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' ' THE SFN, TUESDAY, AUGUST 31. 18Y6. I
TUKSDAY, AldUHT 31. 1875.
Tkr New 1'osfnl l.nw-Pnsingr lo he I'rrpnlil.
Tlio now pristnl law, which requites prepay-
nil ef poitsge lr I ubllihcrn on ill periodical sent to
tatscrtbera, look sffcel Jsn. 1, 1SJ&.
Truspostsffc la dftcrmlucd by weight, snd to be pud
frrmilsy to dsy In bulk,
I'natsge cd Tns. luttT f-t s from Jin 1 will be fifty
rema a year, or five ft cents a month for m'ltiily
subscribers, b ibacriplion to Titc lltn.r Kim I0.W
Kir, or fiitr.flte (551 cents a month, poatsgt pild.
Amusements To-liar.
Aesdeaay r Maale-AmnslUa W.ili.
Ili'i Thaatre b.r Sltl..a. llaadal.
Bawery 1t,atre II ityfcsicl, as.
raatrat Park bard a-Sia-slanlan N'ikl.
Darltag'a Orrra lltase Nf Veil kliniti.t.
Flfla Avians Thratra Mil r aa Jataail. l'(m Traoys.
I liraad Oaera llaaae- lla-til.L
I alflicore's t'oarert ilardca Sth at. aat flik ik
Creat Daub! (Irca last It tut it , t K
Vttrapolllan Thratre triiitby Mala...
Jlyale Tkratre-Vari.it,
. I lWlaMN Hall- 1'far.ii af Tfit a..,
il ! Framta. MUatrela lafa'a.
1 ! faralra Tantgna-Nw spw ,ui.i.
I , ralnn Square lViratrr-Cel. Sad n.
B 'i -, Walla. k'a Tatatra la. alalia
ill .
I TIip A u I II ill ii Outlook Tor Iluslncst.
j To-morrow, with the opening of Sep-
l ' temher, tlio season of uiittiinii nominally
j lioftins, though not tttitil Sept. '.Ii will tlio
, a-lroiMunknl event known iib the nutiim-
i nal solstice occur, mid brine with It what,
wllh sdcutillt' cxitctucrs, wo limy In our
Amoilcnn parlance mil tlio full.
Till month of September Is the lime for
those for tntiriti' enough to tnko holiday In
Hit' country, to tonio hnt'k to town, hap
itttl luf-Tiicc, tan. niinctlto, added weight
of Heidi, nml nil, Willi tlio returning host,
the cent if of business lii tht; city tnku on
t livelier niin;nnitice, and even If com
merce ill pcncrnl dors not get an Impetus,
speculation it vrry npt to tlo so.
'Hit' business outlook for tlio ntitnnin Is
not o encnuniBliii; ns we roultl wish for.
It" ImkI promise in In tin- fact thnt con
. , scrvntlsni has ronlrollctl business cnter-
prlc for tlit- lart two yeans credits have
. j been lessened, tluhts paltl, new obligations
nvoldfil. riuil ot'onoiny pmctisctl. At tlio
lii i 'Hint' time the two years have not cssen-
1 I tlallMuerra5etl tho canltnl of commerce.
j" In ery nitiiiy cimn, i iiiiiiIiik at n hlch rate
; t of outlay, llrinn hnve falletl to covor ex.
'!' 'j peiifi'!', niitl have been eating up their
( . capital. Still we should not Ond in .tho
, l i. contlltlon of inert'tititiU' nfTalrs in general
j ocinslon for very gloomy apprehensions,
If we did not rei ro prewiU'iit that state of
' i lin k of iiiiilldt'iui' which locks up capital
J ml paraljzef Industry. Tlic eontimmuco
j I ; of this tlltriiit will tlraw further on Aims
. theretofore weakened In pecuniary
, ; t itietiplh. This lack of confidence is likely
r to he cneoiiraBeil by the blows which the
J itttuir.n promises to give to the financiers
proper.
I f ' It is not sound policy, nor is It faithfully
; performing Us duty to the public, when n
', " Juiirrul lends its lntluenee to needlessly
i pi ovoke alarms in the commercial world.
. : It In rather its ofllrc to inspirn confidence
; y and tt stimulate hope. Ilut this must not
be enrrled too far even hy tho honest
i ', itlitor, whose conscience, and not his
v pocket. Inspires bis course. As tho re-
, porlerof exne t fuels for the correct Infor-
million of the people, ho intut not fall In
his duty in order to cajole them into a
' falsi' security. Just now a portion of the
I m wrpupir pit-ss is attempting for selfish
t t fi eii!i lo belittle- thegravo mltchlef Itnpend-
' lug. with the lew of warding off evil from
; , c i lain ci nfedi'inted f peculators who now
' ' cannot afiortl a gencinl decline in the
It pi It i s of slot ks.
JAvlioi'i.nisatthe head of these ruth-
lest gamblers, and he has set his stool
; I1 piiru.n, WiitTr.i,AW IlMi), to tho task of
J lulling the public into a false security. Wo
. ' caution everybody against giving tho
llghtet heed to the Trlhutic't statements
i on uuy biibji-ct whalever connected with
tmtie, couiuieice, liuauce, autl oven poll
I ti. It Is u paper destitute of convictions,
1,; and devoted to tho office of u ropcr-ln for
I 1y liiiui.ii. Its pretended facts may bo
I V la Invented for stock-jobbing purposes,
mid its pretended argument efforts to
mWcad the judgment of tho public for tho
!! i"iuii! ends. Wo have cltod so many In
stances of this scoundrelly practice that
. ne do not need to more than say now
li that tho Tribune of yesterday was con-
' ni.cuotiH for them.
I J Jav (ioi.'Li) cannot afford a blow to
J prieiw ut tho Stock Hoard. Accordingly,
ever since Hie Ili'N'CA.v, Hhciiman & Co.
ifatliite, he has been bolstering the market
up. Whin the falltiro of tho California
. Hank oetiuicd the other day, he was
fj quickly tin hand tti resoi t to duvices look-
i ing lo the Mimii end. Since last spring lie
,f li: kept up L'nlon PacifJc, by tho efforts of
! liiiiiaclf and his chipio, at u price which Is
' only iiutuimil. livery one in Wall street
knows that tho taleji of that stock are gen
eially simply by one of his brokers to an
other. If ho should bo forced to put a
' loiiaidetalilL' block of the stock on the
;' ' mu kel and inako foi fide sales, it would
i '. go down disastrously. Thero are now
! next to no outsiders speculating In tho
ftiei't. They are afraid. Jay (iairvo can
only (.ell to tho btokers themselves, and
they know very soon whin a movement
(to unload begins, It would not take '..0,000
nor r.,000 flu.res abruptly forced to tale to
warn the keen observers of tho Slock
Hoard of tho bicnkiug storm.
, Jav (Jotti.i), therefore, is in peril if tho
itock inaiket falls materially, IIo Is ex
tended, landed with stocks, and unpre
j (Ktred othci wise for weathering any gulo
! , uf erioti lorce. With tilm associated is a
' uhtuo whoso IntcrcsU nro wrapped up in
J bis, and many capitalists concerned In the
i stocks of other railway aro afraid of tho
oonseiiieiioc9 of any trouble to the master
J. stock gambler. Heme Jat (ouu can
, i xiinmiiuil assistance, antl that powerful, to
' kei up thu market. Hut after all, it Is
I Outltiousvulucs they are maintaining; and
the danger is that the 'Combination, with
all their money power, will not he able to
f long keep up tho existing tato of affairs,
unless actual prosperity In the country
',' and in the roads tuemtelvcs comes to their
I assistance.
