New-York tribune., 1878-12-31

re Yorn Americos, Rcrie,c fragment Of smondes,
his marriage, In which the poet gay decares "na' ho
daily disprovtd:
"And thar loved to trace the woods before.
And climb the hin III playmate ,, TO the ne @ 1resze'
Haye s ny 70 useless sIs ts osics s @ al Ease
scribble, starve ana freeze
OTHER EARLY LITERARY PRODUCTIONS.
II he taought himself willing leave the muse, she
was ready desert him. In the next July be con
trbued to The Rerec interesting paper upon Amer
lean poetry in which finds little 10 praise but thinks
that was better than could have been expected 10
young ,on inst beginning attend to intellectual re-
nement, and concludes felcitOuslN put uiscourhg-
lngiy that only poets had could hardly be more
admired without danger TO the taste OF the Nation
year later An june 1919, he published short essay In
ment" which is singularly interesting the WORK of
poet whose sometimes called remote from human
sympathy and man who was so often thOn.nt 10 ne cO
aud austere not says the aut Of Thana' Olsis
the shallow uDsympathe.ic disposition which laugh al
ilsawdy that IL TO be called happy, because INC n'Ian
cioly feelings, when called up by their proper and
clnses and confined 20 ner proper lnits are
the parents OF almost al our Vsiucs : Inc behpeaa
ment o an Hnbroken cLecrfuness," says our poet is
temper of insens.bihts" paper IN the sep,
tember nHBbr OF the same year. on Its! Iaic re1
Ianbc verse, shows bis constant ana careln stdy
the literary art rs well as 0l literature IN tne ou am
mer 1e2l. the author whose genius nae Deeh hTt
recngnzu by the literary tribunal OF CamDrlngc read
before The i'h Beta Kappa oCcety' az hrnu ro
his longest poem, " Tue Ages II N snPis' eoiVus @
and ughtul survey Of history tracing a gem
rn rasas2ie mrked Sy the moderation the
sinewy simplicity, tue maturity ana freedom lioln
stanZa this poem breathes majestic mus that p'
pass that and Sublime alth
and never IN his heart !, WAS the year OF the
Hoy Alliance in Europe the cuninat ON 0i tle feaeuoh
AGAINST the Fench Revolution and The Napoeohie wals
when popular Iibelty was mortal peril; and after
glance al strngginC Europe, the poet rxei~lms'
"Bui thou, my country! thon shalt never car dail
Thy LAVISH owe. thy blessings shosered on all
A. 7 IN stormy
Are tlc vide barrier OF tay borders, who're.
Thou f~g,'st al E e@es Who sIail ihoa DEG larc
The daie q Inv deep founded strength, or tell ~
happy Thy lap the sons OI men small dSeilf
lie was already ackuow eIgd 10 be e hrsi of our po-
the year 1921. tho o his marriage ana oI ms mar
poem Al was iDlLai year iaat 20 Iefs op! Was
published and llyiugS sAcc"booK was eolnpefn1, AM
BryanI's own hrst siSnt volume was issued Danh
" Idle Man was just hHlshed, Ind Alss . dswl9k nau
PcrctIal's frst volume had appeared, winch Edward
Everett had sained as narGrger OF great he,rve " M
nents; anu Halleck's an Drakes " CrOdhers were
already popular Bryants amm,lon his hopes' ms
CONSCIOUS power, secretly solicited HIM and wo.ned
eraism also reaXing During the earlier days oi
nis ie, BERKSHIRE, ais sne appears on liily sgneu
Gus, 2. bui lie Known 10 make poliical
speeches. be AN active pOhtolan All sign even
OF political interest, however. disappear Toward
the END residence Great Barrmg On, although
ne undoubtedly voted, 1924, John QdIncy Adams,
For some time Bryaut had couL~e .aIDOng his most
faItufu uieu,s se0gwicS StOckbridgt one OF the
most noted Ae Berkshire families. In 1870, Miss SedR-
wick wrote hat she had seut iO BRYANT
ana ne mad ci,d npUu her a. h oaIue from cOdrt
but not bashu ami ne very readily p omIsed to
some hymns rIend Mr.. Scwal Two years later
che WRITES from New-YOrk ,hat Bryant had been IN
town, and that had never seen hin 80 happy nor
half So arr cable. sue describes him as very much
ammated with bis prospects. meaning evidently his
literary prospects, and iu oI goo- !nse soou Juus-
bIyauIs especial hieud, ana Nj. sedgW!cAS
De.editary Federalism was overDorne by ms pro
found interest Ia the question Of iiec trade lie
articles, pamphlets aud essays against ar.
