New-York tribune., 1866-04-26

the meadow close beside it, and the mountains, grand
and peaceful. with the most ancient heavens still
fresh and strong, look down upon HIM VINO Io'eu
them with so sincere love" wordsworth was
queer man, said Mr. Green, in his habits walking
alone, speaking TO one, with his hand thrust INTO
his bosom, and he working it up and down over his
heart with great carnesucss aud mumbngt to himself
in what seemed inarticulale tones T would Mt do
20 disturb him then; for be was busy making poetry
Another neirhbor remarked that he had often seen
him at midnight, thus walking and mumbing, with
his sister little distance behind, catching his words
as they FELL for the purpose Of writing them down
strange pair surely they must have appeared to the
honest villagers No wonder one of these shcrt-sght-
ed sefmpOTtant old men should feel as he did, when
be said to me- Wordsworth want woor,h mooch to
this region lie supposed that he himself was OF lar
more consequence and doubtless ascrbed the great
rise Of property here, and the great influx of people
permanent and transient into the country to his own
sagacity, lie never saw how the great, homeIy'
awkward, Illuminating poet was the instrument tll'l
opened the eyes of all England to the loyelnes' OF
this sequestered seat and drew great multitudeS TO
enjoy its beauty. woman, whose father Kept
tavern for many years at Grasmerc, said she had
often been frightened she coming home late at
night when she heard this mumbling sound ap-
preaching her,"
The interest of the volume greatly dminishes after
the author left England and begins to travel on the
Continent. His want of familiarity with the spoken
language is a source of perpetual embarrassment,
though he often amuses himself at the expense OF the
native pronunciation. He cannot recover from the
surprise that even the little children in Paris talk
French"-a remark made by DR.. Johnson which The
author refers to Hood. In describing his visit to the
church of Ste Denis he tells his readers that if you
desire to be really Partisan, you must say, Sdaingg
Dcace with much more of a nasal twang than your
American breeding requires for its own use-a piece
of information which would cause Partisan to open
his eyes and shut his ears He greatly rritated,
too at finding in the Ste Genevieye library no account
of the life of the Saaingg, a difficulty which, one
would suppose could easily be removed by consulting
one of the biographical dictionaries which abound in
every library Another little incident on his visit to
the Louvre, is gravely recorded, showing that the
traveller had not yet got all the ebay out Of his hair"
Il first came on Monday. 'Ferm6e, said the guard.
thought c was the passport he wished. SO drew
it forth. 'Ferm6a, Monsieur Cost fer,nee auourd'
hui l supposed then he wished for special permit,
ply 'Je ne comprend pas said l. taking refuge in
the usual bomb-proof of unintegence. lie pointed
to the door II was closed. | certainly understood
that. and remembered, if had ever forgotten that
'fern6e meant shut Sunday the great day for the
exhibition and Monday is the day of cleansing" Here
is bit of pathological advice for which we should be
duly thankful Versailles is nearest, and we will go
there first. Pronounce it 'Versaiyee The letter
is dropped whenever il can be- by Parisian and It's
vacancy made up by long drawl on the ante
ccdent vowel with a slight nasal twang infect
ing and, to US, of course, improving its quality"
And vet another ave rode twelve miles, passing
st. Cloud-pronounced Ia Chinese, Saangg Cloo."
Nothing seems to amuse the author more than that
the French should pronounce their own language in
their own way unless it is the religious ceremonies
performed according TO the customs of the church of
whose ritual they are part There Is no doubt some
thing udicrous in the sounds Of language which
we do not understand and in the rites OF faith which
do not hold; but IT demands no excess Of modesty
to treat them with respect as they are full of meaning
TO Others if not ourselves. We need not cross the
ocean, and travel thousand miles to learn that the
standards of truth and beauty not limited by our
personal experience. Mr. Haven, as We have inti-
mated is apt to seek some sted form of expression
Gas for instance when he wishes to say that half
of his book has not before been printed, he remarks
that ait has never at this writing seen the light
of topographic day W; but he bravely dcfes
the rules of English grammar, as well as the common
law of the language. Liverpool (Which, by the
by, he seems to mistake for city, "has less attrac
tons than any great town in Europe" "The sunhas
just made golden set. "a great country for pc
destrinating." "Coming Tuesday then we found ad
mission" Stale jokes and puns are not unfrequent
"' Deepheaving Byron calls the ocean, and it CON-
muncates this Characteristic to its Travellers But
discoursing OF nausea ad nauseam." 1.-THE hamlet
OF Papillotte, whose hamlet part is left out" A
writer who quotes Latin and reads Milton, and occa-
sionally filings the classics little too freely in our
faces should pay respect to the popreties of the
vernacular.