New-York tribune., 1874-06-19

were the theme OF his high argument. But the most
Mghsate sage failed sometimes Of fits witchine effect
upon the hearers ears "To sit eternaily as mere
bucket and be pumped Ito be acted on Forever
and never TO react-is what no human being except
Ounce long endnre and even those who
had listened to sooQuv of nvc hours duration. ina,
Tsy y R to- i 1ns the Ss tod
Hook, OF q three-hours' discourse rom h,S ine
Rapt one with the god,Eio 'orenead eest"d NV the
roadside, and Hooks characteristic observation
al the close Thank Heaven hay you Case e Won NOV would
never have stopped Sir Walter scott describes am
learned and everlasting harangue Of Colerdse the
samOthracau mystcries, Homer, and the WOMAN ny
i@pSIient "e exssnaon ato zoands was be-
thunped with Words. Yet doubtless tnere @eio o,tar
Of the party who never dreamed that they Wcrv Gn
cudgeied befoSged, and who went away eAchi'hihs
10 themselves:
Not harsh and era bed, as dull fools suppose,
But musical as is Apollo's lutte.
In the chapter on "Epigrams" the author mas
collected several of the most pquantb OF ancient
and modern times, though reading them IN the mass
is much like eating salad in which the mustard
and salt are in larger proportions than the CHICKEN
or celery. We select few of the most pungent,
though perhaps not all of them entirely novel. Here
is dialogue between clergyman and traveller:
Give lost my portmanteau.
II pity your grief! .
C.-An my sermoDs are IN III.
tt pity the thief!
Some of the Oxford epgrams are not bad.
An alteration in statutory exercises for divinity
degrees by which two theological essays were reqreu
ia future from the candidates drew form the iolo"lhg
The title d. d. 7 is proposed TO convey
To an double for a double A. i
The honorary degree of ID. c. L. having been declined
by distinguished officer on account OF the heavy ices al
that time demanded his refusal was thus set ior'h
oxford, no doubt you wish me well,
But prithee let me oe
] can't, alas be ID. c. L.,
L. =
SYDNEY Smiths description Of Lord jeffrey, mounted
Oh donkey. is decidedly Classical:
Witty as Horatus Faccus,
Il urea, .. Jacohn as Gracious.
short, though NOT ias as Bacehus'
Riding on little Jdchass ....
happy epigram was made on Si old gentleman VI
the maine OF Gould. who, having married very young
wife, wrote poeical epstle to friend 10 hiot mn
Of 1t, ana CONCLUDED thus
50 YOU see my dear sir though I'm eighty years DID,
A girl Of eighleenis in love with old Douu'
TO which his friend replied: @ .t
A girl of eighteen may love GOuld, II Is true:
But believe me, dear sir, il Is gold. without u
The following lines 10 lady who had publisheda
volume mediocre poems, appeared many years ago IN
The KntckeTbOcker Magazine:
Unfortunate lady, how sad is your lott
Your ringlets are red-yeur poems are not.
OF one Of Young's deadliest thrusts. Voltare, the
the French wit having 10 Young's presence decried
MtOn's genius, and diculed particularly the person
cation in Paradise Lost, Of Death, Sin, and SATAN the
EngliSbman indignant at the Frcnchman's irreveience
and leyty lifted his finger, and pointing at him saiI
Thou art so witty, wicked and so thin,
Thou art at once the Devl. Death, and Sin.
Prof Mathews here gives a new version OF Dr.
Young's celebrated epigram, but we think it will
hardly be reckoned an improvement on the old
form, which in our memory runs thus:
Thou art so witty, profligate, and thin
Thou seems't a Milton, with his Death and Sin.
Some of the other essays in this volume, although
perhaps less pointed than those from which we have
given extracts, will be read with interest by the
lovers of literary discussion and anecdote. The
work is an excellent of its kind, and could have
been produced by one but scholar of great read
ing cultivated tastes and prompt decision Of choice
1t appears to have been suggested by the attractive
writings Of the elder Disrael, which have inspired
many a youthful reader with the love of letters
that has proved the consolation and joy of sub
seouent life. Our American purveyor has followed
closely in the footsteps of his English prototype and
with equally happy issues.