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GLASS FACTORIES START UP FIRES
In Many Places, However, the Mem
Refuse to Go to Work.

PITTSRUR3. Nov. 3--As 2 a N. fhege
has not been the general resumption u
window glass factories that was expected.
All of the Dot planters have their nres
lighted in anticipation of going TO Work.
BIZ. enough blowers AID gatherers are
loyal 70 President Ssmou Burns 10 make
the question ef resumption doubtful one.
Several of the factories on the south side
started at midGigst. bur With a limited
number OF men. The Chambers factory.
at New kensington. is in partial operation
but at the II. c. Schmertz PAM al Belss
Vernon, not a man Responded 10 the
whistle at midnight, Another attempt
viii be made there Thursday night
AT the d. O. Cunningham factory. tile
city, there was great excitement. Men
and woman were out in force to see who
would disobey Burns. A number of men
were in readiness. but when the word was
given to start Burns got on the inside and
ordered idleness. Some disObeyed. but a
few remained and were made the subject
OF jeers by the crowd outside
The police finally dispersed the mob.
and no one is allowed hear the premises of
the factory.
AT the Phillips plant Just below Cum
ningham's, seven blowers are at work.
and the firm expects 10 be il full operation
soon.
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Ancient Order Of United Workmea
at Afmcry Hall.
s,o CROWD. GOOD PROGRAMME
Aaaresses ~ prof. o. =. Joaes anA
j. n. &eAEveIy-SDag. $stO and
symphony ~ Some ~ the Best
Musicians Of the Ctay-Dtspiay
DRILL by select kntghfs-Eventng
Closes with an EntSyakie Dance.

Msnl,ers OF Tbs Ancient orsier OF tinted
Wosksnen celebrated ll.s sts4rtsefh slafises-
aary OF the organization asss nfsnA :"
Armory hall The hal mas sel1ona II ever
ab@Iterai a larger more con3sEias or moro
enthusiastic cro2d. and ias prog Famshs
xss fully worthy u the oeeaSsoii
Seven hundred additional seats Had been
provided BIZ the committee. and Fill NUM-
Ixus Of E,esgse were conafssisd 10 stana
along the SIDES 81 the room. TIE FoStr2m
on The nss; SIDE 81 ne ta n. maa aese a.
master OF ceremonies. On the rossrurn WITH
him we're seated the foiowiEg gfafs I2fs.
officers: Past Grand Master Wofknist X.
Jones Grand Recorder j. III. Psekssls.
Grand Receiver 8. G. benedict Grand Med
ics. Examiner r. ~. Davis, Part Grand
Organizer j. II. schsvsly. = ~. 1ann.
sAsFin, chairman of france COMMITTEE,
y, II. Hemer. member 81 unafss e9ifi-
mel A pleasing incsient 5sist before sle
sheers}lme began was The arrival OF ~
Af.s- a44ons Tacoma. VINO were heartily
g arrhestya sMy entered he hasi.
:.i,h. Krryv tN1Es ny the First Regiment
woke cordial .hs araa.st i.s s r'rlss
address by Prof o. Tnsn followed an
Of the order. AT the eidS&.ss ana very
the chairman read messdf -, ana a1,. H..s
from the Woodmsn of the W6t ~rsa.in9
session at Denver, Col. - -
1ha next number on the programrylg =
vocal SOLO by Mrs. Jennie Houghton~hA
nuEifie, whose pure toned rendition OF &c
Stars. Shine on HIS Pathway" made tac
audience insist GU another song. In re-
sponee to the encore Mrs. E.dnaInds gang
Annie Laurie. Prof. T. H. Wagner played
an excellent c0rnet solo. and be- 100. paid
the penalty OF excellence by being recalled
NJ NJ Grouf. who sang a baritone solo
shared the same fate
Then came an address by Past etsranl
Organizer J. Fl. Schiveiy which gas by
turns witty and pathetic. moving The audi
eBce now 10 laughter and anon to tears az
he set forth the beauties OF the grand order
In whose honor the celebration was held
Again The Mendeissohn quartefte favored
tho audience with song, and again IL was
e competed TO render double number Then
the doN was cleared and a company OF
select knights gave "A beautiful floor drill
after which there was dancing until mia
night
The entire programme could not have
been better arranged. Both addresses were
in good taste ana both were calculated to
strengthen the order. The music as can
be seen from the names OF the performers
was choice. The soloists were accon1pafiie ed
on the piano by Prof. Sol Asher The
floor manager for the dance was J. II.
Hemer. The COMMITTEES OF lrTangements
for the whols celebration consisted OF
Arthur III. Grous, James T, Boyer and A.
L.. Hiltbruner.
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RED cross COMMITTEE.
\ Meeting To TIE Held In Tacoma
for Important Business.

