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SOME RECENT VERSE.
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DOOK-: Bf ENGLISH AND AMERICAN
WRITERS
If is f-Jf-niflrant thal the writ*** <-.f English ttttt
who hag iii,-! l-eceotly kRil, for the tun- ;it leas*.
niost effectually gained ti.;ir ot tho dilettanti,
if not r.f ,i sm'I.t audience, is ,i t-ompound ot the
mri.-t. tll-rrrse element* '1 h.-* author .?' "Word*.
"*rorth*B Grave" is not ? single-minded poet ol
aatura like tlie subject of that ambitious eieg* .
nor is he in "iije Cloping Angela" (Macmillan A
Ca.I t!i" pare Byronic ssa whick In* endeavor! lo
?v, in craulation of om r.f the keenest poetic in?
tel!", ts nf ti,,, eentury. The latter work and tho
v..iiim,. ,.f ?? r..,.f.|S" (Macmillan A Co , in which
.nil his previon* wr-..- are eollected. prorida* the
locnmonta whereby th** direction and chancier ol
William Watson's individuality bm** be a-cor
*:iiBei. IN* is ;i pnft of cultutm, and lier the poet
of culture luther than "f Inspiration he is ?.elf
ronseji.u- grid nacvrsil br unrelated iroptil-e*. He
ar on ld shute not only in the return t i nat ire which
th.* Lake aehool inniistiratr-tl, bul In tis taste for
.?pi.run sslii.-h anrvirea t-. day. le*- ;i- .1 natural
Inheritance fran, tho eichf**enth century than aa
on,- fnnn of literary * nlhusiasm for an ac* "' more
?purely literary ami artificial than emotionally p>
rtie :ie)ii,>-.-,.|ii,.,it. To tli,-s,> aftjiins he would add
*-.nn of gtseh r*iitirisri> .1- Matthew Amah] Iby whoae
;,..is.. he h:is xs; if ton seine r xlri-uvly well poised
elegiacal ho* niven tho w*-rl*l in th*' poem on Heine,
and Anally anotlier springinc from ;, aonree to
which thc poeti ,,f no tune have gone with -tere
n-*-i*li:it\ th,O. t'i- miner poet, rf this grr-"**l*rt rr;i
-jo--tho sourer of pr"rioii? diet inn.
Ol sviMer birth this Mnse of mire.
Hill-rr;itll,.,i. and t-tptized with 1*1 ino.
be pi,it.-ts jn one ol ;? Bel of Btansss to Austin
Polis-in, an orban vet-'her: y.-t it may be siid nf
Iiim, ii he has absurdly said ol Arno!!, thal
Tlie deep, anthentic mountain-thrill
Ne'er shook his page.
His \Trses vi,-Id not ;m erin, of nature's roice,
but a description ,,f it: ami tleserlptive poetry la
ew-1'lnni the most mn-ieil. With Mr. Watson it i
nnt niehulionslv rhythmic?and chiefly, it may he
ohsenred, hecanibc he hus little etnotfon of thc port
to eonininnie.it.. ss- irmth and energy to hi* lines,
li tt'.*-. in shalt, of spontaneous lyric ini|>rtns. Such
an impetus xviii make a song ont of a short terse
nn.l ;i chant o-it of ga nnrhvtn.-,! i-pie. Lacking
it. Mt Wat-i'i ht? neither In hi* shorter piree-,,
like -Scentless FUnr'n I Brinn Thee" anl "Th"
Late riivr." in th.* sin-.'lo ballad Ix* has written,
"Tho Ballad "f the 'Britain'* I'ri<iV." nor in thr
di nm it ir aheteh in blank verse, " Aii2rl,.," a legend
of old Italian lore and lnito, tin* ri**I- elasticity
ati'l e j-lf-.ti-.. which "vvonhl be most welenme in ex?
planation of his rogue. That which doen explain
the ssi!li,i2 attitude bf sn tiiaiiv of hi? "suddenly
?Cquii-ed listener* is tho grace *if bis verse. It ti<?
colin*, picturesque****"**, ;ind, though it* movement
is mt new and finely rhythmic, it is smooth lt is
not !i-tin.-uitthed by the Itttrttet-eribabie charm nf
tho ran--* poetry, bul it has truth and it baa B
kind , f rhotorieal beauty. In one ola**' of vors*
"Mr. Wats?_*g oemmind of Bguratlre expression is
such as to warranl th,* candidature for the Laur*
<;it<-ship which ho has assumed. His niu*t bril
liant (acuity, ono lesa creative than critical, i- for
throsvin"; into portie phrases tho thought* ""Crail*
natrd in contact xvith another mind, and ncrord
ine'y his ties- p,,"tns ar-' Iii- elegies and al.li. ??*>-.
Hr hits understood Wordsworth, Landor, Ten
nyson, Shelley, Lamb and Co?rridg*e, an I he
ha? svrittrn of them sv,-!l on the whole. "W',.rl?
?arrrth'a Graxf" i, ? va-tlv fn-errated poem, but i:
is i-ererthelesa ,\w admirable literary eriticiaa ia
rhynn*. There is g reaBy t-xquh-ite characteriia
tion of Shelley in the poem xvi itt. n for the latter's
centenary :
And in his gnafg of son;, he brines
Wild odors shaken fr-'m strange wintro,
And unfamiliar whispcrlnga
From far lii*= blown,
While a'l tho rap'Tous heart of thin -s
Thr- hi through his own.
lt is a pity that Mr. Watson is ill content t ,
iirin? his Mose stanzas bko these, which are b??o?)
on -Mimethinjj about which he kii'.ss-. hut must
svander thi".1.li pages of tedioua (teftcriptioa and
ferr-d inia^'TV in su*-h a poem as "Ti" Prince'a
'"nest" t\sh'/h means to be imaginative bat is not
tn any extent), or nins! pei mil him-, If Buoh a
dnnaty flight into the re-ion of fancy ?a "Thr*
Eloping Angels" eelebratros. Thia ia de**?ribed lu a
Mb-title aa a "cupri'-o."' It is very capricious, if
not worm finn that. Mephistopheles and Faust,
in or ler to s'-ti-fy tho curiosity of tin- latter.
luana!'.- to *.i tain an entrRBce Into Heavep through
tho eoriTiivanee of tsvo lovers there?two lovers
who ile not "love tho life by other angela led,"
but desire to return to earth xvlu-re there is tho
marna?" denied thom in I'nradise and whence they
had both bren torn ear)'," in life. Costaiaea uro
C?(-hanged, and, abandoning Satan and his, vietim
in Heaven. 1)10 author folloxvs ins lovers to tho
c::rth, wheat) ho ovenfually leaves thom to livo
eternally In blissful proforrnro of a life Indifforent
to the selfish j,,ys " xvhirh only Idle angela" shan-. ;
Tho rsil-doors, str-alin!* a brief experiener of
Hoiivon, ronrlii'lo that tho "entire felicity" of that
llaro is dall. To ""neddie xvith the eekatial mys
trrios i? dangerous, and osprrially in thr spirit
indicated in thc openin-,* lines of this poem .
Ta itt, >n a dav", and M.-phisir.plul..s,
In tho doiid .seas rn, xn-r" supremely bore 1.
Hymn xvas suro-footod t_ongh to attempt thi*
vein and ta tmecee?I. lint it is only neee*-**?ry 11
roniparo "Th" Elstsjng Aiifi-ls" with "A Vision of
.Tudr-menf to r?>.ilizo exactly th* distance bcttrcen
t?M former an,I 200,1 poetry, lt is an effort t" mix
seriousness xvith levity, nnd without high nn;i".i
nation and sharp wit auch a mixture is hard to
rnnko -ssiatable.
Tho rritieal flasv Ifl Mr. \V;it-on's poetry is th"
undr*r "tarrcnt af "poso*1 which Iowa through moat
of it, mit <ibvioii-lv but no lesa unmistakably to
a i-onsitivo oar. It is thr tribute be pass to the
irri'ei. Nine-tenths of Hie younger English poet
pay it xvith him. Even Mr. Henley, the apo-stl"
*if rlrility, eannot eacRpe thr debt, In "The s.nu
of tho Sword and Other Versos'1 iCliar!"* Scrib
ner's Sons; Ibero aro traeca of the s:ini? wrong
liradediipss which iiiak's his xvell-known weekly,
"The National ObserTer," the bmbaI affected enemy
af itflirtati ni which rouhl bo ilo-irr I by the priu
AA**?eh it seorns. Th.-re is a eultiis of virility in
li?lg?ind, It is tho fa-!,ion among tho illuminati
to titter protest*! auainst prudery in language -2 *
int* a- far ;i-> pos-ildr to tho other rxtrom.. without
boeoniiii:; dosviiriirlit indoroiit, and th'?n to sit
bar!; xvith an air as though salish,-I with haring
vindiritM man's throateno.l proroentiv.- of tieiri_
na manly?and as roars"?as hr lik"s. N>. nne out
side the cirrlo of " Rlf?scalar liter it ure" i- deceircd
bp this "twaddle. Mr. Ih-nl> v ttoes n?t think it
iieoossar.v to pans,- on tho Mfg gide i,f frankness,
nnd miro than uno of his pog**-?, tho third ff his
" London Voluntaries," and the satire beginning
"As Um tlio svonian as you -tan." ar*' stained by
eosrs-nes*. Almost as repn-h.->n?il'lr is tho bur
loeyine hi*fh-and-niiulit!ness of "The S-m* of tho
Ssvoid" itsi'lf, and of tho tsva ])oein* in praise, of
insularity, tho author's favorite detestation anl
hi, bes'*tti**2 sin?'' Wi- uro the ehoiro of tho Will,*'
and "What haxp I done fur you rutland, my
England ?? To tho portrntioij* rlamor of these
rutbiirsto tho only r>tort i?-riddle*tlrlcr. It mieht
l*e wisiiod that some fri*>ndly o<litor ha*l OTOiBfd
thom along xvith tho other vors.ss named abovo,
and tlio urnart but inflat*-d and qaite unimprossjvo
' Carmon Patibulart*.'' Tho book woaM iiave i,.*,.^
thlnnrd of a ii.iartrr of its scant htiiKlrol pages,
biit tho poems left xvotild not has r suffonvi from
bein,; frxv. When ho i<* not. prrorrupicd svitli a
fad foi virility, Mr. Henley is rapahle of submit?
