New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-02-03

,;ce was more conspjcuous than humanity in the
treatment of offenders. Executions were nos
public, but were accompanied by "a ooI'% ye
which was meant TO be impressive, but "hlch We
should not hesitate TO call cruei anu W IN the
Four pirates, who were executed i'll loIo -, The
presence OF twenty thousand spectators W. ,Soved
cOnspicuons objects in a procession when inoVeu
through the principal streets OF the Town III III, M
q route previously advertised, IN GREER tn wa.
citizens might lose the qualification oil tue
spectacle. Social penalties. always inpol lies
TO good living, were administered unueI LIN
somewhat different from those which now on'o ,or
Drunkenness did not connote the vices OF chaIacooa
with which il is now associated; coenoa od and
occasionally witnessed at the tables oil soGu o "
honorable gentlemen which would now 4, o Ill
slhle among those TO whom these adectlVes Co,iiu
apply. degree of license was permltteu w ~
in their relations with women OF an inlc.'on ~
but the moment the conyentIonal HniT wa tho
ceeded a wholesome public opinion outlawed tne
transgressOr. d" man may repent, anu uou Iite
forgive him but his so ft the "stracsm of
his generation for au offence OF tnls nature. ny
speaker was a man of large wealth. mucn vi NIL
was left for public uscs. OhenuerS U9-uaf VIZ
financial position is so favorable need not despair
of obtaining condonement Inc painhess w
coarseness of speech which was permitted among
our ancestors had little bearing upon morals. we
are not called upon To assume airs al SUPERIORITY
because Judge Parsons thought Tom Jones a.,
suitable book to present 60 lady, or because Ine
most courtly of ModeratOrs cOnvulsed town
meeting with jest of which these types can iir.
nlsh adumbratiOn. If either OF these eNee, zen,
gentlemen could visit their descendants, they
would be startled at our tolerance OF Gus
toms which would seem to them in the highest de-
gree Objectionable.
A brief but delightful portion cf the chapter on
Philosophic Thought in Boston" is the work OF
George Ripley, the brilliant and lamonted critic OF
The TRIBUNE II is marked by all the grace. the
finish and the sincerity which ever distinguished
his work The prominent thinkers discussed Oy
Dr. Ripley were all like himself, men of Harvard
Among them is Andrews Norton, whose qualities as
painted by Dr. Ripley suggest in several particulars
those of the artist although their philoophc beeIS
were wholly unlike, and were at one time matter OF
controversy between them DR.. Ripley says OF FRO
fcSSor Norton:
In early life he was far in advance Of most OF his
contemporaries IN sound ana exact learning dhu
IN what was then deemed an excessive ii"eh1hi %
speculation He was connected win Harvard blst
as tutor then as librarian, and aiterWald "a ~
f.ssor Of Sacred Literature In each OF these ohGes
his influence marked ana sanitary. ms
thorough scholarship served to give form ana SUD
stance to the literary enthusiasm which ut That
time prevailed in Cambridge. Ills refined ana eN-
quiSte taste cast On air OF purity and elee2nce
around the spirit of the place ms hd2S M were o
severe as those OF medieval monk. His love OF
! terat Ire a passion. The predominant quar-
| ties of his mind were clearnvss OF perception
rGdity Of Judgment, accuracy OF expression ana
! clastc imagination. His peculiar sphere was that
of theology and criticism hut no department o eIe-
can't letters was foreign 10 his tastes Every scholar
! in Cambridge received an inspiring impulse IRON
| his example. The lucidl5y Of his intellect. the
deptn of his eTuditiOn and the choice iehciieS OF
| his language presented a new btdUIdi OI tNNtl-
ence and gave higher tone to he Literary eharac-
ter OF Boston. But the personal trans OF Mr. Nor
ton cXeTted a still more powerful influence: HIS
| hatred of pTeensOn was equaled only by his de-
votiOn to truth, He sputned with beautiful DIS
dam whatever he deemed to be iaise or shallow
OF insncere. He demanded the stamp 81 Genulle-
ness. reality. harmony OF proportion ana perspec
tive everythin which challenged his approval
Ills sympathics nOU easily won, nor was ne
lavish in the expression OF even favorable JudE-
mcns. He was free, perhaps, from what may be
called neral suspicion, but ne certainty oi'eu
/ evlnced excess of intellectual caution man
of stainless purity of purpose, Oh hlgh illesrV Oh
! lite, with profound sense OF religion, ana severe
| simplicity Of manners, his example was perpetual
rebukc 10 tie cOnce teducSs OF learning the vanity
of youthful scholarship and the habit 81 VAIN ana
shallow thought
Dr. R,plcy's death brought this part of bis work to
| a sudden conclusion lac left, however, sketch of
the plan which he had III mind, and the chapter was
completed in accordance with this plan by George
p Bradford
An interesting chapter on BoSton's Topography
and Landmarks of the Last Hundred Years the
work of Edward Stanwood--has supplementary
| 10 es by the editor Edward Atkinson contributes
! a chapter on Boston as Centre OF Manufacturing
| CAPITAL" and II. A. Hill one The Trade, Com
rrerce and Navigation" of the city. careful and
| exhaustive chapter on The Canal and Railroad
| Enterprise of Boston is the work of Charles Fran
els Adams, jr. John s. Dwight's chapter on Music
| in Boston is full of entertainment. is Mr.. Win
sor's sketch of the Boston Libraries. Other writers
equally competent have dealt with the women, the
architecture the fine arts, the schools, the science
the charities, the horticulture, aud the bench and
| bar of the city. DR.. Oliver Wendell Ho mes
| in some memoranda on medicine and doctors
| displays not a little of his accustomed hu-
NOR His sketches of the old-time physicians are
! quaintly charming. OF some of these wise men the
witty doctor has had personal knowledge; he was,
| for example in the days OF his youth vaccinatcd
| by the learned Benjamin WaterhOuse, %hO intro
| dl ced into the Western world that method Of pre-
venting smallpox "A brisk, dapper Old gentle
| man. Dr. Holmes says, with hair tied III ribbon
| behind and think, powdered. marching smartly
| about with his gold headed cane, with look of
questioning sagacity and an utterance of Oracular
| gravity-the good people of Cambridge listened 70
his learned talk when they were well, and sent for
one Of the two other doctors when they were sick.
OF Dr. William Carnage DR.. Holmes has less ami
able memories.
about with his gOld-headed cane like a London
! physician minus his chariot and his patients, Dr.
| William Carnage was riding round on Il Thubarb-
| coored horse with his saddlcbags behind him, and
stopping at door after door Grim taclturn, rough
m aspect, his visits to the household were the night
mare If the nursery. He would look at the tongue,
feel of the pulse and shake from OF his phlals
| horrible mound Of powdered ipccac, or revolving
| hean of rhubatb-good stirring remedies that
| meant business but left "A flavor behind them which
| embttered ;he recoections OF CHILDHOOD. This
| was the kind of practice many patients preferred
| in those days: they liked TO know they had taken
something energetic and active,-,f which fact they
were soon satisfied after one OF Dr. damages pre-
iptlODs.
The portraits and other illustrations of ths vol
ume are many, and are emnently interesting The
book is in every particular creditabie to its pro-
iector and publishers. They deserve cordial praise
for the liberal and artistic spirit IN which they have
conducted the work-one winch has evidently been
a labor of love to the loyal Bostonians engaged in
it, The history of Boston is in many ways a his