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SVINBTRN EAND MALLORY.
MODERN POETRY VERSUS MEDIAEVAL
PROSE.
THE TALE OF BALEN. BY Algcrnon Char;e
Swinburnr. octave. PIP. l& New-i0rk' 'har'
Scrlbners Sons

THE TALE OF BALEN. BY Algernon ohar;es
swlnburne octave. pp. 1872. New-York: Charles
Scribners Sons.
The character Of Dalen Of Northumberland Is
one oil the welrdest In Arthurian legend. His deeds
lie on the surface OF life. In the case with most
OF the knights Of Camelot: and his prowess
though marvellous. is not supernatural lie is not
mysterious az Merlin Ia mysterious. Yet Arthurs
seer himself IS not more forbddngiy attractive
than the hero whom Mr.. Swinburne has taken
from Mallory as the central figure for his latest
book On Balens face there IL flung al the begin
ming the shadow OF a great doom; all the incl
dents OF his brief career. as they are recorded In
the second book Of the "Morte Darthur" make
for a sinister conclusion: and not all the poetry
OF Malorys romance not all the romance Of Mr.
Swnburnes poetry, can remove the atmosphere
OF gloom which hens round their knight. That
Balen should exert the charm which Is unques-
tiopably his is partially due to the beauty inher
ent In tragic fate. but 1t Is rooted still more
deeply In the wildwood magic Of the time and
place In which his days were set. Mr.. Swinburne
was wise In choosing the unfortunate knight Of
the two swords for his theme. and In taking his
reader back into the world of golden tongued
romance" Arthurs world. the world that Is so
old and yet ever new.
The rhymed measures In which the poet has
worked 10 not belong to the literature OF the bal
lad. accurately speaking; but he has evidently
sought the ballad rhythm the reiteratve music
which fits as no other the conditions OF adventur-
Gus narrative In employing that music. more
over he has avoided more successfully than some
OF his later work might have seemed to
promise, the rigidity OF feeling the opacity
OF tone, which ineastic arbitrary metre
so often brings upon a poets head What
he has tc say fills out the swinging lines
ardent sympathy makes them supple. and
they illustrate in a degree that power Of verse
which means an exact balance between thought
and expression. Mr. Swinburne's faculty OF char
acterization, 50 frequently invalidated by his
lyrical madness. in the present instance keeps
pace with the movement Of his verse. All through
THE Tale Of Balen'' the drama moves with rap
idity, and In every line there is vigor OF epithet
there Is the breath Of passion and Imagination.
This being so. 1t is for a moment puzzling that
the poem a whole should leave one cold The
solution OF the difficulty Is soon found however
With all his gifts. with all his opulence OF fine
resonant words Mr.. Swinburne Is not Mallory
and he must pay the penalty. His poetry is less
poetic than Malory's prose Tho Tale OF Balen'
Is. after all more a tour de force" than a poem
which could not help getting itself written. The
inspiration. though true, reached Mr.. Swinburne
through medium which Handicapped him as II
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ma ssed him on the romantic theme the moderh
noet onens the gates as has been said. OF Arthur
world and Just to see the waving trees ana near
the silver trumpets sounding over the neid Is
something for which the reader must be CRATE
full. But The Tale of Balen' does not renew the
youth the sunny lovel!ness, the first hne'
careless rapture OF tho old English chronicle
Memories OF the latter will supply, to some ex-
tent. the beauty that IL missng and there Is so
much that is alert clear and ringing IN MI
Swlnburnes verse that for few pages II seems
as IL he had actually felt the wind Of the heath
across his face, inhaled the deep breaths OF the
sea and the forest that he celebrates In swit'
spontaneous tactfully alliterative linee. Then
the light fades, the air Of the wood departs. the
rhyme seems chilled and the reader goes BACK
TO Cations text-not that he loves Mr. SWIM
burne less but that he loves Mallory more
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POETRY.

