Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-06-25
THE WIr and HUaoR OF ARNeLD.
Always Used in tho Service Of the Main
Argument.

Always Used IN tho Service Of the Main
Argume
J0bn Burroughs has Al eEsay on Mst-
thew Arnold in the June Century, in
whlch occurs the following:
His seriousness OF pRrpose seldom per-
wits hin to indulge in wit; humor is q
more Constant quslity with hin. Bat
nevar is there vi: for Wits sake, nor hu-
nor for humor'5 gGke; they
sre entirely IN the service Of the msin
argument. The Wit is usually
thrust, &s when ne says CT the Non
conformist tAst he "hag wcrshipped his
fetch CT sepsr&tIsn 50 long that ne is
likely to w;sn 10 remain, ike EphIiGD, "a
wild ass alone by himseli.'" TIE book
in which ne uses TIE weapons Cf wit snd
humor the most c0ustsutly he calls, with
rsGaed s&rc1sm, "Fiierdship's Garland"
made up mainly Of nettles
Like all If his books, it is aimed
st the British PhiiIisIAe, out /. is
less Soc.atic than the other books sad
contains more Of Dem Swift. Arnold IS
always mater q the artful SlCrstic
method, bat his book has ia addition
pleyiul hunor and nettle like irony-ap
itch which ends il bur5-!hat are more
modern. What q GARLAND he drops By
the and OF hls PcussidG frie2d ArEisiug
upon the brow OF HepWor.h Dixon in
chsrsctsriz ng hiI style IS "AicdIe CIass
Msc.alayese."
Il cal it Mscsulayese, ssys the
pedant, "becsuse II mas The same internal
and external characteristics IS MSCEu-
lsy's style, the external Characteristic De
ing hsri nelalliG movement, with
nothing Of the soft play OF life, and the
internal characteristic being perpetual
Semblence OF hitting thG right Isil On the
mead without the realty. And l call Il
MScsulcYeEe because il has
faults without the CoIpaGs2tion q
great studies and OF convenience with
great sffaire, by which MEcaulay partly
them
BY the hand .; another character ne
crowns Mr. Ssla thus:
"But this career 4nd genius hLv2 given
liz somewhat J1s Escrej Ct literary
mixture novel ed fascinating in the
L. { dsgres; I G be Is he airy - Curesr-
ian of tie salons OF Augustus vim tat
taiI-b0died gsiety Of cur L giish der,
cel1sr."
Moet CT TIE London papers, TOO, re-
csiye their garland. Tl2t Ct the Times
is most taxing.
"NAy," often this enthusiast continues,
getting x2i-ed IS he goes on, "the Times
Itself, wn ca SO stlrs some peoples in1ig
astion-wha5 IS he TINS but gigantic |
Sancho PAIz,, following By 81 ct'T.2tiOE
20 cannon resist, that poor, mad, sccTned,
suffering sublime enthusiast, the modern |
spirit; following i, indeed, with Csnqtsnt |
e1postuiations and opposition, |
ailh airs Of protection, of &C mcsssiORate
with an inCasesEt by-g!ay OF |
sods, >hrugs and winks addressed TO the |
spectators; following it, in short, with oil
he incurnblG racEicitrsIcv OF g lower IA
are, bUs still following ~"
"Ia Friendships GsrlaEd many If the
shafts Arnold las aimed ST his country
men il his previous books ere re-
Gathered sud repointed, and shot with
grace aud playful m0ckeTy that are i'm
nerse!y diyer;iUg. He has perhaps never
iooe hpything so artistic ana so full 81
genius. 1t futile It's purpose With G.
grace ard completeness thss aTsken in
,ue the feeling OF the del;c!ous. L is
he only cre Of hls books one can call
delicious. 81