Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-03-15
MISS WINNIE DAVIS
..,r,c,sss "rHs PROTOTYPE OF
y" .AMleT" sY col. JOHNSTON.
r.,ot. Of Resemblance seen Between
,ss panish Prince and the Sometime
King Of scotland by Lecturer
and Critic.
rp,l,ori's magazine for march,

rpel,0rds magazine Tor march,
RI, oninlon Of ripe scholar and an
- man is always worth a fair hearing,
.. whether we agree with his conclusions
-, IN the links Of his argument there
o. ' ..,-, - be many forged Of pure gold
,bo mind Of his requirements. There
,,s,v such gems set in the chain by
hr.lanel William Preston Johnston
q. connect the characters Of Hamlet
,.psamark and James VI OF Scotland.
" rrsg.h there win be many who Co
with the critics who DENY creucnce
d.. vumntre's discovery, vet the book
60 t.., .-.-,b thc reading. 1t Is full OF re.
~ elm,rsblv expressed, well ar
sA 10 icxci. aud printea-the last a
t. e., tr-. trrdcr-cved generation.
,-l Cslone. Johnston. IN the
ms large learning. informs his
,let his lectures were addressed to
-,l fHe stuiv OF Shakspcre, vet
r, daabi that even prohcIents
frl food FOR rejection IN these
..l Won 3 immediately return 20
t'.... h,.ves 10 see f the arguments
..a-frs test 81 comparison with
vh.ch The author invites. Just
.-e uoc .d occur diversion Of opin-
.. following the President of Tulane
,-...yoa % his conclusions, others
'. with the generations Of critics
t.,a refused 10 listen 10 the voice Of
y, r-.rtre or his SUCCESSORS, charm
r.,.- so wisely.
....-tsf tHc series of papers Is kind
.... f..u.n o. the general study OF
...- f-'. ~ TINT reverence for his
u. t ttrmcates the author and
through las book be unceaingly
srr..,n lrs FeaIawa III
4 ..a e-E-urlt~ o, the B0conlteS are
-.....5.. %. balblngs, and with loving
.. ha~ collected the shreds and
....-.. az facts and opinions with which
..-..t such o SlakSper6 as his con-
....-..- A.ew. Indeed Colonel John
..-. .r construction Is little short
.......ytmeuts ~ science which re-
... animal and his habits from q
.-f.. Footprint: Tor partly by a just
...-..t .f bits ot disconnected fact,
..-.... iv tha insight with which love
49,. .r alu. be Ea, really succeeded
.- tnr us glimpse Of the Swan
-.t-.. .. hs Aahi, as be lived, IN what
Il . Johnston POLITICALLY calls the
If the Ehzabethan age"
III ...r all Hamlet two sides Of
...s ..-s-r cuadrilatcral OF tragedy
.-... j. .. the very citadel OF Shaks-
~ .... are the particular dramas
l.-. engage the attention; " thrown
81. d. expresses 10. " by the same vol
.. -.r... from the mighty mind OF
s-a5si..".
Thy E-SrNaLANCE.
lr.-.rI .l~-.ou sees between the char
,-..t -as Danish Prince and the some
,-. f.-- & Scotland the same resem-
So. t..t exists between dle and Its
4 .-.-.s. 10 Macbeth be finds the prodigy
i .. SILL drunken with excessive strength
-..-.aI lupetuOslty; IL Hamlet, the
i .,.-...-s... q resolution diseased by
..,,s.. poisoned bv too great eau
4 b. Inn Lady Macbeth taxes on a
4 -.r-..-a. ana loses much Of the mantle
-rr missing wickedness which has
e-r-..fa! Leg tor 50 long. She Is not the
4 -.-s.-.-- q the conspiracy. not the wise
..-.- .. l-r husbands powers, that We
4 e. avl.s believed her; but rather a
v.--.,a upon whose cold, unyleldlng
4 r.. ..-}a.1etl keeps sharp the edge of
aL solution.
