New-York tribune., 1910-07-24
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SUNDAY, JULY "a, 1910.

The English papers nave, OIL COURSE al H1d
their say Mr.. Roosevelts appearances at the
two universities, but it has been left to the
Oxford and Cambridge correspondents Of The
Athena,um' to record precisely the impress
sion received by the lecturers hosts From OK |
ford it is reported that for many reasons, the
l.omanes Lecture will never be forgotten by |
those fortunate enough to obtain seat, or |
even what golfers know bad stance, In the |
Sheldonian theatre and after noting that Whlle
tie undergraduates, though demonstratlve IN
deed were demonstrative according to rules of |
The strictest propriety, the Chancellor alone
falling short of the requirements Of the most
straitlaced decorum, the correspondent con-
tinueS:
As regards the lecture itself, there can be but
one opinion. Not only it well delivered, but
it was we'll composed. Mr.. Roosevelt gave us
lis best. OF course many people are heard say
ing that there nothing very original about
- IN fat II is hard TO escape from unofficial
R0nlanes lecturers eager to show how mucn
better the thing might have been done mad eX-
pert knowledge been drawn on by a university
more prone to associate high scientific merit
with humble station in life. At the same
time in view of the composition of the EXan1n-
ing Board he had to face, with biologists geolo-
ersts authropologists and historians to be con-
ciliated in turn, Mr.. Roosevelt may congratula
himself having obtained very taVoraple
verdict
The statement from Cambridge is to the
effect that the visit of ex-President Roosevelt
was, it lnay safely be presumed, a success"
Some dim but not unintereSting glimpses Of
the BrontGs preserved by contributor to
''Cornhill'' who has talked with one or two old
Yorkshire folk who knew them at HaWorth
One Mrs. Ratcffe, sister of the servant in the
house of the BrontGs, is quoted as saying, Il
used to think Miss Anne looked the incest and
most seriouslike' and of Emily she remem-
Lered that she that wiful like she would
wait On herself and So the day she died
'Shc combing her hair and the comb fell
into the fire and burned some teeth out" OF
Mr. BrOnt6 the old woman declared, "He wasn't
i'll they say" and on being asked if Char
lotte happy in her marriage she replied
81 always think she was, and I'm sure he was.
Looking at one of her treasured relies, photo
graph on glass of the three sisters, Mrs. Rat
cliffe said Il believe Charlotte was the low
est and the brOadeSt and Emily the tail
est. Shed bigger bones and was stronger look
ing and more masculine, but very nice in her
ways. But l used to think Miss Anne looked
the incest and most seriouske; she used to
teach at Sunday school" Another contempo-
rary of the three famous sisters recoects that
they all dressed alike, until they gate into
young women" and describes their print
dresses, plain with long sleeves and high neck
and tippets down to the waist They wore
lght-colored hats and they looked grand
Sir James Crchton-Browne points out IN
"Ihe Contemporary some interesting SINH
arities between Hamlet and 1.-The Bride of
LammermOor." Scott's profound feeling for
Shakespeare is well known. (The author of
this essay has, by the way, counted 212 quo
tations from Shakespeare among the 972
chapter headings of the nOvelS.) But the Sug
Gestions as to Hamlet and 'Lammermoor'
Remarking to begin with, that the
play and the novel both have grim scenery, Sir
JONES goes on to find close agreements between
the human elements in the two:
Hamlet and the Master of Ravenswood are
twin brothers; intellectually they are akin;
Hamlet into the loftieSt region of human
thought and Ravenswood is the most high
gifted and reflective of all Scott's heroes Each
is under a vow to revenge a murdered father
and in both the VOW has a supernatural sane
ton. Hamlet under commandment of his
fathers ghost. Ravenswood, after witnessing
his fathers dying agonies and hearing the
curses he breathed against his adversary
secretly at midnight cut lock from his hair
and it consumed, in the fire, swore that his
rage and revenge should pursue his enemies
until they shriVelled up like that scorched SYM
Dol of annihilation. For both the times were
out Of joint and both, pushed by events,
found that the impossible was required of him.