The New York herald., 1876-10-31
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MARTIN FARQUHAR TUPPER.

HIS READING or HIS OWN WORKS At cHIcKxR-
ING uALL--A KIND RECEPTION BUT A PooR
SUCCESS.
Seven hundred people in house . box once
full Of money For at seventy -hvc cents head n
would be s52a One audience in = bush Is better
than two rolling birds gathering moss. Just a. a sin
needle in she hand Is better than In the
eye But AN intcrmissor Is opportunity that Is
often neglected
When Mr. Martin Farquhsr Tupper appeared the
platform OF Chckcrns Hall last night the audience
bched a dappcr. neat, little old gentleman in black,
with spcctaclcs. white hair, white whiskers and a
sprightly manner He mounted the reading
desk with tho rapidty Of canary. and,
with very little preface. began the reading
Of his compositions The curiosity TO Mr. Tupper
was great, and soon grathed He is the image Of his
own poetry and "Proverbia Philosophy" is pcrsont-
ned In his mild and moral appearance To qdote from
"weicome. - one OF the pieces ne read last night.
The fdc. thar is honest is known at a glance
And nesi not he studied Tor years
So II Is with his face. To Mr. Tupper to un-
derstand ~ once the mystery OF his poetry Goodness
beamcd from every feature. as morality shines In
every verse, and he was truly the "gu,de.
philosopher and friend" OF those who have
learned to dsspsc tho immortality Of Byron.
tho wildness OF Edgar Poe and who
There is nothing OF this kind In Mr. Tupper's song; II
illustrated last night that pure stream might say
that
Men may come and mon may go.
But 60 on forever
Mr.. Tupper read nhcen selections from his
works last evening. with the following titles s-we-
come" "Railway Times' "Lovc." "Cecil's Choice"
Marriage" adventure" washington" 4" "Home,'
ssTh Esr Cslic T.io.
graph" 'The First Exhibition. 1851, /" The Starry
Heavens" ITO tho Union'' and sNever Give Up"
All were read in the same style and with no dramatic
effect, except in one instance. Poe said OF
temporary poet, "Mr. Charming calls THIS song and
We should very much Ike 10 hear him
drama ana we should like to see him act
tones. and Benjamin Franklin is made sscribe the
origin Of tho American flag TO Washingion's coat Of
arms, discovery which Mr, .Tupper himself made
when be the arms the fireplace at Mount ver-
non quarter OF century ago. Love- was q selection
from "proverbal Philosophy which Mr. Tupper wrote
might read with safety now II told what love what
love is not and what love should be, IN learned
upon his reverend lips like bees howcrs and doubt
less derived important information on that delicate
subject But when the bard spoke OF Marriage
he caused great alarm by his tremendous description
OF It's responsibilities, and so almost completely de-
stroyed the effect Of his beautiful picture Of love.
Lovers who had leaned TO each other TO rose
upon parent stem, whilo "Love" road,
drew asundcr like riven rocks when the
awful duties OF Marriage" revealed. No longer
aid ssthe eye Of sincerity sparkle like star" for the
frown OF suspicion qucnched the sunbcams OF tho
forehead adventure" dispeed this gloom. This
poem Is a description of the poets own passionate
longing for q savage life. Weary Of "Provcrbnl Phil.
osophy" and London, the poet wishes 10 be-
como the "hermit hunter Of the wid,n and
| therefore, mounted noble steed, seeks
ont the fierce bison on his native PLAIN
with breathess attention the audience listened to Mr.
Tuppers accounts OF his various fights with eopards,
bufalocs and other beasts, but when with great dra
matte force he exclaimed "Hstl hsti" and
pointed grizzly bear In the Chckerng organ tho
excitement became extreme. Grasping In one hand
his knife aud the other his rife tho grizzly philos
opher grappled the grizzly bear The struggle
not long but fierce; soon the hermit hunter
plunged his knife into tho heart OF the bear and
the bear who could boar more, that bourne
from which no bore comes back This OF all the
readings the most Impressive, and congratulate Mr.
Tuppor his escape So intense the IMP preston
that during the intermission many OF the people
present homo with the express purpose Of read.
ing the poem again.
As poet Mr.. Tuppcr may DO great success but
reader no not HIS style Is monotonous, his n
citation not always clear and his poems good
be dramatic II he could introduce little spice OF
immortality into his readings they would bc more pop
uar, but this he will not do. He will write
word that would bring tear TO the eye OF sensibty
or blush the cheek of innocence He was kindly
received lass evening, but numbers Of the audience lett
| the hall before tho end OF the entertainment