, 1873-12-28

a"B ~ HAPo0oo1o AoA t4's" w "1t''t ~ wa A."A
without conVulsing tho spectators win langhtof,
-yot believed most firmly that high tragic parts
woro his forte and TINT, "hile ho was nokling
the sldos OF hta audience as an 1rish nog-tfottof
or servant, he shonld aave been exciting thor
hato as shylocs, their tears aa Werner, or their
horror as:AfacoeA.
Even whom thoy DO not altogether oeiioVe that
they haVo miaBed thoir truo Vocat1on, men OF
genius often 1aney themselves atrongesb Ill tt.oso
departments OF mtellectoal onort
WHERE THEY ARE WEAKEST,
and wasto precious hours upon some art in which
thny aro doomed to lasting medlocrity. Mon |
tafuuo calls attention to tho fact that julius |
cmanr ia nt vast pains to make Us under |
stand his Inventions In bridge-buiding |
and war-ongines, while no Is worry
sucoinct and reserved In speaking OF
the rules Of Ills profession and Of his military
exploits. Sir Walter Scott believed himself do
eIgnod by nature for d soldier, and that his
lamenoss spoiled an oxcollont life-guardsman.
Milton preferred "paradiHe Regninod" to any
of his other poems; and Shakespeare, indlffer-
ont to tho fato OF hia dramas, believed that his
aonnots would immortalizo himself: and tho
mysterious "W. HI Byron was proudor Of his
Hints from Horace " than OF = Childe Har-
| old;" and Campbell. wns distressed at the
thought Of his tombstone being inscribed to tho
memory, OF the author OF tho '.The Pleasures Of
| Hope" when "Gertruda Of Wyoming was his
| masterpiece. Goethe used repeatedly to Hay:
| "As for what / have done as poet, i tako; no
| pride in it whatovor, But that IN my century
r am The only person. >1oho kno,cs The
| truth in the difficult science. ;of ooors,
of that, I say, I am not little proud.
Thore havo q conaoiousness Of suporiori-
ty to many" Not loss naiue waa the reply OF.
Michael Angelo, who, when he proposed to FORTH
fy his native city, and was told to stick to his
painting md sculpture, observod that these wore
hia reoreataonss- no fedHy naaesasooa "a'
I a1oh'teosofo'
l Perhaps no mistake tonchane our 1e14o"'"on
| Is MORE COMMON
than that Of Judging Of the ordinary feelings and
habitual disposition of writer by tho tono OF
his proauotionR Especially iB this true Of vita
and h1lmoriats, who, though able to mako others
merry, have thomBelvoB often been profoundly
melancholy. No doubt thoro is thrill Of ploah-
tire. rising even to ecstasy. at the first flashing
droll idoa on the mental horizon; but the elabo-
ration Of 1t in writing is often to tho last ogree
irksone and painful. Many rib-tickling pro-
auotion, which is source of exquisite enjoyment
to tic public. has been produced In an agony
Of mental misory, at the expense Of the authora
happiness and Of his life. The gayess and most
Sparkling ossaya arc often but the result Of q
temporarily sueeosaful effort to escape from tho
gloom Of mental depression, or from the panga
Of a gangrenod and restored spirit No others
arc so koonly alive to the enjoyment Of tho lu-
dicrouB as thoy whoBo ordinary feellngs partaRe
deeply Of the tragic; they fly tott as an escape
from tho monotonous gloom ana wenrlnB agony
Of their llabtual thoughts; thoy cling to 1t with
fevariah fondnoss, from melancholy antictpa.
tion Of tho gloom which will be felt In contrast
, ut tho departure Of mirth. In such c'reur'
stances Jokes 1nay DO said to be
: COINED FROM THE HEARTS BLOOD
! mirth to be distilled FROM tears. Who, that II
rot Familiar with Cowpor's biography, would
!: f,roam of tho circumstances under which " Johr
Gi1njn " was written? The poet aoerns bubbline
ovor win an,Ina1 er;rits: vot in tho very ho,i1
w1,on Ia threw Off this pieco 30 stopped in fun
, 1,o ,vaa in n stato of mental Gloom bordering OF
-,,dnosa rhoro ia ;ndeod hardly verso O.
1,,s 1v,ie,, nc al mi oomnoaa for tho same roa
ao,, thot In na;ntcd or n1aned.' mado rabbit
-. ,o,r,a1 ,oro. r. ret ri1 of lila mo,an
a,a1 ~, s,,,,,,.a IT .vo,,or, aaya tho noot ii
sdo.t Io.t, .uo f. nouton 4at a,ortive though
',,s, 1,,,oo,, ~ M door ~ nv 1ntooct
..a s.;t, .,aona that n should cain af1n,ttance
: IT. ia NJ r. Hor]ooniu should iptrude himself int
i tho ,1oor,v c},anIor w]ore a corpae is dopos;te
: IN sinto Dut tho mind. long weario,
viii, Tin eouopoaa Of d dull, dreary prospoct
8 ,v,1i o1o51v 0x ita evoa on ANYTHING that mn
maRoo ,ittle yarletv In It's CONCENTRATIONS, thoug
r n ware 1,,,t n aitton p1ayine with hor tall"
3 rr NAV nr no,nrrn --
,r,otnor sb.kanoora IN l,ip youth at loast. live
W. oonstont1v N tho annal,ino aa wo arc ant t.
d fmocino. k1nny Of his sonuets broatho til
= .nI .,a1"a1 7e.,o;, III Io,nonta his lan1o
splflt Of nopp!ess uospAtt' ~ H. a,r
: noas deplores lilo necessary o. sotms Me w. =.
hougaFs' anu maH'hs nluisoa saa o'o' ~ ,r
the WOW ahs;epa!'a aat,,,tto uT arv for % roatf