New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-08-02
HAREDELL.
A PREPARATION.

"Grant him. I said. weli-earned name,
- The stages Knight the keen esSaSef
OF parts whence all save greatness came,
But-nOt player
@strance. as OF fate's perverseness. this
Proud. eager soul this fnc-strung creature
Should seem forever Just TO miss
That touch OF nature.
"The instinct she 50 lightly gives
Some fellow at his rivals snarlng,
some churl who gains the boards, and lves
Transformation darlingl'
"You think so!7 he replied" Well.
Thought likovise, maugre Lanciote
And Yorck,-though his Cassius nigh
Won lIamlets motto.
"But would you learn, as l; his clue ,,,.,u
To natures heart, and judge him fairly
Go see his rustic bard, 60 view
His Man o. Airlie.
See that defencees5 minstrel brought
From hope To wan despair, from laughter
To frenzy's moan the image wrought
Will haunt you after.
@Thcn see him crowned at last If such
A gucTdon waits the stricken poet.
Even die, 70 know it,
"Bravo! !" cried IL too the thrill
Must feel which thus your blood can waten "
And once saw upon the I'LL
That part retaken;
But leagues of travel stretched between
Ne and that idyl played 50 rarely;
Ard then-his death nor had seen
1.-THE Man o. Airllo"
My failure: not the actors, loved
- an ~ iI.e"iS
Not his. whom Harebells passion proved
OF the blood royal.
Mrs Isabella Bird Bishop. tie traveller and author.
has nearly ready for publication new book on her
recent Journeys in India Persia and Turkish KurdiS-
tan Apropos of the lastnamed region il may be noted
TIT Mrs. Bishop IS tie first woman who has ever de-
llvered an address within the walls OF the British
House Of Commons Tue other day a equi,itlon was
sent to her and she obeyed it, giving vivid account
Iof,r ~ mon Iarc -
come 10 her knowledge in Kurdistan IN regard to the
atrocious treatment Of the Christian population.
Miss Bishop writes 1ucnty, without pause almost
without correction writing IS to me- she says
what painting is 10 other people delight in descnb
Ing what ! have seem
That the average American ais incapable Of SELF
amusement" is the opinion Of Dr. Hammond set forth
in "The North American Review" lie requires to be
entertained he is essentially Tcgarious; the idea OF
gOing to the woods to the seasbOre the mountains
by himself, or at most with congenia companion. Is
in the highest degree rcpugnant to him lie lOatles
that privacy and secusion iron the Of his follows
which IL would appear every wcoifered person ought
10 desire lie likes glare and excitement and turmoil
and noise. When he goes into scdatoly lighted
rom In which he only wishes 10 sit down aud rock tC
and fro with cigar In his mouth the first thing he
does is TO turn on all the light a quiet town. one
suited for repose OF mind lie speaks of as grave
yard lie wants 10 be In the swim, he calls ii. all
the time. day without his newspaper in which he
read cf the state Of the markets. and Of all tho
crimes and scandals which have occurred throughout
the world in the past twenty1our hGIrS, Is TO him
day lost" We would not 90 far 10 say that the
love of nature Is Il thing unknown TO the American
but 1t must be acknowledged that it is exceptional
one rarely observes here that delight in and knowl
edge Of woodland lore chat happiness sought in garden
Ing which arc common in England, for example Tie
American farmer little for these things of course
to him nature and her workings mean business IN,
average wealthy American for whom his country pac;
need not mean business Hikes to his gardens and
greenhouses kept in Order but he wants 70 have hi,
gardeners do the work The fascinating task of mal-
ing things grow would be abOmination to him
There Is small love for flowers among the pcol
classes who have little gardens. In English village.
and country towns there Is constant rivalry in flower
growing among the cotagcrs and small tradcsmen and
regular i0Wcreh0ws and valuable prizes tend to brnl
many plants to high state Of cultivation I'm their little
gardens. To get a snowy effect on handsome lawI
seems 10 DC the chief purpose Of flower growing In this
country.