Now, the fact Is, our railways In general
are not doing well. They are overbur
dened with watered deb!, oud tho carry
ing business has naturally suffered. Doubts
aro o-xpi eased whether even tho Now Yoik
Central, with Its unequalled traffic, la
I ! earning tlio dividends it is expected to
pay. These ciicumsUvnces inako many of
Iho longest-headed observers in flnaneo
anticipate a squally time this fall. Uoro
' aver, tho bankers aro making no money.
! rorelgn exchange U no Ioniser profitable.
The ocean telegniphsiliitve contributed to
, eaiislng tho commercial troubles in Lon-
ion mm New York. Thoy have revolu
; J I tionlied the China and East India bus!-
r , a"t' ""J seriously affetaod a.l blanches of
mercantile enterprise. While business is
adjusting Itself to the new conditions,
trouble ensues.
Wo do not ci oak j but we ndiiso tho
public to forrcuU in their prudence, at
least, a gloomy rather than n bright finan
cial autumn. Most earnestly wo advlo
thcui to beware of giving credence to any
thing Jat (tom.ii'H stool pigeon may tuy
on business nffiilts.
The .Situation in Cuba.
The approaching termination of the
rnlnysraaon In Cuba will lniuiutimtfwli.it
will In all probability bo the last campaign
of the war, which for ic veil years has deso
lated the Island.
Telegrams from Madrid annotinco that
twelve lhnuand men are to be sent to the
Island immediately anil ten thousand more
In October. Whether Bpaln will really
send n man is unimportant, except to tho
poor devils thcni'clves. No number of
men that Spain can send can possibly
affect the result of tho contest. Hut
tho promise Li probably ono of thoso
which have become proverbial, and
may be intended merely ns a eloak, un
der cover of which Valmasiiiia can
moro easily bleed tho Spanish resident
of the Island. In view of tho many
pretexts with which during his present
command In Cuba, he has swindled the
commercial community of Havana, It is
easy to understand that some endorsc
incn of his word hy tho homo Oovcru
mont was necessary in orJer to again tin
looso tlio purso strings of his financial
victims.
When ho lat enme to Cubo, ho hod not
been a week in Havana before ho ex
noled from the rich men of tlio place
t.W0,0CO, to pay for tho recruiting,
equipment, and trun-portatlon to Cuba
of seven thousand men, without whom
It would be Impossible for him to under
take any movement against tho patriots.
Tho money was subscribed on the spot and
scut to Spain, but not nnmn went to Cuba.
Tho next week ho foiciblytook from the
Spanish Hank, nntl in spitoof tho protest
of Its President, two million dollars all
tho gold there was in the bank ostensibly
for tho purposo of paying the troops, who,
for want of pay, wcro deserting in largo
nuinbeis to the Cubans. Uf this sum only
one-qunrter was applied to the purpo'o for
which It wos stolen, while three-fourths
were sent to Spain. To-day there Is pot n
regiment ou tho Island whose pay Is not
six months In arrears. So that It Is but fair
topredlctthatof thofSOO.OOOwhlch Valsia
er.DA has now forcibly levied on the Span
ish merchants of Havana, for tho equip
ment and transportation of the promised
troops, hut ii very small part will bo
applied to Its professed purpose.
Hut ten, twenty, or fifty thousand fresh
troops sent from Sptin to Cuba to-day
could not enable tho (lovernment to sup
press the revolution. This truth has lately
been stated to the King In a pamphlet by
a Spanish general odlccr, Acosta y
Ai,VKAn, n man who has been slnco the
outbreak of the revolution, in the thick of
tho fight, one who owns or owned enor
mous sugar p'autations In tho bland,
and who, from his experience of tho
world in general and his Intimate acquaint
ance with all classes In Cuba, is eminently
fitted to Judge correctly. This pamphlet
was suppressed; the Gaceta of Madrid
stated that Its publication had been re
garded by the Government with extreme
dissatisfaction (con mno ifrsrtornrfoi, and
Gen. Concha was refused permission to
reply to it. Among other points, den.
Acosta declares such reforms must be
made In Cuba ns would virtually amount
to tho cession of tho island.
Extravagant us tho statement may ap
pear to tho uninformed, tberu aro to-day
more effective, disciplined men In tho
Cuban than iu tlio Spanish army
in Cuba. Neither are well supplied with
arms or nminuultloti, but the ports
being open to tho Spaniards and
olosed to tho Cubans, tho hitter aro forced
to rely for powder upon what little they
can manufacture and what they cau cap
ture and purchase from tho Spaniards.
Moi cover, tho patriot aro destitute, of
artillery, or nearly so, and thus they ore
unable to capture vither a seaport or any
of thu few interior towns garrisoned by
tlio Spanish troops.
Tho coming CHinpuigu will, however, bo
of a different nature even frntn the lust,
which was fought by the C jbans In tho
Villas, a district of which Vakmaskda and
his immediate predecessor trumpeted the
" entire pacification." Maximo OoMrz ln
vaded this pacified district in January,
applied tho toich in n way that made
Havana and South street howl, and ceased
his devastating career ouly when his hand
was held by I'resldciit Cikneuoh.
That humnuu but incompetent President
has now stepped down and out. Ho re
tired somu time slnco in favor Ji ak 11.
Sl'OTUHNO, tho Speaker of tho llouso of
Representatives. Tho cause of the
retirement of President Cii'.vr.ttos was
his unwillingness to allow tho general offi
cers of the Cuban nrmy to retaliate upon
the Spaniards for their barluultiea. Tho
military leaders of tho lmtnots weio
wearied with restoring prisoners to
liberty, sending them under escort to
the nearest Spanish camps, and caring for
Spanish wounded, while tho Spaniards
never spared a prisoner or omitted
killing an unarmed and dcfeueoless Cu
ban. Thoy remonstrated ngulust tho
clemency of Cis.vEitof;, nnd declared that
It was alike unfair to their men and to the
cause, that Spaniards captured with arms
in their hands should be allowed to retuni
to the Spanish ranks nnd continue the wnr,
though overy captured Cuban was at once
slaughtered by the Spaniard!. President
CtHNEitos objected, moreover, to tho in
discriminate devastation of tho island;
and although Induced to acquiesce
In It, ho did so only in .an experi
ment, hoping that when tho Spaniards
once felt tho effect of tho Cuban
torch and saw tho impossibility of arrest
ing its progress, thoy would grant Cuba
her independence. Apt! at tho very mo
ment when Maximo Gomez had brought
Spain almost to her knees, when sugar
estate property in (Jubn hud come to
ho regarded in South street as of
such an evanescent character that no
ono would advance a dollar on it,
when disinterested American slave
holders lu Cuba wtro crowding tho
columns of our contunporuries with re
monstrances against tho barbarous nature
of tho war which Comi:. was carrying on
lu tho Villas, In imitation of tho example
let by the Spaniards in Camagucy and the
Eastern Department lu the earlier years of
tho war, at tho voyy moment when tho
destruction of a fowiniore estates might
have saved tho rest of tho Island, Cisneiios
ordered the redeeming torch to be vxtiu
giilihodl Presldeut Aouileua has, wo orehnppy to
announce, arrived tdu Cuba uud taken
charge of the civil administration. He un
derstands tho situation thoroughly, nnd In
tho coming campaign It Is unlikely that tho
gencinl officers or tho soldiers of the liber
ating army will have cause to murmur nt
any undue ordeis of clemency from tho
noveniment.
