, 1880-02-21

" se!z.aB ~ ,py tne thrnat' Menr
tnv ~" f,tgers hcuvtfv M "'"i II. poi o,,i
lll7s st,un pr,,tji,ccs spas.ns whici, sutrocute
II III q sl,nrt time" AMI meanwhile what II
y ,l1lnY with lts powerful pA%a? Are they
am H. y s, e. s,1 x"s'4 u "ias.os ~ "taa ~ Gn-
TT It l,c small or Imrre It iirst cts unetl liz
t!lraat md drinks tic blood; and, II lts nppt-
tite Is not then snIstcd, 1t tlcvnlrs the ilrs;
alll. slioi!n aiy ref'alil oyer, u Is carei,!lly
neal Or rainy day 1ts courage Is suf-
!lclctitly great IN Induce II to fncc amy f0ct
from pear "a man; ~ Gnsc OF ~ e1nerEeney."
A. the close q ttlo ba0k some figures nre
Londot,. -.
GSpntting Adventures n the Fat West. BY
d Bros. tohs clotst, 40 pages. Prlcc 8l.ho.)
ORIGIN OF THE 11OMEn1C POEMS.
The modern question N IN tIle ortotn of the
11omprtc pnr,ns~-wj,tdher thev ,yrro ,vrl,tcn
s v ,1sn.r ~ ,,or', % aor,,. 1y - "1,m ,.naeta'
SONGS colicctett"t"1 combined by llslstrat!s--
legoucno.n Il, t1tr Wolf really introduced
,,,,s ,,,.,fa, ~ ,,tsn,r,i o,n,,,r iromnrto a,
dcIts,-for. although somewhat sitnilnr
opinion lind been held before BY Vie0, Gus
sanho1l, l}rnt!ey, and others, their Views were
outwcfeItpd hy tha current opiufon Of
&1ta
'l"s'tels pe'"o,u'ns; .,, o,.eo 1ls. .ao u'e
ton has been often discussed, but no letinEt
conclusion reached. Thure are rs many tlEf-
fercnt opinions rs there were cities c|atnling
w. maye oee', n's o..JI, .,!1,",, !tn,;,n III H. 'on
l3oi'tt2' so III n lecture or's'hallS aelserea nj
Vienna some twenty years ngo, summed up
concisey but Clearly the whole inquiry in It's
@ ssfy and s 5esns ;4ats;, r s;!a that 4 ef{T IT, s1yg s"g II
thts hranch of fnn,ltry. Iias lust becm tri,tls-
intr,i i" pruf rnckaril' Of ynle CojIre,.. and
published In a neat little 18nio Of It'd pages.
ei'g 5 nbe ttfsS to farIzc ia IL Il te,"seiys viii tic 5
iisinry "a Of tGfs coutroyersy. witho,,t hMy-
imp IL spck II dit tn LchnIcni tis-
ciissiot,s ftr rIn],ornte trrntiscs in n
foreiEn tongue. It las enlisted Nil the
tntii,r scl,ninrs of The mast three ce,ltiirl,.s.
md this conii,art summary Of lie different
stsps attnlnrtl and ilow Il,silsuuG!l1e may be
considered Whit it lIns brp1 defined. NJ being
"at "pl,onu 20 Of tic movement of critical
k,inw mo,!!iit, ri 1ioinrr's tonnuc." '''N
II il ,M;,rrrssory Il, refer io the Rraud and
matci,less beauty Of ihe 1iiad or tne Odyssey.
{;nnthe Ia nl,aIIo1l Nnl,stkna M Il theme utter
jic Ind skctclcd a Min Of treatment, on The
mrnlI Tint In, t,f,r ,niJ snfrjv venture. into
Yllch riynjry With Homer Iii lis owl, t,ntlon
Far over a.o5o ycars lie lero-ps,et received nj.
% mot oniy t,f lis bIrtHnlocc. Int of ltis ycry
nvs.uncs. | u mn, IL /, ,nnv I,n sai,i tn bs urctty
we'll settled 1ow Tint Gcrtlmll scb0tars Mt
last do not recent Till rs t|io sole author Of
thn nrcat nt,tcs. irf,e new vli.sys NAV he tjt,s
stats,l. stp "s 'p'~'' ''' ~" ''~"' '"'
strha 1,,oi, nn1 f,dvssou w1fc,, wa co1, tho
poens ri iit,,,Ier. Ia. ,,nf lila wark Of Il s,EIe
,mpt. hit rnch IL t!e,n@Ser.ninly. mt ieust.
nT thc n,ior ~ tl,n tyvn tl,c iinI. ttis inmv In
rnnli,ln,,tiv snli-fs mill. I'M IF tln s,rmrnte
sn,i~s ~ aitInrt,t nna.s or " 1t,,ntlr.is If
y ycnrs theu. were II, circutntiou nuluug the
i;reck tTIbes heroic songs nbout tho Incidents
ot., % ieurtl, rncil % %cnlitainjnr only Il sileie
tru,snntn,' r1 ,,nsirrni IN IN" st,,T wifi the
hv hv." n ca,,nmv Via. h M nfiry b,na,,et nj uI,v
fiativni .,c"nstn,, wn,,iIj su,nv rrrnIlnt, tia
If time thes,. SEPARATE st1ps Wcro combined
nacortllng to tho Ortler Of the story, at first
into large groups, ana tNeia mo tao complete
Mmot%s pleI ucn ar ~ s We o% or,t m.g te',
,"rIttM, farm H. t,,n nrxinrs NJ p,.}sisfr r,,tns
in tic sixth century bpfore Christ. Ii Is,
then, nat tl,e work of single 1nRIi, but tic
goetic product u lonE PrIi3s!{ "hlcn W.
hM ' ~" ~ ,.a..t +, s,,nor+ of
tlIs i,osItto,i ure tiie ,mcettninty IA Ia l1onl-
er's birthplace or tllB time wleil ha lIycd,-
dates OIL this point being over w years
9pait; se ehl'ollsne 1hc! i,ML ae ai,;a VIZ ~
wriinE' II,t nrnity deliyered.Mtho art Of
writing not laylng bcen known for over 100
years nfter tho Hind was known,-the tratll-
lions i, regard to- lioI1crs llfe assuming Stae
snniv M , u. n nH ~ !" ns, $s stI rnnI c|ta on,I
tribes Wihlph Chiefly cultivated H." Then
lie p0ems themselves, by their co,tratllc-
tions or "iNea'Altties,". bear EVIDENCE that
theHW WeIe Dnt col'o'l'"elpi's a''o auopl'"''s o1
e"nIfr i ~, so asno, fo,,ow further th,e intorcst
ipE question. Tho work before liz, although