ting hinis*>lf to a Iv ric i_ ? ? i and of writing artis?
tic and nuisie.il vrrse. The last (iiTr"I of his l><iok
is headed " Rhynie- and Rhythms," and bosi.les one)
bBButifuI fr.iiiinent of blank vors-*, "Midsummer
Midni?lit -*.lties," there are fisht or nine po-ms
xvhioh morn than Justify th? s* rond clause 111 the 1
titi*', for they have a .Mi-htful lilt. "Why, my
heart, do wo love her mo I'" or "(iu'.la in an aerie
nwrrioe,"' could readily Ik- st*t to muaii*.
Slnorniy xvould appear (0 be the hurest f_f*v |
guard a:ainat tin* banalities of "pobi*"; but Mr.
Healey is not devoid of sincvn*',', and jct tho
stamp of tho poseur reappears attain and again
on lu, work. When to aineerit) is added t ,<?
-ti-- of an em*.-1 ion iris.-i to a white heat tin
pitfall* ot btfectation ;,r- -";,:,.?:-. ,....., t>. lie
feared In ?.n.-. <>f hoi "Sons* Anout I.::,-, Love
and Death'1 I Cha i les Scribner's Son*, ti,-- late
Mis* Anne Reeve .\;,,r; , glances at l ? ntl sn
wi.n-ii attribute* the realistic eflecta ol a p et to
fancy and .'ht song* ol ? ! ive and pa talon" tr. r.<r
oxrn evpenen e; and H.* inference is that theap* -
la le sometlroet provoked In bri n satirical im?
pulse To ene with a* strong u feeling ter al?
as ber verse* reveal it might easily be aa irrita
Hon to has-,, her arl forgone! and her personality
i' piata) up io, li ,t fr-ir, er..- end of Mis* \i Inch's
bo b lo the e-iier ;i note o'. In'rospertion and
strenuous passion i* struck si persistently t ,' it
ls impossible ta regard l"i poetry as anythin- but
tlie expression nf a tense, high s*r:-:_- tempera
men! The p."ir.- i- Bbl ia many m ? 11*, li ad
Ino. RCArly always to that which ha* '.1 niosl
perfectiy described in the "reflection thai
The sweetest Bonza are tho*..
'I I, it tell "I raddest thought.
If tlierc is a diffcrenee l*etw**en the anim is of
these f imo is lives and that of Miss Aldrich's verse
it is ihe difference between the mournfulness < I a
gentle* spirit and the agonized thr"-- ol a spirit
that feels \si'll excessive Intensity, f.ove and dis?
appointment are Ml** Aldrirh's ever-rfcjrrinii
themes: but, when she touches tho latter, lo
disillusionment and re*rret and despair, there i- a
rmi.- of tenderness and of satisfaction in liavina
linod. though in vain, iniii-.lod so inextricably
with a defiance which seems t,, us peculiarly fem
ininr that. In the long mn. abe leaves an impr*-*
sion as ol having been In 1 >ve with su (Te ri nu in I
to have never spoken moro tr-ilv than in thc li,-'
lino of ono .,f her verse*, "I am so gla*l tn suffoi
pain." I."v.- trampled in the dust, racked and
l.mis..,l but still triumphant, ls her continual in
spiratioR. Her special ^<><,d fortune was not to
have had her bab nee ilirttirbcl; and while her
isoik is charged with emotion, the virtues which
aro added to assist in justifyinrj .i- existence ar"
Ihe sirtuos nf prrei-ion ailed to fluency, and ti
directness such ns th" ballad called "A Mediae* ,1
lleatld-ed" e\en,|>liti.-s rt ditreetness for whirli
r-n.s is not altogether prepare*! by the tormented
mood which prevails through ti".* book. Tlie
Sues About Life, Love ind Death*1 ;ir,- thor?
oughly lurid and eleni rut
In tho dreamy atrnoephere of Hm*- ilomaln wh, i
in her prologue implies that -li ? found the sub
?taner presi'rvril in her "Fair Shallow Land"
Houghton, Miftlin tv Cn I it would not have I.i
-..xportod that Mi-s Edith M. Tliomas would have
fallen noon lucidity, but she has that .-a.,btv.
ind when she io"itrs some story, as in "Ami"
md "Tho Prisoner of tl,,. Stansino," her verse
il*,. i<; eloiiv r-nt as that of Mia* Aldrich I-- and
?lie rninds out her metrical narrative rdeverly
-noach. Ib-r ideas, however, in lite much m >re
uiuii-rou* verses which ileal willi nature ar-" ol
io particular poetic ''hann either in themselves
r in her presentation "f then, and there i* little
n h.-r "Shadow Land" to entic* the render. Nial
a-hlch does roost to prepossess tlie latter is Ihe
?herrfiilnessi of the vera?, whioh es.-n breaks lol -
humor In some trifling* with IVra"a*er, Sprns**!
ind llorac-., an I in a few i." or I--- a 'll knit
jiintraitis. Sunsliine is a natural excitant and
lympathy cannot help but sprin- np nntlei tl**-*
nflnenee of a little humor Tlie spell of an a',ml
in*.f it is more potent and lasting, and it i
strtiy for this reason thal Ml lingen.* Field nb
nins a hold upon tia* attention in lu- " "
Hook of Verse*" iCharle* Scribrw'r's Sons a" l in
ai- "With Tramped ami Drum" laam"* onhli.shor-i
which ono has no disposition t i sliak ? off, He, I ? ?.
iiis-ii- :s-, ex (lb real or, but n?1 for tlie ran-**' which
,.is K.s.-i p.,int,-I .eat in lin- , ,-,?-) ??::,-? t'i Mr ll
'?y's v. ?non, With much of his serious rer?e sup
?r.-ss.-d Itbe v.-r-- ot which "To My Mother" :- I
'air specimen , li" weald pass Int i Hie c mi pa nj ni
Bret Harte, with ss hom he po"-***"S"tea gifts ol fun
md idiom.iti*, neatly rhyming expression In <'-.ni?
non, uifts st"rengthened by r.-'mel ti-,., and
ta-he- .,f tender feeling. Pii'ik- and tlie collect
ng of l-ool-s. print* and eurtos, and the y.-.ir.iiu ?
for them of loaasscunlons man, wine, an liriit
u'-irti-d wine-blbhlng, tho rrary-day happenings
f B workaday, thoroughly hu::,an l:f- Kasi -.1
iV,-st_ hut principally West, tl--, thing* he treats
n easy rhvme which makes no |U"*.? lo h mit)
ir style, bat which is endowed with the lattei
ift,-r all foi the style is the niau, and tim.- i- a
i,|'ianf something in Mr. Field's writing whi li
Kiuld only have tome fr,,in l,in,-lf li L* t
?harm of a point of vi. v.- and of a sympatheti,
iaitnre touched by homely -rm timon! and by th*
hillas of childhood?of a natur' with lt* a-*** beti ?
ide?-which jror- with his humor to make b<.th hi*
vernt volumes welcome. It i- one of Mr Field**
-11 i?? f.?t elajins t-i approval that he combines un
ifleeted interest in children with a knack ol rhym
mr ab.,ut thom in terms which .-ir,- not iWibetrats
v adajitod to juvenile our-, and yet must speak
o them most perouasivoly. I',, win b youn
tndienc** "requirea tin* most ariles*. kind ,i Bil Mr.
r'rank Dempstei Sherman has attempteil the feat
n "Little-Folk I.vries" |Houghton, Mifllin _ < n .
i booklet of pr.-tfy. Jingling pi.- which give
?ire to suspicions of manu fact U ie and a consciuus
inbending, Condesesriiaion to immature mimi* i*
?f no u-e The great reeouiineiid.iti'.n ol Ihe in
hohcy for children which Miss Agnes Repplier
,as lately compiled, "A Book of ram,,us v.-r-,-.''
Houghton, Miftlin A Cn, . i- that ii i- composed
f tho heat serious poetry, >f auch ballad* as " Iln .
?elle," and -urli songs a* those Shakespeare wrote
,,r Ariel, iind not ol ptrofeeaedly chihliah rhymes.
Iii*- only adverse criticism to be passed upon Misc
"eppli'is book is that its ;,ii,.| icni.-iit i- some
mies rather curious, It ,- distmi-in t. lin i
Kobo Aylmer'' between a Canadian boat son/ t,\
loorc and the ballad by Seo lt just inentioned.
bu '.i th,' rea*?kera for whon the liook w.i* com
nie*] tli-s svill probably nt mean anything.
