The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-08-15

this single eHOrL OF MS muse. 1fftt
enough this remark has become BY
frequent repetition, but il Is as true
to-day as 1t ever was. As Alfred Dc
Musset says, "One rose upon a bush
though it bloom alone, proves thai
which bears it to be a true rose tree
From this time forward, Mr.
Bryants career was definitely marked
out. Though he took high rank as a
lawyer in his native State, he loved
letters more than law, and 500 re-
linquished practice entirely. In 1875
he came to this city, and shortly after
began to edit the New York ReUieso.
IRichard A. Dana, Halleck, Washing
ton Irving, and others were among
his most intimate friends and warmest
admirers at this time and subsequent
~ In 1926 he became n of the
editors of the Euening Post. and such
he still remains. He became its man
ager and political director within a
few years, and thereupon gave it a
new political bent. The politics of
those days arc not of much interest at
the present moment, and the politics
of this day it is not our province to
discuss. Suffice it to say that MI.
Bryant has always been found on the
side of freedom.
Mr.. Elan Bliss, of this city, issued
the first full edition of Bryant's.
poems. irving was then in London,
and caused the volume to be repub-
lished in that city, announcing him
self as editor, and defeating the vol
ume to Samuel Rogers. the banker
~naA " Gu kl1~ H. l1-o lrr1
been MI. Bryant's publishers, and the
most friendly relations have always
existed between them. s
The world Is most familiar with
Mr.. Bryant's prose writings, through
the editorial columns of the Erening
Post. He has few equals in the news
paper press as a writer of elegant and
correct English. A book might be
made from his leaders" in the Post
which would rival the old Spectator
essay for the purity of its language
and the c~learness of its thought. But
we suppose there are few people now
days who ever think of Mr.. Bryant
as a prose story teller. There is an
old book, which may be found at the
Astor Library, we believe, called the
: Tales Of the Glauber Spa" and
contains two stories from Mr..
Bryant's pen, The Skeletan's Cave
and Medfield." His sketches of
under the title of Letters of
. Traveller" are also most delightful
prose reading.
Mr.. Bryant has travelled extensively
n foreign lands. and is now abroad
As any one who reads the Eue,sno
Post can easily perceive. He is well
acquinted with the French, Italian.
German and Spanish languages. His
irst trip abroad vas made with his
In 1884. He intended 20 spend
several years abroad, studying life and
literature, and educating his children;
put after TWO years absence he was
suddenly called home by the serious
of Mr.. William Leggett. who
lad been left in charge of the Epeniag
Post. But Mr.. Bryant, whose poetry
S the most distinctively American of
my that we have, has not neglected
lis own land In order to see the lands
the ocean. On the contrar-.
he has travelled extensively in this
and never wearies of des-
its beauties to those he meets
broad. A French gentleman whom
he writer met In Chicago recently,
tated that the immediate cause of his
to this country was that he
lad heard Mr.. Bryant talk" at a
where they met "etma parole,
lest b seul dsteur American qui ait
amour de 10 patrie tres prononcef"
When at home, Mr.. Bryant lives In
summer, at 4 delightful place near
soslyn, Long Island. although he
las recently been completing a taste
al country home at Cummington, his
Iative place. His habits of life are
f a man in full communion with the
'eautiful in nature. His house is an
Id fashioned mansion, surrounded by
Neautiful and luxuriant grounds. He
5 In the habit of coming to town
very day, to do a certain share of Il.
at the editorial desk in the old
nd dingy rooms In Naussau Street.
there he has toiled SO long and SO
Iell. He leaves his desk at an early
our 10 the afternoon, desceuds to
he counting room, pockets a copy of
ne Host, aud goes home to Roslyn.
here he throws off the cares of the
ay, and becomes the simple hearted
ian, the lover of nature. Despite his
dvanced years, he has an ele-
lent of rollicking p~layfulness in his
ompositlon, and is proud of the
outhful spring and elasticity which
g retains IN such a marked degree.
is au indefatigable walker, and
ften when s~trolling with an intimate
'icnd, he has been known to propose
friendly trial Of speed, darting off
own the grassy slope with a spirit
nat might pnt the youngest Of men
, his mettle. Coming to a fence, he
i'll put his hand on the top rail and
ault over it with the ease of a prac-
sed gymnast. Sometimes he vill