New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-12-13
THE LECTURE.

THE LECTURE.
every man his dragon so Ihackeray used
20 say This charming author always kept picture OF
"st George and the Dragon" above his bed tne wall
Every man has his dragon" he used 90 say ahi mine
Is "a dinner-pary. always accepting iD'itat"nst ."
dine out 1t doesn't agree with me IL pays tie mischief
with al 10y work, and yet so on accepting inviauo
Thaokeray used 20 fly from his dragon wacn be had
very important piece literary WORK on hand fio used
to go away from home and stay only couple of blozs
from his family. for whole week, "itho's
allowing his family TO know whore he was 20
that invitations could not reach him IL was Gu
rous enough 90 find symbol OF tho sH"iehs
conflict between light and darAness sunshine and cloud
which 5000 years before swayci tue passions OF mln-
kind surviving IN the hulfhumOrou5 ba,.'eous remark
of Thackeray But his quaint Of this ymboi WA IN
Eecpiug Win ia history r. has been turned 10
purpose for every race has tCro little service and big
seryice on nnuuer1be occasions, and has represented
every variety Of mans conbt with owl, py'iea md
moral in all history. Note that the ycJ cody and sars
Of thai dragon Sic IN every preceding variety OF
OWL which man had to encounter. Tho dragon ~sss
sort OF generality OF AL ths Ills that acsh hoir 10
an effort has been made t. identity the form " tho
dragon with those forms Which may De econ in the lover
side the park OF the Crystal Palace n which nave
been reconstructed by Mr. Warehouse Ha|kins. And 10
examine them shows that they all some form or
variety If evil
The chief i,npreSsion OF the dragon s indeed, derived
from tho crocodile Hero tpontng TO drawingI IA tho
hydra which Hercules is supposed 70 STAY IL Is seven
headed hydra very probable that That form wss
suggested Il certain extent. though not in tie NUMBER
Of beads by the octopus. IL Is ia many respects
probable The oc topls is IN cnOusly diaboeail OOk-
ing thing. II any OF you have been to the Brighton
aquarium 20 any OF tho aqua.is Ia London and seen
these creatures going about floating On tic water you
will perhaps sylnpaihize with meeting that was
once held by the clergymen and ladies' TO con-
suit whether they should not put down tina
aquarium o. an immoral institution for they thought
It would promote indeity among tho people. by letting
them know that such tunGs were created 40 get ina
true dragon. must not dwell on any little peculiarly
Of the crocodile serpent which are related 10 H. out
We must look the fossil beds Of tho human mind and
the human mag uation. Tie artist Turner once painted
a magnificent drsg0n-thnt dragon which guarded the
apples OF the HesYcridcs Mr. Rlsk'n read about 49, ami
sd that conception of that dragon in 1906, before
Guy OF the modern ideals Of dragons e.istod, MAS tr
unph OF the scientific imagination. whereuI"n friend
of Turner oaid that Turner had copied that dragon FROM
a pGutouilne In the D.uy Lane Ihoaier ll@ushterI
Now TIC artist Turner hai sc~n more scientific power
than his critic. Dir Iuskin for the right place 70 20 to
look at tie conventional monster IA 70 90 10 the sub
strata of the human mind. where such thing exists.
