THE DAILI EVENING TELEGRAPH. PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, JUNE 9, 18GG.
LIT E 11 A T U HE.
A rt,A ron tan QtrBTtN'i Knomsh. By Henry
Aliord, D.D., Dean ot Canterbury. Alexander
Strshan, London ad New York Agent. Smith,
English 4 Co , I'biladolphia.
Thb Dram's English. Bt G. W. Moon, Fellow
of theitoial Society of Literature. Agents:
Smith, English 4 Co.
Critical works oa tho construction of lan
guage have' a far more extended eirclo of
readers than wou'd be supposed by tho ab-itrnse
na't re of the subject. The fact that the two
little books betore us have already tone through
a number of editions, U th be .t evidence of their
need. Thy treat of tho construction of the
English language, Its idiom, and the doubtful
passages .with which it abound. They are not
calculated to plca-io ths general public, but
for a scholar and writer they are Indispensably
yaluable. We shall keep them always within
arm's reach, as they are friends to which we
mo't constantly refer. They are published In a
neat style, savoring rather of text-books than
popular literature;, and are for sale at that em
porium of tchool books, the store ol Mersrs.
Smith, English 4 Co.
Rosbuok: A Novel. M. Doolady, New York.
We referrei to this work so.ne weoks since;
but as'U Is creating a sensatioa in the Southern
States, we may mention it once more. It is
ploaeaut in style, interesting in plot, and vio
lently treasonable In doctrines. Its author, or
rather authoress, if wo c;.n ludgo Irora the toun,
Is unknown, and the zest of guessing at the
cx ot the writer has tended to increase its popu
larity. We have received from the Presbyterian Pub
lication Committee, No. 1334 Cbesnut street, a
number ol pleasant works for chilJren, among
which we may mention a.- particularly accepta
ble, both in tone and moral, "What to Do,"
"Dutch Tales," and "Neir aud' Other TuleV
The house has a van collection of Sunday Sjhool
works on its shelves.
Uurd & Houghton will soon publish, "Six
Months at the White House with Abraham Lin
coln," by F. B. Carpenter, Iho artist.
Some very rare books from the famous
library of Count Libn, and other collections,
were sold recently in London. Conspieuou in
the gathering were some most interesting Shake
spearian and old plays. Thee are nearly all
accompanied by anecdotes and bibliographical
descriptions In the catalogue. Concerning an
edition of the Merchant of Venice, bearing date
1652, it is said ."This Is the edition of 1G37, with
a new title, a circumstance vhich escaped biblio
graphers of Shakespeare for about a contury.
The text was printed for Lawrence Hayes, the
successor ) Thomas Hayc, or Meyes, who held
the copyright. It has 6ome peculiar readings
and a lift of actors' names, which list has becu
repeatedly erroneously ascribed to Rowe." Of
a cop; of the "Rape of Lucrece, printed by J.
3. lor Roger Jackson, 162-1," a curious circum.
stance is told. It appears that this copy was
"very fine," with the exception of the wood-cut
and imprint upon tbe title having been cut out
and replaced. While in the hands of a
former possessor, who bad a fancy for
collecting the wood-cut devices of printers,
the piece alluded to was cut from the
title, and placed in a volume devoted to such
collections; but, after tbe lapse of more than a
century, the identical piece was found, and has
been replaced. This edition of the "Rape of
Lucrece" is of exces6ity rarity, no copy having
been in the famous collection of Mr. Daniell,
nor in any other which Las occurred for sale of
late years. Another feature with "Shake
epeiianu" wajs the "Shakespeare Forgeries and
Controversy" William Henry Ireland's own
collections, tho first lot of which was the original
forgeries to "Miscellaneous Tapers under the
Hand and Seal of William Shakespeare," and
containing, tmon; other make-believes, "a lock
ot Anne Ilathaway'a hair 1"
Mr. Carpenter, one of our well-known Nev
York artists, an enthusiastic admirer and sup
porter of President Lincoln, conceived the idea,
in the latter part ot 1863, of painting a picture
commemorating "the first reading ot the Eman
cipation Proclamation before the Caoiut."
Through, the late Owen Lovejoy, Speaker Col
fax, and two or three New York ftionds, Mr.
Lincoln became inteiested in tho project, aud
invited Mr. Carpenter to the White House, for
the purpose of affording him every facility in
studying his subjects from life. The painting of
the picture, compiising a life-size group of the
President and Cabinet, occupied six months,
from February to August, 18(J4, during which
period Mr. Carpenter enjoyed constant Inter
course with tbe President, as well as the various
members of the Cabinet.
Among forthcoming books, the English
newspapers tell us, one is a Spurgeon icst book,
under the title of "Anecdotes and Stories of
Rev. J. C. Spurgeon, now first collected and ar
ranged." This must not take to itself the credit of
being the earliest clerical budget of wit. There
was a "Sterne's Convivial Jest?r; or, That's
Tour Sort;" and a very favorite volume with
our forefathers was "Ecclesiastical Transac
tions; or, A Collection ol Reverend Jokes."
The subect of tho picture, together wlthlbe
circumstances attending the execution of the
work, ard tbe death of President Liucoln so
Boon after its completion, conspired to give to
it an extraordinary degree of interest, mani
fested by tbe crowds who thronged to see it
duuug tbe time it was on exhibition in different
parts of the country.
Mr. Carpenter has written cit in detail tho
history of his connection with Mr. Lincoln,
with which are interwoven various "retnlnU
cences" and personal relations, collected and
given to the author from time to time by dif
ferent Individuals, making a volume ot over
three hundred pages.
Mrs. Keblo, the wldo of tho poet, begged
that her husband's grave might be kept open lor
her, as she should not be long apart Iron him.
Her apprehension was realized, lor she died- on
the 11th of May, at Brooksldp, Bournemouth, in
the same house where her husband died. She
was in her sixtieth year.
Mr, Alexander Smith says ho became a novel
leader from reading the denunciations launched
aga'utt novels In Todd's "Student' Manual."
What ltd him to become a novel writer he has
not stated, but it was probably tho fact ot his
having outlived his reputation as a poet.
Frlederlke Brion, the beloved of GuHhe
while he was a student at Strasburg, hi about to
wave a monument erected over her crave at
Melzenhelm, where she passed the last days of
ner we.
M. Talne Is said to have abandoned his con
i (caplated visit to America.
A son and two daughters of the English pas
toral poet, Robert Bloomflcld, the author of
"The Farmer's Boy," are living in London, old
and in destitute circumstances. A subscription
it ptopo cd lor their relief.
M. Catulle Mondcs.a young French poot.was
recently married to Madlle Judith Gautier, a
daughter of M. Thcophilo Gautier, a talented
young lady who translates from tho Chinese,
and writes criticisms on art.
