, 1874-04-05

n, 1a,e VIII not permit the seed5 Of gods to d;a
Mno reads these little rhymesters nou? H..
| 1e| can tell their nanes- Tlms,
THE True TEST OF GENICg.
| gold is left. '@e pufo
! This is not much encouragement tn oan;-
however A man don't care to have hiso orn1s sr,ns
children reap the benefit OF his labora. WA
receive as much for all his writinsa Aos VI
| Whittier receives for lalf-a-dozen ~ e
| little pretty poems. The poor n}a-as
"that struts and frots his hour mon the st:sa'
and then is hoard no more, " has the opportua;,'
| ty, however inferior his performance, Of -
mentary success and it does not troub1a 80. 80.
that lie will be- no more after his brief han. ~. =
he can strut and fret to full house, Rnt ~
great artist who plays to empty benches ~ ~,
whose genius ia only recognized xhan ha :.
dead, OF too old to enjoy it, thinks
He rays too high price
For knowIeds se and for fame,
WLo gives his aneys to be wise,
His teeth aud bones to buy u.ma.
America is the
PARADISE OF MED1ocRrrr,
because reading is more general than in ctss,
countries. We necessarily must have ne.1
trashy writars. Our taste Is far from that Of H.
ancient Greeks, the hunblest Of whom could d..
mispronunciation in the speech OF their erp.ss
est orator. Hannah More objected to 1onr.
people reading Scott's novels; but most 1orns
people Of to-dny think them far too dull .cd ~.
interesting. Tho wzitor who gives us one Of Ia
thousand limitations Of Jane Eyre, With IT, IT,
everlasting goye1ness for q heroine Il
ps ess o Of the original Thls @ adsns5. da|sr
store literature suits tie taste Of artificial peo.
DIE. "My mind to me kingdom is," the rsal.-
eau say who has the Imagination to clotla IT,
mental images Of the author. We can test tho
strength Of the mind BY seeing
WHAT II FEEDS UPON.
A lady who dotes upon Tennyson, and sc.ih,
bles verses herself, 81 ;s she thinks Lady I,e-
beth very dull and uc;R.ocasting character:
but the great Mrs. Siddous could not finish thaa
play, when she first attempted to study It, 90
terrible was the effect upon her mind.
People are not to blame for what they dau1
know or can't comprehend; and, il man 1ika5
words better than ideas. so much the better for
tho writer OF speaker who has only words Il
offer. II ho likes flash and noisa better thaa
acting, it gives the poor actor chance TO aarna
living.
WOMEN FARE BETTER
than men in this respect. 4 pretty vumxn
with more vanity than talent, will attempt to
play Laty Macbeth after weeks study; and, Il
ahe nsnases to get through tho play without :
complete breakdown, she IL great actreas, nd
her fortune is made. II she be too poor in inte-
lect or too indolent to study, the critics wilt
inform US that she does not siayishly follow in
the track Of other great artists, and wear he1se1
out with hard study, Like Mrs. Siddona, .Lo
toiled sevan years TO 70 to London to succeci
where she had once failed. Such drudseT IA
not necessary for our modern t,areIY-9neen
She don't depend upon the author far her
ideal, but fills it NTH her individuality and vita
her beauty und,mmed by midnight Study. aha
carries ali before her by the wonderful magnet.
ism OF her presence.
or, IF SIZE IS LITERARY WOMAN,
she has g. horror Of anything strong md to tha
point There is nothing woman Of feebla u.
tellect has so much dread OF a. beina
thought masculine. 'Sho innayines weak w7itna
to be wonanly. A man can be awfnilv tedious
and prove to be what DoEberry wished be had
been writ down /; but it takea q woman to xrits
mavkish sentiment and little nothipgy, Tia
writer who cannot combine strength with sen-
timent, as we aee in Geo7ge Elot's novels, aeon
tires the discriminating reader; but some CA
never ret too strong doses Of logic, wili!e
others have to feed upon thin and wateriah diet.
Az companions, medlocrM people are
TIE MOST AGREEABLE
II they are willing to fling away ambition and
don't trY to teach US. L fool or wit is apt to