The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-09

2. Does not II occur In Actl scene ~ ~
Q. Who HbhOV was Tybslt, do you knowi A. That
Is an examination in literature. .,
as tbs so SGtng ps ~ M Who was TybGlt'
A. | cannot answer at this moment IT,. IL
O. You say you cannot tell2 A. ne Is a
character In the play ~ TINS hioi'eH'
o. Can you tell whether he Ia a prominent
character or notG A. He 10 not a pToh''h'u'
O. Have you ever seen the play aeted'
q. Who was Bonvollo' A. He Is char
o. With which house was he Connected
A. Now at this moment the play Is NOV i'e'n
Q, What we're the two houses whose con- CO.. y
duct was there depicted? A. ] said the pay
Q, What two o. great i1iaN hOuses' A. l can't
Q. Where was the scene Of the play laid'
o. In What part Of Italy' 4; The play
has passed from my mind. sir. at this pIe'e"'
o. Arc you unable 70 tell this jury, you an
expert lecturer on Shakespeare and -hoiheo
and Juliet A. Yes, sir. ,.tAa
Q. In what city OF Italy that play was mlo'
A. / can't answer you at this moment, SIT,
Q, VIII you tell the jury from what sour cess
Shakespeare. derived the plot OF thai pay
Q, Do you know the Italian writer A. !
do not Il this moment cannot name nun, IA
Q Who was, the English writer who la iti
A. ! can't answer you that. -,,- -
O. You cannot tell who this Benvolio was
or who Tybalt wasy A. ! say at the present
moment the play is not fresh in my mind
haven't reviewed II for numb OF years.
q, Can you tell US the name OF the Two
great houses? A Not at this moment no
O. You cannot tell US the Italian city; is
that so7 A. Not at this moment; no. sir.
o. Now, do you know Act L., scene ~
| Do you Der that? A. can't place II.
Q. You. do not remember that there, was
a quarrel between tho serving men OF the
Q. When .Tybelt comes in5 4. Yes. sir,
And IyG sbt.e ' SgsIes f fRGn
| Do YOU remember that 4. Yes, sir.
| srN quotation? A. The Quotation is as far
as know, / have not identified H.
Q. Now We come TO the next quotation
Madam. an hour before the vorshiPsd syn.
/ Peered fora the golden window Of the East
troubled mind drave me 20 walk abroad
A. ] cannot answer a. this moment,
! Q. You do not know between what charac-
/ tiers that interview took place. A. cannot
@ DO you know who Romeo's mother WASP
o. DO not you know that the conversation
! took place between the lady. who was the head
! Of one OF these houses that Is the female head,
the wife Of the actual head, and Benrohor
o. Answer me that DO you know? A.
would not assert, no, sir, not az tins present
L
O. Do not you know that this conversation
was, introduced by the lady asking Ben!oho.
ooh where is Romeo? Saw you him to-day
O. "Right glad am he was not at this fray
speaking Of the fight that had just taken placer
A. / do not remember IL.
o. Are these words correctly printed in
Madam, an hour before the. wOrshipsd sun.
Peered forth the golden window OF the East.
\ troubled mind draye ne TO walk abroad
A. As far as know, they are correct
NOvy a mat NJ 4 there not
language used by Shakespeare In Romeo
and juliet, uscd by that great n ester OF
and Just as vulgar as any language imputed
10 you in THE Sun? A. Yes. there is vulgar
language used, placed in the mouth OF these
feature Of dramatic style
O Now ! call your attention in Act II -
who was Mercutio' A. character in the
- q suppose he was character IN the playi
A At this moment can't give his relation
on which side was he' A. Well. I
Was he on ROmeos or was he on Ty.
baltsg 4. The play has passed from my
mind AZ the present time, Mr.. Bartlett.
Q You cannot tell us that2 A. No, sir
hIs ,ssC5 rbe tope6es y U1 bnrB Stiabt
hat is a famous passage is 1t not' A. Yes,
70 Who used the words7 A I cannot
| answer AZ the present time.
Q. or whom is the character speaking
who uttered those words IN Romeo ana
! Juhet?" A haven't looked al the passa &c.
O. You do not remember that' A. No.
o. Although YOU are professor Of English
.. student OF Shakespeare A. Yes,
% possible lecturer on Romeo and
/ Juliet A Yes. sir
rR1aos on LoNoTELLow.
Prof Trggs's class lecture on Long
fellow was the subject Of long cross eN-
animation, partly ss follows;
0 Did not you say of Jonsfellow IN your
| lectures he does not even attract A
j may have used those words
. And that vas not favorable Of Long
fellow was IT, 4 II may or II NAV not he
% We'll. az a matter Of fsct wss NOV IL an
uniavorable criticism Of Longfellow2 A.
q 90 Do 'y You object to THr srx calling you
the scoorRe Of LonRfellow? A. do,
9. Did yoq say N your lecture Of LonSSii
moi be on account Of what h. originated in
the actual FIELD Of letter. or for the special
. did not have the orr ginating creative
mind" 4 Those arc my words
y. 1t was not given him TO stand with
Brvint at the heart Of nature. Are those
yoHr Words A. Yes, sir
o. There is no. Sign in his writings Of a
scientific conception OF naturef 4. Yes,
o. There IL no hin, OF any doctrine Of
evolution or Of any world view AZ oil other
than the Nuulllolul anu luFbipkl'' - lFHt
%. Do you consider those remarks favor
able 20 him. A. Yes, sir they are not
unfavora BILE.
or criticism. Of I.ongfellON a. anything In
THE SUNS articles Of YOU A. No, sir.
U "fhe whole trHnacendental movement
ma sed him by. That which created the
turbulent literature Of reform, which far
nished practically all that IL OF abiding
spirituaI worth IN the literature OF New
England. left him unmoved, Did you say
that? A. Yes, sir.
o. 10 you not know that criticism Of that
kind tends 20 iniurc the memory OF Henry
Wadsworth IougfellowY A. No, sir.
o. You tell this jury that 4. Yes. sir.
y. 1t IL doubtful, Indeed, II he had a cos
mic philosophy AZ all. What did you mean
by that? A. The largo philosophy Of the
% o. boes not all this tend TO ridicule Long
fellow A, No, sir,
d DO not you tell us In these words have
read, lie could not comprehend the move
ment against slavery?- A. That may be
70 You say this Ills most fervtd utter
anCe outside OF a small group Of poems eX-
pressive OF personal grief, bis most fervid
utterance would appear 20 bo poem on
Catawba Wlnel" A. Yes, sir.
q Il not that pretty severe criticismi
o. But you say that he was outside Of the
stream Of tendency? A. Yes. sir.
81 "That flowed from English Blake and
Shelley and eliminated 20 signlhcanuy 10