New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-24
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but was a positive fnn1etionL His r-zdirs thst
Of schoofboy. onotonous and wsa1isons n tn9
ae e des5f As 5000 10u ever read the s
Of epic poem on senaebeIo written n , ~ TSe9
said: she couldn't get any further tied to 70
continue it. but only adde "a tT rant sn re-
cited Cabot's four lines:
There was a king sennaeheT1b
Win VIE 's ahJ hat bat n isf S@%s9 s
He couldn't hiz. he was too fsfi
Now. what were the two you addedr' asked
Then came an anEry Moasa:s
raid I. Tupper.s face was study. I eznnot EOSzs
what he thought. and did not try to discover In
sne c9 91 10 him by Tennyson Of "a damned Yam
kee' One professed to quote Tennyson's Words nay
snnysOps talk with his Tf9 On the gaT S9 f od
- ss-,e Co. 70 me 81 FSrriugfor1 in February.
is sS soon sooH sfPeT the thing happened said % him
answered. II am sorry to say # an English
man So felt Justified in relating my side Of the
Such specimens Of men. think. are impopsslbls
In this country. At least have never seen IheH-
They could hardly be nourished in the electric
atmosphere of the New World There Is too
much hurnor here for the preparation Of the
combination OF miterate du1ness and stodgy van
fty which made up the preposterous Upper.
Various giimpses Of the authors OF two con-
tinents are revealed by Mrs. Taylor Here Is
Swfnburne, for example. as he appeared In 1851;
His slender FORM the reddish hair that curied
thickIy over his head. his fine and mobile feat
ures, high forehead, bright brown eyes, and
thin nustache above the sensitive mouth-aH
these combined to give him the air OF an IN
usual personality He was very excitable, i'm
pulsive In speech and gesture" He offered TO
read aloud the French songs in "Chastelard.'
and his fellow guest remembers that The asked
for a lighted candle, although it was bright day
light; then he held the book in one hand close
to the taper and read with the index finger Of
the other hand closing the left eye" Another
bit of drawing is Of Bret Harte: He is hand
some, with the easy manners Of man OF
the world; he likes to hear himself talk, Is not
tolerant Of Interruptions. and Is very entertain
ing. Before he left the room he looked at him
self in the mirror; and the diarist added; we
invited him to dinner soon after; he accepted
and did not come This was his usual habit and
numerous complaints were rife in consequence
The delicate little figure OF Mrs. Browning slips
into the book, and the reader can almost see the
deep fire. of her eyes-"her black hair hanging
down In long cur1s, SO framed her pale, hasgard
face that her dark eyes seemed to be the only
feature visible" Apropos Of the Bruwnings We
find comical story related to Taylor by the
poet himself:
At dinner party he was requested to take IN
she began. "Oh, Mr. Browning. have been want
ing much to meet you, in order to ask you
come questions: Who were the Davenport Broth
ers and the Plymouth Brethren Browning
planned to the best Of his aDIHty, when she in
quired breathlessly, And what Yarmouth
bloaters?'
Not the least graphic Of the sketches Of great
men to be found in Taylor's last letters from
Berlin to his wife is this Of a famous Prime
Minister:
Beaconsheld received IN a conventionaIlY
friendly way. 1 said him, TT is the author
less than the statesman, whom desire to know
He looked at me and asked: Why" answered:
Because I much author than
statesman Then he suddenly said: Are YOU
Bayard Taylor?' Yes" Shake hands again.
he exclaimed. with something almost like
thUsiasm in so old Israelite; Il have known
you for years through your works. He
ceSsively cordial thencefOrth. but oht-hOW fear
fully ugly he has become! Red edged watery eyes
Zone blind. they say. protrudng under lip. hooked
nose, salow puffy skin, and the general aspect OF
hungry vulture. 1t amazes to think OF this
mans history. 1 spoke to him about his works
and got capitally together