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TisIcI Y.

Az SpeZzia an old man on his death
bed confessed to- having been in the
boat that ran down tie Ariel in July,
1922. Trelawry was firmly convinced
of the trnth of this story, and told me
that be personally had never doubted
the fact that Shci,ey's boat was run
down IN ,he hope Of finding Byrons
dollars on board.
The death of that I'D sooandTel con-
firms the justice OF that vlew," he
said.
frelawDy may be said to have lived
every day of his long life. Unlike most
veterans, his sympathies did not perish
in his prime. His mind was not forever
recurring to the "old days" whose
manners and customs are supposed by
elderly persons to have been so far su'
perior to those OF our degenerate times.
Au expansive intellect kept him 10
touch With the later developments IN
literature, In science, and ip art, while
the consistency Of his strong, independ
ent nature preserved him from thu
baneful ettec.s of senile bigot
~. lie delighted in tho works
OF Swinburne ard OF Darwin
and we have seem what he thought o.
Boehra Is sculptor. He was not tot
much of liberal TO he blind to til,
merits Of Mr.. nisraeh, whom he de-
scribed asS' great man directing tbs
impulses Of stubborn couatry.n Ill
told me that he sat next to Mr.. Disrael
at the Byron meeting. "Disraeli asket
noe TO cay q few words iu favor OF sh'
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THE SPRINGS or FoNrASA.

From the Athenmum.
The springs of Fontana well high on the
mountain;
out ofthe rock Of the granite they pour
Twenty or mlre;
Ripple ana runnel aud freshet and fountain
Wen. happy tears, from the heart OF the
mountain
Up at Fontana.
See. not a step can we take but a spring
Breaks from the roots Of the blond-nowerd
chestnuts-
look. in the water their long golden breast.
Flung i'm ctress)-from a tuft OF the ling.
From a stone. anything
Upat Foniana.
Twenty or more, and no one OF the twenty
Cuisines the same; here the waters abundant
Babbe redundant.
Filling the vale with the bruit OF their
plenty;
Here mere ripple, n irickle. scanty
Dew on fOntan1.
Surely one MONDAY the PropheI in heaven
Sept aud the wand OF the desert fell.
Fell 10 the rock, and the rock was riven;
la, all around II eternally well,
A miracle,
The springs Of Fontana.
Waters Of boon,
In drought or in deluge unaltered your cur
Flows from the rock and Is ley In June,
Flows when the iclcle hangs on the torrent,
Flows when the river is drv, and the noon
Parchcs FOutana.
over the rocks
over the tree-ToOt ihat tangles and blocks.
Pobbng from all that resists you a sunny
scent Of the cistus AMI rOck-hdden honey,
YarrOw campanula, thyme, agrimony;
Flow from FOntanal
Flow. happy waters. and sather and rally.
Rush 10 the plain.
Flow TO the heavenly fields OF Limain,
Blue rs dream in the folds Of the valley;
Feed them aud iattan with blossom and grain,
Springs Of fontana!
River OF springs,
Born many times ~ renewal amending,
Bright, irrss istib' @, purest OF things,
Blessing the rocks that oppose you. befriend-
ing
Pastures and cattle and men ] your vending
Forth from fOntana.
Rorn, who knows how, a mysterious fountain
Out OF the stone and the dust Of the noun
tain,
Bound TO a country we know little OF,
How shall | bless We and praise ye enough,
Image Of Love,
springs of Fontana!
"A. Mary +. Robinson.
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ON NOVEL WRITING.

No romance Is any the worse, but far
the better, for being well written. To
be we'll written il must be suitably
written, and the style which is excel
lent for a sober, delicate, scientific
story is not soexcellent for tale OF adj.
venture. Even the novel publishing
newspapers, as long as they get their
weekly allowance OF incident. do not
grumble, probably because the language
IS good. Its excellence, however,
depends on the matter. Elegant
and rhythmic English aud dainty
aud prolonged descriptions are
not in place in novel OF
romance; they cease to be ia place as
soon as the separate charm Of the style
becomes rival to the interest of the
story. A drama may have too much
wit, though this is an uncommon fault
and story. too, is marred when the at
tention, instead Of being concentrated
on the action. is claimed by the manner
of the narration. Even in tales of
analysis and science, one often seea
that the author has paused and nibbled
at his pen, while he sought the best. or
rather the most unexpected, word.
