New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-01-16


That prouise of glorious day
The waters In their CLASSY sleep.
shone with The bdes that tuC'd the sky,
Aud rugged CIG aId barren steep -.
Cleaned wi.h brightness rom Oh hiB"'
And one was there whose 70 Irney lay
Into the slowly gathering nlshti
With steady stop he held Lis way -.
O'er shadowy vale aud cleaning night
Imarsed his firm though weary tread.
The lifted eye and brow scfeue'
Aud saw no shade Of doubt or dread
Pass DER that uavelef's placid inieh'
And Others came. their Journey DER,
Aud babe good night with words OF cheer;
Tomorrow shall meet once more;
'Ts but the light that parts us mere
"ApdI"hc said " shall sleep ere long
These fading CLEANS will soon be gone
Snail sieep. to rise. refreshed and strong,
In the bright day thst yet will dawn.
heard: I watched Aim a. he went,
A less.Uing iorm. until the light
or eyptiug from the hTInAneut
Had passed, ana ne was lost TO slght
Apap0r on The Uessiau Mercenaries OF our Revou
ton" Is 10y George Washington Greene; and shows
how. an hundred years aud more ago, princes could
carry on war long their subjects could be MADE 10
pay for t and itself came ~ be regarded as ID.
erative ealing
In the continuation Of his novel. Roderck II ldson,
Henry James IT, proceeds twist the tnreas Of fate
like an experienced spinner Of such webs The pretty
girl gets engaged 10 the wrong man, and everything
goes contrary" enough TO nave seemed Dalrh W
Mrf. GImmifgc.
~ Carnival o. Venice" is a charming short story
published anon mOuy, contrary 70 TIE custom Of The
La0nhc But think the reader who is familiar with
tj OF Nj Henry James j., viii not fan 10 recog
piEe him this also. II is, as SAID, charming story
but II ends most Enthusiastically and uncomfortable
way should evil fashion 80 prevail with the writers
Of short storesf l. thereno happiness in the world
that they should niggardy with ~ We can bear
perhaps ~ look ON long lives OF unsatsned aspiration,
ana what "a certain Southern soyewright delights TO
call heart hanger" because, for these i've men and
~emen around US believe IN future life Of com
ponsation aud satisfaction; but for the fair ghosts
mat n rough the pages Of fiction there - no futGre
90 t W plead that now AMI then course Of love
may smooth.
Clarence KING reviews with admring sympathy that
noble work-BauCrOfs d" Native Races" Ia expressing
the respect aud appreciation which MI Banerofps work
% up,orsaly inspires Mr. King remarks that it is not
httIe noteworthy that monumental literary labor
should have been accomplished IN new country far
from al scholastic phere, remote from daily assoc
citation VITA feownyeSsators, by the perseverance, OF
one oOurag eOus student
II W. could quite believe the story OF the Two Girls
that tried Farming" D. A. shepherd tells II, we could
easily forcsee IN the unclaimed lands Of the United
stltos future career ot all those anxious aimess sis
ters about whom Ouc lamentod Gov. Andrew used 10
ven HI. great warm earnest heart But farming FOR
women slender FRAT small wasted race OF Amer
can womenWiil never think be largely practced, or
very practicable Ia Til, ingenious tale the girls look
roses IN dew OF Ice mornings but was there really
ever any fair who could remain fair under the
seorcbing OF good hayiay or come IN neat and
spotless from hoeing ded OF potAtOesi
Vcr, capital IL Mark Twail's second paper on Old
Tunes on iho missi-.ppf" In this number Mark gets
acquainted with Of the plOs and arrsngcs 20 learn
The rVcG u him. engaging 20 pay for this instruction
400 frou his wages after his graduation as pilot
HIS attempts AT learning. his haps and mishaps, arc
entertaining enough; but have space for only one
brief extract. illustrating the sweet simplicity and
trustfunoss OF Marks disposition:
II also gave me o chance 10 get acquainted with a
ioT bo easily borrowed u Of on promise 10 return
should arrive But he probably died forgot for he
came II Was doubtless the former since he said
his parents wealthy, and ne only Travelled deck
passage because II was cooler
b sAuborn goes with bis John Brown papers, and
impars fresh interest 20 this old theme. As whole the
prose contents Of this number OF The AnGnIsc fall
short OF standard Of the January NUMBER but this
sborteoung than atOned for by poetical contri
buttons OF such and merit rarely adorD
.nelo "a Gile. have already given you MI BryaDts
Prot IOngfellOw has another Italian poem, Monte
Casino" which shall not here quote as gave you two
poems from l. ngellOw last month. snail choose, in
stead stodnan's stately address 10
THR SKULL N THE GOLD DRIFT.
What no. dumb tester cease 10 griu and mask ~
Gnm courier, thou hast stayed upon the road!
Yield up the secret OF this battered easket,
This sbard. where once living soul abodei
What oct her long hast lain III bedded
In crystal sands, the drift OF Times despair
shine earth 10 earth with aureate dover welded,
Toy parts Oil changed " something rich aud rarsi
vo,eeless tson ART, and yet q revelation
OF that most ancient world beneath the New;
Huf "a no shall guess thy thy name aud station,
Eops aud eODs these bOwders grevi
WHAT alchemy can make thy Visage liker
IT, untransInuted shape, thy besh restore,
Resolve 70 blood again my golden lchor,
Possess thee Of the life thou hsdst DefOres
teforei And whom What sges immemorta
Have PASSED since daylight fell where thou dost sleepl
what molten strata, az, aud notsam borea
Have shielded we'll thy rest and pressed thee oeepI
Thou little visit what mighty n0c6s uescehuen,
How sprawled the armOred monsters IN their camp,
Nor beardest when tho wstery cycle onded,f
The mastOdon and mammoth DER thee tramp.
How seemed this globe OF when thou dds sean II
When, IN its lnsty youth. there sprang 70 birth
AL that hath life, unnurtnred, ana the Plshet
Was paradise the true Bstufnlan Eartl
xsr toward the poles stretched the happy garden
Earth kept II fair by warmth from her own breasti
Toll had not come 10 dwarf her sons and harden;
No orDe There was 10 Want D peturbed their rest.
How lived thy kind was there no duty blended
With Gil their toiiiess jOy--nO grand desirei
FerebGnce az shepherds on the meads they tended
Their nocks aud knew the pastoral pipe and Jyre,-
Vntii hundred happy generations,
Whose birth and death had neither pAn fear,
~ last, Ia riper ages. brought the nations
How stately then they bulls their royal eties.
with what strong engines spoeded 10 and fro;
What nusle thrilled their souls what poets ditties
And had they than their Homer, Kepler, Bacon
f6a CalgRkQs a. Ikaown ,lms