New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-03-21
'T1TERARY MUD-THR0WINcs,

xaor,ss.s Is 1f.k axFw saAxsrERE soAkrr g
r.,xrox-,sp. ruaxfvAEIis REMARKABLE MANI
1900. -zxYxRpRErrxo P0Eg's NAME GEMS OF
nrf7xrn xzznRAxY CONTROVERSY
sxrnr qsxs pnackks cozkxsrospzz7 o. IhE IRibDNhi
1,orDxsx. March The world OF sha'Sespeakean
rteisn,s Is onee more edited by an exhiolsion o.
go nesnlisr tesepef which devotion TO lryasduss
ruzsults calls 50 oiten into play me ,a'os ss
dtnase Is Rr. 4. ). Fnrnival and fps slos.m -
bs visupsratioA Is Mr. ,. o. Haihweii- rhilllpss
sotf eil sre well known; the latter until recently
- ~ FfslliwcD. The death Of Mr. Alexander
,ye = & the crctcbets at MI Collier lefs Mr. Halli-
~e,I- phillips at the head Of English Shakespearsan
saitors and ofitica Nh. Furniyall Is newer man
- tne sbakespearean field BY the side OF such 2
vsfsran Is Mr. Haliiwell- Phillips, Mr. fafpAsah =
Ia ) tyro nor was DO ever heard o8 rs snake
euasrean till long after Mr.. HailiwelPs wcrk naa
Csorn 10 stately proportions Dir. Fsrniyai hau
davote himself to early English sexss 20 Cnaooet,
~, ID the editing OF the Percy Ms. OF Ballads and
Isomcaces tho prsater part OF tho latter In con-
Iuncsion with Mr.. Hales, but thu Loose ana hu-
snors,us Bougs1 by himself with running mar
r;nal commentary adapted to direct sne reader
attention to any nastiness he might otherwise naye
pain,ea Having completed this tass, ne was anse
b turn his attention to Shakespeare, ana IN lcse
founded society which, under the name OF .no
: New shakspere Society was 70 promoss .no
'.f,Av O. Shakespeare. Spite Of some ridicuie IN
snr,s by Mr. Furniysils eccentricities. aud thcsc
n so,ne az his associates. the Society has done
pertain amount OF useful work. :,
Among other pieoes of enterprise. Mr. EuFnlvaii
rnaertook 70 supcrintend the issue OF series Oh
nfofo- photographic fac-similes OF sbakespearean
ssrartos TO enc Of these be supplied rreiacc'
s,,d e. that Preface Ii Ia that n falls foul OF Mr
l.l,;well- phillips. whom Mr. Furnivall describes
II his polite way az leading member OF the hrm
81 pigsbrook u Cot referring 70 some on M.
ph,llips's remarks ~ Nporcine yagaries ana 70
others as being held up to the world on the pronss
of 8 dung-fofk.n r.-Phillips shereupon wro'e 70
The committee Of the Society TO ask this language
had their sanction TO which question the commit
- made answer that they did not consider the
,afarrea to as falling within their jurisdic-
ton. the ouartos In question not being published ps
the Society," Mr. Halliwei- Phillips then appealed
"a Mr. Browning. as president of the Society, point
sna ont that the preface containing theoe amenities
was ANNOUNCED as written by the Founder ana
director OF the New Shakspere Society. BIZ.
Browning replied that his presidency was purely
honorary, that he had mover attended messing =.
NE socetv Int that should he ever do SO his hrst
Iu.pnlse world be to invoke the spirit OF eentie
Ebakesoeare against language the meaning ana
rciey ancy Of which he failed 70 understand. Mr'
fIslliwell-P Phillips rejoined at some length; with
entire courtesy to Mr. Browning, but Win some
jrstifiable sharpness OF comment, though stlh IN
well-mannered words, upon tho Society ana ieS
psoceedinEs. These letters be printed Mr furni-
van has since printed reply to them. which goes
a. havoad his first offence. For parallel to it,
tha most s,ayenomed passages of the controversies
between Pope and 1bscbald, between Stevens and
Malone. or between Collier and his many adver-
saries Ia the matter OF the spurious corrections to
The SECOND Folio, may be searched in vain.
