The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-07-19

| Of brick erected b. them. Now this remains In
the land Of Syriad to this day
by, some NC, ,hst III !. ne, was h,"s, wand, VINO
wrote this ascriptlon and wherein lies the compli-
nent' HELEN A. LEprARp.
Hawthorne was the beneficiary OF the kindly
tlvLte, The poet was Thomas Buchanan Read.
not perhaps In the FIRST night OF bards. yet not
quite wholly forgotten. The metaphor OF the hazel
wand rests on the forked rod Of that timber which
dowsers use to seek out hidden treasures Of gold
and water. The passage Is found In The Wagner
OF the Alleghanies." '
Hawthorne. my friend, had I your wand,
How at the waving of nv hand
The place, and all its grandeur rome.
Should on the maryc,ilng Vision dawn,
Each shepherdess. or warrior bold,
Each knight and dame In run and fru,
obedient to the wizard will,
Snouia seep rom antique OAK or golo.
And round the t az ,a1 hoard %aea as eUT ring
The friendly goblet. a. Of yore,
And loves sweet grief be told
an, All, the hazel wand you WELD
Was grown by that enchanted stream
mh,en sometimes nasnes through my aream'
D"' "'"' W. "ousu III. oe''e" "'"'
Is there any authority for pronouncing the
word -Enrllsh" Eng -eiishl A British ecsusintance
u HI .ccsntsa mar nro a aior M IA ihsr III Ala
terminating speakers so pronounce il. A. s..
I, 1. . rI,v IN h.v. IN rsv. ,n.,no, thu, in the
matter Of nronunci., ,or m. ,,snd.rd ~ IN. vre.t
English unIversItI,s ia At present a most unsafe
authority. In themselves fully cognlzant of sae
errors which are committed with the university
cliued 10 .,.y the dianteeratIon of the spoken
tongue rolng on about them. by University Eng
Iish we understand the English spoken by unIyersIiy
men. Measured BY American standards. measured
by the standard no further away than Ireland,
University English is a very shabby speech on the
tongues Of men. Having thoroughly established
the sloyculy habit of Gliding the Dnal consonant
from the psrticipiai and other forms ending in ing.
there seems no reason why the universities should
not call our common speech out OF its name II they
want 10 say Ing -elIsh. But there is no need to
follow in such a path of error.
Some little time ago you mentioned incidentally
in an answer that 4 certain president Of Harvard
University had written a Illumination against Inc
steel pen: Ny American friends smile al my. re.
"a hronshs IN sna xS,,ccSS n M VII - !, wn,cn
use here, for / can get them from most stationers.
l shall be very glad TO have You indicate more
precisely your reference In order that may con.
cuI,inr : men y '"''e II A"o" uow,so
n..
y. VI u eohese W
,Se n n, ms may ue iHuhu
.ss a'A " :. "en'n vi VIZ 'ee'u,es u 'no
So'ume !. q Mooern u,eece. hls WORDS
s y s's'us' :. me.Aihe pen, YVES never
unhappy modern who introduced that instrument,
Of torture deserves TO sit AZ his desk with nothing
but steel pens during a wretched immortality
wsla ,eySei' iSe vslix comnnser 70 Pisaue Em :
shor account OF his lie. is there much musical
value TO his waltzes'. +. y.
He was born at Strasburg December 0, 1887.
served as a soldier In the war of 1870. He married
Ceiestlne Dufsu and has two sons and q daughter.
"S 'h"o
a. ,, o ,,au a hains. IN oe,vsaos, ne oeesn
DIS STUDY Of music under Joseph Heyberser. from
under Marmontel and Laurent. Under the rmn,re
he wa. orchestral chief of the e surtf balls al I al tho
.nnnIn,. NV . .Hmn 70 ."o' hau ,eeeseu vac
pn~Ini. II. - $3.50. IT, w ms HnpIes
hsns ,h. r.r,aH. VI" lux oiu'f NA
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In AS You Like IL" in rtae line N And then he ! drew rsS
dial from his poke"i HxSsr r. danSrTr.
1t WAS probably 70 , a ring dial, a ',mesespsr which
Irish Peasantry.- for tina, author expressly de-.
could anord. 1t was a bright brass ring about
three, Quarters Of an Inch broad and two and a
In the ring. which when held toward the sun .d.
,ns r,ns behind. ON mi. w.r rO ,rsrs. '% noIn, ,ue o o,
.ae mug oehnu, v 'ns were marks po'huhe on
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What Is the source Of the quotation native charms
dlvineiy fair CAROLINE i.xRoI.
i, occurs In Addisou's Kit Cat Club a com.
plimen, to the Countess OF Manchester at Paris,
NM nsuta,s San,a > aAm.s ,ha. spread
oer their pale cheeus an artful red
Beheid this beauteous stranger there
In native charms divinely fair
Confusion In their looks they show'd
Aud with unborrowcd bushes glow'd.
At RobsIt BUrns. by James curtis. Il Inc m mS,d
i NV, sdttod y nt,n rs,nn Itom 'ne Iaie ca,
pubi,shed BY j. A. and U. p. James. Walnut street
between Fourth and Fiuh, Strrrotvned hv Jam.
Co 1850. ROBERT HopogTToNN'
Non. n, m. America editions I'M. 90, -..,h.,
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r.cord NJ On, auction nr,c.s tn v,,r. -, az
.onv ,nou,rsd about ,s undouh,.div 49, sm.U ~
s.,,s iii. .on. n,or,.,,
Mar SnauIsiny SathoI of "Tate : ! eEnaemngh susan
snns * rounds OF The American ness a, nua. Ia
for the last ten or fifteen years. an partic,isrIv
anxious TO secure data conce rnlng the writer that
! nay use as a ogase. 70 neiaoor NE American
npfioT" sort of journsI pubIIshed sFates in IN ,. sur
y ~ ~ 'thts nso mNs issue
s.s,,ad hv ons -" "a y rdmvnInn ma..eI con
Erideni,v some Anglo Indian has bcen ricaimi1n
nc erest Sir Oracle = n uowrsN