One distinction of the poetry, ot "ill William
rVinter is lhal Imprinted upon it are Ihe sign* by
vhjeii it i- possible to identify the poe? of Tenny
on's poem,
towered willi the hate of hale, Hm ? om "i p om,
I'll*' love ol loX'o
t. is ulled with thr fragrance of a high ideal
rh,, tin.- spirit ol the first po -ni In * Wanderer*"
Macmillan iv, Co maintains it- away through al!
he lovi'-siities that follow it ; it j- m evidence in
he ui.la"eii..ls verse which under tlie title ol
? Tempest" lills the second division of the book;
md none ol the remaining poems, pt-cms "t h.s.
ind death, elegiac and commemorative, denies its
nflneino. Mr Winter's at ra in i- softly blown.
f there is rapture in hi* verne, as in tin- open inn
mern alluded to, 'Ms I'lieni," || js never im
B*>tuoua, hut submits to the reatralnt Imposed bj
in attitude pensive, aclf-p*?-.?--<-,i, and conscious
>t th.e ,loray underlying Ute bloom and loveliness
if lue. lt follows ti,at bb poet-, have clarity,
nettsure and the charm "I polished workmanship,
''hey have tho charm also of feeling which i- dwp I
inti tender: their accent is one of nndeviatinjj
inccrity. Thc warmth *>f friendship, of generous
idmiration, ol love itself, is j. ritalizlng force with
dr. Winter. It i? felt particularly In hi* elem"-,
f which many have g alb gular apt,..-ss an,I I,., .,,,
lu* poem on Adelaide Neilson iiiur.- perhaps than
.ny of the others. And Ibe English in which be
vrifes is of as delicate a fibre as i,j. thought,
lo is above all thine* fMttdifl lg Another svrlt*-r
d i oinmen nrative verse, "recently published, whose
ines an- felicitous and suppl.- R Mr Charles G l>.
lobs-*rtB. His "Ave'' (Williamson j'?,,,u Company,
lorontoi is one of Hie less- good poems prod,ned
or the centenary of the birth of Shelley?fervid,
nusicnl, not rapid in movement, I,ut svitli an
ii.impeded rhyl hillie, flow.
There is modern loniunce ju .\|r. Madison
'awein's "Hod I/raves and Basel" <!. IV Putnam's
"onsi: thrre is abaiiration ol "nen and flowera, al I
ox-ers and of tho nature which furnishes tbe |
Mst?ttg for their histories, and thi- much is good,
riiexe is mora: there is n tal" ol the nneiont
lilvalric time, "The Son ol Kvrasvr" ; there j- a
ragmen! about old Spain, "Torquemada": soatrB
?Instern ditties arr fol loweri by a buccaneering
ong, and all this is sud stud. At l,ume, and mos
ng amid scenes and tlloiijjhts to which he i
inked bf tic ?f essential beling, Mr. Cawcin I
vrites entertaining, some ti ni**-* toiichini,' rene. I
lhere is a good example of thc latter sort iu l
"Wounded," | parm deocribiBS tho return from
ibe war i n :, litter af a young husband who had
?cf ''is I ride |n T!i.- vi-nr ol maid." .1, and t..
.n. home now mean- i<*st where ir formerly
mean* lore. There is a delicate and stn.r,^ touch
?ii th" Implication ol the u-,r.-iti ..u (rom th*
sweet i...-.,..,,.? oj youth to the -'ern,-I temper
ol the roldier'i later year* which his rniafortu'sc
ka* brought about. linr Mr Cawein is most a
poet whtn he i*- r,u:ti;.s' together rhyme* about
"the stormy .but of frantic leaves,"' or "tho
moon-flower and ihe wahoo-bnsh that harn*.M and
dover., ot other Bight* in t'.e svo..is and ti"!ds for
'?v'.!!: ;..- !,:- ,i ,,..1, k iv-. II:, province li"s
briRctpally within the range of natural phen m
?''.a There he doe* work t:.a, i-i it* minor kev
i* wort! doing, lt i- in the taine province tt.it
Mr. Robert L'nder**.I Johnson l..is rom posed
-'??? of Ihe i.-tt.r pie-e* ia ?? The Winter II ? :r
and Other Poetna*' iThe Century Company!, a
little volume ol lyric* and occasional rent*. In
some ol these last Ins mute *bow* a genial spirit
and a sprightly ^ lit ?a poem to James Whitcomb
Riley and another on .Ioho Burroughs uro Loth
ania ited, deftly pointed per-.,ul tributes*. Dal
lhere li* more lyrist** ii'id more feeli*.- f r beaut)
in s .-ie- .,i Hie passages In "''''?? Winter H.. ir."
which i,'.,r upon landscape and ari or literature:
in Ihe poem on Browning'* 'm\s,!,,," which eon.
t , ' - oome s.-,v ser oi ,.- and si* il I ii liv , a I'"ll if cd
linear effects, pencilling* or tin- lovely Italian
sen,-: and In i *!ieaf ol verse* j-, which "A Spring
Prel de" -I- --:in a inc happily, ..n tl," lin ? " 0 tardy
April, is thv full choir herc?"?represent* one "i
Ins rnost poetic moiie-nts Those moment* possess
Ihe grace that .,,n,>-s from a meditative and clear
habit ,,f mind, familialit.v with book* and flowers
and au affection for them, and from a -a-nsc of
rhythm. The rhythm in Mr. Maurice F. Egan'*
sri-,-, ,,f which a collection appear* under the
tit!,- ,,( "Songs mil Sonnet* and other Poems*'
IA. C. Me, I iu , i- not hampered, h it it i- possibly
chastened hy the sobrict) ol hi* Ihonght, which
i- penetrated hy rclij-inu* faith and is pr..ne to
manifest itself in utterances tinge.] with di
da et ir ism. There ia s n-minisnent-e of Ihe Chris
linn bel iel lurking sonH-timea in unlooked for
places in hi* I.k?In a sonnet on Maurice de
liuerin, for example, that neo-pagan, whom be
interpret* as a kind of Theocritus ci'tnin*- "upon
Hie Figure crucified" ind losing lu- bariwrnua
cod* "in deep, Christ-given reat" on the la-som
of nature. Whether <>r nol it is the sedate temper
Ol tllC tl,.-:,.* nppi-alin_ !,, hun with the mo-,
i,ne,- which i- responsible for it. lite lac! remain*
that his verne i- pedestrian whet brr it celebrates
Barred or profane subp-cis; and only once In
awhile, a* in the -.m_ entitled "lase a lilac,"
doe* it feel the rjuiver 'f a lyric inspiration, a*
faint a- it Ls ran*. *S't i.itemplafive bia* iieeil
not ol nc'-sity wilhhold riidcec Ironi a poet.
WI nils*:- , oulil sometinie* pul i' in:" |,i- verse Ile
has done si ju Hie most perfect i.rn "f the small
x,danie railed "At Sundown" lllmighton, Mifflin
sV Cn , which v\e- thc 1 i-t lint oil an old tree,
in th" " l: irnlri i Drift tt.I,' f-,r tl,.- -tait ol
v. l !? h he hud faith a'-I lane) under nntrihution
anl ri which I,.- ! i- -,.n ?? nf hi- most flexible
lin*** li.i- I.,-, luwk ..i Whittier'* fathers t.,
gotber but a 1'is w ,ii- in aikliti ,n :?? t\\- iii. si !??
monologue, I,.- kind I prcetings t" llolin*** a,id
other friends, aad a fest Inscriptions su**h n* tl,;,*
written f"i the win-low to Mi t??i in Si Mir-aret*
< I ur. !,. I ".-ian-l il. -, > t ?- ,-.--, ,,..;?. .. i
? nc - ,!?? "I ii," ;> ige, ai ?! then are some
trat - ,a ? ? ,.' t ,-,,- I.- Mr I ll li .rn-tt.
lu Vt hittii i -.-?? ld ha ? 1 ?? a . lad
tn ai1..I. "- its ant or (ell irks, . v. I I ..I L-l:
diction, i ? 1 I.i;. ?.!,,- vol uni" ? f liri
ld r.ti 1 i. --. ir** "At Ihi I'", iHJ .1 Hate
Mil a < , |n tliij* rci-ord ul
a faith which n.-. ?, tatters, * hristi nil) is ex
? in neal iv ever* stanza, I lie poem* h ive
ii... pla. ld tone ..: I,, ;....-. whi . I ? r? ill.
are, in effect
Placidity like Mi-s Lircom's i- har.ll. t ..- dani
nant , lian, lei Mic of such ve*-*** lias I itel)
s* en ti..- light ll could nut ' ?? ni re i t
t , i nctry than ii i- '?? VI -- Ahlri, h's, fm eu
ample, a-.I yet il tlierc i- . :?? lilia*" foi ss ich
ii i. futile t,. jii'-ii s'a'e any rontemporar)
w:,t.-r it is b di mistic iii dive rt** \.-|.?,.--, | . .
. ? ? ? - nf ll ,-iitl lil .i !???* :u l.
tlii tvin. 11 ?? j- '? ? ?>? amntion, ,>t rpi
-ode. ma) he dr.imatir in ? ., bul it i
not in another, in t ie -? "-?? a i< , a ? - isti ?
th,- dram i with the stsi ?? I ?r *- Weil Mit
is ". iden tl) an ire ol this, ami 11 prefix, - t ?
