The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-11-27
JEIN INGEiOU's YORK.
she Has Lived Too Long to Make secure
Her Fame.

she Has Lived Too Long to Make secure
Her Fame.
Had the news that Jean Ingelow va ao
riouslv 200 m London come across tic va
tor thirty wears ago IL would not nave
fnfIld AM irfouepfcuOus place among tnt
personals. but would have had pIohlu'u'
mention and caused widespread regret
For her poem. at that time ranked ABOVE
Tcnnys0n's and rtNt 10 l.ou5leio" % AZ
popularity in both countries. ~, a..
Now she is "a remnlscence. Sut nv
too long 10 make secure her iaint too
easily won. and shared with Bryan the
misfortune # growing old in mtdloctl'i
Had she died generation ago She "o"."
have ranked with Keats for some per
formance and rich promise. She boIe
comparison al one time. and shared ~,
purple with Mrs. Browning. the l"asioi-
ate and inspired. ana she llNcu 10 i.ilh
below Christina kOscti am, ns the Hilloi
Tier father was "a banker. her mother Of
COvcnauter descent. Tho house vas
quiet, Unconditional. well disciplined III
spite Of the eleven children VINO came
loan was the last. and her comrade was
81 brother but % year older. she was not
urec1cious. and was rem1rkable only iot
very rctentive meme ~. tAlitHty
fimfd and fearful. She would creep away
into corners % commune with her own
f8ucies. saying little. dreaming creams
and presently writing them down ana ma,
iug them away I'm box of unsuspccted
The merry games Of childhood were not
for her Tho Songs OF Seven are as
nearly autObi0grapnicai as anything she
eyer ~ llni'''u "'''''i ~
'u,'' was ,......, ,i,,.,,
~ de" leit on lhe u"l'l'a d'" ''''0i'
80 rain left in heaven.
I've said my seVcn times over ana over,
Seven times one are seven 1
The same feI-rtFeiatlou' my s'D "'iI
cnarminglN naive D. itNttlt'l lil t"' emu
BOrOthrl Graham In ON the SkciNts,
her one novel not set given over 10 OBJ
nrlou. ln lesser degree DOrOthea is a
Maggie TuliIvcr-icss lovely. less passion
ate. but as ready for scusclees sacrifice.
Through lonely hours The child jean
watched th, wide sea, the cnn ana now on
the tides the wnlte-Wihteu SHIPS '"'
great lighthouse ana h'H tower i','
and culture. the house tmplglus Oh ,l4i-
dIcn by death and marriage, anu tht
WAS thirtv-ihrco when "a modest volume
,,.ts published under what the public was
pleased TO consider happy nom de
nlrme. The wcrlo was startled TO admi-
lati"n bv the "tlien Tide OF tho Coast
of Iincolu-hfrc.H ballad such as Eng
land had nor had IN generations. y bali
ld lut cast iu such strange form. so lnu-
.I..l that 10 .a,r % elf. so lyric in Qulli-
a.. So ot,.iut an dfrfion $50 keen for beau
80 ~ frn,i.r a. r.ffos so Iaep and wide
in relfrious feeling. So exquisite ina turn Of
phrase. tbat there was never word ilr
lis defects.
The little volume appeared an f0rtu-
nate time. Longfellow's Tales Of a Way
side Inn" had lost their novelty Tenny-
son was IN the MIDST Oh a iohI 9hehse,
Wncn lne "oria pes.i 70 l,, o I g,,.
uonn1 mo- i,,i5 fi,ii o., tbe ,biloso.
ntizina of The Brownings. The mrgid
iftl- - e,.-irt.,-r,,.. ami Tho Thin cold
,ennoI 81 Of 6 STlp7 Of III The , Prernphaei
u.s. Tf.ra ,.-.i- "a t.anufna SINGER Of bal
Lads and SONGS. "a seer of beauty and truth
after philOsOpy had said its last word.
The instant cOrdillity with which the new
poet was received proved how the English
have always followed amy singer PACK 10
nature 10 the woods and fields and the
epl. And this one sang tunes 10 whose
measures they could trip gdyly.
We are fortunate. writes ID contributor
90 the Chicago Journal" - have pic
turc taken of her at this time TO satisfy
fD. p0uular demand. IL shows the ,aecr
Youth. the wide brow. the looking out
Tine face is not beautiful. nor the features
classic. II il "a brave. w0mauly face.
strong and loving. The hair Is blown
;he Sea-. The l,outh. though sweet and
uil-lippcd as II for love. is sad. IT she
had "a love story no one ever knew. Ter
whose cousin shallow hearted pas never
been id,utincd. Looking M TINS yonLS'
eager face, win tht droop ON IN. iu,l nl's;
one wonders u thdt poem blNlNti'
which begins so Jolourlyi is not ~ulonlc-
graphical.
..,rb.. ,,lifa th,russ droppine ON the crass
a., ev,.rf..t lass and sweetest lass,
Anu eHuii5'
And as | walk by tnat vast calm river.
THAT awful river. SO dread 90 see,
l know that lis breadth and its depth for
ever
A-e bridgcd across by his thoughts OF
Tsfer mixtures show the prim features
and nros,ie exnrfssion of the miadle-a.ed
Tr~iisb l,dv Uar favorlt. brother died
a. F. distant land and dDrp sorrow for
-, - a. nrv-ar Il, the sonps If tha
i''''i 80 ~ -, l,i,,r.,r,b,- .s,,,. Il
T., tS, Some of seven In .'I'5urance.,
and 80 ..Ditidrd 70 her wonderful ear Tor the
- - fnr beattf, large brain deem