Special Dispatch Ia the Post .In..ilisan,er
dAsoMA: Nov. s~~The executive com
mlttes OF the Red Cross Society NJ ~,
state VIII meet here Friday Nov. II. II i
announced that the meeting IS 81 esrss.,tai
Importance because Of the work fn,, 49,.
ensuing season having e. he outlined ar,l
provided for by the committee TsA.s fss,f
tnat the state committee bss praetieal con-
'fni over all the branches in the various
cities leads 70 much interest hatrs, rn.,,s
festsS here In the deliberations OF tb,, SONS,
fuiitee. and the probable policy ara lice -
work 10 he prsScFtha,f
ihe 1ccaa committee. Waich was In ess-
sion today, NAMED Mrs. Baton ax a rsrrA-
sentative on the Stale boarAi from Ta,yofra
ner assignment being that of a f+.Ys7l..sr : ?
tas subcommittee on branches MANY a.
teies Tor the troops az Mania Shseh vf,,ra
mace acre were tcG&y ordered sen, "a
tae state headquarters az Seasttr f-,f.,
WheFe taey are - be forwarded ~ fs,af,-
destlnaton FRI time rs reach 80 s,,9serx
as Christmas gifts The ic@af ssatk5a ~
TIE society has beer moved 70 tss, svha.,, ~
OF Commerce building. snsa gae ,.s,.,srrt}tr.e
sers- >s'-A'0
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HREvITIEs.

T. McNamee VIII build two-story
frame dwelling at 2s North Broadway, 10
cost $2.J0
Detective Williams and Bert Taylor. of
Bancrcfts patrol. arrested James Young
last evening for appropriatsug an overcoat
from Gus Browns stofe ON Second avenue.
Edward Morris. teamster aged is
years. who was working or the grade a,
the corner OF First avenue and Stewart
street. received a painful injury Yesterday
afternoon good sized rock fell from
the hank, and before he could get out OF
the way II struck his ankle. Although no
bones we've broken. the ankle was badly
bruised and wrenehed. Morris was taken
10 his home. at JOG Stewart street in the
patrol wagon.
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SHOOTING TOURNAMENT OPENS.
Noted shots In Attendance Mt the
b Cincinnati COnteataI

CINCINNATk Nov. s-A ,hree-days'
SHOOTING tournament. under cle auspices
or the Cincinnati Gun Club, onned al the
shooting was for practice. Arifcfa. tar
gets were used. One hundred and eighty
targets We're shot in twelve eyerts. Among
City; Gilbert. of Spirit Lake. la: Rudd
of Dss Moines: Heikes. Of Dawon: Men
dsrs. of Nashville: Fulford. flaming and
Haliowell. Of New York, and others of
national and international Reputation
The prize shooting VIII be tomorrow and
Thursday and Friday at live birds in
which the contest viii he for the cham
pions.lip oil America, represented by a
$50 silver cup and cash prizes OF 500
The entrance fee win be So ana Is birds
VIII be shot at
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CREEKS ADOPT THE TREATY.
Ratification Makes II Law. Ex-
cepf Certain Provisions.

