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eLeuetlOn OF sentences WINS nGnf 10 00l1G Dft1.
lie know ns we'll nj any one else knew, Of holtcr
than any ono c'so wns likely to know, tllat his
styte was unexccptonabty good, unsurpassed
md almost unsurpassnbto IN clcnrncss,. It,
strength. anil In symmctry. What fo SAW Tint
was verJ near 10 something that wns very bad
was lts Enntlrer. TINT In q Hr!tor which corro.
s0onds to tho manner Of an orator. And thts
ia, I thtnh, tho manifestation OF a consciousness
that ha Ia doing something very f,nc; that to il
painting sn1cmltl picture; TINT he Is tlfsscct4
Ing 6out Of ite finest fibre; that he Ia crushing
n Atton0, wicked man to powder. THIS Is NOT
altogether bad. It l,ns ass cbnrn,. a woman
does not like to sec 8trnnV man r!ory In tho
world likes to sec 4 man who really has powcr
a, ho Is eeteno in prlto and does
not descend into tho fretfu1 lftt1eness Of
Ia. play. It approaches tho verge Of tic thcatrl.
rat, nilll Of tho theatrical on It's lowcst level.
MncaniRr, 1t need mot be said, docs not pass tho
1inc: but hc H.. merely. In this matter, near
peril.
An to sl,c construction Of hts sentences, tho
beauty Of 1t may. I think, bo resolved into two
:lement.EtlIc ono ns,l,etle, tao osl,er almott
20 rallied. The first Is tho thvtlsm md tho
r's ms.ssea not with ..o't, ihs symmetry nt ofs
erpc M ~ q oFfnni1; but Eith tllat
| u q beautiful tree. tn which, 1,otWlthstnnfl-
| Ing sl'c lrFcgn1asity Of Its form, ono side
BALANCES tile other, md the Whole satisfies nt
once our ~ sense Of wslght IN proport!on mud otr
case. With comfort, with enjoyment. They hive
no tngs md ragged ends. Their balance aud
keI!-posc IL perfect, Moreover, there IL no I'M
pleasant clash Of offensive concord OF sound in
sentences. ans! suggested another word tor ono
that he had uscd. Lie admitted TINT tllcsU was
FcnEoo7hr her fenstlrc, md that her suggested
word wa good ono; ont it would .hayo
two ror'la somewhat alike In senee and very
like in sornd, 1.-THE opprc Bstve privileges which
have depressed industry" Against t1,Is his flns
taste rcvoltett and he wrote the oppressive
privileges which tavo weighed down ind1stry.''
and. indeed. n ny Judgment. what he did
write was In ttself, and without regard to tho
sound Of the sentence as whole, much better
than SHAT It was proposed to him to write. 4
rnrn instance Of a sin on his part against
cnpt,onv orcurs in this sentence: sin this wav
,nasscd the dav greatly excited and dot2hted.''
Ele,c tsc rhyme In prose Ct "cxcltca"
md e hc is two oesys wsr Hud y ts y"
inorn unpleasant. BY their somewhat singular
mcanlng. Mr. Trcrclyan remarks this SO muct,
ns to eay that VIC have hero "ptrhans The ouly
I'ngIing sentence tlat Macaulay ever left un-
was wvitt On In Macanlay's diary, ns he vas trnv-
cling. Had bo revised the sentence. sent II to
the press, and read the proof. We may be auite
sure that ho would hnya changed It's form or its
phrasco!ogy. True, he rarely or never wsoto
| thus. cvca ia hts letters md In llls diary: ho
was saved from 10 doing bccausc of his natural
feeling for rhythm Hnl tho harmony language;
We cannot eaY bc:a,,sc OF bis feeling for music.
for ot that Iii. rrcgelyan says .Lathls uncle had
| none.
! PERIODICAL LITERATURE.
The Sanaariaa for August IA. N. Bell l. Co..
Al Lafayette place, New York; has tho following
! articles: "On,door Lifc,n By Charles Dcnsson,
N. o. "To Attain Long Llfe y; "Thc Uccans
neath-Traps"; "1ndustrlal Education n; "Et-
feet Of Freezing OIL Yctlow.Ecrcr"; "Dtphskc-
ria In Northern Vermont" by E. IlarsIs, II, D.;
"Nosras Of Health" "Consaglous and intcr.
tous Diseases" "Change Of DIctn; "Ilat-
tuc," nv l.. Dennis N. D.; "LongcyIty OF
MIlless."
KacmGian's .Hdga.inc for August has tho fol-
lowing table Of contents: "iIlstory anil rol!,
tlcs,n by rrof 8ecIcv; IA DoUhtlug Heart"
| t,y Miss kcary {ehapts. XxNl1.-XXXIF.); !;
"a Ststc Dinner in Andorra,'' by r, ". Stuaus
Mcnteath; "Thc Portrait Gallery Of Lantct;,
Palaces by tho Rev. j. Cayc-1}rowuc; ia Ecw
Vocation for Nolnen"; "ycneslan Sonncts."
lyy Prof. blacklo; "Antoils Wicrtz," by Mary
I.alng Mca.on: "Tl,c OidcttArs in the World"
bY the Her. ". j. Loftfr; s'0f houndarcs IN
General" BY ,he iate proi. G!liIosa. tAacml-
Sunday afternoon ts3 rear, spsIn ztlcia.
s.ass.) for September Is tho last Issue Of thb
be food Company. The character Of tlie ma "a.
zue will rsmIan tho sn'1,e, antl there will be no
change IN Its management. This number has
])rntson; tfcso slsclclca-"A 4 Bit Of New En-
rlult,n j. Prncttra! Leayen,n "'fhe Old Los.
sclooj. House, aud ''skcteas III Southern Cai.