, 1869-12-05

cess. loss OF appstne, aud The ria Of aaupersare
,' rsm e!se9 s1gn1sal'nee. ne Eo9d @ sse', ct
Eeou, relates case OF delntum Iremeus In . 20.
uAr, TO whom opium, noFphla Aud brandy had
See1 S g,sn .tnSat @ p,sa1ns h ,anae; o. nse
1es Of ku hoaf afleT ,he nrtt doae, sbe Eas fast /
Aslt ep, and continued TO sleep qulst'y HOE p n
uIti the following norrlng.
AN AMERICAN ABROAD. !
letter About NhuRspcarc--Strnttu
OH. avon - no Grcng .DraRaasiax
nnn fAis Apprec,nt4on In America
His Neglect BY the EsgafsaA-fhc
R'ecs-s Ypnab ntu kEnuse-lsls PoF~
s1AAsx-Auar Enx1atsxskAS:a Eot1uKe.
iTEoN ORR srEc1AL coRRBHroEDkFrl
STelTTpKn. .os.Avok, EcuiAnd, Oct >.
Mech ~ this qu.e. village Il sslis It IL las 1ess
usn oLc would suppcse from the world -xtaa
reputation OF him Who Vas born hare, add With
uns u It II always AT octated- 1t might aatutally
be expected that erelf u1In No7ld bring Dozens
OF persons 10 The spot hIch appeals mofe to tho
tn:elle ciua1 ana calusa.ed OF every ration hhsn
any other msuts' 3dceca In either hemisphere.
TIE HkS+At xEccA
II h rot 20, however. The EoKiiah 70 between
Liverpool &ud Loodoa eveU ho0r, aud yet
Few take stntford On their way, ard
AID exen WHEN iheJ paEa Through It tney
seldom stop 70 lock u the tnmb Of the mott mar
ve.Iors poet Of ali uUe. have tnes . NUMBER Of
ittrsr3 men In Lordon who ba1r never been here,
.,d wto probably ncsessw11 be, I-un tho iscl th1t
he 3our1 ey u 20 easily made. have seen Amer-
icaLe TOO, who, xftef travelling I'll over lhh oonti
Lett, visiting Egypt and the O-err, had failed 70
.fe the stab that cose1s tbe AaheA OF William
scAlsftue. The AmerscaoA however, know
cuch zore OF tho poet Than the EngiIsh, who read
o.u little, comparatively, and even to have much
ele appreciation OF bin than our own peopla
Erer1 Aerll 70 tue end Of oclooeE quite u many
Aner1ca native Brltora v1tls S:s1tloru, as II
ehoun BY the regnte1s kert at the church and the
house Ia Henley street
TIE rurr AxEMcAN n sr1R1E.
have no doubt It Ehl souud
s,ratee to John Full and h1A brethren;
bet scaespeare, to my Enlnd. was far moro
tnertcap than Eusiuh, - arc mnny Of his csea-
tlcns. Hamlet "a TIC eGcolens OF highly culsi-
yattu. cztrtmtly sensitive. morbid American
rlaced beyond the nred OF exerttop, tortured by
deals AID haunted bF consciousness oftndec!s!nn-
have kpown many uamle:s at home; indeed, Il
e quite a cnmmon character IN our country. But
have Rtve1 encountered British Hamlet hero
or elsewhere. The Engliah very taiely undesaIand
| The character, and never admire IL They regard
usu let, Al Carlyle dcet, IA neEo misaop, Y Nho
wes naddckr when he was most logical
sha1spesre' 8 b. rolnes, many Of them. are Of the
Anericap, rnt orlte English t1pe-A sopuelta,
Inrta, lrnogen, nesaenonA, and Stola- Ii fact
We have right to The great hard In that he an
,.c,I a.ed o1r development lie spiritually belongs
| N c., for re s! npasnize sud comprehend him tar
| ettser ,hAn the people for whom he wrote.
Shakespeare Ia a household word with ~.
un laue u chsru. an Inspiration
II VIC were Inclined to take oc
.ur luls n The mention Of arfoae. It would be n
1ent1.tor OF Wi.t.an SnskspearG. for We regasu
hiuo as the Jefos Of the intellectual world.
| wHlT II FxREf
\ pe5o.e eou ZEE hes% hs1 expected to We over
uu ,.h grtact, Offering sbelr services and deter
| :.it I'll o chow me Arhe Ih'havsy's cottage
| ~. clll cd TO accept theIr ca5d0cs TO the tomb o
! we rot se- l wns very nsreeab!y d.ssrpotnted
I No ote zrp1oashes ne, thooaa Eaany kne~ va
straTge and rrrbsu'y conlec!ured the potpos
VI n, VI I wcn: down the orss street, and
tueesiIz cIe Ct The villagers, I inquired: "Cal
,.,u direct ne 10 Shnkspcarea house7"
"Wlose honSe7"
"ShAkfp<nrtt.''
aNhat htatfptaYe1"
.Ttiitarn ShAk.reate."
II der1 l1uw nn5 such man / 1don1 think h
Ives xtout here. w1s born ID this village, md
Iestr heHsd OF the name Of shastpease."
I ntted M more questions. Invent On, mnstn
upen .he n1cc;sa!nts os Eans- lis Who hAd Ollie
eivs!zstio1 with ha Senlas. and mRdo English a
:nslAed ,o1gue, had rot reached the memory
the rustic vhose home Na. less than ave hui
d,9d yards from where lie poet died
HE oSLT GC1Dx
stepped 1rto m SIC. houaa TO drtnS doTu n
| stlcnish1rcnt, ~hcn In cane poor Jonth afllcte
, NTH st. VItus' da1 &c, Hho taid he lneW Ah1
. IwaIted, aad thai he would lie 10 RhoH Il
rcu1d; tnforniLH no he had srted ss guide II
A1feuus Ward, LnngfelloT, and Jefferson D.vl
: ennlcd Al The connection, and could not tear
The thought that S,ratford WAS 20 shnfspea1is
thnI The crly guide IN It must needs himself uhal
: III every vcrd he filtered That was prime b.