Tho Tribune of yesterday zealously con
tinues Jay (lofl.n'n wqrk of bolstorhie up tho
stock market. Tho following pnssnue from Its
miner Article iles-rlbcs tho efforts of Oot'l.n
tail his nxoclntos ro prevent n cotliui'e here,
after the failure of the llatikof California:
"The !rflr bnylnir ami tinfllnrhtn nerve of lb
ronur Inula sum! put i Hup lu the di pr. lition, anil
luriii J the lurtiiit In Hie uppnaite ilirrction. in this at
In the other active ansret , the effect ol which w lo
reaaanre the timid antt tive nil rlaiaea uf operators, an
inpcirtmiUv to reSicI l.uw little tl.rrewti iu common
befaern our Hock mark't and that of San Franclaco."
(Joi'Mi's writer then takes up the condition of
tho Western t'nlon Tcleitrnph Compitiy, show
Ins that Its probable consolidation nlth the At
lantic Mid Pacific ouidit to raise tho price uf Its
slocu, while the rival company Just ret on foot
In California It prcttr sura not to amount to
anything:
"The pro.pcct heM ent In lif esMler prt of the
week, ut an airanccmcnt lth the Atlantic and I'aclOc
Cmnpenr, icatc rni'uiiMKcnKnt to miiiy of the l.utia.
tttnle the reported nrfrantMtlnn of a powerfiil rlvsl
company In California crenlrd that illtertlly uf aenll
mint on the pirt of ctcn the frii-n'iauf Wcateru Union
hlch mi aure to add Itfeaml tntcreat to the apccula.
tlo.t. The Urtco liuMcri ul the aluck aerin lo he fully
aware that there la nothtner too grand for the bonanza
cmt'aiiata lo undertake, while recent eventa have alao
p-nne far to rctataoliah a f.ct well known annneeine
rlenccd flnmclrrs, tint there la no capital ltre thit
lit caraclty mav not he urertaxc! In a community
w hi re (peculation at timet fairly rur.t not."
I.nke Chore theu cotoct In foruti lozctitous
boost as follows:
"lke Shore as uiavl ihnwed more itcadlncit than
elthrr of the twu atocla named, having moved wlihln a
ranee ol a per cent., wllh net rded transactluna loutlns;
up about las.cwai aharra. The Imprrailon ami prevjlla
that some iny.terlo'ia operator of tiiillmlied means
trpa In at the opportune moment lo stay the decline In
thi.atnck whenctcr the qautatisa recede to a certain
puiut."
In this ecncr.it elevation, Paclflo Mall, which
flovt.u wants to run down, Is not even mention
ed ; while the stock In which ha Is more deeply
Interested than anv other vets one of the hand
somest puff that can be Imagined :
" l'nlon 1'acir.c, alter rccenlrc lo;si, made another
of thuae exhibitions of siren irth for w inch it hash -eoine
famoua. and advanced In V. and Oniahed st ?(' tho
faiorable punt' In theatock helna aomewhst gen
eral expectation uf tncrear cd dirld .Ddj, based upon Ita
largir ualUcnturna."
Upon the whole, the conclusion It that while a
llttlo disturbance has occurred In Cullforiila, It
Is of no consequence nt n'l to a, nml offers no
reason why .Mr. Ont'LnahoiiliI not get safely out
of tho immense and perilous (peculations In
which he Is Involved.
The stock markr' Is in a dangerous way when
Jat (iot'Lt) Is Its boltterer, and business has In
lilin n bad helper. Whot ho Is trying to do now
may ha tho trick which will be followed hy an
effort to put down values. JatOoCMi works
for uobody's good except Ids own, nml ho his
made more money out of the general disaster
than the general prosperity. He Is a vampire
who feaata on the blood of the people, a vulttiic
who feeds on the cnrrlou of tho dead. Hen arc
of him and Ids stool pigeon.
Tho French papers spc.ik of tho new
Pastle gl,is as an nrttclo of undoubted value,
cniKililo of many buuortanl applications. It
Is tough, as well as hard, resitting the action of
lire, and can bo mado specially serviceable for
nster conduits and n variety of culinary uten
sils, Instead of tho enamel or the leaded tin now
so much employed In certain departments of
the hardware trade. An account Is published
of some additional experiments made in Parts
to test the value of the article, the results ap
pearing to have been remarkably satisfactory.
Thus, thin plates of the material were thrown
on a tiled floor from a holglit of threo metres,
that it, ii little more than nltie feet, without In
Jury : they were then hurled with violence nliout
the room and ag.tlntt the walla, and held over
gat lets, n weight of one hundred grains lioliu
also dropped on them from u height of threo
motrcj, but all without any effect. As Is well
knots n, tho resisting temper of this new kind of
glaia is obtained by meant of n chemical hat n,
to which It la subjected uhon hot from the fur
nace. In these experiments to'ue of the snecl
meut ihowcd moro resitting power than others:
thoio whlcb yielded to the blows which they
received only broke In the sputa whero they
were hit, and there was a remarkable ab.enceof
continuous cracks wherever tho hammer took
effect the glist lost cohesion and transparency,
and was reduced to granulous particles.
The Code of Honor seems to hnve become
very popular In tome parts of (leor.'la within
tho Iu4t few years. 'Hie Mtlleditevllle Union nml
Ilttnnt says that In Atlanta public opinion
favors It so strongly that " old church members
sometimes feel called upon to r.sigu their
church relitlons and settlo their differences"
according to Its provisions.
There It law hi Ocurgla which I m posts a
penalty for sending or accepting a challenge
within tho Stnto ; but where both parties are hot
for the fray, and are willing to understand a
hint, this only makes It necessary to cross the
border, and go through the preliminary formali
ties and al.o the concluding conflict all ut once.
Vci v recently, Col. It. A. Alston and Col. K, J.
Cmuks tsuk this courto, dotlrous of settling
certain dlMcultlc arlslngout of nowspspcr pub
lication!; but unfortunately for their duelling
reputations, the delay occasioned by tlio Intro
ductory ceremonies enabled the officers of the,
law to come upon them. Thoy were unable to
meet again, and were forced to return to their
respective homes by circuitous routes. Tho
L'nlon and llcturd thinks till should bo con
sidered not only iu an Intermeddling of the
minions ot the law, bat as a divine Interposition
to prevent bloodshed.
The Atlanta editors axa thought to foster this
practice moro than any other class or profes
sion. They aro represented oa taking great du
light in duelling. A religious revival has been
hi progress iu that purl of tbu Statu for some
thao, and special praters havo boon offered for
the legal fraternity, which havo roaulted In the
conversion of some of tho most obdurate law
yer. The l'nlon (tint Iteennl thinks that special
prayers of exceptional earnestness should ho
offered for Atlanta editors, In the hope of wean
ing ttiuin from their lighting propensities.
A decided success litis hcon achieved at SU
Petersburg In the cunstructlon of a high-speed
bout on nn Improved plan, Her outer shell Is
made entirely of Mutitz metal, mi alloy of great
durability much used In Kuropo 'fur sh'tilug
wooden vessels, and for axlo bearings air "iho
like. In n trial with ono ot the fastest hoaiS
this now craft proved victorious, accomplishing
nineteen mllos per hour, the engines making an
average of nearly six hundred revolutions per
minute, working with steam at ono hundred
poundt per squaro Inch In tho boiler. This ves
sel Is described us being forty-eight f jet long at
tho load line, and has six and nno-l ilf feet nl
tho beam, nnd threo and one-half feet depth of
bold, while her moan draft it one frtt nlno
Inches. Sho is fitted with compound uiglnes,
said to be of very superior workmanship lu overy
rctpect, and which drive a screw two feet nlno
Inches In diameter aud three feet four Inches In
rltch.
