New-York tribune., 1912-03-23
Stories of Famous Folk in Eng
land and America.

SOME PAGES OF MY LIFE, BY the 1T
Rev w Boyd Carpentar. u. y, ~. = -
p LIT. Ian2n T,o 9t =" Wefttn'Riig tfH King late late
Bishop of Ripon Illustrated SNo' FP'
S32 Charles Scribner's Sons
DIR. Carpenter some time ago resigned
his bishopric, and. sitting comfortably
under his quiet vine and 1g tree. he mas
since occupied himself in taking these
backward glimpses Of his long, busy aho
useful life. He discourses with the
kindly and cheerful philosophy Whlch
should always sweeten old age, believing
that. though modern civilization mas lIs
dangers and defects, the tide Of good IS
still coming H. He quotes mere soine-
thing which Huxley said TO him years
ago. apropos Of a controversy or semi
theological sort in which that eminent
thinker had been engaged: I'VE are ike
ships making for the harbor. we nave
10 sail too far first in one direction ana
then in another; but 1t all helps in reach
ing truth" DR.. Carpenters reminis-
cences Of nineteenth century life in Eng
land are OF varying degrees Of interest,"
but all are worth preservation. He was
one Of the trusted friends Of Queen VIC
toria, and the chapter devoted 10 her
contains a number OF touching passages
from her letters to him. Many sorrows
were hers, and she was ever questioning
the possibilities Of reunion in the 'far-of
country with those she had loved
There Is an almost childlike appeal for
assurance and reinsurance in these let
ters. and In some of her talk about her
husband a pathetic humbleness. The
Prince" she once said, "was always
more able and more competent-more
clever-than l. He will, / feel, have
moved so far above and beyond me that
il is hard to imagine the renewal OF
comradeship even on the old footing.
feel as though 1 shall have lost him
again" We find by the way, in pri-
vate letter Of Lord Salisbury's to the
bishop a testimony which is worth offer
ing to those who have not had just ap-
preciation Of Victoria. she always he
wrote, displayed a sympathy, consid-
GRAFTON and a wisdom which. If my life
ran to ten times its probable span, l
never could forget"
Many Of the recollections Of DR.. Car
penter's youth are amusing, and one OF
them is especially valuable. 1t deals
with one of his teachers-a born
teacher" as all teachers ought to be, but,
alas! are not. This Mr.. Glynn was en-
Enthusiastically earnest in getting his
hot
He sought to strengthen the mind, his
old pupil says, not to furnish the mem
DRY.
Often. as we drowsed over our books he
would leap from his desk and with some
witheringly cheerful chaff BID us put away
hunnbugs" He would gather us round the
blackboard, and with a lucidity which was
q revelation and with joyous enthusiasm
be,ns1 he wGqo gVeh the US s6beet at hch we had
been working. Was 1t a new proposluon ol
" poring? He would make IL lumlnously
clear as we stood al the blackboard. was
IL a fresh step in algebra? He would let
us read for a time and then awake us !ntG 2
active attention and show 10 us the real
significance Of the principle which mace me
fresh step possible. MY mlno leapep ptt
in sympathy with the clearly given PROOF;
7 understood there was no need 70 ask u
7 remembered, had become possessor OF
a. new weapon Of knowledge.
He gave his pupils genuine Joy in
work and a perfect use Of their tools
When young Carpenter went up TO Cam
bridge for his entrance examinations he
found that Mr. Glynn's method had given
him a thorough mastery Of his subject
Most r1en had read more than nc had
the examiner told him, but rev men
knew so we'll what they had read Would
that such training were prevalent in the
teaching world!
The English churchman has visited
America, and one Of his many stories
concerns Mr.. La Fargo whom he met
here He was struck by something La
Fargo said to him-"that when he
dreamed his mind discharged itself Of
color" He related curious dream Of
his to the Englishman. and it is set down
in these pages:
He said: Il dreamed that ! was IN
Heaven, and l found myself walking upon
q terrace which stretched in front Of a
great building. The facade Of the building
was filled with inches ike The face OF a
cathedral and It rose far above me- reach
focking into the building. but ] felt as l
had often felt on Sunday before church. that
there was plenty of time and should be IN
for the sermon AS ] watched the people
entering the church l saw a we'll known
millionaire, and l confess that thought II
strange l felt sure that he could not be
there unless there was some gain in 1t.
thought therefore, He has some deal on
hand 7 waited a little and presently l
found the said millionaire at my elbow
I am done he said. wanted the best
place in the show. so ! did a deal with the
Archangel Michael, and swopped my place
for his, but I am done. l am done, for do
YOU know where the seat l made deal for