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Show 1 MERITS OF THE CITY. i Nearly nil tlvlllriitlon In tti product j of I In- rlt. whore mind nicc'a "i""1 I end each r .-com. n brighter from l'"n' I 1 Urt. av. New York Weekly Mi , 1 of population may ikimIt great ' j vrlrea. I.ut they nine) engender great J virtues, anil If they ilii not produro j thi-y certainly develop Ihn finest and i J keenest Intelligences that """" I The II ft to town stnton nf flrcere ere ated ni..l of 1h- anrlnit clvlllnflon I that la worih having, nnil ""or "T ' fell and the dark ages In II wee i Iho lltlli. city republics nf H'"' j brought light, learning ami nii r y back to the world Homn nf the blackest rrltiif are committed In the "ilr I fnnan Ik.yle haa Sherlock Holmes. In , one of hi. beat stnrloe. point ""' j 1 fart. It waa a clever tnurh anil It la true Tha country man la not mora ' honest than the city man. although ha may lark opportunities Flaubert and Haltae have drawn grim plrtiirce nf aordld mcanm-aa In the rural III" nf rranra, Tnlaiol haa dona aa mm h lor j Ituasta. and Hudoimann Ibsen ind Hardy have told almllnr l.lark stories of their nn countries Thn recent r port of tho commission on rouniry III showed considerations which loll very murh to be di-alri'd In lh way of Improvement |