Tho dutl between Ai.EXANDiat Hamilton and
A a bon 1U':k took place at Wecn.iwl.en, New Jersey, ou
the bank uf tlio lluuioa river, Immediately beneath the
l'allsidci, at a spot some Hon to sou feet north ef tne
northerly line of the Delaware and lludaon Canal Com
pany's dock, The branch road ot the I'rls Hallway
Company has obliterated all trace thereof. Shortly
after the duel the HU Andrcw'a Society of tbe city of
New York erected a monument to tbe memory of Alex
input luun.TONi but ihe visitors to the spot aooude.
btruyed It in tbclr eagerness to obtain mementoes. Tbe
tablet, with Inscription, woa. however, ttved, and It In
Ibepoa.eatlonof tne family owning tbe propel ly ou
which the duelling ground wis situated.
Tupper llolluuil Appreciated.
torn IM ililieauku (itiiUiul.
If Dr. Holland wen really n poot, wo
should expect nonsense from hbn on tho suls
Ject, but as we have never been nble to discover
any poetry In Ills writings, we are surprised at
the utter lack of common tense in hit argument.
Destruction or Legal Tenders.
Wasiiinuton, Aug. 80. The Secrctarr of the
Treasury ls-!rceled the destruens)!, of liofl.too in
legal tender notes, that amount being so per cent, of
tbe uatlunsl bank notes issued during this mouth, so
that the outstanding legal leaders mv'1 'rr" uotlce
wUI be 371JMti.7us.
HtixtK xnir nooKH.
Mr. Tennysnn'a Poetry -"tjiieen Slnrv."
Mr. Tenntson enjoys n very wldo
reputation as a poet. IIo bat written a great
many vortes, and these have a ready aato In the
markets of tlio Old and the New World, It does
not neces.arll) follow from this that Mr. Ten
nyson Is a great poet. It is at leist possible
that some pirt of his reputation may bo fic
titious; that It mav Invo b"en swollen by what
In some icuso may bo considered natural causes,
beyond his control,
In one of hit famous criticisms Lord Mncaulay
Illustrates by n. fable how n man without any
active fault of Ids own may be made to pas for
what be Is not. AccorJIng to the story n pious
llrs.hmln was Induced to buy an unclean and
ugly cur for sacrlllce hy three confederate
rogues, whoc.imc tin one after another and with
a confident air of repectahllty assured tho holy
nan that the cur wts a One sheep. Just in this
way arc many persons mado to affect a liking for
metrical trash and to buy the volumes la which
It Is offered. "They nre oshimed to dlallko
what men who spenk ns having authority de
clare to be good. The author and pub
lisher nre Interested In crying up tho book.
Nobody lias any strong Interest In crying It
down. Those wlionio best fitted to guide tho
public opinion think It beneith them to cxposo
mere nonsense, and comfort theratelvcs by re
flecting that such popularity cannot last. This
contetnptnus lenity has lioon cirrlod ton far."
Had It suited their purpose as well, however,
the threo rojuca might with ns great solemnity
hsvo assured tho Uralimln tint n sheep was n
sheep. Likewise a book which Is Isuded by the
common consent'of those who make opinions
for ponpto that cannot form their own, may con
tain excellent matter and be worthy of great
nralse. It does not follow, therefore, that even
an unearned reputation may not be sustained
by an author's works, Ilut, In the main, such Is
not the cose; and u writer conscious of real
power would shrink In a kind of morbid
terror from prematura orcxccsslvo popularity.
Ho feels Instinctively that "It Is for his honor
as a gantlomnn, and, If ho Is really a man of
talents, it will eventually he for bis honor and
Interest as a writer, tint his works should come
before; tho public recommended by their own
mctlti atone, and should ho discussed with per
fect freedom,"
These Factitious reputations are hurtful In a
way not mentioned with others hv LirJ Macau
Ivy, and which evon his camnrelienslve vision
seems to hive overlooked, nsmely : thoy Ox a
false standard, A youth, glowing with poetic
Impulses, pregnant wlt'i grest Ideas, craving
tho admiration anil the lovo ot n universe, sees
scmo "contcmntliilo poet" lauded, cstoemcd,
loved, while Shakespeare and Milton and thoso
near to them are spoken of with conventional
respoct, and unread. He half hellovcs that hit
Instincts nre all wrong; half doubts whether ho
even possesses poetic taste, tines tho verses of
tho favorite weary or repel him; tries to culti
vate himself down to the hel.'ht of the popuhr
writer; Is so bent by this effort that he cannot
uso hlsstrengtb ; docs n iteven ohtiln tho tran
sient appl tuso for which he has deformed him
self : bccimes a mere blight, a discontented
failure. No mirror has revealed to htm that he
It a swan: moro nnd more convinced that ha Is
an ugly duck, he dies In tint miserable belief,
nut for this wrong Idling he might potslbly
havo been a lasting honor to hit country and an
ornament to Its literature.
That Interested authors ot puffing, or those
who Ignoranvly echo them, should hive anv
conscience In this matter It not to bo expected.
But competent critics must perforce reo that
they havo here a welghtv responsibility, and
tint "contemptuous lenity" may u-deed be
"carried too far."
As for Mr. Tennyson, It cinnot bestispeted
that he has stooped to any bad meant for fabri
cating a public opinion to his advantage. That
be has profited by inch fabrication cannot bo
questioned. Theruika of nn profession aro freo
from n Iirge number ot persons who, umblo
themselves to giro any certain voico, eagerly
servo as sounding-boards to augment and re
flect the oraoular utterance! of tnosu who as
sume to 9peik hy authority. Like politicians,
thev vote as tho demagogue bids, and though
they mar have shouted anl exit their ballots
against tho winning candidate, tor hbn thev are
the flrst to throw ut their hits. 1'crhans there
Is even a larger proportion of such people
among thoso who, with nmr" or loss constancy,
write for tho press nn subjects of literatim nnd
art than can bo found In any other connection.
Tho real or supposed iacomp'tenny of the gen
eral public to deal critically with these things Is
a powerful Incentive to chulataus. When a
new candidate for literary or artistic honors ap
pears, the lcaderspMlts,andthlsei'hnln; chorus
responds. Ho liny In strong language r.'Ject
tho tollcltant, nnd tho unhappy candidate hears
the condemnitlon repeitcd with various Into
nitloiis nt Invective along the ranks ot tound-Ing-boanls.
it may he that shortly another
leader, with moro potent voice, weicomos and
lauds the same .wplrant. Instantly' tho sounding-boards
she forth their hnl'ownud louder
praises. These echoos have Intelligence enough
to porcclve which, for the moment. Is tho popu
lar side, and vanity onough to burn for distinc
tion as its mniitliplcca. Hy this condition of
tnlngs, for which neither author nor publisher
can be held resionsll,i?. m'-ny a wrlter't f.imo
has been magnlflod Inlnltclv beyond Its Just
proportions ; nnd by tills condition of things
proliahly nn man's reputation ha.s been more
unduly swollen than -Mr. Tennyson'.
It would doubtless be getier illy n luilt'ed by
his admirers thnt "Tho Idyls of the Kins" nro
the best poems In tho volumes ot Mr. Tenny
son's work Ilut these he never conceived ; ho
never brought them forth. They were antl
piated, unknown to the public, unfamiliar to
nail almost forgotten by many of the learned
whou ho fathered them. They were old-fnih-loncd
In ilroaj, manner, nod speech. In his eye,
accustomed to tleeknots, they nppenred gaunt
and Inelegant. Their langu igo was too simple
and stralghtforivutd ; their cadences suunded
barbarous to nn effeinlnato ear. As n woman
whohaatno children, or n mother whoso own
offspring tro wean or Idiotic, craving a iiiun
child, hoalthv, robust, spirited, even If he be also
n llttlo uucouth, gladly adopts such n one nnd
Itburs anxlouslv to soften mid ruQuu, to cluthu
and to tench him, so Mr. Tennyson grattOcd a
certain, as yet unsatisfied, want of his nature by
adopting Uic4o aged orphans, of whosn parents
nothing wt plainly known. Ho fattened them
with sweetmeats, colored them with rouge nnd
pearl powder, taught them to speak many care-jully-nrdercd
modern wouls, clad them In court
Ij" -uiwt, with long-talled coats nnd widely
trailing goTvrtt With this hit work began and
ended, so far as thetu pooms nro concerned.
