The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-08-08
LITERARY LONDON
ENGAGES IN CENTENNIAL 90.
SERVANcES OF TENNYSoN's
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

London joined yesterday and today in
the obsorvanccs OF the centennial of
the birth of Alfred Lord Tcnuyou
The leading men and women of let.
tcrs of the nation took part in the
formal tributes To- the pootlaurate.
aud thousands of admirers of Touny.
son visited the exhibition of his por
traits. photographs. autographs and
early editions at the gallery OF the
frnc Arts Society. frhc exhibits
ar the Bond street institution was
continued today and the gallery BE-
throuccd with dcvofccs who gaze In
rcycrcnt admiration upon the hallow.
ed collection representative OF the
genius Of the poet dead
The portraits shown in the collcc
tion do not include the fun face by
Watts for the National Portrait Gal.
lcry. nor the thrcc-quartcr length 10y
the same painter for Trinity college,
Cambridge; but Lady Henry Somcr
which watts painted i'm 1859. and thai
is satisfactory substitute Lady
knowles has contributed her Mnlais
tho large three-quarter in a dark
blue cloak. and one of the best por.
traits painted by him. ranking in
quality and dignity with the famous
Gladstone. There are Professor Won
Herkomcrs portrait Of the poet. with
Mr.. Sandy's water color drawing.
painted by samuel Laurence in 1898,
and the earliest known likeness
a characterlcss face Of Mrs Weld.
There are rcplicas of the Woomcr
bust. the originals in marble being
in Westminster Abbey. Trinity. Cam
bridge and the Adelaide Art Gallery.
and there are many photographs and
engraving To these are added por-
traits and photographs of Arthur
Halam, Lady TomySon and the
poets grandfather and other draw
nps.
This collection OF portraits has
been made largely from the house.
hold treasures Of AldHortn and has
been libcrauy drawn upon in the bio.
eraphy The Tennyson home scenes
are also freely illustrated on these
walls. At the outset there are glimp-
ses Of Somcrsby vicaragc. the vii
lagc high road. the birth room. the
baptismal registry. the grammar
school at Louth. the brook and the
yellow cottage ut Mablcthrop. on the
Lincolnshire coast. with gay flowers
blooming close TO the road New
Court. Trinity and Corpus buildings.
Cambridge. with Hallams and Ten
nySon's windows, are shown. and
Clcvcion Court and church On Som.
crset, are among the memorials of a
famous friendship. They are photo
graphs and drawings of Shiplakc vi-
Garage and church. wher, Tcuny-
son was married IN 1880 and with
them are the license and the manu-
script OF the tender lines addressed
20 the vicar six months after the
wedding There are many illustra.
tions OF the poems. Including early
and late drawing by Millais. pre-
Raphaelte designs for the MaXan cdi-
tion, engravlngs after Rossetti,
sketches by Elizabeth Siddal draw
ings and paintings by Holman Hunt,
and paintings by Miss Brickdalc, Mr..
Hughes. Mr.. Watcrhouse and other
artists. The poets favorite homes,
Farringford and Aldworth, are drawn
by Mrs Allingham with intimate
knowledge of his habits and tastes
There are lovely glimpses of the
green glades, the dairy door the
tranquil gardens, the verdant copse
and drawing room bays at Earring
ford and Of the red an white coast
which he used 10 call his"little italy
and from the Blackdown district
lHtIt are uldN llHH pl No'ufu t4'NA'
and beautiful lanes.
For book lovers there lis treasur,
trove in early editions, fragments o
manuscript, privately printed issues
and autograph letters There is 3
prize poem. "Timbuctoo" with th'
poets letter 20 Mcriyale, afterwarC
Dean OF Ely, asking whether h,
could read H. There are the rar,
Poems of Two Brothers" in the orig
inal boards, and the first edition o
Poem Chiefly Lyrical" There arr
trial editions with misprlnts and cor
rection I'm the authors hand, anc
manuscripts with the original text o
famous passages. There Is punch
with Tennyson trenchant replies e
Bulwer LyttOn and other critics, anI
with Mr., Sambourne's welcome I,
the poet laureate. There are letter.
TO Palgrave, Gladstone. Canon Rawns