New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-21

VOTED him and made him thoronghlv nnb 'en re,
s rooms Nmee co c to sSs win him
was an old friend OF his, and In many respect a
cogna,e sou' nuo Iing qse ndlierent subject
upset that he had TO quit the room All
/, leave us alone. Emerson was most unhappy ana
did all he could to make peace but he had 10 leavs
Ruskln's influence among the undergrad,a,es .,
oxford was most extraordinary. He could persuas,
| the young Christ Church men 20 take aDade a,d
| wheelbarrow and help him 20 make a road WIG
lie thought would prove useful 10 village near N,
ford No other professor could nave achieved thar
The road was made. but was also soon washst
| though the labor undergone by his pupils dd then
no no, DOUBT great Sed OF soog fyeR 9ass i "a
! length Of time II was sad to SEQ kuek.n leave
oxford estraDged from many Of his friends. 5issa,.
| sfed with his work which. nevertheless. mos,
valuable and highly appreciated by young and Oh
perhaps by the young even more than by the on
His spirit still iwelis IN the BODY. and - any Or,
| may look back with pride and satisfaction upor
| the work which he has achieved, It IL surely
| Ruskn.
THE ALARMING TENNYsOH.
Another. though css frequent visitor 70 Oxfor.
was Tennyson lis first visit 70 opr house wa'
! St. nearly opposite Magdalen College, and ~
| establishment not calculated 10 receive sudGs,
n one day during the ong Yacaon when os
was almost empty. wishing to sho" IN. ~ M
all cyility, we asked him 10 dinner that nlgat art
breakfast the next morning. ~ that Time ainosi
| all the shops were In the market whfn ciosed a.
| ! o'clock. NY wife. young hou,5,ekocpe'. 90 hr
| best for our unexpected guest. lie was known %
be gorrmsand1 and at dinner ne ~. f., desty
put our our Dy nhding Lnr saued WIN nc sa'n va,
ever, with the wing Of a chicken. ana Said lf VA
the only adVanage M got lion peihg zoe. Lss
chicken. The next morning at Breakfast We had
rather RIhme1 ourssVes on nayn NJ, pen soe .
prised, when our guest arrived. 70 see him wh!,
of the cover Of the not dsh b snd 70 heaT hs ~
bad inn in England" However. these were b.,
he ~ o Tenf.ggr had
been like OF the imrnostals. ~ was fun -
interest and full Of Inquiries about The Fest more
particularly about Inoian poetry. and I believe Il
was then that told him that there was 70 rhyme
there should be in English. lie was not 20 Offended
as Samuel johnson seems 10 haie Deei VIC VOID
a great fool. sir; your own Judsmcnt wills
Tennyson gave the very sensible answer that
Tenuyson was very kind to me and took warm
interest in my work. particularly in my myih9Ios.
cal studies. I well remember bis being struck b
Mythology" published in ls5G and his telling me So
the sky mad ploughed golden furrow through The
human brain, whence sprang IN ancient u Ne "a.
ri don't know" ne said. whether. the smile "a
proud that the great poet should have pondered
on any sentence OF mine ana , slL NOR NAY ne
mythology poetical INTERPRETATION Of The great
phenomena Of nature. But it was difficult 20 have
long discussion with him. H. WIS fond Or utter.
ing short and decisive sentences his yes Was YES.
indeed, and his no was no. lhpSe"
AN AFTER-DiNNER THAw.
II was generally after dinner. when smoking his
pipe and slipping his whiskey and water that Ten
nyson began 10 thaw and TO TAX more ACTIVE
part in conversation, People who have noi knogn
him then have hardly know1 him az all Dlritg
the day he was often very silent ara absorbed IN
his own thoughts. but in me eHerns ~ LOOK r an
pipe was almost Indispensable to him and r.
member one time when ana e' 81 a, , We
up / confessed that for years had been peg,
For write a line without smoking but that at last
| | had rehelled against this slavery ana ma es.
tmunted Tennyson that he could never give up 70.
| bacco. Anybody can 90 that ne Sad. ~ III -, 20
f fin%e6 70 20 doubt and to tease him Well"
| he said Il shall give up smoking from tonight
The ne ery sna his hoacco out Of the window Q,
| mis- bedroom The next dsy ne was mos ehsfn ;
! dav he became moody and captions. tho third day
| no one knew what to do with him. But At,er
| in the morning went quietly into The garden.
! picked I'd one Of his broken pipes stuffed Il VIA
be remains 5nync P had e few 5SS"g pa %
ali right again Nothing was said an! .AoTe about
s He o np Kindly offered to lend MS hoas.
in the Isle Of wight te6 oq5 mini 1 even T III.
in :ac his great grieyance tnat ne f os.1 20,
his house he suddenly started icrt r ,vo s , ~.
home simply because Sc he had descrieu Two "'A"'
was tod that he once complained TO the Queen
Of fT Whit on account Of the tourists who came %
| stare at him. The queen, with kinly IRONY r. y.
| marked that she did not suffer much from ina.
er,evnnce: but Tennys0n. lot seel-g what she
| meant, replied: NO, madam and II could elsp
sentinel wherever liked. should no' be 'foup''
It must be confessed that people were very Il.
considerate Rows of tourists sat like sparro@s ?.
the palng Of his garden waiting Lor pig sg, ,ss,
seers particularly those from Ameriea LOT sny ~,
! ing them the great poet Nay, tney Neht ~ al 81
| fornd out the tourists would walk up - Ienn!s,s
| This. no doubt. WAS very annoying, and aier On
Lord Te3nyson was driven - pay s,r ri !, order
[ to escape from the attentions OF adhnifihs "A''
Why should not people be satisfied with ne oss
| etry? Few poets are greater than ther posryy
great poets such Victor Hugo, for instance. '.s
Worship that was paid him b! many WHO ,;sIInis
Tennyson frequently took hight from his inten6.
Boswes. and was the last man TO oHyters,tion wa.
Gushed whenever Victor Huge was oP9 rsgn Su .
| ask him Cor the menu.
| BROWNING'S CONVERSATION
browning was neither Of Cambridge nor q a
ford but his genius was much more akin 20 oN ss'
than to Cambridge, and toward he eng OF ~ pp,ad
| Go lege he was often seen among Us InV a.
| he was what We call a scholar, M Illsi.,ss
Of oii'1 Greek i poetry Greek mythooey Ana Gss
| SCULPTURE was keen. lie could not quote a..
verses. but ne was stepped in the Greek traSecs'
and lyric poets OF eourse ns o sS''A Brow s
| ing was full OF sympathy. nay. q worship 4,
anything noble and true in literature an';r 4, sa
modern And what most dcNshtill ln,. ~
was his ready response. his generosity ~ Fyss,i
out his own thoughts before anybody VINO sn,
his sympahes. For real and snostanua 49, 4, 10
| ton there was no one his equal ana even J" ~
lighter aftcrdnner talk he was adhlif"D,e' sasr,
| health seemed good and he was apis u osa
| flee much of his time TO socie-y. ne '@u -
great advantage never consents g DrssSFty
his dinner by making, or, what y SUI W ,,rssily
having 10 make. speech. once TOY ~ "a
| aggrisved sitting opposite Brownis az ore ,gsrs,
! ROYAL Academy dinners. | had y return ,-s.
| for literature and scholarship and was OF S"rs,.
| rehearsing my speech during me wr2s OF - n.
| limo while he enjoyed himself taLkihH sSsms
| friends When | told him ihat II wss a - rs
that should be made martyr OF ~ill'g ~ saa
enioviny his dinner IN peace he laugh. an s "a
that he had said no once t9r an. ana '' believe