New-York tribune., 1900-05-13


ing spirit was. are told, irrepressible even in
the midst of the revolutionary hubbub of that
momentous year, 1913. He addressed a letter to
Clough with this superscription: Citizen
Clough Oriel Lyceum. Oxford" One anecdote
in this book presents Matthew Arnold the
recipient of snub from less a man than
Golden 1t was at a dinner in Mr. ForsterS
( house The talk drifted upon commercial trav-
elers, and Matthew Arnold spoke heedlessly of
the insufferable character of the British bag
man." Golden calmly said: Il a
commercial traveller myself. and while so en-
ployed 1 must say that I met with many ex-
cellent and intelligent men. nor do I think that
class they deserve to be severely spoken
Of Every struck by the ''philosophiC
calmneSS'' with which the vindicatiOn ut
tered, every one. that is. save Matthew. whose
view of the matter We imagine to have remained
unchanged. save that it must have acquired
sardOnic tinge.
Golden is not the only great man commem-
GRATED by Mr.. Arnold. With his brother and
Dr. Arnold he once met Southey at Greta Bank
"As We shyly advanced, SOuthey rose up and
came to meet US shook hands with us both
and said with a smile. So. now you've seen a
| live poet!' He was in way handsome but
had the look of a hard student When the
Arnolds built n home in Westmoreand they
saw much OF Wordsworth. and there are some
personal impressions of the poet in this volume
His figure, says the author. was of a rather
coarse make. and his step heavy; the eyes
were weak, and usually protected in some way
| or other the aqune nose was too large and
thick to be called beautiful. and the mouth and
| chin. though far from weak were without dis
| tnction. 1t was the beauty and nobility of the
head. the width and pose of the forehead the
| manifest adaptation of the tenement of clay
house 4 jdad int oil
which at0ned for all minor shortcomings and
liked the admiring gaze of the behoIder" Mr.
Arnold tells of going with his mother to pay a
| morning call at Rydal Mount at the time when
IL was proposed to continue the railway from
hendai to Windermere- Presently the poet
entered. having a sheet of paper in his hand:
his face was flushed and his waistcoat in disar-
| ray. as if he had been clutching at it under the
stress of fervid thought. L have been writing
a sonnet he said. After a few more words
standing up in front of the fire. he recitei it to
us; it was the sonnet Is there no nook of Eng
lish ground secure From rash ASSAULT The
force and intensity with which he uttered the
lines breathed into his hearers a CONTAGIOUS
hre' y year or two later when the plans for
extending the railway to Wndermere and
Ambieside were announced. christopher North"
came on TO preside over meeting OF pro-
test In an amusing scene he opposed a very
practical attitude to the rather WANDERING, he
havior of his famous friend. Wordsworth
got up. says Mr.. Arnold. and made a long
rambling speech. The tone was plaintive and
deprecatory. but not all businessIike yere-
ing, indeed. sometimes the sentimental This
however, Wilson would not stand he interrupt
ed the poet two or three times, brusaueIy if not
rudely, recalling him to the strict tenor of the
resolution to which he speaking"
OF Hartley Colerdge. minor but very inter-
esting figure. Mr.. Arnold has one diverting story
to tell He stayed to prayers at Fox How one
night. A small jug of water was brought In for
Dr Arnold Hartley glanced into it and turned
away with look of sincere disapproval" DR.
Arnold misunderstood the look He thought
there was not enough water and sent for more
A fresh supply of water came: Hartley soon
visited the jug. and this time the disappoint-
ment on his face was truly comic. However he
approached my father and said in his deep en-
phatc tones: Might / ask for a glass of beer?'
objections was intimately acquainted and he has
some interesting passages the great church
mans character and appearance. From a letter
of the Cardinals to Mr.. Arnold we take this
notable fragment: 1T is a strange phenomenon
which we heard at the Vatican that the Pope
had been deluSed with letters from England by
Protestants. stating their satisfaction at his
having promoted me" We wonder, by the way
what DR.. Arnold all his WILLINGNESS tn aIIOvy