St. Paul daily globe., 1892-06-19
RECREATIONs OF GREAT MEN.

Tavern Drinking, Professionalism,
Fishing and Hunting Among
the Number.
Among the famous devotees of the
rod and line may be noted Walton,
Herbert, Paley and Dryden, the latter
quite celebrated for his fishing parties.
Thomas Warton, author of "The History
OF Modern Poetry" was often to be
found drinking in tavernS-a taste which
he shared with Turner, the painter.
Charles Lamb was an admirer of Lon
don and never Wearied of wandering
about the streets. Without London he
considered life would scarcely be worth
living; he would not exchange the
dirtiest -frequented alley fer Skid
daw and Helvellyn." johnson was an
other admirer of the metropolis, and it
was down Fleet street that he took his
daily walk, which, owing to the series
of tasks he made compulsory on himself,
was really curious performance.
First, every post required to be
touched as he passed it; next it
was point of honor TO step exactly in
the middle of each paving slab. and,
lastly, as he approached his destination,
employed in order to reach the door
with one particular foot. GOdolphin,
the statesman, spent much of his spare
time in the cockpit. Pope, like William
ILL., was fond of landscape gardening.
Prasr, one of our best minor
poets, whiled away his even
ings at a low public house
in Long Acre, chatting with an
old soldier and his Shrewdish helpmate.
Burke, when at his country estate, Bea-
consfield, transformed himself from a
politician into an enthusiastic farmer,
and 1.-THE reader"-here Hygiene quotes
from the work of John MOrley-''may
smile as he recognizes the ardor, the
eaTneStneSS. the ferYid gravity of the
political speeches in letters which dis
cuSs the merits of carrots in fattening
pOrkerS and the precise degree to which
they should be boiled"
Wordsworth, Dickens and LongfellOw
were immense pedestrians. Words
worth did the major part of his writing
in the open air; visitor who called to
see the poets study was shown small
room. the home of few tattered books.
This" said the servant maid, ''iS mas
ter's library, but his study is out of
DOORS" Dickens liked the sights of
London walk and was also fond
of a tramp on the sea downs.
Carlyle invariably covered several
miles before beginning work, and en-
jOyed riding inside an omnibus, while
Victor Hugo preferred the outside No
weather could detain Buckle from his
fifteen minutes constitutional before
breakfast, and Macaulay was likewise a
great walker, always accompanied,
however. by a volume of ssme sort.
Shelley used to sail paper boats on the
Serpentine, and took as much interest
as a child in their safety. Sir Walter
Scott's chief pursuits were riding and
cOursing; his dogs and he appear in the
same piece of sculpture, testifying to his
habits, Later III life he patronized gar
dening, in which the American his
torlan, Bancroft. has since borne him
company. Milton sought relaxation in
the companionship of the ''pealing
organ," and Byron amused himself by
shooting at piece of money fixed in
stick. and practiced this more persist
emily than he ever did anything else.
Of present celebrities, Mr.. Chamberlain
is an amateur hOrticultuIist, Sir John
Lubbock passes the flying moments in
studying his ants and bees, Mr.. Black
enjoys yachting among the Hebrides,
and many of the nobility have a pro-
nounced fancy for horse racing.