New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-03-21
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
BARTOLs PRINCIPLES AND PORTRAITS

From the very commencement OF DIS "'ei"! ="
reer the author OF this volume has evihceu sinS"-
lar capacity for doing his own thinking WIN "o
pdps reverence for the opinions of other men, ana
o di,osi,ion whatever TO elect substitute TO: tho
vicarions performance of his intellectual work ms
nages Indicate if not maIvellOusly wide range OF
read;np n familiar ACQUAINTANCE with the chOlccSt
literature &. but he never allows the weight OF n'S
learning TO impair the saliency OF his minu, or III
terrupt the silvery flow OF his thought, WHICH e'iu0S
like water from a living spring through grassy
meadows and waving fields. DR.. Bartol is miracu-
lousIv free from the love of system. Ills ideaS aIo
presented in beautiful forms, with charming coioi
and POLISH but with little continuity Inc hielo
locician who delights in the sequence OF tno"F""
and the evolution Of every sentence from us pre-
calling nelglbor would be thrown into &C.
spar by glance at his COMPOSITIONS TIC
presents no monumental work of art no consnh-
,rate ,rodnc.on of architecture or painting, but
collection of precious gems and exquisite gOloeh
;owels The taste for his writings grows with us
Indulgence: they win the sympathy OF tne
reader as if he were TO /" the manner born ana
he learns to enjoy the musings OF SOUL which II
"hke star and dwells apart" more than tue cum
ming of the artist or the fances of the poet III
Bartors Ophic sayings, however, are seldom Oh an
aerial or unearthy character. However profound
they are rarely obscure, never Mystical luI u
meat and substance never shining straw with no hu
tritous grain. always pleasant to the taste or pres
ent use and rich In seedcorn for future harvest
II would be an GORGEOUS mistake TO regard them as
the outcome of an cratic mind; original thcy uouo'-
less are but never strange eccentric i'll essence;
usually as conspicuous for their homey sense and
wise suggestion as their quaint expression. few
specimens will show the quality Of the author more
clearly than many words of description. Here Tor
instance is a little homy on
LIBERAL EDUCATION
NV friend mouTns over her doc, handsome conc'
that by reason OF neglected. education ne remains
so unframed When he could be Taught 10 nliMd she
SAYS at word or wink to fetch and carry, follow OF
STAY at home bark at pedlcrs, watch tue wagon;
opcn his eve and the Hap OF his ear at every sOid
i'm the night and to distance every burglar and
offensive beast with lis g50wl he can III TACT 0hiN
give his paw. whine and dioD MS tall Mhtn hc Is
sorry or lean ND into her face with unilmeN ana
excessive show of his love. But how many enid,
rem. not to say men and women, a!e as undtVeiopeu
az this puppy of a wear Oid we nave our loNh
school, 3deiny ana cOileCe; ana ,ic lcduli,S'
writing and ciphcrng, and languages WltuSi, III me
preparatory course for Harvard OF Yale. The four
years CurUculu!ii porch ahu ehI'S OF pri Sui
supposes Il perfect unfOldIUg of some sort Bat who
is an educated person I liberal cducGu0n must
go beyond any specially OF Latin, Grcek, lnathe-
matics phvslcs metaphysics. or OF eXpcrinesS IN
medicine, divinity or law winch is scarce DetteF
than an apprenticeship to Trade; and II mus
draw out all the faculties. 80 that man alter ms
minority, shall take possession OF his e.'''e "lh
cultivation that tries its ISsourceN: An educated
person adds grace 10 knowledge. lie never inter-
IupiS. or cuts auOtheIs sentence IN TWO, never
storms swcars, laughs ObsireperJuslY or makes
noise. He shall not strive OF cry, neither snail any
man hear his voice in the streets" Turner was
great painter; but IT he was coarse IN hls habits or
grntf 10 strangers, SO far, despite ms canvas; lie
was brute and boor. Ii Goethe touched hls hat
tothe civil power aud Beethoven, IKE quaker,
nailed his TO his head, tie poet GVnced more cur
ture than the musician. We may be revolutionary,
bit we must not be TgdG IGaSd on an ca1G a
deserts IN some cOuntenances! What dissonance as
of savage tO!n-toms and mOnOt0nY As oil Chinese
gongs in much human speech! Form, pasture and
gesture are so many witnesses or detectives t0dcnOh-
strate full and round instruction, or dlsptOpertOn
and deformlty worse than of statue or building.