M. Emilc Augicr lately had the good fottuno
of having five thousand copies ol his ne v
comedy, La Contagion, sold on the day of pub
lication. Baron James do Rothschild is said to be a
book fancier, his library containing forty thou
sand volumes aud a great many rare manu
scripts. Tie late Sheridan Knowles, the last years of
whose life were spent in preaching, left a play
In manuscript which will shortly be produced in
London.
M'me Champsleux has )ust published, under
the pseudonym of Andre Leo, a very successful
novel entitled "A Divorce."
The following review of Theodore TlKon's
book for children, entitled "The Fly," we lako
lrom the New York Round Tab'.e. The work has
not yet come under our notice, but the Rjuni
lablels, probably, Justin its critique
" Wilting poetry lor babies is evidently Mr. Theo
dore Tiliou'swrfe. He outers at once upon hU0 )
Joct with a genial enthusiasm and a picturesque
Vigor that nave never been tturpa scd. From ids
opening stanza, In which ho bring t his hero fejfore
us in these gra; lno lines:
'liahy bye
Tlere' a tlv.
Let us watch h m. yott an J I'
(o tha closinir verso, tn whic i bo points his moral, he
tli8la that utter recklessuess as to grammatical
construction which is supposed to op bo vastly a"re
able to tho lnfnuti e miud. It would bo rather diffi
cult to explain what our author means by ''ouby
bye;' tut motaeis will doubtless under and it.
tomeof his Information as to the habits of toe fly
is also moro amusing than insttuctive, as, lor in
stance :
" 'AH wet flies
Twist iheir thighs;
So they wipe their lions aud eyes.
Cats, you kuow,
it ah jam not
Then their whiskers grow.
Flics have hair tou short to comb;
Unrehoutl-, aiways out iroui hums.
Ilutthognut
Weata a hat ;
Do you 'augh at that?'
"5o, wo do not laugh at that ; but the you'hful
readers lor whom Mr. liitou dcsigm d Ins poom may
nmnugo io smile at this statomc ut. Hut we do lunch
nt .ho idea ol Mr l iitou sonuusiy alllxiux his name
to such uousonie as this:
" Itound and round,
On the ground,
Oa the crl lug he in lound.
Catch him? o;
Let him go t
Never hurt niiu so,
ow you ma lib viiip of si k
Llrnlihled in the baby's mi a I
Fie, ib llol
Feollsh 11 1 !
Howwllhogevdry?'
"If a fond father had ratiied off sach a ritrmarolo
for his own buby, and in tho goodness ot his hoar t
had Kel t it to a publisher lor tho bom-lit. ol o.her
babies, there wou d bo nothing ol wmoa to com
plain; for tno book is a tfnoa one for iulVnt-i, aud
bbe don & t o have had it very htudsomoiy illus
tialod. But for Mr. j liiou to priut .hese nousonsioal
rhymes with bis name on thu tit o-, uxo aud to suud
the book around to iho various pa.icrs to bo noticed
aud reviewed, strikes us as the extn-mo of absur Uty.
K overt hcless, it is quite characteristic of our au'hor.
llu ess ha had chanced his nutiro lie could not have
acted other iso. YVe ropeat, thor fore, that writing
books for baoies Is his forte, aud wo advise him to
abandon all bis other 'alors and devote htmselt
this speo aity hereafter."
to
Dr. Holmes, whom wo always thought was
a favorite in Kngland, is revie wed in the lat
number of the Reader in a way to make his
admirers in this country open their eyes:
"Mr. Holmes,' the well-known author of .'Tho
Autocrat ol tho 13'cakt'ust Tablo,' has collected
together a number of shoit pieces, most of
wbich we believe had previously seen the light,
and has published them is a little volume by
themselves, calling them 'Humorous Poems!'
We do not think, setting the question of pecu
niary compensation aside, that ho His been
well advbed in this course. Mr. Holmes is
undoubtedly possessed ot con-iderable humor,
but we question whether it displays itselt to tho
beet advantage in a metrical foim; and pieces
which were good enough to pass safely the
Irieudly criticism of a Iriendly audiene?, or to
lelieve other matter of a dtflVreut kind, show a
very difteient iront when viewed with impar
tial .eyes, and judged solely on th"ir isolate l
merits. Tho aiuhor would have done well to
contfitier his own lines, lor
".'Nature sometimes makes one up
Ol huoIi tad outis aua ends,
It really nvrht l-e quile as well
Hu-bed up anion one's friends."
"We have already said that it is impossible to
aseien a reason loi our adverse opinion in such
a matt r as this. The divine fire is wanting. We
know thus much, for we are where it proiesses
to be, and we feel no genial warmth."
The ciitic then becomes a little inconsistent,
expressing his surprise at what the author
fancies to be fun, what the publisher takes for
it, and what tho public give for it, admitting,
however, that somo pieces in the volume are
calculated to make the dullest grow fat, yet de
claring in the same breath that none of the
poems rise above mediocrity, and some fall very
far below it. He quotas a stanza from one of
tho best known of Dr. Holmes's poems:
"in days and nights with a eepless eye,
1 watched ihat wretched man;
And slneu I never dare to write
At luuny as I can."
And adds:
"I his explains evorytbincr, and mi?bf, if known at
tho slatt, ravo ihe tender a word ol troubio ltut
the avowal is Letter late than never We to ! that
at any rale tho author's heait is in tho right p aoo.
We cannot but think, liowey-r, that he has coin
mi tcd tre not unnaiur I mistake ot tuuninat Into
the opposite extreme, lor alter road'ng ihosj piocos
wo continue well but weary."
The tamo number of the Reader is very com
plimentary to Mr. Bayard Taylor:
"With tuet-s and pursuits kindred to those of
nshmytou Irviuir and Nathaniel flaw horuj, aud
with the tamo stronir love ol the natural boau ies of
his native country which aivo la-ciuatiou to the
pages of Jan es Foniuiore Cooper, Mr Bvard lav
lor here furuinbos m wi n a picture of simple, un
strained, inutter-ot fact, cvom day lilo, p aod
anionic ttio beautiful hills aud charmtug valleys
round about his own couulry home, with
every mixture oi wnicli be ciainis tie fami
liarity pi au old acquaintance, aud wh oh ne,
from the bevmninK to the end of the book,
makes the common property of the reader with him
elf. 1 ho traditions aud habits ot the people ainonx
whom the grea er part ol his lilo ban been passod,
tbe rtiBtie oel era, and the lesconds ot the country,
in themselves but honeapuu materia s i: a work ot
iicuou, iu his hands have ail the charm ot novelty
w to which Goldsmith, the greatest master of the
school of which Mr. Taylor is au advanced pupil,
invented the everyday hie of the family ot the frim
roses, till, in their way, 'The jtory of K-unttt' and
''J l e Vicar of Wakelluld' mav be regarded as true
pictures oi tho simp e manners and ous.oin of rural
inland and America at tbe date in wbioQ the
action of either tale is p.aced."