comparison Of Marx Twains book with An
drew Langs will confirm the point. 1t is not
invidious to make the comparison. Neither book
is to be elevated in the main. above the other.
Lang lacks the reality OF ,,is rival He has not
written anything like so human a story he has
not painted anything like so rich picture Be-
side the minute and yet never pedantc Per
sona Recollectons," the English writer's novel,
"a Monk of Fife" has the same meagre ap-
pearance which an illuminated mssal would
have on being opened against vast simmer
ing tapestry In the Personal Recollections."
as has been pointed out above. the Maids sur
roundngs are alive. and she herself is alive on
the material plane Of her time. The ground Is
less firm under foot as Norman Leslie, the hero
OF "A Monk OF Fife" gees devotedly after the
Maid. But In the devotion of his Scottish war;
rior and monk Mr.. Lang finds his key to per-
haps the closest of all modern approaches to
Jeanne dare. From the first page to the last
Norman Leslie Is a reverent man. impressed as
Louis de Contes never could have been I'm
pressed with the divinity Of the Maid. The two
recall a dis:inction once drawn between two
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dramatic poets The characters of one stir the
Imagination by saying fine things. The charac-
ters OF the other touch the heart without saying
anything.
Louis de Coatcs is constantly eulogizing
I the Maid, and IL is true that he says Things
about her which strike fire. But the poetic
spiritual passion OF Norman Leslie pervades MS
whole story and makes 1t beautiful 1t is asthough
one contemporary tried TO tell the Maids story
TO a miscellaneous group Of men in place OF
common meeting, acting the drama before them
on the dusty floor gesticulating. speaking 10 MS
audience as one man to anotner while his equal
ly well-informed comrade retires TO the serenit!
Of cloiser. and there intones his epic. with su-
preme poetic charm, to few listeners capaoie
~ being bewitched. who shall select the better
man? 1t would be a hazardous task On the
side of the poet there would be the danger OF
noetic license and an adventurous imagination.
on that OF the dramatic talker there "ouiu oe
tho nower of intense human earnestness. Jeanne
n Arc cons sidered merely az theme Is obviously on
q level with the highest reach Of verse But
nos,eritv has been seeking these many years 10
find something In her more than theme The
modern world wants to know her whole history
all that Mark Twain sets down In prose, all that
Andrew Lang suggests between the lines OF he
romantic tale. poetry and prose- the suos'ah''''
deeds OF the Maid. her material ana her sPr''ua'
presence. fused and made one-this is what the
world has waited for. 1t is the achievement tha'
Is awaited now One man In English literature
had he written in happier moment ana win
fuller inspiration. might. perhaps, nave approved
himself the poet Of this heroine. lie was lie
Quincy. The opening lines IN mis- study oi 'he
Maid. quoted above. show that he mad the seed
Of an heroic effort In his genius. what ne might
ha,a dono for the fame Of Jeanne dare had he
written throughout OF her as he wrote OF Inc
Glory of Motion" as he wrote of our Lady OF
Sorrow" It is tempting to surmise probably IL
would have counted among his most splendid
flights Of eoquence He might have scared higher
than he had ever scared before. He had the ma
terial Had he risen to it the result would nave
been royal. But every reader OF the essays knows
the disappointing character Of the Jeanne ARC
performance as a whole. II is sadly uneven
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. They have not deceived

