New-York tribune., 1875-07-15

should not gvs correct rcslis From Mrs Clsks Con
cordas Of Shakespeare with the important omission OF
al v6l spelled Ike nOuns) by similar process Pfoi
Ifoiden finds shakesrcarc's Vocabulary $1,000 words
Milton, in his poems il found to use 17377 words IN
his prose much greater number probable. In the En-
glish Bible there are only 1903 words. exclusive OF
proper In Bosworth's Dictionary Of the ApSo-
Saxon there 1913 words; in Dr. John Camden
Hoten's Dictionary OF Slang, 10000 words The wi0c
difference between of these estimates end those OF
Hon. George r. Marsh has called out letter from
thr latter in which he explains that he used the wsri
word ia the in which all philoossts would
agree employing lit e. he took only the snpc stem,
and not the infected forms Thus while Psoi. Holden
counted lover loveess and lovely three words. Nh
Marsh counted them only Prof. Holden concludes
that IA vocabulary Of 10000 words is not unusual among
writer's.
In The debate which followed Prof March declared
that no regarded Mr.. Marsh right in his estimates
and in his way of making them He, Prof March
thought that the writer's who the most skilled IN
the of language not the largest users OF
words. Great OF literature was won by
making things apparent To large cicc Of cultivated
readers. The necessity of making himself easily under
stood compels such a writer TO employ familiar words
part OF >hakespeare's art was III putiing common
words in suc connections that the phrases became
idoms but manifestiy strange words could only rarely
meet this purpose. The ouch of nature which makes all
men kim is-n using languagesiinpicy. II is due TO
this necessity that Mtons poetry has smaller yocabu-
larry than his prose.
Col. Higginson Of opinion that an accomplished
literary man would neTer strange or cnmbro,s
word when a simple familiar one would answer az
well But The necessity of exhibiting delicate shades OF
meaning soIEetiInes requires a writer TO use va
rety of tools. lie illustrated the point he made
by suprosing the case OF workman VINO h"s
only girnbet and that of one who has va
r,ty Of bits to tit auger-hande. Tie school
i'll n cd
thing is nice" or "hycly"f IL il is not Objectionable
Prof March thought that the difference III the case {" inc
poct from that Of the less accomplished writer was that
the former rcsmtanccs in nature when the latter
did not Tho poet with his mud stored Win these re-
s,mblances, brings forward many things which The
Other cannot and hence must have more words Col
iginson assencJ but called attention 10 the many IN
stances IN hc! the lesser poets were urd vitl words
as compared with the greater. Yet lie admi'ed tiAt
taking supply the grades OF Literature without reference
to scholastic requirements the erestef workers III roe
art must need larger variety the varying range
Of tloIght and emotion they have to express i'oi.
March SAID that had found Demosthencs nsins few
and simple words while spcnser must have had large
| vocabulary.
Prof Ialdenan took occasion TO speak of the use Of
odd and little known words IN spcinsfla cAeS 1c Was
very unny in hstancing and ci.iatteil@nS some o.
| these words The spcinGmatches he snid would h"or
,he whole of this audience "Ycu phi ogisis" said he.
would be among the rSt 20 be told Nou can sit do1 H.
| Webster invented some of these odd words. Why
| shouldn't hcl 10 had printing office taihihri'
was OyeIhauloi by an Edinburgh reviewer
who declared thai "a pihroch Not ndcpc any more
than guitar was "a duet Prof Ialicmanan was al"a
suspciois of Macaricy, and he had his suscion5 jUs-
1.d by nndn in his writings tine sentence " IL may
h,npr 10 the qcaus Inamnlia." ~ n American poet
min-des a stag aud f;AiOw der l.. lls description
OF one animal. A witch in one of MS Tragedies
brings In basket OF poisonous he.hs ehe u
al scm Mass Every herb descsihed in that basket by
the poet European and never grew ~ t's country ne
col. lbs herbs out OF the diciIoIa :. III. sWnon fai
that a writer used tho words ihruugh he Thought Ib;
order aud range of verbal thinking determine the mum
her Of words used. II the writer is thnhirS IN III ~
physicl woros, he viii write in them; il thinking ii
scienti6c words be will employ them IN express
sion Prof March said that Of course tie theme had
much to d. with the vocabulary Dr. Iidihou-i
ro;utcd out the ahsuIdty Of counting in s'1r-tiue
words as a part Of the vocabulary of writer Ffof.
Gin of Washington. for iDsitncc, ias 2o"Oo scientific
names at h fingers ends Prof Ernst closed tic dsclis-
sions by oiocng 10 Mr. svntons notion that IN 'i-
ph, ,,s real thinker thought ~ words. Facts must hc
ornrch,u9cd results worked cut then word viii conc.
words are the marble - the sculptor the o'i'" &" the
paIrter Ia Germany the Lirhsr teachers Of metaphysics
| send hcine students who persist III thinking in mere
words.
The address OF the President, Dr. J. Hammond Tran-
BULL Wac delivered al the UnveIs;.list Church in the
| evening |. came very scar no being deN cred, low
ever The gas!iahs failed TO give anything hat fant
br 1alucs The effect more hkc tie hight III some
stage relroscuton of the neither regions tau what i
usually expected in elHctu.Iy. After ldh an hcn -
d,lay, q reinforcement Of lamps AID lanterns added
| sufficient lgl; 10 enable the reader tO see Ms
| manuscript and the audience 10 each Other.
| The pews were vcn filed. Prof Iaidoman Introduced
the speaker with sIlighty remarks about the hil-
laucy which WOGG he mace mancst and br Truin-
bull delivered an address tie subject of "Tle Am T.
lean IAugnage" the delivery o which occupied Tie woc
! evening. W. {. W.
! SYuPAIHY WITH Mr.. BEHCHER.