Show kr I 88 I'EEl' O' DAT— A LlTEJRAitT MAGAZlM THE —? ! hr£3 such races as these could but result in making tlic England and from England the America we know' We do not need to wonder why the possessors of sb small an island should gain an empire upon which the sun never sets With the blood of the adventurous spirits of such races combined it would have been more wonderful if they had succeeded livss While we trace the hardy diameter of the Englishman and his supremacy to the facts of his descent his othei peculiarities are as clearly derivable Mis love of law and order are clearlVfrom Homan blood and tutorage —liis honesty and simplicity from the Saxon race —liis seamanship from the Dane — liis chivalrous and aristocratic notions from the Norman race while for liis comirietcial character he is doubt less indebted to his geographical position on the highIu fact nothing but a lighting way of commerce trading mechanical people could have boen produced on such shores with such a history The Englishman is not so gentle as the German not so polished! as tlic Frenchman because raised in a more rugged fed with a more rugged history and with a less There has been nothing in his history genial clime or circumstance to cultivate on a large scale German detraction or French delicacy too much in the fight of the trading world to have tinVe for abstract enquiry too much jostling' and struggling to get and hold to Solidity is therefore perfect French exqfflsiteness- NATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS T1IE ENtGLLSH5iAN' Men nnd nations as we have endeavored to show arc not altogether to be blamed or praised for what they are We do not say that in irnral diameter they could not if they wished it sometimes be different but in respect to tastes habits- expediences eccentricities or peculiarities of many kinds they are iuch indebted to the controlling influence's of a chain of circumstance acthig for ages in the formation of their national character We have tried briefly to" illustrate this in ‘the &ise of theDaneJ German and Frenchman f lot lis now rfcfer 'particularly to that very characteristic representative of the Anglo-SaxoEnglishman — and see how far tjie influences of locality climate and history can be traced in liis peculiarities t The Englishman as all know is the nrost compounded being in respect to characteristics oh the There is a general blending of the peculiariglobe ties of other nations in his personlie has nq peculiarities so clearly his own as the Frenchman or the German " possesses He has strong peculiarities vvc admit b lit they are not so much his own as they are the peculiarities of other nations combined iii a forcible form hence England has great force but no very great extremes of character You can find higher a general flavor of the predominating qualities of other Like her language her habits are’ a general nations blending of the most approved expressions of the various nationalities whose blood and history lias been combined in her own 'Much of the strength of England can of course be traced to Her position as a sea girt isle — too far away and'too difficult of approach to be easily invaded but Hindi more caii be traced to the combined blood of the ancient warriors of Saxon v Denmark Normandv and even Home which lias been blended with that of her She is an illusoriginal tribes the fighting Britons trious instance of the results of the cross breeding of approved specimensTlie singular mixture of races that can 'be traced in English history is remarkable as not feeing merely the union with inferior of decayed specimens of the nations referred to j every addition she has received from any of these nationalities has 'been front their hardiest their most adventurous tlieif most Glaring i : nnd free thinking- N: The first jo associate their institutions- and in many cases to mingle their blood with the native British n race were the invincible legionaries of Cicsaf her Here is a peculiarity Vf England conquerors ended whenever siiccesfullv invaded rhe lias always1 v by absorbing her conquerors- In this peculiar way the dominating race that have built up English and American fame have been produced by an overruling s providence Tim great Germanic race— the — invaded England but to1 lose their national distinction and become absorbed into her population---Saxon- s Then the wild and hardy Dane— no longer the sea kings of those days— -- conquered lie but to succumb in turn ter her institutions and' engraft their warlike 'stock upon her hardy race Those restless spirits the Norman the chief representatives of warfare in those times in turn contributed their martial prowess and their chivalric blood in the for mafion of English character from which time on English history 'is one continued story how daring rovoltcrfl against priestly or kingly despotism made England their liomc and became amalgamated' with her people each bringing an accession of physical and The fusion of mental daring’ if lie characteristics h i ' rac'e-Ali- e' n - : Bo-ma- v -- Anglo-Saxon- A of necessity the Englishmans characteristic— not ornamental but strong “ Granite all” said Emerson when lie stepped upon Liverpool quay mid such is English character — rugged enduring granite like— susceptable only of small ornamentation but calculate ed to stand It is no' accident has made the Englishman what lie is 0 od of course has done it by moulding in his character the elements of strength There lrat? been more to call out the energies of stability and1 less to feed the taste for show' — lienee he is less an artist v Great ” on solid construction hut more a mechanic but comparatively unfertile in design Utility is the Englisln&inhs forte this can be seen in his pictures his sculpture life architecture liis music- his oratory and even liis very furniture the chief feature ill all plainness and strength It takes a sunny clime' like Italy to feed the imagination and produce those’ glorious artists of music aiul sought took Germany and France to make German and French characteristics and it took the rugged shores of Britain and her more rugged experience to produce 4lie Englishman IIof past md present time ladies for whose' LADIES DepARTMENT-T1- ic interest (Quiz- says)' uve are unceasingly laboring will be gratified to find under the head of Ladies Table a column devoted to their peculiar permits! Knitting crochet work embroidering and many' other species of plain and ornamental ladies work together with a brief record of fashion in matters of dre's sty far as such iriat-tecan be illustrated in type will f'oni time to time be laid before our readers We trust the varied addition now made will help to constitute our magazine truly a Family Paper and a necessary addition every firesideMusiCALr Column— Ill order to more fully render our Magazine suitable to the tastes of all classes and as music itself is an art the influence of which perhaps above all others- jp&Tei?se& a1 refining influence' upon society we have added this iveek a musical der partirient to our columns arid trust to give under that beading rueh notices criticisms and annecdotesf as will interest the musical portion of our readers rs |