My voices were Of God. They have not deceived
me-"
In the first place Jeanne dare necessarily died
In black robe, that being the dress in which
victims Of the Inquisition compelled to go
to the stake. Any one might have pointed this
out to Mrs. Oliphant. Mr. Lowell knows it and
takes pains TO note II in his history. Further
Mrs. Oliphants quotation from the Maid Is an
audacious instance OF turning hearSay into his
tory. There is no authentic record that she ut
tered the words attributed to her by this his
torian. words of tremendous import, If once ac-
Maid. These errors censurable more for
what they imply than for what they actually
mean In the development of the narrative The
latter is, on the whole sound, and the book may
well be published in series Of popular historical
monographs The misleading words quoted as
from the Maid provide the only point in the
work to which serious objection may be taken.
But the tone of the biography is Mrs. Olphants
confession of incompetence it is in her mistaken
idea that to present Jeanne dare sympatheti-
cally one must be hystercal and full of so-called
pathos that she irrtates the Imagination and
almost defeats her own purpose. She has pro-
duced respectable volume, a readable and even
instructive book for elementary students put
for any one who feels moved TO search for the
finest and subtlest sides OF the Maids character
Mrs. Ophant is an obstruction rather than
help.
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A sENrIMENTALIsTs ERRORS.

Mrs Olphant leaves even less satisfactory
impression. She has made fairly good use Of
the material accessible 10 her. following with
animation and intelligence the sequence of
events through which Jeanne passed from
Domremy and her fathers cottage 10 Rouen
and the stake. But this historian desires
be sentimental. and the thing in the world
which Is abhorrent in a biography of Jeanne
dare is sentimentality. She had nothing maud
lin In her nature. She was brave with the stead
fast bravery OF the strongest men. Indeed. no
man has ever shown the might and tenderness
OF self-sacrifce in quite pure. unwavering q
light She had the instructive courage which
goes silently and cheerfully into danger and can
neither boast nor complain. To face the battle
unfinchingly and with smile her lips.
that was the rule which Jeanne dare set
for herself and to which she adhered
through every peril of her great fight for the
King. through every humiliation OF her fight for
her life with Cauchon and his creatures Mrs
Oliphant misses all this. She begins her book
with illusions TO love and grief. the affections
and the sufferngs by which humanity Is ruled
and OF which it is capable" things we'll enough
in their place, but not, strictly speaking, the
stun of which biography Of Jeanne dare
should be made. Mrs Oliphant. anxious TO make
as attractive picture Of her heroine as possible
even at the stake. describes that white Maid
standing out alone against a sky still blue and
sweet, with INSTRUMENTATION underneath. but
Heaven above" In the same breath. true to her
resolve to be picturesque, this author goes on:
"Suddenly there came a great cry from among
the black fumes that began to reach the clouds:
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JEANNE DARC.
THE MAID OF FRANCE IN HISTORIC AND
ROMANTIC LITERATURE.

JOAN OF ARC BY Francis c. Lowell 0ctayo; uo,rp Pp
", SS?: Boston, New-York and Chicaso' i'ous'''
ton. Mlflin & Goa
ophan iasraisd Octave RP T. aaa ~ EphdOn asfon:
@. p. Putnam's Sons. or,
personal RECoLLECTioNNss rs cobte or 12AH Haer Page
ana ARc BY ns sfgr FreeS LSuf
Ancient French INTO MSdern anEih Fl the National
SRa rchves oaPqRn d9 Fraaee y FsnSOis Is Alden
Mark Twaln Illustrated from oEisInad pda%
Of Old Paintings and Statues. Octave pp' NV
46l Harper & Brothers. n..s y,
annscrpt H the Scot scots College BY
Andrew Lang. octave PIP vi SS3, -'
and London Longmans, Green d CO.
ANALYSIS Of Jeanne dare begins and ends on 'he
note which De Quincy strikes at the outset ol ''s
essay on the Maid: What is to be thoueh' Vi
her? What is to be thought OF the poor siep"e''
Girl from the hills and forests of Lorraine tha'-
like the Hebrew ehepherd-boy from 'ne i'''is anu
forests OF Judea-rose suddenly out OF 'he qu'e''
~, ., tho safotv out Of the religious inspiration
rooted in deep pastoral soliudes. TO station IN
,ba van of armies. and to the more periious s'a-
zion AT the right hand OF kings? History anu
romance unite in imposing upon the mooerh "oi'u
a noble conception of Jeanne d Arc. yet DOM iea's
her in mystery, both leave her phah'oN iis"'e
wrapt In glamour which remains uhcha"seu
whether she be approached alohe 'ie ""s'!
a, eruoite research or sought with the divination
OF the poet. No one has interpreted ."e
Maid as yet and carried complete conviction
,y,,b him Many have tried. A few nave
done much In the whole range OF htera-
ture. however. In all that has been written
about her before and since NJ. Quicherat put De-
fore the public the foundation for all discussion OF
her history, the "Proces de Condemnation e' ne
habilftation de Jeanne dare" the most tnat
scholarship and imagination have been able 10 90
has been to revive in the readers mind DE gum
cey's interrogation: What is to be thought OF
her?
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THE EVIL EYE.
sHAKEsPEARE's ALLusIoN TO 1T IN ''RIcHARD
From Notes and Queries.

