, 1879-04-02

TINT ono Of two conditions Is necessary IN order
to sect,re abiding dnrneatie comfort. T'l,n lady
must be unusually simple or stupid; or she must
be unusually Intelligent uni wipc. The very
hnblts Of ab.tracton an,, scli.stuly Of tnnr Of
Fcnua lend him frequently nni anMctitncs for
long away from all communion with his family.
linus ltis necessary, IN order to calmly suffer
Tho work and with tho pcps which tIuin.t,ds
IT; s,cli sYnrntllY rs VIC lind. for example,
.hc wife Of Nsebnhr, giving evidence Of oti
her 1eathbea. Nlcbulr Ind never spoken to
her OF her approaching death, mitch as he Eongcl
stcinn furhndo nil excitement. Unvo only, few
ays before her death, ns he was holding her III
i,'s arms, l,o asked llcr II thcru wns no pleasure
he could Elvo her,. nothfng lie could do for h9r
i ioyc: "inn vii VI finish your history whether l
liye or ta|c." Tint srns her only desire.
Or. a. wa l'nyo said, fatEing auct, nobility Of
n! mird, >l., # would appear tint to next oest 9pe
the oppnsitc eStretnc--,thGt Is, perfcet humanity
or SIMPLICITY, or In tic downright stupidity Ut
Ills wife. An cxample OF ths latter slcgcss,
ors particular r. md f s'rik!nH tan tpsc o ays
Escatcst Of German authors. lie was subjuct
IL hts ot the fcsccat passlo1l. In whIrl, liz tIe-
nonnced his ssIo n sI!np!c rrenturc) 10 torrents
u tho most tragicat nsnl scath!ng language.
Any woman a. Eer s,is:entibtlty or better utl,l.
cation must have trcnlblel With terror under
6urll raroxyasns of rage; Dut tls Indy }atgucl
With CALM admiration. shc did not understand
q syllable Of tic ticcth: but ilie unllcstnttng
gestures cau.tvatcl tho mind Of the simple
woman, mud the tusrcnt of abuse which should
have overwhelmed. tier with griuE only
drew from her some INGENIOUS cxpres-
under the impression that at tllcso moments lIcr
husband WIS but splrarslng to her parts OF illc
play he had lust written; md ahe wns no doubt
ilattered too IN f1cr little way with the rolls OF
f,rlft ht,%xtt
passion which md SO entirely missed i.s mark
Gould not be confined with any reasonable
liuDe Of success. Beside, The fHuru was not
1',ore signal than co!nlcl md II never failed to
re5t0re the good hunl0r Of the cllo1crtc n,ltllor
Now, II we turn to instances in which n,e,, Of
great genius l,nrc married wotnali who have
been neither Distinguished for sense nor fer the
want Ul tt,-wh0sa mental cllbTe hus bebn OF a
the frequent unl,appilltss which lius followed.
such lnltcs nru not foolish, aB the term Is
usually understood; they perform the duties
which they Imagine belonged to their station.
ma they cx!set thy priv!cues alan which per-
tain to It. Thus they make excellent partners
Tor our business ncn, wfioso duties aud
whose pleasures They understand nul generally
sharc: but II such lady thinks ot uniting
herself to man Of Ereat genius, lot her reflect
experiment. Inke first tic experiences of Dry
den. our grcnt English poet, fl1ul ut his VIE
Indy Elizabeth. Ihe. lady, though bnIougng
to the artstocraey. md, therefore, presumably
well cdncated, Ind ut sympathy with ,tle r.
MUS Of her hlsf,al,d.-a genius that required tlls
retirement 30 frcG Gucntly from thH family
sl,u was, moreover, wn1nnll Ut Violent tutnpcr
md OF but moderate intelligence. Dryden find
had suffered snucl from that temper; ul,l Hhis
inycct!vcs," says Malone, "neanst the married
stnt1 wero frequent anl bitter, nnd wetc COLI
t,nued TO the latest period NJ ills llfe.'' And rs
SIR WMlter Scnts gently reninrks: "llfs cxcur-
blotls to thu country Beenl to havu been fire.
ira n nFr lfN J,nR1 hat h
ulWAvs rc1nnlnttl in town.
Mllton's unfortunate matrimonial engage
ments are well known to nil, md his "'rrpatise
on Divorce" Which his domestic misfortune
stnnE l!nl Into writing, inns bern widely pcrnsetl
By nll classes. but fn this lnstarlEe W1 ca,l lee
less sympathy for the nustero Milton tha,1 for
TINT glrl Ut II, who was brought up in homo
wllcru there was plenty Ut company, ind ,ncr-
to live witt, thu author OF 'trnratlfso Lost"
found It so solitary. No ,bcrrinunt uill dune
lug in Mlltons house, ussure!iy; but ull study
Ing % II for thcir fves-'tic grcat poet reading,
ferent lanCuagcs, ls ncpl'ews struggling lard
With twD or three. Il vcritnhlc snilt, Tits ncw
house Ut hers, fr0sn attfc 10 basrHleut. and tlle
neyeF-ccaslnE grinding * verbs aud dcr'ensions
n plugne to lscr ears. What would tile poor child
not havegIrca to hare c!tchanyed Into rca. mil;
thy one Tor INSTANCE, tlcar her lon.c at Forest
1ll IN Oxtords.lIro; md nstrad u l!earlpg ille
yalt'abl6 bhllltbns Of I,1drhttu ,'ia Ep!ttrtus
anu utfn0Stiletlta, now hef heart HOtlu Hurb
thumpetl with Joy to have heard the voices uf
Tnn mud Jerry shouting to ihc tcrrtersl S.,fna
such Thoughts tho young bride must have llal,
for utter tow weeks she fled back to tier co1lrl-
try home promising To rcturn-sUnlc lay-ns
ull children lo on tie cvo Of ,!,cir release.
Aud nov, 10 conclusion, rlny VIC venture 10
nsli tic young latlira who n,ny rcad these lines
10 reflect beuse giving their hal.tls to genius,
let grnus press them ever eagerly. Let them
ask themselves 1t they aru stupid enough for
stlct IL fats; or arB they clever enough. Fer
piled Than TINT mentioned above. Having duly
ret!ected, lot ,he young lady say to herself;
'.Do tec certain tlat l snail ALWAYS prefer
Eplctcius anl Lucrettus to Tom nsld derry mud
t1lelr more active pursnitssf