The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-01-27

follow The smile Of her appreciation and the tear OF
her affection tho earliest rewards OF my ispng
numbers; and however the efforts OF my maturer
powers may aspire TO the applause Of less partial
Judge, stlll Will the praises which she bcstows be
dearer far dearcr TO my mind than any. The critic
praises from the head; the mother praises from the
heart. With one IL is the tribute of the judgment
the other it is the gilt from the soul" In very
different this ode TO ST. Patrick written, while
halt tipsy a solitary dinner on the 18th OF March,
lsl3:-
Though solus here pick my bone,
And drown my shamrock all alone,
Yet meier The worse Tor that,
III fill and drink 10 make alnendsl
Both TO aud for ali absent friends
70 honor thee, ST. Fat
And faitn to thee I'd rather quaH
Than any SAINT on heaven s stall
That ever Pope gaZetted;
Because TO thee We IRISH sinners,
Who love to sprinkle we'll our dinners,
Arc very deep Indebted
There's good st. Swilhn-had he given
Unstead OF watcrl wine from heaven,
For forty days together,
Then truly Tor moist "set in"
SIX weeks OF wet would not have been
Uncomfortable weather.
But oh! the liquor gemmed with beads,
That in my glass tins moment reads
The riot act, SO irskyI
Sweet Pal, If eer In humorous vein,
Thou takest II in tny head TO ram,
For heavens sake rain whiskcy!
wonder what IN censure's way
The devil's lawyer had 10 say
Against thee Pat-what had he?
The worse that Eldons self coud prose,
the devils lawyer he, God knows!)
Would DO TO call thee PADDY"
But let them call thee what they will
Through lie III love thy worship still,
And when my race Is over,
Let shamrocks crown my bed OF sleep.
Let wGIskey dew the shamrocks steep,
And friends say around me while they weep.
''dcrc lies Pat IN clover"
NJ, ,ha ia,st nor,,or ~, ,ho A.a, T..
which contains the suppressed passages from tho
memoirs OF Lord Byron dccphered with great trouble
from a rough manuscript book, partly in poncl and
partly in Ink Tney will no doubt throw some new
light upon the lie ana character OF thai hayward
genius. They are marked preferences for my Byron"
They are merely thoughts for elaboration. We Will
quote a few:-"rhe stasnation OF Byron's talent
during his married life. Had he sunk into good
husband would he have lost his subsequent and finest
things? For such wonders great price must lie
paid and one cannot have the tame and the grand
together"
3D. disposed tall gently into the ways of those he
lived WITH to respect what they respected, would have
followed a degree tho standard set up for
character in England. but Ill used and chased as he
from society. he became irrated. and placed out
OF the OF these influences dogonerateGo
s'The wonderful power his mi nd showed being ube
TO concentrate itself upon great subjects the midst
Of such society he kept In Ialy-app chiefly
to Ravenna"
"Therc could not be worse preparation
for marriage than Byron's preceding life. Had
never known any domestic connections, no
regularly OF home none OF that Difference
10 women and that respect for their good qualities
which youth passed among female relatives inspires.
The women he had been Intimate with were all of the
worst kind; even what he called love having been
squandered OH worthless and corrupt persons and
then marrying woman so rlgdly the opposite OF ali
lie had accustomed TO, who brought virtue IA us
least agreeable form; pedant in goodness, precise
ana cold In all her tastes and habits"
IBIS scene with Lady Bessipgion-the BIS near
Ginrer, burst out crying Lady b., fearing that no
might be ashamed OF H. saying 'One IS often In that
sort OF mood when one cannot heIp crying from
vousnessp Nervousness angry that she should
think IL arose IRON Anything but iceling."
Tue admirers OF Moore-and trey are many-wiil
find this volume Iull Of interest, valuable adal-
ton TO tue works OF this brilliant Irisn poet
s.MARMoyE
"Marmonc he title oil the latest addition to Roberts
Brothers popular No Narne series as II is one oh.
jeci OF this series to set people guessing we give as
guess that II not written by an American but
If so by one who has become Europcanized. The
y
powerfully written aud the plot is wild as that of
Chcrbuioz Tho OF the story is la,d in France
The heroes English, the heroines French 1ne
principal action taxes place In country houses in
Burgundy. Marmonc is the name OF the hcroine,s
family, Scgrave Of tho hcro's Ada dc MarmOuo aud
Abeiie her sister, live with their father and adJoin-
ing their estate 10 that OF the Segraves, who though
LngIsh, md French ancestors Adolphus Scgrave
tells the story His brother Emil is the villain ana his
brother Juus the victim. julius loves Ada de bIarmonc
and Is loved by her; Emil loves Also but she doos
rot return his love Juus goes Africa explorer
aud promises TO return by certain time. lie does
not come, aud the cause OF his delay Is very melo-
dramatic hut the author assures Ia short preface
thai the incident is truo We Will not tell what II Is
for fear OF taking the keen edge or OF the readcrs
interest," although We really do not think but what
any would ind the BOOK entertaining as much Tor
It's style as It's story We brought into close cor.
nectiou with tho late Franco-prus sian war; and our
admiration for the Prussans is not heightened by
wnst We read Whoever ting writer u.s. he--wc pre-
sumo that IL Is a man--wrtes with the ease OF ono
VINO IS unaccus,omcd tho work We VIII not
call this the best story or the No NameU SERIES be-
cause some else Is sure TO 10 it, each voiumc
haying received that praise appeared Certainly
there has been nothing better in tho SERIES and II
~ written by an American It Is clever performance
Tor 10 has thoroughly lercign air. The greatest
fault VIC have to find OF this book the constant use
Of French words anc sentences.
Tng .'SABoB
Alphonsc Daudcps "NaboD'' Estes and Laurlat) Is
,airc upon French lie uader the Empire aud at The
,escnt tay From an artistic point OF view II has
hot tho merit ol his Grs success, ~, j'ioie a
R4sler an.;" bu, 1t is nevertheless abrant novel. NJ