New-York tribune., 1908-03-07
rowdale replies: 'T should take it to De oe
sorintion of the Queen Of Bambo" DR. opir'''An

sorntion of the Queen Of Bsmbo." Dr. opinli~n
goes
Yet thus one of most popular pSe,5 onufsr ds
srtisfs has Illustrated the description by por
of hideous grnninig EtEo9 b 9Genonstratins
that the Egyptian women must haze been of
tfu because Here sney we have sort counter
demonstration that Cleopatra must nave p of the
FeSptians But Cleopatra was Greek tns
daughter hs Of fSoiemx Ptoaes We're Greeks
ever look their geneaiogy nheir tbsy kept
their pure Greek blood uncontaminated ng All, a,d
intermxture Think OF & TINS 6so ssysand all
antiquity confirms hiwas the most f sss and
deligfhtfui to hear For she was eminentiy aG
complished she spoke sg ind madS was as Wonderful
az her personal beauty: There IS no. ns,S Sia nor
trait
Here is similar criticism frofn Las'
RambIe in the Classics by Hugh e. P. Platt
19O6), p. 121:
Before dismissing coiored ladies'. ! would
observe that Hsxthorne in Transfoa mal1n
6,leopatra with full Nuban lips and other char.
be OF 1Te ressonabie TO Cen
eral Washington with the features OF a Chfcks-
hominy Indian
"c3rvII Grange" was written in 1851. and now
at last in 1905 in the 'Eversley edition OF
Tennyson. with the poets own notes, in course
Peacock's correction corrected Poems. Vol l.
D. 37S. contains the note:
"A queen with swarthy cheeks and bold black
patra
That am with Phoebus amorous pinches black
Antony and Cleopatra l. '. IS
Mllas has made muatto Of her in his Illus
GalsGIn- aI < avFaribv merely means sunburnt-
should not have spoken of her breasts as pol
SjIIe 7 lad
woman. Read sunburnt' if you like it better
There is no doubt about Millas's illustration:
it may be seen between p 81 and p % OF the
reprint of Poems by Alfred. Lord Tennyson'
illustrated by Rossetti. Millais. W. Holman
Hunt" which was edited by Mr.. Joseph Pen
nell and published by Messrs- Fremantle & Co
in 1901. The later reference which Tennyson
/ mentions is: =---
with that she her robe apart. and half
The nolished argent of her breasts 10 sight
Laid bare
Tho i,1-er1- effect might be that of light apart
from color as in Millais's illustration ana
do not think that Tennyson:s explanation Is very
convincing After all, few poets have oeen
Teamed in history or in details of classical
scholarship as Peacock was But Tennyson was
stepped in Shakespeare. and Shakespeare cFo-
meo and Juliet" II, iv) makes Mercuto speak
-. .Dido q dowdy: Cleopatra. a gypsy In
.,,ton,- and Cleopatra" the obvious hyperboie
of with amorous pinches black would hardly
ha suitable for reproduction in a description OF
C1eonatra's face as 'swarthy. Philo In Act L.
scone i. clearly speaks of Cleopatra as dark
Antony's eyes
now bend, now turn
Tho office and devotion of their view
Upon tdWby front,
and his captains heart
is become the bellows and the Fan
cool d gypsys lust
,rannySon's whole passage. which rs or some
Ienotb is written with evident reference 10
>,baLrspeare and ne may well have toio"ad
I7is loved exernpIar in making Cleopatra
gypsy. - ,.,,,o-,.rc. ~ he
do not think there is any importance To p'
attached 10 Tennyson's Il know. as inpiEihS
;,for,nation gained later. instead of 1 knew. IN
,ha note cited above for it represents the c@Sus'
to,c of aasv conversation in which INC com
11-,.- ,ro largely couched But it is noteworthy
tbat renuvson wrote "A Dream of Fair W omen
IN 1899 and altered the text with NOR" eiapcIs.s
- ti,an in almost any OF his WORKS In'S
1,o;rg 60 vOuIh he not have corrected a ms
tladin, dasCription of one of his rhlef heroihes
r. ,,a had known that II gave A false impression
,baucer wrote. Professor Cnurton toli"to
noints ont a Legend of Good women. ano
t,Ieonatra IS the. only heroine common 10 the
10 noams But the reference by Ch@ucsr 10
her. 49,,
she was fair as is the rose IN May
Ia not decisive to complexion. ana looks hSe
A commonplace.