The Lamar register., 1898-01-29
POET AND PREACHER.
THE REV. t. E. BROWN. AUTHOR
OF BETSY LEE"
His Charm a CompsnIcn-Inhaenc
at the College Could No. BE Appre-
ciated Except by One who Had
Known the Man. Real Mature.

and colleague at Clifton college, the
Rev. T. E. Brown died suddenly at
the age OF Sc. from the bursting OF a
blood vessel in the brain. says the Lon
don Times. He is known to the world
as the author OF Betsy Lee" "Fo'c's'le
Yarns. The Doctor" and other vol
umes chiefly dealing with Msnx life.
By his intimate friends and by all
old Cliftonians he VIII be remembered
for the brilliancy OF his conversation.
his wide literary interests and his
charm as a companion and friend. He
Was the son OF a Man0 parson, the
vicar OF Braidan. and brother OF the
late Hugh Stoweil Brown, minister OF
Myrtle Street chapel, Liverpool He
was educated al King Williams col
iege. Isle OF Man. obtained Junior
studentship at Christ church and won
fellowship at Oriel In the days when
this was still the highest distinction in
Oxford, He early attracted the atten-
tion OF Mr. Gladstone and other uni
versity rcformers and had tempting Of
fers 10 enter into the stir of public
Affairs But all were in vain. He pre-
ferred the quiet OF ''the island" He
at once took mastership at his old
school twhcre he had Archdeacon
Farrar among his eolleasues) and va
Gated his fellowship by marriage Then
he renewed his close touch with Manx
sailors and shared their life and sym
pathies. For short time he was head
master OF the Crypt school. Gloucester.
and then in 1851 was appointed by the
present bishop OF Hereford TO be sec
ond master OF Clifton college. There
he remained. n center of literary and
social life. spring OF moral strength
and Of intellectual yIEor. until 1892.
when he retired to his old home In
Ramsey, in the Isle OF Man. His Hrst
published poem was Betsy Lee in
1873; followed In 1854 by the volume
entitled .Fo'e's1e Yarns. by THE
Manx Witch" In 1889. and by "old
John and Other Poems" In 1898. Per
haps the finest OF his poems lie ''The
Doctor" published in 1851 Most OF
theSe poems are in the Manx dialect
and this fae; has interfered with their
popularity. but not with the
estimate of their high poetic
value formed by good Judges.
George Eliot expressed to Mr
Macmillan her warm admiration OF
"Fo'c's'ie Yarns~ Prof Max Muller
once named The Doctor" as. IL not one
of the best leo books Of the world, yet
as one in which the yiyidness OF imax-
ina,ion and OF language and of sym
pathy most surprised him. Browning.
TO whom Prot. Max Muller first read
The Doctor knew and admired
Browns work Many lovers Of lltera-
ture. both In England and in America.
fully appreciate these poems. II Is
difficult to choose a specimen Of Mr..
Browns verse: yet, lest the mention
OF Manx dialect should deter readers.
one short extract from Betsy Lee
may be given. An old sailor Is speak
ing OF his childhood:
Now the beauty of the thing when
childher play is
The terrible wonderful length the
days Is.
Up you jumps and out in the sun.
And you'd fancy the day would never
be done:
And you're chasing the bum-bees hum
ming SO cross.
In the hot sweet air among the goss:
Or you're gathering hluebells, or look
ing for eggs.
Or pelting the ducks with their yalla
legs;
or climbing. and nearly breaking your
skulls;
Or shouting for dIvilment afther the
gulls:
DR. thinking OF nothing. but down Mt