, 1882-11-18

| IN mere Amusement. Are yoa certain that he
I IAs ho' DEPOSITED With the nssmeut.
Sn you eatsh yoarself thinking Of EhA, you. have
reaa onS AFTER you have l.ii down the book, Dou',
Ioa hoi soca=thins o. The philosophy c{ tbs. book
| ThlsflnS. or better word, t.,Ip-rsng with th-
raofaI Of .our hfes II you do no. yoa have mad. |.
! LUCKY ese.p-, m esssps not common .n.on- men
least oi n! 'uuinoa among young women or yuuu.
men But read under the surtaS of the l.cz. .nr,-
eiy noye' that which alma lie dscasson u moral
ana sOc4! problems, that z,Ias The anSly.;. of
cAr~eter That r-p-sseDis he spi uanzsrs that de-
! an-s the reistlons Of the ssx-s. One OF the sr,,
things yoa vIll learn, II you = sriticai reader j.
| That ihe novel vas written with Z purposs What
tAst purpose. sii best appear when you detect the
Dv phiosp phss OF the aSs, when you detect the L..
tty OF lie writer 20 lie higher range Of moral and
,I tns,itn ,aons vhsn you perseiye the low
se- thzt The general purpose OF the look % make
new socety that srali cut loose from tLe safo anchor
age oil Chrstanlty. that stall BE fast aud fres No
| better way eoud b adopted than this " theSe
srltrrs stouId put thelr principles into editorial
shspe. .ni publish them IN tbs nexEpapsr tia pub
.'e would mob the of.es and utterly wipe 1t out But
IN the gus- OF ncton which shall pless. ard ute,e,t
which rhs!i Euuse and delight thess pe,ui. can ste.
INTO The sacred prscinets Of Your hons .sks their
| Place sI'tIn Teash Of the good and >. e, and
| there fsinili.rias .he minis OF you. =. with
| what 10 low IN principle, looss in anti
| chrstian IL morals, ss; OF vics IN at . garb
soften down pTeIadiee against II, and th= tear
DOWN all the dsene- OF their character and send th
into real life theorstic.l and p-sslc. zivu>xt-, OF
| social science that VIII wreck the world A you
make study Of this novel fairly consider thu per
sonAs-s oft. their acts 10 you fall IN love with
any OF thein or are they not 80 much A. variance
| With your itess Of true manhood ard wcmznhopd
that you are rrIeilec- Are tbs Generally OF
! 4 low typ. with cons iencs honor when that
stands in the way Of the realisation OF their puroses
Are not the women boii free o, manner reckless Of
the rroprieties, sort of sci,l m,r.uaers 4. srxl
aiming A. captnrin. the Lus and. lover. OF other
| WOMB. -ps II narFiud. firing freely with every
| one about hsn- Then study out the plot not IN
Ike tire characters made 10 d. into Of false
entTn-ni guilty passion. scandal, intriyues sup
planting zach other, dsssnei apparently .-s hox
| interesting such false Characters te mafe and
| how much sest Be infused into such pas.lon
More than one half o. such sori-. turn ilLe love
oil so-ne descrIpton and about IL thesc writers SEEK
10 throw glamour Of symp.thetia seutimentalisIn
stage tr- ct ros--ss!OEed light, that the weak
are mis=i and even the thoug htflI often bnd.d
"a the mora. sonceItinn thGs 2!sG-l over. Iii.
dsrimnate move! rsa Ing u at the Very root Of most
| OF the present -yils IN .oeie.y. What you
| cKpsGt but this fruit phsn your son aud your
Daughters, read ota young srl who engages h-r.eR
u three a. once. OF aIo- hes 10
friend AID deliberately steals away from that friend
| the man TO whom sbe l. engaged, with the whole
Oros of the story thrown into the effort make the
reader take sides with tn raier lake sides with
tue wrong ALL decide aS.lb.t right, to Admire weak
characters What 10 THE moral Of thls' NUt Ia hold
up such social frauds 10 r-protstion bn: th. ths,
W be 1uet ami dessgt II stupii aud dull, If you
visit 10 10 thought interesting and brilliant you must
he iAst AMI fr-e, that 10 b- hlStons AMI EIsh.pir
Itel 10 to te trescherOns and uncontrJlabe. that
ong ss you keep certain elastic bounds, You can
love whom you please; that husbands and wives are
of all pv,nu- the ea.; 10 each o;her; that disorder
Iy pass tgll Of beauty aud csyth that InttrmO-
| ny sort tyranny. That II the George sand
school that rRsDy II mo! !srn writers apIng
to-day, and the more decatey, mod--tly, pauslbly
| they put their rrVOu;DEIsug and per, iciors
doctrines the more dangerous they become. VEN
ture the assertion tha: tier. 10 lot now and has not
been for ten yearb n single revolutionary iien EdOh.
any where in tb. country, the .ulest of woman.