Tbe Galaxy tor June 15th will contain the
following pleasant sketch of Dore:
P4CL GUBTAVE DOttB.
The popular Idol of the dtv In the world of art, is
I'aul Guittave Dure, the most versatile, the most
proiiflo but at the same time one of the most un
equal artiste ol modern i ranee. He is the rage in
fans, ihe Emperor and Kmprost have granted
him the favor ot an impeiial audience, aud have
graciously condescended to compliment him on tbe
excellence of ht works. Ills carte de visile is In
such tequest that his photographer oannot supply
the demand; aud an order vent lrom this country
lor a dozen or two o pies remained for weeks un
filled. Bettor htil , the i ublishors vie with each other
, lor the privi CKe ol giviug his works to tue public
He Is able to rams' his own torms and Dads thatno
nblisher cons.dnra them too h-jrh. i
This Is sureiv v ry pleasant. No baman-hnirtod
man t nt rejoices at the ais-bt of talont aud industry
rewarded, and no oio can deny that Dore has
earned bis celebrity (.DO rood fortune by an indus
tr ous and mostmnoere application ot extraordinary
talents. His industry la no less a marvel than his
genius, bull a younir man (he is not yet thirty
tour) ins era win us of ail kind" number over forty
thnupand, aud bis pencil acquire (treat faolhtr
ttry year in the manic art ot trannforrlnjr to wood
or paper the Imaginative creations of his fertile
t rain. 1 heophi Oautlo-, with an excesi of entnn.
iasm pardonable Id a French critic, styles him a
"p-reus a miracle ol nature, a sriantio tonius,
scrveo by an unparallelel puysique." Uo revels in
wotk. His elithus'astio o in an supplies the want
ot repose. W hen ena.'ed on somo impor ant work
that absorbs his mind, be wl.l ply his poncll lordars
and ttlylits lose'bflr, with scarce y an Int rvalof
rest, and wken the wotk la fin'shci will emorite
lrom hi sludm with not a trace of weariness ou his
b ow, fffsh aftsb'o, and pay, bis presence always
so inited and always we emtio.
IJoro lives In l arts. He is unmarried, and lil
mother keep' hoti-e tor him tn quiet, modest apart
nit nis fined D wiih trne Rrtisiio taaie. Hisstnd'o
is paid to be a perfect mu-enm ol costumes, specimens
of armor, weapons, an other onjects of artist neces
sity or pleasure. Every Sunday he teco ve his friends
at an entertainment, from whica all ladies, except
his mother, who presides, are rttrtd y excluded. The
O.ily reason 1 haveheaid for thi- nnirallant tieat
ment ol the sex, an.onjj whom tno arti-t fl ids his
warmest admirers, is that Dore is a confirmed o d
bachelor, ana does not wls'i to have his peace of
mind disturbed
. 1,'ke Turner, Doro is accused ot bein more -nary,
and of making ar a business instead of a profession.
He is certainly sharp at a barratn and exacts a hiirh
prico lor in work, liut io his nigh price he irivos
good work, and no publisher ever loses by film
Tho dtsadvantai'o of a popttlaiity like Doro's Is
that it stand in thowa" ol a truo ostimato of his
genius. He i almost sure to bo either overrated or
underrated Dore l ai not escaped this fate. D iz
zied by Ins vorsati fty, h s bnli ancy, and his ori
f mailt v in certain kuIss ot h;s art, one class of
crit cs, whoso onlyor is adm ration, have already
rained him to tho hiirhoat rank amonjr creative
ffrtilues, and claim tor htm a seat by the si ieof
Miclisol Anyo'o, KnpVael. sbakospoar , I) into, and
ilemsr, as an ackuowlexltrod master in the world of
imawim tton.
On the o'her band a class o' critics whoso only
att is to praise he dead at the expense ot tlu livin?,
prononi ce bur. a ctiariatan ttntl a trickster in att,
with no more o-alm to a permanent p.aco among
the areat masters than a sensation novel writer has
to rank with M skespcaro. It i, perhaps, true that
the popu ar juaitment is inoro often wronir than
ripht iu niat'eis ol art, and that the popular poet or
ai list oi to-day is seldom the noet or artist for "all
time." But. in the ca eof Doro, poou ar Judgmont
).bi pens to coincide with vety omicai opinion. Tho
judgment ot l lieophi e Gautior. already quoted, is
but an echo ot tho praises showered ucou Dore in
fie most cultl a'cd and la-tidious art-circ'os of
Tans. J - is doubtless extravagant, hu. oevoi tholoss
it is r.enicr the truth than the judgim-nt of his do
tractors. 'i lie cx inordinary facility of Dore's ponoi has
been mlsintcrprotrd. ns mdl at n? a waut oi pro
fuiiditv. This is ceriain'v erioinou Tho men
w lioso eeniuB lias shod most lus re upon ait have
a ways been n.pid workcis it is not to his riiso edit
that Doro never labors over his eriwinus. llu mo t
elal orate c nrpositions are thrown off with marvel
Ions rnpidit ; not slowly pur tosrot'.er by rule but
coi coived at once, tho mcuta pic uro ticinjr trans
leneiltothe p(tes with tho o-Jickness of thotnrht
a a tl.o fidebtv oi the photograph It issaii that he
never a-lers a lino once drawn. Its work is well
done at Hist and to alter a line would be to mat it.
But lor Ibis cxtraotduiary faci i'y and perfoctiou in
his ait he would be unub e to execu e the enormous
tasks that have given him his popularity.
An ana ysis ot all the great works with n-bicti Dore
has assoc aied his name would transcend the our-
It o o ol tins orticlo, which is on y to p aco Amorican
1 1.... . ...... . n.l I I
ICUUCIB III (IUBWB-1UU Ul D1IUIJ HI Y 1 l uuilLig
them to lorm a toieraDly correct e.-timate ot Dore
as an ar et Ho has tried mnuy siyios, and uas
tat ed in none, wlii'e in ?ome h s success
has been womiertul. I'to vciatiity ot his
gcii'us is without para iel in mo.'ern tines. ' The
wance'ing Jew," the "('onto- do Pcrrault,'' "Don
Quixote " "Kabelais." Balzac's "Contes Droia
tiques." "Bnron Munchausen," Dante's "Iuferno '
anu the Bible, have boon illustrated b him vith
such even excellence that critics are unable to decide
which work ex; ibits the gteate-t amount of talent.