1 L* " I'i.h.. ?- Drake x I. ? rsl) ..i ,!?? -.-. '
Houghton, Miftlin A "... a sh rt note rn willoh
h.- avers thal he ha* had neither the desb-e nor
tl.- intention to make ..i ii ?? tah* lie I aa r,
kindled from rarious -.,!..-, m a, ti , drama,
tin.,ul, ,.a ihe next page he does not scruple
to refer i" his produdio i as a play, Kven grant
ing some distinction between aa acting 'liama
and ' play, it i- nol apparent thal "Fran,
I)rako" I- tl.e di una,I, poem which i's author
.aili- it. Tills might appear to he d ie lo thr,
nature ul Ihe story, which, in spite ol its tragic
burden, uni..!.|- itself ,j netly enough. Though
I homa* Ibuighty, upon wl-ose troncheroua action
ssl ile accompanyli l ,. -iii'- great admiral
t.i the I'a.iii. roast tlie alor* turns, wa* dis
roverctl and l-ehen*led th.-r.- undrr ruriotia cir
eiiin-taiie.*-, Un- approach "f Nemcsl* wa* not
a lona notably dramatic linea; it had little In
1.1 ol Ibe element nf surprise; th.-r,- wa* pr,,
tie-ally ti" conflict between any al the forces in?
volved in th,- affair; and tlie roMptrator went '
to lu- 'ham iii ti. i of a train ol circum?
stances which somehow tn ul" his death seem lesa
ld,., a elim,ix than its picturesqueness would
imply. Tlie action Ln Hie storj i- slight. Bul
the fault oi Dr Mit, Im-IIV |.m lie* deeper ti in (
tl..- ti,,-me, which i-. ait.-r all, not taine, lt ,
In- m the fact that there i- no buoyancy in hi* j
work, ,i"t any ,,! Hie energy h -t ileseriiwd simply
a* i.tie, Iii* tragedy la one ol con vr rsa Hons, and
when tin-.- are iiitenapt.il hj a saUor's oona it
is plain li"m ti.,- nbsenre ol any music In the
latter that it i- onl) Bl .-\i?..lj.-; r to relieve
the m.un,lons "I tin- s,r,-:.I lilli. N,, poetic
lines .,r plira***s rdilne in the dialogue, and when
Houghty'* li.I fall* and Drake rl-Mca the poem
with a pious oltroervation Ihe conclaalron is thal
Dr Mit, loll has done no more than tell an aid
tale in pltln language, in another kind of prose
than that ol tl>. original document*. If any?
thing were i..,ii'i.d t , bear ont this [iidgment ol
in* poetic powers, i, present* Harli in " dh"
M. tii.r. and Other I'-,-;,,-" I Houghton, Mifflin A
i ,. . a i n!!i-.iimi ,,l verse* wbieh show that lie
i- deli,atelv tun,inuit, awake to suggestions In
lil,- and nature n"' p..-ale. and vt, b-r all
hH facility in turning out rhymed reno*, nol
a Writer s\ -fli a poetic gift. If Mi-- Harii"t
Monro,-, whose "Valeria, and other Poetna''
i \ r m,i lurg ? Co contain* an effort more
pretentvm* than "Francis Drake," hat the pnetle
gift which i,.ul I alone in- i..-, warrant for uni
lng a li'-'e-aet tta.'e.iv. it i- not lo he divined
from her volume "Valeria," Ihe play which
lills over half the book, OOO* Bot he diii'ined I \
ih,- flatness of thc retry Brat llrie* "f the r^roragac.
Hov tired tbe dav i-, and mv bead is hot
So hot pei hame thc -un luis -rut in- |, gg-g
'1,, p - upon lt.
lt is but fair to ray that Mis* Moproe*a verao
is not all like 'hat 1 ? ? at she put*, into tho
mouths ,,i her foort*"rcnth-***entury Italian* uo
ither apeeehea whleh affirm tihcm to bc anything
?ut ihe mofi distant e**jho*B ,,f tin- pr-f-MB-Jitiea
which Ihe men and woanen "f those bed time*
really were. <>n?, it the end of tin* third :,,-t,
llure is a ripple 00 the still svators of th'- |>a-t,
whose depth* sh" has attempted to ttgitate br de?
claiming over tl"- baffling surf:.: bat the clo.
I'leine ol ii.-r puppets tunk, s very -innll thiin
ler, ind bo s'eepini' lii-ro of fciuhtlism emerijea to
1*0 jiiilsani/i'd, at hast, if not ro'Tonted, into a
lierfotn:ut of human Intcreat, As a play, tie a
limn lotion pf real life, "Valeria" is imposoiblc
\, a poem it i- not any moro plausible Ml**
Monroe is on safer ground iu ber **Ootameaaura
'iou ,'d..." ss rift,,i for tho iledlration of tho
World's Pair, ind In aborter rersca like her "Slimi?
er Song, - which dir-s not fall short, as " Valeria-'
lois, of thC elll-t ,:.-:r"d lt llllirlt ho a?l,le,I,
lOWCTCr, that in this*, tho BMtRBff is decidedly
ni the around. Tho flutter of the wings of poetry
I not lieuid in iheav.
The volume cntjtcd "-"I'1 in Ibo Gate"
Robert* lb-others, in which Mr. Ario Bate** has
-liven metrical form tc torcn tale- ?f tho Ka-t.
illustrates) a kind of rer*e which innis to be dra?
matic without adhering to dramatic conventions.
Th- tales ute I.Ot floT*. ''!t *""-er.... '["ney ? .->
t-rab- '."".-'.en's, little int****** of | _,*.-;.,:! rut h .is
gleaai i". tht chronic!*?* "r Indu ard Arabia.
Tempett**ou* love and bato arc loosed in tho
episode I,, which ?'",;,, 8?trow of Rehab" i-< de
roted, and though th'' pafOBge of th,, stra::.-,.
Onental spectacle i- brief, it i- thrillm;* I' '?
[thrilling by virtue,: iw awn elemental facts.
Ti:-i vertiflCBtiOR cf Mr. Hates adds i.o great
Bttmul :s to ii reading of tl,.. h:st,,rv. bul it le?
no! "doggish bBtntiOO, ar.d there j* -JerersCft in
tl. ? pt*e?ervBiion of a Benauons tone, suggestive cf
t.'.o Ia-', through di-'riptior.s xviii, h. il they are
vary oini.,,i.,/ ti.e produet of a Western pen,
ar-, not l.i'ur.-il. Mr. lister'* -rerse i :t.s on
nimbly es-nifb. That it doe* l, f?r ,!?? reason
tliif he |, in:: hired inti poetiCRl side fjfuc*. bul
ir. s tu reach ti," point with taoderate s:>eci, bm
important secret of BUCCesg ia narrative v>'r?o.
lt is a secret whkh hoi os'-iped ad. Bryan Charles
Wilh-i, who atti, hes Ins nain., on.- given eel,
rity ia poetry by moto than one ancestor, to a
volume called **J*rVfraeua ss in, th,. Ifesperitles"
I George Bell). HI* mythology could not fail to
io interesting, fl"**""* is au endleea fascination in
tl,,- a .j sa ifiroii- flight ?f I'itsoii- and Ins rapture
,,f the (.or, ,', s heal lu Mr. Waller's telling "f
th,- -fur, in- js prulix and commonplace. Tho
ri-rse pis?es muster until it ia eoapa"red with Hie
a-ioii. Similar defe;t* inhere in tho "Chroni?
cles of i kristopher ( alamba*" Ml. I*. Putnam'a
Son-, by Margaret Dixon Through twelve
cantos these -Chronicle**1 purs ie fi.- history of
tin- discoverer. There is no poetry in thom, and
they a," u.-ar:- me.
Soi.atliu-ia-in and mach bid taste, a little
aptitude and a gmt timi of affectation, go to
make tl?- volume of "Knglish Poema"1 iThe Cato.
aell Publishing Company), in which Mr Richard
I-" Hallieni.mleavora t.. please, not the crowd,
hut th" meml-er* ol :i few Loudon cll'iueo. There
is a rirele of young English sinter-, who may lie
relied up,,u to apt laud such a declaration a- that
?>ii I " irfs made answering
Lightnings all that tfiernoon through purple raiats
Of riddled speech.
There is another, ?: s circle In which Mr. Henley
is son,uat.. I, Which Will extol tho " st re a j I':, "
"th.- im d ? sieele realitm aid h.en psrchological
analysis" .,; -a h ?.<?,*,.. .,., -'ii;,. [> cadent t,, His
Soul." Anl tier-- i- another, . .-.lin,-l to neither
London nor Sen Vork, fortunately, which will
regret thar Mr Lc f'allicnne, who bas soi.-lever
nc** j-, s'I-., making .rd tn Intelligence capable
,f appro utting refined ti.ii:.'-, should write rub?
bish. To ir i lue.- trash is not a t-eet-swity laid
upon th.- writei wlin i- clever, bit m.* a genius.
Sii.h a writer is Mt- If (' |;inn**r, hut in hi*
I;...sen" ii hail.-. Scribner's Son*!, lhere ai.? i
tli nee* of a dar I-, f.. a i.-. nf a dainty touch,
, mal:.- In* rloverneas attrtct'.vs Mr. S M
Peek'* "King* a,al I. v. Knots'' |F. \ Stn --
' umpan) are toe ineresl trifles of cleverness, but
they ir-. pretty, ..al they have M.mewhere among
girlish r.-.iders a small place which is not con
? I.',..
Tl.- la,.- fleorge Pellew wi. a young man wh*?n
he di- d, an I in C. ,? I', -ai." , W. |t flu .- A
? . , for whi li Mr Howells has rritten a:, Intro
iluetion, tl,.-r.- ar-, printed lea* thin t-.i "*? ..rs ,.?
vrrscs The keynote to tl)is small legar) ls a seri,
i ??-* wi lr|, i,-ci. tlie * al i" "f th" latter Mi .
