New-York tribune., 1877-08-22
THE POET s7oDDaRD's EARLY LIFE.


Having the law. so 70 sneak, on ber sue, .,
md benc herself ihriity. hSri-~~nSm no w"s about
rf,~~, that he was old enough 10 earn mousA,a ,ho
IN N " papers we're dtgcnty ,i s"d discussed
Two ,avvers were fret found who %anieu r,
the future roei was IL ~ W ecrrmt te snail ne it was
his mother allowed h4 ATTY cents month our , ol IT,
The law sacied in these Offices mostly maglnan
e. Tho veung euin-drvcr had leisure to reaH IT, ~
10 wre H. tor II wretched stnG al COURSE I uu M
,s e, have n printnd IN The Nc,r World great ~eeNy
newspaper. edited nv Park Berjemn. M VITO s''''"'"
didpi SOC the gcuius Of hs wouIdoc coniflhosor
From law for which n hsd TO inclination our oie me-
passed 20 Journalism That Is 10 s,N ne 1,,d ournaI
az fac0frn in the Cnce Of new Huo sn II o,s "a ho
,glci rcnorod The savines and dongs % Dcsehs, w.
was then travelling in this country ~ Wns a 0ne was
hund aud apofhcr situation had 10 ne enllic" tbc
found or made Ii was M taliorf SHOP WIZ. -, 49,
asmrIng rhy,rster cooled his natural aror ~ hy
cloth and encouraged ls pfVp,nsl! IN, W. ,rsfoIeS ~
selling sop-cloheS to sailors ne wes icN m
hookkeep,r in bankrupt 6,9sh ana on cccnnation
for which he was most unfit, in that demanded @ t1 m
n%Nct % M ,bc, was thinking of when she sent him 10
learn tho trade o blacksmith he never keN i,lont
him she did and he .ricd 10 learn the trade hnt
saecess He was pu at once at the anvil and oei bc ha
day was over his rrt band was SO D'sleISu @ a,i en
A., orer ire ngers with his lett hand. ana oelto T
from the hendle Of tic slcdgsaamner tnat ne ven
Clearly he was not intended for baehsul'' & r fonr
tts tuothcr saw that ~ the end OF HTSc nnlov-
davs and allowed him t. mo Ilshtr, ,,, ttncv
ment. 1t came to hi,n' ne ne ,,ny'iiueN which lie
SaS an rcntiecd learn. and which ne Siq a t he
, VIZ f Lis family was poor and dleness was oise9ul
ns he I,od QUO consolation which could not oe IA IA
could Write poetry. II sorTy stun ana 30 oi ~
n better fhan he. but II gave hin plese az" % ros not
no one IL never offered IL ior pnhhoa hn, 6 "a s tn
vi, Snoneh for that; but when IL had served ~ Nv W.
nnd he was beyond It. he Wis co9tVu 9 u S,odaard
names such was the life OF Richard iehI! 0'o"''''" "
dotn 70 his twcnty-sccond year. ,.,,,. o,
Mr stoddard had no consolation Tor me ne @ m Ihnt bc
thougtt was poetry. lie sent one OF his i'lie
ing me Home Journal ana ne wa, U I'.u ,id tipi
over A. and 10 express his opinion OF IT, slaf' IS
that Tho writer Of this" he wrote ~ sui,stlueI "a
.s,. s c,oT 70 make reputation. Pruning tlimu9g
aud condepsng IL necessary 10 make II VIA, - .,,s
DE, Hs He Se r. is hard work TO do ipaid when
done" Tho good opinion OF Mr. Mlihs cncoIi 80 f,nc
1e I @ epcoilra yed about this time by Mr. Lewis
GAYLORD Clarke. genial Whoie-sonieu mi "a III TcIf
a,,,o,s to ,riug forward young writers ia me Hil @ ;
Loeker ana no AZ all anxious 10 pay tgsi , u ver ~
pcrunoDs 10 al bui the editor, VINO had 10 "''' ''
Ms LIN and bctter acouaintance next made ana
with nSta9e TSr , @ v's @ interested in the worker
~ IRON. and as sle was editing magazhc AZ uo ,'d
enc p%osne' p no et last earned SO by his genius
hui good deal Of q donkey, Tor he ti on % m b ,as in
ftSotcd What wh wriiingi Mrs. Kirklsnas inaT| ;
zine TIC EicterJockcr. aud other perez d nm enolgh
Money 10 DO another foolish thing namely w. ~ ,
little volume OF his own verse; S ne a.; two or three
prints" They pleasantly noteeu ni & wv "s com
magazine: copy was sold TIE cetoI ,Gcd G re
foot OF te young uoct lei no print o w o. no iaad
but many weary prints on the wet bal4S u 'N' '
foundry. in ~
nnprctcndiug little house III East tiieen'n,.,
sh0uld ATTEMPT 10 chaIpcterizo theif nome III ~" ~
should that i; was nearly such hOe ,, is mn
ihors ought 10 have lt Is plainly nr.stp h,h were
of good books and good icuIes most ol MHion @ g. e
painted by ther ARTIST friends ne co4 S"VT 1,
wished TIE books Of Byron, CoerdEG, Motus ,@ @
Soutbev Lamb. Leigh Hunt CaHI DELL GRAY, -. -
Sicine Churchill. and many more famous iItti ~ ~ ~,
and he could show YOU, IL he wculd, inahoea DV1 &
OF manu-crrts from Cowper and shonsloo, ahu ~
dan and Moore ard shelley and sir Water &c ScO an % foe
Buns aud Barry Cornwall and Legh hunt ara an IL ~
famous American poets OF tue pfsnt cen''u'' "
could also show you the hair Of John Illoh'