The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-10-29
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(there Ia vast deal Of eating In this novel; oya
lady Of nigh birth. The Countess Hamburg is
no longer young, neither Ia she OLD. She Is not
particularly pretty, but her look, her smile, has
svoluptuous charm which disturbs the manly
heart. After studying wofgana a long time
through her eyeglasses she says to the hand
some oficer who accompanies her, a sort OF
Greek god ip uniform, Tomorrow I must
know who that man Is, what he docs, and where
he lives" And when the young Baron Kuith Is
childish enough to chow some Jealousy, she
quiets him by adding playfully, "Your mother
CHARGED mo with your education, and mean TO
bring you up In my own way" Knith Ia still some.
what reluotsnt, but ends by disch arging the sin.
guldr mission with which he has been honored.
This AntInous Is an ofioer Of a stamp which
frivolous France has never known since tho an
Glen regime. Drunk with vanity. this clptivat-
ing warrior Is known 10 have carried on his
person through the Franoo-Prussian contest
pocket mirror, 10 order TO relieve q reasonable
anxiety and assure himself that he looked as
gorgeous under Ore az In = boudoir
For the moment this irresistible hussar Ia at
tached to the chariot OF the Countess Hamburg,
an eccentric person after the M odern type. The
day OF phiosophic aud strong minded women
Is past In Germany, free thinking, happily IL
now bad form, only eccentrcltY In action is sill
i tolerated. Accordingly, Madame de Barnourg,
| 10 whom some Al .conditiJ ned reviewers have
pretended to detect oarlclture Of the PrlncesAo
Metternich, fuvents and launches grotssque
I styles of dress, sings rberesis comic songs,
| copies the dancing OF tins public gardens, boys
| for the Pope, corresponds with the Countess
| Hahn-Hah and with Lisst, while dufing the war
| abe takes up the 70 o Of ister OF charity, aud
| oontrivos to give the garb piquant air. what
| distinguishes her from the extrsvagint leaders
| Of ton In other countries II her enthusiasm.
| Just now this enthusiasm. always sincere, had
| dxed itself on wolfgang's broad shoulders. She
| makes an irruption into the young mans ate
| lier, and puts him at his ease by smoking cgl =
rettes. IL mean to advertise you." sne says.
| Then che adds, laughing, Tue best way TO help
| me is to show yourself In love with me-quite
| seriously, you understaudr' or course. Wolf
| rang, dazzed, lays his lions name ct the lady's
feet In other words, he goes 10 .
BARRIERS shop, thence passes into the
hands Of q tailor, and aoaIly, trans.
formed into adandy, IL presented a. the Count
| ess's little court. fortnight has not passed
| before the scupto . atelier receives a second
| vist-the Kings. The latter comes to see bust
| begun by Wolfgang after photograph, and OF
| which some one, no doubt tue Countess, has
| spoken to him. Tue KING IL one Of those old
soldiers, with a head like Jupiters, one OF those
out, and need not say that In this sketch
Frederick william Is very pisiaIy outlined. The
| bust pleases his Majesty, and wolfgang will
presently become his favorite, will be court
! sculptor, travel In Italy at the Kings expense,
execute the royal orders, bask, IN short, In this
| gllded servltuds until Vengeance OF
| the Princess Paula sweeps away the
| fortune which feminine intrigue mad
gained for him. We shall acc him BY and by In
| the wretched plight OF disgracei courtiers, but
| at present he Ia triumphant; his friend Plant Is
bursting with envy. and therefore chats him
merciesslv. Presently, however, Plant inter
! rupts his epigrams, and gives his friends to un-
derstand that he, too, Is the hero OF a charming
adventure. The object Of his devotion Is a fair
unknown, whose BLACK eyes have pierced him
| from the balcony OF a theatre, and whose ac-
| ouaintance he makes with Intoxicating facility.
| Unluckily, Marie Penske, who IL in some sort
| the heroine Of the story, turns out to be the
| fond but INDECENT daughter OF an old olot hes
| man. This IL painful discovery for the conceited
Plant, but the girl is 80 strkiugly handsome tn at
he contrves Tor time to overlook ner want of
| means.
| Andor on his side Ia not to be pitied, for the
| young professor OF history has been died on o
give lessons in the TescbeDbe family to the
three inseparables, Micheiine, Julie, aud Hanna.
Here the author, throwing aside for the mo-
ment his criticism Of society, which becomes a
little monotonous from Its excessive violence,
gives himself TO the portraiture OF domestic
scenes and honest sentiments, and this portion
| OF tue book rises to the levsl of his genuine
| realistic work In the Galioian studies. The
timidity of the young pedagogue 10 presence OF
| his handsome scholars, who sometimes Dewllder
him with coquetry and sometimes make fun Of
him, the effort which be s Obliged 10 make Ia
|
that be Ia there to teach history and not to
smuse them, the empire which his calm
manner gradually acquires over these Riddy
creatures, the a0itttion OF Fraulsin Tes-
chenbere when she recognizes tue hand
writing OF the love letter she had former
ly received 10 the FIRST line traced by the
teacher, the perious theme OF the nrst compo-
stion, "A Day In S9rinz." which provokes al
Interchange OF avowdls-all this IL prettily told
There Is likewise skating scene on the basin OF
the Thergarten, a lesson given the young sa
want, a novice In this art by his playful pupils
which might serve as pendant to Kaulbachi
| picture OF Goethe chased the Zoe by IN,
merry wives OF Frankfort. By displaying the
agility OF a wood nymph under her piquan,
Polish costume, Micheline Rosenzwelg wins
husband. The lion OF society, the Dlsor
| d'(Eierhausen falls 80 desperately In love with
her that he proceeds to inform herself without
delay touching the foI June Of the old Jew, her
father tho number OF bis children, ana other
weighty particulars. Moonlight and sere.
nades went out OF fashion with tn
Diet and the zollverein. That sacred
emotion, that potent bond, whereby two
souls were linked Ia one existence, that spirit
ual thunderbolt which nung Dorothea upon
Herman's heart, and Werther at the feet Of
Charlotte, that romantic German love. too high!
sublmated to be called passion and grand a
duty. has sunk, alas, into the category OF sill
myths. In Germany, as oils where, the lover
has an eye to coin. II, rcassured on this vita
point, he undertakes to show himself senti
mental, the young lady herself Will check such
Idle illusions witness this little speech o
Medicines; 81 Ike you well enough. As 70
loving you, we can judge better by ana by. Low
In marriage strikes me as superhuous, but in
sist upon esteem. DO you moan to make N
baroness; yes or nor"
Under these circumstances the Detrotha
period is abridged aud the honeymoon
ia spent, as In business ike America, q
hotels, whore bridal chambers are secured 10
the travelling pair. 10 this coarse complexi1 Of
the decicy of German affection, that quint
essence OF spiritual affinity, has actually com