The times., 1897-09-19

remarked. in condescending tone, ION,
the Arnold troupe. l suppose" Just az II
we were travelling circus" said Mr.
Arnold, with a hearty laugh.
The morning after Matthew Arnold ar
rived in Chicago there was an article in
one oi the newspapers beginning We
have seen him; he is an elderly gentleman
who parts his hair in the middle, with
supercilious manners and ill-fitting
cIothes.'' He also told Dean Farrar, with
rauch relish the story of trick played
by New York paper on Chicago paper,
which, 1t was said, sometimes copied with
out acknowledgment its foreign kilograms.
The New York paper inserted a clever let
ter purporting to have been written by
Mr.. Arncid, and commenting not quite ia
vorably ON the city of Chicago. Ii began:
AT Chicago my host was an artist in
desiecated FORK
The Chicago papers rashly accepted The
letter as genuine, and exploded into ve-
hement yituperation, which was, perhaps,
excusable, for they had received Mr.. Ar.
mold with unusual warmth and hospitality.
A soon as Mr.. Arnold heard of it he tele.
grhphed 70 Chicago. saying that the letter
was II forgery from beginning to end. IL
~ tc iHCHs liOhGhtli wv idlS ~ uHStA9 ilit
disagreeable remarks which they had
hcaped oil the unoffending head of their
distinguished guest. and when Dean Far.
rar visited Chicago in the following year
lie found a certain soreness still remain
Jug, which made Matthew Arnold less
popular there than he was in many of the
American cities.
The accompanying portrait of Matthew
Arnold is reproduced from photograph
talca during Mr- Arnold's visit 10 America.
The recent return of the ancient maui.
script history of Plymouth colony, written
by Gov. Bradford, which was the occasion
of a marked revival of patriotic apprecia-
ton OF the Pilgrims, has inspired Samuel
Adams DRAKE TO write the story sitnply,
but more fully. 1t seems somewhat as
tonishing that this has not been done before.
Mr.. Drsl:e is writer OF pleasing methods
and is a scholar of almost undisputed
prc-emlnence in Americana, two qualities
tions which fit him exceptionally for the
task of his new volume. He has rewritten
the story with much sympathy and Charm,
deeply appreCiative of the character of
the people and even Us which he chronicles.
The subject is one that ought to bc
deeply impressed on the memory and IN
derstan ling Of American youth and adults.
The motives of the Pilgrims We're SO singu-
larly pure and high. their lives 10 i'm
preSsiSeiy stonch and true, their achieve
inent so inordinately heroic and exemplary,
that the mind and heart brought into con-
tact with them should take from them
lessons of hope and resolve, valor and
integrity. and national pridein 50 esitnable
ancestry
The history of the early Pilgrims.
from the arrival OF the Mayflower till
the sighting of the Anne, al recited In
Mr.. brakes ''On Plymouth Rock, dis
closes an era OF priyation and suffering,
fortitude ana bravery which commend it
To patriotic Immortality in the national
heart. The struggle was not alone iii
the sepa ration from the ties Of flesh,
heart and soul at home, but in the ven
tures0me character Of this excur sion
into n new and uucivilized world, the
primitive encounters with nature In its
primeyal conditions, the uneven struggle
with savages In their own territory
1t is an epic in fact, and Mr.. brakes
little bUok has an important mission
il il carries it into the hearts of all
the people. (Boston: Lee * Shepard
Washington: Woodward & Lothrop3.