Thoso oplcs are In no nnniicr Ins Invention.
Their Ideas nover took form and consistence,
from bit brain. Kven most of the thoughts
that ho has verbosely oxpressod, and many
of which might pass for bit own because
not found In the original tales of the Hound
Tubla conuoctcd with tho particular story In
which he makes use of them, may yet tic dis
covered In other parts of this treasure house
from which be drew thoughts and Ideas alike,
selected, couinllc.it, ornamented them; doing
the work of a fastidious editor. Thus, In hit
version of tho "Mono IVArthur" may bo found
thoso lines, which, with others like them, have
been much admired :
Thns spake Klnar Arthur lo Sir lledlyere I
" The sequel uf to-day unolder all
The gooiillea t fellowahlp ut famous knights
Whereof this wurld iiolua record, fsuch a sleep
Tlicy aluep-the men I loved. 1 think thai wu
Khali never more, at any future time,
Iimiglil our aoula with talk of kaichtly deeds,
Walking about tna carurns ana Ue hulls
Ilf Uamt'lot, as lu lite days that wt-re.
I perish by this people which 1 made,
Thu' Merlin swore that I should come sgsln
To rule ones more i but let what will be, be.
I am so deeply smitten thru' the helm
That without help I cannot last till morn.
Thou, therefore, take my brand Kxculibur,
Which was luy prldei for Uiou remeuiuresl bow
In those old uiii a, one summer uoou, an arua
ftose up from out the boaotu uf the take,
Clothed with wtille samite. uiysUc. wouderful.
Holding the saord-aud how f rowed across
And took It, and have worn It Use a king t
And wheresoever 1 am sung or told
In after time, this also shall be known.
Put now delay not t takn Kxe ilibur.
And BIiik lain fur tntu the middle mere t
Watch what thou aeeat.aud lightly bring me word."
One Kirtlon only oTtlliSri". taken from tho
original legend of Uo M5torto'DArthur," as It
appears lu the collccUou of Hounii Table stories
most acceaslNe to Use ireacral ix)adPr- BaoioW i
''Leave this mourning and weeping," said tbe
Ring, "for wit thou well, It I might live myself;
the death of blr Lucan would grieve me eter
more: but my time hath past. Therefore,"
said Arthur unto Sir llcdlverc, "take thou, Ex
cnllbur, my good sword, and go 1th It to ) mi
ller water side; and when thou comest there, I
chargo thee throw my sword In that water, and
come ag dn and tell me what thou thero seest."
The fact that King Arthur was smitten through
the helm It also related by the samo tale. Too
original of another pnttlon of what Is nuuted
above from Mr. Tetmyson's work may be read In
" The atigrcal," as follows i
Wheli King Arthur heard this ho was greatly
displeased, lor he know well that thev might
nit gainsay their vows. "Alas I" said ha to Mr
(I twain, "you have nigh slnln mo with tho vow
an 1 promise that ye have made, for ye hnve
bereft mo of thu fairest fellowship that ever
wero aeon together In any realm of the world;
for whrti theyshall depart hence, I nin suro that
all shall never moot more lu this world."
Tho tourco of still another portion may bo
found In "Arthur:"
Bo thev rodo till they came to n lake, which
was a fulr water and broad. And In the midst
nt the lako Arthur was nwsro of nn arm clothed
In white samite, that held n fair sword In tlio
hand. "Iil" said Merlin, "yonder Is that
sword that I spake of. It ticlongelh to the Lidy
of the I.nke, nml if she will, thou mavest tnko It;
but If alio will not, It will not be In thy power to
take It." fo Blr Arthur and Merlin alighted
from their horses, and went Into a boat: nnd
it hen thev came to tho sword that the hind
held Blr Arthur took It by Ibe handle and took
It tu him, and the arm and the hand went under
water.
1 hus the compilation may bo traced through
out. Tho old Oothlc Temple has been ro-ar-ranged,
renovated and adorned, if tho use of
such tautology ns that In the sixth of the lines
quoted above, and tho frequent employment of
words, merely for tho sake of their sound, can
be called adornment. To completo his ro-ar-rangctnent
nnd ornamentation tbe renovator
Pillaged other noble old edifices of the same
class, tailing a column from one, a capital from
another, a frlcxo from u third. Then he framed
n porch nnd set It before the temple. And what
a porch I It is all his own. No man will ulsputo
for tho honor of Its building. Hastily did Mr.
Tennyson place this prologue. It brings Into
sharp contrast tho Invention of the real author
of the "Jlorto IVArthur," .,d tho almost en
tire want of any such nuillty n the poet laureate.
Tho one work It symmetrical, noble, lofty; the
other list, poor, unshapely. Thev stand on
levels immeasurably apart. Only when Mr. Ten.
nysou can mount n stntcturo of this kind, ready
built, docs ho appear to taovo at the altitude of
grandeur. Hp mounts such edifices as tho
fresco painter or tbe mosaic maUor climbs tho
scaffolding in thodomoof a cntbedral, and for
much the same purposo. Tho quotation given
above illustrates tlso something else, namely,
Mr. Tennyson's want of any nlco senso of
dramatic fitness, arid his ability to belittle what
Is great, confuse vhat Is simple, and bring down
what It sublime. Compare, for example, the
manner In which be causes the story of how Ar
thur came Into nisrsslon of Hxcallbur to bo
told, with the way in which It was related by its
rcalntlthor. It Is against ull likelihood und pro
priety that a in in, smitten through the helm,
nnd Just recovered from a long swoon, feeling
moreover that " without help he cannot Inst till
morn," should waste bis precious time In recall
ing to another, and especially to ono who already
knew all shout It "for thou rcmcuibcrcst bow"
tho way he got that famous sword. The vitally
pressing question nas, what at tho Instant to do
with It. And yet. In the laureato's version. King
Arthur not only tellt how be came by the weapon,
but is quite nt leisure also to Interject oxple
lives "mystic, worderful." To bo tore they
Oil out Mr. Tetinyion't verse for him, after a fash
ion: These enuil ivIlaMes alone require,
Though oft the eir the open vuwel. lire,
W Idle expletives their feeole sid do Join,
And ten low words oft creep lu nnc dull line.
Hut Arthur was not then thinking of the
"di ester up of lost epics," or of his measures.
Even If tho wounded King could then properly
have told this story, he could uot properly have
used these adjectives. They weaken and de
grade tho whole passage. From any point uf
view they nre entirely out of character.
The distinction between n frnmcr of vcres
and the maker of n poem Is very wide. The
poem Is a complete conception, and, like the
poet, It "Is born, not fabricated." Its very et
tenoo Is idea. It does not appear at thought,
t ut as tho object nnd suggester of thought.
Tho distinguishing mark of npeils power of
Invention, tho ability to conceive, develop, and
produce grand, original, perfectly formed Idem.
' A poet Is a maker," says Dryden, " ns the word
ilgnhlcs, and who cannot make, that is, Invent,
bath hi name for nothing." It la In the crea
tive faculty that Mr. Tennyson Is most notably
deficient. Just In proportion as a man pos
sesses this faculty, evers thing else being equal.
Is be a great or a km.iil maker, that Is a poet.
