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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-08-05
- - NlnEEr.-EY rELElGARI.

BtrF,lo Aug q ,ArLf-rccelpts today 5000 Ae'd
tail tor v... thus ... 4t.UIu eiIf itm' Lh' .d'
week. 1000 head. consigned through car mars. =
and -ll.l -ra steers -Ht. tI i'lt' eLs
.fo.s i., sac. saIes Good Co ,l"cr - r' a. - ~
a. ~ ,O. I'lr to Medium - -o - ~ ''1.I Jul, ,.
= ~ NIrHa Butcher. - 3NIr hnice
HeiIs. -,1-3 900. 7tocSers - 'y9F'i scFe ~ 'oI'
-re. p su Receipts TODAY. 360D head total ior
uer. iIr. $4,000 heads a1nr time I~t W..' i'-"
head consigned t.is iAA.Ari qu' aha uh-
changed |or Sheep Lambs uli ans l,rrr Qugifhe Df u
rncs sheep. ~ tOa-l tu. Fir o. thoc We Loan LANDS
p Ju r-J ~ Co.,. tdu-at-, - -'-t@ 3D. .. -'i- ., o..
G.-- tceiuts to-day. 5000 -to 'ofa ir "7rs thn- ?
u 600 htld Tune iist wees. i.Jl Eeao .n enrG
al I.crt Gra.-srs at 81 itr7l t'i GO h t0ri N stth
Yofarrs - Is 3D. Heavy a1I Medium - s5aso I'D
lr.-.et. Arr g.. Efors-Rc l5o0O mead; ship
mauts bead; Mixed Packing - 40 4r4 10 OAolce
C,frif-~carre and firm shipping. 81 - so.
~IfrEp-r rteUts. zoo head. m4rAet Qnei+ common 10
Et.I lm.Err Penn. Aue. 3-CArU9-Rcceiprs. ll83
mar,rt Fan to Dood - JocSt 80 common - = 3D.
Ills.- Htrrut.. l.IjJ head, workers. % oU4Vf D." ID
pllaoo Iuh4as. - VI H. ....-.-.
LOUIS. aug. -oG-iIsuer and active lorfcr5 ana
Ramor,- - tU0 - 1Oi it In.. - 90 50 So tnlcg.
Fancy. - -J1Sji rccciplo 1000 heAdf s"ipArila'
I.4tU head --.-.. ... ..,.
Heavy NaI,r Steers. "a Odd. SO 5t rli 10 70 o - ~
- 81. Grl.. NATIVES. 81 -54 - lo. Naive blleles
-mg go .u4=3 1J Grass m xaus. 81 81 - 10 Indtud
L. -D - JI .rccprs. $500 heads sn Tcul- 10 % lta
~uEFl-cr.e ana w2utcd at So - receipts 44OO L1au
.l!Um. uts,
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rrRopEAN FINANCIAL MARKETS.

EUROPEAN FINANCIAL hAhhEIA
rosDox Aug 4-l2:30 .. m-COnsois, ON for money
,o 4is tor f1e account Atlantic Great Western first
nar age trustees eertihcatea TO- do second mortgage
40 Erle A5 "a; do second consols % limos SehlLh
Il<s< Pennsylvania Central 594 New OK Cent a. - =
IosDOs Aug AZ D. m-Atlanic and Great Mosiein ifsi
mort gage trustees certincBtes 7O Erle "a eanlnR 8
Paris quote three cent reItes ~ % ahcs
times for the account o.--. 80,
IoSpoS Aug 4-230 p. m.-Ilnos Central llo'i. 80
TOSDoN Aug 4-3 D. m.-EIie, 4it2 lndla COunch DiHH
ware allotted Today al an advance Of ed per rupee
fosDok Aug A d. m.-COnsois, S7isla Tor money ana
eTb. Tor Atlantic and Treat western nIst mort
gage trustees eefthcats 10 DO SEQ ma mortgage Gus
Ere 44hs; PennsyIyhnl Central. b97ss REARING. ~
iOSpOk Aug 4-4.30 m.Fafs adyioes quote three pei
osnI rentss Al So ~ for the account
Iospos Aug As m-Sllyer 10 quoted ~ o. 81 per o.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-08-05

