The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-10-08

Woru' W'-h iess can you imagine her 10 vo,, .
fancy descending from tho pure calm. ma
sunny atmosphere in which she moves IN s"
gage 10 hand-to-hanl contest with tho fona
the vanity, and the w!ckeIness that make ~.
activity on a lower plane Of life but Won -
readily picture her . your Imagination MOI.
Ing over unhappinoss and wrong doing wbe,.,a.
| found
These characteristics % 'nifest her ti.posi,i,,
not her want of vision. She would ra,h,, ~.
up than throw d0wa a fellow creature. -
rather draw than drive him arignt; bolhNes
| geniieness and love u be tue most up,ycrt,,
agents for correction She has Hans Cnr..,,sr,
Anderacn's sympathy f1r ugly ducks for e,nlS
out VI place, imprisoned, borne down. wouIo
lead them out Of their confinement, into ,bs
pure ether whore tney may freely breathe and
| fully expand
Catherine was oppressed By circ,i,, ,,uo,
ANA slmcN lat ni, rbil iy notute. 90 rrn,is ,srt
without the power - exp usion. She nad lived
with Dun people all her he, and hal never
lUarui To- talk or t. think. Her stppmuiheJ was
"a tcudcr-heWted and wepi -naturod sail woman.
who was accustomed 60 only see the outside ~
things. Nis. Gc1rae had two dozen httis sen
trn.os IN her rcpcriory. which $40 must have
said uNct many thru~i itt times IN The course m
her life. aud which catherine had been accu5.
toned hthcrtn 90 rencat alter her. ana e. think
OF as enough for all tnc cNgencies and phios1-
ph, OF lie. but now c'trttling w9s Changing
and she was beginning to idea thoughts Tor her.
self. and 10 want words 90 put them into; anu
VIII! the thoughts and the worI. ula- cane
the longing for some one 10 listen to hcrsffaues
new discoveries. and to tell her what they meant,
Cecilil. in the sleeping Beauty in the wuod,r
Ella in Cinderella and to some cxicut rzl-
beth, In the T." story OF Elizabeth" suffer ard ar,
enlarged from similar imprisonment, 20 say
nothing OF others. Miss Thackerays knowledge
Of human nature il wide and subtle. She dis
eliminates shades Of character with The nirest
perception; uses a. effective countcrposcs DIFF
ferences that would escape less delicate sense
or disappear under n less delicate handling
She has brought forward many pcrsunages;
almost without exception they arc com.
pletely lndi'iduallzed, consistent in theh
Inconsistencies. thoroughly human; you would
say they were drawn from life. Among
them all you viii. fail to nnd two alike.
Some OF them remain with you and become
your friends, such. for instance, rs ST. JOllan In
the charming story Prom an Island and
Others. She t0ndly loves and intuitivcy under.
STANDS children; dogs and oil dumb and help
less things have 81 i'm On her afc, lion and
consideration. she - like the girls whom shs
so well Dc scribes:
Some girls have the mo:herly element strone
" developed IN taeic lrum the ir veTiosi tany.
hood. when they nurse ihrlr coils to sleep upon
their soft little arms. ad carefully put away tbs
little broken toy because II must he IN pam.
Note how with a rol.e Of her viylf, Ing brash
she brluGs out q ch.d'- features. Can YOU not
see Dulcio "a she count the hourr
Anne heard the clock strike from her darlen-
ed bedroom where she wss living unon I 70 sofa
resting Bulcie. p!d rin- ~ ner nursery, counted
the strokes. "tebbcn. two. one nonneT une,"
that WAS how ste counted.
or. as she syinpathlze. wi.h aud tries to so,iLs
her father;
Llttlc Dulcic saw her father looking ,cxed;
she climbed up hi. lee ANA got on MS knee ind
pa her round, soft che-N against nis. sank
luDoOf said she.
