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Show FISHERMAN'S LUCK and golf-clubs by the old boys, they certify us that the vernal equinox has a rrived, not only in the celestial regions, but also in the heart of man. I have been reflecting of late upon the relation of lovers to the landscape, and questioning whether art has given it quite the same place as that which belongs to it in nature. In fiction, for example, and in the drama, and in music, I have some vague misgivings that romantic love has come to hold a more prominent and a more permanent position than it fills in real life. This is dangerous ground to venture upon, even in the most modest and deprecatory way. The man who expresses an opinion, or even a doubt, on this subject, contrary to the ruling traditions, will have a swarm of angry critics buzzing about him. He will be called a heretic, a heathen, a cold-blooded freak of nature. As for the woman who hesitates to subscribe all the thirty-nine articles of romantic love, if such a one dares to put her reluctance into . . words, she is certain to be accused either of un-womanly ambition or of feminine disappointment. no Occupied at the sunset hour by only two. |