The herald., 1898-08-07
edited by Enoch Knight.)
The Wind Upon a Summer Da


(M. L. Van Worst in Scribner's)
The wind upon a summer day
How sweet it strreth in the trees!
The lifting shadows as they lie
Across the fields. the bending rye,
The blue flowers in the grain. and you
To love the livelong summer thro'-
There are no sweeter things than these!
The dawnng of winters day,
How sad it is The leafess trees,
The frozen meadow-lands that lie
All cold beneath the snowy sky
The old years bitterness: and you
To lack the livelong winter thro'-
There are no sadder things than these!
1t is a far cry from the little city of
Bangor Me-. to Munich and a long stride
in fame from the humble author of lone
Summer" to the famous Nine Teuffel
holding her literary court, but Americans
like to read of the tail, handsome girl who
has come to her own through deserving
1t all. We append this extract from re-
cent newspaper letter:
1.-The impression which one carries away
from Blanche Willis Howard's German
home is that of absolute poise and tran
quilltty. One feels that she has gained that
eIlVldDle lSOldllOl, lndl TtSllul stepping
aside from the current of things, for the
lack of which so many of her fellow
writer's at home must beat their breasts in
despair. For the paramount advantage
Of German life is that it allows one. as we
express II, to hear ones self think"-and
what nose-deafened American writer
would not be grateful to listen, now and
then, to the smooth whir of his own mem
tai machinery? And were there any like
Hhood that the vigor tn particularly
trenchant qualities of Nine. Won Teuffel s
work, would result from another such self
imposed exile, one is tempted to think
that we could spare a handful of writers,
now and then, for the sake of the expert
ment."
The dearth of new books still continues.
but next month will mark the beginning
of revival to last till the holidays On
the whole, the present season promises
well. and even in its dull portions the year
has not been particularly bad for readers
or publishers.
According to the British Weekly, the
London Spectator has been turned into a
of 9s4OOO. The objects of the new com
pany are stated to be the acquisition of the
Spectator and to carry on "the business of
newspaper proprietors. publishers of news
papers, magazines and other publications,
printers, booksellers bookbnders and
paper manufacturers" The subscribers to
the articles of the association are: j. 81.
Loe Strachey, H. Strachey, Mrs. A.
- -
Simpson, c. T. Cornish. C. l.. Graves, one
preference share each. Mr.. st. Loe
Strachey is the sole director and may ex-
ercise all the powers OF directors. with a
salary of e24O0 year The British Week
ly hazards guess that the company in
tends to issue other periodicals.
O o O
From a new English book of "Recollec-
tions' we take the following:
"A dissenting minister, winding up a
weeks mission, is reported to have said:
And If any spark of grace has been kinded
by these exercises, oh. we pray thee, water
that spark. An old peasant woman II
Buckinghamshire. extolling the merits OF
her favorite curate said TO the rector: !
do say that Mr. Woods is quite an angel
in sleeps clothing and DR.. Liddon told
me of Presbyterian minister who was
called on at short notice to officiate at the
parish church of Crathie in the presence
of the queen, and, transported by this
tremendous experience, burst forth in rhe-
torical suppication: Grant that as She
grows to be old she may be made a new
man, and that in all righteous causes she
may go forth before her people like a he
goat on the mountains.
o O 0
In the line of moral emblems and purpose
poems, Stevenson contributed some delight