This is actually frequent vice in
modern, especially, perhaps in Ameri-
can, novels which aim at style. There
are some readers who prefer these
Interruptions and delays; they think
them proofs of deicacy and of equisits
care. This appears to me to be fault
in any work. Often, it is true, in
Shakespeare, one is forced to stop and
read again and again some passage, for
the extraordinary, astonishing beauty
of it's manner. But we may be sure
that Shakespeare did not stop as he
wrote, and work the thing up: Shakes
peare who never blotted lIne.n OF
course passages may be worked up.u
and yet may show no sign Of it. For
example there is beautiful sentence
in one of Izaak Waltons Lives
which reads in its ample breyity as il
it were quite spontaneous. But sever
al rough copies of it. none of them
good, are found on the fly leaf of a
book which had been in the possession
of Izaak.
The error is to employ research in
style which is inappropriate and tardy,
This is as much the fault OF some good
novels in the way Of analysis as reck-
lessness of taste and even OF grammar
is the fault of some books of adventure.
The worst of it is that, to good many
persons the fault in the former class APP
pears merit. When Mr.. Stephenson.
in his admirable Master of Ballan-
trae. " makes the old Scotch steward
talk about 1.-The lurcbing reverberations
of the firelight," he drops. for once,
into the error of style which is too
often recognized as an excellence.
At all events the business of hep
edity, as in NJ. Iola's long series OF
romances, can never, probably, be
much admired by more than passing
fashion. Hercdity is much too ileeting
and peculiar in Its manifestations to be
seized scientifically. IL is about as
manageable as hypnotism. which ia
scientific, too. more or less. and is over
worked aud tedious. But novel of
beredity is usually thought scientific,
while a novel of hypnotic influence is
thought romantic. They are about
equally scientific and equally tran
sient.-Andrew Lang, in Longman's
Magazine.
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LEWIS CARROLL.

Oxford is the home OF Lewis Carroll.
the author of Alice in Wonderland. -
the queen of nonsense books. He is a
SENIOR Student of Christ Church. and
was for many years Mathematical Lee
turer to the college, but retired from
this latter post some few years ago i'm
order TO devote himself more unre-
servedly to literary work. AS might
be gathered from his books. he is a gem
uine lover of children, and his beau
tiful suite of rooms in the northwest
corner of Wolsey's great quad
rangle, overlooking st. Aldgate's s,
were at one time yeritabla
chIldren's paradise. Never did rooms
contain so many oupboards, and never
did cuphoards contain such endless
stores Of fascinating things. Musical
boxes. mechanical pei forming bears, pic
ture books innumerable. toys of every
description came forth in bewilderipg
abundance before the child's astonished
eyes; no wonder then that In childish
years day spent with Lewis Carroll
was like q glimpse into veritabie I'll
Dorado Of innocent delights! For many
years he was q considerable amateur
photographer, and amused himself by
taking his little friends IN all sorts of
odd and fanciful costumes, till his al
buns became filed with japanese boys
and girls. beggar maids in picturesque
tatters, or Joans of Arc in glittering
armor. The smell Of TIE coliodion ne
used 20 pour upon the negative, his
small subjects Watching him open
mouthed the while, fingers in the mem
DRY still, end the sight of the box in the
dark room which used 10 be pulled out
for them to stand upon. in order that
they might watch more comfortably
the mysterious process of develop
ing," served not long ago to remind
one at least of his quondam child
friends, humorously If a little painful
W, of the flight OF time. -Harper's
MaoaZiDe
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object we bad met to promote. told
him l would have spoken before. but
would not speak after him. Is con-
sidered his speech had covered the
whole ground. Disraeli said he would
like to call upon me. and asked where
] was living. l did not wish 10 bring
him so far out OF the way for nothing.
40 | told him nv home IL at Worthing.
thus avoiding the prospect of visit. "
The same spirit that had prompted
Trelawny to assist the Greeks in their
struggle for Independence caused him
10 rejoice at the unificatiou of the Ger
man Empire. whose brilliant victories
consolidated the strength of a nation
that had long suffered oppression. Hs
was reused to indignation by the pro-
tests OF the Hsnoverian Kingdom :.
which he described a. "a pretty pro.
vince setting up its selfish pretensions
in the face of memorable destiny. -
Temple Bar.
