New-York tribune., 1899-07-18
LITERARY NOTES.

THE Fun and Fighting of the Rough Riders
ID the title Of volume which Lieutenant or
Adjutant Tom" Hall is preparing to publish
faae has devoted most attention therein TO the
things that move to tears and laughter
A oorrespondent of THE Saturday Review
writes in support OF Max Beerbohms contention
that English is a more poetical language than
French I'm such question there can' Oh
COURSE be no proof positive. but can a' iea'.
bring an Instructive testimony to the poe'ic@
quality Of the English language in the opinion
Of Mr. Santayana Of Harvard u g. a a Span
lard by birth and early associations eouca'eu
In America, and good lingust' Classic anu
modern his estimate is as likely to be impar'ia4
as any. As the writer, moreover. OF some ex-
oussite English verse, his opinion that LOT
words of intrinsic poetical quality English is
the richest language should have the Value vi
that OF a craftsman on his material
Arother correspondent declares that English
4. IN itself far mightier language than French
hecarrse II has two sources, French only one
French In an essentially emasculated tongue IL
is In fact. pigeon Latin. What Is oeaucoup'
In the last resort It is bonus colaphus Wheh
a Frenchman says a girl Is 'beaucoup oeie Tic
ia using Latin as a Chinese would be using Eng
Nsh II he called her good whack good. :
The, Bible in French is trivial. Handel was In
spired by the words The Lord God omnipo-
tent reigneth- The French. which suppose
would be lie Dieu seigneur tout-passant reghe
would have left him cold Why? Because MOD
ern French is merely the corruption Of Latin.
English has added TO her own wealth the re-
sources OF Latin. and hence we have such thun-
derous lines as
"'No this my hand will rather
T-x~a v,,,,l4t nd
Making the green one red
eft lie this fusion of English with Latin (out
little modifed) which has given to our speech
it's unapproachable grandeur"
A new idea for a book of travel is to be found
IN an Englshman's recently published volume
of Impressions Of America" He has Illus
trated his text with stereoscopic views. ana ne
has inserted In the cover lining OF every copy
of his work an optical instrument called the
~book' stereoscope" through which his readers
are to gaze at the pictures.
The statue of Thomas Hughes-"Tom Brown"
which has just been unveiled at Rugby. is OF
white Carrara marble seven feet and half
high and is raised a pedestal of Cornish
granite. Judge Hughes is represented standing
bareheaded with pen in his right hand and
book held carelessy In his left. The face Is said
happily 10 express the character or the man
who so combined the heart Of youth with the
wisdom Of age TO earn for himself the title
bestowed by Mr. Goschen. "the most distin-
guished schoolboy that ever lived On the
pedestal under the name and dates OF birth and
death are inscribed these words: Watch ye:
Stand fast in the faith: Quit you like men: Be
strong" 1t was a pleasant coincidence that
"Tom Browns" widow. quite unconscious that
n
statue. wrote weeks after it had been cut in the
stone saying that her husbands message to
boys was "Quit you like men. Be strong" The
Archbishop Of Canterbury. the Dean Of Wells
and the Bishop Of Hereford-all former head
masters Of Rugby-made addresses at the un-
yelling as did also Viscount Cross, Lord Privy
Seal, and Mr.. Goschen. First Lord of the Ad-
miralty. Viscount Cross who was an old school
mate Of TON Brown" said that If there was
thing in Hughes's character that he would
like TO impressed upon the boys present 1t
was his thorough honesty his thoroughness his
thorough devotedness to duty, and his thorough
hatred and contempt Of everything that might
be called sham. The words now before them
were words which he could almost hear Tom
Hughes speak from his own mouth, because they
so exactly told them what he would say If he
were there Watch: Stand fast in the faith:
Quit ye like men: Be strong" BE strong"
Tom Hughes would have said, "in every action
Of your life. strong against evil. strong against
sham. strong against everything that is hateful
and devoted absolutely to everything that is
good" He was thankful to have the opportunity
of bearing his personal tribute TO the excellency
of Tom Hughes's character. II they wanted to
read that character written in very short
space he recommended them. when they went
n he XVIII which
described what Tom Hughes was Referring to
Hughes's work among the poor. the Dean Of
Wells related touching little incident which
occurred when Hughes occupied rooms overlook
ing Lincoln's Inn Gardens. He used to see the
poor little children peeping wistfully through
the railings. He would go down and single out
three or four. and, putting them on their best
behaviour he would let them in. The inevitable
result protest from the keeper Of the
gardens. to whom he would say: 81 have right
10 bring in my family"
1t is proposed to erect at Rugby memorial
medallion to another former schooIboy Arthur
Hugh Clough, and 1t is stated that an American
lady, Miss Caroline Phelps. has contributed the
first, 500 for this purpose
The late Lady Shelley had an intense personal
worship for the father-in-law she had never
seen. Sir Percy himself having only the vaguest
memory Of having seen his father Born OF
north country family which created few ties for
her." says THE Academy" "she was a widow.
the Hon. Mrs. ST. John when-let 1t be frankly
said-she accepted. not so much the man she
married as the son Of the poet she adored Her
heart was dedicated to that worship. She knew
the poetry by heart; she knew the life as far as
1t could be known: she loved and tended In old
age Mary Shelley she watched with alert LOYALTY
the bearing Of Shelley's few surviving acquaint-
ances in their illusions toward him. In the
room at Boscombe Manor. near Bournemouth