New-York tribune., 1911-01-22

.ho a,erage level obtained, 10 present
! gao+s ,itbout their mantle Of romance
- rocorstitute the daily life oi tie
women Of the nobility and the rlsi"e
rich bourqCoisic-the bdSSo popo'o uiu nv
,a,,nt-and to reduce to its proper pro-
item. the intellectual culture oi tile
',,a,,,ar whose names still linger, though
their works are forgotten or ios''
Tbev were proud Of their acc%l,rP.lIi Snr Psnii .
u,ents They rummaSed ahtlqu,too ore blown
| N.Y. N.Y. nseudonyme: trumpets were Dhi"u,
able pseuuqjlE igor. compliments DleT
iont like confetti: male schoIaIn ,nu,srs
o., extravaCaut admiration OF '.yn 'hIazed
~ 81 it u'ere not without parts; my Di ~
lheN WeIr ,,gI mU In the high heavens o.
III AGE but for the most paLl lieS ,inns
Int . passing glory TO ttod tne romen who
IheS VT masters and the strong IN,
app,,ca nf the classical reNlNdl Pii 'n,,,,ch
tbeir masters from giving the "33d,, "33riu and
more more than the copied stEiG ,5oir %. male pre-
latin masterpieces. luelr female
dcatnrs aur lacked originality: the aIit,' ie,id,
n,ipniIs showed no trace OF 'hal qua,,,i qu,Si
Prigs and proclcuSeS II run We .lf, serio,,s-
cd They took themselves lhuCli w ,Lat The
H. rerLaps but the fact remains tllaC tll,,... n,,o
~, y ',aL ,aIL,,catad lady eXerted an immense
iIls si,ls Ger the arts. literature ana 50
cial life
Tho author divides his subject into TWO
,,, divisions. "Thc Idealizatloh ol
woman a brief Introductory study oI
the romantic attitude toward the sex
created by troub9dours and knlshthoou,
and "Tha Real Woman at Home d"u
3, Life" which takes mp IN turn '"e
,oune girl betrothal. marriage hair'o
ufo the intricate system OF phiiahu'i'"s
that supplied in some measure OF o'ie'
tho romance lacking in marriage by
-, .,,,,,,,and for reasons of material adVah-
tagc. the house. its mistress servants
and work: motherhood. amuSe'heh'S'
dress religion. superstitions' etc" c"u'''S
With a chapter on morals and the rise OF
the actress.
In the earlier pages Of his study MI
Boulting repeatedly has occasion To re'er
back To- Roman days and to the Inodih-
cation of the ways and customs and laws
Of the invading barbarians by those oi
the vanouished empire. Inc Roman
fathers absolute authority over MS
daughter. for instance, was modlhed 10y
the Teutonic principle of association
which made her the ward of the whole
family and the decision OF her destiny
A question 10 be settled i'm council inc
voung man concerned faring no better
in this regard when both houses were oi
Importance and had interests at STAKE
or a feud that divided them. In this con-
nection it l. interesting to quote what
Mr.. Boulting says elsewhere in his book:
It is the authors conviction that no one
ever portrayed the perfeTvid southern
tempeTament so truly and powerfully as
our own Shakespeare. The quick, hot blood
that bounded through the veins OF juliet
and Romeo leaps 10 a passion that Is ltal-
ian love at its purest and best.
Chapters on weddings and dowrles fol-
low, and on the life In common, which.
then as now, was on the whole far more
successful than we. with our theory Of
love as the only basis of union, can ever
realize. The author tells some bald
facts about the dwelling-houses Of the
period which are adorned like fairy
PALACES by its poets. Contrasts Of splen-