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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-05-11

| with her secularist tendencies, rarely
failed. in a novel, 10 pay her respects 10
profession which must have appealed
to her only UPON the literary side; nor
was her singularly catholic mind want
ing in genuine and tender Appreciation
of the difficulties as we'll as the ideal as
poets Of the minister s work. How, too,
TroIlope delighted in clergymen. reveI-
Jog in the petty detailsof cnrstc exist
euce a. II he shared. that Absorption IN
their person aud junction which Is COM
monty ascrlbed 10 women ~ uncertain
prospects and sentimental turn OF
mind And what a hopeless figure that
same novelist would have made In n
nsw world like ours, without any re-
ligious establishment and social life
conditioned IA It's mild m0nOtOnies In
the field OF actual literary achievemenr
also should we not miss that
gentle lover Of the fields. Gilbert
White. OF Selbone. who knew so well
bow 10 serve men in the double capaci-
~ OF naturalist and pastorg George
Crabbc may not be- a great poet. but II
is pleasant 10 think OF nm. after his
safe anchorage in the church. rs sOlac-
ing his own life, II not compelling the
attention Of after ages, with the respsc-
table mediccrity OF his verse. Who
does not like TO take the road with
preaching, Sighting. gypsying George
| Borrow. whose heart always spoke IN
R)mauy whatever language might be
on his lips Few have dore more TO
enlven cur literature thar Dean Swift
and Sydney Smith. TO say nothing Of
that laughier-loving Mr. lugolisty.
who was known in the pllpis as
/ Rev. Richard IL. BIIham. Not
every one recalls that the best two
drinking songs IN the language were
written by ciergymeu-'ine Brown
jug" by Rev. Francis Ftw kss. and
! that Drinking Song. ~ by John Sai,
/ Bishop OF Bath ard Wells IN the Blk
teeuth century. whIcn WartOn calls the
first chansOn a bOirc OF any merit la
the English tongue. What saving
quality Of reaction there is IN the humor
and playful abandon OF such divines a.
! Mather Bylos, Norman Macleod. and
James Harrington. as II, uucompro-
missing and devoted Is they are. their
very seriousness made them capable Oh
"A b0yishucss denied To the rest II man-
kind. One hopes. moreover. That under
the levcling conditions ot democracy
the type may not be losing somewhat
Of It's variety. and becoming les pic-
turesQue and interesting 10 the un-
udiccd observer. The oiercai fgure
seems best projected upon the back
/ ground OF a State church. with rs def
rite social adjustment, and It's permit
ted freedom of action. What other re.
igious organization could contain and
tolerate at the same time so many dif-
fcring phases Of the genus parson as the
English Establishments Aud whether
be belong TO the praying. lighting,
drinking. racing or hunting order,
where else j. he so certdiuOf command
ing the Difference due to his cloth This
latitude. allowed him for the instltu-
ton sake. has az least tended TO keep
him up to the mark Of manly vigor and
that allround sympathy with life 50
necessary to has fnnctiOu and otiice.--
Auauuc Monthly for May.
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rushes. Dumb lies the world, that
F, wild, yelling world. and all its mad
rness is behind thee"
In 1915 Carlyle published the life
and letters of Oliver Cromwell. and
developed his character as no other
man had or could have done, and
showed the English people that for
years they had teen soothing at one Of
! the greatest men she ever bad; one of
the greatest the world has ever known.
This is the last of his works which
reaches bis usual high standard. His
'Latter-Day Pamphlets" and his Fred
erlck The Great followed It, but the
Pamphlets are considered his poorest
work, and his Frederick below the
mark. In 1868. he was elected rector OF
| Etinburg University. and in 1881 died.
As an author, Carlyle exhibited
strength and breadth If mind, poetic
fancy aud imagination. profound
thought and searching analysis Of
character second to none but
Shakespeare; a cOnscientiousness IN his
search after truth. and in delivering 1t
when found, second to no man; pity
and love. which embraces all mankind
/ but could not descend to individuals:
au adherence of shams and decisions
which amounted TO detestation. His
/ judgment was not always perfect, and
/ ne Is not always a safe guide. OF
pathos can find little in his works. OF
pessmism and intolerance. but too
much. But with all he has impaired a
nobler tone of truth and sincerity to
/ literature has opened for 1t wider
field and infused into it profOunder
spirit.
As to his methods, he says that he
/ had mo slight of hand in writing.
lie was bursting with meaning. which
he struggled 10 bring to light. He had
to be moved by the spirit. by neces-
sity or by his strong will "a any
great work. Literature did not in
vite him. When moved he surrounded
himself with every written word which
he could find on his subject. devoured
il and finally worked himself into a
frenzy of mind and nerves. and then
poured forth what was IN him III
such words and in such style
as came to him: was it wonderful
/ that his judgment shoIld be at times
! faulty? His style was IN his latter
DAYS abominable. yet he defends It,
Know thy thoughts, - says he, believe
/ it-front heaven aud earth with 1t III
whatever words nature and art have
made readiest for thee. If one has
thoughts not hitherto used in English
books. see nothing for it, but you must
use words not found there-must make
words. But finally. do you reckon
that mere dictionary style has much to
do with the worth or unworth OF a
book do not. IUBLlOs'
To be Continued.
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ENGLISH LITEEATyREIN 1889.