-.s. Ills new view of the respective
,-...-- ,. tLe Inane of Cawdor and
+. ..-muIel lady chime IN tune
w.. -.-t.ar ,t,.lI the lecturer is obliged
....r.-. lat the wife and partner Of
rs isvet q. blind TO the real chsrac-
- Na. eth as all his associates OF the
t-. ava court Yet there are some
---..HI.l proverbs 10 the ehect
Il ..-,. LAB b. great 10 his wife or valet,
a.. .-..t-ut-ht- IS the suIest test of any
CTS -.-4. qualities. In the old legends
fs..-- I'D recognize the Thames dark
e. .-- .-.cs spirit, and participated IN
, "tas.-.-pH Of Duncan but as the
Il s.r r...altry claim also that Macbeth
-. IL.uy 10 falr fight, IL would be
.-.,.... 90 Judge OF the Shaksperean
l...-.- o1 The Lines Of traditions. There
...- l. reason TO doubt that, TO the
..t . g.. master. Lady Macbeth was
t l- deceived as Colonel Johnston
Lave %, believe, when she solllo-
veg the sUpeTabundance of the
..- ., -.-4l ,ln1uess IN her nus oand 5
.r..-.-. Nor vet does the context
a.. r..l t1a Professors reading of the
.-, answer 10 the question, And
v-1 -1., hence 2" Tomorrow, as he
purposes. Now suppOsing,. Tor argu-
---.- sake that tn lrOnlc infection Is
.-r s.. upon the latter portion OF this
.--'... -. H-.r- IS the sequence IN the FOL
sr- speech ~ which she answers, o,
.--- --4I sul that morrow see. and
n II be.ulle the time, look like
%. '.' When Macbeth puts her OF
V'- III. v. speak further" shels ready
v.. l.r answer. Only look up clear TO
a'r lF.. ever ls % fear: leave all the
80 '. u.." Her purpose. indeed. IN
..-s ... -etlre bis rlval, stands sharply
-,.-.- AMI keen for murder. There
e. 81, Lave been IN her woman's heart
.. fr.EIgs Of personal loyalty as
-l.e ,l- tlale unable 20 SIT through the
10. pol. with the gentle old king. Had
As.--- purpose been of the inhexible
c-.t-I watch Colonel Johnston de-
ies "a1daciOus. merciless, and
-. would be have complained OF
10 = b. go af.HV mt ant
g H-..l The lady, who seems throughout
lave been p most pTactised politician.
,s-s.-opAed this deficiency by her things
o. -.!-als Of hls scruples. answering
3, -.-e 10 al that may become man
s. ..te, Il more - none" by the taunt,
".a. r"--. vast, then, that made you
,'.aA t-,- enterprise 20 me? When you
t OBJ ., then you were man; and 70
u --e ,1sl what you were, you would
r2 more the man. Nor time nor
ID ;-el adhere, and yet you would
--a' 90; t1ey have made themselves,
- 20, t-f- fitness now does unInake
EAcIETE's TLOUNDERING.
F''.. STRESS j. LAID on her subsequent
i-'-.L.r.s and eventual death, but, as
y. q ,-e play gives any clue, the contri-
81 tr uslrper Is Of a much tierceT
gaze .a', and less amenable TO the re-
.'-.-S '. prudence. IL plunged him IN
.- --4.-4 ct despair as left no issue to
'i,a pint. but forced IL into ever
,A.'' depth, q crime IN the vain effort
t -4l..r Tor the booty of his first
,Aa'-a-..-- Such struggles cause
.----. ls4ta aud that of the grooms,
'-s ~ se!f-pTeservation, and the
' q Lady Macduf and her chill
a. political enterprise designed 70
500 wholesome fear Of the conse,,
70. de-ertiOn 10 Malcolm's rival
-'- rom point 70 point Macbeth
.-i'I be some poor wretch caught
--i-r-1-s quagmire seeking to ind
-fu footing upon the hummocks OF
se, which ever giving way
liw deeper m the abyss OF dis
Lady Macbeth, however, saw no
---t'"@u dzggers," nor was she trou-
VIA visions OF any kind in heI
hours. Physically and mentally
''lsf mould she could sleep on
'H a!gui OF the murder and laugh
-e lanes horror Of his bloody
-, it"u her somnambulism was the
O 4'teflears, for be it remembered
prophecies 10 assure her as 70
.. --t.Nllal safety, but must have
10. gradual thinning Of her hus-
"a. a. with keen personal terror, o.
VIA hat larger fear for the united
l., p- ne nugship and the house OF
'- which, % q woman Of her bound