, 1877-11-25

bic the tender glow OF life. Remembering her
sweet, WoHanly career, and the agony Of grief
caused by her death to her own family and to
the nation, one cutters and leaves her Royal
presence with an Involuntary respect and
homage.
FROM sASs-soUcI TO sAxoSr
in most comfortable railway y-carriage. One OF
our chance companions is 4 German peasant,
who ends his synopsis Of things as they arc and
are to be With this sentence, most beloved to
Germans: ut is above all necessary that
France shall lie under our feet" The saying
reminds one OF the old Seccsh desire to make
the grass grow in the streets Of New York.
These irrational utteranccs OF passion grieye
and mortlfy US in grown men Of the present
day. II France ever does lie under the feet Of
Germany, her uprising will make those feet wish
themselves elsewhere.
at this season deserves the German term,
'sge,nuetNich.n Its aspect is genial and cheer
tul. Tie river which divides it adds to its
beauty but not to its convenience,
sa, since the crossing Of the long bridge
hurry: The city shows good deal of out-of-
door life, and has many gardens and cafes in
which one. can dine or sup either al Tresco or
within walls, just; as one prefers. At these
agreeable music, and oil these occasions charge
OF about IL cents is nsaue ut the entrance Such
4 place is the Ita'ieniSche Dorp,-Itaian Village,
"A name which must mark a historic fact Of
which there is no other-trace- This is no vii
lage, but terrace aloug the bank of the river,
all filled With seats anu tables, and with large
itestdurdtiou behind it, from which nppctizing
dishes and tfagons Of beer are constantly issuing,
in obedience to tile demands OF customers. 1t
is brilliantly lighted in the evening; and, when
there is q concert, the orchestra is placed III a
pretty pavilion oyerhanging the river.
ON THE BRUEIfL TERRACE
there Is 4 similar establishment, which we llau-
pcuel to visit upon the anniversary Of the bat
tic Of Sedan. 4 patriotic CONCERT was adyer-
which went back to the old 'Princc Eugene" air,
and came down gradually to the 81 lsacht an.
HAeiu" The music OF the Future is of course
left to Wagner. The scene was very gay and
social at first, but was soon married by intcrnper-
ate drinking and its consequences, IRON which
We Ted, but which the mass Ut those present
lid not much regard. As we walked back to
our motel, we passed soldier, much intoyicat-
cd. whom two others were endrayoring to keep
upon his feet. Presently an open carriage drove
past Us, full OF officers, one OF whom was de-
claiming aloud to the foot-passengers whom hc
passed, in the most maudlin Inanllcr. "Sedan
docs NOT come every day." said some one, apol-
ogizng for these disorders. Fortunately not.
The glory of Dresden is its picture-gallery,
one OF the finest in the world. III all its rich
array Of pictures, Rembrandts, MurilIos, Ru-
benscs, CorenGios, one supreme attraction hur~
ries us tothc room i'll which aworId-widc fayorite
is cnthroned. Can she be up to her reputation!
Can she be more beautiful than the
engrayings and photos VT already know so fa~
,niliarly! Friends have told us Of their disap-
pontment in seeing ller, but We nave always be-
lityed her TO be the most beautiful work Of the
most beautiful master. Now We are before her.
1n this cabinet, where we can notice nothing
else,
RAPHAEL's MADONNA DI sASTo s1sTo
looks down upon Ills with her wonderful eyes,
with her wonderful child in her arms, with hcs
two cherubs at her feet. Is she all that we |
thought SHE wass Let those Who know what |
cies. She certainly represents woman Of |
rare and individual heaury,-sutf a staEry-eycu !
creature as would draw tho thirzl part OF heaven
after her, in the heyday Of her charms. Such
life, almost leapi'14 from her restraining urms.
The tao chernbs are cFluently painted from /
one model, and this nso1el the same froul |
which the Virgins Brabe was drawn. Yet the
vision. Its details Of drapery appear thin |
aud poor compared with those OF other !
pictures OF Raphael, and certainly as COM
pared with works Of Do!nenielino and Titan. |
the picture seems deficient III substance. But !
its beauties are rs unique as its faults, and, |
one still asks from What marvellous race, from |
what uncommon generation; the beauty of this |
woman could have sprung. And here We come |
where no book OF hcraldry can help US. Father
maculatc conception OF genius kapacl is her
sole parent, and from him We can only 20 back
to tine God who inspired him. who, against the
weakness and weariless Of the flesh, has set |
his everlasting commandment of the beauty OF |
holiness.
Having hurried to give ourselves this ex
we arc obliged to return slowly
through halls of beauty, which
Take the priSoned sonl,
and lap it in E|Esium.
IN ANOTHER SACRED ROOM
its the Holbcin Madonna, concerning which
md another picture there has been eontroyer-
y whose merits VIC do not know. There are
wo portraits by this master, OF which one ranks
among his first works. It represents the gold-
anitn of Henry VIII. Here are also two
inlshcd like miniature, and very beautiful
Autl there are many Dutch masters, AMI
many pictures by Rembrandt and BY Rubens,
MI by all the artists who arc the glory Of the |
.ow Countries. Thesspanish paintings are OF
Uncommon beauty and interest 4 weird pic
urc OF angels preparing st. Mary OF Egypt for
he grave, is by 1sibera. The exquisite pale
Ion1an. with long, shadowy hair, hovcrs on
he edge of the scpulcllre, while two angels
rape her in winding-sheet. Not far from
his is a Madonna aud Child by Murillo, very
ami1iar because SO often copied. Near 1t
angs fulI-}ength portrait OF St. Kodrigucz,-
powerful, luminous figure, which remains i'm
ressed upon ones memory. But the glory OF
his hall, filled as it is with treasures OF art, |
cams upon us from the Notte."
NIGHT, OF COREEGIO.
his picture represents the sweetest and |
mp1cst Of peasantmothers bending over the |
abe which She holds above her hcart- It is
uight-sccnc, in the bolucst chi4Eoscnro, AMI
nc liyht which illumnatcs the faces OF the
ro1ap cinanatcs from the miraculous child.
ght ing up his mothers features with glory
his own. But why Ito VIC call these things :
liracuIous! What painter can exag!.erate the I /:
yllr which newborn babe brings with him
ito the circle Vi those who love him! Bcauti!
ii rs his mother may have hcen before, she shall
uw shine with light fresher and newer than
or own. In looking upon her child, she shall
arn to smile rs she never smiled before; her
rcs will question, as they never yet did ques- 7
On, the message OF this new spirit. born to
)cak language Of its own. No painter has ! ]
Ut this truth of Nature III q more individual |
III eutluriu@ form than has Corrcygio fn this | !
urh-beloycd composition.
This is but bricf account Of place in which | .
,urs Hit past almost unobsetrcd, in which the | !
lief for what one leaves and loses |
most counterbalances tho delight Of | !
e impressions which are carried away | !
enrich the remaining years of life 4 boon !:
III 4 blessing to mankind is this gallery Of
rcsdcn. Costly As its purchase must have I :
.en, it has not cost SO much as war. What
cr the sins Of its founder may have been, |
csscd be- the inan who gathered together this
.ayeaIv host al fair creations. His name was |
ugust1ls III. Though certainly King, and ,
'ssibly dcspot, we may yet mention him with
spect. JULIA WARD HOWE. 2
SHAD0W-DAY. =.