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    NOTICES OF BOOKS. 353

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    German Litjehatuhe.

    c Shall I rejoice In happiness , or mourn in sorrow ? Father , I bow in ignorance before

    Thee" ' B What ut giv future es , that bliss hop He e may gives us not "blessing to know now , . '

    I feel deeply that the veil is holy which hides the future from , us , and it is good that I do not dare to lift a corner of it . "

    " The wind whistles—cold raindrops patter against the windows . Oh , Boreas , spare the flowers ! Also In my heart there is a vague

    longing and emptiness , and the cold breath of disdain is withering the blossoms of friendship . "

    " Solitude , thou art the sweet refuge of the suffering , who , in the confusion of this world , sigh after rest and find it only in thy bosom !

    The quietness which surrounds thee is strengthening and refreshing ; and when tears must Rowit is a comfort to weep alone . Happy

    the man who is not afraid , to commune -with himself , and who is haunted by the consciousness of no cherished sin . "

    Such are her thoughts—amiable and characteristic , but seldom _, distinguished by any remarkable originality . She evidently knew

    that privacy had its own joys , and that rainy days , as it has been observedwere erhaps ordained to secure these . She always

    speaks best , when p her remarks come from the heart , and is never so eloquent as when enlarging on the character of Schiller *

    Here , indeed , some of her sayings are almost witty . She observes rather scornfully , apropos of his numerous biographers , that it is

    with the character of a great man as with the statue of the Apollo Belvidere—every raw amateur thinks he must try his hand at it .

    Her remarks on the peculiarity of Schiller ' s genius , as distinguished from . Goethe's , are also worth considering . " Goethe , " she

    says , " was remarkable for the depth and massive nature of his geniusbut Schiller for his geniality and superior spiritual power . "

    She is , so far rihtthat Goethe ' s want : of faith was fatal to the influence of his g poetry , . His meretricious art could never make

    amends for the deadening and blighting influence of his writings . There is a necessity for some sure foundation for all strong feeling

    to be grounded on . Even earthly love is ever the strongest in those hearts where it is not a primary but a secondary passion .

    Charlotte von Schiller has also some clever remarks on the had characters to of Wieland follow her , Herder in her , and accounts Madame of her de earl Stael . education We wish we to y ;

    sketch space the pleasing domestic quietness of Schiller's home life , where the little " Gold-sohn ( passing through the important ceremony of

    of cutting attraction his teeth till the and first saying was /' Papa called " ) away was always in the the prime centr of e

    his intellectual , powers poor and papa in the zenith of his literary prosperity , leavinthe widowed mother and the little lisping son to call in vain

    g readers upon his to cherished the volume name itself . We for further are , however information , compelled commending to refer our to

    , VOL . VIII . CO

    Notices Of Books. 353

    NOTICES OF BOOKS . 353

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Jan. 1, 1862, page 353, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01011862/page/65/