiction, the beginning OF new novel;
entitled "The Atonement OF Lean Dunda." by Mrs +.
Linn Linton, will call forth general interest. and espe-
cialy among the numerous admirers of Patricia KEN
ball"