, 1877-01-13

sublimiiy. e@' ""''''' 80"
What wonder that women condemned to A
dull, drudgInE, dwarfng life like this, should be
unabe to share In The intellectual pleasures ot
l'c a!1airss,--in tho iargcr outside questions
over Which, tho tnalc members OF tic hollec-
hold arc actively exercising their mental
powers! What wo1,s1cr that they should gtyn
things! Their years arc ri'.,s, ncd in rn,,nd of
small, harats4n: cares, That t!a mnrc than t1c-
prcsa,. that actually extIngul.tl, the tpistts.
ict, IKE HonaG.ml all oycr tllc warl'1, ''shntl1d
you venture I" let ytur lity tcc.'me vocal" the
Herman woman Twill lly at your t',,nat, -.
bug her chains tho tighter, and rnll rpon vou
loudly 10 witness the r1.slt,lrc Of those lliggeA
better ktate Ut tliiiIss c1n nlsty hu brought
about ~ 0ernla1' men. Ger,nat, women can
anu Will ,so nothing kr themselves"
American women hare lon, been cried IN In
the cars Ut the world aE tlr feeLlc.t race Of tic
human laintfy; hut, according tn tllc tcsti.n0nY
q Hcfnau !hytIr'an' a'l'ancc'! i'y slt. aut!1or,
t!'sir e,G.tsy%n'ncn hase 20 e'c'yatel them
generation u gc'crat", that llIrlr health, Is lit
u worse condition than ttsat Of tl,cl. Alncrican
sisters:
''1ook q ont prettIe,t eIris:" cried an eminent
bloun, iheir Itet houi. fade. and fsll. T. make
r foon for fFs'l bl3t'osns who IN tMsn, Wy bnom.
fsss' end dai a s rhy sfe ~ tShng
tended every motter to fnlh'l.-not INC hero or
there, but an; they have no constitutions rtant.
o ns1sS g.. r. ytnr, e +; nS tyne
stsutionnI defects lhat yon point o4t to THEM N
vain: trtc is want Of !'tne deposit In the bono
r1nn won,sns nationality nlne ,1mr; out OF ten;
How can they have ''pluck" and nsrye. t snd
sonnd. a[ln ac'h, attonK muscle. an. healthy
ciec no proper n0Irslln,nnt, and, above all. no
desire u changr, alter, Or amend Tic orlcr Of thclr
unhealthy ltvear
IL II,
ttnns; mud the latest stattst!cs assert that
whereas In Englaudit IL reckoncl at 80 per cent,
and in Ireland At 10 per cent, In Germany it
reacllus on1y 10 per cent. This. taken with the
country with q decrease Ut population. Tic
tn,pelimcnts In tho WY Of marriage do not cx-
ist In the matter Of llvoErc. Here, ueait. wo
nnI a state Ut things cgual 10 or SURPRISING
that which l,as brought great rcpsoacl. lE'o1,
America. 70 Illustrate tho common practtca VI
men all women shifting tfcir lifc-partNcrs at
will, and the slight attention that 1t c1r1tcs, tic
autt,or rclatcs that ler own ErcNt-llslclc eat
down every evening of his liic to play rubber
'ctlt fur partners, shufllc, aud talked Of tricks
and tnn1rs viii, Ill the gas philosophy of folks
fur wllon words hutl M meaning md facts no
mural. NJ one boro aM!nos!ty 10 anybody
else. The three IA.Ites Ind III tried their
hand at It; but they lad held bad eartts, tho
lark wns against them, and tllcy each s.,cccs-
siycly threw up tho game. aud awDlc to tho
tU,lylcaluN that thrfr terrible old HcDcsnl the
VIVA Wnterlon tnhn) wns much more practicable
as n pnrtncr at the tard-tabtu than as coin-
paulon for 1ffe.H
Thr ,,rr,IirIous system of intcrn,arrIaCc, which
prevails 50 extensively III Germany, Is dmc1t
uIuu at length, and tho terrible evils It entails
upun Euttcrtty arc plainly demonstrated. Tho
absence ot facts and figures tn support the au-
thur's conrlustons OH tl.IH subject hi. been cnr-
p'ancd Of by sumo critics; hut she answers that
her buuk Is not medical treatise, in which
Il
the facts proving her position have been so
uftcn givcn II, t'cEmany that their nuthor,ty il
there universally acknowledged.