9.f fsaser cl ahleh douoly repcnsed when lookt
? tbto<ee uhfnzt tapzse tca9uwa kind151ace Byw
u atonenest. / engaged hlm NJ once II thrice Il
r41ce ho aAkcd, th6txn Z fcAn3 hxd % 5es,d
= III eu,talce.
TIE CHURCH kND 1oH1-
NbeE entered the Church ct fhe Holg TEt1tt
| On tie banks OF the Avo1, terflee lad tuAt begt
4 70 Ha1 obggcd to Ha.t grtil II 1as oves octors
. coulu look ,e14urelJ 1t saakspealeA tnuh As Il
= | ker,tce e1rtisted merely Of some ab0mpah.a rea
,tga tn lbe wo7st English accent tbs, prevails
> ! llls copnir1, 1t VA not rcry lCterestir
T. cog eLsi.lnS. cou4oIcd u,yscsf with tho eene
.ion that that was the penalty paid fof the sat
faCtien Of ny pilgrimage, md 30 endured tnc b.
y ow fcrns Tor folly niteea mlunies, counting
uf wn,ch-two hou1t, counting t1 my feelings
Wheu the PRAYER wns Hcncsonoua.5 scnR, =
o. LIE IL Y ogshtpers hal departed, one OF the 81
I
"a | uA1esl u wtaaeo 10 see The slAb covering the
malta. replied anirusattvely, Huen he roll
u | mack the nAtung before the chancei, and ther
resa the familiar lices heSlnclnx;
u. "araneer, for Jcsus' sake, fosheat
"a TO u1K the dukt thai Is enclosed here -
n shat p+ ares wife, their two ch.Idren and grol
~ child q write from me uol3, and travel ~ltnou
guide Gook) s5t buEed By his stte, md thelr graz
II s1e pointed ~ ice Clef9J rnen rs lhu7 peeI
ct te, stLee the inecripttou1 a1s harcJ leghle.
tie wall, Liar the tablet ard mgr, IL notice
tu ttu trecs: "vis,tork are particularly reques.
DC 60: to Aep upon tie saa covering the tacred al:
nc | Ct the de2a" thought that vetJ spptopfl
rs ulM Ian, alter the nspdlag Of satlung to
as pt.eat, thnt he did no. avoid stepping upoa
o9- tiab. or II tguesitng me to 30.
nc / The NOtds "untu the customary fee
40 l paid" AtoDld uare oecu ADDED 10 the notice;
q, | the thr1se, no doubt, IL supp0ted to be uutl
ea stoot. The Euslith complain CT tae fees e1ac
o en- The copt.neut Of A,ght Aeeing: but their coun
nc n quito nj bad ~ sW1lzerlard, Germany OF Il.
~ 1t uoea tecu to ne that Il shc,c - any enc p!
~ that an Erglsh-stea eaiiug person ought to
fee rFtsLeSed 10 bchold Without draueht 90 h!s po
FL 1t II ShakEpeaFet Apnb. The notice to vlk.nf
u tpeenlops,y eonrr.ved. Without 1t persons 70
H. lock at The en1eJ and tablet In the wall, aud
l 20 Away Concluding they had sseu al thu. u to
sn. teep. The noilee calTects this error and tasu
'u4 tho receipt Of a shilling. II the money 20 c
'ut who ofactase u che church q eoafse oI elocusi
MI as5 lessors, II would be we'll bestowed. Wei
ss conpclled to attend service there, I'd Gladly c
.na u:tnse shilling or two ereyy Sunday ont OF
81 s.rd for MY car, already 50 deeply wounded.
'n" TIE KFF1Gr
NC l ef the great trsEAt1st Ii most Hrp4esuuc
NC reprreetts hin With pen and scroll in hls ha
rcFstug Oh ! cushion. The face b entirely wood
'Se WITHOUT character or expression. and 1ecalls
1ee Etc41 une teea In hs,r.dealera' windt
aea LOT the support AID dtpIay OF "
s' the Nooe was Wh1te Ha,hed a
lna tfre Jesl1 agp. when .hn ah.rewasn vs1
70 | ncred aud The orirtpsl eolors reatosed. tner
uaAtrg Il look worsc than before. can IL
saa Of lothtDe that more closely resembles z,gn f
asf | tobhccoutss shop or luds CARING Of Tcuto
AZ te, rLdr,ukcr. .nch m ron s<e nomr:1mrs ia e
e1a / many, Than that emJ Of the immortal b.
How much be has been wro1Eed fAe.a
r. Shaklpeare may not hare been handsome Ia
sae usra. sense; but the man who could create L
~ Macbeth, ard Clhello, could not have resemble
% bctied carrot or u cosse napre Oh 4 Dutch cto
~, With vhsA must have heen hu intense love
uN beauty. should fancy hts spirit might be int
NJ | caut even now at the ca,.caturt OF The face I
tae LA1 teen for uote than 1Eo centuries g1t
.od upon 1be world, Bet be Wss TOO l.,ge for /.
.ae lie never concerned hiusclf even about his Y
" cc1Snl plAyz. II il not lkriy be would trou
~ himself IN regard to bis p1ctsrce, trun or false
sns rcctA1y In the a1l-satasfyiug sphese tn WINCH
g met be Eow-
@ @ne. IA \ handsome Gothic building. and lss sit1s
4eA CN tie benAk o{ thn Aynn tta s1A xrngerxrN