New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-10-28

his BRILLIANT ADDRESS To THE 'pIL.EGE On
THE ENGLAND or sHAKEsrEARE."
clinton. y y oct q ,SpeciaD-Dr Charles pui-
lev Warner who is an honor"d ana always Ioyd
graduate ~ Hamilton College Of the c'asS 81 d.
l.ctured last "Wednesday evening IN the college chapel
., , large audience OF students and citizcns. HIS
subject was The England of Shakespeare" and
his yrahlc suggestion Of the actual men and women
NJ that epoch was at once learned and popular.
crowded with scholarly lore. packed win scene ana
instance distilng a clear and accurate kh'"'edse'
# was also Frightened and heightened by the point
sense and solility that makes All OF Ut. warner
work at once g entertaining.
His main proposition was that every strong au-
tochthonous literature be adequately appreciated
only by study OF the popular mind ana me history
OF the time that produced IT, In the study OF H"aN'
spcare either for amusement or Tor CULTIVATION" "
throw aside commentary and disquist!on ana devote
ones self to the actual environment out OF when
he wrote the usagcs and characteristics OF
that society In all its classes-this Is To
be- enlarged toward the scope and purpose OF 1le
great dramatst. and to find an illumination oil ms
plays far beyond anything afforded by induisl'ota'
criticism upon phrases. Contemporary ne ~ the III
terpretation What he saw. heard shared-these are
the true mnistrants OF IA vital exeGesS' IL WAS
a burly and bolsterous age, cranmed acuoh
and enterprise. London. then OF less IMAM
l,oDo people was feverish with curiosity ana al
venture Kings and yeomen. courters ana "ah'ohs'
soll aliens.
oarer ruerchants-these and many other types
,brongeI ts WAYS Il was "A hardy time. full-vened
and stimulating to Drawn or brain. The coarse ana
yiiized went along with the earnestness ana
courage of an dcaity which the winning OF wor'd
MAS rousng into passion. bravery ana oaSeleSS
beauty and brutality jostled one another' Inc era
WAS gcrminal Never were the specimens OF great
or variety n greater ViNdcty S'o""e" "''' '''
corner Of the world.
Tane.s brilliant and seductive antitheses suggest
the period but it Is in the realistic and minute
nnnalsts that It's whole life Is opened, Win All the
abandon Of It's projects and It's pleasures with It's
ahsurdities and it's sins It out Of the ferment
Of the carly seventeenth century that THESE TRACE
dies and comedies were born.
I, 10 a time Of which there Is ample record. both
nv Englshmen and by Continental visitors Mar
vel gossip travel booty. wild excess went on win
the deeper and nobler expressions ana AMBITIONS OF
s.xon truth and courage. But whether in diver
sions or dangers In pique of Wit or wisdom II was
an age Of the Astounding joy of living. Princes
we're sumptuous and grotesque the whole motley OF
the peoplc was alert-it great mirror OF all
that humanity contai ns or hopes. bnroarity Neh
i'nder the forms OF many times he pictured the
and women of that time homes ana courts:
pa ssons and brides. ceremonies ana strifes shams
, nd splendors, all were fused under the alchemy OF
his deathlcs genius and fixed in his immortal rep
The grin Of folly the stare Of sorrow, the glad,
ness OF love. and all the mystery OF human feeling
were furnished and ready to ms pen 800
The Individuality Of that time became thea
tron" Of universal man. The Globe playhouse
taught all that the tragedy or comedy of man can
teach Sauires and pages. ladies' and courtesans,
scafods and thrones the sea. the land the fancies
OF the air fierce deeds and fond dreams, all are
fused and tempered by that great imagination; and
n was the time the land and the events that fer
tilted and fed the prolific genius of the dramat fist.
The local became thus the general In the particulars
If that age we are find the colors that irradate
or darkcn his frescoes OF the permanent and per
sonaI nortraiture OF mankind. or all the forces
that have survived out Of his creative time he is
thus one OF the chief. The England OF Shakes
mare interprets the Shakespeare OF England.
Dr. Warmers inclsiye an5 broad treatment OF his
Ieee loves her gifted son and Is proud OF his honors.
The next lecture OF this course VIII be delivered
Modern American Leaders"