The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-07-17

... ION ever considered dear
...tn whom If tho trIIy iIItl1-
#" .r IF letters You wo,IId rafn-
f..u i'm close bonds If rnt-
,..r of all ofbcr@2 have
conclusion Tor decade
a. .-rafisb men OF letters Of
..1uId have preferred the
-'' .4nlraniouShfp of the truly
." walter scott. personally the
..rFf-l. the faYthcef from
~. w.. AUTHORS. He stands first in my
~. .tnnry an creators of LooIe
tractors. If YOU w1flIl see
lead that mastery. most DO
~r mud almost u~ncuIl;IIed bio
a. his highly gifted and yer,
.....HHhed ~son-in-ia". John O.,
H..."..'. Tic I"Nca'@ scott III All OF
... baum % ~aHluenec on MS Won
. .... nature. mere Was no oihef
of &ulofJd1iNc parts | would
-... ..+}' btel Intimate tll IMAM
#..# U#raNIa%, Po"I. orator, e@5aJ lst,
...H. cr1tC, statesman aud adj
#...'.'''i- 80 ms IIuiF superb
.H. ..". 1IiS ii'c ny ms ahle ana &C
.suu.-H''i htpneN SI QUO lfeN"I%-
H". nl T. tapItaI historian, essay
III r.l h|"gfaplef. After Macaulay,
.....I. the nc%t most engaging is the
.t....f. unique, id&Clhdlln% rfltic ana
, 4..|. 'haII"" Lamh-'Gentle Ella
.H" life was something sad ana
.r ,. harmless and simple a. the
-..u. that @yiIabl" his name There
49,. n.luN of the master spirits Of the
n.- H"#" works nave been more or
j.. u" t"Hfht &lnce youth<s early
.tauuiuue, ana Win some OF Fhom
jn ntd "Gc am &tll communlnG from
inv" 'o lH1e lhfouGh t4eIr works that
HcI WITH mem tile flcil' ffe&h aroma
of nH'a"IjaIiIy- with these
'.Had hut eceptred SoVerei%nS, who
"liI rule
our Prints from their urns,
sH d~ell2hted ~ hoId or to
III i' |"'if presence eIWrap' 1d2cl-
aat"I. oven a"ed.
1ar lh"V" lines are from the drama
.eIcltIv praised by Goethe known as
.".uIr'!.' and written by an Eng
I#uuI.u, 1T IS now the poor fashion
ta undrr-r3t" and deride, and to even
dtuE th" Claims of poet. following
the absurd opinion OF MatthcW Arnold
L"I0 byron, the oESolutcly o
'I'@o'N' Oh an Ilooefil poetS next 10
Shake p""Ie- me TACT is. he was 4
m.'f'.''l'r p"et It most eNtfaordlnarN
"'" =. ,l''i'2 III
II-,",' r - ,I,hdaia' = - tto i"2I
".' :. n,roeSihfn nnt tn T ro,'
. p,,,n ,r3c tbc nnct ,o",.Ii
,ttT. rlI.-t1 in he fllnlprn history of
r,,orrr Tnc Great Gartnan noct
c.4tG. cave him tho hirhnet raoL[
Tb, yeIy eminent French critic rr,inc|
oirey him a whole chapter in his yrr1
rmmkahIc work, "Historv Of Enrlish
lifyraturc." saving he is the creatos;
and most English OF The several lead
rs literary artists he mad discussed"
and he commented with severity unon
the attempts of English ~critics
TO 0HpItcl1tG his genius. He
says rghttully that he welded
"a powerful hand" Scott said that
Byron had "a good heart with the
hudest aud best feelings" Taine says
that whatever he touched he a
Nlptate and liVe,' and he speaks of
MS "aalaX of ~splendors,' and never
s.iaa ASSchNius was SO tragic d
I''b as the Chllde Harold. He
say, hN DOMAIN was that OF sad and
Lender Scntimcnts. once more L hear
IH.f. into what medlocr1ty and
I",lude SINKS the 'Faust of Goethc,
S."lofed to Manfred, He says BY
TON was the greatest poet of his cen
Jury. But now it is held he was no
I'.C San.
Nhal a great privilege and pleas
"e surely it would have been to meet
Bow and then the men of genius, the
1olIderS of fortune, the enFapturcd
seer* ana prophets, the masters of
". ifiitiDiIS dIu f>DlClIttld ioll'N -
M. ! think of being with Shakes
FtaIe for an hour. 1t would indeed
BE- am event to be forever remembered
when the heart was filled with joy and
ajmouHiou. and the mind enraptured
as never before. 1t would indeed be
with the mcmory forever green" [
.norer heard but a very few positively
s|uIorfnr takers in nv life. have 7
heard many pleasant conversational
lists and enioz,ad then, highly. recall
NJ. FaIgcr DR. Deems DR. Henry p
<haunprd and Hon A w NenabIe az
probably the most Gifted in this line
Of all I have hoard
These great authors T have named
above are those who i seems tn me
are rrrsonauy tho most engaginp-
the uiIr4 Won vo111d K to consort
with fran1 dav TO dar 10 no on froe
sHI .t.,- +o,,,. oba+T,u !, On af 40
ahanI.n of -;noomo faI7oIn WI
"A ra4.+ of raaroa ~ ao1ll .a,,It
usufl b,,o o"@J.i "rlo y ~ 49,
Iur rnnro 80 a. r1lIr