Carefully examine any or nil of the laureate's
most popular piece, licksloy HuM, Knoch
Arden, the Princess, tho May Queen, or nny
others. You will perceive, Instead of Invention,
combination and construction of a kind nut
over-Ingenious: literary commonplaces Instead
of otlglually produced materials.
To Bert that Mr. Tennyson hat no Invention
would be to say an untruth ; to point out the
fact that his Invention Is feeble and compara
tively fruitless is only to Indicate what every
crllicnl render uinv discover for himself. Musi
cally ordered words, tho expression of vague
and dellcato feeling moro or lets vague, tho
dim representation by phrases of undefined
cravings which may disturb n sensitive soul, oil
these aro evidences of poetlo Instincts nnd
tastes, but tbey dn not constitute a poem or
prove n poet. They might well be parts ot a
complete whole, as colors might bo p.nta of n
picture. In refined, delicate, attenuated expres
sion, or rather Indication, of Indistinct, some
what melancholy, nnd verv sentimental lootings,
Mr. Tennyson Is at his best. He can mike pretty
figures of speech, sometimes a striking simile,
occasionally n bold metaphor. Ilut to could
Spotted-Tall or lted Cloud. Vet, wero cither
of these heroes to speak as miuiy words as
the laureate lias written, the whole combined
would not constitute a poem. He can paint
word-pictures very exquisitely, though not verv
compactly; but thny aro made too much nfur
tlio fashion of Chinese paintings ou rlce-pnper,
without distinct peisHctlvos und such logical
connection us to give them n plain, strung, and
coherent meaning. Look, for Instance, ut " the
Islet." and see to what n lame and Impotent
conclusion he can come, or, rather, the want ot
conclusion, tho evaporation and diffusion of
thought nnd Idea with which many uf his pieces
terminate. For cxntunlcs of vague feeling
vaguely expressed, road " break, break, break,"
or "Tears, Idlo tenrs," or "Thu Iluglo Song."
He appears nover to bo filled with welling and
pent-up emotions, never hursts forth In passion
ate utterances, never exhibits more thin tho
faintest glow of enthusiasm. He seems to be
troubled with a chronic senso of emptiness,
craves he knows not exactly whit, conceives of
the most Irrepresslole of things its absorbing
their force tnd snManre, or nt nny rate rccelv-
tug It from without, toot iSWhffi!ssiy hursTniC
forth from their confines. Uvea torrentt nro
sucked from bills and dashed downward :
and rUht ami left
Forked from the dark heart ul the long bills rull
The torrents, dash'd lo the vale,
Ho Is generally passive, rarely aetivo ; his func
tion It to tuka in, uot tu give out. Ha is like the
moon more than Ilka the tun: bo receives and
reflects, and If spoken uf figuratively should
grammatically bo mentioned as she. His most
contented mood it a state of Idle voluptuous
ness, such as Is Indicated in "tlio Lotus Hat
ers." He makes hit nearest approach to a man
ifestation of genuine passion and enthusiasm
when bo Is vindicating natural at against con
ventional nobllltv, and renl ns against fictitious
worth. For Illustrations kco "Lady Clara Vcro
do Vcro," "Locksley Hall," and "Ajlmer's
Field." In this respect ho rovMls Instlucti
truly poetic, but never overwhelmingly forcible,
(Icnernlly, tbe words of passion which he uses
ou what he Judges to be fit occasions, are rold ;
tbuy do nut oveu glow; tho flro It all out
of them, Haroly, Indeed, you may poroclvo
sumo warmth, us In "Fatliua," In somo 'por
tions, of "A Dream of Fair Women," und in
' CEnone." lint those acorn to be spasmodic ut
terances, tho fitful olevatlon of a pale and foehln
flame. It doos not appear, however, that ardent
wsalon in Mr. Tenuvaon It chilled bv U-e uold-
ness of pure and profound Intellect. If the
rtader carefully annltzes his somewhat volumi
nous writings, he will find them as barren of
strong and comprcasod thought as of clcsrly
defltied Idea. Hxamlno tho following song,
taken nt random from his collected works:
Flow down, cold rivulet, to the set,
Thy tribute wave deliver!
No more by thee mv steps siall be,
Fur ver and forever.
Flow, softlv flna-, hv Iswn and lea,
A rivulet theu a riven
Nn'vhcrc by thee mv steps itiatl be,
Forevtr anil foreir.
lint here wlllslti thine alder tree,
Aud here thine aspen shlvrr t
And hare by thee will horn the bee,
Forever tnd turevcr.
A thousand suns will stream en thee,
A thousand mount will quiver
Dot not hy thee mr steps shall be,
Forever and forever.
Or these, a fslr sample of nlno stanzas ad-
dressed "To after reading a Life nnd
Letters." A lino from Hhakcspcaro's epitaph Is
the text and a poet the subject :
Ah shsmeless I for he did l ot sing
A sons that pleased us irom its wurth t
No puolic lite wss his on earth.
No blazoned statesmau he, nor king.
lie gave the people of his heal i
Ills wort he kept this Ilea he give.
My Hsakespeare'a curse iu clown and knave
Wbu will not let bit ashes reit I
This was doubtless crolicd from the laureate's
Inner consciousness, and, In effect, contains his
own confession. If, Indeed, he has only given
the pcnplo of bis best, and truly kept back Ids
wortt, he deserves for such consideration a re
ward equal In value to hit reputation ne a poet.
Let any discriminating roader who, pleased by
the melody of carefully framed verses, has
taken It for granted that the sense must be as
dellcato and pleasing, and as much In quantity
as the sound, Judiciously eliminate useless words
from Mr. Tennyson's writings, nnd then con
dense the tlgnlficanco of whnt remains, after
tho manner of whatever flgtiro ho may choose,
either bv sifting for the kernels or by evapo
rating tho dilution, nnd ho will probably bo aston
ished at the tmallncss and commonplace qual
ity of tho residuum. In tho main this author's
versification Is uncommonly correct. Its great
est defects aro that it shows marks of tho arti
ficer's! hammer, and that by tho very uto ot
superfluous words Its pauses and cadences are
made too regular and monotonous. This, how
ever, Is but artisan's work, and corresponds to a
kind uf labor necessary to make any artistic
creation sensible. Hy eminent poets and critics
allko It has been esteemed at best one of the
lower parts of tho poetic art. "If the poetry
of Milton bo examined," says Dr. Johnson,
" with regard to the pauses nod flow of his verses
into each other. It will appear that ho has
performed nil that our language would admit;
and the comparison of his numbers with those
who have cultivated tho same manner of writ
ing, will thow that he excelled as much In tho
lower as the higher parts of his art, and that his
skill In harmony was not loss than bis Invention
or his learning." In this labor, however, nmplo
scope Is given for the play of elcgnnt fancy nnd
the liveliest action of a decoratlvo Imagination.
Uoth of these qualities the laureate possesses In
a high degree; ami ho often uies them with
ndinlr.ible effect In descriptions of natural
scenery, at well as In constructing figures of
speech.
How many dramas or dramatic poems Mr.
Tennyson has kept back Is not known ; only re
cently, however, has ho given one to tho people.
And because this has been given, It Is but fair to
infer that the author cstccmt it of his belt, and
Is willing to have bis qualities as a dramatic,
poet Judged by It. before the publication of
this list work ho bad occasionally dealt with
subjects essentially dramatic, but not In such a
way that a deduction, as to bis dramatlo pow
ers, drawn from a general examination of his
verses, could be altered thereby. Many of his
admirers consider "St. Simoon Stylltcs" to be
one of bit best and strongest compositions. It
begins well, quite In the style of a dramatic
monologue, a ttyle which the tubject demandt.
