The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-10-22
THE POETRY OF RossErrE.

LelaDd, IS gwen Ia the October number OF
the Century,
THE POETRY OF RossETTf.
From the British Quarterly Review
The spring of 1882 will be memorable
tor the deaths oftwo poets who in very diff.
ierent ways exercised potent influence
on the Literature of the age Within a
month Longfeilow was followed b. Kos
settl. The two men were in strong con.
trast to each other; the one the poet Of the
| multitude, the other the inspired singer of
the few; the one lover of popularity, easy
OF access, pleased With the admirng gaze
of tourists, the other retired, shrinking
from the rough criticism OF the common
herd, accessible only to few kindred
spirits, hater Of broad daylight; the one
a teacher of all that is good and pure aud
simple, with + natural sympathy and at.
fully for the domestic and the common.
place in life and literature the other the
high-prlest Of a cult which in its historical
aspect is both venerable sad beautiful, but
which in its relation to modern life to
those Of us at least who are not angels, is
death"
Ladies have from early days been the
patrons and encouragcrs Of ceramic art
Catherine de Medics took Bernard Pals
~ under her protection, established HIM
at Paris when driven by persecution from
Salnies, give him site Tor his workshop
de iep -" Of Ike Tuileries, and often visited
him at his work. Maria Theresa was the
pstron of the Vienna mandatory, and
expended large sums upon its improve
ment Madame de Pompadour took an
eager interest IN ceramics, aud first sug-
eested TO tue king, Louis XIV, the policy
Of establishing porcelain manufacture IN
France. in order to save the large sums
which left the kingdom for the purchase
of Saxon ware. Consequently We owe the
exquisite porcelain OF seyres principally
to her influence. 'rhe Empress Elizabeth
Of Russia purchased and carried on porce'
lain works near ST. Petersburgh. Queen
Charlotte was a patron of Wedgwood, OF
dered from him complete table service,
appointed him her own potter, and desired
that his cream ware should henceiorth
be known as Queens ware
THE LIFE OF JONATHAN SWIFT.
The latest addition to the English Men
Of Letters" series is a life of Jonathan
Swift by Leslie Stephen. This biography,
although condensed, is comprehensive and
gives good account of the means by
which the eccentric and unhappy man OF
genius advanced from the humble situation
of private secretary to position of com'
mandiug influence among the greatest
men of his time. The view taken by this
authorog the character Of the Dean Of st
patricks is more favorable than his BIZ
onraphers and critics have been wont t
adoptyet we see no reason to doubt ts sub
stautbl accuracy Swift was man whom
erratic ways and boldly indrmitics rem
derei it easy to lniSjudge. In religion
although priest, he Was most unoIellca
clergyman, aud more ambitious of pohtica
preferment than anxious to wear mitrc
Yet was he sincere hater Of affection
and of wrongs, generous in h,s friendship:
and charitable when lie had anything t
give. So far as we eau judge, his life wa
strictly moral and his expenditures o
money we're never for his own benefits
+ He was proud OF the sacred calling he ha
, adopted, yet never made any display of b
professional character. "He wished to |
accepted as q man of the world and
business. He despised the Impractical an
visionary type, and the kind of religion
utterance congonial to men OF that type vi
abborreut to him. AT once the proude
and most sensitive Of men, 1t was his IN
: peratve instinct to hide his emotions
much as possible, In cases of great 81
i element he retired into some seclude
!, corner where, if he was forced to feel,
: could be sure of hiding his feelings. |
{ always masked his strongest passions und
some ironical veil, and then proc,iced VIII
his friends regarded as on inverted byr
crisy. Delany told us that he stage d
six months in Swift's house before discover