The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-12-17

| book Is not one to DUr1 him, aud That the WTiier
q one Of those who know now to- va shrewd
| thing merrlly Wcsnsprct that adopts In specu-
lation % Change mey learn something from
Mr. PntO's revelations. aud that those whose
exp riouce in that direction IS vet limited wi
scarcely be prompted TO extend It.
COurtship Made Easy for Those who Would
WOO the Muse.
If he who can produce two poctasters
where one before Hourished is a bcncfactor TO
| his race. the Rev. SAMUEL. w. BARNuN Is entitled
! to IA bronze statue. There ia no doubt that many
careers which otherwise would have been pro
! lille Of "A certain or uncertain quality Of verse
! have been hampeied and even cut short by the
! mechanical di1,,ulties which occur at loast once
and probably twice in every we'll rcgulnted
stanza. with large proportion of those who
| lisp In numbers ~ Is the rhyme which bcgcts
the idea The whole significance Of the line to
come Is shaped 10y the oxigenoy Of it's termna-
iion. " The moon shines DER the castle mOat,"
perhaps and ~ the easy and natural result
Of the search for u companion word to moat,
suddenly "white clouds across its surface
float" II It had boen castle walls or turrct tops
In the first instance. the luminary of night would
] never have been becloudcd by the poet, but
would have been permitted to shine on In unn
terrupted radiance
when We recognize the Importance Of the
/ lurcS mechanical operation OF rhyming rs an
| auxiliary to the poetic imagination in the sug-
! re-tiOn Of new faucio., new figures, aud new
| trains of thought we see how desirable 1t is In
the interest, Of literature that the operation
should Dec facilitated in every possible way. The
old method was an exceedingly clumsy ono. Tho
poet either went roaming az random through
every nook aud corner of his memory with
| search warrant for the required word To return
| weary and baned with a nm tntcniUs or, II n
| poet OF systematiC procedure, mustered all the
| possible ultimates ia alphabetical order aud
scanned each in turn. Who will estimate the
| pcrplcXitic- OF mind, NeNations ~ spirit and
wastes " time and energy which have accom-
panied the quest for a thyme for the simple
| monosyllahc bahcY This is plausible enough
monosyllahle to end a limo with yet after a
frutloss hunt through cahe dabe. fable nabe
gabe, grade and habc all the way down to wabe,
yahe and 1ibe its SOFTLY explosive nbials will
have for the poets cara new and peculiarly cx-
aspernting sound. But If the poet is So fprtu-
nate a- To- possess BIriupn's Voc ibtidi1I ~ Eng
ttsh Rhymes, arranged on Nctr Ptin. pub
li-hcd hy u. Appleton & Co.. Doe viii discover
AZ a glance that babe has mo- affinity in the Ian
ruare save a.trolahe and unlo.- me- can devise a
way 10 cnsrafi AN a-froliho upon MI, verses hc
viii. without further ado. draw his pen through
the babe and substitute cA.tI. infant. tnutsy-
woat-y or some other practicable syunmyme OF
Juvenile import
The rhrninr dictionary g. mot an invention ~
Mr. larnum'-. Like much other lahor-saying
machinery IL H. product Of the lattcrhnlf ~ the
last century. The photographer Walker WAS the
first to recognize and meet the demand for such
n work. For just one hundred and one years
hls rhyming dictionary has held the field alone.
Meanwhile, II We may believe the Rev Mr.