New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-03-02

that it will grow shall DO sown In its wild places ana
every kind fruit that can prospect; ana arapo
and pasture land extended by every expedent OF lil
age with humble and simple cottage dwellings, unu, d
we begin work Upon we thoroughly ut once
pu ting unlimited manual labor upon It, unlil we Sanc
every foot Of It under strict care as lower saru
and the laborers shall be paid sufficient, unchansln
wages; their children educated compu,sorD n W.
agricultural schools, inland aud naval schoois W tno
sen The Indispensable first condition OF such education
being the boys learn either 10 ride or 10 sa '
spiu weave, and sew, and at proper t ep
COOK all ordinary food exquistely; the youth OF oon
disciplined daily in the stIctest praetce
vocal music aud for morality 70 De taught ILL.,
TO all brute creaturesnuisbed courtesy to each
to speak truth with rigid care and to OBEY hev
the precision OF slaves Then as tney gee o ,hav live
are the natural history OF the place tney Nv
IN to know Latn boys ana glrs oo Eorenre and Lon
don. have already stated hat no nacne ~ ,be
by artificial power are to be used on Ine s m he the
society; wind, water. and animal force are 20 I he
only motive powers employed and thtre - W uo
little trade or importation as 'Ie
being combined with the highest attainaUne, me-
nemeTt OF TEMPER and anv 'I household cun sur
fcienty make for themselves they are re- so smith
make however eu%S DuS a nd nd ros are to be
employed the parts OF houses ann , ahs ra
which finish Is S ao 70 by e st and the roof
floors by carpener; but the boys OF tue mousse ""' "
able to make either horseshoe or table,
In the letter dated Dec. a. 1874, Mr. Ruskin sums UP
the subser,ptns and gifts exclusively OF his contri
button which had thus far accrued to the st. Georges
Fund. making a total OF nearly 3iOo; TINS WIN tno
interest upon his title brings the entire ny "
little over asOO0 and between the issue OF the Dece
Der letter aud dated Jan. 1915, htie more tnan
$50 had been added Evidently the number OF persons
interested in the scheme had steadily increased MI
Ruskn sarcastically observes in previous letter:
Had been swindler, the British public would de-.
lgntedy have gwen s2Oo,OOO instead of goo, Of
which might have returned tEem by this time, say
the quarter in dividends; spent Gl5OOOO pleasantly,
myself the rate of $4,000 year ana announced III
this months report with regret, the failure of my
affairs induced by STRIKES unions, and other lleglmate
combinations among the workmen.
Such, in the main, is Mr. Ruskn's plan for return TO
merry England The ST. Georges Fund is accunulang.
The company is gathering. The apostle has for four
years been laying down aud illustrating the principles
which 10 rule and now, as gather from his last
Fors" there is likely to be actual beginning OF
expenditure of the Fund, and application OF the princ
pies 1t must not be supposed however, that the writ
ing Of the As during these four years has been
concentrated upon the direct statement Of the scheme
Nearly twelve hundred pages comprised in Fors
Clavgera thus far and would impossible to state
summarily the topics which have been touched upon
There exquisite passages OF autobiography dscos-
ing the early life of tins strange In the very last
number there is touching paragraph called out by
lively, half irritable letter from lady who feels tho
force OF Mr.. Ruskn's pressure upon her conscience
sufficiently lead her to make excuses. Among other
WORDS declares that she is willing TO join the COM
pany when Mr. Ruskin himself does ut seems to me, p"
she says slnary, that the first duty any owes to
his country s to live in it, go further and maintain
that every bound have homo and live in that.
Where is your house and your gardeni And then she
reproaches him wandering away to lonely places IN
England the Continent, while she stays at home,
household drudge To all this Mr. Ruskn replies with
| the melancholy words:
She tells me, first that have not Joined the st.
Georges COMPANY, because have no home It Is TOO
nurse dead; because the woman hoped would nave
would fam have stayed 10 remember al OF them was
rendered ply scay uninhabltabe TO by the violence
OF my DeghbOrs that is To by their destroying the
fields needed TO think ill., and the light needed to work
by. Nevertheless have. under these conditions. done
the best thing possible to me-9ougt piece OF lanG on
which could live IN peace and on that land Wild when
bought It, have already made, not one garden but
without help from children who though not mine, have
been cared for rs II they were
There are besides singular bits of historic nterpreta
ton sketch OF Walter SCOTS life, with running COM
ment; pictures of Swiss rustic life. partly translated
partly given from personal observation; theological
hints, examination OF popular views IN political econ
omy, sharp robuke Of ecclesiastical tithing OF mint
anlse and cumnin suggestion of improvements in
methods Of teaching drawing incubation OF true prin
cpes education direct advice TO those who would do
something toward bringing about better state OF
things. lie not demand that all who impressed
by his teaching should formally array themselves under
his banners or wait until the land bought before be
pure water He speaks TO boys and girls. and asks:
is there no dusty place that you wateri II 1t be
only road before door, the traveller will thank
Won No roadside ditch that you clean OF its cogged
rubbish TO let the water run clearl No heap
of brickbats that you make an orderly pie Oh
But You have no ground of your You a girl
and can't work on other peOpesl At least YOU have
window of your own, or one IN which you have part
interest With very little help from the carpenter you
can arrange safe box outside OF it that will hold earth
enough 10 root something IN. If you have any favor
from Fortune at all you can rose, a honey
In ar "A
dow-a quiet branch IF ivy-OT, If for the sake of Its
iesves onIy tendr or two Of vine Only be sure all
yonr plant-pets are kept well outside of the window
Don't come TO having pots in the room unless you are
IL "a easy enough TO turn into ridicue the whole
scheme and TO cover with laughter the man who pro
pounds it, Most people will dismiss it with the
Ouixotie, and those who really know what QuxotiC
means will very gladly accept the term for the
whole plan springs from the keenest sense of evil
rampant and the honest desire to break lance in dc
structon OF it. cannot read these pa ssonate. pro
phetic letters without feeling OF the
lonely man who writes them. Churish is he By his
own con fession "od, tired, and very ill-naturedf
answer that no man can make his profound sense OF
human misery and wrongness lead him the eeredat
task Of feeling with his own hands for the root OF IT,
that he may pluck it up II possible, without thereby
proving his earncstness ana the reality of his
ton The strong cry which he puts NJ the
OF one crying in the wilderness only, but OF one who
would fain be dumb In the IL only he may bind
MP the brokenhearted AMI give the oil OF JOY for mourn
ing the spirit Of praise for heavness In the midst of
scofng England bidding him keep TO the fine arts and
to let political economy alone ptied by the weaker sort
aud held by some to be harmless visionary, he yet
holds firmly 10 his resolve and sometimes seems TO
cling TO 1t to save himself from making shipwreck
altogether OF hope.
The letters OF "FOrs Claygera" are addressed to
British workmen and aborers and take cOgnzance OF
existing evils In English life and society America is
him known only by its cities which he to regard
as drunken with iniquity. In passage, however he
says curiousy:
There are indeed said to be republican villages
d AInerlcn Mhere hnhN civil hnnesI