From Notes and Queries.
of Richad Sfff!" ff which TAKEN IN With
one another. and taken In connection with an
beth-indeed still hourishng In many parts OF
the Continent. and even lingering here and there
that the dramatist meant US to understand that
Richard. as conceived by him. possessed the power
oes not the sas sv hs in SO
words bur the fact OF the prevaence OF the belief
sary for him to do more than hint at or suggest
Il: and far stronger argument in explanation OF
found in the common persuasion that attaches to
many folklore superstitions. that II Is dan
gerous to mention supernatural or uncanny things
BY name. We are not Obliged to assume in conse-
quence Of this that Shakespeare himself believed
not matter whether he did or not; but We do Know
as he knew that most OF those who formed his
also help to explain the ext @extraordinary way in which
BETH Immediately after having wrought them
grievous njury;
(Globe texD, Ann Nevil says. with reference to
Gloucester: Mortal eyes cannot endure the devil"
The word "devil here would have, In this case not
a general but special appropriateness. since DOS.
SCISSORS OF the evil eye were supposed to have ac-
5ewitchment through a cempact with Satan Satan q. 7
II. 7S contains the word Infection" applied by Ann
eye In l. IT, 90 we find the phrase devilish n siaee ee
used to Gloucester by Ann This. Viewed In the
light 1 OF the other passages we are dealing with
whereby he became his agent. or 'hes factor to
buy souls" uv ~ 7s in pursuit Of which business
INVALUABLE in attracting and fascinating custom
IT IN r. M Ann 'ps 1ro at S
times In all ages, and among all peoples OF the
for the action o the sS eye or sT
wa: dsspssrs assn Saqs I we have the
Of my sight, thou dost infect mine eyes.". In SI'
III. 70 We IND another accuser In Queen Margaret,
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who. speaking to Gloucester. says. That deadly
eve of thine" In ~, 1. IS the Ducness OK tork.
words addressed to herself in reproach for hav-
Ing brought into the world such q monster as as
Ilfchard): "a cockatrice hast thou hatch 70 the
world whose unavoided eye is murderous" The
beliefs about the fatal glance OF the cockatrce are
too well known to enter into, and In themselves
outside the scope Of this note but It should not be
forgotten that this beast also "infected the ayr
arr nd
New-York tribune., 1896-05-31

Mrs. Margaret Woods, the sithor OF TWO p0.s ~.
books Esther vanhomrigh' and "A 'iIase -
edy" Is turning from prose TO poetry oae =. .h.s
pairing a volume OF short poems and a'', .ryrN
TO publish an essay in dramatic verse enu"e ,,,~ !,
Justice" English poetry is fast becoming E !. az.
the past. and the work OF new wr'a wa
am,ned with something more than cur'os"'
New-York tribune., 1896-05-31

George Meredith, the novelist. is apparent. 49,
from the prejudice felt by certain authors ~, ~.
tho nublisher. He has articed his son 70 . Jun"
ing Arm OF noted name in England
New-York tribune., 1896-05-31

