New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-07-17

see. This was O fascinating subject 10 the phhooSs's
The speaker Out the blackboard In ILLUSTRATION
Of his subject Greek sentence which he proposed ss
translation of the phrase II the sky fail yon viii catch
lacks" Prof Vim. W Goodwin Of Harvard University
ioned very heartily in fhc discussion which followed
and several OF the members alod in throwing hight upon
the Greek opGtve Among these were Prcfs DOoge ana
ScwaI.
ISIS THAT GROW OFT OF lsMs.
The Enelish suffx is was the topic of paper by Prof.
FIJI. p Brewer Of the University OF Columbia - & IDS
siix az seen IN baptist. m9,hOGist. &C. comes direct
from tho Greek Verbs IA eco this ending, but those
IN azo rarely confer such words gymnasi This Ineou
of formation is correct enough But this is not true OF
some recent applications Of this sunx, when nave
reached $50 in Webster from total OF AZ In Johnson
The sfx er" MAJ he tho designation OF either persons
or things a receiver bsker &c. but those In t refer only
IN Sersons lat sicnas repetition Of tc aet rs In bs
ness profession leaves this question open Iheo are
executions TO this rule as biganst. TIE tendency 10
lat in preference is noticeable In phoiog'st fcer
than philoos,r; but photographer, eopgh u rc''''
word has yet had Ia struggle with I1oioglaph''
Each ism is properly entitled 20 liz st But some recent
ventures in applyng Est other than mems ouGt 10 DC
short lived such as walist, singst aud ighiis Soho
Of the new words like sccrlari aud specials, onrl'h
the language. Prof Hlldcman, IA tho debate whch io
lowed referred TO the wCknown objections 10 the "o'u
scientist Mr. Ellis had said that II WA hybfld-a MI
ture OF Greek and English. On this ground scientist
would be tho needed word But tie NoI" ~ ''''"' W.
fatlelcd by good authority and would pobhby endure
snAKFsPEARE's YOUTH IN HAMLET.
PAPER well fitted for popular epDrecir ion. was fcal
by Prof f. A. March under the title, "Eridenccs OF t'
Immaturlty of Shakespeare IN tio Ray 81 IL met
Critical examinations of STYLE have settled t1e f"a "i
life at which many of Shlkespeare's plays were Wrl'l'.
Aside from Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet was Inc hr''
TRAGEDY Shakes Fcare wroia II was produced ln' s e
stepped from youth into maturity. Acrward he wrote
O-hc!lo and Macbeth The meter Of Hamlet Is ro0re-
able: succession Of ismhc, IS frequent Tie r e5 OF
an earlier period gone bUt the cHrec--ne's oi ~
OF later works II also wanting Matter j. hr"iEit IN VI
sbakes,oars plays not os'ay to fine plot 10 please
The audience; such his alusons to queen
Elizabeth the Iidculo Of Purtans, dc. OF THIS
character ia the reference 10 the exhibition OF
chiIdrcn-playcrs at 81. PaIs in Hamlet; P''onilSS
speech was in large measure composed Of quotation,
from n popular author Therc Is some evidence nat
many OF the THOUGHTS in Hamlet were brought together
bv something like Tho Commonr1ce-hHnk "p'fir h
Excellent they are. appropriate rs t"'V se';n' 'hr9
can hardly I've spontaneous; they wee "-rJhh''''d
toughfs originally but aftcrward drtdJ i"i""i
Tho init tlo Of tbs rant Of rarlowc AMI Other da nat
1T. in the pay exhibited before the Kpg may he an H.
stance Of sha,csreares early attcTJt' The ghost n
Hamlet j. STACEY and artificial as COMPARED WIN ihr
rits I'm Jnlius Caesar that scar eyclai with tbnr
presence Youth look upOn other yOn'h - MI ripe pee" IL
Iu!irt is fuly Developed woman. H. ~" otof blt
sncsS of hoc father arc st evidences Of the youih oi
the writer This il apparent when compared with l5
later works a. in the Tempe where Miranda appears ~
p girl while PTospcro give, forth wisdom That Is not
Ike that g Polnni, under the ban of rdicrc In Ham
LIT il r. noocc thar the minor ci'cieIa are NOT fe
fully dstin uishcd Tire leading 5tr - are III that
definitely impress us-te others. Horsti0, the pa3
tncEpg-haye little Individuality. Inona spares later
pays there j. certain aba onacn to the Imagination
which il wanting in Hamlet, especially in respect
Ia thinking out beforehand what people IL
.ach positions would say, which is not per
ceIjlbc in his Subsequent works. TIE cAlldniIon OF
tine stran.e g.U->n,sS Of llamets slJoy5 10 OPA"iia
Prof arch finds in stpposrg tL0m an indication 81
the madness ,haf WAS oEiHH II'''t upon theory
Of Tho root a. 10 how such insari wo;i a.ct c min
TIE last naror read during the cyc'uns Was gram
matcal enalySi. OF the poem kno' IA a7"TAe C"l aui
the NJ sbtngllc" Dr. L. A. Sherman of y. vi avon has
made the subject profound study. This, he said i ~
old ENGLISH Poem describing contest between tie oN
and the Il. tn- ale and containing d'ci ION rerd rel
by Nco ~ Guildcrori. The poem Is by The hand 81
master The date is not probably earlier tlan 100
The laneia-c and grammar show gIcat iudi, iduaty.
