New-York tribune., 1868-08-07

nc donartmeut That it Is OF the date
subscribed TO Mr. Bond does not % aVb az & @ t th ,s1ect
Of the handwriting Milton Upon such matter hfs. vi
Impression goes for much ana Ie e. n[SI s y e kev
10 he right than mine. which, as am no expert migt
bave been Influenced by the resemblance usual m
banSwritings Of the same period, and the fact that
Th.d Milton iu my mud. The Ms, as ! SAID Is
@ hau ~ MN have the most deliberate and trust
worthy examination and the look AZ II the more
convinced that, though the authorship IS u1iIN
taxable H. is UNSAFE 10 determine Hastu! Mct"I, t"rd
t direct from tho hand Of Milton. Thus, MT. b%onu %
pointed out 10 as letters which seemed 10 MN az
glance inconsistent with the usual handwrluHg@ @ VI ia %
ton long at the beginning OF words oopeu an
below the line turned d. aud certain FORM OF nnH ~, Il
But had 10 difficulty in nHding for hln thc Ioiui tbe
frequent in fac simile OF the opening VI igoas a
longlOOped initial common IN plates WINCH l a.
the handwriting Of transcrber-S TO DC loemu % p In
piece written like the Eptaph, upon te o,auh i
page OF book the Mel Heie0ntu. fac Sluo ol tiio
verses is given 10y SOtheby 0ate XVI WHICH, e S ;, 80 80
unusual circumstances. The paper on when 'nCy @ ar
written is OF "A remarkably nara ana Co,so teA'uJ taJ
and lie pen was much finer ana Harder
than that he accustomed to use iiad MlitoI I'm en
enabled 10 get in moro than half Of the words INTO one
line as desired NV the Eptaph" was copied under
affinity between the handwriting Of the "Epitaph ana
that on the blank page Of the Mel HecoHiu There Is
II 10 be noticed also that in this one specimen OF
dozen lines from his hand we fnd llloh using lntI US .,
nCt forms Of small G, three forms OF snla ~ anu
ally using the turned d. which was one OF inc suspec'eu
features Of the present Ms. ,
Millions poem transcribed by himself II the Signature
be really r. NJ as Mr. Rye tells us IS tlat question
is already settled That Milton wrote the pOenILOr
Wlnchilseas opinion nOwlthstandlng-l DO hot , uoIo
1t speaks his mind is in his STYLE and contains tOucheS
worthy OF hun. If II be signed T. W. we owe me posscS
sion of il TO copyist But is it moi signed j. Mi
The ink OF tie letter which read J-but not the INK
OF the Ms very faint. Part OF 1t quite laded anu tr
whole Of it is covered by the Museum STAMP tSn
blends confusing lines out OF the royal arms WIN ,O
faint ink.marks not az all sure that further sclu @
tiny under higher magmyinG power t nus & -. at
used will not distinguish marks enOuSh 20 PtoIc tH''
what is taken for Tie tail OF an oiI t End briIeye
line is the tail Of J. In fact DOUBT 'io % 1u ~ m
this intlydetned and partly stanpeu-ouI IctI ~ ~ o
Of the type of that win Whch M!'n %tGe % d ~ tho
at the beginning ana itcrnm vac aV @ to J r,. yitb
letter TO Carlo Oat written III the same year. o4 WHICH,
Of Mr. sotheby's volume If the tendency 70 begin the
at the top Of the with curl from Wlthh MCH
is shown in both these instances Of large and free writing
had in the small writing produced slsnt loop Wy Vo %
little mark which seems 20 be more CONSISTENT WIN INC
form OF p than Of a j would he accounted for
Permit to add two corrections to the copy OF the
poem which sent you. In the lne, rms pant nov
entered into dnst' had much d99Dt Wnetner & INC Moru
read entered" was not cayerned the pelhg Niltl''
as Milton often writes 1t, with high first stroke eX-
pressed this doubt TO MI Bond ana nc mas soVeu ~ Dy
reading the line as u should stana he1ceio@IIn @ ,
plant now cayerned into dust" The other correcu0n
owe wholly to Mr. Bond VINO mas pointed ouu 10 io G th
the word "Ttic which conented me because IL nlgnt
have been coined TO mean productive OF hrSt causes,
so far good ophet for the power OF tne Divlhe Split
was got by reading a the old contraction ior yiO.
Undoubtedly th vas me case; ana r a. 'e m and
the line should be a softenng and prolific hTs am
Sir yOur obedient servant HENRY MORLEY
UnlrerSiiy college, London July lo'
To me Editor Of The Tines
SIR: When was "a boy had the advantage. which,
to Judge from his letter IN The Times of today thk
Lord Wncsea had not OF being made 10 learn and re-
peat every morning fifty lines Of Milton.
The knowledge derived from my willing obedience
leads me TO conclusion about the newound poem Ia all
particulars opposed TO that OF Lord Wnchilsca
think eininently beautiful very complete ana nm
ishcd and worthy in all respects the great name bears
Lord Wncilsca Quarrels, among many other things
with the rhymes. wonder what he has TO say 10 the
rhymes OF the last lines OF COmus
'MoItals that would follow ne,
| Love. Virtue. ,le alone 8 lte.
| can clchy 90 climb
! Higher than the spAey chime
| OrIi Virtue feeble
! HeaSn Itself NoLiI stoOp 70 Lef"
| Faithfully yours, G. a. DENlsON,
! No. Il Nclr-St, Spring Gardens July Is