Hut the writer could not tustaln this man
ner, could not bring Into hold relief themartjr'a
passion, could not compress and Intensify his
language so that slnslo words, pertinent and
necessary to tho phrase, should, as It were, re
flect vistas In bis past life, and like mairlc mir
rors, roveal tho history of bis lengthy penance.
Therefore tbe author falls out of tho dramatic
Into the narrative style, and makes St. Simeon re
late to tbe Almighty lu detail all the minute facts
which the writer wished htm to publish to his
nudlencc. It Is difficult for the laureate to express
clearly and forcibly an unmixed feeling; Impos
sible for him to glvo voico and action to the
complex passions, the contending emotions.
tho mighty transports which mike up tragedy.
At least such must havo been tho conclusion to
which an examination of this author's perform
ances would hnve led nn Investigator before
tbe appearance of "Queen Mary." Ho cuitld put
together the notes of n simple ballad, n kind ot
folk-song; he could not composo un opera. He
ts not full enough; has not the compass or
the strength even to furnish varying passions
and affections that together shall speak tbrutigh
ull the tones ot any one diapason; much less
has he the power to generate from n nature rich
lu tho germs of all or maiiyebaraclers.lde.il
personages In whom these affections and pas
sions may have lodgment. Such a naturo be
dues not possess. He Is one. not many, sided.
He It a harp to be played on by zephvrs, rather
than the potential maker of nil the Instrumnnts
In n whole orchestra, and the educor theretrom
of universal harmonics.
It only rcmnlusto be seen whether Mr. Tenny
son's lst gift to man, his drama " Queen Mary,"
should alter our cstlmato of his poetic ca
pacities and powers, It may bo seen at a
glance tint this composition 19 made after tbe
fashion of plays; that Is to say, It It divided
into nets, which are subdivided Into scenes ;
the text Is written In the form ot dialogue, nnd
Inbl uk verse. In these respects It lint nil the
essentlnla of n drama. Ilut n more Intlmnte
search brings to light no dramatlo spirit, no soul
combining, Informing, dlrcctlu; to ono common
end nil the members of the body. It Is u work
'of shreds and patches, rnther than n firmly
woven web from which no thread can he drawn
It hunt marring the u bole texture. It lacks that
close connection and interdependence of parts
which It necessary to the oneness of every crea
tion and especially requisite In n drama. Tbu
personages are Ilka nutomata made to utter
such hits ot history as, spoken in duo order,
shnll tell an Intelligible story. They resemble
the wooden men, result of an unsuccessful ef
fort of tho gods to make beings that should
Intelllgentlyspeak and adore them, as described
lntbeQulch6 history of tho creation. " They
moved ubnut perfectly well, It Is true; but still
the heart and the Intelligence wero wanting.
They wcro but an es.ay, an attempt nt men;
they had neither blood, nor substance, nor
moisture, nor fat." Queen Mary Is the only
person who manifests nny hearty emotion, nnd
, ptls she dors very sparingly. In the third act
'the has usollbaiuy, by far the best passage In the
book, and almost the only one that shows nny
dramatic lgur or tiro :
llebslhB's.ixeill he hath awaked'
Un slim wllllln llieilaikliess
lib. Philip l.mtmiid 'now thv love to mine
Will cling more iloie. snd I hose bit ak manners thtw,
Thai inane ns shamed slid tongue-tied In u.y love.
The second Pl inee of P' ace
Tne great uuoorn ilefrnder of the laith,
Whu w ill a rmie loe ul mine enemies
llu comes, and my starri.es.
Theaturmy Wtsttsand Northuraberlands,
The promt ambitions of F.iUaoctlt,
And all her niricst partlaaus-are pale
liefore my atari
The light of this new learning wines and dies t
1 ho g'loats o, Luther and .muRllns fade
luto the di aililcis hell w ulcb Is their duom
Ueforu my star 1
Ills ai-rptre shall go forth from Ind to lnrt I
Ills sword shall hew the heretic peoples down '
Ills 'sllli shall clothe the world thst will be tils,
lake universal air and sunshine I tlpi-n,
Ye everlasting gates I Tne King Is here I
My star, ray sua I
This speech Is entirely different from any
thing else hi tho volume, and vastly excels ull
the rest In spirit, elevation, und strength. His
lllio a block uf porphyry In a structure of free
stone. How It tbe crcat superiority of this
single pnssago to be explained? Probably iu
this wise s The legate, Cardinal Pole, has Just
terminated his first Interview vtlth the Queen
after ids arrival in England. One Incident of
that Intervlow Is thus mcntlnnod by Hume :
"'J be Queen's extreme desire of having Issue
had made her fondly give credit to any appear
ance uf pregnancy; and when tho legato was
Introduced to her, she fancied tbat the felt the
euibrwi ttlr in her womb. Hsr fUtUrau-a com-
pared the motion of the Infant to that of John
the Hapllst, who leaped In his mother's belly at
tho tiltitatlon of the Virgin, I) 'si atches were
Immediately sent to Inform foreign courts uf this
event ; orders wcro Issued to give public thanks;
ere at rejoicings wero made; the family of the
young prince was ntrendy settled, for tlio Catho
lics held themselves assured thnt the child was
to be n male; and llonncr, Illshnp of London,
mado putillc prayers bo said, thatheaven would
please to render him beautiful, vigorous, and
witty." This hint was aufucloiit for tho laureate,
vsbonppears to bo always ready to "suck" In.
tplratlon from ony source. Llko the mother of
John tho baptist, Queen Marv should foretell;
and ho ret himself to absorb the spirit of Eliza
beth's prophecy, of the Virgin Mary's song, and
of different predictions concerning Christ.
When to tho utmost of bis capacity he had filled
himself with this spirit, and with the essence ot
tho language lu which It took form, he wrote
this monologue. Such n method would bo quits
In keeping with bis manner of composing the
"Idyls of tho King" and soma oilier things, It
Is not spoken of hero ns a matter for censure,
but as a matter of cxnlnnatlon. Tho rest of tha
play bo had to draw from narrative prose, and
faithfully enough did ho copy tho original.
Strictly speaking It has nn dramatic Intrigue, at ,
any rato none whatever Invented by tho author :
nor his It, consequently, nny dramatic action.
It possesses no quality of a drama except the
external form. Thero Is an attempt nt cffortlvt
contrast when tno crones nro made to babMs
Irrelevantly In the dialect of their county while
the burning of Cranmcr Is supposed logo on.
This Is feoblo, but It Is the strongest drauiilla
Juxtaposition In tho volume. It might be said
that many superfluous personages appear, did
not the absence of any Intrigue make It Impos.
slide to determine who ts not superfluous. It
might alto be alleged that tlio work Is not ar
tistically constructed, It not well defined and
fairly proportioned, did not the want of any
plan render It Imprurtl able to decide what tiro
Its shape nnd proportions.
In this compilation the laureate has used no
Invention worthy of notlco ; ut most he has dis
played very luferlor talents for construction.
Even the languago falls far below his usual level 1
la poetic qualities. Only ono llttlo sung Is In his
better style, and Is very sw cel. It shadow forth
a slmplo and melancholy feeling. Queen Mary
sings It:
Hapless doom ot woman h'ppy In b'trot'ilii'
lleauty psasrs like a nreilh ami love Is le.i in loslhlnr!
bow, mv lute i speak low, my lute, but say the world Is
uolhlug
Low, lute, low!
