, 1874-05-17
LITERARY FRIY0LlTfEs...ly

"The anagram, says Richelet, is m. =. :,
greatest folles Of the human mind, o..
q be fool to bo amused BY them, Ind VIM. ~ -
fool to make them" Considering ,b,t =. a
few men Of high repute- -illustrious acbo|,-. -"
thinkers e'en-havo tried their hand At =:
: "ineptie de resprit humain," this must h. - =
: sldered as sonewhat exaggerated st,,nas.< ~
: Though nnagrams are not the eraodest n-,s-
f1ons Of human geniua, yet the intetoct,,r ::
genu'ty that is sometimes displayed IN resol--
word into 1ts elements, and from tbs
i nenss compounding some new word chsr,,.s..
TIC Of the person or thing destguatad hr -.
original, is quite surprising. For e1sm,re ~.
. can be moro curious than the coinc,le,,, =
tween Telesraphs and its anagram. 7iz. e.,
Helps? So Of Astronomers ,or..
Penitentia1y,-Nay, 1 repent II; Radical ?,
form, ,-Rara mad trolic. Hardly les t,s
ltous are the following: Presbrai,,.
best in prayer; Gallantries,-au art IL.
Old England, ,-golden land. Some v.B -,
there WAS an eminent physician in I<7,4r
whose name, John Abernethy. on accouat b, !,
bluntness and roughness, waa metan3rtax:
into Johnny the Bear" It is p1ot1hla -,
even Ursa Major" himself smiled ano .r.,,l
at the same time when lie frat heard th;s ~
anagram.
| Fe" persons will yield to the logic Of poEs.s
! anagrama, but it is impossible not to 1e .t,s
by tho famous Frantic Listurbers, Eide n,
Francis Rurdett; aud, in au ignorant aye, d.:
less not fow persons we:e conii1met! il t.;
dogged adherence to tho pretonder to .as R:a4
1sh throne, whi1o his enemies were stsrte3 +:
confounded, BY the coincidence q: CAr4
James Stuart With its anagram, He ast :rtt a*s
cEdl1n- The two finest anagrams tyet MI
| are: Honor es. Milo (Honor il from Fl
| Nle), from Hosatio Nelson; and tie Is;
evolved from Pilates question, u. .Qu:d sIs4
tas What ia truth7" Fir est q14i ,lde4t -Ia
the man who stands before you" T:s idir ! !:
ing, written by Oldys, the bibliogrr oker RI
found BY his executors among his N a.z4:zi
will be regarded by many rs ''qua;nt|: soo1"s
use IN expression OF Isaak Walton's:
In word md WILL All .4rieud toya, t.:
And one friend OLD IS worth huad ID usx !.
The Greeks made few nnagrams, :.cd til. T. ::
| maus Gcsplsod them Nearly all Lad / aaa;..a 4
are OF modern manufacture: ae, fom cass !:
(body) porous (piG) from 1ogica (esie) e2-q
(darkuess). The French have invented G Il:
very happy ansgratns. Of which : rem ,r1avi;,
geuious one is that on Frege Jacques Cl:asE. !
the assassin OF Henri I'LL, ''C'est re rqul :, !
cree" Rousseau, ashamed OF his :a.ae7, Vt, 1
was cobbler, changed his name into Ye:n;e:t=+
in which W7t discovered moro tha. ths aa.h:
had dreamed of, namely: Tu ter>.;:s,. II
taife's name is an auagram, derived I: On ais..4
name, Arouetl j., or Arosete jeaas. Is ASK {
men Of q witty anagram, there is one On c4aia +
Geneat, / Feenchman OF much nots, which 81 !
11rs. Partington would say. IA clis;l3:.
over y; it ia unrivaled. The gentleman in -
tion WAS distinguished By preteIn2@t 1:atgh:7
organ OF smell, such a. would have thrown J. Z
poleon Bonaparte or Eden Warwick l::o ss7.css 4
OF admirntion, n,-whereupon Soma In, ,ulous II. t
finds in his name tho mirth-proTok1'; auag7a
"Eh? c'est un grand nez Eli? it ia = g4 +
nose!" &
Ono Of tho prettiest Of modern ana;;;ra1ns sta
following: +
Florence Nightingale, +,
Fit OH, charming augelf
A patriotic EnYlishman made Nap ,lson Drs$ 8
parte read in Latin, Bona rdpta ler:3 po@.7 R9
" Rascal, yield up your stolen possea :ons. u 4 4
last anasram TO shall cite, though 1en bz;l17 Z
than the foregoing as mere foat Of iatellte:' E.
ingenuity. is wonderfully truthful l,-aamelg,s i +.
tors, who are always 50 tired I
Another curious phase of literary labo1is1
which may be mo1y trick or co1*'
If composition, or q positive ornament. N7a =;
1sed too often. it is suggestive Of la5o,ioas e. +: +
Forts, and affects the reader like the feats a q g.:
acrobat, which excite at last an int .rest teza
painful than pleasant. But, when use Eiths1o
subtle art a. to DO noticed only b. 10 p.::at !:
;harms Of sound th1t accompanies it, It's one<
he most dolicate Cruces Of lang7,afe. Ia G !;
following verse Of renn5son, there is 40 sl;e !:
tive beauty in the pleasant interlnk;as d u (:
'ounds OF d, and II, and t which IL pecullsf'fte
lcious to the ear because it is so suotls sahas0 =
o be noticed by common reader: r.
Dip down upon the Northern shore, n
Oh, swect new year, delaying long; II
Thou dcst cxpectant nature wrong,
Delayin. long,-delay no more 4
Shakespeare has occasional instances ct hafH 81
Illustration, as in II:
The curlish chiding Of tho winters w:d: Il.
nd this device adds not q little to the foste@
,urna' word painting, as when he calls 1e 6
)'Shnntar g.
A blethcrtng, clustering, drunken b1a1ar, q
nd characterizes the plowman's collie -
A ryznin, rautin, ro7in' btlIIe. &
Coleridge vas an adept in the use Of this fta;f7
as single example vill san1s =
how:
The fair breeze blew, the vhtts foam ss~, Il
The furrow followed FREQ
How much the ALTERATION adds to tcS
ressi7eness Of Miton's 4
Behemoth, biggeet born Of earth: s.