New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-06

says that he has often been asked sines 81 ne
turn from South America, why do ths1 u
50 many revolutions there?' In his cook ~ ~.
tempts to answer that question a.
Very little persolaIia concerning. Hem, O..
Merriman OIL s. ScOtO has found its vV,1 ~
print since his death. The only new fac, mo
corning him which has reached US ia tb,t ~
was business man. by training and practics -
An English newspaper announces that g.
cOrding to LafFan telegram from NaVrvoaiee-
Mr.. Rudyard Ktplng has sold Brattleboro -
Vermont estate, which he bought In a rec. -
of enthusiasm some ten years ago" etc 1Iie
announcement is well calculated To strike t Us
to the soul OF any inhabitant OF Hrattlsba,ce'
who may be at the moment sOiOurning iD 1 IL.
don
Mr. w g. Hutchinson. who corpfIad q, -.
called "Lyra Nicotina." some years ago ia -soH
pairing anthology OF drinking songs - ~,
poems The verses in It win range from W.I,I
Mapes to Mr. W. Il Henley,
The shifts to which the journalist is nm, -,
commits himself TO disCoursing on sorlsbo1- 10
amusing illustration in The London 6sss
Chronicle Mr. Herbert Trench. the r1tat
poet having reached his thiTty-seventb 49,
day, we are gravely reminded that at5i-t "a
a.
Medici became Pope Leo x" Was IT, iDdsad5'
Mr. Robert Bridges, the English poet 30,
tributes to the current number Of The speal,s-,.
an interesting dialogue in verse on la C;Io5-.
de VOItaire." and r, starting from Per-,
gers tribute to his fellow cOUntryrnan arg7le -
case for and against the latter In wei fr1-nlJ
lines. some OF which we quote:
Nay. Voltaire's teaching never cured the heart:
The lack Of human feeling blocks ais art.
When most his phrase S; Nth Indignation burma
Now voltaire had Of Nature rich ground,
Two virtues rarely In conjunction found
Industry. which pedant could excel
And with heroic courage held these fast,
As sailors nail their coloTs to the mast
With ruling excellence atoning all
Prudent to gain. as generous to share
lie Superfu, chose 81 necessaire-
To most rare companion above scJrn,
To not a few kind. devoted friend
Through his long battling life which in the end
He strove with good works richly T. adora-
I have admired, and why should abuse
A man who c1n so long and well aIause?
To some Parlsian art there's this objection,
It's mediOcrity pushed to perfection
Judge not. say I. and ye shall not be judged.
Let me say. praise men. II ye would be praised
Let your unwholesome fiattery flow Ungrudged,
And with Ungrudging measure shaal men pour
Their sitting homage back TIL ye De crazed,
And sane men hunOr you as fools past cure
these naXinS deal not with the deads
1t is by example that the young are led,
And Judgment owes its kindness but 70 them:
Nor will l praise, call you me hard Or nee.
One that degraded art. and vanished vice
They that praise IL. thereby themselves condemn
B.
Beranger could not praise.
A.
Few are who can:
Not he; II ever he assay q 10 InpaTt
A title lOftier than his own reLOWnf
Native irreVerence dehed his art,
His fingers solid the luStre or his crO"l
Here he adOred hat he eIvIoLs Of,
The vogue and dazzling fashion OF the man
But mans true praise, the poets praise, Is ioVa
And that, perhaps, was hardly his affair
Pray, now, what set you talking or NO4L2ireI
This only. that in wedding out my shelves,
In fatherIy regard for babes upSrOWui
Till they be grown TO garden for themselves,
Much 1 like TO keep my sets entire
When 1 out 10 You had lust thrown
Three OF his precious works behind the ne