, 1875-01-02

Thought. 3tlt OF greater T1Et1o than tho hh-
thosogy ITSELF however largo and nclecs, in tho
indok IT givca Of tho taslo Of The collect.
or. 11a has boon mnny yeara bringing It
tip 10 Its prcAcnt bounds. II has Loon tho habit
OF Ills ifo-timo 10 copy into au album nnch IineH,
or Btanzas, or antiro ponrns A. Impressed lin by
their superior beauty of sentiment or charm Of
sty'e and 80, slowly aud carefully growing, tho
collection hachvofted all quehtionablea accessons,
aud has expanded to include every primo favor-
Ito.
The volume comprises nearly 700 pieces, repre-
BontinE considerably fewer than 200 authors.
Shakespeare h. OF cnlrse thu most largely
quoted for. Of Ill human Writings. Emerson
eesa tho lighaat value upon those OF tho bard Of
dramas a,id poems. Wordnwortl, ranks next
among tho copioun contributions, furty-
ono pieces having his namo Appended.
I'llrty-threo selections are taken from
from renny*on, twenty-!our from burnr, and
tweuty.two from Ben Jonaon Among the si1
from coleridge, "1'he Ancient Mariner h nota-
by absent. No cttatinllh are made from Mjtone
eooa 80 surely with tbs 1Hbc on to every book
shelf but tho wton Of TIN "ComnH" and the
"l.yciaB.' with tho gfandcst passages from
"samson ARonisses.' aro given Among tue
who are llouored by the compor's preference is
''Tho 1lcathen Chinoo;" I'll. H." who haa five
Pieces; Ilol,nos, who has seven; Whittier,
Tnnrfc1law 1 snvcn ''s'"A'' ''e"'' ~"
Tile whole collection is divided into twelyo
parts, viii, tho respective titlca Nature, Human
Life, intellectual, Heroic, Songs, ETC., etc. 4
n, ~ ", at nn. al roaor a..
n sccesa wi,at Il H. aafo to snv i. tha most
ysuablo com,Jtai;ou Of ,,oetry tiiut has yet been
pnhIipIcd.
We hayo omitted until The )ast mention OF tho
interesting cszay On rdats and T poetry that pre-
f.css tho voln'no: Though bt,ei, II is ropieto
!: Poetry" says tie writer. "lcaches
and, in proportion 10 tho Inspiration checks
loquhcIty It requires TINT splendor Of express
.,, .Ion "n'ch carticn Mnn uao lroot oa gfeas
enoHsntn' rteht tllouks,tb ihsuig 1uu1'cuI eA
Tho poeis aro tbey Sho sec Il that o s1rtpa nJ' r.
greater than my material force; that Thoughts
Tgo tho world"
'1+,narpn,, rn,,co, +i,c .,etu srfo tyro rloauna
!. 49, r't,e,. h ai,,,nIto, nt ,,rao;." ,oHa
sn polo y oeA!un i W.. l1"'uso,-lii11no = 1 "9 %
lopo ho ranks in tho frat class; and Chalcer,
ak1pea5e' sonson aerert. H. erask co,,sns
Scott hc pronounce. II a man Of genius, but ONLY
all accomplished rhymer" aud remarks Of
Chaucer, ~ ta'nk lie has lines Of more force
sna ang fshn M "rte., e'SoPs o,,uknpsnsc ~
thot In Arairrny ~ 1.tttora vomtd ofrer n,iyn
for tho best essay on tho poem, s.Let the bird
of proudcst ]ny." and tie .tThreuos" witt,
which it CfUBcB "tIe aim OF tho ctsay being to
exrlan by historical research into tho poetic
myths aud tendencies Of tile ago in which 1t waa
wriftrr tha frsmn anil aI]uujrns of tim noen1
II ~ ;rtnroating to notn tint rmnrann ror,,,ta
4. - ~ - AosG"S ': ~ ~" ~ trs =. rS1 ~ f...I .
tn9 LaouanIu "!!o INC Cue vi 1innlostaA-
y tne port pfoiuetiohh VI holuh" ofth.
The essay cloHeh with tho euhtoiued para
g1aph:
Tne imagination uahened brings 1ts own language.
and thnt II ntwnys .n,.cai II INV nr maY un INA
~, s,ns ar n,n} .na-a IN. - vii rw.r1a hnxa tts
m;1atc or ~ fono Wi,tever lanvuaon lin har scs tin
sacTet NJ tnnc ia at I'm icart ~ t Every u1ea
,naster i. sScI, hv th,s 1nuHr fi,amrar anI sbnk
Ins. and iuruA md I,yrou And Tcnnysou, and Wolfe
The true 1uspration nlwayn brings It, petars 1t
not bc hnayzcd but W All y!ad to It, Il is the Hfo
ct sha good ballads i t. II the German hymns Which
n :a Il ssxe str rna 10 ta r".s " ~" M
Mon1sh md of The english Church snd il is ths ouIT
secot,nt We can sye u heir wunicfui power on ths