, 1874-11-14
upon Ills hadlonce, aud rocoivol endless rounds

In tho character OF Ring Lear, Tho negro tra.
gedlnn wolp hnBi1-coiored Bkult.eap, from which
q fow Bilvory locks loatod. md which caino down
to h!a oye',roTs. A EaI ndditfon wan made to
Ills fiat nosc. cont OF paint covered lila chcolts,
whito board concealed the lower part OF Ela
faco and fsll upon 1ls hrcast,-autl tho il)uB,on
WAS complete. No Que would havo dreamed that,
II thta portootly. stimulated galae Of tho Kiug,
MUD questionable foel!ug Of vanity, tho actor ro-
tainetl tho native hue uf lia hands, and thoy sl-
pcared bolow Ills coat.gloeyes to give Testimony
to his African origin.
Lear as much superior to that Of olheilo. "I1e
had superb oMtbirBta Of indignation md fury"
sayn that writer, accompanied by attae,a Of
Weaknsss t,ad eenilo trembling: aud uors ot
aomnolont bRbbIing, as ono would expect ID m
OLD 1nnn, almost centenasian, pnsHng from
idtooY to nadneaa, undor tho Toigt OF intolor-
able woos. One thing In tho performance vnB
remarkable. showing how parfoct was tho actora
mastery over hin,sols. Although 1nnn Of
Ira Adridso mover, through MI tho evening, al
1owoa ono youthful motion to encape lin
troma old ago"
BonoiloiI. tho great Russinu actor, played
Lear and Othelto at tho aatno timo Ut tho Alex.
anlcr Tanatre. and with great power. He is IN
artist Of uncommon glttH. performing in tragedy
aud como lY with tho samo ability. Ills netting Is
represented AZ unequal aud capriciots, but at
1Ie drow largo honses, but was leas populsr
thhn Irx Aldridge, who was tho idol Of the hour.
GERMAN sTuDEsTa.
AS m Illustration Of tho thorough training
which the German schools give their students,
Prof. Jamsa Morgan Hart describes, in Ills ro-
cont work on education In Germany, tho attain
menta Of II couple Of universfly~uleu whom Ae
knew. 11le frat WAS but m average ntudcut q
youth OF 23 OF n. lie wroto Crook worry rapidly
using abbt oyiationH not unlika tho ngatures in
tho edition Of the eixtccntl century; In fact.
after writ ng, Oh ons erossos bis t: and dots Ills
Is iu Ene:l ish. IA to the Greek md Latin gram.
mars, he hnd thon at his tongues end. md nevor
hcsitated foE rule or An execution. Ho knew
with the Mowel.polnts. md Of sauscris to read
the epic pr,otry duentty. lie was fair scholar
In nea. avaa German, was Uoll serscd
IN anclent and ,u,lorn historY aud was
bools-uornt, and enjoyed l!fo ss It passed. For
hia disBort alton. presented OH his examination
for tue dor .torate, 10 took for topic tho drao
OF Euripi1 cB. and studied not only the tcxea ol
that autho !, but colated tie stray ftagmants Q!
| other authors. particularly tho quotations con
| taiued in patrastic Greok. Graiod after tl,e
| American fashion, this student would hays
| raukod len th In n class Of ono hundred. Ho hat
| not genius merely talent and Industry.
Tho nd Htotch ,a that Of student whost
(! rank was i nong tho lrss. At 26 he had asset
a year ip ]? ranco aud two years 10 England. nnt
| spoke the fapgungos OF both countries Nth aaB
| aud pfecish,n. ua could also converse comfort
ably in 1to.ltsn aud Spanish. He was q favorl
pupil Of lAsald In porsIau, Hebrew, mud Arabic
and tho nj 0 ut promising young sansclit scho1aa
In Germany. fl addition to this his atsal alntnent
in Latin nj Greek wero of high order. II
was appointed Professor Of Oriental Language
at Quoen'n College, Doml'as, and within = yea
! commenced the publication Of ! long and care
| fully-nditoa seros Of val. able sanBorlt texts.