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If America possesses a classic author
land am not denying that she may
nave several) that author Is decidedly
Hawthorne. His renown Is unimpeach-
ed: his greatness is probably permanent.
because he is at once such al original
and personal genius. and such Judi
cious and determined artist. Haw-
thorne did not set himself to compete
with life" lie did not make the effort
the proverbiallY tedious eiiort--to
say everything. To his mind fiction
was not a mirror Of commonplace
minds. and he was not the analyst OF
the minutest among their ordinary
emotions. Nor did he maze moral, or
social. or political purpose the end and
aim of his art. Neral, as many of his
pieces naturally are, we cannot call
Them didactic. He did not expect, nor
intend. TO better people bY them. He
Drew the Rev. Arthnr Dimmesdale with
ont hoping that his awful example would
persuade readers To make clean
breast of their iniquities and their
secrets. 1t was the moral situation
that interested him, not the edlfying
effect of bis picture OF that situation
upon the minds of novel readers. lie
set himself 10 write romance, with
definite idea of what romance writing
should be: to dream strange things,
and make them both look like truth. y
No hing can be more remote from the
modern system of reporting common
place things in the hope that they will
read like truth. AS all painters must
do. according to good traditions, he Sc
Iected a sublect, and then placed it in a
deliberately arranged light-not in the
fuU glare of the noon day sun. and in
the disturbances of wind, aud weather,
aud cloud. Moonshiue filling familiar
chamber. aud making it unfamiliar,
moopshine mixed with the faint ruddi-
uess on walls aud ceilings or tire, was
the light. or a clear burr twilight was
| the light by which he chose TO work.
So he tells us in the preface to The
| Scarlet Letter. The room could be
filled with the ghosts of old jewellers
in it: faint. yet distinct, all the life Tat
had passed through it cGI.e back, and
spoke gith him, and inspired him
de fixed his eyes on these figures
tangled in some rare kpo, OF fate and
desire; these 10 painted, not attending
much TO the busile of existence thai
surrounded them, not permitting cup
erfluous elem 'nts to mingle with them
and TO distract him. Tue method o.
Hawthorne can be more easily traced
than that of most artists as great a:
himself. Long. in The indie
pendent.
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II has been wit,ily said that 10 our
large towus religion is like oysters-oi
no account during The months that
have no "R IN them. There is no Iea'
son that this should be 50. The claims
of Jesus Christ on the service OF his DIS
eiples are not reguIated by the almanac.
A Christian 3 vows of allegianes are not
limited 10 certain seasons of the year
or certain places of residence. Inc
soul needs food and exercise "h pus.'Ia
our bodies may be soj)urning. People
die in summer as well as in autumn OF
winter: aud Satan never takes eny va
cations. Al these things being true,
there are some imperative duties that
rest on the members OF Christ 5 ChuIch
during MISUNDERSTANDING outing q
much US during any other part OF the
year.
gard @ the duties Of ministers. Apon'
Every year there IL the same outoFeaA
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LYRICAL POETRY.

What are the qualities which 20 TO
make the success of lyrical poems-that
kind of success which is measured. not
by the cold approval of a few cultured
and critical readers. but By the answer.
ing sympathy and emotion of the heart
of mankind generally Probably we
should coacluds that the first iudIs--
peusable quality is that of musical
rhythm aud beauty of versification.
Not. of course, that this is the supreme
attainment or the main end of lyrical
noetry: bat 1t Is that without which all
other Qualities is sucn poetry are thrown
away. and which is absolutely indispen,
cable 70 Guy composition which would
lake rank as lyrical poetry poetry
sbich, without being set 70 music, IN
itself implies and suggests musi'
aal cadence. This first con-
dition granted that the form be per-
feet, we require that this form should
contain thought or a narrative OF In
rrinsic significance or interest," a
thought, if the poem be a lyrical poem
bi the reflective or subjective order; OF
mar alive. il it be OF that class OF OBJ
| jto!ive lyrical poems which are by com
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than we do, that the consciousness OF
the work OF the Spirit in the renewal
of our natures Is indispf nsable To n
knowledge of our forgiveness and
adoption. For it is only thus that we
can distinguish the witness of the Spirit
from the excitement aud enthusiasm
which are the usual Accomplishments OF
revivals. The anxiety on the part
OF certain revivalists TO succeed. and
to prove their success by large
list Of conversions, leads them TO
90 ahead of the Spirit and assure men
that they are saved before God sets
his seal to that work. 1t Is right TO en-.
courage the faith of those who give evil
dence Of punQent godly sorrow for
sin, by telling them that God will GER
family save them if they will cast them
selves on his promises and believe them
with all their hearts. But it is never
within the province Of any man TO tell
seeking souls that God has saved them
for in so doing he usurps the functions
of the Spirit. and declares that to be a
fact which he does not know to be a
fact. and which only the Spirit OF God
can reveal to the believing soul. AS
Methodists we have no business with
the work of absolution.
The knowledge of salvation is not
merely a matter of inference. but the
unmislakable recognition by the soul of
the presence aud speech of God in the
soul. The Spirit itself beareth wit
ness with our spirits that we are the
children of God" Because We are sons.
God hath sent forth the Spirit Of his
Son into your hearts crying, abba.
