New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-04-20
really the dupe Of his vanity. and OF the miscaicus
ton which led hun to exsR0rate his pupi0 Soi-

reaI,v the dime of his vanity and Of the miscalcua
ton which led hun to exsRgtrate MS puoiio ''i
vices the presence of the public.
As the history extends the sixth century OF our
era 1t includes great deal of patriotic ana o'nef
theological literature. If the author appears 10 oe
,es, svmpatbet,c or less at ease in this than In the
earlier part of his work. this Is IN some ucg'oo
owing to tho fact that with Ambrose, Jerome
Augustine. etc. the purpose of writing was lar
from being literary purpose. and it'll impossio'e
TO measure their work by literary rules. one VI
the most readable passages in this dlVlsion Vi '"o
second volume is that devoted to st. Jerome ou'
il is also one of the most obviously inaueVu'
The appreciation of st. Augustine Is more co'u'"'
but no far IT falls short of the complete ttu'h may
be Judged from the following remarks Oh 'no
ConfessiOns:"
There is something like lustlhcaton ioy
,i ~. not vritten in the sivle of field preacher
but the @ is N extraOrdluary ettuSvrneA9 a.u ~
sc of self-cOntrol men are Htrahge ~ ,, r,I
ernture; there is n redundancy Of suggestIon' PATTY
dine 10 the authors rhetorical traiuing anu Ne' un
like formal rhe 0ric; became thongh Inc naleIlaIs
are accumulated with PROPULSION iha' So
rhetorical fertility. they are not aitanscn VII
rhetoricIan's eve to effect. The author mutPiies
questions i'm wav that can ONLY ne eNpla,uou Wy
in. sincere exubetant curiosity OF Gepe'n.uni
ubi.h has exhausted its possibilities OF actual
scIrnce Augustin himself was nor one OF lne leW
who had still mastered the encyclopedia oil me
day: he does not show any knowledge OF the mis-
orllaneous information about plants ana animals
and minerals that formed sort OF apprnIage 10
me licne nor was he Interested IN geoeIalhv. ana
so easily took over the concert that between the
tropics the earth waSuunhabltaOle ana that any
men VINO lived at the anlipodes cOuld not nave 'uo
same ancestors as the lnhap'Iduls Vi wv "Oi'"'Ai
temperate zone. .r
When he has TO mention the passage from infancy
to childhood he is exercised by me "oIu Pansi
- Did not in my Journey hitherward come to chlld-
hood or rather cildhUOd came oil ITSELF 10 me- anu
took the place OF iLfancys And infancy ana not
pass, for whittier did II 20 away ahn ytI " was Nv
mure, For was not an infant WITHOUT N"'Co' uu'
child that could speak" Aud then lie goes OH 10
notice how nuke the process ny when ne learned
IN sneak was the process 10y which he learn 'd every
thing else He rs not struck by ANYTHING nysteti-
Gus in the tact that children learn TO speak oy car,
ing for what they want, ana lml'dlIhe 'n'i eiuIIs
vtthont beinG Taught. He il much more puzzled Nv
the consideration THAI the nanghthess OF "aulrs ~
so like the naughtness of their elders ana yet ney
are never sroed Tor 1t. Again ne Is puIleu ~ hIs
relnctamce TO learn his lessons ara tue a@Sh'er Oh
mis- elders when lie was whipped, after praying 10
lie delivered from the consequences o. MS he9e't 10
lesrn them. lie naivey wonders 1t there are any
saints SO perfect to laugh at the natural lear oil
the torments criminals or martyrs as auul's
laurh at clldren's fear of the rod. lie is puzzled
again at his elders anxiety that he should earn To
be a rhetOrican: the play Tor when he hreiecte"
| his lessons innocent by comparison Whlle III"
graver play of the ThetOrlcian was mlschlevous rs
tending TO vaingloTy; yet u was wrong 10 hepIecl
| the preparation for the gu.lter play. lie IS also
| astonshed at his reluctance u attend to anything
except o poetry aud to learn Greek though Ii"uer
|
ne found more matter OF astOulsnment IN his l"lhng
IN ad EXPEDITION TO rob pear tree. though Eeiler
ne nor MS companions wanted the pears anu III iact
threw them TO he pigs after lust tasting them He
analyzes the absence of temptation IN ORDER 10 az
gravate his guilt through several chapters WIN an
| emphasis rather dIspT0pOrtiopale to the hrlei nut
| hitter record OF his snort lapse into deOauchery
This was followed genuine love ahalf oil wnlch
we are told little except the earernosS WIN winch
he prepared for il. beIuy III love with loving he
fore vet he loved and the nconVeniences OF love
| which "a not meant TO end In marriage. lie was
faithful tor nine years IL his mistress, ana when
| tey parted she was faithful To his memory. lie
reproaches himself ke' My for having taken another
| mistre>s while waiting I'll. his mother conld ma
a suitable wife; 1t did not Occnr to her, or 10 hlIh'
that If he were to marry, the mother oil MS son was
| the pruper person. There Is the same communion
| of delIcacy aud brutality In hIs lamentations over
| n school freod who died suddenly: lie seemed nm
endnrable after his loss aud vet he says honestly
that he would rather have lost his friend than ded
! himself and doubts if even the chance OF saving
his triend', life would have moved MIN 10 gave up
! his own So too after the exquisite DESCRIPTION OF
his theirs holy dea h, after the description oil MS
| laborlous self-contro and the late tears when
| brought relief, he not only apologies t1r those
! tears but boasts Of the tear which accompanied
| his anxious prayers for the repose OF her soul
| when be wrote.