Gays American aud yarih system. ami hs
Blyaui's nsancuye love Of liberty. ruats, h,s
fr,nd eluquentiy talked, me yong poet recalled the
hines POpe IN Windsor Forest" lines that ne must
often read with Dis father, and often Afterwards
in fancy applied To tne NOBLE baJ ANA harDor OF ts great
"The time shall come when, wind,
whole nations with swcting ude
Ana seas but Jcin the reg ons tney aivide;
distant glory snail DcAOid
And the New " ORD launch iprih to seeE tho Old"
Mr.. sedgwick, wishing TO see Bryant In = larger
Bryants heart took sides with bis friend lie came
se CIy, md very Little event soon broke the
the lOc 4 bar 1874 Bryant had obtained
client verdict for sianuer; bu, Judgment arrested
ANTS declaration, although Chef Justice Parsons var
tuully admitted the justice vi the claim. Ihere IS
the opposing counsel ABOUT tle cost Of the SUIT
one OF the occasions In winch lhe IestfaiuGG
fire OF the poets temperament bazed tcicelv form. IL
for mau wIOse Wishes sought an excuse iOr
leaving the law to ind 1t IN what seemed 10 inn denial
justice by the highest le4ai tribunal
To his ndIgnant mind the law PROBABLY seemed despite
COkes famous woruS tae periecl,yh al unieas1n, ANA
Wordsworth more than his Blackstone, may well have
ielt If the seat OF law be the DUsun oi cd h
returued whence It came. BT, ant Iried his last
case. d. lett Berkshire, but whlc It's Monument Monl-
tam stands aud Green River HONs, Berkshire VIII
claim taer poet as her own. OHe OF the Il, rE
snre poems tine June, whicis was first pubshod IN
the year he lett Great Darlington, the poets fare
well 10 .,
And the green uplanis round:
the farewell whose pensve aud airy music was In all
AID all lips when he died. as lie had fanciiuy
Tne NeN-YoIk to which Bryant live by litera
mre Was city of 100000 ihhaDitsnts, me pleaSsHl
grcss," that the dandy under no temptation must extend
his walk beyond tne northwest ,ornr o Cnambers-st
Tue soAd Guy reached httle beyond Cahai-st'' ahd
line houses stray ged up as lar as FOurthst Ihefe
tDe HUDSON River just an0Ve BarSlaysi;, @hl5h
was fayOrlte walk OF Jonathan Edwards.
when he was preaching for time In the church IN
rambling along wooded shores OF the Hudson ABOVE
sister Catherine was already famous, the resort OF
the Knlc KerbOckcr wits and authors and OF all literary
piamck Haiicck HiinoHsc Cooper, Moore, Chancellor
Kent, Dunlap JARVIS DE Kay, Jacob Harvey. Durand,
Cooper aite ward founded club, which met weekly IN
Washington Hall. The year OF BryanPs arrival Ia New,
York wa OF the beginning Of the Sketch Cut and
the founding OF toe National Academy OF Design. 10
this Acadcuy Away loyal ana writes proudly
from LONDON in ls45 OF the exhibition OF the Royal
Academy: -" nOhIngIn 10 20 astOnish one who has
visited The exhibition of our Academy Arts OF Dc
sign In New-YOrk."
BRYANTs FIRST WORK AS AN EDITOR.
His work began at once, but The Eeu-fOrk Rereic,
which he edited, and other literary enterprises soon
failed; and IN the year 1926, when he was thrty-two
years old he became editor with william Cole
man. OF The ErehiHg Post 1t the memorable year
Of the first Jubilee OF our Independence. Peace and
prosperity seemed to be assured and the mighty food
OF American civilization with people grown IN fifty
years from 3O0O0O 20 l0,00O,000 was sweeping from
the sea coast Ihe Alleghaues ana FAR westward
beyond the MisssSppi leaving IN every valley and on
every hilltop as IT passed the bold enterprise the ready
invention, the ninDle skill the cheerful and heroic
the religious sOorety al! the robust quail
ties that found and perpetuae great States Lafa
had crossed the TO with rejoicing the
glory of the Nation whose generous soldier had been
De Witt Clinton had just led in triumph the waters
Lake Erie the sea aud in the year which Bryant