Apart from the unique events with
which il has clOsed-the publication on
successive DAYS OF two such volumes as
- Asolando" and "Demeter by. poets
of the great age OF Browning and Lord
Tepnvsnn aud the coincidence OF
Browning death-the year has not
been marked by any very startling
event in English literature. Mr..
Swinburne has taken something OF
new departure in his Northern ballads
and has also given Us another OF AIS
critical Elizabethsn studies. Under
meath these distiucter notes has gone
on the unceasing twitterlng OF our
minor poets. II Victorian England
cannot appropriately be called nest
of singing birds, it is at least not for
want Of numbers in those who but
sing because they must-who, at least,
are offered little external induce
ment TO sing. From purely literary
poiut OF view we are inclined To regard
Edward Fitzgerald's Letters as the
most interesting publication OF the
wear. lie had two gifts. neither ol
which by itself to common, the gift OF
tier.writtiDg aud the gift OF innate
critical taste-taste which he himself
used to call the feminine of genius.
His native refinement, his hatred Ell
self-assertion, and hls indifference tc
fame were qualities, whatever then
drawbacks. pleasant for the wearied
eve TO rest on IN this bustling day. IL
pass frorn the love Of literature for III
own sake to the love of study for II
own sake, what Saiute Beuve cal
l'etude pour letude, we may clas
together among literary events OF thu
war the collected Issue OF the papers o
Mark Patiison and Henry Bradshaw
Long may both Oxford and Camor'og
have their monument OF disinteresie'
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study to show when they come 10 talk
with university reformcrs at the gate
Ii none OF our novelists are quite OF the
statue of the def arted giants, there are
still left To us a large number OF able
and gifted writers. with Mr.. Meredith.
Mr.. Hardy Mr.. Blackmore, and Mrs. Oil
phant at the head, ana from all except
Mr.. Meredith. who has given us no novel
since Diana. we have had within year
good and characteristic work. But we
have had no surprises. Mr. Stevenson
and Mr. Anstey have, perhaps, revealed
a new facet Of their talents. Mr.. Froude
has returned to his first love. Fiction.
and produced a stirring historical ro-
nance. And i'm Micah Clarke and \
Window in Thrums,' Mr. Doyle ard
Mr.. Barrie having given US, in two very
different styles. books OF exceptional
merit. Mr.. Kipling s stories, too, have
now attracted IN England the attention
which they had already secured n lu-
dia. From America. Miss Amelle
Rives has come as a wonder TO many.
Mr.. Bret Harte began the year with
the publication IN book form Of
Greasy story, barring its not quite
satisfactory conclusions, in his best
style: aad his best style 1t Is difficult to
beat IN the whole range Of storytelling.
For the rest. It has been IN America as
with us here-a number Of very com
petent wOrkmen have done some credl-
table work. The ST. James 5 Gazette.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-05-11
4 TWILIGHT SONG.
Che Century,

Chic Century,
For unknown buried soldiers, North ana
south.
Assist in twilight. late. alone, by the flick
cfing oak-iiame.
Musiug on long past war scenes Of the count
less buried unknown soldiers,
Of the vacant names as unindcnted airs and
seas, tho uurcturuel
ThcIricf truce after battle. with grim burial
squads and the deep fillci trenches
OF gathered dead from AN America North.
South, East, West, whence they came
MP,
From wooded Maine New Englaud's farms.
from fertile pcnusy lyania, Illinois,
ohio.
From tne mcasureloss West. Virginia, the
South. the taiolinas. Texas.
Even here, in my room shadows ana half
li2hts. in The noiseless, hickering
flames.
Again see the stalwart ranks On-ning, ris-
Ing: 1 hear me rhythmic tramp of the
armies,
lou million unwrit names. all, all you dark
requests from all the war,
A special verse for you. lash OF duty long
neglected, your mystic roll strangely
gathered here.
Each name recalled by mo rom ont the dark
Ness and deaths ashes.
Ncnceiurth 10 be-. deep. deep, within my
heart, recording. f0rmanN "a future year,
y our mystic roll entire of unknown nuines'
or Nurlh or south,
with love iva this twilight song.
WALT MHirMAN.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-05-11
WASTED LOVES.