I!, vs.-I I- \>. r:t- - t int IV I le** "could not I al other
?a i* ? than import ti fl' with am tl Ing he ton, h.-1,"
a ad this I- ,- r-,,',-.r it- I by thc v* r- -. whi li has
. mindel I thou ghi ..xi,n.I with
point .1,1 a ti-,.-., of fra,' |,,.-,ie 'reline
If it I* ? '? b tra* it ls tie-cause 1'.?!!. ? \ li I rn ?? I
i t* of writer* (?? whom verse is a not
unnatural or forced, uml yet not an essential,
Inevitable mode of -pirif :ul e\pro?*ion. What
l.-d I I,.- ii-.-h.-l carefully, conscientiously. Ih
wa* n?f a lyrist, but n**il ra* be without a
? ?I rhythm, riierr i* nobilify In hi* work
md it i- fixe fr,.-!, lmtnatitriti.**j of either tech
ni |U" r - ?: itit It .!. - TW- | t i i. ? pul int .
a I.k, anl, though i' i- ii"! reuisrksble s.r-o. it
il, -rr-. ??* IO lie r> a I. *-s--ri , i, ?, the peculiar
finality -f Mr Pellew'* ss-..il, is, curiously, tho
I, adm; motive In \ Hook I Da) Dr an.*"
11 i. lld, & ' ,. . i ? Mr C 1. Moore. .
a! .. ,,as thought out '..-rs ?? ii nestl) the -
.ion of one hundred sonnets which til hi*
and ll Impregnates vi, .1 I f. f'lai Ice's
" Mal mord i" ti I' I'utnam'i Ken*), a metri*al
i ? mee, Mr < larke hn* laid lite s ci.f his
l.ni m th.- lr, I ni l of the ninth century. I h-1 *
m. er" romantic happenings in thoa*- day*, romantic
,. modem !"a.l.i-. but tl.- sound* of ?< koree life
ie..|! rate n * Malm tia,' which sIlOW* les* nf
ri..- .n iv than of the gray aide ? ,( romance.
11,,. most important >.f late translation* ..f enn
tin.titi! poetry I* that sslii.'.i Mr prank Si'wall
i,as made of "-election* ir.un tbe work* "i Gimme
"ard':, ,i. It is printed rn a -mall rolun.f
"Poems** 'Dodd, Meal a c,i., which contain*
als,, two essay* b) the translator on the poet
ssh,i is rogar led as the laureate of Italy, lt is
in,tu,rt.mt. however, fr reasons touching Cor lue
'i's philosopb) rather Utan in- poetry. The former
is sveii within the roach ..r g eu| ti va tetl student
of literature like Mr Bewail. 'Ihe latter must
elude ererj one but B translator who is a imef
li i ins* f Only ii i.t p,.--.-es an ?nglb*li r-*|U|x*a
lent, which is also poetical, fur t'arduccl'* mellli
luoiis stanzas*. Ital In hi* essay* nnd m lil* trana
lal ion Mr. Sewn ll embodies the thing* which, mar
md io his poetic Inspiration, m.,!*" f'ardueei's p.?
rition in Italy. Put In i nut-hell, the relebratid
Italian'* characteristics ur,- thoo** ..f a pagan born
anew, ll" i- tbe leading reactionary in Italian
literature against the line of thought whlc' cre?
ated and sustains the papacy, an I which he i- fain
to rogard us an .x. r--,.i:c ? upon the really Ucl
|.? ni-tie genius nt ti..- peninsula. II" turns from
thc < 111 ,-t I,, wi,.,m h.. belicreo that Italy niis
I a ken ly lures, lie turn* from thr i.,?i ,,r Chris
lianity to the god ,,t nature, t" '-Teat Pan Thar
in doing *o he i- ols.\ in.. ;m in,pu1,,,, whi,di his
nation would oltey also, if it eould throw oil the
weight <f centuries, is an "p.n "location. Thc
decline "f the papal power i- aisnlflcant, and sn
arr luaus phases oi the national life, the attitude
of tie- people toward Ihe Churchs but there aro
i .titer hind- of incl brion i,.-ides the Hell* nie kin I,
ami the shallow feeling of the msears nias I,- re
|.-rre,l to "tiler i_U*es than th,- renewal of a long
dormant pagan sentiment. Ii mas he referred to
conditions in the educational and political ilevelop.
in, nt of thc country; and certainly, aa Mr. Se wal I
himself concludes: "For Italy tlie dav is pa-t
w hen He'.lrnl-uii ran lill tho place of Christianity.''
When- (?ardue,a'- Hellenism redounds tn the nr
tistie !?? ii.-tit "f iii- poetry is in th- deduction from
tin- former of what Mr Bewail calla a classic real,
tarn, a realism which gtvra him not jual lite sar
face ol natur.', bat the intense loy in it- nsarnnra
tin- passion f"i the being* with which thc amor?
phous heathen religions has.- peopled if. which
li.-loiu's t., tli,. 088*18 and riot to thr Christian im
i,ii.-tI with the (-motions of hi* belief. Carducci is
not, though, a hut.- echo of tho earls perts for
whom he has a great admiration. ||,. |* gn Ital?
ian as ssi-ll as a i'n-el; : ho has a share in tho pres
rut as well a* in th" past: and svith the Uric Bon?
net to "Tlie lix," it poem ,,f pun* delight In nature,
Mr. .Sessall has to translate a longer piece, "' irni
v!,i." which reveals tho sensibility to human lee*.
int svithotit WRleh the lines WOttld h* ia vain.
Mr Bewail has chosen forts-one poetna whi,di serve
verv well to illustrate Carducci. He reproduce
not much of Hm music, but he lu,* not iiii*s,*1 the
aeps,., ami hi* book xviii fullil the pu rp* -e foi
which it ssas prop-cted, that of making Americana
icqualnted with CBrduccl'* Ideaa. The only other
honk of ttlllisluti'd Verse, svliieh |,|,* ,,.;,, |,,.,| u( |g [
" lloine's Dynes and Halla,ls ** \Q, p putnam'a
Boro}, by Prancea llellmaa, who baa included In
lei volume a numherof mgs by GoMhe. Uhland,
Chamis-n and oth-rs. Thr poetttB are |l;m |],. | with
dell, a, v and fa<tc, ,and allow a ls ric sympathy lu
the trana'ator
lulu the " l?vc Songs, of I'oliort Hums" (('as-|
ft. ll Publishing ('omi any.. Sir George DouglaM has
gathrr-d most, of the BBRktOOB xvisr of tho Bootoh
poet, ami ho has given, in thc lorin of au iutro
du, timi, a pap'T <>" tlie latter's >*--?*?, "-""inn tvon- i
taint POMS? iBteWaHllf biographical -rvntins I_B j
book is published la tho ?? canico Boneo,* and La I
a xvell-ii.iido little anti,olozy xvhich re,-ouiiij-ii ls |
Itoell t , -.tudentB of Burna
Two volumes of Mr fJeergo Mer*didi's v.-rs<>
have lately appeared. (Joe, "dump to Glory
.lane' iSwin, So::notisc!;ein -V Co.-, ih a reprint
f,i ;, hil ol doggerel, possibly Mtbrteal, though
tte satire is skilfully , unce.tlc I. for which
Mr. Harry ''adtcr has a liking. Ile i* ttfOf inriblo
f, r the reprint. The work waa orlglBally pob
lishe! In Ins " I'niversil Ko st.nv ' Ther-* lt might I
us ss-..ll have remained. In tts BOW orrs* lt has j
i,,c.--. llluArated with pm drawing*, bot thom i
oo nothing to Improve I piece "f wrttlRg which
it would bo ridiculous to call poetry, Bitd which '
las bom of tho qualities which nuke Mr.
Meredith's prose InteiBstlBg. ".Modern Love*'
1*1 ii. Moshe*! ? Portland is another matter ll
ls a sonnet "--rquenee t i Which Mrs Elizabeth |
Cavana, Who writ.-- ii " foreword "? for the now
edition, la justified in ittaohtRg bor-* i*RnogtaoBO
lt i- an intellectual exercise of no sn,ill Milbee.
But wc fancy lt will tc*iuire moro thoo Mr
Swinburne's wperuuvea lo mike it ttAott m
ptwtry.
LITEJUliY NOTES.
Mr. Joel Chandler Harri* I- keeping up Bia Im
gglnatlre work sid.- hy -l.t.- sslili kia aettspafer arti
In*-. Ile I* i nj:aK-e,l up,,a ii nos. I svlih ii I* io I" ar Iks
mle of "Aaron," a|. a plas, iiti*i up?a a fterb-a si
-hort -trite- lt la UM HtBt Mr. ItottU n-s, r elli*
III,,,III Illa books |f lie (,||| li.'lp ll -il letlfelllC SSllllil
oller, .say i noi i..mini.in BB?tOg aatkair*.
TWO more I'al/ar SO-sks, "A Uroal Man of tl.e Pros
Itu.*" |tke *? i .-nd p rt "f -Lost Ilia.>*"' ?'""? "Tbs
lin,tl,-il.I ,.f r.u,s..i umii '? i ? I.Knri rs de L,*l I,-tolr
(oiitemi*,iiim',. kara keea pi--|,:r,?l i,v Rta* Worm.
1.) sod ur., on ike ii-, af ttslierta BrtRftera.
Mr. Arthur -h.Thuiii. Ilar-lv I* ul.oii' lo r-ium t,
iii daile* a* pt*ofessor of t_sl?*"*f-"*Btfc* al Uar'in,,nih
not, kowerer, *erertag i.i- ""uoascUso siitii ?? in.
