The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-12-30
CENTI DYC FIFTY GDEAT MEN GENuSS

Another poet whose songs have pene-
4 trated every literature is Heinrich Heine
lQ799-1856). The pertrubed spirit of the
fin-s. who ragged against the world, YET
Ta some of its sweetest songs; whose
u b Ia der Lieder" has been translated
into a dozen tongues, many Of whose
p9ems have been set to the music for
which they were so we'll adapted. yeti
lay for years upon his mattress grave
IN a Paris garrett is one Of the
Incompatible genduses produced within
q hundred years.
Beyond question the most finished poet
Of the period was Alfred Tennyson QS09-
1922. The marvellous perfection Of his
verse easily gave him first place among
his contemporaries while the richness
Of his melodies endeared him to every
one WHO had ear or heart for true poetry.
His noble elegy. I'm MemorIam," his ro-
mantiq 'TdyUs IF the King" and a hun
dred shorter poems enshrine his fame
for all fime.
And what of that great metaphysical
poet Of the age-Robert Browning QS12-
1889? His power Of conception. his vivid
ness Of imaginery are more than compen-
sations for involved thought and els
ions that confuse all but the most
thoughtful reader Tennyson nav not
have been able to understand "sordeIlo"
but the Blot on the 'Scutcheon" has
been called the greatest poem Of the age.
The breadth of his sympathythe depth
Of his thought and the wholesomeness of
his life and theories have made good
Browning's claim TO a place in the front
rank Of the commanding spirit Of the
age.
Friedrich Schiller u75g-1So0 belongs to
the century more than his date would
suggest for his criticism and his works
prepared the soil for the development Of
the genius of Goethe and armed the mind
Of the public against false ideas Of art.
His LAGOON" for instance, is still
studied for it's excellent style. as well
as its doctrines on aesthetics. 1t is a
pity that his Wilhelm Tell" is spoiled
for so many foreign pupils by being taken
for text book, for it is a skilfullv ar
ranged and charming drama. 1t is, how
ever, in his Robbers" and History Of
the Thirty Years War that Schiller
viii be longest remembered.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge O772-1s3D was
the British Schiller teaching much of
true art through the theories of his
Table Talk" as well as by the example
of his "Chistabel' and Ancient Mar
iner''-the last his most popular work
by far. He did great service for English
men by introducing them to German
idealisuc philosophy and is, without
doubt, one Of the ablest Of English lit
erary minds.
The originator Of the romantic novel
during the century was Victor Hugo
Q802-lSS5). Writing poems in his boy
hood, he became one Of Frances most
perfect singers in manhood, putting so
much sentiment and true feeling into his
poems that they became Of universal in
-erest.
As dramaHst he gained no little
success, but it was as a novelist that he
achieved the richest Iaurels of fame.
Les Miserables" has been breathlesslv
'erused by several generations already.
md the influence of this novel upon the
world does not yet seem to be waning.
Alexandra Dumas i1S93-1S70) was no less
successful in his tales Of adventure,
which have passed into all languages and
walked upon the stage Of many lands
The author of "The Count Of Monte
'risto' and 'The Three Guardsmen" has /
delighted too many yeaders ever to be
orgotten. Porthos and AIthos are as
much the property of the world at large /
IS they are of France
In the United States one name stands
orem0st as a novelist, that of Nathaniel
hawthorne dSo4-1S6D. Covering the new
Ield Of Puritanism he gave the world the
lassic Scarlet Letter" as wen as the
10 less delightful House Of Seven Cab
es. with all It's poetic power The head F.
f the American Apollo did not belle its
wner England recognized American lit
nature as a force to be reckoned with
rst from the works Of Hawthorne.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow OS07-
$50 is the most popular OF American
oets. 1t is true that he transferred
he romantcism Of the early part of the
entury from Europe to the western con
nent. but there was an originality in
is method which made the old ideas
ew on this new soil. "Hiawatha" is the
reat epic Of the departing Indian: "Ev-
ngeline' the epitome of the romance Of
be new Arcadia, and "The Courtship Of
hles Standish" the tuneful romance of
tern Puritanism. His shorter poems are
7vorites with many of the people who
eek the simply beautiful and melodious.
The chief man Of letters OF tie new (
'orld was James Russell Lowell even
Rough there there is no one supremeiv
reat production from his pen. "The
iselow Papers were historic force.
nd the keen criticism Of his numerous
says made for the best appreciation Of
Pc MODEST in literature.
As the well rounded literary cha~scter
no could write lyric epic or saH-i
aems. trenchant critical Essays ana state
7pers Of weight and worth with edual
.cility and finish Lowell Glands forth
D the best expression OF manhood that
Re American literary world has known.
sCTENTTsTs-He who laid the POUNDS
ons for all that was to follow 10y seek
e out heavens rst law, order. was AL
ladder Won Humboldt G7s9-1S5g by
hose majestic sweep of mind TIE
iaouc conceptions o. the world were
duced 60 one beautiful and harmonious
'smos.
His visit to America On 1-sO-90 has