, 1869-02-07

ancs become uuriDE his academic conrsc
he dkp!ayed remarkable ability aud special
doln College IN his eighteenth Yenr vi:h suth
honots - bad Earrly bocn gAiued there, Be-
fore receiying bis degree be had written a
nnm*f o. poems once poblished In bis col
leetett FORKS, amoug them "H5mu Of the
10 orss,an :.sni, Snn," sune on the Hills" and
l. = =. l. L1w FAILURE.
Ills father Wished Henry to study Law. and
The youth attempted to gfatly tie pstesnal
hkR11-4 But he either fcif a;ieep orer. TIA
INV books, or Exchanged them for Shelley Or
Mo1dsForth, Petrarch or Gmocns, very es.
umaG4e '!emen n their way, and aceredlt,
! with Coke or littleton than was the vonn9
| student hlmsAlf.7-
| - col4EaH FaorZssoR.u1Ps.
Law was soor found uneuduzAble, and the
Fss1sa FPsns1issa'To!shsp Of aodeFn Languages and
the pstrt1eea. Of residing In Europe f1r Tia
/ The: potlim. All his cuitarc sud t4atn.
! iaEr had led hia .mlud 10 Tho delds ~ y +
sstoD and 1onAneo over the :soa, aud
rhapsody q Anticipation. ThF.c ye4fa he
passed IN Francs; spain, Germany and it.1S
Al the end Of that time he returned. n.
sumed the Ptoiessonhip and held II fol nvc'
while 1t Boxdoin be published a nnn,s-
Of trapslatious and hi. graceful "Oa,re. Ha1.1,.
They we're Tery fATorAb1y received I'd.
vanecd his reputation, and caused hItn 10 ~
| invited 10 tbs sSa1n ch1f ut Harvard Hhtci,
ho bad Tucated 1t Bowdotu.'.
baose accepting he went abroad agalu, and
which be Eas 20 wen qualified.
purely fteruy Ito 1t Cambridge.
\ L1I1R4RIwokxs. .,
..ssy sEse.y ona haa' rad ;" Hypaion,n the
nangh," the .'Golden Legend, > :sAiaustha"
atd Miles etandhh.'' Excellent as thp.s
| sfe, On IS shorter poema. such as NExccI
elorI "Resicuau on''and the Two Apgrl.~''
,1 sli i;ms n VII, te.t and with them bis mama
'Hiawatba.",la spite Of It's mon otony. de:
mapded, however, BY the subject, was ycry
popular. and more burleelued than k1y poem
| WIGteo IL k9ls Renefatsou. Ne~aboYs aud
apple "omtn qnoled It.: actresses and lec-
tute,s. good, bad and indifferent, read ii in
| aRatnst its repetition. Il is yeFy astist1c
more 50 thsp has been generally recogntxed'
| ard ts oEe Of the moai original pocni thia
country hns produced.
TRANSLATION OF DANTE,
| Ollone tsllos'a translation ol tbs " Diyina
work was done with excessive care md can.
5clentlou4ness. As It went On the poet rcsd
every week what he had done to the ripest
scsolars aud critics that Cambridge md Bss.
ton can command. All their OBJECTIONS were
s sYo5Gexsd; al their suege*'tons taken it the
Kind aad s51nPa.hettc spirit with which they
and quito unlike this work.day Iaud ct ours.
that convention of literary Giends-Loweli
whittier, Norton, Emerson, Alcott-axen,'
tied IN Longfellow's dellghttuf ftudT to hear
the Rtlled E]oEeottue, tye centurle, amer hI,
seash. rendered 10 s.srner tonsne b. On ap-
e1ces&ive simplicity: and bold rrandeur NJ
Dante Is doubtless preserved. The trausls-
uon u what the tr1t sfatus sought TO make
II. SUI 1t u disappointment 10 M ,uy. who
prefer Carry Nhh Ill his ,ertprs to Longtel-
10" with his unwearied pains and his con.
slant struggle for perfection. :,
Longiello~ has been much atfec1ea. apd
not iarorsbly, by bis abs 1rbIng study Of. tho
Italian eptc.- He has carried lis severe sim.
pllcity 10 C1tremcs, as Is sho n in bis 's New
England Tfar redies," many parts Of which
.ssa .ss q IRE pke real estate advertisement
iusttap, Wall Whitnan might. have Ieut hIs
pTo4lneis 10 their polished en,p&laess.
..Lorgfel1oF designed his Danteau trsn4la-
tion ss bis croNninc labor, and will not prob
all, attempt aog such forridA bic work here
AlicT.
ARTISTIC OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES,
NO man OF the time has hbured moro
EealouNy- He has cone his best In every
thing he bus undertaken during the last fya
md twenty years. Ills hterary consultations
I,es ness = = eoaP!etS nothinG qnlts biz band
snd polish can makr 1t. Nn untouched !!
resources arc his. :. He haa M surprises for !
himself The highest possibility Of his
nature Is the work hr ha9 flushed = =
....t rs GuAaAG15aEa3!oa.
