New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-11-21

peect keepipg with the design Of the work familiar
household memorial OF the beloved author Among the
unpublished poems the following, without date VIII DC
read with peculiar interest expression ofpersonai
feeling singuary characteristic OF Bayard Ia!lors
Intellectual life and aspirations -
MY PROLOGUE.
II heat Of youth, tits heat suppressed
The childhood OF a voiceless Tyre
Preserves my fire.
chanted not while l young;
But ere age chill hberate my tongue!
Apart from stormy ways of men.
Names loneliest glen
Held me as bauished, and unheard
! saved my word;
would know the bitter taste
o; the crude fame which falls TO them that haste
On each impatient year tossed
holocaust
OF effort, ashes ere II burned
And Justly spurncd
IL now own maturcr dsys
l know not ; dust me Is passing praise
But out Of nte arises sons.
The speech pray FOR when they pine,
The speech divine
Aud permanent as time and race ana lano
dreamed I spake 1t do dream
In pride supreme.
or, like late lovers, found the bride
Their youth denied.
Is this stnted passions Howl
Tue last poem which Mr.. Taylor wrote dated Berlin.
september 1875 Is the Epicedum In memory Of
william Cullen Bryant. Mr.. Boxers preface 10 the
volume Is an admirable piece OF composition, offering
many profound suggestions the nature OF poetry
illustrated in Bayard TaylOr's noble career. Poetry"
he remarks was the literary element which Taylor
lived and moved and had his being to which all other
efforts aud all other ambitions subjected. vassas
10 a sovereign and 10 success in which he gave
thoughtful labor and held its fruits in higher esteem
Than all the world and all the other glories thereof"
His soul preserved the hopeful freshness OF its divine
source 1t flowed Untainted and exultng through its
earthly course and flushed the circle OF its of
life by pouring back into the fountan-head tide
clear and as bameess drops which consecrate
infant In its passage through the foul things Of the
world his seemed rather filter and 10 purify
itself than TO take any stain from the baser medium.
This chdlke purity and joyousncss OF heart Taylor
owed to his worship OF an art for which his
was boundless. TO him poetry a second religion,
or an intellectual continuation OF that natural moral
sentiment which lifts above himself and his for
tunes In his aspiration after Immortality and supernal
life" The volume issued makes its appearance in
connection with the approach the coming holidays
VIII ada the memories of the beautiful Christmas
the image OF man whose life consecrated
60 cultivation o. whatever is exalted in lovely
IN character.
ZION OF THE UNITED STATES MOL
The Association of which this Journal is
the official organ formed toward the close OF the
past year. and since that time has in successful
operation under the lead Of MaOr-General Hancock,
who was elected its FIST president. The design OF the
Institution is the promotion of professional unity and
Improvement by correspondence, discussion, and
reading and publication Of papers, the ultimate esab
hshment of military library and museum and in gen
eral. the advancement OF the military interests OF the
United States In the Journal which issued from
time time. and OF which this is the first number. II IS
intended TO furnish medium through which will be
presented full and authentic accounts OF such military
affairs as may be OF the Army the pub
hcogeher with discussions of various topics OF military
science and history The number opens with the
bic address OF MaiorG Schofeld at the Inaugural
ton OF Institution which he sets forth his views OF
The nature and obligations OF the military service and
the conditions OF its highest development efficiency
The changes which have taken place within few years
the art Of by the application OF science made
the subject OF several timely and judciOus suggestions.
General schoned remarks that IL Is not sufficient
for high officer OF the army TO be good military
eineer. good taciican good quarormast and cOui
lnissary. good commander of battery, OF squadron.
or OF a battalion good adjutant-genera He should
have knowledge OF all those branches Of the service,
while Is master Of his own special department. With
this lac cannot hope for success in high command.
The peculiar skill displayed In the management OF their
departments BY Of staff officers in the war
only because theywere educated soldiers but be-
cause they had become capable OF anticipating the
ccsses OF great campaign. The accomplished general
officer pursue the methods OF the OF science.
lie takes possession OF the results secured by his fellow
workers. while he contributes his share the
OF knowledge this way that the laws Of Nature
are discovered Each student profits by the labOIs Of
nl Every lover OF science becomes familiar not only
with great principles but also with their application
special details, and thus becomes more intelligent
worker in his line. There Is other road 10 the
acquisition OF exact ana comprehensive knowledge.
Rut s less true, General SchOneld af-
firms, in military than in every other
science As student OF nature penetraes into the
facts Of natural history the student Of military science
must pore over the facts of military history The whole
of General schOheds discourse evinces not only the
practIca sense OF the soldier but the literary OF
fhe scholar 1t is scholarly the extent Of its knowl
edce and its facility OF language. and is than
schoary in its freedom from verbiage, It's precision Of
thought and lis accuracy OF reasoning. Other valuable
articles ia the number an account OF The Origin
and Progress OF the Military Service Institution by
sajol General b. Fry "Marchcs."b by Brevet Briga-
dler-General Z. T. Crttenden Cavalry" by Brevet
MaiorGe Merritt The Articles of War;" by Bre-
vet olonel n A. Iieber; besides variety
OF interesting miscellaneous matter II the Journal is
continued with the same ability which marks the pres
ent number II viii prove Important addition TO our
per1odca literature and bond Of union sympathy
between military service and intelligent citizens
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