All have to be taken into uccouu'. In tormina an es
timate of his pentus. That be is jrreates' m the jro
te?quo and hoiribleis probably true. Some ot his
il iibtraiions to tho tible, and to the "Fmry rales,"
exhibit, a tie icate eo 'or boautv, and a to dorness
aud occasional pnt bos, that lorm a wonderful con
trast tosome of his i.esiiT s for iho 'WanderinR
Jew" and tho "Inferno;" but the varioty ol thoo,
and tho constant occurrence of Illustrations that
make Iho Mood run cold with hor.or, or
exeite unsympathetic lauphter, or command nure
aumiia ion at tbe amount, of power developed,
alio v the ruliuct tendency of his genius. Us ddlights
in horrors, lanto's Hell has more attraction lor
b m than tbe t.arden of Kden. enduring nev-r
seems to move his pity. Even the sad story
ot ' Paolo and Francesca" foils to awaken in mm
any teudernesa: he depicts the unhappy lovers
sweeping by Danle and his gu'do on the current ot
a hot and blading wind, witu noueof that deep pity
that made tbe poet turn away and fall to th ground
like a corfe. To approbate tho utter heartlessuess
of ihe p cture. one bos only to compare it with Ary
!-chiller's treatment of the s -ino subject. Ihe same
absence ol sympathy and pathos is ousoriabio in the
illubtra ions to "Don Quixote." 'Iue piotosquoly
comic i arts such as tbe battle with the w inclmili, tho
tosMiic of Sancbo in the b anket. the battle witn the
wine skins, and others, are conceived and wrought
out wi'h truly wonderful po ver. Uut Doro never
allows us to pity the unfortunate though chivalno
Don, Our laughter never becomes respuotful er
sympathetic Wcie tbe work of Cervantes lost, and
tlio illustrations only preserved, they would give a
very incomplete idea of the character ol Don
Quixote ana his Squire.
Dore' deficient perception of pare boauty loads
him into perpetual dul lance with the strange, the
gro'esque, aud Ibo revolting His drawings raroly
seem to be inspired bt love. Hi humor is grim aud
uiisv mpathctiu Nothing can be mote striking than
bis 'ini.dfca les, (.ml nothing more unnatural. He
tukcB delight In gloom, in vac-tness iu powerful
cthtinsts ot light uud hade. In tae " Wandering
Jew," in the "Infrruo," and in "Do Quixoto." wo
may find many evidences of bis power in portray
ing the ploom ot desort vaiicys, tho horror
til dark lorests. haunted by umuiagiua'ilenhapes, the
wearfnesB and dcsolu'ion of nased mountain peaks,
while only here and there do we find breathing
, space in the sweet pence and pure suushino ot some
pasloia scei e, wnh a ploai-ant grove on one side, a
spaikling brook, gentle hiiis iu the distauce, and
m allows nttcd lor a lairv dance no is onen wrong
in peispcctive, and his llure-dr iwing lsgoneratly
basiy, Bketchy, nd not lulrequontlv incorrect of
winch celicieno s, however, his ator drawings show
lowo! examu es than are to be touud Iu the ' Wan
deiiug Jew." aud u hor ot his earlier worko.
Dqre is said to have no eye lor color. The same
was smd of 'luruer in hi you h; aud Doro may yot
acquiie that mastory over color which in alter lite
a s inpuithed the cleat Kngl sh artist. But ho posse-tea
a rarer gilt the power ot expressing vast
dource of space with o uck and uhito, and of pro
ducing, w ith tin se sim ile material-, the impressiou
ot color, tie is ambitious ot ti coining a sruat cjIoi
lt; but the oulv specimens ol bis art in t iscotmtiy,
"1 be ftlcuutobunks," i- though to give little prom se
or mture excel euce in this respect.
Di ro's hie has be n that of ai industrious artist,
and postcstes no mntcriuls fur romance. His oatiy
desiro to uevot b mselt to art was not opposed by
hib naients. At Iho niro ut tw.ve. be lute his uative
' city of Jstra boui g lor l'aris, whore he worked tor a
j tiuio on a comic paper, tuo Journal jiour Hire. Ho
, lirst obtained rocopniiion as an artist of moro thau
orcli arv merit oy bis illustrations to tho " wander
ing lew." From thai time ins proiriOsS was rapid;
each mccceding work wasrecoived with iuoreas ug
lavor by tbe public; aud wiiuti bis latest, and, iu
somerrspects bis greatest work was puulished, the
euti usissni oihis admirers was litera ly unbounded.
Everybody in France turned Uihle reuder, in ordr
to understand iho great artist. Ittsea d, I do not
know with low much truth, tha" Dore bimselt
liud t ever nad tho b ok before Uo engaged
to l'uruioh a certain l umber ot illustrations for a
gitnd lolio edition. Ho is suid to have turned over
th loaves of a borrowed copy one day, hastily indi
cating a subject here and i.i le on .he margin. Uu
sitting to work, he used these haty mouioraud i
without ttotih nig hliusell much about thu con.oxt.
Vet ll.e bible illustrations aro undoubted y his
gieulest ach erem ut in an, presenting lewer
defects, and exoeHetices ol a h'uhor order, thau any
ot bis foru.er wo'ks. An a")8isol some of the
uiont striking il ustratious will give the reader vho
has not had tho good loriuue to seethe book some
idea ol its character
The Unit illustration, "God Creating L'ght," ex
hibits at once the auducity auJ tho imita ions of his
genius. In this piciuiet e Creato-is represented
as a vtnerable and maiesto person, standing
on a tnaruilicent plaltorm ol dark, rol nig
cloud iar bensath him swings th vo d aud
gloomy world, Its blac aud uninbabitub'e sur
face ciotsed by Lauds ot partial. y il uuuuated
mist A giand and so'emn burst ot light
iu tbe extreme oistance proo'a'uis the birth
uav ot the sun, whose pieicing arrows ponetrate and
scatter the t-hadows at d b'acknekS ot chaos. Tbe
merit of thii plo ore lies in the graud (ffjoi of cloud
illuunnailon, wbich la rendered wi h reinatkahle
dolickcy and beauty. Itut this i-a 1, aud its do-ects
are radical, There is nothing, o'.ther in poiit.on or
gesture, to connect the Ugute of tho Creator with tue
burst of Iteht In the dlslanoe nothing exoont the
words of tho text to mdiosle that lio lias just uttered
the sub-ime dcree, 'Let thore be hht t" Ho iar a it 1
a- intended to on the expiPSionol an Idea, tbe plo
ture if an utter fainm
I he "Creation of Eve" and the "Vxpnlslon from
the Garden of Edea" are beautiful compositions, bat
prefer t no sinking or oi lginal features, and we turn
to tbe "Sicnfics of Abel ai d Cain." In this pioium
the artist coi.crntrates ihe light on the figure of
Cain, tor the purpose of bringing iuto full re lot al
tl e evil and leiocity of his nature. His su'len, down
cast te Is fixed on thesmnkeol hit reject, d aaoriflee,
as it ctet ps a ong the ground. A lit le lor her on,
wholly in shadow, Abel kneels In adorat on bof ir
his altar, from wbich, spirit-tike, flame and smoke
ascend to heaven A conventional artist would hare
reversed the di-trlbulion ot light and shade.
