New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-03-22
FOREIGN PERIODICALS.
TIP NINETEENTH CENTURY. March

" IfgIYS-5lDns OF dLatFGds "! IL W. -~'
~Eite read with interest esDdh and initiFent &c
,rt Ct tie gritel exptT1eDes oDEiDg feteui f' VI
I've refI n this enuItZy TIE nDOsins o. -e bisfoDf
ana Oeos4r lat. ~ thls sborf Period NJ Dsie cox
sssses hat L. enO8Rb To eonvihos LIN t-a' s"iS
81 TIE popular representations OF the AieTesA P"Pe
vhlch have beelms popular m Enf2hc are gfoes shd
,ls1aesous liyls7 Tie JeTso1s he net with II seT-
Yo-k cu1 C. sagO N Boston ard Philadelphia, Ia WssS-
lugtsn and tie manufacturing towns a ezEngiznd
ve-e equally mike the kighislrin, s<lf7sserStng
American q csr1estne and popular fancy Ihsy we're
fnef nsiesd q nOT. modest instead Of osieristionz
sns Dos.tfUl ret.eent rather than dsuoosts'Ve NJ
DALI wa only with the exreu0s serieDfss q
Auercsu nsbDers bot with TIE remains Of tie o-d-
fssnoned formal courtesy, which has almost oi.-p
Ieared IN EuglzBd II al UNEXPECTED thns % hN1
tie Ar9ei.esas reserved peop1s lie e0la Do' E1'
them 70 tx 10 iiro about their sSsir. Manu-
fatnrsr. did rot tel him how many oer they employee
Ior were merchants sDEiOus 20 impress BIN "th '1s
magnitude % their business operations He could not
a,yays discover whether The people he vas travelling
with spyfovoS Of Mr. Ha5 es's sOthsn oey or not OF
even yletheT they belonged 70 the Repu6iean or ne
Democratic party This GIdeusonsts4tive tone, low
ever u more common IN bis opinion, 10 Se7-Eogsnd
than IN other parts II the country. II think, says he
THAT the manner. 81 TIE people saw IN Chicago, PAA
deIpia and Sew-YOrk. thoaga quiet, were fToeF and
I0re cordial than TIE Manners % TIE people sT u
Heu Eng sud here les restraint upon tie eKpte
slOB a kindly feeling words and tore and bearing
The gex-Rsgsnder Is apt 10 keep his heart where lie
teeps the furnace which heats his hOuseudeTEoaLo-
He dOes no; OE-n CRATE IN every Fooi1
and 70 e; y0u Ere. Bot The IRE Is there snd tns
heat makes Il. Wy secretly every part Of TIE L0a-e
You see 10 Goals burning bot behind the doG Oh iLe
dningrOo1o there "a hole IN the carpet and through
In r.ts;4r there comes 81 hot ar which Eeps
TIE room a. 20, the eoldsst day ISeTe Il aDothef
register fl ihe han and another in your bedroom
ruiszed The % the FIRE When we hsc ~Aat the
Americana call the frat snap Of cold weather, waited
- - razE u
fbCuxh there as frost outside there was 10 reason
for sniver!ng incOOr. And So though American ana
especially perhsp. the SeEEngzn1sis are not cencn-
stEatTe stranger oseOyefs that they are among
the kindest peOpe IN TIE world Thsre ar 10 liS 70
fs4sr kinAness TAey ind out hat t1er guest would
Ike To zee and r. d. and spare ihsscyes 10 thought
or trouble 70 crafty him Ibeir hospitality !. q TIE
Be-, ~ort they 90 not force srraseT 70 VET i-s Pisces
winch they Themselves think the nsi interesting
aud aTacflve thsy consult lie issfss and place Ae1
telYes st-oufey his dispps4L" .f Dz.e's iMI9ea-
s;ous were highly favorable 70 the inteAGenee' me
virtue and the eoufor1 Of the rural es.1cts Of New
IngIani H hsd felt a special curiosity % tlls point
and before leaving the country he haf ample Opiftu-
iy for its qualification. He gyes pleasant BIZ q hs
.r4r,ence On til. matter a. f0loEs: II driving one
afternoon. in The ueghbOrbOO1 u SeE-HsveD, Win
gentleman who lived among NeT-Engand farmers fof
many YEAR AID told lin that should ike 70 FEC tie
inside Of one peasant-iookDg farDh0uses which
we were continually passing. He said By all means
and al the next farmhouse lie pulled up j askeA
him whether he knew the people wao hved
there 40 Ny friends daughter. a young
LADY Who bar also sesD sreat deal Of eoun-
Try life IN SeyEDg and went and asked whether Two
English gentlemen might the house, and IN few
moments she came aud said that we might 20 H.
The farm belonged 70 WIDOW. 1hs met us at the coOT
and received rs with a quiet dignity and grace which
xond nave done no dlscredit TO the lady Of English
squire owning an estate worth four five thousand
yea. Her English eXceIlent-the English ~ re-
fined and educated Her bearing and manners
Lad an aud quietness Which we're Charming. Inc
house had three good siitlng-iooms well furnished
Books and magazines lying about and there was
small bat pretty grcenhouse. vent into one bedroom
and saw that it extremely neat, and that the linen
looked rs white the driven found that the
farm unusually large one, being about 900 acres
How much OF It vas under actual cultivation and how
much was unmproved,' It did not occur 10 me 70 ask
The farm work done by the lady's Two sons ara
either two or three 'hed Who lived in the house.
There was another hired man WHO did chores cut
tie wood lit the fires. attended the garden. cleaned
The boots vent errands, and relieved The solitary
grl OF the rougher part Of the work when the hay
had 20 be got beat cut dare SAY he was em-
ployed on the farm. The house the impression
that the people who lived In II must be surrounded
By all the comforts and many OF the lnIuTies and refine
rents OF life The lady, whom have already described,
was the only Of the family that was fortunate
enough 10 SEE when we had got back the carriage
charged my friend rouneiy with having played nc
false told him that felt that tie house was not
fair specimen Of it's kind and that The lady had seen
must be very Of he ladies' Of the class
that be must selected the farm in order 70 give
afavorsble impression However, he assured me that II
was not co. Then appealed TO the young lady who had
gone into the house with my travelling companion and
rnysei She said that the house certainly rather
better average farmhouse but that there were
very many quite good and that the lady was
rather superior both In education and in refinement OF
snDer average farmers wife, but that she knew
very many ladies living In farmhouse who were quito
her equals" The poem Of Mr. Tennyson entitled The
Revenge Ballad Of the Fleet" 10 In some respects
Characteristic but will probably not greatly enhance the
renown OF the author Mr. BrOwnings poem in the same
kind "Herye Rie" will doubtless receive the prefer
ence from most readers.
THE CONTEMPORARY REVIEW. March.
"Tbe English Language as Spoken and Writ