New-York tribune., 1872-05-24

enfers these mighty groves almost expects 10 see some
their gigantic trunks, or some mammoth or mastodoh
sois with those great minds which the Maker Of all
sometimes sends upon the earth and among mankind as
If show us OF what vast enlargement tne m hia G
the intellect are capable If but rarely IN his
stage being yet at least In that which follows tne
@ when the h G e snq wne Of tho S
spirit, shall neither clog Its motions nor keep back lts
growth. Such great mind was that of Shakespeare
An imagination so creative, reason so Ngorous' q
wisdom so clear and comprehensive, taking views OF
life and character and duty so broad and lust ana rue
q spirit fiery and at the same time so gentle such
acuteness OF observation and such power OF presennn
TO other minds what is Observed-such comblnauoi :"
Qualities seems TO afford us, as we SonSe,nPsI mart
glimpse Of what, in certain respects, the lmnortaL
weakens its energy fetters its activity or @
essence shall be left the full and free exercise oi 'o
powers with which God endowedit ,.u sov at
1t has occurred to me, In thinking what sha say S
that If he had but given his attention to the work Oh p
pairing for usefulness and distinction In oncI have
achieved in some of them renOwn almost egt noet
which attends his dramatic writings Ihe @ be (gand
who nuts INTO the mouths Of persOnages Who 10 roat
represent as great beyond the common stature o. c%
words and sentiments Correspondents Sssess an in
allied character, must in order 70 90 ts' Pt In Some
teectua character somewhat Ike theirs s bareforc
sort paraEe OF aS gnssted that Shakespeare did not
write the plays attributed 10 nm snpd pacon finding
for the true author have 1XeS he ref erred to the
father OF modern philosophy ana i ee ,beoTy int saw
10 mvsef Sc When read they have quoted S oso s
Srtnes in Fupport Of it. What giant among phmOso
pSis pa siotor % allowed the faculties which would nave
made him such to slumber while ne empioyeu himseH III
m ben S1 read the passages gathered from his plays
10 show that Shakespeare anuc3teI a. @ ~ oSbannnis ~,
knowledge OF the circulation OF the blood IN s eua1es
tbroug IN the animal frame. my rchectoni hat mere was
embryo ply & 6eyGae s ecSsnm
of The human body, and the power OF deccg lis spc
hidden n from 0mp neca sH of Sot hs less nay per-
haps stil more remarkable was the insight OF SNAKE
speare into the different even the most subtle iois VI
tranre of the madness of Hamlet that OF Ophed ana
how diverse from the Others What physician might
he have made 10 an insane asylum ifOW .enueiLy
mind diseased2he Who so shrewdly Traced its wander.
ngs and was so touched with feeling of its inrmites
How gently might he not have ed away irom i's u
sions and guided it back to sanity! , -
Meseover II Shakespeare had worn the clerical gown
and how admirably and impressively he would nave
enforced the lessons of human e-he who put into the
mouth Of Cardinal Wosey the pathetic words:
.eTsd my king BE ~ would GoiS. not SS.1 in mine age
lam sure If those who deny to Shakespeare the
credit Of writing his own dramas had thought Of ascrb-
Andrews instead OF Lord Bacon they might have MADE
specous show OF proof by carefully culled extracts
from his writings Nay If Jeremy Taylor whose prose
is so full poetry had not been born generation 700
late would engage, the way 10 put plausible
face on the theory the plays Of shakespeare except
perhaps, passages wickedy nerpoate9 Mi Meie
composed by the eloquent and devout author OF hoy
| Living and Dying" - ,L,.,
The fame Of our great dramatst fills the civilized l
world Among the poets he is what the cataract OF Ma
cara is among waterfalls As those who cannot ake sne
Journey to Niagara that they may behold its vast breadth
~ Green waters pungng from the lofty precpce INTO inc
abvss below content themselves with such an dea OF s
majesty and beauty as they can Obtain ron P Pte OF OF
Shakespeare in the original English read nm IN uasi
tons which have the effect of looking az magnncehJ
landscape through morning mist. All ts sD sn