Mill more str king is tbe sncceodinc rdotnre
Human blood ha boon shed for the firs' time; the first
human soul that left tbe earth has returned, so'i
( arv, to its Creator. Ihe murderer still lives, bnt
still uncurscd. In a rugged, narrow ravine, ahui In
by rocks that assume fantastic shapes of horror from
the imagination, lies tbe first human victim of vio
lence, extruded at Inll length on the sand that for
the first t me drinks human blood. Themu'derer,
leaning against a boidlv pre Joct ne rock, sta-et with
fixed gaze upon tbe work of his frenzied wrath. In
one hand he sii.l clutches the instrument ot his
crime. Hto'id as the rook against which he leans,
bo seems to be unconscious ot tho approaching
storm; of the tbuudor e oud onwliosi dark pagn
tbe lightning, in characters of fire, writes his eternal
doom.
Mill turning on, we como to another series of pin
fares, foiming the concli slon ot the fir-t actinths
great tragedy ol human history, iho race ot Cain ,
has mu tip ltd, and has fl lio. the earth wrh vio ence '
and wrong, so t.iat Cod has reponted h m ol the
woik of his hands. The ark has been bunt; the
family of Noab, with tun blasts and fowls, have
been shut in; the fountains ot tbe great deop have
been biokon up, and the windows of heaven opened j
and the waters have incrensed upon tho earth, until
its whole surlace, with the exception ot a few moun
tain summtti, is submerged. Jhls s the moiuont
selected by Dore for his first illustration of tbe
Ddupe.
Il tho reader will call to mind a few of the com
mon place Illustrations of t j1 awlul catastrophe, ho
will be better ub to annrociate the forco aud origi
nality ol Doto's n niiering. lake, lor example ous
oi the most ambitious attempts ol modern times, i
that of Carl bchoru, in toe Heir Tinuko hilt, at 1
Munich We see a rocky peak, crowded with
Ininian beings, some of whom hug their Ido s to
tneir brrasts, others offer treasure to those in places
thai seem more secuio, while othors tlir-at -u the
advancing waves wit i tbo enrsos ot their gods.
1'beie Is nothing of ibis common place mo.o dra
matic display in Doro's picture. He repn a -nts tue
inundation of tho world, tho doath or a wbolo race.
1 be spectator it a spectator.can be imagined loos
acuniusco mass ol naed human beings tnou.and
and thousands In numb' r, wildly strugg lug up tho
rocky Bidn oi a mounta n, tho strong treading u.idur
foot tbe weak, in the Ironz edrusn lor saiotv from tho
wrath ol the pursuing wators. They carry no ido s;
they l'Svo long ago thrown th m away; taey
oiler no treasure lor assistauco ibis is uo tune lor
thriatt mug beaveu, nor even lor pravor. Intonu n
gled witu be cron ds are a I kinds ot beasts mon
sters of the antediluvian wold, hippopotami, eie
pbai ts. serpents, wolves, tears and Iiojs joslling
and treading down their human folio v-morta's iu
too awlui strugi; e for life. Tno concopttou an 1 ths
exi'cu ion of this picture are tru y grand. It is tbo
wot d in confl ot vth late C'ioso study revcala iu
the minute figuresthat crod tho mountain side, an
asiouishinir variety of intitvldual aoiinn, wutoli
strengthens rather iban weakens the unity of tbe
compo-ition. Every out ot these mtuute tiures
obeys the same droaJ panic; and all the minor do
tal s o the ptcluio are wrought out wnh adiiuiajle
skill and feel in". The seuso ot unspeakable horror
that pervades tho scene n heightened bv a skilful
contrast Far away in tho distauce, ou a smooth
stretch of wa'er, floats the ark, peaceful, unoudan
dcred, and beyond reach.
Another scene, i he waters have r'son up and
covered the earth, nnc 1 one solitary, barren poak of
rock a'one remains uusubmergod. The wild storm
mis passed awav; vast, black, wavole-s uuvexed by
winds, untotn by toi rents, tbe avetig ng and ro
morsoless dten creeps slowly up to devour its last
viciims, satiated with doath and now securo ot these.
On tho top ot this narrow peak hudd os a group of
liil.e chi'dien, the youngest of whom stretches down
its tinv band to assist its mother. Tho lather, grasp
ing bis wilo with ono hand, dings with the o.her to
the rock. Hope and strengln have failed, and be
can o inib no further. A tigress with ber whelps
reudcied inoffensive by the supreme perl', shares tbe
rock with her children, but takes no notice ot Uiom.
Holding one ot her yeun - in her mouth, sho casts a
me aucholy, earning look over the intorm nablo
waste ol waters.
In tbe third of this grand scrlos we are shown the
subsidence of the flood. 1'ao ark is resting
on ihe summit ot Mount Ararut From be
hind its onormous bulk stream lorth tho rays
ol the rising suu it is tho dawn ot tho now era.
Tho waters have lutreated into tho anoient a ivsm-;
white vapors ascend fiom the humid ground, ilka
smoke of athnnkiul sacnlioo. The rocky sides of
Mount Ararat are strewn with -the carcasses of
human beings and animals, l ing in Inextricable
contusion, os they were lolt by the receding torrents,
whi'e above them flutters the whho dove, returning
to tho ark with the olive twig in her mouth.
It is a relief to turn lrom the epical sublimity
and tragic horror ot these il-uslratlons to the
sweet pastoral beauty that is found in "iho Moet
inr ot Kleazer and Kuhecca at tho Wcl ,"
and "Isaac receiving Kobecca." Iho first
iverflows with trace, charming sontimunt, and
Eastern fooling; the sooond is a marvel of beautiful
conception and execution Tho bride, -eatod on a
dromerarv, richly and lautasticaliy caparisoned,
bus approached the abode of her husband. She
prepares to descend; a slave proseuts the pa'm of
his hand as a step for the dellca e toot ol' tho young
gill. Ihe patriarch approaches to receive her,
Irs hand resting on the shoulder ot a slavo.
tut what words can .scribe the luminous atmo
sphere, the mange and piotuiesquo caravan, the
delicately moulded o'ouds, tue transparent Bhadows,
the leauiy, a variety ot tbo figuie grouping f The
picture seems like the realization ot a wunUortul
dream- a vision out of the sleep of a?es com.
