Arizona republican., 1906-07-25

words, Bryan, Bryan. it seems to me
 have heard that name somewhere before"
 It is an expensive fad to be a bibIio file. I have always had the book dis ease" just now I have it very bad, but
 I am lucky to be able to feast without money and without price on these deli cacies furnished for the book epicure. Up to date the Boston BibliOfile soci- ety has given to its members Letters
 of John Paul Jones' ''Andrea's Jour
 nal' two volumes. Henry the Leper."
 'Rosetti'' two volumes. Polish Let ters," 'Marat" two volumes, ''Theo- critus, Bion and Moschns' three vol
 umes. "Horatian Quotations" "Odes and Epodes of Horace nine volumes.
 Of course these books are gotten up in expensive and artistic style-paper all
 hand made and deckle edged and water marked Of all these rare books to me there are none so sacred and so loved as the beautiful artists water color and hand illuminated edition of Shelly and Keats, limited to twenty six lettered and signed copies. There are four vol
 tunes of Keats and eight of Shelly. artistic, elegant and chaste as were these twin stars in poetic literature. linked like Castor and POlIuX.
 Keats was born in 1795 and died in 1912, aged 26; Shelly was born in 1792
 and died in 1922. aged 30. Just before the French revolution In poetry there came a reaction from classicism toward
 nature. It was visible in Cowper. Col lins. Thompson, but principally Words worth. The impulse was in the air; it !. took possession of mems senses. In the case of Keats it was manifest in the worship of pure beauty. In Shelly an ardent passion for liberty. In the home environment Keats, poor and of obscure parentage, no scientific education, in-
 dependent in his literary activity and production. Shellys family had title, wealth and high position. In dispOsi-
 tion Keats was pugnacious, Shelly was
 sweet and gentle. Keats became the
 champion of ideal beauty, Shelly the champion of ideal liberty. Shelly's inn
 mortal lament over the untimely death
 of Keats sealed the alliance. Twas not
 long until the two again were twin
 stars in clearer atmosphere. Keats
 had found his ideal of pure beauty and Shelly lived in the freedom of ideal liberty. When 1 hear the skylark sing and see it's flight it seems a part of
 Shelly. I am glad that literature is to-
 day studying and talking and thinking
 about two young geniuses, not appre- c1ated and not understood in their day.
 This is the first edition de luxe ever
 given to the work of these two poets What is the reason for the GOd-given
 gift of poetry? The poet sees with
 clear prophetic vision and with senses attuned: feels the beauties of the uni verse, the possibilities and promises of
 a never-ending joy, a constant fulfilling
 of the law, which he expresses in limpid flowing words of perfect beauty
 Lowell can boast of her artists. It is the birthplace of James McNeil Whis- tler This is disputed by some since Baltimore. Belleville Stonington and St. Petersburg put in d claim. Perhaps , like Homer he is claimed by seven , cities, but Lowell has the proof David , Neal was born here on Middlesex street. Margaret Foley, the pioneer
 sculptress of America, along with ! Lucy Larcom, worked in the Lowell
 mills. In the spinning room where she worked were found clever faces and figures carved on the bobbins. when 1 the generous overseer advised her to follow art as her career. Her cameo cutting was said to be unsurpassed.
 After seven years work in her studio
 at Boston she went to Rome. Years I before this Lucy LarcOm had written
 that broad-browed delicate girl will , carve at Rome faces in marble classic 1 as her own"
 1 LUCY TERRELL ELLIS. ! Their sins and the bill collectors
 often find men out.-Chicago News.