STATE bonds were as duh as usual. District
OF Columbia funded IS sold al 10Gle, and Louisiana
cousols are quoted offered at 4Gl2. There were no
sales of city bank stocks.
Railroad bonds were fairly active and generally
somewhat. better in prices Erie second colsols,
after selling Ct a90l2 closed at 9O's, the
game a. yesterday the fu-d-d 5s Sell
rr at sJLGs5l2. Missouri, Kansas and
Texas issues were weaker. the FIRST coasois at 100
all. the second ~ GGGGSls against GGi2 yesterday
BOSTON, Har ford and Ere first, -old 43i2 against
4414 the LAST previous sale. He"-Jer-ey Central
c.usols we're firm ct 1851 a1O5, Lohigh and
WHkesborro consols steady at % and IN
comes up ! per cent at p. Mobile and
Ohio first debentures were active and rose
from 81 TO SSH the second deoentures SELL
irr at 80 ANA the first r'gage Cs rose from
102l5 10 1884, ST. Louis and Iron Mountain second
mortgage, were Il higher at 1O4. aud first incomes
Il at S63i. Oregon Railroad and Navigation hrsts
rose Il to 977s ST. Paul and Sioux CRY drsts = 10
1GJ aud Great Western seconds % 10 100. hauni-
bal and ST. Joseph IS advanced to 112 Denver and
Pfo Grauie fr-ts were p easier 40 1912, Kansas
Pacific cousos steady al $3.50 a. tine trsts, Denver
division. rising to lO9l2. Texas and Pacific incomes
lell from 693i 10 GG's. and re5oyer.d Z" go. .,
The Subj rcasUry to-day lost sos 6Ot on b1i-
anca made up by losses OF $50, l-3 coin qua
SI2S. 4S5 currency. MS makes the loss SINCE l37l
Fr.oay Sl93 S27 Money III ed steady at 302-2 per
cent? the lowest being 5ne closing rate. " comes
he exchanges are Us last quoted IJe DhIl .'t.,r
Treasurer 40 Washington to-day receiver Tf'.'"V
I'm National bank notes for redemption. ihr Gus
.nue receipis, T3OS.15 The following Is the
Clearing House stdtcmcnt to-day: kAc Ian -l-,
%115.7423ll; balances ~ l9''t'l. - ~ ,.,
al tie SuD-Irea-urv cov--ed: receipts. $50 i'''l
Dovuents 81 %, 96S; cure cF Dd-dhce,
5G9J6. 965; con baiauoe. ss.6O5.0t0
Iue foreign exchanges continue dui, bui stcadt,
..r.f 2 l.a ltterg of .4 %
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-08-05

WEDNESDAY. Aug 4-P. NJ
Tie executive officers of the Mobile and Ohio
Railroad to-day submitted to the Board of Directors
the results Of the cOmpanys business for the year
ended June 81 1880 which are rs follows:
Gross receipts for the ending June 80, ~ -. %
1850 S2,2Ss,6l5 90
GIo.s * ensos for The year ending June So
loSO pa per cent o ots i
Mel earnings cZtioOO o.
Interest g OO0O0O Arst mortgage per
ceni bonds due and paid December l. 1913 40 ,o, M
Balance 49,. .........-....- 4O4 800 RI
In addition to thorough maintenance and repairs,
there been made curing the year lS7S-'5O impOr
tan additions 10 the permanent property ana Srurtnres
OF Toe road including hre.proOt additions 10 tue com
panys shops at Whistler, Ala, and jackson. Tenn
new cnumn diOus wharf Mobile ana new hotel
III RYes station substitution OF 1000 steel
rals Il 40 mllesl the equipment has been in
proved added by the purchase OF two engines
ana the OF seventy five freight the
eost VI al OF which Is Included u gross expenses
On this report the directors ordered the pay
ment of 7 per cent interest its first debenture
bonds and per cent on the second debentures,
which appropraes the balance of net earnings left
after payment of interest the first mortgages for
the year, as fOilowsi
~ per on s5,3OO,OOOl lat Pre-
Tered income and sinking FUND De-
bentures. payable sept. /. 1880 ...... Slb3,jOO
.? per cent $500 O00l lst Pre-
ieried Income aud sinking Fund De
DentuIes pay able Feb. !. 1870 10000
per cent on : .5JOOOO) 2d Preferred
iAe1Me and sinking Fund DeDentnres, . 49,. 49, - go
SAyane Dec l. loSl.--..-...s---- IsoVO t5c5 OOO w
Surplus 10 erodit Of the earnings
i"i AooOcl. sIo4bb 81
We before have explained that by the deed VI
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-08-05

