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form, I cannot see why he may not have
had such an intuition. which 10 a primitive
revelation
30 far as any reference In this autobi-
ography to T~hackeray and Swinburne 10
concerned, those writer's might never have
existed, and Bulwers name 10 only once
mentioned oursorily. In connection with
q political topic. On the other hand,
the Duke oousiders 1t "a lasting source Of
| regret that In social intercourse l never
met Charles Dickens, although l was a
great admirer OF his writings. and al
though some Of my own friends were
friends Of his. l heard him make one
speech at the annual dinner Of the Royal
Academy, and at a later date l heard him
read and act from one Of his own tales. Az
q speaker he was quite peculiar. 1t was the
very perfection OF neatness and precision In
angusge-the speaking OF a man who knew
exactly what he wa going to say, and how
best to say 1t. But II was without fire or
tones Of enthusiasm. or flights Of fancy;
there was nothing that makes the orator.
,Opthe other hand In dramatic reading and In
acting he was really wonderful, full Of the
most various powers In the expression Of
huraor and of pathus aud Of feIooions VII
lainy. Dickens had the y faeuseyYsswtTich
many great actors have had; Of somehow
getting rid Of their " physical identity
and appearing with a wholly different face
and a wholly different voios. l never saw
this power so astonishingly exerted as by
Charles Dickens"
We hear, on the other hand, In this mar
ative a good deal about Macaulay, and a
great deal about Sheridan The former
was at one time the Dukes next door neigh
Dor at Camden Hill. We have seen
how thoroughly our author appreciated
his inexhaustible stores Of knowledge and
his miraculous memory. When Tenny-'
sons star had risen in the world. the Duke,
who had begun by being a Wordsworthian,
placed the author Of In Memoriam' far
before all other poets. The two men first
met in the house OF Lord John Russell on the
evening OF March 5, 1851, and the acquain-
tance then made ripened into a warm and
close friendship, Of which a record Ia pre-
served in the many letters which passed
between them, some Of which, hitherto un-
published, are here reproduced. Instead
Of making extracts from these letters. We
may do we'll to quote fra gments OF two
poems by the Duke himself, one OF which
was written in 1851. after the proof sheets OF
the "Idylls Of the King" had been shown to
him, while the other was dedicated to Lady
T~ennyson after the burial OF her husband In
Westminster Abbey on October ~, 1892.
1t Ia not generally known tnat the luke OF
Argyll wrote verses, though he published a
little volume OF poems in 1891. In choice OF
.,biaot M in attitude NJ mind hA remained
euoJeS'' 90 80, wo--~--I
Wnat ne was hyoutn'a pup'ol "~oruS"of'
The lines addressed to the Poet Laureate
in 1857 run as folio We. Evidently they refer,
near 'no VOICE Nnose oIsan on
WIN souho 'nIo"sn IN. ,"Iere',
"n,'e mourning neAi.e s'i' NV III "'e
e,ohk u"e Noe. u.ep,
10 every moou ol so',o",
10 oIoaen accents rounu s's"'
ana 70 ."o coI"eI mo.i""'
~ converse pufo !" n'su
IN ,,u'..I gatuens o u % Sn
MI u'oo"'e 70. "
10 elouas .na sa'ue' IN u uan..
In rend'ng strokes ths' Ieave W mu'@
ine mys.er' anu " ~ ~o anard r. ,.,,.
Th,v ,r.mbIe under thee,
Oh, sound again to soo,he and bless
Sad souls that are to be.
From the lines penned by the Duke al
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