FE1f.a and fsS-yF, I.
due IrIuIsitey 70 The influences OF this sentimental
or society novel. Th=se authors and especially our
female WRITER'S such Gabrislie 81. mere, Mrs
WOODS, OlIdt. and host OF others, |
feed the public a more a-ry stuff than the
m-terial u.ei by George sand They thIov OF glow |
ing chap Of young 1ssre, full OF dramatic out
bursts and iln-trarein naked and appalling sim
plicty such doctrines should draw upon them the
thunder Of society dengnClatlOn- such writers are
the IaIaas OF literature AMI passion, sEestures who
deliberately seise upon generous, noble, youth
fu hearts drain them OF .Ove Of inspiration and all
their profoundest eInons then hiny them, squeeHd
and hiet-s, away. The Charge 30 eominnniy male
against Goe;te that he played with the girisk lave
ot Betna and others IN order " obtain subject Tor
literary dissection be urged aSairs' such winters
have spisr consIirraton Evil Influences have
sepVsi the heart and strength OF such authors and
prepared them for premature AMI shameful literary
life, which there 70 not one pure, io!iy, tender
STRAIN of sOul. Into literature such writers have
fqng their spite against good behavior and orderly
ways ths Part OF vornankIni they sneer at the
their standard cLr.si4n people. and they make
pet of the daredevil self.Eness N some one " It's
pro,-zn shaI.s is ths prlme motor with which the
ch.raeteTs of such novels work out their re-. or woe
vain aspirations and especially love- always pure
and holy, but love OF low passion They are false
picture. Of the s that Low and false OF the life
TO c1me. As IN the French school :hs practice - 10
make copy Of the private lives characters and re!a
,On.hIps uf the writers Themselves their frieu1s,
and II utterly iets-tate. We have an example Cf
this in Iamartine but his shortcomings IN tins re-
vi ifsrf hau when elmnarel
tie lurd mOnsti oses Of these modern authors who
90 cDnspicuously every illustrative character AID
catastrophe Of their hooks teach an easy, compliment
theory a egotlstic4l and detas;ng indulyenoe IN
morality They DO not teach young tn.n and young |
TO look At the realities Of lie through the me-
diu i. ;eir fiction lot u whGe - the stars and ran
out against III. p1vers shave. that men and women
mere puppets OF existence, AMI their works are
not exp .Itions Of ths tremendous realities of the
eeinss and they do teach these readers TO LOOK upon
the liabilities OF lite with Inc-renes not
contc pt All Of II 10 sentiment that - unflennny
and untue Not out o. ten ~ these tooss teach
tha. which can bs summed up lssson OF cond-
der,ce N uans Ys.sib.ies and hope IN LA steady
progress. Such Is the moral drift OF class OF /
sentimental and society novels. rnututes OF young
people read and Is. prps:uaily; sneering At con-
sclentOus friends who do not read them, drift that
i. .v.r s.t,ny toward the ooctrre that character
ennobled by laxi;y OF morals, that thoss who SOW
their Wild cats freely and live in not And recSess
more interesting than tLoae who DO not 10
Won rot see That this SORT OF ethics eors seety To-
dsyi Are there not within yOur aqualntanoe Young
girls and young men who are assorost IN the aonss
OF fustian heroes and heroines; young prope vLo
are lo.rg over loves inh.ehties. trials and sham
.crIuvs until home duties sDf home pleasures are
utterly ai.tastsfuf Young people In the gsrret or
IN home vhs-e the Ill .sei sunlight ftsrs through
lace and falls Ii RiIttsrins fftstne.S tIoa
velvet CARPETS who through three k are hvins
unreal ivcs who getting fsis- we've ot etioh'
who sigh for sornething above and tsyonf; Who are
pawn. the Way for the tempter When h comes Sho
are t.iins tarines. Light: Who are temporasng,
d.lylug lesnIng out perpendicular Who are moi-
eiins after uIreal caaracteTf Drop by ufJp the
false phllo.ophy rers nIo TIN heart. ise uao.a-F
wonders that her daughter 10 gr5vns up irisLiou,i
Al uum.na-,bl,; wonders ~ the foninesa ioi hre-
" that appears alest toaaolsi ~ ths aeish, u.'h
vhlch that daughter details ths sersationsi Grams
AT th.st-@ Her hart tskes alarm nj he loss ni
rnai,eply reserve and she anxious over the som
p.nv & unatsrsble usn IN her dsuthters -nc-ty:
Look st the boUt. ths daughter u resiins, ana
there need De no cause for Wonder. I1se up Toi-
un,e tr,.b from the pen Il Ou.iA. Mhat 10 Us mot
10, 10 s.joy. What vi. be tie result OF An-
.tsn, interested Irdulyeue III such eo"E snih
intellectual nn3er which the excitement
increases IN I'll the weak ned EiIn1 70 IN vhri OF
ltsr.ry frenzy, ani soon bscoIn-s vno.y incspaoe
o; ass initiating vho!ssoins and rstGr.i mehlA loi-
Do YOU remember that there 10 nothing Al one
.h.ivy and so real sosilent and YET % poW.fiui,
40 uDol,rus We vet 10 rneInsatOus ss an rIez' -
ya.u- .nt Thanton!ike dos II appear, thst W. ef-
tinuslly make light OF It. 1t . only not - nc
ing hut an cp Iica, sas " ltres-e III lne mag
nation say We. sEili ot that sweet vssrALt oi Ite
un.yerse sni In slrT way Ss dIsnss y, iv'
,.n.,hle :hus # the w. ri ov, u orlsIn 70 isS
SliII more dos huusn atuet las Less seem IN
tLemselvss 30 Quiet sIi nArIUl1ss that We an 70 AZ
r.ee. at thai, destructive power itinf OF wat
Tsv r,n- O: false idea OF If tsten out o: one OF
the,e 10 ks sni droppei into the Aert of rahs ID
-. s,,r.tiye period fife Think Of the poisonous
;asence that IL spread through the IntTlcste vn-
,nv. of the hear. sni ie-2en IN its intensity UNI
the whole life s tainted Let ths iI4ft1 oi o,e %
$50, t.uis the word. 80 ENJOY, nhi ln'o the hnI
an, Ak. ru.It. sh.t Is n re-1lS Al nr,: srns
b,tl, more th,n thilii.h folly, yet - ie'eHpsi.