What does God do with all the wasted loves
lie sees thrown down The friendships
strangely changed,
How, none know wholly answering eyes
estranged,
And grasping hands transformed to empty
gloves
save scoaor silence. and the kindly deeds
Which lall on stony ground or choke III
weeds
Tho wthered hopes Of which strong hearts
may die =
How can God suffer these? With gent le
might
H. claims these wasted loves as His by
right,
Aud some day we shall find them IN His
care.
When siunted shoots to stately blooms have
grown,
Nor shall their beauty be for us alone,
The hands which threw them down shal
have their share
Isabella fyvie Mayo. in Good Words.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-05-11

However it may have been with the
world IA general, tnat part OF 1t which
we call literary has always found the
parson interesting. As a parsonage he
has discovered sharp contrasts 10 tho
rest Of humanity, and has not been
without contradictions ia himself which
are available for pul poses OF the novel.
is. : art. Nearly every great writer OF
fiction has used bun Is foil, and when
other subjects of ridicule and sarcasm
fail. the clergyman remains an ever
present resource. As rule. we do not
find him in the drama except IN ca-ica-
ture: even Shakespeare creating only the
great prelate. the ecclesiastic on the side
Of his relations to the State. ButsiDce the
novel has driven the drama out OF the
literary field. fiction has held the mir
ror up TO every phase of clerical char
acter. from the improvident Vicar OF
Wakefield. IN whom Goldsmith reflect
ed so much Of his own personality. to
the Dean Maitlands and Reverend Apps
tates, the Robert Elsmeres and John
Wards Of our own day. No one wouId
think of accusing Hawthorne oil
churchy inclinations. aud yet the faci
remains that no human product seem'
10 have had the fascination for BIZ
mind which he found IN that unique
individual, he New England minister
81 a century ago. Even George Eliot
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-05-11

Young women have "a special field Of
labor where they can be most effective
in doing good. They need, first OF all,
io be inspired wiki the conviction that
they arc capable of being emlnently
useful, and then. if properly instructed
as 90 ways and meaus. II cannot be
doubted that their influence should be
yerv potent in all the affairs If this
life. Ii was a wise saying OF the great
French statesman, Mirabeau, when
he remarked: If l am asked how
soon I would like to begin to train
a Frenchman | would say / would
begin twenty-five years before he was
born. and | would like 20 train the Wo-
man who is gong to be his mother.
Thus cDltomiz3, the whole question as
10 the responsibility Of our young wo-
men. II is precisely while they are
Young tina. they should have the proper
training in order that they may be fitted
20 be he mothers Of the men of the fu-
ture. Tennysou. in his Lccksley Hall,
touched the right chord when he pic-
tured the ungainly growth Of race
from illiterate wOmanhOCd. And IL was
no idle summary of the case when he
said. Better fifty years Of Europe than
acycle Of Cathay." Our young women
hrst of all need special training. And
this should involve very much more
than they usually get at our schools
aud colleges. They undoubtedly need
intellectual training, and it is pleasing
10 notice what. distinction they are
achieving in intellectual pursuits. Re
cent examinations in many of our col
leges show very high percentage OF
success on the part of our young women
Indeed. several of the honors were car
RED of by the sex that has too frequent
| Is been regarded rs Of inferior intellec
lual capacity We are glad to notic
this slgn OF our rising womanhood
But intellectual development is no
Especially woman's sphere. SIZE need
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-05-11
CHAPTER, 10 READ.

Many, very many people, wonder
where in the Bible TO turn mat The.
may get the most help, would like to
name three special chapters which at
tins time will do as much good, if not
more theu any others.
The winter is over and gone; in its
months thousands Of young folks have
given their hearts to Christ and united
with the Church. All such read the
second chapter Of First Peter. There
you Will find milk for babes. " pre-
cious and sweet are the twenty-five
verses. lis just the chapter for young
Christian.
Then tbere are thousands Of church
members who, b. '.s ec.tOI Of Lent,
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-05-11
NorHs AND COMMENTS .