UNITED STATES ExPREss COMPANY
TREAsURERs OFgICE, - BRoADWAf Z
NEW YORK. July d. 1907
rVHE TRANSFER BOOKS of this Company
will be closed July 81, al p u ami reopened Augs. "
1880. liz, =, HoOD, LLo"sueot,
TO THE BONDH0LDERS of the UTAH
4 WESTERN RAILWAY GoMPAN IN Office , Is
HEREBY GIVEN that The TRUs TEES for the Mortgage
Pondhoiders Of the UTAH WESTERN RAILWAY COM
PAM taken proceedings TO Ireoose tAe mortgtse
agreement md property for the bondhOders and
apI trustee that purpose, has signed by large
majority OF the boudhOiders.
Those have not ct signed the agreement can 90 SO BY
annIv mn Al 10 office Of THE UNION TRUST COMPANY
OF 'NFW.YDRK, At y %. rs Broad New Ork CITY.
Bondhodors please deposit their bonds with SAID Trust
Compauy to Trustee in the purchase " the
property railway company conformity to The above
named 9Ereen enL Deposit Receipts transferable
by Endorsement signed Oy slId Trust Company.
Deposltors viii requested r convenience OF the rust
Company leave their bonds Tor examiuau0n &c. ana
ceiys tneircer lncates the following day.
r. f. BISHOP
Il. NJ. BASSETr.
Trustees OF Mortgage OF tab Western Railway Co
3 Al D., 1850.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-08-05

DIRECTORS
LOUIS FITZGERALD HENRY A. HURLBTr.
HENRY g. HYDE. HENRY ". ALEXANDER,
WILLIAM g. LANBERT JAMFs NJ. HALsFED.
JOHN j. NOOK, WILLIAM HENRY oMIrH,
HFNRY G.. Maryland. ALA*SON fRASk,
JOSE r. DR NAVARRO. TLBKRr b. MONROE.
RICHARD IRWIN JR George p. GOUKAUD,
BENNINGTON r. RANDOLPH.
LOUIS FITZGERALD. Frssffent
HENRY A. HURLBUr Viee Prestdeni
EDyyD LIVINGSTON MONTGOMERY. Trsdssrsy.
BENNINGTON F. RANDOLPH. secretary
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NETWORK DAILY TRIBUNE THURSDAY AUGUST s. 1880

and unchanged Bacon Grmer shoulders 5's Clear
ub. Clear sdes, soc keceiDtsFour 5000 bbls
\, heat bas.. Curn. CO.Oo Dush 80 Dush
Rv LOO bush. silpmeDts-fl0ur. i0puO bib. Wheit.
10 BUSH IL bush. 2DOuO BUSH ~ q,
1000 bush.
fofEpo Aug wheat stes1y No 3 white Wabash.
O3toc. 30 White Michigan Doe: Oid. 81 OBJ Amber
Michigan. = ODA Va. hei iblst SPOT = 0O@ Au'
IT ~ 9c. q her. 9sr seller
.gLc no Red Wabash H3c. l,ei~cteI ~ &C.. 80 An
lrr uos 20. Corn ddll: tfigh Ilxsd i0Lc. NO p,
soc VI White. fJc Rejected 3gac. oats dull; No.
.. old .yc Al the cio..-NlUi easy 40 J Wine Aichi
tr H. arrive ii. wees Michigan % arrive III =
wrek g,c. 40 i,ed Wa1ssh. spot. august. 81 &C.:
S.nfluber g7Lc No ..fl. arrive, 80 &c r ccipfS
Wheat 1885, 90 bush Corn. 1000 bush; Oats. 1910 bush
-lipmelr4-N n bush; Corn, 4,DDO Jlsn. OATS
J. OOJ bush On trlck-Whest, 40 cars
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pprNTLNG lInTu NAnKET.
EuaopzA, "a tEErs

Fall RIVER Sla-s Aug 1.-The Printing Cloth Market has
been quct without change demand. safes or quotations
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-08-05

