New-York tribune., 1874-11-07

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be stood lamentably alone" His adherence 10
his prnciples OF truthfulness untitled him for
almost every occupation. OF course Journalism
wouldn't have him. in law. people would only retain
him for the opposite sdc He had to I'VE on his in-
come and it was fortunate that he had one to live on
The LeyIathan Club welcomed him cordially; but soon
they found him very unlike any one they had
ever known They should have what his truthful
nature was They should have known better than 70
ask him. him of all Others 10 draw for the papers
the customary resolutions on the death OF member,
and leave the task to his unaded Judgment and hon
esy or he told the truth; and one must never
do that about dead. To say there uproar in
the Club next morning when the papers came would be
to convey very faint idea OF the fact In the midst OF
IL Upandownjchn entered, serene q June morning.
"Did you write and publish this internal mess,-ths
ghastly concocton oI iniernailsmf denahueo soo'o
"Did write those resolutions, you mean 1 did !
was appointed committee TO embaim the memory o,
and anything objectionable Ia themi"
"Wny. you assert that he was u sponge! ehcia'mou
one. -, -, o.,
Unhappily 1t is the truth. Ihave myself paid TOT
gallons Of liquor for him."
4" You cay he was bad actori"
"The worst ever suffered under" -, -,
"What will his wife think of what you have said OF
hint" ~, .n,n
:" She will recognize the portrait and with us thank
Yn give it as the sense Of the Club that he was"
Everything that was bad, mean aad dsrepntsDIe c
Very good Il is true every word Of IT, ms o"ss S5 no
thiTd which he has owed liz was borrowcd) since July
lS at wentyseyen minutes paSa ~ % & ~ Of m tere
thing that he has not dope IL mas escaped ny
notice"
But in short the Club did not like the resolution, and
Mr.. Upandowujohn did not like their dissatisfaction;
and naturally enough, he is no longer Leviathan
"LOtos Leaves" contains number of very good
stories. The distinguished contributor In this hhe
is OF course wkie Collins, who became Lotos Lear
when he was in this cOuutry and has sent his contsou
ton with the others. like good fellow, as he L. HIS
story "The Fatal Fortune" has purpose Ike most
his Stories and s vigorous assault on the evils OF
the system known in England as commissions I'D
Lunacy. Noah Brooks tells o thrilling tale cnutled
"In Echo Canon" in which the effects and possibilities
OF Lynch law are powerfully exhibited. Fairy Colo"
is capital Irish sketch. by John Brougham; and W.
j. Florence the actor, has shown his hand as story
teller in Bertha Klein," q story OF the Lahn Ihls
little tale is tender and touching to the last degree ana
Mr. Floreuce ought TO spend all his OF nights III wrng
stories for gaines. since he has hero SHOWN
talent which readers will not be willing he should fod
up in q napkin.
Cbandos Fulton tolls us John and SUSIE" witty
story with an actors experience andJ Bou
ton in My Hermit" represents himself as very cevery
taken in by escaped convict who dawned on MIN In
the unexpected character OF hermit living In the upper
part OF Central Park. Among the good sketches must
not omit TO mention dainty little "Miss TSEU tea
tasteTs story. tnlnk autnor, MI NioNJ'
must really have taught some Acknowledged Chlnese glrl
the mystery OF "K-e-es-mew he could not have
written about 1t with such gusto 1t smacRs OF the
truth.
VS. Andrews gives us an Episode Of the War" and
Henry s. Olcott, in GLOW We Hung John Brown"
solves the riddle Of how THE TRIBUNE got its letter on
that occasion, when all Virginia was determined 1t
shouldn't have it. Col Thomas W. Knox tells us 90 Some
of the Asperitles OF Travel" and Gilbert Burlins
pictures the perils and the subllmiIy OF Tie Hawks
Nest" The publisher, Mr.. Gill; himself Lotos Lear, IN
'E igar A Poe. and HIS Blographer Rufus W. Girls
wold" discusses q subject which he has studied Win
the most panstaking care. He clears the memory Oh
poor Poe from much unjust odum. and collecting tho
stones which Griswold throw at the poet, makes or
them q earn wherewih to bury Griswold's literary
fame.
Robert B. Roosevelt writes captivatlngy Of 6shra!s-
ing under the caption of The Miracle Of the Fishes "
John Elderkn vigorously and at much length, defends
1.-The Tbeater;" DR.. Charles Inslee Pardee tells us
"The Physical Requirements OF SOng;" James Peek
writes, con amore, OF "Three Great symphonlsts,
meaning of course Haydn. Mozart, and Beethoven j.
Henry Hager celebrates The Weed that Cheers and
somebody else whose have not yet received, mas
told Nine Tales OF Il Cat"
Not many Of the members of the Club seem to have
dropped into poetry and printing Tennyson's Loos
Gators" dwarfs anything that they would have peen
likely to offer. John Brougham's Hymn OF Princes" ]"
is strong in its conception but docs not read like the
work of finished literary artist. c. Z. L. Holmes con-
tributes sOnnets which are not as good as snake
speare though think every sonnet should reaeh pretty
nearly that standard srangled its birth. There
are sOme translations from German lyrists-one ex-
tremey pretty one by c. Mex. Loeser. Charles Gaylor
sings TO the clnk OF glasses, gay drinking song. e.
Foro addresses himself "To a Flower" after the man
ner of Herrick but the serious poeca contribu-
ton is that Of John Hay, which will give you enslre
LIBERTY
JOHN HAY
What man is there UUd that he should say,
Thus and thus only would have the sea "
For whether lying calm ana beautiful,
Clasping the earth in love, aud throwing Dack
The smile of heaven from waves of amethyst;
Or whether, frcshened by the busy winIs
1t beats the trade and navles OF the worid
TO ends or stern activity;
Or whether, lashed by tempests, 1t gives way
To elemental fury, hOwls and roars
At all its rocky barriers. III wild lust
or ruin drinks the blood Of living tiings.
And strcws its wrecks DER leagues of desolate
Always it is the sea, and all bow down
Before its vast and varied majesty.
And so in vain will tinorous essay
To set the inetcs and bounds OF Liberty.
For Freedom is its o%u eternal law.
IL makes ITS own conditions and In storm
Or calm alike fuhlls tie unerring WIll.
Let us not then deSps Ii when 1t hes
sin as sic tping lion, while II swarm
OF gnat-like evils hover round Its mead;
Nor doubt IL when in mad, diSiOinied times
Ii shakes tine torch OF terror, and ITS cry
shrills DER the Qudkins earth, and in tue flame
OF riot and war see its awful form
Use by the scaffOld, where tie crimson ak
Rings down its grooves he kuell OF snuddering kings
For always i'll thine eyes, . Liberty !
Shines tbat high light whereby the world is saved
And though thou slay US, We viii trust in thee
Take IL all In ALL Lo;os Leaves" very entertain
ing volume and 1t is certainly literary curiosity and
likely to have more than passing interest. L. NJ.
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