, 1881-02-19
hor arms around lIs neck, ste calied him
her sweetest, her dearest love. lion
slIAKsplsA1sE's WORKS.
An AHMITfEIE NF THEM.
To the J:dltnr et 1At tAttapo Tribune.

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El{A1l6l'SA1sE'S WORKS..
An AnvI1,r,, mr. THEN.
.. 10 inc 1'"ner q '"s ts'e'o' 1''""ne' ..
lloud1rruS. Attrh, Feb a-As you ltayo
given moro tl,au two columns Of your vnlu-
nblc space to tho tratlucerg Of Sl,nkspcnrc. [
fvm'nas ~ nuo NV. ~" WI 'Ssus s,. .eso ~
lew Parngfanhs. i nm lheVeu 70 wfltc III
homage to lin, Will not 8ny III his tcfetlsc
WhRt hnve to say can l,n Of no interest to
,,h, ,",,ht ,u ,'r",".i,naJ ~ ;" ,no,1a ,",'o,
WI" ''ih"t ~ p'ej""iee,'. ~ penh!u M..lt
llnSo hrhfd hlakc bull SHOW OF t!lslskans
Shakespeare. anil who wer0 evidently rather
pleased with themselves fur II, 1 llnyo often
,n mi nv,o,,, ,r,,,rsoif T., tt,"t ,v,,. "''
" NV en poso so"isell ~ that WHY
lncse very peoplo nso every aay, without
inrs from ShnI;sncnrc. md It il !. well-lnowu
scnsotlo,, fiat vim, WI, rrni Hhot;ancarn
sen ,,'a d.. t''ss ss "'.' ."n ."' S""s'H ~,
w. ~ ac s,:, lii .'" % soa ~" s.p..se. ~ '...
how tamllinr al.l co1''uho1l-plnee ara many
ind quoted from us, instead OF the contrary.
liz hus Something, expressed in tnrs.,
mud nohle lnMst,agc, that suits every
event IT l'tu nnd every emotion.
Shakespeare wcro 10 bt. crs.s,,t from The Eli
glIsl language, It would 10 stllgnInrly silurn
of It's grnccs. by fur tllN largest rart ut
theso quotations arc nsat!o nnconsciously,
truth n,yl beauty thnn tie!r nso III tAts way.
Now furhis tnulttcsness; tlUse who have
urged It nre 10 b|n,ne. They give psonf of
thu servl1ity OF illetr own minds, md ar0llsu
tint ,pcinlailce and l!u;t'I!iyto assllrhc.l per-
mind Sllaks.,rarc's works nru far from
fanitlcss US tliey sta1,tt sn1,,c Of his scc1lua
OF reuastre ure wearyllig, and Ills lnlls uil-
worthy Of him; Ills eoursencss is shocking,
'There ase iii FElnru aiMt Italy thousands Of
,nrn Of tho educated Glasses, whose conysr-
in!ccei!cics .ts great rs ..iiy Tint ars to bu
aps aG@ bt Il u SaKspGsg ,KSa 1n a w sq tav a,"Ss e
III Stnkspenre's days suc), conycrsatlon was
universal, and tic p,,rrst women wGro hlrti~
eAdrd to l'enrinE them, mld to smile at my
Ingenious hit.
Sntne i!nve snttt TINT S1nkspearc's c!inr-
actcrs salk MS Hnpa never do talk IN real lifo
certainty they often to-; bilt hH never makes
them express unnatural nor ilicos'lprelleIlstbIo
letlflEs.. III lin nre nn.le nt the lHazts nor
painful flights to be found iil Browning,
SWinbnrnc. nrd llluny other poets. ll.
clothes thoughts TINT nro ennslslnn to ntl
tl1lnking Humanity " Mnblpr la'lgnage tlian
lnhst Of tls CHI EiSp them. tiNl none Ut these
wish TOR trivial iticas, trlyIaIly tIougli
chnrlntngIy EXPRESSED. Gn'. tntl theM IN tic
llbrettu Uf "1'lnAfDle," III Mr.. Z. II. Byrou's
plays. AID ntlsulH Of tic same cnllhre.
bucll readers will never "a lar enough to
| find out how Thoroughly simple, nntural. alttt
| energetic Shakespeare eail ft, whore 1t Is
necdful. l nerd go NJ further thnn the play
| happen to have read lnNt, " Measure for
Atcns!ire,"-t!lc scene I,ctwecn Isabel mid
| Claudio IN thu prison. low graphically nro
tlla two characters deplete4l Tho upright,
| niag,alilni,,,s, yet somewhat coltl 1ssl,rl
| sunis up her resolution by saying, simply,
| BE really, Claudio. for your death to.llior-
row."