Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-05-13

eFr5m this day follow thou Gunnar, and
help him what thou cans't" So the hound
went 70 Gunnar, and lay down OF his feet,
and fswned upon him.
Smsr could not prevent the murder Of
Gunnar; but when Gizur attacked his mas
ter 81 Hlidarened, the dog did his best. Gi-
EUR and his party advanced along a beaten
way on the top Of the fence that surrounded
the "town"-the true Northern name for the
house with.ils attendant out-buildings and
enclosures. There they halted, and Thorkel
the bond went nearer to the house. The
dog lay watching on the low roof; 'and,"
continues the narrative, lit CHANGED that he
and Thorkel jumped at the same moment
into the court in front. Instantly he few
at Thorkel, seized him, and 80 tore him that
be died. But 0nund, of Trollaskog, smote
Smar on the head with his ak, so that it
pierced the brain and the dog, with q great
and wonderful cry, fell dead on the ground"
Dogs Of ShGkspedre.-We have more
than once referred incidentally TO the few
dogs, and 'doggish" illusions, introduced in
the plays of the great dramatist. Much in
deed do We regret that they are so few; for
such a dog as "Launce'sn Crab Is as ON
pletely individualized as "Launce" himself,
and stands out quite as clearly and dis
tinctly from his brethren. There is scarcely
one great British poet, from Chaucer to
Scott, who does not, more or less directly,
impress us with q conviction that he was \
true lover Of dogs. The country life of En-
gland-the fresh open air of its woods and
downs-breathes throughout its literature.
Who can doubt that Shakespeare was a
sportsman Many a time he may have
aroused the heart on Ingon Hill with such
bounds as those of Duke Theseus of Athens:
80 newed, so sauded and their heads are hung
Crook kneed, and dewhalpped like Thessalian
SLOW IL pursuit but matched in mouth like bells,
Zach under earth .aa.a...."
We may be very sure that more than one
especial ~favor-would we had the names to
place in the most honorable inches Of our
canine gallery watched the step OF the
poet with loving eyes as he paced the long
garden terraces at New Place.
Dogs Of Sir Walter ScotL-Something,
perhaps of the feeling which, according to
Mr.. Ruskin, led the great Venetian painters
to pass by the noble qualities of the dog in
presence Of man-'subduing it, like an in
terior light in presence of the sky may
have prevented Shakespeare from giving us
more complete series of canine portraits.
But, if we have to content ourselves with
but few sketches from his master hand, his
great modern representative has raised the
dog almost to the dignity of aprincipal per-
sonage. Every shade of anime feeling
every development of canine nature may
be studied in the pages of Sir Walter.
Whatever" in the words of Mr.. Adolf
plus, tit is possible for a dog in any way to
contribute 10 the effect of a scene, we find
there the very dog that was required, in his
proper place and attitude" Happily we are
not left in ignorance ofthe name or the nature
of the dogs which attended their master in
his wanderings by Tweedside or on Yarrow.
Camd, whose death Sir Walter lamented as
that of a friend, and the Giant Mazda, who
Sleeps soundly at his masters door," will
est name in modern literature, so long as
literature itself shall last.