, 1877-02-11
BOSTON,.
Tennyson and Longfelow---Two or
Three Lies Exploded.
Gossip About a Book, and It's Character.
Said to Be Portraits.
The Editor of the Literary
World" Insane.
Moody and Sankey indignant.
Questioned.

! walked through graveyard once aid noted nj
the iattering records, asked, with sly quaintnes<
| "Whcre be all the bad people buricd."
When one Is confronted with the facts whic
every now and then utterly denolish some fin
sensational story that has had the run OF th
country, one is inclined to paraphrase quain
| Charles Lamb and inquire, "Where be eli tn
| story-tellers punished?" And one might alst
ask, !" Where do all the stories eome from :''-
stories I mean that haven't shadow o
foundation, q foot to stand on. And all thi
apropos Of the fine story about Tennyson ant
Longfellow,- the story that Tennyson refused t,
allow Mr.. Longfellow to use any Of his poem
in tho volumes Of English coilcctions,-th
Poems Of Places,-and that Mr.. Longfcllow
| coolly ignoring this refusal, helped himself to
the Laureate's rhythmic treasures. When this
story was at its height dwell, think maj
say Of its popularity with the dear greedy
public, met the Cambridge poets brother,
Alr. Samuel Longfellow, and asked him if it wa:
true. He had not then had an opportunity tt
ask'his brother, he replied, but he would do SC
when next he saw him, though all the while he
felt sure that there could be no truth fn It. In
the meantime the little tale sped briskly on, de.
flying the contradictions that now and then met
it, until presently it disappeared from the
newspaper columns and died out OF conycrsa-
tion. simply because it was worn rusty and
threadbare. a lew days ago, in friends par
lor, came across MIR. Samuel Lonsfcllow
again, and the Tennyson matter, which had
slipped my mind, IS recalled BY hlr. Longfel-
lows referring to the subject. lie had Inter
viewed" his brother to the following elect:
Ihere wasn't the smallest ray OF reason, the
least thread of q foundation for
THE WHOLE TEssrsoN STORY. -
On the contrary, when Alr. Longfel1ow writes to
the Laureate, it is not exactly rs suppliant,
because it isn't necessary to ask per-
mission to use what has already
been made public, but simply
matter of courtesy. Out Of courtesy,
then, Mr.. Longfellow writes to his brother poet
and informs him what he proposes to do. And
the Laureate returns the most cordial and FRIEND
IL of rcntcs and there Is ercrcr,1 nrtno,jtv of
@1,oa foa1.,o. an, hoaTt- hsra ~
soou les.ns' aua neat'5 Misunderstanding tn1ouSn
the medium OF pen, Ink, and paper. And
plodes is the precious tale OF Afr. Charles Long
fe1,ow-,s share in +hc s1,v1Rcnnc+t ,ff,;r ~
sA"A -. sAe A"' e' Aa*4t. -"t'
enalicS hons1elloH Is d SOU Oh Ine poet dcnry;
and the rumor tnat ne was one OF the ducling
party, and still
ANOTHER RuatoR THAT MIR, BENNETT WAS WITH
Mr. IoycrETIow ~ rswaF1ncs
durino that mvster;or. i,+o-r,1 afto~ +ha
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oucl' equally bclons to the alunchausen kind OF
fahricatons. And with such exploding OF the
gossip bubbles, still the wonder grows vhcrc
the rnssin cornes fron, or ,t least who +c11. rho
49,. ~ ..'.s'..I:-~1s".,,e -. -' 3De
lise ~ VI gives .he sas:est1on OF tne Ae.
But speaking OF Longfellow and his Spoons
of Places - suggests literary criticism upon
the last issue iusr ont-the vo1n1ocs of
.x -. =, -:
none show more caref1 rssearch ~ 'e' s' W. sre
valuable to the English reading public, as these
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reading public would nos be likely to unearth
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everv rcadcr,s nro,ertr fr,,, ,ho,r fro.
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