NtSkOGFE L. T. Nov 2~-in accord
sGce with tbs proc a:pation OF IspaEhecaer.
the principal chief OF the Creek Nation.
and the agree usent entered into by the
Dawes commission and the commission
representing the MuskoEee or Creek tribe
OF inafars the Creek people today adopt
ed the treaty by q rls loTfty vote OF Sss
Three more small precincts are 10 be heard
from This Will not change the result ma
tersaiiy.
The ratification by the Creek Indians Of
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Oakland Races.

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. a-Veathe- a,
Oakland fine. Track good Res,,ts.
Seven farlongs. sclling--Judge Stou,Yer
Won, Fashion Plate second. Magnts third
Timc i:sS.
Mile and sixteenth selling-Reaame,a
won. Bliss Rucker second. Code third.
Time f.i9 '
Eve furlongs-First Tenor won. J,os
Lees. '''e
Nile and a sixteenth. handieap-Nana-
max won, Cromwell second. Grady third
Time Ia. '"
Five and hall Acknowledgement wor
Highland Ban second. Valencienne third
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WohLD-GIRDLING CYCLISTS.
Tne Ncliraiths Start ON the Last
STAGES of Their JOurney


!, NEW ip{K. Nov. MIR. and Mrs. II.
e,win MeiyaIth, the sworsd- ding BIZ
case riasTs. I'll begin their ride TO Chi
way ~ nopn sday. starting from Broad
10 their I "eny-ninth street According
Aight durnefa aa tsaeir resting places at
St HyY; !. ,,hssk wiz he as follows:
tonvi.le. sos miSsl5A miles; Nov. ). Full
miles; Noy. So Nov. G. Utica. 2s3
). Lyons. 35s miles ;>Qse. Go miles Nov
miles: Nov. 10 Bdfa.s, .. Bergen. 459
II. Westfleld. hi9 miles s%si miles; Nov.
ant. Pa, 5ss miles; Nov NtH. Il. Come
6i5 miles: Nov. H. Norwalk' aev.iand. O..
Nov. IS, Pe-rysbnrg. o., 7t3 In.sce rni.es;
Is, Napoleon, o., 500 miles; 'Nov.si FAX
daiiyilIe. Ind. se6 miles: Nov. Ii SolR
Bend. ga miles; Nov. 10, Hamnpnd, IS
miles; Nov. 10, Chicago, 1.o17 miles
The Mciilraiths VIII be acconpanie.
throughout the trip by members of tn
century Road Club. who Will escGt then
III relays. Receptions will be giwn then
Al me PRINCIPAL cities en- route, and
great welcome is being prepared or then
By the cyclists of Chicago
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Propositions From the Hiknao's
Government Uciug Considered

CHICAGO, Nov. s-~The Stems 4 Halske
Electric Company. OF America, Is consld-
ring Il prspos. ,ioa frcfn the Japancse gov
eraaacrst 10 form in Cis.eago = Svn9scAte
with - capitalization ~ about SiJs stsa is.e
IA yaSta0 ana bald electric street car lines
ava lfcsaCicScent lighting and power
s,At'ts. witch Srs - Bee established In she
iona - uf tie nikads as another str, IN
Ae nlcGrrnlzlrs movement. ia progress
Ns-A
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JAPANESE CANNOT COMPETE.
Matchmaking fn Japan Does Not
Pay-Workmen Being inefficient.

WASHINGTON. Nov. 2.--CoCsuI General
Convey, at Yokohama, reports 10 The state
department that, notwiths standing the low
wages paid in japan to watchulakers. the
business Is not a paying one in Japan. ac-
eording to the report OF a member Of the
Osaka Watch Company. Lack OF skill
among the mechanics is one OF the reasons
assigned for this state of affairs Though
the Japanese wages are from % to % cents
a day, as against s. for American work
men, it Is said that ten of the eatter can
do work which would require from seventy
to eighty Japanese.
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CINCINNATI. Nov. s-Results at Ia
ton43:
SIX furIongs, seIling-Ttlrt,e Dove won.
1:l1is.
Five furioncs-tseorgia won: e'rinkle Sec
ORD, Piccola third Time. / s,3L
Mil@--T1atmla won: Can I See En- second
pr. Pirss third. Time. I.2I..
Mi,e~tiness Ale wors; Msddsfo second: Sir
Roma third Time f:4s
FIVE fmflongS-rrss'y Rosie won: T,ko
sesSid; FFesiand third. Time ] .03a.
&i3o--Iagira won: Elusive second. p.har
third. Time. l:ssis
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LYNCH UPSETS HIS boat.
Vail the Winner of the Race NJ Hal.
if1x

