New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-02-23
REGULATIONS OF MEN or LETTERS.

From All The Tear AROUND: , r:
Wordsworth composed his verses wn t iS NE or
carried them in his memory ana GOT ms WIon
daughter TO write them down on ms Ielui ~. ont's
n visitor at Rydal Mount asked 10 Sc ,m0 Inn n
study, the maid is reporteu 10 Of hooks living
h+ ON The fable sofa and she Ives, and TO hve re-
marked "Ths is the masters Ip!h,S a"nr :. his
keeps his books o O% wherempon she cursied the
9Sitor into the garden again. i.andOr aiSo useu ~
comnose while walking and therefore always pro-
Srrdid IN walk alone Buckle walked every nioII
mo for n ouarter of an hour before breakfast a.
said that having adopted this custom upon m IVA
advice it had become necessary. ~ ~; ~ either
sunshine or rain made no difference 70 nm crrn iii
for that morning stroll. or for the afternoon WHlk
which had its appointed time and length; anH VIII F
he would rarely allow h T@a 70 ceTcfn was Long
fellow in the preservation of his health Ilo ho a
sisted in outdoor exercise even Wheh w ]
was the reverse OF pleasant hotH III trT nrp
and autumn, when raw and binsterlme M lmuIi he
vo,Ied he never omitted his daily walk, though, ne
might 90 no further than the bounds OF ms eaIuen
Darwin was at one time fond of horseback eNcIcS
INT after the death of his favorte horse, Soe zen
or twelve wears ago, he never rode again, put pro
eed to walk FOUND his i s1r nyey Gr eds Of Kens
Wai,py was Macaulays favorite recreation put
like Leigh Hunt he seems 10 nave peen ~ tnt he
sever himself from his bookS lie enc S1, snIf in
some great library, and never pass WaHlhs n"Ii
without book before him. certainly ne oTon4
never walk without his book lie w h6 lanes of
Eomuoh aadin% and even the new and surprising
snpct3cle of the sea-sO suggestive OF IeNcIIo "nu
hroodinr tbought-could not seduce nm from lllS
hooks Macaulav reminds MS OF lhirIWaI, VIZ
whether eating. walking or riding was never 10 W
seen without BOOK. cc,.,.a I,;ol,ops WAC
vdIi',pG Bv day. Professor Ward points out
I,irkcns fouud in the London thorough1ares slIhu-
aiye variety: and by night in seasons oil lhlcHeGt
nal excitement he found in these same stifets tc
refrcshment of isolation among crowds Du' ne tIo
walks he loved best were long stretches on 1, tLe
ellis or across the downs by the sea where lolio"
inc the track OF his breathers one nan eA ~
moot him coming along against the WIND al 1Our ana
half miles an hour, the very empouIhehV oA on' -
and brmfu of life" .. ,,.,ll, &C so,,oraI
miles enouph to get himself into glow, before nc
commenced the days labor. whether tne - spl IN
moved him not, he entered ms WGrEotHp az
toiled until g. when he answered ms letters, sdN
friends read and sometimes had secohu Malh.
Victor Hugo loves to ride outside an ohllluuis ;
Carlyle was fond of riding INSIDE, Rn IN y
neitHer walking in the streets, nor Tldlng III Il
rlcketv. bone-shaking omnibus, aided CaliyIc
digestion; for a more dyspepuc anu "niod
author never breathed u was mo wp of nhe-
Domrn3 " and pronounced his talk contenpubly
small indicating wondrous Ignorance ana snalio W
ness" Never did men of such Gl.sliiIaI ,oU
meet before: but they had one taste III common
and that was walking for whlcE Lamp l d
restless impulse How he loved LONDON! inougn
he liked TO pluck buttcrcups and daisies az les III
Tho couutry his sympathleS were entllely WIN
ondon Like Dr. Johnson, ne DelleNed Ihat "Heii
n man was tired of London he was tlIeu 0l liIG i,
he seems never to have grown weary OF sOal1ihg
t6e nraises of that wonderful city, London whose
dries equented alley and her yoTd r%t
nI5ebanre far ckiddaw and Helvellyn James Walter
gHG the pa t INTO the bargain lie loved not only
the prht-shops, the theatres, the booksIais, ouo
the crowds of human faces. Inc Wohci ol tIIcs w..
siChts y he saws impels me into night walks about
her crowded streets and l often shed tears n ths
motley strand from funess of JOY at so mucn NE.
RECENTLY n new form of exercise has Dcch coHl-
mdnJed 70 brain-workcrs by DR.. Richardson, who
contends that tricyclng viii enable them to Obtain
Tiicvrips are unfortunately, awkward machines To
stow away. and cannot with safety be used alter
dark. Stablng accommodation for them IS nara TO
| ind I'm London, as well as dear, and they are
scarcely suitable ornaments for drawnG-rGom,, OF
even a back parlor. Dr., Richardson stables ms
| machine in the lobby of his house IN MancheStet
| SnUare An arrangement of this kind IS CONVENIENT
for The rider. but would be tolerated by few wives