Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-08-26
nEcRrArIoNs OF GREAT MIN.
THEY SEEM 40 M ACrUATEp CESER
ALLY As ARE ORDiNARY Hu.
MAN BhISGs.

| hardly need mention Mr.. Glad.
stone, rays writer In Hygiene. Who
mas not heard OF tue grand Old mau's
wOOd.outting eNplOits2 Among the
famous dovutOus OF the rod and line
may be noted Walton. Herbert, Paley
ana Dryden--t the latter quite oplebrat.
ed ior his 1shing paroles. Thomas
Wharton, author Of "rhe History Of
Modorn Poetry" was often ~ he found
drinking IN tnverng, taste which he
shared ~ith Turner, the FAINTER.
Charles Lamb was AN admifer Of
London, And never wesried OF wan
uetiny about the streets. without LON
dou he considered that life would
scarcely he worth living; be "would
queuted allies Tor Skiddaw or Haiv-l-
oi the, metropolis, and II was
down Fleet street that he io1k
hin dsily walk, which. Ow-
ing 10 the series OF mshe he
made compulsory On himaeli, wac "a
really CuriOus performance. FlEst,
every post required b b. touched w he
passed 10; next, 1t was n point OF honor
10 stop u&artly Ia the middle o. each
paving slab; and lastly, las lac APP
preached his destination a series ~
graduated strides hal 90 ho unplo' ed
In order 10 reach the door with one
particular foot. G0dolphin, the states
man, speul much Ol his spare time iu
cine cOckp pit. Pope, like William H.,
wis fond Of landscape garduning. Pti.t
one ~ our best minor poets, Nilgd nAAy
his evenings at q low public house in
Long Acre, chatting with m Old sol.
dier nud hi- -hr,wGish helpmate.
Burke, when ut his country seat,
BcacOusiicld, Transformed himself
from politician into an enthusiastic
farmer, and "thu roader"-hurr quote
lgom n work by John Horlry--"may
smile ~ he recognizes the ardur, the
cnrnestnp-s, the f.rvid gravity oil the
poll teal speeches IN letters which dis
GUS tho merits Of carrots IN isttening
yorHers md the recise degree TO which
they should be boiled"
Wordsworth, Dickens nnd Long.
fellow were Immense pedestrians.
Wordsworth DID the major part Of his
writing Ia the open air. 4 viritor who
called ~ see the poetic fiuIy Wrs shown
small room, the home oi Tow tgjteEed
books. "rhis," said The servant maid.
sis masters library, but his study his
out Of iOOis.n
Dickens liked The sights Of London
walk, and was also fond OF tramp Uu
the sea downs. Carlyle invariably
covered several miles before beginning
work, and enjoyed Ilding inside an
omnibus, while Victor Hugo preferred
thr uutndc. No weather could ,dttaiu
Buckle tr m his fifteen minutes con.
situtioual before breakfast, and Macau-
lay was likewise great walker, nlNAy,
accompanied, hOweveEby n volume oil
some sort. Shelley USED to snil
paper boats on the Surpcntiuu,
and took ~ much interest a.
child In heir safety. Sir Walter
Sco.p, chief pursuits were riding and
coursiug; his dogs and he appear Ia the
same piece OF sculpture, iestlfying to
his habits. Later IN life he patronigcd
gardening, In which the American
historian, Bancroft, has since born
him company. Milton sought relaxa.
ton IN the cOmpanIOnship OF the
"pealing organ" and Byron amused
himself by shooting ct u piece of
money fixed In stick, and pract cod
this more por.istsntly than he ever did
nythiug else. OF present celebrities
MT. Chamberlain Il an aniats ur h0rli-
cul,urisl, Sir John Lubbock passes the
dying months studying his ants and
bees, Mr.. Black enjoys yachting among
the Hobrldes, ana many OF the mo-
bility have pronounced fancy Tor
hurse-rncing.