Father And when God does this
for men. they certainly know it.
We are TO bear in mind that the
testimony of the Spirit is to the be-
LEVERS consciousness. We know
that God speaks to him because
he is conscious of it. He knows that
what he declares is true-namely, that
he has paTdoned his sins, because he
hears the Divine voice telling him so,
and is conscious of the fruits of that
work. He has to rely upon conscious
ness for the direct as well as for the in
direct witness. aud this lie can do with
absolute assurance; for the testimony
of consciousness is the strongest evi-
dence we can have in favor of any fact.
BY it we know that we exist, think,
see. feel, love or hate, are joyous or
sad. Nothing can gainsay one of these
facts If it is attested by consciousness.
Now. if there is anything that a man
can be conscious of, 1t is that distinct
and marked change involved in his re
generati0n-of the love of God shed
abroad in his heart by the Holy Ghost;
of Joy instead of grief; of peace instead
of disturbance and trouble Of soul. ana
of all the other fruits Of the Spirit
which the Scriptures designate as infal-
libo proofs of salvation.-Pittsburg
Christian Advocate.
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clash Of all its steeples. pouring
into his ears again and again,
in a tuneless, grating. discordant.
Earring. bileous. vibration that
made his ideas spin round and round
till they lost themselves in a whirl OF
vexation and giddiness and dropped
down dead. >" A couple OF days later
he wrote TO Forster letter OF ono sen.
tence: We have heard the Chimes at
midnight. Master SHALLOW" A few
days later he writes again: 1T is a
great thing to have my title and see my
way how to work the bells. Lst them
clash upon me now from all the
churches aud converts in Genoa. 1 see
nothing but the old London belfry
have set them in; 10 my minds eve.
Horatio.n Thus il was always with
Dickens when setting about new no.
vel. Dependency, doubts. difficulties
and endless experimenting, suggesting.
sitting. rejecting of titles. Then. OF
sudden, a title found, and he was OIL
on the composition of the book. Never
were the preliminary throes mere pro-
tracted than with David Copper
field"
Toward the end of 1S4S he was
making holiday at Broadstairs, his
mind running on subject. Il have
not, " ne writes from there,
"'seen Fancy write
With a pencil of light
on the blotter so solid commanding the sea-
but should've wonder il she were to
do it one of these dayf. Dim visions OF
divers things are floating around me.
must go to work head foremost when
| get home" Home be goes. yet gets
no further. Ia February. 1919, he is
in Brighton. "A sea fog to-day, but
yesterday inexpressibly delicious. My
mind running like high sea on names,
not satisfied yet, though On Feb.
ruary % he had found title OF
some sort. to-wit, Mays Di-
versions. Being the Personal His
tory of Mr.. Thomas Mag the Younger
of Thunderstorm House." Then
came a series of variations in the ex.
pository rart of the title, thunderstorm
House after time becoming Copper.
field House. Then came The Personal
History of Mr.. David Copperield the
Younger and his Aunt Margaret. On
February 26th he sent Forster list OF
six names, which may be found set
out length-at great length-in the
Life. Forster and Dickens children
finally determined his choice among
the six, and the title once settled all is
plain sailing. He went through this
elaborate process with most of his IT,
ties. There were dozen tentative IT,
ties for BLEAK House." most of them
leading off with Tom-All-Alone s"
and fourteen for Hard Times 1t
was the same with "A Tale of Two
Cities. Macmillan Magazine"
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I'LL. ulrNE.s or TnE srIEIT.

The clu-liau believer has indubita-
fI..,-,-. that God for Christi sake has
t.-,ir.r .ris s.ua; that he has been born
ol th. Sq.-al. l-a new creature IN Chrlsl
J..,... ..g - - child and heir of God,
.irf lrIr vita Christ. That proof Is
r.a..i1. Fus.. .le direct testimony OF
DID,. -nr.t.ofas Dir. Besiey says. the
I'D. .li impression on the soul. where
lr DO. Spin. 0f God witnesses 10 by
..-t. i.at am child of God. At
r.....uIiii authorities 81 our chuich
l.-.. .t.. Obi, direct witness "a mas
r.l-4a.c Tor tine reason stated by hf.
iiat justification y an ace
,..... DC j. secret and Invisible; II
r. 100 us Ogn mind; 1t Is ne
..I.. ty 900 outward sign. aud no one
... aU0p ilat ne is forgiven eXcep! Ihe
H. Spirit who knows the mind OF
.. tolls him. Second. the testimony
.. |... Wn -uirit. or indirect testimony
s ..I .ly Spirit. by and through his
q... winch confirms the direct tesh.