An analysis of all tie infect d words shows Close
adherence 10 Augi0-SaNsn grammar. This author
pats upon his words the si'nt gCH'efs that are
found In Alfred and other Of Ire hest IN dos tXon
writers. Tn tendency to oli;efaOn % Tia" distinction
between the daiiye and accr,lt,vois quite icrcp b";
the gen!iiye SIN -uar j. frequently ng the plrpo>
ton of is Just com mo use, ari There 'c Instances
of the Use Of both ami tie g'ntyc form together.
NJ case occurs in ti~ poem OF hs" being Dr0u@ in
"a a relative "tlat" and "thcy " beng sIh-t ned.
The word are" Danish or Iccair n derivation, Goe'
not appear ia thr iocin A. Instance OF ir4 mega
t,,a ia on sentence in t.is poem. the following
given:
Ndro-t,e ~, n,r IN, b 0 mon tton.ri.g.
r is nd t. Doe far .'.o,eu..,.on ga iuDI-in En-
papcr ,nt led Rem AZ, on ,'nc Points 81 tt,o So.
lo,r IL GlS..tl,n. IS - if n. ". & "a"a ol HARVARD
{ lie t, var. at ~ +. ou,. AH.'iei.c Ii ',s .Aic
IT,. ',9-i y,,rt,l..' 81, pe..,.n y,ou. i 40.
-lld 10 lie Wt4a PciIt 80 Ui German 1a.
CLOSING WORK or TIi MLETi &.
The committee vic, is to iudlc tire Inject If % rc-
form ia English spelling (s urged in DE adirc,, OF
PIesldout TrnGbulD, a7 been increased ina numb, =, ana
empowered % sit during tie rr.cs.. II now consists OF
Prof ". D. whitney Of Yale College. DR.. J. Hammond
Tua.bull Of ilart,,,d, P,cf f. J. Chill Of Harvard Ul
Ncr.iiy p o T. 4. Mar, ~ La 0ctto COLLEGE aId li0t
= s. Hadcn4n OF tho University O. Pruuay lyanll.
Wleihcr they VIII succeed il having all the silent
letters dropped from our printed language l..
TO say tho least of it, . question ~ tie future.
Tlole debate On The subject, which is certainly
strange fact. Jndecd the only debate duin tine session
that fairly seemed 10 the members on ucs-
ton Of management inthe Assoraiion Td,ir marrnt
very much Ike those Oi thr NaUchHl AcGir!ny Of
SCIENCES in respect utter deficiency 81 programme.
upunceI i,,' OF In. day when the, 10 r., read.
Ticoncrfs for the s-l' year President IIUf. Albert
Hardness of Brown University; Vice r -il"ut-, PIu.-.
: fIaldchan Of thu University 81 Ponu> lyania and
Fp.dork ID AIcu of CINCINNATI: S.rrff5,- ard Crr,tor
prot Sanu, TART Oi Trinity Cn.io-c; llcssurrr, Ar.
Charles i. iuckingham of Pouglhcepsie; Executive
G"mnittee, Drs Howard Crosby IF tie University OF
New York and j. hammond Irunbul Of Hartford,
Prois Jau-s T. B0yee Of Grcnl He : c. Theological
Seninn{y. Nn. G.. Richardson 0f i,chm nd. XIV, Cen
jrai University, ana ". ID. Whitney OF Yale C0'cEr.
ms meeting VIII toe hcld al Nc- -O,B, Jult 10,
1876.
Tie Newport meeting hid many circHm'tauces IN ifs
fafor. The weather, the place 81 meeting, ialp-
EymDath audience graceful hpsDslitiC~ from tie
towns people, aud spirit ~ harmony among the meni-
tn Dnl LIZ IL -.