1 ., m. ;s-lila|i." .X hm... |,.|i|.,i sf Ike S'.il he silll
-p.-nd :n kia <l.-U In Iks ? :, .-.i l-il norn ot lost
-rta ga?nc.
Prof* ? ur Charl. - Kilo, Norton pave 00100 Inter
(?Sting r tlill.l <? I,,, s if li,-.* RlMSell I. cell III au
address delivered al Umb-'Mgcporl ike ottter ovenlng.
? in i-i-," Professor Noi',,. -aid. Inapeakiogol tuctr
earl) at nwiliitance, Lotrell aa* n"t quite thirty sear
? ?lit, and na* one "f Ike pl. a-mi.-I of iii'-n a
pleasant a ? mponion as goa could lad, ksra, as
-alie ai ,ria;:,'ai:-., ol Iii- liss slid, a I, >>tle ,.f .Lam
pagne, and alicad "f evrry "Hut ma, ?Rk -", a
sparkling all, arith *urk kirsty lr.nu.:, natch Ml
Ililli InlO un,i,,-t koylsUlles* al tm,is, jntl it s.ui
.-iii doun wltn lila, ii.,l,..|.. ...aid t*****f IfM "Bar*
thal h.- -ct. |*uu after pan iain-' fr rn hi* Ups, or
Mime piece ol linn,..rous ,.,t, or porhapa ? pleasant
Rory, i do not iiduk I exagan*--ata it wann l ?ay
ka wa. the ptcsosateal rompanlos s.u cos?I kare,
??Ile n.-v. r COOM K.-. p ai.v iii'ies in lils pocket,
it iu ried a r*oio lo I; n unn ua, aayb By lo ie
liii.-d by u.
?in :..,- pirasani tarroandlag4 af hi* hsRataod fc*
v.it In college, erjoyed il, ? Ila's PaRdlag tit?>,
ass made Its ii-eretary and wrote . s'.-st sis a) |H,-.m*
and ii.-.i Hie reading of r, , ??>? better tktn '. ? did tin
li .? ? ii his i.-s..,;:*. i,i11 liked kvtter lo read In
Ike st, ove ..f I1 ,? old lll.r.irv.
-Il- a** Bppsit Hs lot) and dirt imt d. lil- College
m. ri;, iud t.Ma.d lie i-lld ,,: lite -i tiler sear be ?.is
-.?ut i-i i.ai-.id. Ii wis a snore ,.f great regrei
i., i, a, i.. vite I,.- aa* ria** pwel and ke wis forbidden
10 ...ia. hark i> read ll- riis- p.ii lo hi- feltoa
-ni. it/ on cia** day. It ssa* la ll- ta.n ke -..ni*
I . I. IV. i elie in la- tllgk III- ef 1.1 - BOWeV. Ill IM
s.?r be wr.ie aiosi ul Ibe Brat tonto ot 'Rlglow
I'S per*.' w Mrh everybody knows lo be *" bdgkl iii.d
a. I.ii lied.
? ll.- uni I u. r.- friends f..r rnorr tfisn f..rty rears,
anil I do ned rea-cmber ons single Hmo ?rbea be ara*
not mv fil.-nd. We u*.-.l t.. ?.a.!, oil.er almost
. v. ,v ?!..v. and f do ii,i remember et * bearing Um
-a-, anytklng (kat ever pv* pain to any oilier
human being, Ai l bars -aid. !*? cookI keep no
m.a.i and fr- ipi.i.t i1.-in.ilrt- sv. r.- made upon lcm.
and I,.- ru'isi bara r* deco? d f,.ar or Bra wire* "f
*o:ii.- ,,r las Mack population.
-? Illa engagement aaa u h.ht one, and li ssa- aol
n.i ll,.d ,,f l-l I tkai t ,ev were mari I.si, maj ti . u
tii.-v aatinted b |.i desi "ii filth, and Iboafhi tl..
ra r en* ? > it I'I sappi) I hera, sod mored ,., Pblladelphla,
Mh-re bo wr..t.- f..r an a ii 11 -lu v?***f paper h-r 18 I
Beek.**
r ,.? n. w ?? siiitnt.anl Magsalne," ike periodical vt?ck,
11 i- announced. Rr. Jamea Clarence Harvey la la
? tu, I un ' ie pres and will s,?,u pr.-.ot its.-if. The
H.-i m.,a'"l.v lo he 'r.-u: I out hv Slr. g, .->. >|, lure
sUl ,ip;.< ar i il ame time.
I a.- li t. t?s a Dante esklMtkin In bondon, lbs
.. j.- i- ta h.- Bhotrn ronalstlag ol inartntt br itotti
cell, drasrlngt b) RoatctU, mid iiieitallhui*. photo
graphs, mips and edlttooi of Hie ?? r.ir.ull-. ."
xi!-. 1.1. v Lari an. Brno** gentle nnd ?uolcal rerss
I* dear io iiiaiv re.-'e-r-. is iring m |n Boston, ai'-.i
.an "i. i' i- ibougbl, ko, r. -unIve.
Tl e w;,|,or "f Rickard Burton baa completed her
biograph* of ler husband, bal no put******-*-*- in* get
announced lt. It ls hu..wu that Burton ssa* sn nz
n.isi. : bul Lad} Burton, li l* *.iid, baa portrayed
him lu ker book a- a devout rbat-rhmaa.
The tao v linne, of Mr. Henry t. ki-h-Us -life ,,*
Wanner'' ssl! be bTOttg t Out Sltbln a fess- d:,ss. li
alli . intaln i uloua i ti retiing p-trtralts.
The Uterary cxrunlon* of Ritter llsggsrd began
wini ike preparailon of Uren "nagaRae artklet ra
South African .ubjet ia. Hi* nord ?? Dawn" be r, ..'ard*
aa !,N fir-t book, ile <i -lares ihsl tke Ides "f writ
li | ii a i- "riven to l.i'ii is the r.i .- it a uni teen bl
'I-,, in a church, ii- hod some difficulty in Undina
a publisher tor thia novel, aad ssas obttg**d ti rewrite
n.
iv Sontbrrr artier* of fiction are condemned bl
?Ta- i.aitiiuure Bun," on ti,.- -rrooad lhal Ikey have
t,.i often faun,I their profit In ?*?l?*rt*lg lo Nert'ern
prejudice." ?? I'la- <!u-s of ssrlier-." - Tl.e .-sin'' -ara,
"make tie-ir tnooey l.v mlatfepreoentlng the real people
.f the South, d***trrlbtng Imaginary rtaste* of -i-onr
will'.--.' -. r.i.'.er-.' 'ntountaln trhltes,' etc., a* If they
really existed, and pandering lo i >? dealre of on
friend!) readera i" ont old t-oemlea pal la Ba nu
favnr.ihl,- lls'iit. Bxceptk-nal rnoastniHltleH iii- held
up a ? Boat br rn types, to Ike great glee of Ihe un
I ra vrlli i Nortkeruer, abo I* led to ie,l.l tke srt-Rerand
hi* fellow s?,uti .iu't* In e,;u;,i eontefaopt. lo kl*
torlea! art ting recenl ftouthera sotb-irs kout a iuK-'i
pl,,.-, i,...n;se ikey have wrlr-ii, a* a rule, to rind's
rate the train rather loan to mai*.- a-oney. Their
booka ptrture a a**-*p4e rattly different fmni tBe cres
lures nu, aw ree nary literati kare created. H ta in
Southern iietrsrMiper* and ni.,nhl,- aaagaRne* srltten
for >,,it ern reid-;* -tkai Ike doutttern t oagbt nnd I
i ul,ur,- ..( our da) I- t> be seen tu Hs r-.al character.'
Mr. Walter lie-nnl I- One "f Hu* Kagtttk .-i'll Ilt-*
Intending to vi-tt ike Rstid't Pair al Chlcsao ri*
-uniuiir. Ile x\in attend tbs Hterary *x***tgreas to be
held ll.er".
Captain M.ihin's ?? Influence of Hie Bea I'ow,-r apoo
th,- Pren ck Ret-tRatton and Bmptre'1 baa aroused ?? T. e
i.mi,inn nines'' to atrong i,nd yell-dsaerved odmlra
lion. Ia,i- *|nee, it -ass, me -rabis**-!**-*** of bia hoik
,,,i "li..- imiarii,.- of tbs Sea Pawer mt Ittttorr.*
Captain Makai 'ins bren r.pitted hv nil competent
Jiuici-*, aol merely ?> ike rttoat dtatlaguta cl iiviiiu
artier un narai stMir^-. t.ut as tar uric aatoe nm! iirst
espoo.nt of what ina) ba called lbs pltllaaopkf of
nasal bltl-wy. Itv th.- prnfessinaai alodent of naval
warfiir... in.ueover, whether lu Hs stnitecicnl or Its
ia, i, ii a*pt i-. Hu* boult aili nt ones ? r**e***jta?sd
a* BB altogether lli,lls]>en,il.l- tSattKWk: for. sxhllr his
grstp of itrateglcal R-wea I- bIomsI aartraQsa. nnd
1,1- Inslgbl Into Hie phli.isi.ph> of iiiisnl hl-t..rv ls alto.
aether ur.precedented lu naval llierstare, ixptnin )iu
han n.-v. r i,.-i-s an apportunlty of potatbtg ths ta,-ti,-ni
lilnr.il wl.erevei- the luilure sf his aUbfeCI-matter per
mit.* or Invite* bim to do bo. Tboagk li migiit t,r un
exaggeration lo rompsre Mm ntlk Adam sniitii for
r.-u. b of Ibougbl prnfiindftv ,.f ln-l8lit. amt sagacity
ol -p.?-iiliillii!!. set lt ls nu mor. loan the titith 10
mis iain Hie spirit In which he lu,* apprn-ii heil th.
norri and fruitful atodt of tke Hlnfs*t-nes af "-ea
I'owi-r ii pun History" i- not unworthy, to bs toatratft-d
nilli t'ul In ss Illili Hie great Si-..111*1, thlnki-i- np
pre.n lied the BtUBf nf lbs 'W.nlta ot Nations."
