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tablets in all our churches. You will pardon me
1ot quoting what Is to ron 80 trite: >."--st
Teach me to feel another's woe.
To hide the fault see: -
That mercy to others show,

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| That mercy show to me.
" hen in Europe l mingled in different coun.
tf1es with people Of various charactera / an
thankfui that my lmpreasious of all the countries
.aat M saw and Of many people in those countries.
4se agreeable. 1 received much kindness: for this
| ! am grateful. Not that did not see much mis-.
efy, nuch coafscness. much Ignorance, much want
o. tenement much injustice: but among indi-
| sympathies. and cultivation that adorned thcm,
foa think look buck upon England with too warn,
| iecI!InSs o. regard Do you know my opinions OF
With these certainly feel icss synnathv tnan
with the French but should I not lore nv
Trends, Should not love those minds that have
chf1ched our common language With thcir high
tancfes their glowing thoughts their learned r.
ros1tions: And can contlne mr. regards to those
&c &c" Nv ~aose tastes and studies have conducted Them
cscry opportunity OF meeting any person whose
!1s!.o IS enriched W cultivation aud whose heart
Il II. VAIN WIN Kindly fcclinss Let INC not judge
uis snoilcon1nss@ let nc not require from hin,
more than God has appointed TO him to cou-
tribute "e1N :" ~9A
fct Mr. Summer was not wanting in the true
spirit o1 Criticism. For INSTANCE,
HEAR WHAT he SAYS or N. P. WILLIS
whom Miss Martineau has been 80 berated
1or telling the truth about: Cooper anu Willis
nave harmed us not LITTLE; and then some
othcfs OF our countrymen, who have not been
50 eAtcns,veiy received iii society rs these two,
ana who have written nothing, hare ret left i'm
prcss1ons not the most agreeable
Everybody is laughing at Willis sketch. in q
late New York lfiy7pr, OF Lord Durham:
Marryatt says that when Willis <lookcd over his
spoon, one Yaooz< looked over a,.ofhry.r Lady
hlesslngton says it Is I'll false, as also dues
Fouhlanque-''
this is his impression: II sec this fash noycl-
lst ottcn:' VIC PASS each other in the dr.,wirr-
5oo aud even sit on tho sanq Sofa hut NC
few uon,cnts ago in his flash s }atsao Cd dlcss ss
With ht.t-l1cei hoots, white Ereat-coat, and a
1amlnT blue crayat How different FROM Rogers.
who IS sitting near me reading the North
american; or tfai1an, who is loling in IN easy
chair, or Hilman,-hoth absorbed in somc Of
the last reviews or magazines.''
Yet later hc speaks OF meeting Bulwcr when
be talked with much good sense With ANUS
ing honesty he writes: II liked Bulwer better
than wished tic talked With sense aud cor
rcctncss, though without brilliancy or 1orcc''
And again OF Willis he writes, in connection
with Lady Rlcssington: 'tShc has spoken with
me on former occasion about Willis, whom
she still likes She would have been happy to
continue TO invite him to her house, but she
could find no persons who would meet him.
She thought some OF his little poems exquisite
Indeed, she spoke of him in 4 way that would
please him. did not venture to introduce his
name, for fear OF stepping onforbiddeu ground;
but she volunteered to speak OF him.
Hc meets Rogers, and at first does not like
him because he cannot understand his sarcastic
temper.
As cpuvcrser Rogers is unique The world. or
report, has not given him credit enough for his
great and peculiar powers in this line. lie is terse
ep.granmat,c> dry, infinitely to the point full uf
wisdom. Of Sarcasm, and cold hunor. lie says the
most ill-notured things, and does the best. fte
came up TO me at Miss Martincaus, where there
was little party Of v:ry clever people. and said:
''Mr. Sumner, it is a great piece Of beueyolcnce
in you to here.'f Determined not to be drawn
into slur upon my host ! replied: ''Yes Mr
Rogers, Of bencvo1ence to myscIf." Az we were
coming away. Rogers, Harness. DahbaGc, and N.Y.
self were walking together down the narrow street
in which Bliss n. lives when the poet said. tsWho
but the Martnean could have drawn us in1c such
hotc: And yet doubt not he has sincere liking
for Miss u, !: for have met her at his house. and
be afterwards spoke of her with the greatest kind
ness.
And through and through these letters are
with spirit so true, SO
CORDIAL AND BRAVE,
that one must be narrow indeed to rise from
their pcrusaI without feeling the truth and
goodness OF the writer. And apart from these
qualities We get here such pictures of English
society and of our own as no other letters have
before given us. But leaving him at the very
outset ot his career IN 1915, his literary executor
say nothing concerning further volumes, which
are to bring us through the greatest events OF
Mr.. Summers life aud our country's history.
But no doubt, this is oversight and tue fur
thcr record will be given in due season. Who
ever reads these two interesting volumes will |
[cel impatient for the others. NE