In scarle. and Gray" the book OF ''0..- ne,,,..
the late Lord Houghton's daughter nas 's,,.sl
collaboration with Thomas Hardy " " ''
IN this country by Roberts Brother'
New-York tribune., 1896-05-31

An expurgated edition OF Tom Jones ~. ,ts d
OF preparation by Mrs. J. NJ f'e,u"s' "A, .oou
the novelist's grandson, and the poon .s ~ rss
published In London A bosraphicai sAe''"
ing will accompany the story.
New-York tribune., 1896-05-31

MR. is presently to be published ~ sss'. q.
svnas x,mSaI Tsi. volume. THE Purple Eas, = ria
s' ha. no, been conspicuous 1t ha. .i,o,s% .'sus
"ns .,rs,n nv y, feeling IN II, no, mere rhetoric a''~
New-York tribune., 1896-05-31

The printing Of the Kelmscott Press S"a s,,,ud u
,ust heen finished. and the sheets w'ii ,or.s hu
soon as they are dry. Sir Edward nu'. . originally
Increased the number or iilus''a'
promised from sixty 70 eighty-hVe.
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REPUBLICAN CONVENTIONS.
The "A of County Chairman Payne.
Delegate Representation.

The Can of County Chairman PAYNE.
Delegate Representation.
To THE REPUBLICAN VOTERS F ScHUYI-
Kill County:
In accordance with the rules Of the party.
and by and with the advice and consent Of
the Executive Committee, ! have the honor
TO notify you that the County Convention for
the purpose of nominating candidates for the
following offices, to wit: Member of Con-
gross, Treasurer, Prothonotary, Clerk of the
Court, Recorder, Register, two Commissioners.
Director of the Poor, and two Auditors. and
for the transaction of any other business that
may be presented, will De held in Union
Hall, Pottsyille, Pa, Monday, August Sd,
1895, at 10 o'clock a. II.
The Senatorial Convention for the purpose
Of nominating a candidate for state Senator
for the Tw~enty-ninth Senatorial District, will
be held in Union Hall, pottsville, Pa, Tues
day, August 4, 1896, at 10 o'clock a. m.
The Legislative Conventions will be held as
follows:
First District, in Robbins Opera House,
Shenandoah, Pa, Wednesday, Augusta 8, 1895,
at 10 o'clock a, m,
Second District in Washington Hall, Ash
land, Pa, Wednesday, August 5, 1896, at 2
o'clock p. IN.
Third District at the T.. S. Hotel, Tamaqua,
Pa, Thursday, August g, 1896, at 10 o'clock
a. IN.
Fourth District, in Centennial Hall, Potts
vile, Pa, Tuesday, August 4, 1895, i'm
mcdiately upon the adjournment Of the
Senatorial convention.
Tho Republican voters Of the county will
assemble in their respective election districts
on Saturday, August l. 1896, between the
hours of 3 and 7 p. m, and vote for one mem
Der Of the Standing Committee and one
alternate, aud for as many delegates and
a~lternates to the County, Senatorial and
Legislative convention as said respective
districts are entitled to unde the rules, one
delegate for less than thirty-five votes cast for
the highest office at the last State election,
and two delegates for thirty-fiys votes or
over 50 cast.
The election of committeeman and dele
gates, and their alternates, from the several
| districts, will be held at the same place at
which delegates were chosen last year, except
in the following districts, where changes are
ordered Northwest Butler, divided, the
delegate for the Lavelle district shall he
voted for at the same place where the dele
gate election Of 1898 was held; for the Locust
Dale division, the delegates shall be voted for
at the public house Of Charles Neiman,
Crassona, South ward, the primary election
SHALL be held at the public house Of john
J UcideuwaE.
Pottsyilie, Fifth ward, ldividcdh the
primary election for the First Division shall
be held at the same place where the primary
election was held in 1895; for the Second
district, at the public house Of Chas, J.
Schcercr.
BuRD. w. PAYNE,
Chairman.
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A BEACON OF HOPE.