Passages Vt intcrcst might be quoted almnft
Without md from th: ilysly and yet eoberinc
upon which wc have not touched arc as Fcplete
With n,atter for reflection a. those from which
VIC have borrowed, and the whole we give orcr
to tho perusal OF our readers.
THE rnoui,ADoU1,s,
AND TKouyEREs. NEW
"ass in 'sss1sS IT, Sin:tssns Asnss
Hese': &C. chssso ,sn.: Mceas
Co. Price. s..
Miss Preston has done much for the cxten-
sion Of bellcs-lcttrcs by her very scholarly
studies OF the Froycncal poets OF the early aud
the later schools. The service which shc per-
formed In her nytistc translation Of Mislral's
heroic poem, "Mtrc!o," is ttill fresh III tho
mind Of tho cultivated public; aud IL now Is
followed by kindred work, treating OF tho
poetry OF tho singers IN tho k.ng.s dec Of the
past and the present tine. In the essays conl-
prised In tho volume before lis ahu has given
m abstract Of MistraFs later epic named
+" CalcndAu y; sketch, With specimens, OF
the roetry eof Theodore Aubnnri, and Of
Jactues Msni>n; illustrations Vi tho SONGS OF
the Tronbadours; and review oi tho sources
al tho stor!ea .eotnuriscd in tho "Arturlod."
To ttls p,oNctl.n of tl'rsc essavs ai!eN Preston
and Sustained enthusiasm, without which
there Is no good work ever doFlc fit tho world
Tho synopsis presented OF Mlatral's "Ea1cn-
dn,! written n.,lH ycara utter the publication IT
" Mlrcion creas.s lonXing to have tl,p wholu
work translated by tic sAIe slIIful hand whici,
t!as furnished rnttcinE cxtrarts fron It here.
Tile sCllcnlr Of the poem IL full 1T varied uuu
vigorous incident, sud !n verhttlcat0n Ia sin.ll-
larly rlrll anu tnrlol!ont Miss Preston outlines
the entire action Of The ep!c, nn.1, by passages
culled all the way along: aiEoris lively i!ea of
Its exceeding beauty. We nuke M aticmrt III
a condemnation of tho ntory, but ropy H fnic,e
picture Of the two 'nvcrs III whose ilexttuy tho
tntgrest ID concentrated, As lust txasllp.e Of tho
character Ut tho poem:
OH be.atrou. wa. hcr head and " iii .1edecled
~ tta dense cotonaa Of fhlnlng hair,
Httent lnt WIN C0lIb "eED IN 1f0ull' bouGht
With yellow Hover; and from her eye stpeetc
storms might have fed, and left tho heavcMs clear
Whit weTr her teeth. ~ the nne salt OF Ue.ees;
And shy. At Tines. the iufty vlancea wero
Df tic proud nrbA. WtlusC wotldrcuA hue recalled
The steadfaat rplendora IT The rn,rssld,
And dcscst bunslne faint raltvtri 1l,une
Ia tho warm tint hcf rcach'il thceEt nron.
So lowered tho 1.-The. 4oIl shape. lfvfne1y nodded
!ty tho white linen rot,c her in,bs that folded.
while 1T her &nrrs ecr rapt 1nsr, listening,
A. III It's blue he heard an angel Sing.
LeAntd On his elbows with uF-EAGItIE cyes,
And he he tu1-wAs made III splendid winc:
W!lh snpple limbs, yet strong ~ sail. yards b.
IA score Ut years. " bsrely snurr, hatt llr),
And large eyes. rad With love and hfack ~ Night;
The doMh al'"n his lip was soft and light
~ on vine. branches,
sfhe SAT- from tr s4lt. .mIned at NttFe s I'll ysko
near AK, Is considered tho nnest In France.
In treating the soncs VI TIC TJoubatlours,
Mise Frcstnn exhthits specilre, OF lie autx,ty,
IL use'song whir!, furnIs a morll|l,y ru,lutcy-
part tn the screna.lc. ia authorship is ut,-
known. but IL Is undoubtedly tho spontaneous
!ab'cUt pi q tun.f, iu,tlAx,lnnca woman. Miss
Preston Is Inclined 10 regard II us tic most per
tc.t flower Vt Pruyrura[ poetry, a,nl, with this
high Endorsement, We venture to eupy 1t: