Telegram-herald., 1890-08-10
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almost eadiee4 pleasure N-lhiA A'-s@
near tile ancient bnrghs II tlae constant
sd, - ne stranger. enespeeted, iden-
nisestion of place With personality
Irdeed / % not know OF an'gtner spot
ia tz.s whole World where th.e place e
z<.f and the Whole couniry roundaooot
seem to have taken On sueh an Indiyld-
uality and permanent eolaFing from
he brsef presence OF one man We
elaea beloged, sanity Whistler 81
Dangsi;s tosn. Bat h.s work and per
senalify are intensest IN our minds
along IN the dark days before the great
eona.ct, and ia thought We see the
man, WhlttieF. plainest, ,whenand where
hls burning words had their most az
eressive Tower. Good old DIR. Holmes
snlnes along IN a beaten path upon
which be A.ls cheerily trundled for more
than a quarter OF A century be-
tween Cambridge and Beacon
strs<t, and on 10 the AtlaH-
,ie 3Ionfkly Office. Where shall We ind
a locale for Lowell, sweet ana stately
hard And naag Those who IN secret
have weDt and smiled over the tender
ra1es Of tfDream Life" and "keYeIies
ii Bachelor" Oniy know IA am
xav that somewhere between tne
rugged Connecticut hills there ls still a
doflrhtv Old farmer, six Marvel,
..r.thariar among MS stumps. stone
waifs anil early vegetables Who can
rel ef one nesting place where Willis
was. ave I'M the bret hours by "Ihe
BRIDGE IN the little backWOods CABIN;
end h,z noble sister, Fanny Fern,
died Parton tells us, without being able
~ fInd tae house in Portland IN which
she MAS born, and which she 80
b,trerlv longed % know? Where
IL most LETT the sea- OF the
rer.onal preseuce Of Hawthorne
stx,inglev's. at Concord, or at salem
4n<f = bat one spot where We can put
1Sr loving hands on Poe; at the Ford
ham cottage where the poet, his dying
wife. Virginia, and her devoted mother
starved ingioomand oD>eurity- irving
personal presence remains liked at just
three places-cunnyslde, at the old
Dutch Church, IarrytOwn, and among
the mist-erOwned Catskills. The two
Alcotts. great-soused father and drudg-
inr. tender-hcarted daughter, made
Concord more famous than did Elmer
son, whom We feel We can only md De-
hind the prim, white halls, OF the prim,
white house on the Lexington Road,
and beneath the great Scotch granite
boulder upon the grave IA sleepy
Hollow cemetery. The spIrltot Ihoreau,
Intangible and fieetlpg Of communion
and cOmpanioushlp as ms own wander
tfgs. seems but now and then 10 hover
about and haunt the reeds OF sedgy
Maiden Pond, as II nnding vanishing
embodiment In the lonely bittern' >
nanrnful cry. Even the master singer,
I.onpfellow. left bat four songs by
~hsn X nav trace his identification
Nil, toe first twenty years of ms own
10 AZ old Portland town; and for
nsarfv All the remainder OF his time and
work our mind-pieture OF the man -
w,th his calm face bentover ms literary
drsk In CragIe-house, Cambridge. Shall
,ee LOOK Tor Carlyle sc Ecclefechsn,
Craigenpuftoek OF at Chelsea? Where IS
A.. one shrne at which we shall find
FvronY ne whole OF old England and
.f6e t.fsv g&ss plate sunk IN the pave of
Westnnfster Abbey confuse the mind
aok .hssrt concentration upon Dickens.
m are we 20 finally md Tenny-
stxjne-at dear old SOmersby. IN
IIT-1'Fnshire. at AldwoTth, or at Far
ringford House, Isle Of WghtT Edwin
Arnold fits ketween o London editorial
sanctpm and sn oriental pagoda. Rus
kin. dimmcd aud voiceless behind the
veil of a mental sleep from which the
wakeless sleep must be entered, looks.
rhost-like, from tho windows of CONS
too Hall. upon tair COnistOn Water,
and. in all he has done aud written,
how many have discovered his Ian
eashire environment Even the shrine
of Shakespeare IL IN a meager church.
beside q pinched theatre, In an insig-
nsficaut town that knows only his ashes
qnd the gratulties they bring. Burns
and scott Of ali the luminous host OF
the great and good IN prose and verse,
living and dead had their actual every
dav being In. and gave the paipable
and inpeFishlbie iifetthrOD Of their
personalities Co. an environment Of
place and people, which thus became
I1asrsoleum infinitely greater and
Vrander than the loftiest column or
cenotaph that ever pierced the clouds.
Eut come with me In and ont of old
Dunfries, and up and down the song
ful Nth. or If your legs are not "Oraw
ard weei eneuch.f chino with me TO
tha ancient Observatory. over here In
Naxweltown. the EAxweltou whose
abrses are bonnie. where early "a = the
dew" aud we can from this one plsce
ses and feel the tenderness Of the
identification. From this point the eye
may range. to the east. over and be-
word fair Annandale. across kiTkcud-
hfirhtshire. - the west. 20 the noble
Hills skirtng AYR. 20 the north, up the
dseamland Nlthsdale 70 the far grim
fitrrets Of Drrmi8nri1 Castls. and. 20
thr south. % she vast expause of Sol
WY Firth. where. to the right Of Niths-
moath. looms grav-browFd Criifei. and
~ the left - canght gleam
~ TIE sands BIZ Rrow Well. st
whose wsters Burns too late struggled
- save his lte. Thus at q glauce
got only does the bewitchI Inr CvCiorama
c-va thc CCboider the entire heid Of the
e~ervtav scenes Of the poets ife dur
me rs iast eight memorable years. but
a. the same instant. a cumprehouSon
81 the three most impressive epoChs n
h.s career of which We can have mem
,rx-the bome-Geaven Of Ellslsud
f4srn-lfa. thc wretched fight against
rovertv Ia The gray old border-town be-
rath Is. ai'd that last unevailng strug-
r.e At Brow WelL ty >oivay's shifting
sas,.t<. Ill riadc incxnressb.v more im-
,,~ezivc tv the lofty dt,nse of The Hlent
,,-ss,enissfsf3. ever there Ia taat shadow
E.<E ear.l iocmInr before as wherevcr
- nav tock Tor tfn recogniton of his
49, .fsnIe prgsence within the far region
-..rtf tlsotf.
IN nomtsies Ifseif one cannot look
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