1t is the peryersitv Of human nature
that makes the things If mortality
dearer to MS in proportion as they fade
from our hopes. like birds, whose hues
are only unfolded when they take
wing and vanish amid the skies.-Owen
Meredith.
Philadelphia has the largest number
of Sunday school attendants Of any city
in the United States-l9j.SO2. New
York ranks next. with $4,000; Brook
lyn next, with lO7.235.
Archdeacon Farrar has carried in the
Lower House of Convection of the
Established Church Of England, his mo-
ton for brotherhoods, whose members
shall bind themselves by dispepsable
vows to colibacy, poverty aud obedi-
apca
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-05-11

the revival meetings. the evangelisttic
services, or some other means OF grace
have been quickened in their religious
life. They now face the coming sea-
son Of summer pleasure. and fear the
influences thereof will drive them back
to their former GOODNESS and indiffer-
cnce. Let all such read the third
chapter Of Colossans.
To those who have let another winter
pass and taken no stand for Cnrist-to
all such. let me say read the twelfth
chapter of Ecclesiastes Rev. =. H. Ia
tum in the Observer.
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powers. Why, then, Is my soul the
more luminous when my bodily powers
begin TO failY Winter ia on my head ,
but eternal spring is in my hcaIt. Then
| breathe at this hour the fragrance Of
lilies. the violcts and the roses rs
at twenty years. The nearer / ap-
proach tho end, the palmer ! hear
around me the immortal sympho-
MES Of the worlds winch invite me.
IL is marvellous. yet simple. 1t IS "A
fairy tale and il is history.
For half "A century have been writ
ing my thoughts m prose, verse. his
tory. philosophy. drama romance, ira
.di,ion. satire. ode, sone-I have tried
ali. But / feel that have not said tho
.thousardth part of whatisin me. When
20 down to the grave | can say, like
so many others. II have finished my
dav IS work. but cannot say, Il have
finished my life Ny day WORK will
begin again the next morning. the
tomb is not a blind alley; it isa thor
oughfare. 10 closes with the twilight
to open with the dawn. improve
every hour because I love tins world as
my fathcrlaud. My work IS only be-
ginning. My work is hardly above its
foundation. would DE glad To sec %
mounting and mounting forever. Toe
thirst for tine infinite proves Iniinity
Victor Hugo.
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minister wife theolhti dly' WY my
husband IS congregation seem. 10 de
miui-h instead of increase; l's SER
mons arc spoken oi as remarkably idc.
his manner polished. lie certainly is "a
close student and greatly IN earnest in
his work. He spends his days in hi-
study and carcciy goes oat at all. ann
IS breaking down because he Whl not
shIrk his duty. Should you NOT tnlnb
his devotion ought 90 orlnE q oet.ef re-
turn than tm-t why Dr. u We go h9l
thrive
II was hard question 10 put /"
comparative stranger. yet tine answer
was given as cano iiy as ihe que7'io"
was asked:
Those vino nave had inc greatest
success in life a- 10 numbers. are nor
the ones Who shut themselves away
from then congiega .l'i-' Il munster
should Winglc with hi5 people ana
learn their hearts. He should interest
himself m the things when concern
them should in hioiherly way I"fi ne
their conliaehcc' eh"eat'Hs n'li,7'' 'l
think their hearts thus gained would
p %, n'''. '" ' i','...,l.a, ,,.'
.IM fIfi n munster MUM ~ N'IiA I'IH ''
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1T I- possible for teacher to err ON
tnc side of -o.cAlled thorouShness. ono
may -et 60 the end of Journey ana
"do' the trip very thoroughly. without
walking on both sides OF tine road or
climbing every stone wall oy the way.
4 lesson ia like "a "uJ' lo'1 one may
crack with tap OF t"o' auu IT.. '"'
keInr. QUE. IL $50 necessary 10 'Iu'"
every bitoi she'll Tor tNe poi p"ae'
li these seem extreme MUS l."''o's'
lhe tAag-eiauon mas serve I'D inp'e.--
the folly. What is tine ueeoi gong me
10 an exhaustive discussion "- To lHe
KIND of licc ih"l |A''neu7 D''''',,i ''' ,
To " haI il b. '7 Sf'li'' 0I'''"',
instead o' ~ O"''''le ',''" IL, o''
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-05-11