HALIFAX. Nova Scotia. Nov 2-The
all Lynch boat Face WAS won by Vail
started at 4;ls o'clock ami VAN obiained
a slight lead. Two hundfed Yards away
ne bad a lead of a length The men
Lynch then upset, Vail hscy a length
ahead. small boat picked up lynch
and Fail rowed home. crossing the line in
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THEY WANT FURTHER EyJpExCE
toroner's Jury Over Harold Fred
erick Unable 10 Decide

LONDON Nor. s.~~Tla eorons.r's f;.~-
wSllcss has been snqalrsur into TIA. .leatn
cIsfaroi6 Frederick. the late CORES g,gsss.i n
af TIE New York Times who died AZ Hen
aeT, AAcfeser ~. after retiring sor ssons,ilt.-
tlSslt &sssay returned 10 court ard said 4,
eSo ~ u decided that further evidence was
1ssAfan4e before verdict was rendered
I sass,stfeSssy The Inquest was adjourned
uatEl Tuesday nex.
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BREWERS LOCKOUT ENDED.
Denver Union Recognizes Right Of
Employers tn Discharge at Will

DENVER. Nov. 2.-The lockout of 400
employees OF the Denver breweres ended
today. the differences between the brew
ers' association and the Brewery Work
mems Union having been adjusted through
the efforts of representatives OF the Ma
tiona. Union Of United brewery Work
men. Concessions were made by both
sides. The workmen's union comedies 10
the employers the right 10 discharge men
at will. The master brewers agree 10 take
sck all the men locked out and grant a
| wn-hour day without reduction in
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= Waisa Naiia M E.ercf.

Na'eh Il gre Pos1-Eusela.eeaes.
t.. Wy. . S>eaFnrr yYsps-
Special pe> rttc t'osst Sta.arsss al
EVERETT {oaHy bringing ia 3
wal.a. OF ;he p @sa t2Efgsr un
Company. Mas iu -ntG>
quantity ~ fneFs-nsaN..s.
hoard ghlrty~f1ya sons ~ p8s.
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Harrington Director. He-eIcctea.

CHICAGO. <cv AT The ANIMAL meet
ag az the stypc kholdafs os THE Chicago.
-'arsingion Il Qalnsy railroad today. raere
we're sSttsa shares represented. os!, of
e Bout s@etsn The old directors were re-
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ports grain moving fress
Snake river country. Mr. nth OF the
mates the total yield az ato6xaeat esti-
as last year. He reports ii reeoN same
70 allow OF fall plowing. and tfIasrain
country IN which he visited Is unusoshA
dry and dusty.
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PITrSBU RG, Nov. "A petition in VOL
untary bankruptcy was filed in the United
States district court against A. Groetz-
niger & Son. bankers. by creditors from
Philadelphia, Chicago and West Virginia,
whose claims aggregate sloS,ooe.
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E9OTB


NEW YORK. Nav 22-The football
game between me Chicago Athlete Asso-
cla1on and t3@ KniGkertoeker Athletic
club. which was played mis- Sftarnan,, a.
ferkeley oval. resulted III a victory FOR he
kaIckertseckcys by 4 Scare Of II 10 10 TIE
game WAS called or account 81 darkness
princeton. II, Virginia. a..
PRINCETON. y. J.. Nov. 2.-Prlnce,on
u, Virginia. Q.
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Fnmou. sultnna Mine Sold.

