The National tribune., 1896-04-30
RECENT LITER AZURE.

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Tennyson literature. To any student OF lit
eraturc, and to TenDysOn lovers, it will prove
"A fascinating volume.
The biography is written as the biography Of
poet should be-with an attempt to describe
the influences of his life rather than TO re-
hearse a host of little details that OF no
value. Those happenings aud scenes OF his
life that became part of himself-a part OF his
charaCtcr, aud therefore part OF his poetry
it is of those VIC wish 10 hear. TcnnysOn's
life at the University, his prizo poem : Tim
buctoO," his friendship with Arthur Hallam
the visit TO Spain, and his sympathy with the
rovolutionists-thcse are parts OF his llc that
helped 10 make his poetry what it was
There is an interesting BIT of description OF
the young poet written by Carlyle: A great
shock OF rusty dark hair; bright, laughing,
hazel eyes; massive, aquiiine face, most mass
i've yet delicate; OF salluw, brown complexion,
almost Indian looking; clothes cynicaliy loose,
free, aud easy; smokes infinite tobacco. lis
voice is unsteady metallic, fit for loud laughter
aud piercing wall aud all that may lie be-
tween; speech and speculation free and plente-
Gus; ] do not meet in these late decades such
company over pipe"
Ills friendship III London with Thackeray,
Carlyle, Mil, Gladstone, and other men of deep
thought impressed his philosophy.
OF his scusitvcness TO criticism, it is said that
an adverse critic always stung him, aud some
times lac rushed into print with reckless replies,
but he always accepted the suggestions and
criticisms eventually ii they were worth any
thing. An incident connected with his Charge
OF the Light Brigade" is worth retelIiug, to
quote from one Of his letters:
" Having heard that the brave soldiers before
Sebsstopoi, whom ! p=ond to call my
countrymen. have liking for my ballad ou the
Charge OF the Light Brigade at BaIaciava,
havo ordered a thousand copies of it TO he
printed for them. No writing OF mine add
10 the glory they have acquired in til, Crimea :;
but il what have heard be true they will not
be dlspeased To receive these copies OF the
ballad from me, and TO know that those who
sit at home love and honor them. "-ALFRED
TENNYsoS. rr
Tennyson's long life singing from the time
when little child be played in the garden
through bis splendid old age. is full of happy
incidents. lie was singuiariy gifted with
!riends-with success financial and with the
higher success. lie had for friends some of
the finest men that tie world has ever known
aud every prosperity IN life seems 10 have been
provided for him
Following the biography como chapters oil
his early poems on Tic Princess. Ia Mem0riam,
Maud, and other poems. IiylS of the King,
EnOch Arden. the dramas aud balla ads. Lastly
there is 4 critical essay, and with one paragraph
from it we will close:
" Aud summing Us he did in his own person
and in his work, the gains OF the English race
throughout its long aud splendid history Of Il
thousand years, he must stand for as. as he
surely will stand for all the future as tie
poetic heir OF Epglayd's arisiocratic, intelec-
tnaI, AID heroic traditions"
Even in so fragmeniary a review rs this one
must SEQ the lne spirit of tie book indeed IL is
one of the most delightful volumes on lItera-
ture that one can find, and we'll worth being
dedicated TO DoSden-the master critic.
TIE EBBING OFTHE TIDE. BY Louis Becse.
Published 10y Idppincoit. Philadelphia For sale
by Bfentano Washington. Price Si.2j.
Louis Bcckc's stories % the South Sea Islands
are OF interest in several ways-they are well
written. dramatically told, a;id they toll of y
new and strange country to most of us. They
are not pretty little rUmances, but arc strange
stories Of the love Of the white men and the
brown men for the brown women, and for the
beautiful girls who are tho children OF white
men aud brown wpmen. They arc the stories
OF land where there is no public opinion, no
strenuous convertionaiitics. no laws; land
of ease and warmth and languor and love. Men
kali each other for the women !; women kill each
other, or Kill the men, AS they love or hate, and
is answerabe to any laws If conduct
but his own. and his are the laws Of pleasure.
And so life goes OH ia the beautiful remote
islands. Men tra''e little there. Shus come
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To ali az us possessing bit of old Puritan
conscience, it is astonishing to find that here
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ton, learning, honor, wealth, positiou-are as
nothing. However. with all tue accounts of
love, pleasure, aud desire, there is no sickIy
morbid hunting after tho unclean- The tales
are simply, truthfully told of life as it is TO
these children of tho sunny islands
CANOES BY Marie CorelIi. Published by Lip.
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Price 81.
A series OF short stories well enough in their
way, but not so good as the writer's longer
efforts.
a GRAY EYE OR so. BY F. Frankfort Moore.
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striking romance-a mass of clever phrases
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The story of n hoy in army service who is
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is happy, as it should be.
HYPNoTlSM w TO DATE. By Sydney Flower
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