New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-12-24

perad venture. coin OF our time "oui" 10 u'o''''
on the contrary, moro valuable for its antiquity,
il yon choose 10 sell IT,. ~
n curiosity common circles of silver gold. and cop
per with Gloriauas ithered NisaEe hattcned on
thrm Far more curious TO me youI modern Ht0ats
Here Won are said I. hauling forth a mScella'e-
Gus handful of lf.crVwns, shillings, ana pence
and pouring them OF line table.
nenry examined them.
They are better made than ours
Most things we have, Ictorted !, laughing, ex-
cert perhaps, ale and poets arc better made than
yours fame you will ind .
Like enow " replied he. rather sadly; i shall
have much to lean.
Finally. after had told him good deal about
modern authors. and shown him specimens OF tn5lr
work, agreed 10 90 to bed.
My dreams were quaint.
And it came to pass that Henry Barnes and my
self were landed the platform OF London terhl-
nus at the hour of G:l5 p NJ, one ine afternoon.
put hun into hanson and sat beside hun, calling
attention 10 such Objects animate or otheTW SO as
seemed worthy of it, IT happcned that the first
public binding we passed was one with which he
was acauaInted and recognized Immediately,
namely Westminster Abbey: nor did hr fail to he
impressed with the exterior OF the nelghbOiDg moro
modem structures, the Houses Of Parliament. the
church of 81 Margaret the Aqulrlum and the Hos
pItal But what. o. course. drew his attention most
perpctuay. was the immense moving crowd OF PEG
pie in. 20 him, new and quaint costumes.
. And your men at arms here he said. passing the
Horse Guards are of no less dreadful aud magnIic
appearance than those Of Her Most Sovereign Viz
qinIty Pray You sir, where are we now
- We are now at Chariug Cross. hit black object
is the next king after James, Charles J. lou said
you were alive III James, llfnc' WeTeh yO" lou
don't remember =
pOor creature He caused the playhouses TO he
closed on Sunday to please the d--d scot and Pre-
c,ion company, spent his own Sunday in his curS,
or in tho VirtuOns company OF Hastor George Vii
liers. After imprisoniug Chapman and Marston tor
ieerng at the scots, lie became thing Tor all me
And am sorry to say we have never been able
to open those pl4yhGuSes ON tho weekly holiday
ever since that dOleful decree.
And tbs is-why, this is the Strand, with houses
or either side -
i do assure you, it looks to INC. like street of
Gaty never Wa in cSHRy though II h tS read
there il L" foreynly and curiOusly devysed." trOw
the bodies and souls inside this raimcnt here are
not much changed, nevertheless
They eat and drink plav, cheat, make love, AXE
marriage and make children-mcot of these with
improved appliances and IN ue'ier buildings You
will find the soldier hereabOuts mostly not far from
the infant in tine nurses arms; the lOToT-he ~
eyeTVwhcIe--you will he one soon, Ill bet The
justice--eh, must take YOU to poce-court, un-
less perhaps, yod got taken there by some D0gberry
and NeTGcs.'
And the lean and slippered pantaloon leans OH
the wall of yOnarr tavern
Hc does. he does, They mostly spend their time
sO'
We deposited orr traps at my chambers in Glenn
ent's Inn sacred TO the memory of Master Shallo -
'P and / took Henry Barnes forth 10 dine at the
IIolbOIn Restaurant. But will quote his journal
of life ia LUr don. which he lneiftcd on keeping III
an deliberately quaint artistic FIlZabcthan hand.
His memoranda we're often moro quaint, however,
than his caliGraphy, and are worth examination in
that they give a far more real picture Of his i'm
pTessiOIs than any description OF mine could. / do
not think il necessary TO reproduce his spelling or
course 1t WAS crratic. He would write " musicke"
and Cl0aths, and the like, which tie kind perUser
will imagine.
JOURNAL OF MAsTrR HENRY BARNES
uopdGy-Mv hfs in London begins ut even. My
Cousin George carried me 10 an ordinary, where
SAW Inuca Spcndor and gallautTy There was music
PLAYED all the while that wo ate, and marvellous
well played withal. Ii WAS quaint cOncet To
have the list Of the mnsc imprinted on the back of
the reckoning. or bill of fare. which lay on each
table. | saw many iair youths aud goodly danes.
The dress OF this day is not as rich that of ouIs,
but il sets OFF Il COmely body well ) any that
could he devised must remember to visit picture
galleries AMI study the fashion of dress as IL has
mended az fallen oll-tho fashion, not the dress
since our day.
At The table next to us sat a party. two young
women and one old man. who did drink much foam
ing lrcuch wine and ate oysters. | said TO Coz
George on cider it'll the FTemch-pOshed head is
in perlous state for that neXt world on whose
threshold be treads!' George told IGe they were IL
merry family. Aler-y they may be-but they
he n family Sir John met his family ut tho Boal's
Head George laughed. telling me it was very
There were many merry families rs nv cousin
calls theIn bere-but only one other valu old man.
whose gray hairs would have been brought 10
shamo-if lo had had ans. After suppcr-dnner
believe. they call u no"-we went to playhouse
We walked down D:ury Lane. which, with its
neighbUrug streets, has changed less than other
parts of the town. The playhouse was in tho
Strand | do not remember its name. MS | lave
been 10 so many since. and thcJ arc all new to me
except the theatre IN Southwark, 10 the Black
friars / remember there ALWAYS beiur n houss
there and OH this night saw one of Wills plays
and VIII never forget it. We sat in comfortable seats
of plush cranos!e, under gay dome. lit with the
new light they oXtIact from the of sea coal
which can be changed from gaudy day to soft dusk,
ut will Tho gallants a!e no longer allowed the
stage place Tor div erson and loud goaslpry nor
il there any tub to cast APP e-parings INTO In the
Pit. If any do fight, or quarrel, make an I'M
sepmly noise here Tor even IN PaUPs AN told they
are cast hea llong forth by the atch. In my day
II would have been the Nalcn "hO would have
been cast out.
goodly colors. the brave ana gentle audience and
the low red lights, felt as never have felt before
even ct the service OF thanksg wing after we had
beaten the lnvincible Armada and there Thought
such things as had never Thought BEFORE of the
spirit and power OF TINS
Little body with mighty heart
This precious stone set IN the silver sea-"
And the curtain IOsc.
The play was that uneXceed tale Of woe Of the
two Veronese star crossed lovers But 10 was not
stage. play. 1t was vision III necromancer's mir.
ror. 1t vas as one Of those ever changlng fair
dreams of beauty that leave regret, and desire aud
reInem brance only at the waking. | know not
how far NY marvellous life may he prOion ged, but
| would give twenty years OF lullllleu hopes, ana
mighty joys to bring Will Shakespeare to this play
house once. In the scene where the last parting in
life of the lovers took place where tho man stands
on a ladder with his beautiful wife at one end and
eternal Punishment ut the other, fairly wept for
them both, and feared would have been pitched
bodily forth by the guard for disturbing the peace
Between the acts, / walked with George as o man
in dream drunken with the thoughts Of unspeak-
ebe things. told George that did not know, till
saw this player-lady, that women Acted told
him many things. In truth, i unpacked my heart
with words. would have fought or embraced any
man present.
Later. ] said to him. / see you are not oil yet
Purltans and Protestants.