New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-10-29
BOSTON.
LITERARY NOTES.

HISS PRINCE MINUS f"HN' N''A'AA
I'M MANNER AND MATTER.
80, d, REGULAR CoRREsroNDENr or THE TRIBUNEl
RosroN. Oct. Ell r. OSg0Od y Go. have
Idc,o done better service 10 American literature than
ne Tho complete edition which they about to publish
NJ the poems of Edmund Clarence Stedmau Tins edl
ton Is dedicated his mother, lin gratitude" as ne
tells US for whatever portion he inherits OF her own
sweet gilt of song" Fortune blessed the birth oil our
poet lie was descended the fathers side from the
best blood Of Ncw-Ensland and his mother whose
maiden name was L izdboth C. Dodge, was descendant
of the colonial poet the Rev. Aaron Cleveland anu H'
tef lady of marked literary ability. rs wen rs o'
great charm Of person aud manner. IN MS so"",.
Mothers Picture" her son writes OF hfr a. NC
bers her in the days when worshipcd her WIN al las
childish heart
fLe seemed a angel 60 our infant eye.
Gucc when the Coriiying moon 49,
voiced ana eoidei-halrcd from holy shies
Flown TO her loves on wings OF fdrduNe'
Ne looked 20 see Che dSd P aSes % %i not Yield
Her back to VINO loved her ID , tn,' WE, W.
Ana since have little known her but nave grown
10 see auOtbcr mother tendefy
watch over sleeping cBildrcn OF my own.
p,rrbance the years have changed her: yet alone
The tar young angel OF my infancy
His life with this gentle ana cbsrmng mother was hut
NIL. for ms father died before he was two years old,
and his mother returned 20 her paterna home m New
York and not long after her two sous were placed Tor
,duaton under the OF their great uncle, James
Rte,man OF Norwich, Conn., s;edman Is IN every sense
a Connecticut poet lie was born IN Hartford IN 1885,
brought up in Norwich, and mariculated at Yale Col
legc which he entered IN 1919. the youngest member o
his class might have said he Ne poet OF Connee
Icut; for surely he has in the annals Of his native
State, no rival. what % strange, dreamy, romantic
childhood his was-sOhtary, too, a. q chid must
be who has mother within arms'-Ieaeh and
lps-reach Looking at the sensitive, rehned
intellectual face that fronts ths volume guesses
fYnr rlnf he 1 "A "A
Ills mag inaton was painfully vivid lie used 70 dream
Of his mother at night until he woke almost sure That
nor golden hair had brushed his face The books he
read we're OF the very best His uncle was scholar ana
iuris and in lis library was to be found the Wealh Of
tho word's best literature But boy did other things
beside read and There was CLINT Of fun IN those
dark eyes of his ana. moreover, be had ardent ex
citaple tempcrament which could never wear
conventional fotters from the first. Norwich
remembers his mad pr9nks TO this day. They
are very proud there OF his success, Dht
they always smile when they praise him for some wild
freak is sure be recalled with ms boyish image HIS
mind and his character like his subsequent life aud his
history work, were fun Of variety He must have been
ns industrious he funloyng as practical as he
was imaginative, for at &c he thoroughly prepared
college. He quickly distinguished himself IN Greek
and in composition But the old love f.lun was in him
sn: and he fell irregularities winch procured his
suspension in his Junior year He might have re turned
again % college. but he chose otherwise though Yale
followed his career with interest, and, when success
had redeemed his early promise, she gladly claimed him
again aud enrolled him among the alumni Of the year
1873. with the degree Of Master OF Arts.
Atl9 he became the editor OF local paper IN Norwich
and The next wear ne married Young lady of his native
state removed to LchGeld County ana purchased The
Htnsied Herald. which be successfully conducted for
two years He brilliant journalistic reputation
throughout Couuecucut but his ambition led him 10
Geek wider field and IN 1855 he removed to NewNork
r,rftf ntglt Ia his
that crowded busy city, where the laborers are more
plenty than the harvest. divine the wearing anxiety
of his early struggles thcrca handsome, delicate, cui-
iured boy OF p, with pretty childish, inexperienced
girl for his wife" two babes the wood as lie hln-
scf has said he has sung all the OF leavng
out the eordid oart-u bic poem of bohemia, one OF
touching OF his lyrics. when We recall the cir
cumstaGces andcr which be dwelt in
That proud and humble, poor end grand
Enchdutci Golden Gypsy-IIud'
Ine valley oil BJAeni
In oucNor,e hc alludes 10 little experiment thcy
tried toward Communism:
Aud once W stopped 4 twel,e,uontb, where
Fave score BOhculans began
Thcir fchemc to cheaper bed ana fare,
Upon lito-discoyeI, "a plan;
For see,' they said. " the sum h1v s;uaA
By which one pilgrim. wants 'Ie met!
Mud If a host tos tbcr fail
Wat uccd Of any cash al al
Though hON % WoT.. d half forget
NJ NJ , te 1f iS 0l H bi c. "n sI ,yopg
And ioyanoo OF Bohemii.
But there uIne when the dancing icet were
s, and the singer. sang only dic2c notes; for Death
entered even among, puterllesyou into Bohemia.
There past
mystic shadow o'er oW baud.
Deeper tuau want could ever east,
F.r, OH, 10 0drhCued utiie eyes!
We saw our youngest darling ale.
Then ioucd hcr lH nar palmt.'s -ai,t,
Aud crossed the lair hands pil-rini-HI-r;
Aud Que bY one, - tcndery,
Game Ambrose. snyl. Il tiph, an R1se,
S.rewing each sweetest Hover thIt guns
Ia wildwood. oi B)h' uii.t
b.; last tAc Poet. .orowus. stood
Above tlc tins clay. ana SAID:
Bright hiie Spirit pure and good
Winter 20 far away ha7l n.di
pnil soon thOG tryc,t that other sphere
Whatc'cr IL lacking Iu 0lr lives
yLOu dost attain; for Heaven is near.
McthuKs 10 Ii-uuIs wandering here,
A. 10 that one vino ncNCr strives
Ntn fortune, has bot come 90 know
The pride aud pam that dw.n 80 low
la valleys ul Bohruld.
E'tdman struggled through these DAYS Ot tTlal hero
icay being even then, sefreposcful, pucky Iuau"
WHO did hi, heart upon biz sleeve. In 1859 be
reached through IIE IIdDlN Ne, the OF The general
puiic The Diamond eddng. d" The Ballad OF Lager
Bier" ana How Old brown Took Harger's Ferry ap-
poared iu rapid attracted the attention OF
nj Dana. who then managing editor aud led TO
engagement tbs TEfErNf stan In 1860 volume OF
stodrnan's poems appeared, oonainlne Rain
aud "Hciiotropc," with Bohemia" and The Tribune
Iyrcs."
Since then Mr. Strdmau has been variously occupied.
lie the editorial correspondent Of The World at
Washington during the fret two years of the Rebellion
and aitcrward he held confidential position in the
Office OF the l. : Attorney General, Judge Bates. 10
1904 he returned, with somewhat broken health 10
NewNorE aud he then gave regular journalistic work.
when ne found iet HIN time TO for enduring
literary labor He entered the New York stock Ex-
change and since then has striyen aud thryen among
fs fluctuations ior part Of every year. reserying TO
himself months ior summer rambngs on sea and