New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-08-08

mn 70 him he called them heartily his sons, aud
had frank pride in their achievements" Inc inquire
of the quaint, pedantc monarch, james L. III Tue
midst of the immortal bards and sweet poets OF the
age presents curious illustration OF the poweriess
ness of Office 20 take the place of genius and the
absurditv of foolish kings in the presence of nat
ural wisdom and true learning -
The first half seventeenth century was an age OF
learned men IN England; aud at the bead OF tnru, .
may be appropriate TO mention King James L. ne nau
received cary life the best possible Instruction rom
Buchanan and Others. He was clumsy boy, win u ,n
gaiuliEess proouced by physical defect tongue 700
large for his mouth. and mind 10 which az uepr i
that there c0uid ever be must DC hadc artn1 s
GUsd worknen dug and sheFed the boy was goouF,ul
percd picked M shrewdn-ss, lived cIedilsDte
hfe had respecs Tor knowledge and good appenee o ~
though bad gesuon He had pleasant type ea ., II
before him in eheery, impressiblo George h ssce
Presbyterian. ausere pu hail wny lhro9Eh VIZ scrates
Ike Scotch Socrates. although more apt tLan sOcs
TO tsko offence familiar with Latin as WI ny Vim
tongue full Of aBecdote snd Sood "lk' sotIapJ
languages and people round about, aud lAlnS s9oi s
all the better for eTper ence 10 oiaeT d the Min
james Ike horizon did not WlGeh ss nc eliSeu Mar
~ knOwledgc his heart did not swell as he rose 70 10
seaso OF harmeuy and beauty; he hammered at the S
lumps Absut him, and was prena Of eeg 81 M At
n15s5 when his was but n'ne Ger, re 3 AZ
r. nuurga The Esssyts Of Premise IN The DIVINE Az
of Poosie" In preliminary souuets Of compliment
the Muses., through various court! IePieS'
sought 10
Tell how he doeth in tender years essay
Above his age wish skill eur arts to blaise'
Tel oN he doctb vita gran. ude repay
The crowne De IN .Or hiB deserved PrhiSe'
Tel BOW OF Jove, Of Mars. but more o. SoIi %
Tae gioue and grace he hath piocialheu "p1'u'
The Essayes opcnod With twelve sonnqs o. ,' fr
code namely Jov 4poo fagh P ii n Mars
seasons, Neptune, Iritons qua Iseit hnu' '"'0 -1"
Mercury, and finally. Tor the tWeiith sohheti
I'm short you all iorensmed gods pray
For to cOucar win one accoft ana VIII
That all Bl works may per Vt, be alHh{i
Wmeh II ye doe, men swear Tor 10 Dl
Nv works iir mortal with your Asses SUM-
i shall your pamcs eternal ever sing, IN
Iet#lItItad dowue the gTasse on Parnass hill
By making with your nemeS the world to rlngj
shall your NAMES from al OBLIVION Drihgi
lofty Virgil shall 20 ne restolr"
Afe~ these twelve sonLets Of invocation, the King
placed a translate u Of The Heavenly Muse OF Du
Bartas turn a dim alegOry, in CHauc,rs stanza, Ane
MetapnoricaIi InvepuOB of Irag die called PhnWX,
win III, OF eighteen bad hnes. arranged hrsl as
shaped verse in the form OF loZenge upon ltuc pc
tsIal. t'e %s ION nt Of me min book OF Lucan
and tneu lastly. Aue schOr Treatise, containing some
r. dis and Cauit IL obs .rYt ana rschfWt III SCOT
ia y, esie" In 1891 vas published His M.jcsues
Pcetlcai Exercises Al Vacant HOures"; and m l6l6,
appeared col ectcd edition, IN lOo, OF ms prose WI
ngs, consisting OF theological aud metapHy sca ais
cuSsIOus containing Ills most famous proeucuOn'
"a Count ru,asle TO Tobacco
The portion of the volume devoted to living and
recent authors is still more compressed than the
great body Of the work, but it presents a fund OF
exact and valuable information, which has been
accumulated by an amount of labor less visible than
effective whose vicauous character VIII relieve the
student of a heavy burden of painful research, and
smooth his path to familiar knowledge OF the most
beautiful and majestic productions OF the human
intellect. The volume closes with Lrief sketch OF
"seven shining stars OF the latest English litera-
ture, which may be presumed TO come from the
vigorous pen of the American editor "A poet who
sings to us STILL sang in his youth of the life and
work Of men. In the second of his two poems,
'Paracelsus' and 'Sordcllo,' Robert Browning
wrote:
God has conceded two sights TO a man.
one Of mems whole Work, tunes completed plan;
I.e other OF the minutes work, mans first
SUe to the plans completeness
He taught, as Elizabeth Barrett Browning-the
best English poetess-afteTward taught, in Aurora
Leigh that we must be content to our days work
in our day, and the quietly for the far vision
of what may be- which should include conviction
hot