Webster was matchlesS advocate, but the Fugitive
Slave Law discovered hole IN his head.
In discoursng on the character and functions OF
tie artist, the author gives few noticeable words
on
THE PRACTICAL USES OF ART
True art is not trhng, superficial, and inconsid-
cradle adjunct to the leisure OF our fe,an enter
tanment for which we are TO give compliment, as
we bow to q stranger and pass by. IL ROADS ana
Sims and telegraphs and tunnels through the NILS
arc its gTOsSer demonstrations appreciated by all,
the picture and statue are TO what is immortal in us
how much more precious and line! IL must. lot
nv instruction. learn dead languages ana tuih over
the leaves of GibbOn and Hume shall not overlook
arts tongues ard narratives alive By my fatigue
as retire know | have been exercised and taught
as much in the galleries as IN the books Our art Is
imperfect, as 1t has many step forward 10 iake'
and to make the good and beauuinl more largely us
theme, leaving the evil or painful, as IN DYING or
dead men or game, which is SO ephemeIal, proper,
tiomally ont Bnt such a suliect as that Good
Samaritan" on the Public Garden, with his ether
for mortal anguish, and as that lus-inaTSuratea
" Emancipation Group" on the Square Xonder must
not only affect but refine and eXalt the common
mind as a sort of silent and inceSsant sermon and
exhortation to mercy. met an mShayed. cOarsely
dressed and not very lately washed fellOw-citizen.
who had stopped 10 gaze with me at the Abraham
Lincoln, in bronze meeting with his downcait eye
the upward glance OF the uniettered slave. have
no fault TO find with that" lie said; and, sure as
you are alive, it will do good" 1t had to him
DR.. Bartol travels somewhat out of the usual rou-
tine in striking chapter on love. We quote part
of his remarks on
THE TKUTHFUINrss OF LOVE.
Love is truth. Ii has no liccntOus secrets, hut a
lawful privacy, all intrusion which is prOfane
As the bird hides her nest amongst the leaves OF the
thcket not for deceit but 10 be true TO her ma IRE
and her offspring and would be false 10 herself ana
to her author if with foolish eand0r she exposed the
delicate beauty of her eggs TO every proving eye
or careless tread of the passing foot so no fankuess
could impart tn vulgar curiosity the truth OF TespOn
sve breasts OF all eavesdroppcrs and overhearcrs
he Is basest who Turks. walks softly on tlptOe, ana
puts his eye and ear 10 tic keyhOe 10 catch the
gentle confession surprise the lugenuOuS blush.
There are scenes in which kth and kin have no part
10 act and from which chuIls and tatters should be
whipped But all privilege of mutual converse
apart has a solemnity which no gay thrOng is over
Swallowed by If it be perverted, heavier response
biIity is attached. But there IS love which avoids
collisions and clears all Obstacles as bind threads,
without touching, the bOughs in the wood. SO IN
terror and ideal Is il, that not even by the wander
ing of the eve on its object IT he caught. II is
simple sentiment, but not therefore less lasting or
strong A sentiment or idea. IN David JumcS, as in
all sceptical or materalistic philosophy, is but the
ghost and remnant of q sensation. Bnt were sensa-
tions in nature the real powers which in thoughts
only dwindle and in feelings arc diluted and
reduced. then beasts were mightier than men! Nul-
gar people have maintained that On sexual appetite
rests the commonwealth. On the attraction be-
tNixt man and woman society Is Based but It's re-
fined is greater than its gross force, and ITS weight
~ like the gravitaiiOn of the glO6e. That is the
most ardent and enduring love wherein is no aim at
pleasure or pOsteriy but hIch survives all earthly
contingencies and knows II can be ont of the body
and in any other heavenly form The hen rutiling
for her chg kenS at tho hawk. and The Malrns mak