New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-03-23
PERSONAL.
Ncw-lorl.

Among the passengers upon the steamship NDt'fl'.
due to day Is Richard Chverhouse Icbb. L. d. Liz. d.
the distinguished iesiu, professor Of Greek at IN" I'M
vcrsity ~ Cambridge, England Professor J'bD visits
us To deliver the second annual course ~ lectures at
Johns uopldn, University upon the foundation named
the Percy Turnbull Memorial LcctuIe-hp on Poetry
Of which Mr. T.. C. ~teGman delivered the mitatoN
| course last year. The SERIES OF lectures Will
begin neat Monday and viii consist Of four lectnrE,
weekly until April The subject oi THIS course VIII
Lc The Growth and influence Of Classical Grce,
Poetry the lecturer will discuss. first Homer aud
tho CrcI epic poetry Greek lyric poetry, Tiuur. the
Attic Dreamer. and the permanent power II Greek
poetry. While In thi, city roieS>or Jebb VIII he The
the recipient Of attentions " lch many viii Wish -
extend the most eminent ol living English ch~'lc
scholars, Among those likely 10 welcome nm >ni'S
NAV be counted the members Of the Ncw-N Ork Greek
club Whose record Is of long date and often Iccoutl
both at home and abroad
Archbishop ireland Of Minnesota. who is about to
! be made Il cardinal born In Kilkenny. Ireland.
and came TO this country In 1919. when he was
eleven years OF age. Part Of his clerical education
was received In France lie was chaplain OF a Min
ncsota regiment during the civil war. and has been
| foremost In temperance work in the state in which
h. resides. As pulpit orator he has few equals.
His election the see of 81. Paul occurred in lssi.
Not only IS he prominent in ecclesiastical circles. bnt
also in civil affairs. lie Is the president Of the
Minnesota Historical society. and aided IN founding
| the United states Historical society.
The American portrait painter. IIcaly. who has re-
Gently come from France ard Is making short stay
I'm Chicago regards his picture of Mary Anderson the
finest his collection OF eighty about 10 be
exhibited In Chicago He says: Il received larger
notice fro my painting which Is In the senate Cham
Der at Washington. known 'WcbstcrS Reply 70
Ilaync' than from any other. This Is a large work, In
which there $50 heads Favorable criticism Of
my work has had to do mostly with my portraits TO
which class Of painting have devoted greater share
of nv attention although by no means combining my
verdict that WcbStcrs Reply to Iaync' is my best
works. entitled the Due dAumae.' This Is portrait
which | painted In Pari, but short time ago. and
represents the third son Of Louis philippe ut Chan
tilly. have also recently completed full length
portraits Of Jules simon and Minister. Whiteaw
Reid. rs well as thrcr-quarter length portrait Of
Georges Pcot all Of which | hope 10 have on
hbitlOn at the Columbian Exposition"
Fred Emerson Brooks a California poet, tells this
story c visited General sherman years when
tho latter in san Francisco, and asked the privilege
something after the style Of T. buchanan Reads
Shcrldan's Ride The General replied: Mr.
Read came to me with the Same proposition himself
my dear young man. ON two occasions. and begged
him not to make the effort and be satisfied with
the fame the sheridan poem had made for hln-but as
you spring from far Western soil IL will be pleasant
for me to give you the Ideas yon desire not that |
care for tho characterization I'm 50 much a, 1 d.
for voice from this far Western country spending for
the brave soldiers who carried their guns an that long
journey, and made Lees surrender conclusion reached
without the shedding of blood This was the last
General sherman heard OF the poem, says THE IN
dlanapolis journal" until Memorial Day ut BOSTON
the year before he dicd-when Mr. Brooks who he'd
been chosen 10 read the poem Of the day. walked down
the platform, mpcrsonatlng blind soldier in search
OF sherman. The story In the poem was Of u simple
child. f7 A"0