Lore win hover round the flowers when thsy Oral
awateni
tsave a 1 1 fly the fallen leaf, and not tie ov.-rtasen i
Low, mv Intel Oh low, my lutel we Mdoaod are for.
sakcu
Low, dear lute, low I
In such work as thnt contained In this vol- I
lime lie has shown himself to bo not nu artist,
but nn artisan. Generally spo.iklng, bis nrtljtlo
powers rarely transcend tho limits of an embel
lisher's occupation. Kven In this Ills Judgment
Is likely enough to err; bo Is too lavish with hit
ornamentation, and too nenrly overspreads the
whole surface. IIo Is nut nn architect, but a
decorator. Yet when he has adorned itllh snt-
Sclent profusion what another man has hurt, It Q
may pass fur bis owned lllcc j nhon ho lies era-
belllthed a commonplace cottage of his own I
construction, it may pass for n tally palace. I
Measured by the standard ut great po Is he j
lacks their essential qualities. It would upnosr, !
therefore, that evon In these days of specul itlou, I
no man has rocelved so great an Income fn.ua S
tho uso of to small a capital as lias .Mr. Alfred
Tennyson.
uvxiui.t.vs.
Tlio full flRiires of tlio Hostrm census
fool up 31l.0lu-loi,'-'i mays and i;u,U7 females-a
gain of about IM per cent. In ten years.
Kvangelist Moody will maku his lirst
public appearance since his return from Enjlaul lu the
Nurthfliad (Man.) Uiureh, September 6, utt.1'. M.
Heuton's tomb In Missouri is uurccng
nltible amid rulna. It must always be so. lie wh
falls to build Ma own lumb while ahro acldo.n sets
one built for him after his death. B
According to Information from Berlin. I
the whole ot the I'.omsn Catholic clergy In thu pravlnco
of l'uscn holding Slate sppolntmcnts have informed i
the Uovernment of their wldlngness to comply wlib H
the ecclesiastics! enactments known sSMne Msy laws. u
Tho Chinese In California consumed in
1873 f 680.139 worth of opium. The Crleatlsls bays a
habit of taking their whlikev snd tobieeo hi one and
the tame vslnahle article, thus killing two bird with
one stone i but eonslderlng their paucity in Cantor Is
It must be said they arc some on snutf.
Mr. A. Dorrien Hinlth writes to tho
Loniinn Ttmri that nothing his bea done to prevent
thereenrrence ot sucn a cslitnlty is the wreck of Iho
Fcinltrr. blnce May two ves.els hive got am iig tho ;
rucks of Ihe Iscllly lilaats In f i; slid i woek aro Hit
Cactui, from llarbary tu Cardiff, woa wrecked ou una ,
of the westeru racks In a fo;.
A Lowell woman bought a revolver at
a store recently, and at her requ '-t the clert idetlt
for her. but with blanl tart'idgea. seeing tint she was
itiiirh exi-lted. N'evt ay her hmhind ap -ani at the
lame star and sold 't ssylog t'nt ahs hal tired nt h'.ni, 1
bnt on finding thst ir esraped irth irmcd. regretted her 4
action and sent f.s plitol back.
The new city l'ost tllllce, lioiuir tit last m
habitable, wo'ild furnish excellent quirura for tat V
Government. They ought lo mivo up from Loin
llrancb anil lake posaesalou, as the bulb'ing Is big ( (
enough to hold Secor Itobeson and bis navy u I A.hing -tackle,
now that the tulriMrr.u bah; has gone home tu ,1
England and left some room In the co tntry. -
A Nevada editor on his travels r.nst ( J
writes home: "The IUv. Henry Wnrd l still puttm '
on the lion's iklu afore hi a fellow men InlhcWtilti W
Mountains, hut I gu s. bets worse off to-day 1'iaii Jot
ever was on till dungnlll, Job had a few scabby spoil
on Mi body outaldet but Ward has 'eui lual le lucura
bly. Ood doesu't pay every hoturday, readers, tml
when be does pay you can Just bet yuur list ted he ifv& fl
crally squares up!"
T'to Council of tho Sooial Science Asso
clsllon hive awarded the JUPkj pritca uu" red by tut
Excellency Uou Arturo de Marcoartu Pr tie U.l
essays ou the question t ' Iu w tml way oiuiii su .u n
national atscmbly to be constituted for the f -rimuoa
ot a code of public International law, and wmt uugiit t '
to be the leading prlnclp'cs on which such s rols Li
should be framed?" drat to Mr. A. II. fprasie of rrofi H
Btsteof New York, aud second to Mr. Paul hicoiiio H
(it'ocrif, uf Lauranto. Tbe prizes will be preienicd due H
lbg the congress st Ilrlghtou, In IMobcr. M
Jacob Muller'a orphan iw-yliim, un cv 1
tensive Institution in llristui, Kuglupd, la I u iti a . Ii j
th .t county for lis reputation ut hsviug bei u foun.iit sj
aud iiiatniued bypriyir. No eotitrlhutluua Iuyi-ivi I
beca lOllcited. but whtn money bat beiu net tied rite I
ing for It baa Pun ki pt up. lll.l i llevers, ul cuura. , 'I I
Judging of the cltlcucy of theae pritera, tase tut" " i
count the fact Unit publicity p given to them. A l r '
ble epidemic of uphold fev . la now rsglng tu the sir
linn, killing many of the children, and Mulli r's praywl
vein to have no i get i iu .tupping lis ravii;i
A Mcllmiiriiu w itliitvi r with eoini'lliinR i
of a taunly aud a goouly bank uc "lint adi.-rtUed Its J
a wtte uver a ilclitlou. atgii'ilure bewu. anaavrl t
were red Ived, among Mini h itas ue that pa.'.U'Ularly
pl, a.e.llmii lh iMiogr ipny wo delicat" an I grace
ful, ihe language chaste, anl thu signature, like bli
on,tUtllloui. After u brief and mutually agreeable a
rorrcapondt-nce, a tune anil place wcrn axreed upon lor
meeting. At the appointed hour tno gentleinin wu
waltinr 'u a private parlor at a csrtalu laaiiionahle
note), and shortly afterward a lily entered, thlcw'y
veiled, Bhe came In trembling, anl aid uul ri uiurr u
look up until the voice uf tbu gentleman, in rcapei i ut
greeting, tell upon tbu ear, at whu Ii stpt atarted cu
vulilvely, raited her cyea to the f ice "f her twiln.aiil
then uttered a tuppreised cry- cty the locc of wlilcS
struck upon the gentlrm ill's ear wllh a sound not uo- ,
familiar. He lifted the veil ant looked upon m ,
scared face of his uwu daughter, w'lom be hid anp.
poaed Induatnouity puraulng her .tudtes at a ach'jol
a town anmo iil.lsnce westwar t from Melbourne Tat
young lady nas aiueu bceu lu.t.ul".! us lionick epni j
the internal uunaiou, and her papa is not lim-lt t'' lj
vcrll.e fur a wife again un II this lUugnlcr la nun u l.
WKDUtl). .
home quick an I hitter words we said, I
And then w, ptrtsd. How the ami j
Hwam through a sulteu sea ot gray I 1
A i bill fell un the suuuuir iuy .
Lite's best and bippiest hours were don' ;
Friendship was dead
Mow proud we went our icpariii way.
And spake no wurd and uiau.- na iuu.iu .
Pbe brsuleil up her flowing listr.
1 nat I bad always called so tsir.
Aa though she acorncd my b vuig ' .
.My wurd of pruise j
Andl? I tuslched hirscoiri mlh -ror'
I haled h'-r wllh nil my h iir1, '
Until wu chanced lo mu t an day, t
sine turned Iter P' tt' be id a.va, ,
1 saw two pretty tear drops .tart, I
bo! loye wss horn
borne fond, repenting wurd I said, mm
Mie tiMwrrud uu y with sis i , Sg
llu when I to k hir Ii aid lu inlne H
A rwilHut glury t ill divine ?
r loudrd the earth aud filled llieskv ,-S
How we art wed, aud never ouarri. a-r '
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