THE CENTRAL TRUST COMPANY
OF NETWORK.
No Is NassausL. corner OF Plne-sr.
CAPITAL, 81. OOOOO0 IN L. 3. BONDS
Allows interest re,urnaOle demand
zuecaed legal depositorv tor none paid into
Court Is autnorzed 70 Adnaissra,)c.
Guardian other position 0i trlsL so As ttgstrLr
o. stocks ana Bonds and IS FrusteetJc
HENRY F. SPAULDiNG. Pr sldenL
P PK 10; p IL = c1SSifT Vce-Pr'''IeaSA
C. II. r. BABCDCk X. secretary
HOARD or rhU9tEr@
samuel q. BaDcock George ". Lane.
Jonathan IhOIns JACOB y. Nermliye,
Isaac y. Phelps, Geo. MaccuiOcA AA)c
JOSIAH NJ. Fiske. Roswell SSeeL
Chas q. landOn, A. A. LOE,
EdmuDd w. CoreL Amos ~ emo,
Freu * IL. C03sitt. Cha-. g. FrincklYi.
VIM. II. Appleton. VIM. h. WeDo
Gustav SciiawD J. PierpOnt Morgan.
David bows Percy r. Pyne.
Martin Bates. Henry +. - ti tlh =
Wm. Alien Butler, David Wolfe B.9Aon
James 7. Wallace, Cornelius y. hiss
Rent b.
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financial.
CAPITAL AED SURPLUS,
TWO AND ONE-QUiRTER MILLIONS.
cHARTERED 1861.

This Company is LEGAL depository for moneys
paid into Court and is authOrz'd 10 act as kkecu-
tor Administrator Guardian. Receiver and m any
position OF Trust. Also act Tru teo for mort
cages. and ~ Registrar and Transfer Agent Of
Stocks.
INTEREST ALLOWED on DEP0SIT5.
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Business Gbdnres.

TOR SALE.-A liquor aud lager beer saloon
i with pool table Apply 10 paper store cor Broome ahe
Null erry-sts.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-08-05

DANKER> and CAPITALISTS Will want to
.t rhe Tribune a rlauac for I-7u; gives the u-res
Uuie states aud LxDeuu-ire since 1870 Price
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1880-06-18
The sansae Old Ga sme.

The other afternoon the tools. nipple
ments, fixtures, appurtenances, and what
ever else belongs to the game of croquet.
were put in position on a lawn up Wood
ward Avenue, and as a young lady. and
young man who seemed to be her lover.
took up the malets to start The balls. a
bony-looking old tramp halted and leaned
ON the fence and got his mouth puckered
up for something good. The young man
took the first shot, and, bcfore the ball
ceased rolling, the girls voice was heard
calling:
.'You didn't knock fair-yoa'ye got to
| try it overt.
Before either OF them were half waF
down she had occasion TO remind him that
he wasn't pltying with a blind person. and
that she could overlook no cheating. Az
she went under the last arch, lie felt COM
PEELED TO remark that her playing would
rule her out OF any club he ever heard of.
On the way back she asked him why lie
couldn't be an honest man rs well rs a
jockey and u falsitirr, and he inquired why
she didn't write Il set of rules TO tally
with her style of playing.
s'It's eoming-'tain't five minutes off,"
chuckled the tramp, rs he took q new grip
on the fence and shaded his eyes with HIS
hat.
Don't you knock that ball awar:"
shouted the girl, 4 minute after.
Eyes, l will,'
'sDon't you dare to-
sI'm playing according to the r,tIcs.
mo, YOU aren't. You've cheated all
the way through -
Il never cheated once"
''4Aild now YOU are adding tltc crime Of
perjury, Sir, dare not iutllst my future
happiness to such man. gould never
trust or believe i'll you'''
'.Nor in you!'
Then let us part forever" She said
as she hurled her niallet at stone dog.
$50 we will.' he hissed, ~ he flung 1tis
at her sleeping poodle,
She bowed, and started for the house tu
pack up his letters.
He raised his hat, and made for an APP
street car to get down town in
time for the Toledo train.
''1hat's all wanted to know" sighed
the tramp as he turned away. eve been
out in the woods for few years past, and
1 didn't know but there had been some
changes mede i'll croquct, but see it's The
same old game clear through .'-Free
Press.
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1880-06-18
A Shoemaker and Sss,,raatsn.