their versions Of Shakespeare the most eminent men
OF genius Germany have been his transators OF com
mentatOrs In France they began by sneerlng at hnl
with Voltare. and they end by regarding MN III Iails %
port OF wonder with Tame He stands before them IKE
mighty mountain, filing with its Vastness half the
heavens its head in eternally serene atmosphere,
while sides burrOw the fox ana the marmot anu anu
TANGLED tbickes obstruct steps of the climber The
French critic, while amazed at the grandeur ana variety
der the antheaps and mole-hoes scattered on It's
To the reat chorus Of admiration which rises from all
civilized nations, this day add our voices as We erect
to be memory of Shakespeare in land distant from
that of his birth yet echOng through It's vast extent
with the of his mother tongue, the ehgy OF ms
bodily form and features. Those who profess To read III
the aspect of the individual the qualities OF his ntelec
tual and moral character have always degeu 10 trace
i'm the face Of which this day unva an image to the
nnbic gaze the manifest signs Of his greatness Read
| what Lavater wrote hundred years since, ana you
shall that he discovers IN ts NOBLE coueha1ce
promise Of all that the critic finds in his writings Come
tell you Of the visible indications OF ms 1oundess
ton his universal sympathy, his lofty dealism his Wit
his bumor his imagination and every other faculty that
! conspired 10 produce his matchless works.
bis counterfeit presentment of the outward form OF
As an ornament of the beautiful pleasure ground in
which they take so Just pride II has been cast in
that perchance it may last long ms writings 1t s
noby executed by the artist and with deep feeling of
this ceremOny-that our friend Haekett, who was
foremost procuring this expression Of our homage to
the memory of Shakespeare, Is not with u.s. but sleeps
with the great author whose writings he loved and
studied aud interpreted both 10 the ear and the eye
The spot which this statue is placed will henceforth
be associated with numberess ideas and images called
M 10 the mind of the visitor by the of shakespeare
10 ali whose Imagination is easily kndled into activity
il will forever haunted by the personages whom
be created, and who live in his dramas the grave ma
| gician PrOsperO, and his smpe-hearted daughter Mi
randa and his dainty spirit Ariel the white haired Lear
and the loving Cordea the Jealous MOOR ana the gehe
Desdemona; Imogen and Rosalind, and the majestic
shadow OF Corioanus. Before the solitary passer-by
will rise the buTly figure of the merry knight, Falsta
and round about this statue will fit the sgh forms OF
| Slender, and Shallow, and Dogberry. To those who
chance TO tread these walks by moonlight the ghost OF
the Royal Dane may shape itself from the vapors OF the
night and again disappear But may the sound OF battle
never heard here the herbage be ramped by the
rude heels Of the popuace in It's fury To disturb the iaIy
court Oberon and 1tania, and scare the little people
To memories ana associations like those which
have dwet we devote this spot from henceforh and Tor
ever
Mendelssohn's "Wedding March, commemorative, in
this instance of the union of the stage with the lyric
Muse was now performed, succeeding some extremely
beautiful extracts from the composer illustrative
of "a Midsummer Nights Dream" the execution, by
Theodore Thomas's Band exciting the velest enthusi-
asm and Edwin Booth then escorted to the north
rostrum by Mr. Barlow. His appearance ELECTED enthu-
siastic cheering He spoke with stirring rapidty and
affecting earnesness and his delivery Of Stoddards
vivid and most expressive poem was by all odds the
most magnetic and telling effort Of the day. The whole
Of the poem not spoken but we lind room Tor the
whole OF II here.
WILLIAM sHAKESPEARE.
BY RICHARD II. sTODDARD
She sat in her eternal house,
The sovereign mother OF mankind;
Before her the peOpled world,
The hollow night behind!
"Below my feet the thunders break,i
Above my head the stars rejoice;
But man, although he babbles much,
Has npVe "A