New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-30

What shall l say to you Of Babylon? !
have seen, l suppose some good specimens
chiefly % the literary shionahlc and not Of the
fashionable sort Macauiay is quite The king ~
every circle where NJ goes by the spiend"r ana
speed Of his talking He has the strength ~
ten men l nav as well say. and any table-talk
of his IS an exploit TO found reputation Nn
Mr. Hallam Is affable but comparatively qule,
Bunsen is reputed man Of learning and "Iie
Information. and is much man Of society, Out
he talked little when | saw MIN Mines j. th'
most gentle friendly all-hnOwing. little caring
oYnnipresent person that can be. You see MN
so often that YOU think it must be- Boston. n)t
London Lord MOrpeths virtues give him the
highest consideration both in public and IN pr-
vate circles. Mr. Charles Austin IS lawyer or
great reputation. and OF special talent mat
makes him the My I'll match ior Mac au.al
Milrnan Is a very polished man and Mrs. MI
man a superior woman. and they are the centre
OF distinguished circle. Carlyle does not very
often dine out or g TO breakfasts. SO mat 90
not well know how h.. VINO IL a WONDERFUL
talker manages his tomahawk among these Ro-
mans l have seen also Lady Harriet Barring,
esteemed the wittiest woman In London. and am
20 dine with her ms week a IaNy i'll great re-
Kinglake I have seen a sensible man enough
but he does not look the Eothen; and Barry
Cornwall. at whose house l found hiIn ana
srhackeray, YOU should never mistake for a
poet. They have all carried the art OF agree
able sensations 10 wonderful Iich, they knD"
everything have everything they are rich.
plain polite proud and admirable But though
good for them II ends In the using. / shall. or
should. soon have enough OF this play for my
occasion. TIE seed corr is oftenei found in
quite other districts. But l very much
struck with the profusiCn If talent which al
lows every body to DE ignorant Of the authors OF
paragraphs. articles and books which all read
with admiration. but have not any guess { the
writer Tennyson. whom wished - see more
than any Other. Is In Ireland, and fear shall
miss him. I saw Wordsworth 20 very good pur-
pose in Westmorelanl and all the Scottish gods
at Edinburgh Perhaps II is fault Of Britain
no doubt Il Is because | grow old and cOlG-Dut
no persons here appeal In any manner 10 the
Imagination. think even that there IS no per
BON in England from whom / expect more than
talent and Information. But wont 20 ask
very much more 4 my benefa"tors- expansions
that amount to new horizons
In one Of his Concord letters Emerson speaks
Of the impossibllity Of liking any hook very long
@Though its pages cut out Of the sky anC
Its letters stars in q short time cannot
find there. with any turning Of leaves tn,
CELESTIAL sentences Of the CELESTIAL scents W,
certainly found there once, and ! am Of opinion
that relatively TO individual needs the fer,
scriptures in each book either disappear once 70
all from the context after a short time or els
have a certain intermittency and poetical oh
ecuration like revolving lights" The presen
volume is In some sort contradiction OF TIL
hypothesis 1t could scarcely be said Of II tina
II contained any fiery scriptures" any celes
trial scents or sentences. yet for all it's brevit,
for all It's episodical. conversational charactc
is a permanent addition 10 the biography C.
Emerson. II is read with keen interest, an
gould be read d second time.