The sun., 1897-01-17

products OF his muse during the winter o. 1880
1851. regret very much that have lost my
copy OF this book. and that my memory pre-
serves bnt fragment of u stanzo from his ode
to the Lark" printed therein. which reprot
duce that you may gauge the quality OF his
work at that time:
when WAS quite a ittis boy.
lay down In the bright sAngfoy,
And listened To the lark In the morning.
It may DO explained that sangfoy." the poet
said vas q sort Of clover that grew In his native
English shire. Al his request. / sent copies Of
this work. not only tn tho leading crowned
heads Of Europe and Asia, but to my city
changes, whose comments thereon. It was
hoped would secure a pu blisher for the authors
ten thousand lines OF prose and FIVE thousand
lines OF poetry already accumulated In his desk.
Mr.. Billiards. genius was - fruitful that moths
Ing but linear measure sufficed to determine its
results. quality Of his mind may be Judged
by his comments on reading the review OF the
Beautiful Beautfuls " by the hostile Chicago
Journal, whose literary editor called him an ass
and fit mRte for the Sweet Singer OF Michi-
gan" To my Inquiry as to how he liked such
| treatment. ho replied that he preferred such
comment to silence; that people nigh: call
him "h'Ass hand . h'idIot" IL they wished.
what he was after was notorlety.
was certain to provoke Bsllard's Inspiration.
Thus, visit q my mother 10 me trough, forth.
| which every evening may be seen
| floating Just above the horEeen.
Astronomy as well as orthography had -
| Yield TO BaIlards idea OF poetic license.
In common with other men OF genius. Bal:
lard suffered from many petty annoyances az
the form OF depredations in his truck patch
J One day be oyerchnsused youth by the name
OF Smith, who had super-irrieated the poets
garden by turning into il neieheorlng brook
Smiths mother had the reverend gardener ar
rested and fned for assault and battery. His
| friends offered to assist In the payment OF the
fine, and thus save him from Incarceration. bus
Huny"n, in the hope that the Inspiration OF inn
pr.sonment wonld assist in the production OF q
parable between his case and that Of tho au-
thor Of "PilGrlm's Progress zach was un-
| jail he went with no baggage but pad Of paper
and sharp pencil sure enough. within al
.eSanty.,wo lines, entitled My Hsritase," ons
stanza OF which fingers In my mind:
1 @ S. y. asr sTs s,i%fS .us q ). sr took
d .h .es carried o on mn n,r sTssnsn rage
and second edition without revision found
ready sale to the early extinguishment OF tha
fRs re. rsSe PHsss.is IN aaoS S sSSSG
:na ;ptss S. s.va, nj. Lecture
| ing tour. travelling In a one-horss wagon paints
red, Whit & and blue and pulled ID BY his his faith:
q country schoolhouse he soon had an aus
di.pSee to wnish he reci;ed his psSISe,,1P.: ~
| locality. TO the accompsn!ment Of torty;eiGhs
gestures S.n H n,y onI :, :.y
phlermat'c natures could look without con-
sm02a ,Ss
nave seen the bard's, photograph in all pos
lures, and can yoaSh for The M report that they
his tour he had a magu!lloent triumph at, ~
iP Ia shss S."ss b. @ Tes Sesres sr0Tg'do kPs
b Sa GTerSHr aSsSHsa oSST ws
and and SO hum about the neck with red. wS,e.
and blue I,eSons VIII ,hs repressn,s,9n % OF the the
by tho municipality, a hand.carved gilt key
about two teel long dangiing down ~: iront
Poets. RaiiSra Seld his audiences spslibopnd by
tine ,fcrvor OF hts recitation. sntranced by the
sls poems. and % hypnot,aea % By The fatty eshs
extraordinary gestures. The fact that he had
tns .a&sGT !" tn S S
Early In his tour, at the college town of Tabor.
W"' Y o"'IS" to whom, through tho medium Of the
local rress, he rendered tribute Of respect,
w@Trs Miss Ma % tue V yoI TTsvtRs Elocutlonst,
| "Sovenor to keop.
v---nuto Won tender
bTsS%ISSS SSGIaSSa,.a ,T9qsS RSd c oas ssIs%S'' BsT
Poctcal Lecturer. James ballard
He Is straviling all the time,
Teaching The ART OF dcI'cring in rhyme
| kndif tie lecture bureau need
My service, Miss please inteTcedo
Ballard had n pardopHble appreciation OF hii
own extraordinary merits. ~ will he seen, NOS
only from the Foregoing, but from this etanzA
/ from his sun Dial:"
Ihavo travelled over Europe and Canada
And the United States ~ America,
, , and Wherever 40, Try at! thT ,,f While
: Our friend hal not vet returned to his spring
gardening before u change OF business took me
| Fast Tie last word | received directly from
, him gave 10 the public IN tho columns OF the
ErpTcss for March .. 1883. IL follows
| HuISpALr. 3-3--'H9
| FHtrNn EutTrs Just gave NV 80 Poetical Lecture
| here and VIII preach IN W Q miles south OF here
ot. ;.a ::h 8: March am then workng towards Sid
wv Prof. HAIlAEu, PoctIcal Lecturer.
. am greatly pleased that TUE Sr.N has in-
= troduced this trAnscendont genius TO ne East.