The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-21

art should strive to- attain. These
qualities Sir Arthur gives as accuracy.
perspicacity, persuasion and appro-
priatencss.
Sir Arthur first urges upon his stu
dents the immortal truth cnunciated
10y Sir Joshua Reynolds for practi-
TONERS In another art:
Tho more extensive YOUR Acquaintance
with the works Of those who have ex-
cclled tho moro extensive will be Your
power Of invention and the more oiigihS
viii lie your conceptions.
He then urges them tn add to their
assiduuus study of noble models an
assiduous practice bot NJ prose ana
verse. and to explain why he should de-
mand VI every man that he should at
least attempt to write verse he tells n
story from the autobiography OF Bcn-
vcnuto Ccllini. Cellini Is telling how
when he was giving the last touches
To- his "Uerscus'' In the great square
Of Florence he and his workmcn in
habitcd a shed built round the statue.
liz says:
Tho fo& kept on attaching sonnets to
the posts of the door, believe that on a
day when | opened 1t for a few hours to
the public more than twenty OF them were
nailed up. all OF them overrowins with the
highest ~pancgyrlcs. A~ftcrward when
once more shut 1t ON from view every one
brought sonncts with Latin and Creek
verses. for the University OF Pisa was then
In vacation and all the doctors and scholars
keep. vyIng with each other who Aould
produce the best.
He bcgs them to believe the "Terseus"
was not wholly cause nor the sonnets
entirely effect. That an age when mon
are eager about great work Is an age
when great work Is one. And that
on the general interest In letters de-
pend the birth and nurture of great
writer's. one "A afford to dcspis"
journalism only IL one is willinG
neither to pursue II as a calling nor
encourage 1t In others. For those who
practise IL there Is but one course
open. namely, nonorably to uplift the
craft.
II we speak OF the value of this book
for Americans Il Is chiefly because IL
is an eloquent and persuasive sermon
against some of our chief national
vices. There are publishers who
vocifcrously proclaim that II does not
matter whether a writer knows gram
mar or not provided he have something
ot interest TO say. There are editors
Of papers who prefer iarcon to Eng
lish provided 1t he absurd enough to
catch the eye. But with the Greeks
n Romans. says Sir Arthur. nothing
10 more certain ,h.n tho ,,luo ,bov
n,.cod ,,nor c,o,r ,rd o,oo,n, n,-;,i,r
rrh. ch,rnr,oris,ic ,riuurh, - rorn,
were ,rinmnhs or a matnria, civililn-
,;np 70. mn nation evnr helieyed moro
dooniy I'm noa,rv ,ba, Aid ,bo Romars
uaiouhr,. -. a. ,,,,,. ,,,i,ar
,..
Sly "h'n 'i''S'u ." 'n''"i"Ee '''i7
ana Il n'~h ana me enua'or III i'cfa-
ture' Tor only ny su'h means can
genius be saved for the u~pbuilding OF
inc hh,ion' We prd'e VI democracy
SaES SIT tNr'nur. ""' ",t"aiS Il poo'
'I'I" III i-hs'ailu mas I'''c more "'Pt
IMAM we son u an N,!''''ah S,aN' u
y" '~ihah'ip''eu i"'" 'hdt iht'''c'"a'
l'"'u"'h VI Which E''at "r!I'"ss ar
p"rn'
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an" i'"Ss'tti were u''iNeiSitF l"N"' an
uut Nca'S' whom inc s"us 'ooM noun-'
mao inh'pehdcht incomes WIN 'h'S
f"'"afS answer 'He ''FS'S''"' H.cS''ol
why America mas never p~r"du''u ereh'
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blood and state YOU are the temporary
ittew,rds.
Having urged the prac,i,o ~ verso
making unon his students Sir ,hu :
,bird lecture Is on IN, difference he.
,ueen worse and nrnse an, ~ III.
chief difference no points ON, thar
Will. all literature consists in uterine
memorable things, poetry consisted
originally in memorable u~t,crarces
sui:,d Ia musical ac,omn,rimep
Poetry admits OF n more raretied die
,inn az diversions and forms which
nrn., d,c. ma, ,dpi, ,f
~, ,,,L Inns - .r,,. ,
ntuI,,,,. -, - :.
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N"i'' t'' '"''' "''l.'u!'! "' prose Is TO