New-York tribune., 1878-06-21

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While the meadows are IN tune
And the trees are bOssOmmg,
And the robbins mato and sing
Whisper, love, and name a day
In this merry month OF May
NOuo,nO,
You shall not escape me sol
Love VIII not forever wait
Roses fade when gathered late
Fie for shame. Sir Macontenti
How time be better spent
Than in wOolngi | would wed
When the clover blossoms red,
When the air IA full OF bliss,
And the sunshine like a kiss
lfYOu're good TIL grant a bOonI
You shall have me, cir III June
Nay, nav, nay
Girls Tor once should have their way
you love me wait till June;
ROscbuds wither picked too soon.
Mrs spoffords Our Neghbor" is a charming tribute
to famous pOetess in which the spell of local names s
deftly mterwoyen with the tender Offering Of friendly
sentiment.
HARPER.
The space devoted in this number TO the
illustration OF social life and Virginia will
claim the attention OF every reader Of the magazine in
the Old Dominion, while It furnishes the stranger in
that hosptable quarter with agreeable picture OF the
od-fashiOncd times before the march OF modern i'm
proyements. Some Landmarks Of Old Virginia" by
Allen c. RedwOod Owlet," by John EsteD Cooke, and
'Od Time Militia Mustcrs," by Porte Crayon, lift up
the curtain Of the past presenting Of which the
the same vein, giving a glimpse OF ancient
Dixie, and showing bright spot in slavery
as sometimes in the old family dOmes-
TICS and binding the superficial observer TO the
inherent evils Of the system. Hospital Life in New
York." by W. H. Rideng, presents series Of lively
sketches illustrating prominent branch Of public
charity in this city and giving highly favorable view
OF the systematic arrangements for relieving the suf
ferers from chronic disease and sudden accident Au
iuteresng paper by Mason, is devoted TO Van Dyck,
giving curious anecdotes Of the great Flemish
painter during his residence in England at the court Of
Charles l., and number Of equally interesting particu
lars about votaire Among the Swiss" related by
the Rev Abel Stevens, who treats the subject in truly
unpredjudiced and liberal spirit The Usage Of Fcney"
YOltaire sometimes called, loved TO try his hand
at everything, Of which amusing example Is given In
his attempt preach to the Roman Catholic peasants In
the church which he had erected his premises.
In his capacity the feudal segneur Of Feney having
made the regular Easter confession his cure Father
Adam, he marched the next day in procession with his
priests and household followed by tho villagers with
haberds, muskets, tambOurs and trumpes, 10 the little
chapel where he received the communion But more
| surprising scene followed. At the moment for the
preaching Yoaire, waving aside his cure mounted the
pulpit and delivered fiery sermon against theft for
peasant had recently stolen Of his lie be-
Ieved the thief would be present remarkable
OccasOn he denounced him and apostrophzed
him, exhOrting him to make forthwith con-
fcsson TO Father Adam, and be thankful TO Proyi-
dence that he escaped hanging He waKed warm I'm
his harange that the cure alarmed al the irregarity
the scene and thinking OF his bishop, rushed Of
building; the peasants preciptaed themselves after
him. and left tho patriarch 10 finish his and
his ire at his leisure The Bishop Of Annecy sent him
grave remOnstrance he replied that II is not sufficient
10 ones vassals from the horrors Of poverty.
and contribute much possible TO their temporal
happiness; It is necessary also to edfy them and it
would indeed that seigneur OF parish
could in church which he himself has built what
all the pretended rcfOrmers do In theirs" The number
remarkable for the absence Of poetry the usual sing
ingbirds having apparently taken fight, though
tainy not 20 a blander climate cOngenal woods
LTPPINCOTT."
The first article in LippiRcOH, entitled Here
and there IN Old Bristol" treats mainly Of Mistress Han
nah More the venerable literary spnster whose name
recalls that Of Or. johnson, Horace Wapoe, Garrick
WlberfOrce Thackeray, Macauay, and other celebrities
OF their time, although nfrequent mention is made
Of own and she scarcely mentioned perhaps the
most popular writer Of the early part OF the present
tury. The Popular Marriage Customs Of Sicily sug-
ges series of quaint pictures peculiar TO that romantic
island representing the odd ceremonies at scan we'd
dings in which music and macaroni figure the prn-
cpal elements "Gimpses Of Brusses In few decls-
i've words dispatches the famous Wertz Gallery
Of paintings, which has long been tho object
OF curiosity and wonder with the ON
niVOfOus sightseeing American tourists: Brussels
possesses among her other sights curiosity with which
sho could very well dispense-namey, the Werz Gal
leTy It Is collection Of horrors depicted on colossal
scale by whose powers Of painting were scarcely
equal 20 those OF respectable sceDeDainer series
OF nightmares, expressed with a SORT OF epepuc vo-
lence aud without any artistic value cothe the walls Of
the immense studio with gigantic abomlnations There
is neither originality Of conception nor intelligence OF
execution 20 redeem their hdeousness their horror is
of the simplest bugaDoo kind. blowing his head
10 pieces with pistOshot supposed corpse coming
10 life In its coffin; the First Napoleon In the flames Of
hell with q multitude Of women shaking at him the
bloody severed limbs Of their and husbands child
burned alive In itG cradle; the head OF decapitaed
criminal and the visions that filed its brain-such
some Of the CHASTITY mangs Of this diseased and un
educated nature Compare such works as these with
Dore's crudest conceptions, and the difference
between the inventions OF genius and those Of
a morbid intellect becomes at once apparent"
In the Census Of $780, MI Henry Stone presents
era interesting details in regard to the manner in which
the service OF censustakng has heretofore been per
formed with certain valuable hints as TO the conducting
Of the process in future In the following paragraph the
praise and blame Of public officials appear to be very
Justly distributed The absurd inanItes which charac
teze 80 Of the report Of the superintendent OF the
census Of se0 and the doctrinae theories injected into
the report $780, ought again TO find expression
In any public document bearing the Official sanction Of
the United States The census report Of $780, COM
pared with that Of 1870 is as the eGrbonian bog 10
weappointed lawn For the first time since its inee