A well-known character of Brattleboro'
/ vt, Charles c. Frost, for half a century
maker of boots and shoes in that town
has just died ut the age Of seventyfoul
years. He was > sclf-educated man. ant
| in some branches of science, notably tota-
ny, lie grea ly excclled His shop was
often spoken of as q place of 'Alasts and
/ Latin He received Il common-sehool
education. and while at school developed a
remarkable aptitude for mathematical
studies. At the age Of nineteen wears,
| while ut work at his fathers trade as !;
shoemaker, he had mastered the whole
course of Ilutton's mathematics, and went
into astronomical mathematics. and took
up chemistry and other natural sciences
Becoming dyspeptic from too close confine-
ment to his bench, he was advised by Dir.
Willard Parker, of New York, whom he
consulted, to walk one hour every morn
ing and evening, i'll pursuit of the field
study of botany, OF which he was very
fond. He sent to London for Il standard
work on botany, and Oh its arrival discover
ell that it was written in Latin, a language
Of which he was ignorant. He bought a
Latin Grammar, and in six months could
read his new book rs easily rs if it were
written III English. In the same manner
he mastered French and German, and his
scientific studies soon caused him To be
widely and tavorably known to savants.
He received the degree of A. NJ. NJ. from
Dartmouth and Nj ldlebury Colleges.
He devoted Il portion Of every day (Sun-
days exceptefD TO The study Of the lam
grages and sciences, and at the time of his
death lie was well sersed i'll geology, min
eralogy, entomology, zoology, couclology
meteorology and botany, especially the
latter, to which he devoted his particular
attention, and in the department. of cryp-
tOgrams became one of the leading author. |
ties. He made large collections Of miner
ais, insects, shells, grasses, moses, fungi
and plants generally, and by devoting "A
portion of his small earnings to the pur-
chase of books he brought together a /
library of about one thousand volumes of
voluablc scientific works. During his |
quiet but happy life he was visited by
many distinguished scientists OF this cytn- |
try and from abroad, wilt had heard OF the
fame of the retiring Siioemaker-naturalis |
and came from distant places to converse
with him upon the subjects to which he
devoted lifetime of study.
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1880-06-18
!.
MAIDEN AND yyEAT1sEncock.


MAIDEN. .--
O WGathcroock, on the village spirc,
With your golden feathers aIlon fire,
Tell me, what can you sec from your perch
Above there, over the tower Of the church?
#.s-."@& wEATuERCOCk
! can see the roufs and streets below,
And the people moving TO and fro; ga
And beyond, without either roof or street,
Tho great salt sea and the ishcrman's feet
| can sec ship come sailing in
Beyond the hcadauds and harbor of Lynn,
AndA young man standing on the deck,
With a silkcn kerchief round his neck.
Now he is pressing it to his lips,
And now he is kissing his Gnger-tips;
And now he isIiIting and waving his hand.
And blowing the kisses towards the land!
MAIDEN. III
All, that is the ship from over the sea
That is bringing my lover back to me.
bringing my lover 50 fond and true,
who docs not change with the wind, like you
wEATHERCGCK.
If / change with all The winds that blow,
1t is only because they made INC SO;
And people would think it wondrous strange
If l., Weatlcrcok, did not CHANGE
OprcttY Maiden, 80 fine and fair.
With your dreamy eyes ana your golden hair,
When you and your lover meet to-day.
You viii thank mc for looking some other way.
-Hthry ". LoHRffflow, in lonths Gon,po7siun.
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1880-06-18
a Horse and Cat story.

The Faribault lMinn.) Demotfut tells
tie following funny farm episode An a
nusing scene took place on Eighth Street,
Il day or TWO since, when a gentleman,
while Oh his way to the barn to turn his
horse loose for il short time. picked up q
pet eat. and putting her in = tish-basket,
hung her up OH i eIothes-line peie about
seven feet from the ground. When the
horse was Ioosetl, lie walked over 70 tl,e
pole, AID seeing the c;lt IN the basket, put
his nose to investigate, ami the e;tt put
ont her paw and gave tile obtrtltlins nose
ALVEY scratch. The horse Immediately
turned around, looked back.orei, lis slio'il-
tlsr III though to take aim and measure flle
distance. kicked, and basket aid all
shot into the air Ike 4 rocket. fhe horse a,
watched the success Ut lis shot, then gaEe
.IoN Wl1inaY aftlelisht, and walked away
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1880-06-18
Brother Gard Raer' ona Politics.

