, 1874-11-04

our uA3 b WOI& uthWH IL q ClubG. IA1}nlAuab,V
Tho Chairman thDn road the following
LETTER F1oM ". q. nnyANT:
DEAR SIN: Do plehHet to express 10 tho Ctcago
wIeh i'oy tako Of my s0tl birtlay and tl,eir Iid
Invitation to IT. to present a tc baugact OIL tlc Sd Of
Noyemnsr ,';, TITO @ nonor which they lnyo done mo 4
oso Indebted ,t to tl'sir aensrosy cannot 10
opo tlat sy vii f thc ianauot rs pleasant, tl,c
conversation as entertaining, the ucce.es II my aa
rnas soannemt, and md tho vana r. c ayosea ~ II tno
better nan Now think Ut It, thcro must hnvo l,ocn
born Oh the I'd Of November great many excellent
tho world is nn1er great obligations. WM
1ot my friends Of tho Literary Club pass 10 the credit
tiya ~ an not worthy ot, and thus square mo NC
Sonnt; G INN, ar, very truly You're. W.. BnrANr
Literary Club.
The lcttor was MI autograph, written In exceed
ingly noat md logiblo clalactora. Tt waB TO-
coived With applause, mingled with laughtor, bo-
cauao Of the expression III It, "thla square tho
accolnt''
Tho Chairman then introduced
3tR. ARTHUR nltyAST
to tho Club, saying that tllcre WAS QUO thing to
bc regretted as regards Mr.. Dryant's career.
anu tint waH that lie did not initiate Ills broth
cra example twenty or thirty years
ago. IIe lad not como out Wost. where
his groat suul would hnvo room to expand !;
1t could not DO 30 to it's fullest capaalty oyor III
tho crowded and confined EaBtoru country.
Arthur BRYANT, upon rising. met with very
was expected to represent William Culon Bry-
ant On tho occAson. Io believed he lad sonlo
ltorary taste, but ho knew ho lad no literary
reputation. His hnnds wero more familiar with
the ax and .tho plow than with tho pen.
Wilderness than educate tho pooplc. He was un~
able to mike d sot speech, but he would talk to
them ln hlB own nty1o about his brother. Alr.
Bryant tl,on enterod on long md interesting
royiow Of his brothers 1ffo, aayng that hiH
enrlioet recollectlona OF him we're listening to
him with astollialmont when ha returned from
bchoo), dcclaiming portions Of lis own
pootical compositions. Alr. Bryant created somo
to i1nttato hiB brothers. oratory. In tho COURSE
Of tho roview, bfr. Bryant taid that his brother
first wroto after the style Of popo and Dryden,
but aa Hoon as he became acquainted with
Wordsworth he abandoned bis carly atyte. no
Inns written !nany pieces anonymously. ono Of
which, on its appearance in print, created
| sensation Ia, tho literary world Of
Now York. It WAS IN odo to Frances
Wright. published In tho Ercnfng Post many
yours ago and ita authorship was revealed only
when It becamo necessary to Bettlo discussion:
Ho CIV: G. Dryant) has set many unpunllsihod
poems in Ills possession, about which he viii not
speak, or give information to any one, The re-
tention OF lis montal and bodily vigor is due to
sAO PtAIs4l0 VI kEaAllE4AA[N *AANAE4 44A1t
costors woro ali q long-lived people.
His father was = man Of uncommon
strength, although he did not live long; his
grandfather, ut so years Of ago, uhod to spring
into tic saddle with ngility: and his grand
mothor, when slo went. riding, was wont to
spring from tho ground aB her spouse did.
[Laughter.] olr. Bryant concluded with an af-
foctionato tribute to the genius Of his brother.
Mr.. Bryant produced q letter writton BY
IiH brnt1Hr Hi11jnTn At HrDOtfiEiu in
April 4, 1909, in which he submitted
for his fathers approval o translation of the
fnlnouB ninoteenth canto Of tho First Book ct
Virgil't Enoid, which ho entitled Description
Of q Storm" This translation is remarkable
effort for n boy Of no tonder ago. 1t Ii too long
for production hero, but the menbors Of tho
Club who roal it considered that, in the purity
of its English, the smoothness Of it's yersiaca-
tai1a all tho promise which haR boon no nobly
fulfilled in the transations of the 1liad and tho
Odyssey, tho fruit Of his ripo old age.
JOHN \. BRYANT
followed, reciting features in his brothers lfo
not touched upon by hia brother Arthur. In con-
known. early developed tasto for pootical COM
position. hayc seen verses written by him on
tho occasion Of the total eclipse Of tho sun in
1900, when ho was Il years old: aud have at
samo year, on the death Of Il cousin. am told
that at the ago OF 10 ho wroto y paraphrase OF
tho first chaptor Of Job in vorae. This
was I think, his first literary venture,
bis grandfather, at whoao request 1t was done,
giving him nl1loponco when the worl. was fn.
lyhcd. 1t was not until hs 11th year that ho be-
gan to exhibit much genius aud skill ae yorei~
tier. I have pooms Of his written about thnt
time. But I shall weary you with these tries.
aud will only SAY further, that in private life I
believe my brother las ever beon ex-
esreor as public man is known
to you all. He ia now drawing noar tho close
of long life spent, as believe, in oarneat aud
persey;eting onseaSor to leave tho world eessof
than he found it. by the Way and the Gate
TINT lead to the untricd scenes beyond and as
he has told lie, without drcad or longing TO
dopast, aud
In the warm light streaming from tho evening sun's
uo stands and calmly waits I'LL tho hinges turn fo1
hin.
A letter waH here read from Thornton N.
IIinkle in behalf Of tho Cincinnati Literary
| Club, expressing regret ut boiug unable to send
| q representative to tho banquet.
Dr.. Horatio N Powers was then caled upou
! by tho Chairman. He responded ut considerable
| length III beautiful eulogy, which IL necessarily
| omitted tllia morning,
Judge Doolittle aud DR.. Thomas mado shorl
| speeches poem by i. I. Brown Mas road
| tho thanle OF the Club voted to the AloBsrs.
Bryant for their attendance, aud the assembly
then separated.
| Euik Eiehtteth EEirtllttny.
| NEW Yonx, Nov. 3.-To-day Is tho sosh birth
day anniversary of William Cullen Bryant
and will bo remembered by bis numerous frion1t
| by tho bostowa1 Of gaso, valued ut $500. to bt
placed IN tho metropolitan DIuseum Of Arts
| Tho raao represents tue lessons Of he literary
| Journalistic, aud political life.
CASUALTIES.