New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-14

one minor poet and essayist OF the day VINO does
not write enough. He is so assiduous PV
OF his work that no matter how fragne MS '"'
may be he adorns it and makes the resu'''
verse or essay a thing Of downright char" anu
even substantial value. The last metrical eApio''
of any Importance which ne has published IL the
dechtfuI address written for the Johnson ce'e-
bration at Pembroke College. But that Is aii VIC
have had from his muse in some time l, Is u De
hoped that before long he may preah VIC
silence Every one else in London Is ioquac'ous'
His friend Mr. Gosse. Is vouminous to an astouhu-
ing degree But Mr. Dobson continues sec'uS"e
and reticent TO the disappointment OF his ADMIRERS
The patriotism Of American students In Berlin
took a pleasant on the evening OF reoiua''
10 In an entertainment at the Architecten fiauS'
which was crowded with appreciative audience
from the American colony 1t was lhtehue' "
celebrate the birthdays OF Washington and Lowell
and at the same time TO call the attention Vi "''
German public to the contribution OF 'ha' N'e
poet to the literature Of the times IL mas pee"
said SO often In the hearing OF the Ai"ei,0a"
student here: "I.ongfelow we know and Edgar
Allan Poe we know but where are your "e,, "a
lA.ters?, Great interest shown In the aHa'r
by such professors In the university as He ~
Grimm Erich Schmidt and Alloys Brandt VINO ~.
cupy the chairs OF art, and German ana Ens'i', ~
erature respectively The three professors WIN inc
Ambassador of the United States, Edwin r. ohl
who presided and the Rev. DR.. Dckie. OF the
American Church. made grave and reverend pres
ence on the platform. while the orator OF the even,
ing professor James Taft Hatfield OF Nortn"eS'e'"
University and Professor Churchill OF Worces'e''
Mass as chairman Of the Committee OF Arranee
ments, represented the energies 'h"' """ '
ployed in the undertaking. ,
The American Ambassador called the a'.eh''o"
IN the fine portrait OF LoweH drdpeu III ''e
American flag and Professor Brandt, III correct
and expressive English. asked the privilege oi
| ,rhn
sented the picture to his Seminar recita,lon-looin
| aa a memento of the occasion. Professor hermann
| Grimm charmed every one present VIII 49,
| ughtful "reminiscences OF Bancroft anu ia''o,
| whom he had known as students IN Germany, @'''
nleaded for the maintenance Of good ieelhs oe-
| tween Germany and America In MS hatlVe .o'sue
and his own simply eloquent style Oh adure9s.
| Iowers Under the Old Fins was reau' anu
| music was given by Miss Leonora jackson, ''oii"
| ist who has lately been brought OUT by JOACHIM
A song by the poet set to music by arthur
Nevin, was sung with excellent effect by the amer
team barytone Van Eweyk, and the programme
closed with the address OF professor ia.iei'
which was clever characterization OF Lower DIS
man scholar and a true representative OF New
| england culture and conscience a hSure strongly
American and yet wisely catholic 10 all oic "oi "
rrogress and attainment. How little is known Oh
| the poet in Germany Is seen in the remark Oh rro
/ fessor Brandt who said that propaoly not one "ei
| man student in the University OF Berlin Khe" any
| ~ Americas most rcpieSSh''N'N A''
! letters.
o,orvn,ous writer In "Macmillans Magazine
sets forth briefly but persuasively some pehe.ra'i
thoughts on "Thackeray's Philosophy. lie op
serves that In vanity Fair" what ThacKeray
first audience felt most wildly was ms exposure
of that noble profgate, the Marquis OF oteyne, Vi
Rocky that successful adventures; OF that distin-
guished soldier. General Tufto; but he points gu.
that however brilliant the novelist may De III H,
ANALYSIS OF the depraved constitution OF socie's'
n is In his treat ment of virtue. IN contact VIII"
| characters for whom he has an esteem that lh"'h
erav,s ANALYSIS is most searching and editylhg'
| Amelia and Dobbin and the old Sedeys anu iieie''
Pendennis continues this writer. seem duii per
sonages to many readers; they have not tnat quar-
,,v which we call dramatic, the quality whlch APP
meals to the senses and the powers OF the ihteect
most nearly allied to them. But how edifying now
| instructive how they open the secret workings Oh
the heart" Referring to Henry Esmond this critic
remarks that "he is the best man IhacKeray ha'
given us. perhaps the best man we have known.
And the springs Of his goodness are that ne IL NUM-
ho before what he can understand OF goodness.
and true to the motions of his heart in gratitude
| and affection"
| peculiarly cordial welcome awaits Professor
| A Grants new edition OF Canon Rawllnsons
| .Herodotus' In the two handsome ana convenlen,
ocavos lust published by the Scribners. 1t is really
| no more than reprint OF the standard edition In
| four volumes but the compression or the text ana
| notes into such compact form turns the work from
a students necessity into a luxury for the general
reader gives the famous translation wider circu-
lation az mere literature than II can ever ENJOY IN
| the somewhat cumbrous form preferred by histor-
| cal workers This is the more to be approved in
that Herodotus, for all the significance of his his
| tory In a scholarly sense, is pre-emiEenty divert
| ing classic one of the ancient writers over whom
| IT Is agreeable to lnger in sheer enjoyment or the
| hot nj Professor Grant quotes in
| his preface the happy phrase Of Mr.. Frederick
| Movers saying that Herodotus caught the smile
| upou the face of Greece" No one who reads him
| in Rawlinson's version. with the Canon's wise and
| sympathetic notes can go astray through these
| volumes. They have the air Of romance in them,
| but they nave been purged OF mere prohtess lu-
| sion and they are readable In very human way.
| The present edition Is beautifully printed good
| paper and the books though not too securely
bound, are. on the whole, a delight to handle.
| The little hall forming part OF Kelmscott House.
| which William Morris dedicated to the OF his
Socialistic friends has been permanently closed
| During his lifetime the restless minds OF Hammer
smith could be sure OF pleasant Sunday evening
II they chose to drop in at the hail. Now they
| must 60 elsewhere. and somew hat celebrated
| source OF propagandism becomes a mere memory.
| The place Is described "a quaint rough and
ready hail. with strong uncushioned chairs and
| rough wooden benches for seats. on the walls
were few portraits OF William Morris and
| aegorcal representation OF Labor by Walter
Crane, while In patches hung mating like
tufts OF old hair the sides OF a buffalo. At the
end OF the hall furthes from the river a stage
on which stood piano. seldom or never played
| upon. although few Socialsts-men, women and
! children-on occasion collected round IT, and with
| peaceful faces sang hymns splashed with verbal
blood A tiny stove. never alight. and a heap Of
broken chairs. ladders and damaged odds and ends
furnished resting places for those who. coming
late. found every seat In the body Of the hall oc-
cupied Upon this stage the speaker of the evening
stood and delivered his address. The other end or