.I'o die for ones kentry am gIorlls, be-
gan the old man, as lie arose in his m:ties-
ty, ''but to live to plant beans and set out
onions and rais" Eaters am bettaE still.
L want to say HOW an heall, befo' de
polytical campaign opens, dat any mem
Der of dis club who neglects his garden
patch to hurrah for any cardydate or help
along any boom will be walked up heah
powerful sudden! Polytieks nebber yit
put dollar i'll any honest maa's pocket,
nor added an honest loaf Of bread to any
iaborin MANS cupboard. De offls-hunter
who will shake hands wild you, an buy
vile wf,iskey fur your stomach, will to-
morrow pass you coldly by, an see you
want for bread. Let 'em alone. Let dem
do dc llurrahin', de boomin', de marchin'
an de drinkin', an you'll have i bettah
loolin coat5on yer back an more respect
fur yerself under yer vests. OATS ali jist
now, but shell keep de suhiick in pickle
for fnrsIer Occashuni.
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1880-06-18
Hgehears1mg "a Charging Cheer.
fPall Mall Gazette.

[Pall Mall Gazette.
\ correspondent of Il French military
paper remarks that while watching the
instruction of the troops of tile garrison of
Strasburg he was particularly struck by
the great trouble taken to make the men of
an attacking party sshurrah' vigorously as
they finally rushed forward to close and
cross bayonets with an imaginary enemy.
Even when no fault could be found with
the manner in which an attack had been
carried out, troops were often made to re-
peat the maneuver over and over again be-
cause they had failed to shout with sutfi-
cent zeal and energy as they made their
final rush TO seize upon the defenders po-
sition.
The At,strians, the writer adds, use the
same cry as the Prussans, as do also the
English, although by Englishmen the word
is differently pronounced; butt the French
have no characteristic cry to stimulate and
excite their soldiers at critical moments.
Sometimes the Frenchtro psas they charg-
e have shouted ssVivc le Roi." or stVive
/ l'Empelor"' or ''Vive la Republique!" !" OF
ssViye la France! y and in the latest edition
Of the tield-cxercise-h Of tile French
army it is laid down that the men us they
charge are to shout zen ayant' In actual
practice, however, the troops never shout
at all when they charge home i'll tireil
peace exercises, while the Germans, be-
slowing infinite pains upon the preparation
of their men for real warfare, insist nol
only that the men shout, as laid down il
their regulations, but that they shout Wig.
nrnilslL
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1880-06-18
HbefOe.

Dctoe's greatness lies SO entirely i'll the
marvellous realism of his Imagination, if
we may ltsc so paradoxicai an expression,
and his character in a political point OF
view is so little attractive, that we could
have wished a different choice. 1t is no
doubt true, as is we'll said by the last BIZ
ographer of this strange genius, that his
life was essentially that of Il journalist
and political writer, and that his tictions
were but incidents in his career. But at
this distance these are the incidents which
tell. And the pecslliarity Of Dcfoc's im-
aginative works is, We think, specially
characteristic of the time, which was not
an age for distractions Or elevated fancy,
b It one which loved detail and that fiction
vith thesair Of fact III it of which ncfoe was
the supreme master. The imagination OF
Addison was of Il lotticr kind. |: conceived
an ideal character, while Defoe only ere
ated an iliag nary man; ltlt yet ttcle is
That resemblance between them viii, IL
runs even through the portraits OF Il
period-a resemblance which, no doubt,
has something to do with costume, yet is
more than costume. Sir Roger DE Cover
ley is such noble gentleman as Defoe
las 70 conception Of. Yet he is set before
lis with all the tender skill of a miniature
painter-line upon line, tint upon tint
his rpcrl,kc, his rl.tfes, his old hall and
selvants-idealized only SO far as the
genius that created him was OF a spiritual
kind, and had called forth out of the lln-
known noble and tender human being,
superior to all his surroundings, before
proceeding to set him bodily before us,
among the fresh fields and Old World
habits in which he lived.