ulf o .ho Spirit that be Is chiid OF
l .U. Consciousness of possessing
l.- lrllt4i lhe Spirit--lOve. JOY. peace
-- fhr .ldirect witness. 1t is tie
r.a,l. .u.ue-. ihat a mighty change has
ha.u wrought in the impulses, desires,
r..r.... and affections Of the soul, III
watch n. has been brought from DARK
.-al hkGt that the thugs ne once
s.l ua nJw hates. and the reVerse'
41l t.4t bee ls indeed "a new creaturei
.g ..n OLD thiugs have passed away,
aui Dad whom All things have become
lev
Iar .leu. s. the two-foid witness OF
..... When we say that 20 tie
HlIf r.leutsut and believing soul tue
..4f Spirit sbeaks directly and III uh,
m.a..t.s language. telling hun tha'
i-sn. arc pardOned aud that he Is
ralI.l God. we should bear in nina
iae aue aud form in which ;his com
muai. Jon is made 20 the soul. 70 u
never u4ie before regeneration. III Is
a.Hsf, made 20. aud u supported oy'
elr...usuess. we cannot recognize
tle voice of tbe Spirit unless bis fruits
arc us. the natural man oeceiVeth
uIt the things Of he Spirit OF Codi ioi
lnry are ioOlshness unto him. nellhel
can be- know them, for they are SplrltI
aNydlsctrued. When the soul bas beef
aucaened ,ato newness Of life by th'
,pu, o. God, lac can and does recog
nv. ihe divine voice telling him hi
s.ls aie forgiven. Aud 8hen IN plac'
ui sense OF God s disapprobsilon, h'
has consciousness Of ms love, and ~
raee OF the inward tumult aud MISERY
-l.ug from a.sense Of guilt, he Ia
Ue4ee and joy. he knows that his IN
~ac1 impression" that he is child o
Dol il b, the Holy Spirit. DE know
Goa, the Spirit - speaking in bis soul
because he has the love. JOY and paac
which are declared 70 he the fruits o
ihe spirit. The blessed witness TO th
soul Is guarded by the concurrent wit
ue,s Of the soul. and Is thus distinguish
ed from TIE pIesumptions OF the natu
fal mind.
II Is important 10 emphasize, NOR
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DICKENS TIT rs,

Till lie had fixed upon his title, be
could not get seriously to work. tie
was in Genoa in 1874. and had Chris
tan story 10 write. lie had never, he
said, so staggered upon the threshold
before. TIE subject was there, but he
had not found title for it. or the na-
chinery TO work il with. Sitting down
one morning resolute for work, though
against the grain. his hand being out
aud everything inviting to iaieness.
such peal Of csih,vs arose from the
e;t, AS he found 'maddening.' All
Genoa lay beneath him. and mp from il.
With some sudden set of the wind,
came in one fell sound The clang and
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DENYING CnRlsT.

To deny CHRIST is to endeayor TO sup
,rcss the relation in which we stand to
lin Peter denied Christ IN the hlgh
nrirst's palace. The relation in which
- tod TO Christ was very close anu
'avgcr one. He was one OF the three
HON Christ admitted to the most per
soaai Intimacy. But ii tho great Crisis
~ onr Lord IS life he stroye TO suppress
III close and real relationship. He
dia not want 70 be pulled by his bona
INTO the gull which was yawnlng Tor
Jssns so he emphaticaliy aseereraied'
II know not the man. Inc tourist
wbo scales tho dizzy heights OF the
Wa,terhorn is attached to his guide by
. zone or leathern strap. How eontemp'
,ible would be the conduct OF the gulde
who. when he saw bis companion sup
mig over an icy precipice' should sua
5eniv cut the uniting bond IN order :.
avoid the risk Of icing involved ID th'
same horrible fate
This very principle of action IS por
,yaved in a familiar picture ciiie'
The Huguenot Lover" 1t is ~. bar
,holomew eve. The massacre OF tn'
P,otestants has been dec'ded upon
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when the paper came cut peet ana
clean. and every word plain and reada-
BILE. there was great rejoicing III .ne
Office. The foreman, =. =. rowen'
smiled till bis hat fell OFT; oria. oar poy,
said he would celebrate the occasion
hv taking bis first chew Of 'bacca, and
We editor eat an old fashioned pigeons
wing. and even the Office cat turned a
somersault for very Joy. No telling
how far this Publication would have
gone, hal not my better half asked
Pare YOU all crazyY In your joy you
have uot once thought from whence
and from whom cometh all good luis
brought us standing, and we were no'
slow in acknowledging from whence
cometh all our blessings