Of profound or efentlve Que, hs viii % less
aamtred md more loved than thoeo who rink
higher He describes no great emotious, no
strong passions re1eas no mJstelles Of hu-
calm and scf isnd sweet ia bis sp,ritnal
Landscape, and efcn the shadows thai come |
with ths meIuw eSsulng IRE lighted through !
ard through with the stars OF hope- He il |
often melancholy or ptnstvc, rather but |
h!s 15re lever tremeies to the .slitentest
p1srsess1so nzaxav1xxyr. -.
fears ago LonIellow lost ht. wife, lively |
AID IoTsb!e woman. BY distressing .scci. |
Gent. she was sealing = letter In her own |
homa when thc taper limited her light !
that she died IN great agony. To fne, con.
s1tlve uatust, to a heart 10 full or Tenderness. !
and desoAson .. the poets, the effect OF such !
= terrible bercaremcnt may well be. imagined. |
II almost Killed him+ BE has nerer been |
quite himself ttnce, and bis trcud, SAY his |
kercre lahcn ~ partially undertaken IS :
mears Of tc1f forgrtfulness. The vacant |
chair il always yacans; The lost place has |
neyet oten. heveE Will be, supplied. Always
to him come the aear, eweet face md tho |
show no one faircs or fonder than the true
vile, Who, dead, seems n N ideal that never
had mortal totl1. |
= ;: - ELS uoAz AND cnu.DRky.-
Longfellaw bas nte children, two OF them |
young mtn now. ard tho utners little girls,
~ Wtf3x rfnh Ia f,+ hall ~.
eryxhers beloved. He Is devoted 10 them. |
He sees in them the traces or her who Was |
half the world to bl@. He has delightful |
Eesluenoc u Cambridge near the University.
Il 4 N old (fnlne house, but Is 50 pleasantly |
den, thai sau would sc1ecs 4 ~ the hons Of |
poet. Hts library IL sdmlrabIy selected |
one Of the best In New England, and thcrc |
are good libraries Id that fec.lJn-iull Of the
ewt .a1sp po. poS IN l,sS sFy i.us1.ge sad ,.re
lions he nade n Ruronc, aud thcS reveal |
The !aste1 md dellcaey that characterize hls
wristogs throughout. -,
one might spud weeks snd months iu that !
ehsmine nook, especially Il he could !
nAye Longte9low for n occasional eom-
was mfhe days when bis FEe ha,oed ia
hearth With eun.hlne. He no longer iores
eoetetF. lndul3e IN such flashes Of Wit has
the eTc1-eheestu1 tone, that we1e his. Ie il
stu genial, geuile,- sweet but N air Of res
iKnatioaEesss upon him Mat docs not belong
il hls silken hAir is white, and l,ues tia;
grief, not 5eazs, have made, arc n his lace
A1a CHARACTER.
Few men hare mvrc thoroughly looked
That they. arr; than LooRteliow. Hts
sentiment cf 'Evangeline" and " HyperionH
u IN his Ee4 ttaped forehead md his beau,1aE
eye. Children wouid 70 to him unhesltat- |
lnR1F md eE-75 uun heart and fine spirit I
would 1tcoHtfn the Like In him instinctlrely,
=. -, -rERsox AsD xAxgKRg.-
. ongfe1low Il above the medium height,
frnme veil knit th.uEh not heavy. Hls
eyes arc Of Z Iusupus blm his nosc Is. long
and OF The tDquiHhR sort; bis forehead
square and high. Be weNs his hair on head
md nee full md flowing, which eires hun
xith extreme neasnest, though with no eri,
denee Of study, and c1niea about With hin
Al ar Of Nniah!liiy 4ud beneTolence that u
soothing to SEE. His ma :ners are polite to |
sE cionk1ess. ard the. perfection OF good
associated with literary me1,
bis self discipline hfdca II, for he has Kind
wcrd xnd kind act Tor Ill. high or low, t,ch |
Or poor, VINO have need Of either. He Is 1
ape and fluent talker; but of late Jc7rs be
lude, more Inclined to reserve and abstTac-
lion.
PRNEyT AyD TUTuRE
Els works h1ye given him Z tomfortablet \
odcPe ndcnee, which he enjoys a a gentle.
MN should He I. lover Of the graceful |
md elegant 1t The dnner-tahlt no less tban
i his dcak* Hc Is wholly ftee from preten-
hon OF, hauteur. and has not, t: Is ssid, IN
:pcny ID the world.
.Lonsfcllov il nov IL Europe again with
lis daughter. and has been received Wits
narked distinction He Is seeking recres-
lon stes b. long labor upon tho Con-
'.edis,," and report HIS 1t tkst be contsn.
,1atet studies on the Continent that m.v
lr. ~ pew and elahorate work, He i. II
uud he alth. md II Ia ~ IL hnnaa T. = ~ !