To describe these pictures one by one would re
quire not merely an articlo, out a vo.umo almost as
large as the liib e who-e leaves we aro turning; and
we must pats reluctantly over compositions on which
we woulu gladly dwoll at length.
Dore island et plaoing minute figures on an ex
tended land-cape, so a to give thu impression of
immense si ace, " The I odors of Lebanon conveyed
to Ihe Templo," is an annurab'e specimen of this
style of treatment. In this picture the horizon is
placed near the top ot tbe page. In the distauce grow
the majostio cedar, about whose giant poles the
wood cutters swarm like , i mines Neater are teeu
the enoitnous trunks, stripped of oranchos laid on
rut'e, massive trucks aud dragged oft by teams oi
boiscs and oxen, urged on aud asistod by crowds of
dnvers and workmen. Evory nook and corner ot
the pioiure is lull ot bustling lilo Not a partio e i
space Is vacant or wasted. Yet all this vanotv aud
lii iiess is obtained without the slihtc-i loss of umty
of t fleet
Dore's love of the grotosquo and of queor humor
occusloua ly breaks througu h s enforced decorum,
us iu Ins vt ondcitui reulizatioo of Ezesiel's vision of
tho -'Valley ol 1 ry Hones " It is a ghus'iy composi
tion. We can almost heai the multitudo of bones
dash and rattle as tbey tly together Aud it is
hi'inorous, too. There is seen a bewildered skeleton
fumbling round lor a missing nrm, which a brother
sko etou, who was doubtless a nruct'cl joker in tho
noun, uuies awav iroin i mi una uuiortuuuto croa- f
turo has let ! is skull slip through bis bouy tlucrs,
and clutches blina ly alter it as it tads
Anothtr, who has picked himself e itiroiy up,
and put his bones together in complete order, Bits
gunning horribly a gha.'tlv flmil ), and poking iuu
ut his less expert companions. In the distancs the
rehabiliiatcd ke e ous disappear, in long and dim
procession, through the dusk ot gathering; night.
In genera , Dore has restrained m those il.ustra
t ons his inordinato pussiou tor tho giotesque aud
horrible, and his morbid tendency to gloj.uitioss ;
nut these ttaits aro seen in their full uower in such
subjects es "iho Kate of Jezebel's K3maius," "Iho
Diaih of Ac au," " I be I'uutshmeut of tho rtons of
Koran," and a few othets. it is surprising that be
should have made so htt'e of Job; and he has done
lets with tho prophets ihun his udmiiern expocted
oi him.
'ihe. illustrations to tho Nov TtBtamen1, show a
g-eut la ling oil in power and in'eiest. Dore's genius
is not Clirtstiau; it is essentially tautastm and pru
fituo. He cannot d aw au apostlo, or a saiut, and
his Christ Ib au utter la" uro. Dore was no bimse't
iu tbe Now Testament. Iu thow -rd-ol Tbeophile
Ciituuer, More excels iu the roproductiou of a I
climes, countries, arohitcciun s, costume... aud m.tu
ners, of wliich vurao traditions alone survive. I'no
Bible, wiih its pro'ouud pers, vctive ui antiquity.
Blreio ing bovoud the creu ion ot man, pn-ruts
Uiai-d incentives to the iiu ntive facul'y ; and Dore,
incited by tho sublimity of the tolo ical stores aud
iuiagiuations has, in tlrs work, surpus-ed all former
ell'oi is in this direction bother his treatment of
sacred futjeots paitakrs suliieion ly of a reiizious
Bentimeut, is a quention w.nch admits ot a wido dit
li rti.ee of opmiuu t but of the genius ot t io artist ol
hiBiuexhaus.ible inveu ian aud imagination, there
can le no question at ail.
The engraving of these illustrations la admirable
Nothing iqusl to it has been done in any othor wotk.
It seems destined, inneid, o creato an era in tho ai t.
When tiie first volume was received in this oit,
anioug the earliest to examine it were soma of f he
most s ieutiflo engraver of ihe American Bark .Wo
Con j auy. who exeressed their us:onishmeut at the
exce..fiK-e of tbe execution and tbe si-nple mod o Is
Ly which grand una beautiful effects were produced,
Peveral artist clubs have been formed for the pur
chase of tbe honk, lor reference afd eriticai stuoy,
It is rot to be expected, nor would it be desirable
Ihat the planting ot this seed should result In a large
c op of Dorea, but the lrflnino of h i siyie la the
art ot wood-engraving, in this country, will audoubt-
ediy ne extensive ana Dcneuatai.
THE NEW YORK PRESS.
KDIIORIAL OPINIONS OV LEADING
JOURNALS VrON CURRENT TOP JUS.
COMPILED EYIfiY'OAY FOB KVKKtKO TELKGRAPH.
Mr. Voothecs' Cone.
From the 7Vtlftune.
Mr. Vooihecs, of Indiana, who, as our readers
know, Is not to have a seat in the present House
of Representatives, has been consoled for his
bad luck by the Hon. Thomas B. Florence (pro
fanely called Tom Florence), who has midc a
speech to Mr. Voorhees, upon which we con
dole with him, and has presented to him "a
can6 of very rare wood (value $100 currency),
surmounted by a gold head, from a chaste de
sign," upon which we ooueratulate him. Tho
speech ot the Hon. Thomas has only one fault.
It is lust a little too swelling lor the occasion. If
Mr. Florence, on behulf of ibe "citizens (white)
ot Wafchinpton" had presented to Mr. Voorhees
a service ot silver, tea-pot sugar-basin, cream
Ititr, and slop-bowl, he could not more
wildly have ubaudoucd himself to rne
torical tumefaction. It affords a new
illustration of tbe art ol sinking, when
Mr. Florence has to come down to "a
cane." Thomas stiutrtrles inain Rgauist pre-riet-tiiiate
bathos by calling the "cane" ' a s'a f,"
and then by ciilltsi the "statl" a "mute, yet elo
quent, and bountiful token ol regard," and hy
nflirmhifr that ,t is "a ch tste and artistically de
sned and prepnred stall' or cane," the tilt' (lor
Thomas m apt to indulge in adjectives) of 1st,
"devoted:" 2d, "sincere;" 3d, "earne3t;" and
4th, "last" frieudship. In spite of the melan
choly conclusion ol the poet, We aver that
friendship like this is somewhat more toan "a
name." Friendship, manifested iu this generous
and auriferous way, is by no means to be snitl'ed
at. And Mr. Voorhees, trr once, appears to
have been ol our opinion; tor, opening his
mouth, there flowed therefrom a rushing stream
of eloquence, whereof the beginning, the mid
dle, and the end was that pronoun most resem
bling in shape "u statl or cane" tho pronoun I.