Every Christmas this dragon appears the Lonion
stage rehe srsai of the folklore .. the past IL Ia NJ
ways the same ust a. 1t existed il the inaB mind
for thousand, You come face 10 face with tho
picture Of antiquity when y0n lOoA upon the London
dragon. II green sednlousy srcca--a Uanessa VIII
weeks uEti lie mas one gtoh
gr en- because II Is related thu IT h solar myth
IN its coorg and related TO hc green sea- from whch
come. the vaJor from which rises tie storm Its
arc red; its mouth is rcd. II Is storm myth
1t has . s?eared tan. aud it mus 10 remem-
bcred that, above all. trio scrrru'liko character
OF the Dragon "a it, most important cha1ctestc The
sorort was feared aud dreaded, the time
ysclcd with reverence the guardian and owner Of any
thing that out Of the so'-0f cVerythnS tht WAS
uulerneah the sod whore ho lived lie rogned over tic
minerals metals aad treasures thai RIO underneath tho
earth lroJn which no came. and h garment gas JcYecd
and somIod with spo.5 because OF bis jo~eied wealth
which Ae guarded. Aud May compare bis case with
that OF tho god Plato. Tho word iRHto Ia the
Greek word for wealth; and nc recorded ~ The god
OF veal Il. and pictured wearing jewels, and ~
the weah,es: Of the gods because he vegnrd over the
realms Of aGCs the realm Of tho under world Those
god. Of the under world associated with Pluto. sup
posed be to keep everything that WA Gndcr-
meath t1c sod and aot - ALLOW il above. They guarded
their .r WITH gycG; care against ihosc "ho "ouh
ROB them And bera'se te scod. long ~ At Wa u to
sod belonged to Plato, Eve go OF The under void sho
over lie mi ht be- they hatea the dowcrnsof the seed.
because 20 soon rs It Powered Il longer their
property They god, only OF tie under world and
50 they Lstc tho rain N te clouds that brought tho
moisture that called forth Tho seed from tho earth tEey
hated the sun qucscucd the seed IND brought
il from the earth The story Of Pluto and PrscIino
entirely fable OF The Hover aud tho earth and The sod
OF under world. When Pro>crpiEo Sas carried away
into tie under world. Is simply ta tbs seed is buried
ia .le earth When At last size "a awakened and bFonst
forth it IS Tie seed that flowers. prJscrpnc can exist
only on condition that she spends half the year with
Pluto, that a, the seed is rcpiauted.
WHAT TIE DRAGON MYTHS TYPiffED.
Now supposed that these scrpcnts under tho earth,
who ioweled and who guarded the treasures and
who isrdod the springs OF tho earths riches and It's
sources metals and GEMS were 50 much opposed ONO
quicRcnins iowtr OF storm and light thai they took
tn allow TIE dh1
stop tao clouds from raining. There particularly
Que old dragon who began tie race OF dragons 1t was
yntra in lada. he wss q great monster who managed
to steal away The clouds and produce famine until at last
the chief god Irn slew him yrltra "a inundated
che land Fgitra not the only dragon whom !ndra
sicy ArohaB was tao next lie VAS pictured =
prni-roally = hot, blightiDg w'ni-wleh produced
drouth. This is tie origin OF our word adder Ar
suis" ugh GuIct,cs' aud all thai elias. " aoids
cOne from tho sauslgi; word COZ 1dd,r, ocho> Iais
gave Ia" word Ecidrd," and sac vas dragon
WHO rled Typho y The Greek msthoi"ty Ihcy arc
re,pohfl e .or the hoe . oyd oi GfscS 9..5Dhs
~ Lacol and bis soi - bound every HE'D ~ TIC iOs
OF tho s'rpent. aud hand loot aead all you VIZ SEQ
what was the conception Of human SIN TO t4o most an
GeH Poo3s Of ' sa E The Bind rI" ard q SuG r wy 'qs
in and ''ey power, s .s9@n hrcS hs.
atcfwsid ihmas, the san1Erit for sin, arorwad tho
Latin word dsQS terpcnt lnd niicr~ad our
Sc, a.. Us 5 sS rss so Helm Las Sscs spro
daoed aud aga'n manifold forms an IT'S Turned
dpn AMI on ir eaes ~ Austria IN Minor Russia IN
parts Of Poland, ey"ry enid ill tell theta to yo I"ro
girl VINO 20 about gathering Strawberries AMI a.er they
have gathered number Of strawberries they meet sa
gives her freely but tao BOY ays lie DOESN'T Galher
strwberr'es Tor odd After the Children pass on
tie Old calls iirDI Dark, and gives 10 zach OF
taenl tII. SSH hH1 xSeh Willie NE Isss
upon them bn.;craes. und taea lley grow end
gov an they ssS'i , a%Se sG as Ss.' . 'Ss2
and rnis little b,tFk bNC, Which