WINNIPEG. Man.. Nov. a. is reported
on good authority that J. +. Caldwell has
disposed of the famous Suitaaa mine, at
Rat Portage. for sum of sla0o.0o0. Of
which $3.50 eco is IN cash and the balance
IN stock good at 5 per cent.
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River steamers j. r.. Peters and Gar
ia ca3lidedi Ia Saa Francisco bay IRE
t@x~fs HAD TO Se headed on Angel Stand
sAs s-~ Ssassna vas able 20 reach har
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STeSsl pssnasch "a TIE tsost lat ell lzencs.
Z TACOMA. Nav : StAse s;rata Ssssis~s,tos
Nrsgas. Nh0 - hegRe from = v:s1; sss ire
= 1oaaHe ami Malta y ala ssists,t.S re
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Pittsburg bankers bankrupt.

National Mirror Manufacturers Assoeis
ton. and is expected to control the trad.
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PITTSlE Manufacturers Pool.
tive mirrorG. Nov 2-Forty representa-
met here manufacturers OF the country
ization which Wud completed an organ
The organizationsnit.ated six weeks aga
-~----~-----s11, h.S Lypnur sIha
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cisms Of this kind tend b shake onsn fattA m
the critics Judgment. With regard to Carlyle
Gladstone said: II ind it hard to be i'm.
partial. for Carlyle did not at all like me-" And
again: THE hard thing was that 1 had a long.
interesting. and It seemed to me-. amicable con-
versation with him at Mcntone. and then to nv
amazement 1 found. when Froude's life OF
came out, this very conversation men
toned in IL and myself described az utterly
contemplate and impenetrable to new ideas, I
don't look upon Carlyle as a philosopher. Ten.
nyson once said to me a very good thing about
him. He said Carlyle is q poet to whom ma.
ture has denied tho faculty Of verse;" Some
reference was made to Macaulay's indiscrimi.
nate praise OF William III. and TO his speak,
ing less severely of Williams private faults in
the matter OF sexual morality than OF those Of
James ii. Gladstone said; "Of course. it wnn
as a public man that Macaulay praised William.
but l have no doubt that Macaulay's prejudice
in favor OF William extended to everything
about him." The conversation driftcd 10
Froude, and the question was raised whether,
after all, it had been n mistake to confer on
him the Rcgius professorship Of modern his
tory at Oxford. Gladstone spoke severely Of
tho peculiar bias shown by Troude with regard
to Henry VIII. An allusion was made to Charles
Austln's regret that Grote had bestowed so lit
tie pains on his style. an inattention all the
moro strange as the historian was keenly alive
to the grace and charm ofthe classical writings.
Gladstone saidthat he had heard Groto himself
find fault with the English OF John Stuart Mill.
We would not take leave Of this volume with
out noting what Gladstone had to say In g
about the fact that there is n larger fund for the
endowment Of research in Germany thar there
is in England. He intimated that the difference
was smaller than is generally supposed. point
ing outthat the collective sum from which such
men as Wordsworth and Tennyson received
pensions was $500 00 a year. Attention be-
Ing directed to the increased endowment OF re-
search at Oxford. he spoke OF 1t as strange that
In no other country were there such large funds
for the ~endowmento of education, and yet there
is no country where education Is SO expensive.
He believed that Elton is more expensive now
than in its younger days. and that Harrow 10
more expensive still. In the case Of Elton the
mOdus operdndi Of the change was through the
masters encroachinE more and more on the
danes. Being asked whether he did not think
the reason was that 1t was wished to mako
what In England are called public schools"
the especial resort Of Rentlemen's sons, he said:
No. 1t is very disgraccful. but not quite 50
bad as that"
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II.