We have not counted its repetitious: but it is
ns clear as dat light to us that Mr. 1). Wi Voor
hees (Daniel Webster Voorhees, we take ill does,
by no manner of means, think small beer of
himself ; that he considers D. W. Voorhec3 as
important a character as th old, original
Dau'el past-ing the night with the lions. "I
accej.t." "I am content." "I therefore think."
"1 attribute." "I fervently and acvoutly thank
God"' and very handsome it is in Daniel to di
It. "I can fay 1 never betrayed a pnrtv." "I
entered CunKi'tss." "I determined." "I have
lived." And, over and above all, to cheor the
despot dine, and confirm the doubtinir, and tlx
the waverine. Daniel W. is good enough to say,
"1 have faith in the future. " This is decidedly
reviving and uncommonly animating. We do
not know that it settles ant thing; but still it is
pleasant to learn that Mr. Voorhees, with a
vai-t deal to make him unnnppy, and ust kicked
out of the House of Representatives, can "still
cheerfully chant
Cheer un, my lively lads.
In epite of wind and weather."
Tom Florence must have felt decidedly better
far this exhibition ot Mr. Voorhees' hilarity, and
nave gone back to his editoriul sanctum liko a
beery giant retreebed.
One ot Mr. Voorhees' thick-coming egotisms
is worthy ot particular attention. Tbe country,
too mindful of business to need its benefactor,
does not know, perhaps, that but lor Mr. Voor
hees' interposition, iu spite ot Grant, of S'.ier
man, and ot Shciidan, it would long ago have
pone to hopeless and irreparable grief. But D.
W. V. knows it, and he does nut permit any
squeamish mi desty to interfere with his do ng
just ce to himselt; and a man with a finer talent
for sounding his own horn, we never sa v. never
heard, and never read of. "I (Lgoetmea patria)
I (D. W. V.) entered Congress bve years ago
in the midst of grief and of gloom." Everything
wa6, to speak plainly, in a mess. Men and mem
bers weie all madder than mad. "They acted,"
says Voorhees "as if the Constitution had
already perished in the storm" or "baleful
simoon." as Mr. V, vines it. Now, under these
discouraging circumstances, what did the In
diana gentlemen do ? Did he betake himself to
drink ' Did he run his head into the sand, like
an ostrich? Did he expend a portion ot bij
official salary in the purchase of a rope? or
lottilv pink him'.ell like Cato of Utica? Did he
give up the Constitution in despair? He shall
epeak lor himscll in his own beautiful lan
guage: "On tbe contrary, I lecal'od the suhlimo origin of
tl at instrument, the wisdom that framed it. the start
ling magmflcenco and plory which it had given our
cntntrv in the midst of tbe nations ot the earth, its
.ull:cu-ncy in times past for all the purposes of war
and of peace; aud I determined that, whatever othors
might uo, ou it, and on it alone, I would build the
house of my political faith The winds have b-at
utouit.the ia ns bare descended, but that house
has not iallcn."
Dut Dauiel has, we grievo o say, for tho
House in which he would have been particu
larly pleased to abide has, with signal ingrati
tude, cast him firth. Dut still he is cheerful.
"Gentlemen," suys he, addressing the douors ot
the cane, "tbe Constitution is triumphing."
'I've hxed it," he mirht have added, "and it
shall remain a fixture toievcr." it waS leally
ciuel to send such a benevolent constitutional
carpenter as this buck to private life. From
this sublime point of view, the cane, in spite of
its gold top, seems to us a sort of moukory.
Vooihces saves the country, and he is put off
with a windy speech lrom Tom Florence and "a
cane" 'rom '"'the citizens of Wushington" Tbos.
U. Florence, J. D. Hoover, T. A. Folsoin, and J.
W. Clampitt!
It's enough to make even Mr. Voorhees give
up the bu.-tnebs of saviug constitutions for the
rest ot his natural lite. It there were yet some
fragment ot the Coufederacy to which ho mieht
carry himsell und IT'S genius for constitutional
diagnosis, he would not be without high Roman
ciumple lor his most natural stampede. And,
for all we can tee to the contrary ui his Oration
lor tho Caite, he would Do quite at homo in
South Caro'ina or Alabama; tor his foelinprs to
wards the late Ketifcls are evidently considerate,
nud we think wo may say alfcctionute. "t love,"
lie nmorously observes, "tho peojdn of the
South. 1 hail them as American citizens. ThiS.v
are a bravo and heroic population as well as we."
in short, nobody can read Mr. Voorhees
speech without receiving the impression that, in
his opinion at leat, the rebellious Ktates have
becu damnably iniured by somebody, and era
more worthy of Bnlve than severity. He believes
that it ws the North which was originally
guilty of "dark, premeditatd crime agaiust tho
Union," and he hauls poor John Urn n from bis
grave to prove it. We certainly shall not attempt
to refute his opinion, if it be entitled to thut
name. Facts settle the matter the other way.
Il'story will eufavo qui e another record. The
theory of the Government is not the theory of
Mr. Vooihces. The policy oftho Governnuutis
not, and canuot bo, without futal cousequences,
a policy of ingenious excuse aud amiable ex
tenuation. We make no oblection to gentleness, to niTcy,
to good nature, when the exprcise of theso does
not compromise fundamental principles; but, in
the Tinnia of our gallant dead, we motest against
any attempt to belittle the caue in behalf of I
which they perished, or to ditrnify the cause
against which they died contending. We regard
the rebellion h a crime. Mr. Voorhees would
soften it down to a misdemeanor. We would
insure, so far as possible, the future political
fidelity ot these who cannot plead a eoud politl
cal reputution in the past. Mr. Voorhees is for
oblivion and a sort of helter-skelter lubilee af
pardon and reftoratlon. Where his heart was
duriu" Ihe phsleal contest is bevond a pi-rad-vei
ttne-wheie it is now, dining the moral bat
tle, e leave the leader to determine.
Tfce Crisis In Fnropo The Position of
' Austria
From fAe Timet. '
In estimating the situation in Europe soma
of our journals look no further than to a parti
tioning of provinces between the several powers,
to so that what IVuss'.amay lose by ceding Silesia
Austria she may pain by the annexation of the
Duchies, and Austria rxay be recompensed for
the cession of Venetla to Italy by Silesia, and,
s some think, by an accession of territory on
tho lower Danube. But there arc other and
more momentous questions in tho background
than tbe matter ot mere population aod terri
tory. In regard to I'rdsia, we have already
relerred to her desire to become a naval power,
and the opportunities to that end she probibly
expects to gain by the acquisition of the full
control over the Elder and its contiguous terri
tory from tho North Sea to the Baltic. As it f
with TriiEsia In tho Noith, so with Austria in
the South of Europe.
It i not alone the habitual obstinacy and
proverbial family pride of tbe Hapsbtirgs which
make Austria cling so tenaciously to the posses
sion of Vent tia. There enter into this tirtnnss
motives ot policy and statecrait as patent with
Austrian statesmen as the dj ire lor Prussian
aggrandizement is with the statesmen of Pr.issia.
