The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1883-05-06

qnestionabiy because they were admitted to a
common fund Of ideas and tocommon objects Of
Miss Evans IAN essential condition at once of
true womanly culture and Of true social we'll
being. We have no faith in feminine conscT-
sazioni where ladies' are eloquent on Apollo
and Mars. though we sXmrnlhizs Win ,nH
Of their proper material, wnsto ihomse,ves in
weaving fabrics out. OF cobwebs. Lot the whole
n and hs sS That is N s
mental Modification. instead OF beina' as II IS
plen,ent to the truth and beauty OF ne Then
we shall have that marriage OF minds whicl,
harvest OF human Happiness"
~.
The say on The Natural History OF Ger
! man Life" i, prefaced hv some general re-
| writer already vas 10 the capliil shoitc"mihs
IN the work, :! Al me RS, -fn.G EnG',sh n"y,i
or nj lev,t TO adequately portray; the iiv"s
81 handwriting neohl" ihe term hcihg UNI
a de. s@ to s2r'HEs a n r." G" sh
keepsr4. and tn" humber tcors N tho So called
hr4 rr2iss,"n re ds'se , ~ to Gr r. REM
shall 500. the ur,nn, nec"ssiy anh prm" i'm,
| por,Hnce of directing artistic eiror to this End
s,"rS 'N M4 Ne" How WIT i,a s6s
wrote in 1855. are the, real char,cteris-
| those who are GA lie Them how III 9 hae their
! nnturnl history teon studied" Advcrting 10
! The urtruthinness q, tho EDITORIAL ~ well NJ
the literary transcript, Of. roruiar NE. sho
| l"bltt on! That c."n those IhialrrS wHo ann
E.yG me ,r n"s ~ ,En OF ,r"nr"s VINO M ne
| kecpsaeo' style. ir,ai their subjects undcr
! tho uil'cnco OF traditions and prcPsnssossons
! that peasants are j,yo4r that tho typical mo-
msnt to REPRESENT n'1n IN a ;moih irock Is
y" w''. sound tasi6. ihst cot,"ps ma.rtns are
usually buxom aud village children necessarily
| lodge from tho artistic Mud which LOOKS for
it, subjects into literature ins;rnl OF life" She
insist. however, that, As a matter Of iart, no
| thinks thnIn locund: no one who is well ne
unanted with The English Een.aniry can Pre-.
no s.nso 81 beauty bcnms. no humor twinklci.
! the slow uteraucc. AMI the heavy. slouchinE
animal The camei. than Of the st,,rdy country.
| man. with striped s'Gck .ngs re- whiHtooM ana
ne nsh ws1 IN r'EnrS' G"I n.@6 re Hn1
a,:'iin: " Tho Conventional cn.nniryman OF the
s'aEe. Who pick np n"fhr,hppsn ana mnv, -,
| know that honesty has 8 opposite, represents
the still lingering mistake tla' an I'm ntellisibc,
that s'ouchny. shoulders INDICATE an upright
disposition. 1t i+ quite true that n threshGr is
k9y 10 be pm:esn Fl n ns ndrG nit. Af the
| less likely Ia. carry homo his masters corn in
hs, shoes ana np.ks! "rs"r IS NIT @yem to
Of caiol ng the dairy mad into ii,ling his small
b'or bottle with elr Tho selfish instincts arr
integrity tho least established 10y tha, classic
rural occupation. sheep wishing. To make
e urn I ,Gsm So on, to ss " Asr : Il"
he,,TneTT 81 Povnr "rt nni toTa n
proves that had George Eliot chosen
! to write social satire size mood not in the
least hpye shrnnk from fopin. viii rhnck.
OF what vital moment to tho community Is y
pn instakin: ideL,y to the hnl"ciy lines and
of 4 lln
| lower walks Of life. Sno remnd- ~ that our
social novels. rnike opoias. Irinss 10 repre-
that the unrealltv of their rcprcs-niA tions ls II
grave evil. The greatest benefit that We owe
il the, extension of our .sympaihes. Appeals
| founded on CONCENTRATIONS and stat ist!cs re-
auire asylnntihy r.ndy mnic u moral sep,i-
priaes even the trivial and the sellish into that
attention to what " nnart from ,iemselveS
sentiment Art is the nnares, thing to
extending our contsrt with our fellow man be-
yond tho bounds Of our personal lot. All he
undertakes to paint the liz. Of tho people.
! classification here Is far more prrniciots' ihnn
In the more artificial aspects OF Mo. Ii is not
| ideas about evanoScrnt fashions. about thu,
manners and conversations OF heaux and
| Duchesses. but IL IS sriOus that our sympathy
with tho perennial Joys and stuEg!o?;, the tod.
tho tragedy. md ths hnmor in ,he liie Of our
|
yer,ed and tuincd t,war, ialso object instead
| I, know Is, not what ar" the motives and in
iuencvs which the morsIist thinks ouyLi to act
on III" labprcr ar he operative but what are tho
WWotiyHs anI 'nngn'ns Sheh o. ac T., on him
artisan or the Sc 1 mental peasant. hut for the
peasant in nj his coarse nlnihs. and the artisan
Mas Evans forget " add that i! wo n"ed II true
conception OF tn" popular, character t"
| guido our sympathieS rightly We need
it equally to check. our theories and direct
us in, Ihcir nlplicnt;;on. Tho tendency
generalization 10 believe that ali social gucs-
tions are merged in economical scenr". and
Tint tho relations ot mon to th"ir neishh3rs
proletnrinn dream that the uncu.tnred classes
are prcpand for II condition " Inch would APP
the arstocrat G diettantsni which attempts to
restore the good old times by II sort 81 idyliic
y"nccration. IA We grow prize turnirs; ny an
artificial system OF culture; none. OF thesc
diverEing mistakes IKE cam, can c"ex'a XII, Win real
." aHr hnes Their ss their
Socialisis in .contrast with the dsm"crntlc
doctrinarcs who have been too mich oc 'upied
particularly into the actual liio OF the p"ore-
that hoy hap TIN own themselves with enthm-
rop ma nto IN se sHs co %, a,
here lies the secret NJ their partial sucocss
But, nnfHrtnna'ey they have made this sre
basis Of 4 theory which quietly substitutes for
English factory workers tho society Of
a!l Europe. ney. Of the whole world. And
in this way they have. lost the best fruit
Of their Investigations" -, Here she quotes
| that tho moro deeply we penetrate into thu
knowledge OF society in its details til, moro
thoroughly yo shall bc convinced that a uni
re'sal sorial policy has no ra',.i'y eJcep o,,
nnp, ma c ,rn never b. carried into sa"cessInl
mr., materially different from those OF French
of English. Of Italian. Of Russian. or Of Aneri-
can society; and To apgly tho sam" socul
theory to ~ countries ind scrimii nntely would.
in George Eliot's opinion. be- about as wise u
procedure at Trir,ocmus Ys!lowl"ys appca-
ton of the agricultural directions In Vr-
gu. Georges To- his farm in the Shot
land Isles" What needed to be done for
English socnty before vonturing TO embody
social theories In Legislation. and what George
Eliot herself was destined to essay with IL
splendid measure OF success in the compost
tions VIII ich began with "Scenes III Clerical
| Life" and end with Daniel Derondn" i. do
fined in the following prophetic sentence: II
any man OF sufficient moral and intellectual
breadth. whose observations would not be
yitiated by a fore.one conclusion or by pro-
! fplSiDnnl Az ia cnIf