Kiirpeie,', " Heine.*1 nu aatol joayq*ahy eompttad from
the txirt's wrltliuts, n.,, i?t-n lr:in,|atel hv Mr. Arlluu
Dexter, and the tnnafR-on sou be |)llhll,^ctl i,v limn
Molt .t OB. The snmc publlftliers are bringing out a
new edition of lllllcbraiid'a "German Thought.*"
THE CHRONICLE OF ARTS.
LXHIHITIONS AND OTHES T-Trs.
KVINTS MARRI*. Till. ( LOSF. <T TIM'. SF.sfir.-,
-ACAOBMI ROTEB-IJI MINOR <? m.l.rilj
-un: M'itzi'.ii < "i.r.r.rTiox.
The orosaa ls draw lng to a rio,,., ?,,M pn'tlr-Sa
alt of ino last "-vent* of ans Impstlsota bato \>jL
accompli,: .si or are in flight, To morrow th,, s^u/
,,f Aa:, r'r.ni Aril-i, sprat Ita Ifteeatk *xhlr*u7**
nnd soler* upon a pr,.*|sr ai- -eason, |n ;l|| ^!*
.-il-lllly. for Ike di-pl-s ls ons Ol Hm- kasl \rt\i\\
history of Ike BlgBBlBBIlOB *'ii Wistuo.,Iga nu?
ll (E Ibo Arti.Tii-an Art A--..ia,Hloil xxiii op,.,, t?
1.Ihltlon of IBs ht.. .I,hu ll,,,-v'- loll., ,:?,, V
the evening of th,. *.,-,?. ORf the Metro;,,hIIiii, >|Um^
of An wiii j, sj Ri anaaol -pring r..ep>i,?, ,.
Amid.tiiv ss. I ll maintall li- spring ratRIRRaa f?r -*?>
w.-.-Us Btsre. I, il...-. r...t il..-- .mill ,i?. i:ns,^J
next month, a date whi. I, l< nv.? <>..t oas i, .- , n-_
heiw.-eii the present ?-.lilWil.'u and thai ,,f Sta***
lo.,i,i.,l ky collei tor, slilch the Xi ul. m., pron^.,
in h,id thi, aammsr. Tl.penlni ,i,, nf tba _t^
his not vt is-i-ii iiiit'iitiuii-d.
Isles hive I.,'i plttfatly ten :,, th, sW-aBsssj
ta tb* Nat -d pktons tMapawd of atm i lu* t^j
Birra Iii Hi* Tribune only IWs "Matoo*- ,ir, ,? ^
milled. --\l,,l. I,,'' kg BflattO I*. Hurl, BBB, .mn >BB-*tj
,f bli.it.rs." ii "Roller psasja* t PA. -"Total ,i MU^
,? due. e-'.iK?>. th- iiire.- Il itlgurt. n prlie, ,.
(TOBO, "".'nil nnd *I*ni. , ,, |, ,,( ss, tl- ?, ),.,. , , ^
award.-d sin e 1--'.,. ne 1., Im- rOtod ::),..,, n,-,
W.dn.-silnv nfl, r: ,.,,,,. M,,r,. ||,,? n,| ,lrv ^|f
ul,tiles ,o Hts iMCisim.. |f gftj ,,f ,|?. . x M' It.sr
iis?:nl,|o Iknt b-iiig the niuiii--r rt*sss**-ed -., j,,^
n ,|',oruiii nnd one ssork n,.|\.* ,,, |ai|*j ,,f t?
the vote- in*i ;i -*f*tli ka***?, n.r.. rt lol s-pj i^
mud, happs. f,,r I,I'.r.-, lu,* asea iceni?g ui***
the pnoro int tom pana, w- on Igaaraiu of tha
exact ttgur-'s insulted, hm th.- oat****?I .,f ||k* iiraj
prtse I* aoM aa be In >i, tielgkltH*?rk?**d >.f fi pna
aud Ike oiler prtaea ksve keea slVipsillimotel- p>
ir.,-.d. tgfkOt pl,tun-, ih.. v.,, r* win l.l, osog *
Um shastapest nt pr..t.lim-. Mit lhere t* ,,,, dIR .
la pointing out br* or twa inea oks ?!? i rr, ? ?
.ne..un,.-, ne!., ..f a pr!*-. Mr ll. r,r\ I'i. lim:, jg
ans ?.f ike in-.-i proiii'-uis' of n,. rmmwrt m n wi*
ur-- ouiiiiia lo lUe front, 'i'.i. ;,r^ :,, -. ,,f \|f
Dewing sod ,,f Mr. H. o. Raff**** in kita M .,. a
?il" .nt doubt pnaaeaaea] ..f srtglaal Isleot. m,
"I'mdlgal Bstat" 1- a i-a.irm Bg I . . i .- |. gsR
painted. Mr i; \. Ml | .-;,.?.,, ,1Lr,,,
painter. "Ti,.. Firs Dnaatcn,*' a pRtq-fiaipsj pa,
,.,'-.r bf Illili, ls orw and ilv-r. I,,, ls fol )' 'hat
lt ls of any ti-.- tu a hi-.. soM* lu ,i ,.i-. m_. __
ls lo I?s_fine a vntn thin,
Apr,,p. * of the Aead.tnv, lt max ts ,,,,., rx,-n ?***.
Ike ?xtiit.lt of -i-uipiui-- ili-r. iola ?prlqg i, r
Mille ron-, .pi.,.io. Rr. I Liri 1< \ oas Uaroo ktsRs sj
lill..-.* tr'l-'-. Mr. Dolph, Mr. Dal I? r,?? 11 , | e.
I ile Mr. Winnt. apectaaena of sera, k aa ,.:,d resp*** t-ii-lo
rraftsmansbtp, .-ii?i Bom i- i psrtroll it, mu, h tho
-arne ,,\le ly Mr. Fd-ard Klw.ll. bal U.e ,, |?
-Tiki,nr pis es thaw I- by a h-r- Iga* r. ani Ibal has
the defer) of ronrwneta. Tbe ? \? ? n lr* p.,*..- ,,f
M Adrien i,miler, arba ka* pre seated a pta?ter essl
,.f ri. Hf--li- tij.'1-e. "li.- Rympk Ki '.o" n. Hg
*i hool* ..f ll," Aead",ii.v. ls i-..j.-ld- ra!.!.-. Il- ,
pul ania* itt*** lalo t ifs ai ita . and ks h
modelled I' Wllfc the chie whli h I- i ,.nim..,i lo I - s.
Ol n.i-. The -pirit of tbs thine, huss.-s. r. i. mn.
noon. The-.- is oat ,h>. <iim>?--i i*-ga>?t*aa ,**
Ideality In ibe work. Ibe rtatnetie sf :, aos> rssag
res pr r, rt-sRag sa kat leyine aad drtaktiag. '? sir.
Ileiirs. gOSa to th"' nllur extreme, mid I- a "sato,
I, -s. .ina*, ula'.-,| pr.slu. :|..n. vs!.?.-.- BBjoaOt?, BBretal
aoi?aua*?lp b Ila onlj *aertt.
Tbs sal- of H.- Km.'lier i ? >lh ? -ililli hi, nut il*.
muled lbs i?Bery of His sriil-kootra arm, aad ,j-t
sow lt I- a- ?.|l fur',i-i...l srltfa pal "l.t
ever been. Ons of tfrteoe, univ recentl) bang, i* a
largs "-stories] cotaposltloa by Mr. Herts-***, ll '-ll
christ, a Mm of the t,|,,-rnpier of WHIlani biak., and
sn ar'i-t snkaowa ker* up lo the pre si ol Ilsa*, ?*rs
ns the au,ii,-r of *,,ni.. Interesting plate* lu tba '"l.lf*
..' Alni- i.ll, hrl-f." Th- -S-*-*J***rl nf l.l- p'.e'iir. I*
the entrance of L*teopstrs Into Tan?t, At on Ideal
portrait of the Bsgyptlsn yu-en. th** wnrk i* oo
*atUfactory. Tbe recambrnt Igors in ,...? et?tn of
the ,otnpo-i,i.iii i- orither bsaallfal nor ngnL nat
ber -iirroiitidlnj-s ar.- "*det*oatel*r i one. Iv.-d, and -shea
i picton is ronslrdend aa nanseatlag tb* ia -ra
tlve ..t-iaet ..f :, -? ti rn ?., ,|, >u - pr,,, . --mn lt I- BStB t it
Mr. O-etBrtst'a bond boa treooRri Ma asnctpHsa in
Mull il way ll, to I.-av- ii nmr.- favnruMo bill,re.--',,i0.