And it may as well bo said that all the smaller
Mates of Southern Germany seem to tudge that
their own interests lie in tbis pol cv of Austria.
It will be remembered that, atter the rapid ani
serious duleats of the Austrians In Italy, in 1K9,
and before the last at Soltermo, the present Kbiaf
of Prussia, then Prince Regent, enthusiastically
declared that Germany must be defended against
Franco on the banks of tbe Mmcio, and that he
begun to give lorce to this declaration by ex
tended armaments and the mobilization of the
entire Prussian army. It will also be remem
bered that the whole of Gel many with one ac
cord applntidcd this declaration and unan'mou'ly
prepnred lor war, and it was this attitude of the
German powers that prompted Napoleon hastily
to conclude the peace ol Villalrinca with his
proclaimed work but half done.
It was no mere bentimental rhapsody that
rl'ured . the Geinmus into delend ing Austria on
the Mincio; it was the recoileclion of that here
aitary axiom of Get man politics hereditary
lrom the time that there exiited a Germany in
mime tha', the valley of the Adtgo and the
passes ot Southern Tyrol are tho key to the
heart ol Germany, and lor her own security and
protection must i.o and forever remain In the
hands ot a German power. This bus tor centu
ries been thought necessary, with Italy divided
into many separate aud contending States and
principalities.
There was certainly some truth in the a'gu
ment of the present Napoleon, that with apo wer
lul Italian kingdom, the security of France de
manded possession and eoutrol by her of the
pusseH on tbe Alps, aud thus he justified the
acquisition ot Savoy aud Nice. And it is not
the less true that it was tho like consideration,
so long regarded ns Imperative tor the pro
tection ol Germuny, which, in the peace of
Villalrunca, made Francis Joseph deny to Italy
the boundary of the Mincio, and reserve tj him
self the control ot 'he passes north through tho
Tvrolese Alrts. It is true that ou behulf ot Italy,
the powerlul plea rt.ay be interposed, that she,
in centuries past as well as now, needed far
greater security aiainst attacks from the North
than Germany did against attacks from hor; it
is true that she can support this plea with
countless referei ccs to history, proving that the
sending of army after army from Germany into
Italy through these very passes, in lurtuerance
ot the policy of the German fcmperors, contri
buted luigely to the chronic disorder and im
poverishment of the whole peninsula, and that
therefore she oucht to have the undisputed aud
undisturbed possession , of the whole north of
Italy, not to threaten an attack, but to bo forti
fied againbt one.
Hut, then, Austria may reply, that if once de
prived ot the present cordon of toititied posts,
the Tyrol uot onl, but the whole of Cariutbia,
Illyria, Stjria, aud all her o her southern pos
sessions are, through the many mountain pass 'S
and gorges, that all lead soudiward, constantly
opened to attack.
We have lately seen in a Vienna paper, the
Wanderer, we believe, another lutim-itiou of
what troubles tbe minds of Austrian statesmen.
With Venice and its territory secured to Italy,
there is no prorai.-e that other more or less Ita
lian possessions of Austria would not be coveted.
Thete were, tn tunes of Venetian power, all
dependencies of the grand republic. There is
the District of Trie te, the "Himnarlan' Lltto
rale, with Fiume and Dulmatia, with Zara for
i ts capital and principal port.
In lact, these provinces woald, io the Aus
trians seem to fear, oi necessity gravitate towards
the great Italian kingdom, to which, by descent,
language, redgion. and the traditions of past
centuries, they feel themselves attractol, anl
Austria, in no very loug time, would become
totally separated from the Adriatic. Sho would
then bo an inland powor, like Bavaria. Wurtein
berp, or Saxony, and of no more lutluence or
consequence than the three united. The Aus
trian political leaders, therefore, put to them
selves tbe qpstion Could the Dossestion ot the
w hole of Roumnnia. with Bosnia added could
even the possession of the mouth of the Danube,
witn its adjacent coast on tbo Euxine com
pentato Austria lor such loss of prestise, posi
tion, and power r They th'nk not. Moreover,
in tbe disposition to be made of the Danubian
Principalities the old question de Portent comes
up aenin, in regard to wQicb Rnssia puts lorth
ponerlul claims to be heard and heeded.
Russia, to bo true to her Oriental policy, per
sistently adhered to by her since the time of her
great Peter, will never allow a power I ke Aus
tria to be wedged in bet ween herself and the
Bosphorus. Beside0, the Roumanian people are
sure to have something to i ay about it. nor will
Tin key be entirel.v silent. So thut while Austria
will certainly uot purt wiih what she has in
bund fur what it is very uncertain she may ever
g(t or be able to return; and whiln, even if
this be certain, fhe has s'rong reasons to de
cline tbe burgt.iu as being uutair and no
recompense for her loss aud the danger Bbe
may incur, it is lille to speculate about a Uuro
penn C'ongrtss beimr able to reconstruct the
map ot Lurope bv pai celling out a province
here to this ami a province tbero fo that
power. Only th" irreversible lesults of war
can accomplish nbtu this proposed Congress is
(.aid to attempt.
In addition, Austria's internal condition is
rut h that she mey gain much in chsh ot war.
Her finances are in u desperate state. Iu war,
find when almon li ul f ol Continental Europe is
in arms against her, tho people of Auntria will
bear aiy burden imposed upon them in the
interest 'of the defense of the empire, and even
national bankruptcy would not bo so severely
cit. The different nationalities comprising the
empire would tbi the time lav aside their ani
mosities and jealousies and unite in the support
ol a common ca' se.
We have not at till attempted to gtve in the
above a defens of the position of Austria.
We intended only to introduce out readsrs to
the current of thought that agitates the rulers
of Austria and of her allies in Germany. As
there rre two sides to every quarrel, wo thought
it proper to give evry side of it a hearing.
The Pi esfde ill's Proclamation British,
and American Neutiality.
From the Herald.
President Johnson's proclamation to preveut
any "unlawful expedition and enterprise from
the territory and jurisdiction of the United
States, aud to maintain, the public peace aa well
as the national honor, ad enforce obedience
aud respect to the laws of the United States,'
which is aimed at the Fenian movement oa
Canada, has created no little excitement. Tiiia
action of tbe President i commented upon very
freely by all classes, some condemning and.
Other approving it, w hlle those opposed to the
administration gladly seize the opportunity,
without any regard to the piiuclplo involved,
to condemn Mr. Johnson.
The President undoubtedly was plaoed In an
unfortunate position with rcmrd lo the Fenian
movement. On one, band it was bis duty to see
that the laws be t'u!utct.,, o.c tua.t the buiioc