, 1876-12-23

nary Lalent5 IN Ms youth. While lad ho invent.
active, fertile. brain was continually buey Wiz III
planning engineering works, solving tf1q prob
lens Of natural history, and skctchine faces and
seess seeSs Td5eyi' ~ Il, a. ysb A. q b u. Il ho
annual pension Of $500, and was then srhe,nInn
asl,l executing manifold enterprises viii, maj.
velous ability ~ the aec q y c created his
nssf!ts,rl'lsec, the fres' of "The Lust Supper"
among, men" was destined for The law; nv but t he
70 carly manifested genius Tor art TINT, at
aS.,,a thn ago , Fl 10, he was apprenttcc,l to In
nnd - when he competed with Leonardo, vile
was twenty.thscc years his senior, for tho COM
mssvn n to @ paint the Council Hall at Florence
eepx %as 81 81 e ssss Fl as' caes %en o Painted IL
mcnt." Raphael dIcd on his a7th l;irti1ss, s' so
ianou9 , and beloved TINT all Italy tnourncd for
ished, but the number oi beautiful works l,o
had executed was immense. While q boy Of is
he entered tho studio Of perngino, and At 20
hG 7. painted BIS ;, celebrated 10 oa,Ea tho
nor sltcl,ae! Angelo, nor Raphael, 'sy' was ey.t
married., The first OF the threr vas w whrn ho
died, and the second lived to 10 IS.
,, becthoser ,p sas bern 10 l77o, and his father
nge Of 8 Ills brilliant performances on tho
violin excited tho astontsmcnt NJ every listener;
ana an9 ats at % he had Published volume Of songs
Of Gocillc," Who never wet its 6rcat1 WITH tca1s
knows ye not, ye heavenly powers u! is an opt
commentary IN hts career. Mozart began COM
ana o. TIVE yenrs later was playing tho .c1avtchord
in serica Of concerta given by hts father and
sister i In the cities Of Europe, creating by his
sl;Ell an extraordinary sensation. At tfo age Of
foEt <,f
gramlne IN his London concerts, and at the same
time his first SIX sonatas were published. At is
nc wa ti,e @ bess eaviclnest living, and had then
tomPossd lour operas thIrtccn symphonies,
almost without number. He died at IS.
j., Mendclssof'n commenced his public career in
the concert-room when in his 9th ycar. He had
already written musical works Of ill sorts, sono
but his Grst published eompositioas wcro
The lixht Of h's brilliant genius was e1tin-
Ganc " u The anty ae 9t g.
study wien only7. At .13 hc fad Composed
i'1! numerous T. sonasas, and before ho Vas 20 had
works left at Ills death arc flfty operas and ind
tycnty-slx oratortos. He s|ared in The afIlIc-
tons that bcsct gentus, wrote and listened to
COMPOSITIONS a! Of big closnE years In the dark
The boy Handcl waa ut 8 . singer ID tho choir Of
St. Stephens, Vienna. Before he had reached
hls lith year he was. engaged In teaching mud
writing mpsle, aud PLAYING thc violin Ia an or
for strlnged Instruments was produced, and 81
wien Count Morzin secured his services rs m,1-
sleal composer and director, with salary OF
2So o.a!. !or'ns, & free loogags, and table wth tlo
HAYDN died. like Handel, in England, alters a
long life Of trying vlclssItudcs.
The genius of Chauccr WIS not developed
until late In life. Ills uCantcrbury Tnles"
hio .gift for pocsy in pieces, now l!ttlc known,
which were composed ere he lad advanced far
beyond -. !" the prime and manhood Of his intel
leet.n t. The .t.shcpllcrds Calendar was pnb-
Queen" was written during Lis residence Ut
KfIcoltnan Castle In Ireland. 1Io took up his
abode abode On On th!s estate In 1880; and three ,ycary
atser tlo a%aa.1rd authSr beinE then 80 .rho Fiery
tion TO- Queen Elizabeth. When Shakespeare
was In his Goth year, his Venus and Atonist'
W was Eiven to the world, followed, a year later,
BY his s.hape of LueEeee." He was prol,nb'y
10. alarlowc and Ben t1onson had both pru-
tluccd successful playa before they were a5; AMI
Jeremy TAYLOR was preaching to large mil tap,i-
So Sotsd aa aqdensss the nee d 7 g. "us Cathedral Lon
Bacon entered Cambridge At IS, and became n
student Of law at Gray's Inn nt H. and wa,
Counsel Exttr;aorlluary IT,; r. the Qucrn y; ~;
lOtl MlUlE A1l1 EEHuH hymn III &HV NutIflkT'
IN his 2lst year; md hs Arya.'cs, Con,ut, a,nl
Lycdas were produced while he WIS still muller
~. The ParadlFe Lost was begun When l,r VII,
nbout 80, ana was concluded within sosen years.
PopG has left on rccUrd the character Ut Ills nrg-
coctous genius III tic lines:
Az yet . chtld and alt unknown to fame,
llsped In numbers, for the numbers came.
At 10 Popa had begun his " "lastura1s,'' anu ut
q had finished his Essay on Criticism" DR..
Samuel johnson Ind proved his trcmundu,,s
CapncttY for ttefnrr work 1our eft,re In loI1
reached the agc Of Yo. The plncc Of Cbattcrton
anong youthful. proltgics is open to no dlspuic
II ThS Ftftea oGy dig h. his own hand q to ao
same age as that OF Raphas!, and hs hal
q tho early poems ot the humble
lslied when he was Il, and he was only q when
tho opening cantos OF Chiltle Hurold appeared,
md lle invoke one snorning and found h'mselt
himself as being, from to i, ~ playlcss day
drcainert q ht!l"o u6rorum !" and ha was little
else unto the end. Yet In college he displayed
on several occasions the rich Imagination that
over Keats 1t Is, and Shelley At 10. s'A'' S''''o
Turning to Tho greatest warrsors Of all time:
Alexander was but IL when, after tho battle Ut
Charonca, fn which he overthrow thu encrcd
saving, my son, EEK for thysclf another kine.
dom, for that which leave is too small fnr
t!!ce," At 70, Alexander ascended tho throne
Of Macedon. and died ia his GA year, tlle con.
eompanicd hls father on IN armed e1pedttiun
AID eI before ho was 20 Ind completed
the slletor Apollonlus A[olo, Of Rhodes, at tho
age Of of s6, anu was Immediately elected Pnn-
ttfcx OF RoInu. From this time be YVES an activo
participant Ia political affairs, bgt none Of bis