Tin- eau,,pl.si Ihrono upon si 'm ti tin- ip,.i r?sil,\#s
I. b -nie i.,i ii ki-f-e. Be assUl til" lesel of t ,- il.runt*.
on tbe i.,w,-st geek of t:.,- craft, ar.. ***-lworl Nutsiia
osnmea. Dai > Rrinm i nonteo are grssus-tl ktkfBl
Heopatra, and t,< the ii*;!.: of lur a I-I..:.<1 niu-ltUa
i, seated, thi* Issi a gracefal and ,-<.m. ly Igan, m..rs
attractive by far than tbe qtot-eo b**ra* if. All lbbbb
penonagea are placed against ? background in w i, a
tli.a and akf appear and u temple rroariai *i,i
-P-. ta,..r*. Thc -.. tu I* ili.-atri'al ni.d tpltadfct. It
I* l Olllpn-ell Willi Illlllllliltlle .'bet. 0?4 IOS " I
ming. In wktrk "paM plus, an Impattant part, it
s',.rs"e"u- aiul yet not too rick. Tin- ko Pating Ittn***
ever, la heavy, and the dna Ing larking la ptvola?B
and fort u. l lenjiatra. tke I'liancler on w.-u, tat 9t>
terni of the pli-uir,- iiai's's. i- ,ui?ieii..i wita leo*aaa*
eesa Ham ans ut?er Igan ?.u h.. .:,ii\:i-. \> *
whole, tke pl. ure revest* -,:,.,lani lp and a dcRptag
faculty, a fervid color *enoe and aa Imperfect tea>
ul.ju... lin- Idea l-s pl, tin,-,(,ie aiul . inlii.-iiily *??
CeptlUe ef artistic 'treatment. Tke ejf-*r* i*lon R de
ie, nv-. Issn or thr.-.- doora below Kn edler't. in tat
Delmonico gaBery, Ibere ls a sin,-,ii pvap '?; f Mini
picture* de-iiinit tor ibe Cklcsgu l':.ir. One of Ba)
palming, wiiiiii la worth looking ap l?efts-e ii* Be
partare I, -An Odallouue," bj I'srolna Duran, itt*
a .small tipure study, don.- tis'.- ur ala yean as""- BOi
ls Inti-re-tiiig beean-.? lt *_owa Duau working -"ita
mit the karaoesg which I- enai-act* rtstlc ?f ola ritual
fushloiiiibl.- pori raIts. lt I* one ur lils belter .s*.iy*
In rlih. deep nilur-. Another minor exhibition np
tmvii i, on-- nf aooie palntlagB by Mr. Vt. ll. Hilliard.
ll,- im, buna tlfi.v-*.v. n >.ll*. landscape* done la
America. England, France, Holland and Ike Batt, ti
Hall A liarri-iii's, in Twent) tlilrtl st.. ssas' ,,f sl.xt-i
nve. ii,- is a tanref?I bot not a purlieu.iatty igftiitliB
pam ter.
Vt :.,i M. Emile Muli'.ier. lo the catalogue Bf tim
splr/r collection, calla toe -peatest sals of t"*
renlanr, svin i?. tiegun In Vain lj BAorrow, .-,,tu#
in.-1 ,,f it, magiiltude may be s'aii.irist from tbe Met
tint. although lt will ctiiiiiue Uurliit: tis., days ,**
every week, ii svin not be concluded until tbe middle
.f June, lt will disperse one of the iii, st remark.,hi*
rotlertlonfl of artUtfc nUca of antiquity, the Mlddl*
Vj.-* sud the Renalsaance which Hie world in* mt
seen. Tbe iremii appreciste the event With th*
irenrro? ty clisractertstii' ..f tke nation wken raatk-n
oi arl are i-onremed Hw Senate ha, s-.u.-l Bltm.Oi'O
,,, ks ..xi*.mi.'il ut tin- auction for the benefli "f th*
st.He niu-eiiiii,. lr..iii t ie Meson. Durand Bael
ss., has- received B ropy of Ibe cato logue l-*u>sl Bf
tbe nie, a publication comprising t?,. roltaraei et
text and a pirtfolh. of *.xis rig i tat-ge platea. m
tke preface M. Bona (Ts toarki** upon tke lat. Itredi-RB
spit/.i', liije.r ii* u.ll a- upon the muriel* of M*
lulhcil, ii. Parti wa* hi- borne, and kl* fame I* IM
fame of Kranc-. hut lie ssas not a Frenchman. BB
WO* born iu Vienna In l-l'-, and lt ssa- BR Ba*R
IM.VJ that he ssas lnstill,-l In Van*. Ile l,e."''i ll'*
without fortune. I-nt his talent for tpeculstbrtl ia
objecta of art atm,uni.d lo gi-nlus, and tl'rougfcoul hi*
career be was enabled lo carrs on Rspoteonk tna*;
:u Hons. When be entered th" Bump an x ?**?*?
there ssas h.* enthaalasm for indu-trl.d ('-'in [Bf
pictorial und pla,tlc art. i'i"' Bveroge rollector ?BB
only beglnnliig to swaaea lo ihs rtckn *t
Ike past In Ike trida <<t the aiuior.r. ir,*
ratdnetmsker, nie Irouwiwber, t .? artlal* la '?*?,
til.-*, glass, enamel* odd iv..ri. Iii.*.- t'lliis'* fct*"U
1.a prl/.-d and cnlhcsl beforr, hui -spii/.-r t**roagaB
pesv life lulu lbs scareli f,,r them. He wa- tn l"V*
with ll, -pe.ialis. anl knew it univ a* Ibe ext?-rl
who i* sn .xp. ri Ls Instinct a* ss.ll a- Ls Ir-ila "g
ian kilns, it. He ssa- Inter* st.-il Iii th. i,"'|,|t|e i'll
one of tin- tlne-i plates In Ihe port fol 11 of !_*? r il' - '?'
t, of ii number ,,f Tanagra llgurlnrs, but the Rldd>
Ag.-s und Ihe Itrnslsssnce ss.-r.- ,h.- .-ra. In ss ilea |*t
rared moat Io -univ au I be eaiae lo know Iheoi li"*"
mslelr. He had an ideal. H.- v.toked io teem*
rollecilon thal would be eneyclepsedle, t'n wi*il0
llln-,,iit.< Ike Imlu-irliil ans of ht* fas-,.rite age* *-*"
t. niittl-allT, .-11111 ssith toli-rsMe rompletenr**- *s
Hnnaffe admits (hal otlaer mea prior t" Bpi tier "'''fj
In his provlii.e. Lui he adds. Justly, ih.it Ito one Bss
ever appr. ached th- Psitslsnlaed Austrtsn In ''";';;"/;
His ho!,*., on the Rae de Mll.-lu-t ssh* de?er*oped talB
..ne of Hie -noa! noted museums mi Ike Conllneai.
li sv?, i, miracle ol amngeatent. Splwer ^??,",lnt
satisfied xviii, a rlas'lflcail'Mi of kl* tr.****** ? **?
title,Uv. bv , boola, natlnnalltte* sad pert*-d?. tte wso
an artist In feeRrtg Bfsd he harmon r-d tin; cn >??*
ol lil, mansion ns nu nrtl-t svoiild M
barmonlted them. There nr.- MOB munl-*-r* m '''?
catalogue, bul tbe m?- of oblertt sshl.i, iliey r-'i r
som wa, dis|s,?sd with su.h mel thal ibe """ .
waa llvisl in iin-i ii-t.t rstvtblng ul the aim**-*pbere m
the iiii-rrlv emin -laden mus-ut,I. Ft tweln x'":"*'
,:is- M. li.uiiifTe. lt ssh- the shrine ?f uni- I- gllgrtiaB
from nu over the world, liamhena kesv lt. h- esaj*
,ll,lies, mid no did 1.1*71. but Hies.' lelehrli-d Bain"*
are only two In n host of others uilie a* gnat svi, co
wen si rartoua times ln?crtbed ap-w >h..lice,ora
"golden l?Hik.-' HpHser dl.-d it-g-eg resn "i*'> W "SJ
midst nf M-liem.-, to .illgm.nl ola i "ll.-, tl.m. '??
deal red. sslti, poaatosste en.-ru's, -.. malo- lt a OOP
feet whole, a unit ie presenting certals times, r*
niorrosv lt beglaa lo he arattend beyond recall i
ls a rans" fm- Ihe ,b"|H-,t regri't thal BO Reps ftts
taken lo pnnhase lt 'en IiIim-.- lt -lc.lld luis**
pts-.il Intact from spltrer', krtft t" Ihe l.niivre. tm
s..?tli Ki-ns|:iut,in, to lin lin or ttiour ,-ssii M.-'rop ll'"J
Museum <>f Art. rsi,mess here it -le.ill h.-iv.. bera I**
upurl, a monument of extraordinary chancier tu>1
vnlue. prefernldv In IV!-, lia, If ld the-.- Heil ll
Ness- York sviirre after sll lt ls ase ted most. Aiti.rlrna
I,user- wll| pi os,un;,!,Iv be re,iie,e?ti-l at Ih- sile,
hot Ikey eau lain:: boco ooh th- smallest fragmeu'*.
R?ronesn rompetttton ia oatis's to be mir- thss or
(IIiini-IIs nells,-. lt ls luip Gillio tn rrvl.-st In *V*B_
the fascinating pages ,>f ? 1,1- citn'o.-, ? nn<| (ke piste*
svhl.-h nc.onipaiiv thom. They llliistrn e tipeaCrtSB,
fnlenrrs. brontes, enamels. BjsoO, In n and wn.'wirk.
m.-rtnits ara* mlntotnna and dO*e->s of of or thi -*..
and they IlltiMiiite them In thc lani example- Th*
text ls eloquent and the plates, even In their tu-*_?
tone, tell a tlmllaily impressive tale.

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