Are You not a child again from pure sympathy
when you read little nolll's monolocIo q, she
lies abed 10 a dark room
When am d,lne-i dare sav I shah die about
seveuteen-I snail send for John siorgan, AID
George Will come ;rOm E,on and Auut Susl
Palmer VIII be there. md I shall hold ~ Their
hands in mine. and slV, NOW be iflends Tor uy
sake" And then I shall urge George to exGrt
himself more ana 70 20 church on Week days
| sm,ls ana say. Alden. dear aunt, Yol never
| underst1o me-vou fancied me chhd when
had the feelings OF "A woman, and Won ~uoeIed
| a. me, and sent me to ed at eight o'clock. DO
| not crush George and Rhoda as you have
| crushed me be cent with them :" aud then |
| shall cross my hands over my chest, and-and.
| what then
Are those not master touches ? Here is pic
turc made with lew lines in which, Will other
things tie very ;ee.ns Of the young people arc
visible:
10 this dav Dolly remembered the light If
| certain tern lun IN Ma. when all was h,t and
| Church House Tue boards cracked lie dust
| NOTES Il Ia'cd; down belnw, the IA den burned
| win that Erst summer glow IT neat tina, IN kcs
anew world OUT pf such niJ, well. worn materi-
incs all round US. The lit! girls had been al
| work. and prlctiscd ana Il. uilipiied. and divided
| again laey had re % ed various isris core
| nec'cd with the eiln Of Richard IL. Madamoi-
| seile hnd suppressed many yawn; D oliy was
| Gruntrg over her suiu-siX ANA Ave made thir-
| tccn-oYcr and over again. " That should nave
| been. that thou shuuldst have been. that ne
should have been,' drtwlel poor little hhoda,
| Ihen great iv huns bv a. the door opens, nud
| Lady sarah appears W:.h "A zigZ'g OF auahsht
shooting In from the PASSAGE ray of nope. I
This ufhor's ,lssamcr-lIl,e fancy adorus every
page. and dewy freshness Is over ail. In her
works are exquisite iual ties so subtle that Trey
escape dissection; they cannot he seized and
particularly dcnned. Tho, axe perceived onl by
their sensible. peryadns, and charming eject.
They pe.mcatc the atmosphere which seems 10
emanatc from and surround her storits, and
cast pei. upon tn reGned reader. q; a Like
cause and cdeci She l. herself conscious and r
d" Hiss Angel" has used tHem desenedly with
| ocn,umuate skill. 50 long a. Count Horn Is
! attius = port, he bears about him an air, kind
OF magnetic influence, like n great player when
| he comes on the scene and is said I" oil The
stage. THIS atmospherl which surround Horn
is ominous; IL threatens conyul-ion and dis4s-
ter. When Al ,enGth his trappucs are tom ~,
aud he arrears in his own character, al tins
| glamour instantly oomc, O. an end.
"Mi-s Angel Is tii+ writer's latest book.
| Its heroine IA Angelica kaufman, the raiater,
VINO one hundred years ago, was celebrated,
lat.cr.l, gui cnra sell hy tho great world Of
London r her talents, beauty, and accomi 'Ish-
mon,s. The work (. a biosra. hy and read IKE
o Romance Il Is a romance ana road Ike d bic
o-raphy. Its pers4uagea are all hi,tOr a; lis
scenes piss in real lie. The outline ~ ilei'
selected with reference To dine symmetry are
hlltd in from the writer's Imagination, and coll
cred SO tha, form and tint show most pleasing
harmony and proportion. 80 cAqmsit'y a. I''
tion woycn vita fact that you cannot di.'ip-
gui-h the threads ~ an in-rrction Of The t"N-
urr al lone. You are c,ran that ia" autl ~ IS
| -Ii.ti,-s Il dutctation when sue says:
I b We been trying 10 tell u little storr ~
| Wh.rh the rhar. cters nd incidents L4ir,O'.l
To- nc thr'u h o. win cr's Gloonl soVi,it't it.t
| a. Write now e n scarcely tel Wi4l - D., al
| ma 81 hat Is but my oNn imagination On i Hll
rho very limitations of fact and the natnrc II
the ia reIresscd the action Of any i'rirn,}
which she might have felt to mar thc ....r.
| of ap .,rls l. = t..l til