Iieel ina myself the future life. am
l.A. "a forest which has been more than
curc cat down. The new shoots are
stronger and lyeler than ever. am
usng ! know. toward, the sky. The
'artn gitss me its generous sap. bat
hea,n light. me with Che reflection OF
unknown worlds. You say the soul
l- thing bat the resultant of bOdhy
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-05-11

LEAVES

''Tc hah ncrcr fed u ne damtics that are
brcd in a book; he han not dtepaper ~ q wcre;
he hath nofdrunk ink; his inicilecf is not rcpin-
i'hcd. h. isoni, sensible n the duiicr parts -
L0re't db0r Lost.
What - nice read Is better remembered than
,rhGf Is hHHscrbcd
-StHluff Johnson.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-05-11
MISS INGIIOW,

Miss Jean IngelOw writes 10 Roberts
Bros. that The applications tor auto
graphs from America are so numerous
that. with her indifferent health, the
task of granting them Is too burden
some. and IN future she will be obliged
to decline them. But IN order To carry
out charity dear TO her heart. she has
furnished the firm with aut0graphic
copies of some of her favorite short
poems. such as The Martin Flew O.
tho Fluche's Nest from "Mopsa J.
"Goldilocks, THE Nightingale Heard
by the Unsatisiied Heart, The Warb'
ling Of Blackbirds, GOO, Dove.
to thy Married Mate from
Brothers and Sermon J, When Spar
rows Build ETC.. each bearing her sic
niture with the date, and these The
publishers propose to send TO any al.
dress on receipt of - for each poem
The proceeds of the sale will be devoted
TO tie repairing Of the ancient Church
of ST Lawrence. at Eyesham on the
Avon. rot far from S.ratlCrd, of which
the poets brother-in law is rector
Much of Miss Ingel0w time Is spent
there. and she has made 1t the scene OF
many of her songs. Que Of these refer
ences is in The Bird Bell, IN Poem:
Old and New -
OFT as I'M dream SEQ fun fain
The hell-t0wcr beautiful that love wen.
4 secmly cluster with htr chuichr, tWtip.
hear ado .u the river faint and SVEN
And lift upOu the air tnat sound again.
itis.tf is-hOW sweet no tongue ctu TEN,
For an the worldwide breadth of shining
foam,
The bells OF t,ycsham Ginning, Home, sweet
Home.
The churches twain are All Saints aud
St. Lawrence, with the bell tower be-
tween them. Miss lngelow has sent to
Messrs Roberts a Photographic view OF
the scene.-Tne Critic.
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RELIGIOUS
OPINIONS

nnafso0er things are ti,o. 'cbqfsocrcr things
c.r honest. ir.atsorref things are Just. uioiso-
cocr nngs ore lioc. irhanoT~ things arc
orliu. tr'of,o,rcr nla0s are of0oodrcport n
here tl onn rFni0 oHa a nc,c De- otD praise
ntlt op n... Mn0t PIN. ith. sih.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-12-17

Paul for manufacturing plant.
was passed, and another from the same
source refunding to +. Holmen the
amount $3.50 paid on sewer contract
or's license. A petition was read from
Walter G. Doherty. asking that he be
reimbursed In the sum of $500 for loss
sustained on contract for grading and
making sewer connections on Maria
avenue from East Seventh street TO
Bates. Referred to the committee on
streets.
"A communication was read from the
board OF water commissioners, submit
ting plans for supplying residents in
the elevated plateau of West st. Paul
with high-pressure water service, and
stating the purchase bond of certain
land in the st. Paul Real Estate and
. Improvement Syndicate addition for the
erection of pumping station. The
matter was referred to the committee
on streets. a report from the board
of public works relating TO the widen
ing OF Fisher street showed that all
the persons interested were opposed
I to the Improvement. The board asked
that all proceedings in the matter be
annulled, which was done on motion of
Aid. Sanborn. An ordinance by Aid.
Mlnea providing for the appropriation
from the balance remaining in the
treasury from the Sixth ward levee as
sessment, of S16,74O.22 for the pur-
chase of certain lots needed to complete
the city's title to the levee, passed by
vote OF Is to 4, Aid. Sanborn, Sullivan,
Copeland and Cullen voting i'll the neg
ative.
A claim of GodornV iertingJr., for 81, 600
damages for injuries sustained through
defective sidewalk, was referred TO
the committee on claims. A eOmmuni
cation from the Ramsey county deiega-
ton asking that the committee on legiS-
lation be i'll structed to prepare for a
meeting to discuss desired measures
w it'll the delegation, was referred to the
committee ON legislation.