High above the angry clouds which fill the
political sky with flashing portcnts of chaos
and disaster the character of William
Mckinley rises calm and majestic, the pledge
Of honesty and order to the people Of this
nation.
Serene amid the alarms Of @demagogucs,
stcadfast a- a star against the aimless currents
Of passion, and sustained by the unfaltering
trust Of his fellow patriots in the cause of
truth and right, this modest, sincere, manly
statesman Of Ohio presents an inspiring cx-
ample of the sturdy, loyal and heroic citizen
ship which stands like an invincible barrier
to guard this government from the incendiar
les and anarchists who have banded for its
destruction.
With a personal career which sublimely
illustrates the might Of honest manhood,
with a public record which testifes to the
conqucriug force of patriotic purposes fear
lessly pursued and as the standard bearer in
a cause which seeks no moauer object than
the vindicatiou Of American honor before all
the world, William Mckinley at this hour
towers above the furies Of faction, above the
r~ivalrics of sections and the contentious of
individuals like a beacon Of hope lighting
the way 10 the safe harbor of national
honesty, unity and peacc.-New York Mail
and Express.
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PERSONAL.

DR.. J, $. Callen and family returned home
from Ocean Grove.
II. c. Boyer, Of Reading, is greeting old
acquaintance in own
Isadore Sell has gone to New York to spend
his vacation with relatives.
Hon. Charles n. Brumm, of Pottsville, was
discussing politics in town to-day.
Mrs. Evan J. Davies, Of North Jardin
street, is visiting relatives in Pottsville.
Mr.. and Mrs. Christopher Coke, Of Mahanoy
City, were visitors to town last evening.
Tobias BickeI and L. L. White, of Mt.
Carmel, were town visitors last evening.
Mrs. Robert O'Boyle has gone to S~teeltOn,
Pa, to visit her sister, Mrs. Harry Beyrant.
Frank Black is again greeting his many
acquaintance behind the bar at Broen's
Rialto cafe.
Miss. Alice seager left for Atlantic City to-
day TO visit her sister, Miss Annie, who j:
located there.
Mrs. A. A. Davis and sons, Claude and
Bert, left for scranton to-day to spend some
time with friends.
Mrs. T. A. Doherty returned home last
evening after a visit of several weeks with
her mother at Latrobe, Pa,
Tally Morgan and son, Arthur, Of Phila-
delphia, who were the guests of town relatives
returned home this morning.
Miss Agnes Andrinkaitis, returned from
Freeland last evening, where she was tn,
guest of Miss Annie Motskaitis.
Mr.. and Mrs. John A. Reilly left 'town thi
morning for Bedford Springs. Mr., Reilly
will visit the National Guard camp enToute
Mrs. Neary, Of West Oak street, returne,
home last evening from a western trip TO st
90 H ~
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The leaders of the Populist and Silver
parties already realize, because Of the large
uumber of assertions daily announced from
the ranks of the Democracy, that there is no
hope for the election of Bryan aud Sewall,
and they are therefore laying their plans to
secure the nomination and election Of as
many Congressman favorable to their views
A. possible. 1t therefore behooyes the Re
publicans 20 see to il that no one who is not
in line with the platform is named for Con-
gress. The Republican party, with Major
Mckinley as the standard-bearor, is posi-
lively committed against the free and un'
limited coinage of silver. and no one who is
tainted with that idea should be nominated
The nomination Of a Congressman in this
district is % most important matter at this
time. and personal likes and d~islikesi
should be cast aside for the higher duty OF
principle. Major Mckinley stands com
mitted to the st. Louis platform, and it would
be suicidal, from a party standpoint, to
nominate and elect any one to Congress who
would oppose and refuse TO carry out tn,
principles of the Republican party on the
silver question,