New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-06-22
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The solution is as follows;

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There is puzzle which involves sbatespcaran quota
ton, written thus:
'kind.'"
placard bearing the following dialogue was once in
Rome found pasted on o statue OF the Pope; Query.
What als the Popei Answer. Tuulore 0umor). Q.
What's the cause of III A. Strike out the initial t.
Umoe lmosture) O. What viii be the consequences OF
III A, Strike out theinital UMore (he des q: When
is it going to happen A. Strike ont the initial M-Oro
Iwiihin few hoors( O. And who'll take his place A;
A. Strike out the initial RE (Emmanuele).
ALTERATION, though it may properly be considered IN
this article is really much an effect by sound by tho
similarity Of letters The throwing together of words ,hss
commence alike may give curious specimens of tera-
ure but when this art is used to accomplish the harmony
Of and sentences becomes of the most effects
i've graces Of language. The best known specimen on
ALTERATION "The Siege of Belgrade" commencing;
IAN Austrian army swfsly srrayed."
There have been other attempts Of the same kind,
among which are Mr. Newells cage Blunty Considered"
commencing:
AS age advances ats and aches attend.
Backs buided broadest burdensoaely bend"
And another entitled Prince Charles protected by flors
Mcdonald" Alteration has been employed from tho
earliest times both in poetry and prose- IL has indeed,
been made take the place of rhyme and, es has been
said is thus freely used in old German AngloSaxon,
and scandinavian poetry. TO this day fingers in Ice
andic song When used instead ~ rhyme, was required
that, in coupet of two short INES three woIos shoud
begin with the lettertwo in the nFst ne o. benz
stitch and one in the secondas in tAis Ang.osxor'
couplet, by Cedmon;
Ffrum Folden
Frae amehug."
I+is eeo noticed bv another writer how, 4" in leendp
and Gothic poetry this ALTERATION WIS reduced To regeac
system which passed into our literature and became
the RHYTHM of the Vision OF Piers ploughman. Tho
flloyinp two lines or rather pair Of conpets. viii us-
trae the position Of the allteatVe eonsonan's IN tina
measure:
I'm Iabt as harmot-untoly Of werles
Vent eide in the porld-vondels to heare"
Three such letters were allowed IN every coupct bu,
was necessary to separate them end this was generally
effected by placing in the first member Of tho s CHI
and tho other in prominent part OF the second lh S
attention arrested, and the structure OF the verse w
indicated by the dominant letter, which ruled Ike e Key
IL is elsewhere stated that there we're 1876 kinds Of Ice
andic verse formed OH the ateratye principle Even IN
nations widely separated from the Gothic such as Tie Ia
muls and Others in tho south Of India, the essential as
tinction of verse is ALTERATION a0 in ancient BiisA
poetry 1t has charm for versiers in all languages mo
literature of which is yet undeyeoped Thus, the Taas3
inharmonious line Of Ennius:
"oIite tute Tati tibi tanta tiranne tuiisti"
These conccs wore much in vogue in the middle agess
in deed as well living languages Here are two bneo
from an absurd performance IN which every worn oegns
with p entitled Pugna porcorum per Publium Po'eiu@
Poetam:"
"Propterea properans ProconsuL poplite promo
Preclpitem Plebem. pro Patram pace proposeit
The following is an example from Francis Quarles, who
nourished in the earlier part Of the 18th century;
I'VE travel BY sea and soils we pray, prowl
Weprogress. and We prog from poe 70 pole
Spenser DRYDEN and Gray have used the art elegantly
Here are some specimens from the latter;
Thoughts that breathe ard words hat barn."
Weave the warp aud tue wool"
Hauberk crash and helmet ring
TO bighborn Hoels harp or soft Llewellys's lay"
Pope gives the idea of labor in the following line, BY tho
very difficulty pronounciDg the same recurring sOaEdf
up the high hill he heaves the huge round stone"
In the first line of the following couplet from Pope
stranng after ALTERATION hurts the senses but the seeono
| line IS good
| Eternal beauties grace the shining scene.
Fields fresh. and groves forever green"
BY the ALTERATION in the following he connects three
similar ideas, aud shows the contrast oil Two dsmas
ones:
Pufs powders, patches. bibles bAlosd0Hz
The following sentence from Sir Thomas Browne Illus
traes how deity similar sounds may be interviewer INTO
prose add TO its harmony Eren that rugar ana tare
music which makes merry, another mad, ttnkee
ton of the first composer" Cuan describes poiilcsn
as one Who buoyant With purciaction rises as he o
The sentence made terrible by the antthesis and ter'
alton of the four last words Many poets have cared moro
for mechanical arrangement aud systematic dtoruon nan
for melody and have made their lines monotonous with
clumsy sequences of letters Shakespeare deules these
In Loves Labor Lost, where he makes Master Hooief~
| mes say
will something affect the letter for it argues facility
The preyu princess pierced and pricked pretty pleasing
writer classes ALTERATION under two divisions
vulgar and the subtle. lie gives an instance OF the
| vulgar quotation from " Tannhauser,"
Creeps through thrObSug light that grows and goss
From glare to greater glare, until it gluts
| And guphs him IN,
and as an example Of tho subtle the following quotauo
from Tennysons In Memoriam" in which the sounds o3
and and most pleasantly nterhnked especsi1ys
| III the first eouplet:
dip down upon the Northern shore,
Oh, sweet year, delaying long,
Thou dost expectant Nature wrong
Delaying long; delay no more
ALTERATION is used by universal instinct, SID -
10 be found wherever language found. There mnen
Of Il in poetry Proverbs and phrases are full OF IT, Ad'
yersers always decatey sensitive TO popular Instincts
and Observation-Disclosures novests and dramaists, almosa
equally So are constantly using in IN newspapers and
on book covers and board And II to believe
that Coerdge the greater part Of kubla Khan ~
dream then il may be produced along with rhyme and
yersifcaton Dreams for the opening OF nat poe
owes much OF its beauty to its assonance and ateaOons
| "In Xanadu did Kubla Khan
| stately pleasure dome decree, VA
| Where Alph the sacred river. ran
| Through cayerns measureless TO man,
| Down q sunless sea.
| GEORGE WAKINAG