, 1880-12-11

1slctlar. Grenvillc and his hundred men. In
II Afr. TeDnyson Is Mt his best. So, ALSO, his
"Defchse Ut Lucknow" is sl,ort, vivid
epic, aoulsttrrlnu and realistic. The "De :
Trofundis," composed OF the "Two Greet :
ings" and 1.-THE Human Cry" l.avo !.
been published before, also Tho son-'
nets to Victor Hugo, to Montenegro,
md "'ro the readers Of the Ninctccnul
Ccnturb" The other poems are now, and, L.
they ada nothing to Tennyson's fame, neither
Ito they detract from 1t. Ills added years :;
l,ave not blunteel his poetic sc,.so. His in,-
aglnatton Is still active, and LIS plots arc II
anything stronger and better developed. We
canrot always unreserycdiy praise the fruits
of Tennyson's genius. As, for instance,
In "rhe Ilurnnn Cry" ".Ihe Voyage of
Afae'tlune" is Mt fault in that 1t becomes
tedious, But the greater part Of tho work in
aaieroWt 1; yeS y TSss S1e 0 gs e sseE EeEa"ds s
find tlle following lines, which seen, to show
sensittveness to criticism rather unex- ,
pected In this quarter:
and, like tho critics olurrIng comments inako
The vericst bnauifcs Of tho work nppcur >
Tho tlArkest fatattH.
4 few verses from different poems will
s!'ow tho nature ot what Is probably among
tho last work of my pretenstons Str. Tenny-
son. will fesi inclnet t. write.
Wlgllt, S!lG qttarreis with her husband over
| sonle old lett!rB Ut Ills which she flns found
e'sst and ca'rses in rs o eases ier
sea. SO tl,,ls t1ifs story:
but work WINS scRnt In tho 1so, tho ho tried the
30 Harry Wont over tho so1cnt to SEQ II work
coMt, 10 t9',na; o., ,uo,,,. ,,o.,, ,..,a ,,,a
| -. 81, far rs know;
" e,s1 hoiore re- f 70" "'''' '''"' - "''' ''N
So got to rfghtn9 the ho,lsc for wasn't ho conn-
ng M m thas - asYy All .,oo,.,,ox TIM. .o. ru..a IN
1t was fil Of olI od,ls an ends, I'M tcttor along
had bnitcr ha' put my naked hand In q
| hornets nest
An he took thrco turns 10 tho rain. M watc''d
him. nn' when ho cnn,u IL
| felt tint MY hcart was hasd. he was nj! wet
AMI ssScs = ssiS ~ :SH !r tho wot," sud
So k,'Sw ny @ s.5t {, was hnrt', when ho cano to
Isn't trlc. you kt,ow;
INN ts.nS to . !';!vo you ht-sou'f kiss tue boz
"oonSI yor,1f going to hcr-k'as i'cr--f sou
I was ncir my tlIne vi tho boy, must ha' beon
"1 hull sooner 10 cursed thnn k!sset1l"-l didn't
Uut turti'd ny fnco troa ii,n, nn' he turned Its
| faco an hc wuiIt-
And then ho sent nc letter. "rvc eottcn my
You wo,"t wSsk e *; KS, me- my ass nm never loved
am sorry 1or all tho quarrel. an sorry for whnt
1ha IS IS ", xsks 81, york in Jersey IN go tonight
An tho Wind begun to rise. an thought Of him
An feit. hill been to blnmc; he was always
"wat 81! lt!!!lt' my 1ass' nm sure It'll nil como
An tho Ioat went ''own that n'rht7;tho bout
"1.izpaiI !" IL n,ie Of the hest things In tho
sts s Ss1S Sss I " er so VIC Man robbed s m
nlnil-c0ach:
Dut he lived With lot Of will mates and thoy
rhoy sSors %e @ II, s a t ne oF kq the a aud ho
AND he toee I no t,'. Sat hs took ono p.,rsc,nna
when ull WIS 'iunu
lie tlnnE II aunong bis fcliows-f'l mono Of IT.
sasd my son.
".The Northern ,ConbIcr," which Y In ala- !,
Fnr,ner," Ii n tcnlpera!lca ballad. Tho drunk
Ills eycs Il bottle Of gln, to sLnw hlut what 10
poverty, cleanliness to ilftl, md happlliess'
returns to tho pleasant lMine:.
An once ! sald 70 tto alissls, "My lass, when
s1nasl, tho bottle to s'ntthoFs, tho hiv'Fs III i,
M aalh !. ..a,-,,, ,,,.. .,,,.,,, ~, - u,,,,, r..
oa' nTt n,s,,, onSc'' NY "''"'' ''' = e''9 ~
III hoy mi n:burisd wi'mtna an tnnko I'm
rri,,, s,stors ;, IL n norrottvo ,ocn, ,f n rtr,
wllo Eavg % '!p UT loyeE to @ NE twin % sistsr Gu
tlie t'tetl Ileast-brhkclt. Inc tuo!!ld ii sun
pie nnd Taiher GniillilhilGincet bnG strongly
GanslrMMcteM, l, t., no ' .a, Hn.nKU Mna: @ q,
,ihe ihe EutIll, ~ uan soa.na,ons % r., nM't3 nu m.a
st7stp5 ~, "n ~ w. =, ,,,.n o s"tss
NGla nI tno tntn S,slW'ta u III. tHG ncW ,nuuhIe. I.
~lio hns+ " ING INV 0I cItta!Is coH!G li!!o ttlo
possession Ut the properly. IAo Oil t3qulIo
was a book.wor,l,, u'll rather dcsplsed BY his
e -. - ,'x"r r,"r nrter the rov mr. o,.cr fbo
'A'' tir,is III, ia Jim. f sAo A~> '~ 49,
An. ~ nivcr shnt nuo ara, hut % lofiyed It 10
" I.tneiI., ia AMI, o'
An. - n,ver nos tirh' ia awn ponds but chorlo.
~" : s.Hnt.t,s,i ~. W. ~. % .itn - '' s'' NV o'
cotcha a M tnP ins iime: l. ~, ,,,a o,. y, ',,a,,.