Mr.. Farni yalps pamphlet is entitled, with that
s,agance Of which no has the secret. The Co. OF
P;oshrook & Cor The first issue OF 1t is SIX ovo
mares: the second issue, for there have been two'
h.s two pages more. But the Substance OF Mr..
Fnrniyails defeuce may be stated in line; that
Re attacked Mr. RaIliwall- Phillips because MI.
Haaiiwell- Phillips had accepted the dedication OF
Nj. Ewinburne's Study of Shakespeare" rms
book OF sfr. Swmburnes Mr. Furniyall described In
HE hrst Issue Of bis pamphlet as reprint OF articles
grossly insulting the New Shakspere Society, IT'S
syfiters and myself Before the appearance OF the
ssccnd issue he had discovered that Mr. swinDuFne
had had the decen6y 70 cut out OF them almost an
his insolences to the New shakspsre society,"
tbouoh not to luep Mr.. Furniyall is OF opinion
That enough were left to justify his onslaught on
hr Halliwell Phillips. But perhaps after you have
mad another specimen or two of what Mr.. FHrni-
van THINKS decent you may rot care 70 ABIDE py
his Judgment in such matters ,u
To begin with, sPigsbrook' is MI FurniyaPs
name for Mr., swinbuIne. which he derives nom
Ahe Anglo Saxon swin. o swine or pig. and twHe,
bourne or brock. Throughout this pamphles Mi:
Furnivan refers to Mr. Swinburne as 4Pigsbrook !"
81 = the Pigsbrook.p He calls him " Drunken
Clown His action OF 0 controversy seems 70
consist In fastening nickname on ms opponents
Mr.. HaiIiw sll-Phiillps he calls Dir. Heli-f' ne
showers upon him accusations OF gross mlss1aee-
nent, Of striking Of putting forward suoteriuses'
"a mortified vanity. Of living hitherto in FOOLS
naradise Of iniudicious fattery, Of ignorance OF
s,sp.,aar Of want Of straightiorwardness and
honesty Of beng unable to cell the truth, OF being
unworthy to black the boots Of Mr.. Furnivalfs
friends whom he has insnlted; and many more. In
ths whole of Mr.. Fnrnigalis pamphlet, there are
few septences which many men would care 10 own
Ar. Furnivall seems to have no notion why MS
ssvle il offensive. specimen or two may DC
,snotsa from which Others will perhaps see more
clearly than be does. or Mr.. Halliwell.Philiips'l
,ljrnified appeal to Mr. Browning AR. furniyal
sssys;
6, rew much moro manly it would have been u
him to sfand up and tight his own oattis tnan 70 y
Z Whiuinr to our president. like little sneak 81
sehool. sPlesse, sir, FnTnivalls been rappin' my
knuckies, ! peFer doDe nosnln 70 NM io'
punish him.
The following appears TO be meant as vindica
tion Of Mr.. Furniyalrs method Of controversy:
As to ths wording Of my !sneers, you'll see tina
Ive founded Il only on Dir. HELP Is acts dc tnInet
i;irsef into the Pigsbrooks Co.. and Just treates
him - such. The firms vagsres thus .
ceasse became apofoine ones IN ms n a,Li
wrote Il week and washy aliegoEy to show nov
snrcrios he and his fellow amateur leboreIs were
mt only earlei,exs but seientihe hptanisis. AM
when saw the worthy Laborer. dung-iork u
hnlad. etc, etc.
Again;
You know as ven as that for come four years Q
nors--as long as be was pfaised-slr Heikf. was
member Of our Society, and hadn't WORD 10 ~
against its constitution, etc; but he gets ni
Eaucklqs raped tor insolenee, and then az ,
changsa Ss r1s sehclarsn e Is scsu