With regard to Canning. it was pointed out
by Gladstone that his speeches. in their col
lectcd form. are very different from what they
were as originally reported. He had not heard.
he said, the famous speech delivered in 1926.
in which Canning announced exultantly that
he had called the New World into existence to
redress the balance Of tho Old. He had heard
two earlier ones. however. One was pronounced
at Liverpool In 1922: 1t was called the RED
Lion" speech. In this speech Canning satir-
lied those who made reform a panacea by COM
pairing Thorn to the painter who would paint
nothing but red lions In boudoirs he used to
paint small red lions; In drawing rooms big
ger ones. Another speech Of Cann.nR's which
Gladstone heard contained q prediction OF
the future greatness OF Lord John Russell: 1t
was. in substance: II doubt not that the
noble lord will become great. and that his
principles will triumph; but for myself I am
proud to be on the losing side" Gladstone
thought the best thing said In Parliament in
this century was a sentence OF Canning's. Pitt
had been a free trader. but In his later life he
took a line which naturally made the Tories
claim him as n protectionist. Canning was
thoroughly devoted to his old master. and used
to say that his allegiance was with Pitt in his
tomb. He said OF those protectionists who ap-
pealed to the authority Of Pitt: They are like
those savages who pay no honor to the sun
when he is in his meridian splendor. but who.
when he Is under a momentary eclipse. com
forth with cymbals and dancing to adore him."
Gladstone's recollection Of the passage differs
slightly from the ordinary version, which Is as
follows: "Such perverse worship is like the
idolatry OF barbarous nations. who can see the
MONDAY splendor OF the sun without emotion,
but when he Is In eclipse como forward with
their hymns and cymbals to adore him."
The wittiest thing that Gladstone ever heard
In Parliament was. he said, q retort made by
Lord John Russell. Sir Francis Burdett had
! been a strong Radical; but after some years
he became a Conservative. His inconsistency
brought him into opposition with his old col
leagues. On one occasion he made a rather
violent speech in which he said there was moth
ing he hated so much as the "cant OF patriot
ISM" Lord John Russell got up and said that
for himsel there was one thing he hated worse
and that was. THE recant Of patriotism In
Gladstone's opinion the neatest thing ever said
by Bright was when he spoke Of the party
named from the Cave Of Abdullam as boing like
a skye terrier: 1T was so covered with hair
that you could not tell It's head from it's tail
The leading members OF the Cave were Lowe
and Horsman. the latter Of whom Gladstone
described to Mr.. Tollemache as "a mere wind.
bag" OF course. Bright meant to imply that
both these members uttered such platitudei
that those Of Lowe were on a par with those Of
Horsman.
On the whole. Gladstone ranked Disraell a.
the greatest master Of parliamentary wit thai
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w..

We pass to Gladstone's remarks on somc OF
the men Of letters OF his time. Mr.. Tollemache
referred on one occasion TO the appointment of
Alfred Austin as successor to Alfred Tennyson
in the Office Of poet laureate, and asked whether
1t would not have been better to leave the post
permanently vacant. Gladstone said: AT
any rate. ] should have waited until some one
OF Tennyson's calibre had turned up. I fclt a
special difficulty In recommending q successor
to Tennyson because by far the greatest OF our
English poets Is practically out OF the running"
He went on to give reasons for this statement,
and spoke Of some lines In which Swinburne
had touched on the death Of the late Gar.
His intcrlocutor expressed surprise that the
difficulty about William Morris's politi-
cal opinions could not be got over.
But Gladstone evidently was not inclined
TO place the author OF THE Earthly
Paradise" and Of the Life and Death OF JASON
anywhere near Swinburne. He expressed sur
prise. also. at the extremely high praise which
Matthew Arnold and others have bestowed on
Wordsworth; but he added that the late Sir
Francis Doyle, whose critical faculty he valued
highly, took the same view. He could not un-
derstand. however. how Matthew Arnold could
rank Wordsworth so much above Tcnnyson,
Rcminded that Matthew Arnold speaks con-
tnmptuously OF Macaulay's Lays Of Ancient
Rome" Gladstone observed: II admire the
Lays very much; thev rcill lire" His attention
was called 10 an extraordinary passage in
which Matthew Arnold hazards the opinion that
Shellcy's letters may outlive his poems. Glad
stone agreed With his interlocutor that criti-