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Genl/e/nans Mamsme
Volume CCXLI.
JULY TO DECEMBER 1877
fVOlSSR ^ DCUrCTAMI
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EdiuJ h SYLVANUS URDAN, Gmfkmof^
CHATTO & WINDUS, PICCADILLY
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CONTENTS OF VOL- CCXLI.
Mat
By JAWI» Mew 319
By W. Ctiu.rrr.SAMURU 57
OtaritfSuttice. IW |>I7TT0N CCOK 6ai
pMdw^d, Iht Ctoe cJ LonL By Afltkur Arnold . . do6
hod^Ttic tteind Abuicor By RiCHAJiii A- PsocTOft , > aiz
Snoii of Lcfc^ Thev By AHunvw WileiW, Fh.D, . - S4i
■dllU,OxL B}' AXJIREW \VJU<P7<. Pit-D J3I
roriiMrV, C<il£jcM-l, I'-iprwliiirm tt^ fEif Upper Nile Rr^nnfi, By
FUDBSKC A. Edwards 197
>«b ud oilier Apn, Tbtf. fiy Richaku A, PftocroR . . 411
blbdn, Huu, at hi3 F.aad. Ity Ctukles I'ebody ... 364
l4r>ce. A Qiuuid from. By AUktin DouftOEf :
EximBum TkniufL (Roridcftu) 61S
iVnico* Odi, LTriokL) 61S
Xtes HiDDulvo^ (Rondvl) 619
Tu DC Qii-nirri^ {VHliinHIr) , . . , ^ . , 619
[jtfbr» " l^cxto' for Chiidwn,'' Discovery ol by K. H. SHrmtni] 1 1 j
J ric^ami ib, By rKi£i>hKi(jK A. Cljwakus. , . . . 4^3
dte MikUthrepe- DyJir^lH McCamtuy;
CbapL XIX. Mr, SL P4urs My^icry I
XX. V^vo and EI«:tioTLWTtn|c , • • . , 11
XKl. An Episode . . ..... 19
XXII. Mr. Shtppard^B Offer ©fSurtcnckr. » , ,139
XXIII- " MiKhit/, tbou nn nfooi*' 140
xxfv. All tht Ti/nli at crn^e 150
XXV. Victor— Propositi? 357
XXVI. '* Uink^^ love's irrcr|MTlpr" . . , ' . aCj
Xxvii. "Wnstvcf womnnin thri humour wftoed J* . . 274
xxvm. Ttic Member for Kecion 38J
axix. A t^ungc HI lite P.irk . , ^ , . . ^9^
XXX, " LcAn'dher breast uptilJ a Ihom" . . 405
XXXI. " Aud even for love^viH bury love m caflh" . - 51 J
X3LXIL Leftl*>nel> . , . - - ■ ■ 5^3
xxxUL The Man i^ithout a Grievance . . . . jjo
XXXIV. ** He wrung B^sanio's hand, ^nd so they p«irted " 641
XXXV. A ijpnem] Btcakjng-up ^ . . . . . '>4S
ZXXn. ''WliOTC [rtidbonn. thercsFinn I end" . . ^6l
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Contents.
VII
'Mr. Dumas //f ind Daniel Deranda— Dmners at
I— Lives nf AtJors — Strange pTa^er.s—Pri?e- fighting
■baltinE— Tcnnysonian Coincidences— bmollctt and Sit
!icDU — Horsps in war-dme - . . ^ . . 755
,0n someMarvelsin.— [1. By RitHABD A. PROCTOR
By JfcHE.s Mf.w . , , .
Taimania. By Red-Spjwer
W. CotLETT-SANDARS
m in Europe, A Foirgotten, By Kari
By Mark Hebon .
i,.\. By H. R. H.
BUSD
39
594
439
94
iSTHATioys TO "Afjss misanthrope:
Bv Arthur Hopkins.
\.\%'Z Corinne" FroHtispieci
ION ._,-..- hifecepagt 153
HARRV WE?". „ iSo
HANDKERCHIEF, &TB. lUt LADV DROPPED" „ 4^4
JUST ONE ?AVOUJt YOU CAN DO ME SOW " t* S=7
rc AWAV „ 641
Wa. ST. PAUL'S MVSTKBV.
TWO evtiVU occiinin|{ altnoi^l logcthci alTccird i flood deal bOin«
of tliif people of thin siory. 'I'lii^ firat wa« ifir iJcvtIi uf Mn.
Saulibory
Mtu Crry *a* at OdcP invJJod by the lawjf « whrt h.id the chirgc
of her l^hcrH :if&iir« li» viiil Koftan, m nidpr to Ijccoirtf fitlly ac-
quunWS Willi lhercw<li«pciiirii>n ofihrngs in vhich hKc Jijidhomuch
iniQcst TVrtHpon Mr. Money amiouflcctl that, an MunOrrybjid
&0 rdy dOM friend to look rtfirr lifr imcrcMs, he win rcsoKcd K>
poi hittuvlf in Ihc j^bux of A ;>0Tcr>t or mn>v near rcifiiion, and go
with her and see thai all her tntcrf^t^ wcnz projvrly carrfd lor.
Utnob wuumhlling (4 put him fo ^o mueh Irotibk and lo-i'i oft^m?,
«e1l Inowtn^ how ab40rl>cd in buninosi hf:-n-;i^ ; Enit he net nH her
rniouiEaficca »i'lc with blimtt good'b\iniourcd kindnrnf.
" Lucy is eoming with uC he nid, " if you flon't Ihink htr in
ihc way; n mighi be pleasant for you to have a companion."
** E ^uld so mudi like lo go with NoTel," jilcfldcd Lucy.
''Oh, I ahall be ddi^'hiLid if Lul^ wiU go," Minola said, not well
hnov^ng hovr xo put into words her khhc of all their kindncA». It
was really a great r^jlief to her to have Uic/a companionship in such
a vtnL Man- Blanche! did not Ukc to go back even for a few days
to Keeton. The jvjctcM objected to seeing ever again the place
vfacfe fthe ooruddercd that art and she >iad been degraded by hur
ttniciuJe in the Court-boTib^. ^o the conditions of the visit were
dltcnkd
VuC.CCXll.TCO tyja 9
I
Th£ G^rttUvia^'s Magasine.
V:
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I
Bitt there arose siiddmly lom^ nnv rroofSvtiont which MitioIa hod
never ciptrtt'd, ITic long-iookcd'fbr mcancy ai Icnt-th 0['<^1TT«1 in
tJif rqireftcntalion of K^ton. The siniBg mcmlner announced hi)
dflCTmination to resign hi^ waH n« fiiKm :ii the nfcnuT^r amngc<
xn4?nt7 Ibr stich a step roiild |^^? put into effect. It *<ii5 iroi^>omt irt lluf
Vietof Hcnon should lore no rime in throwing himwtf upon the
vftcAiit borough. Mt, Money anH T^tieyrflrtled op to Minrjk'i i!oof
one morning hrcathlcs* with ihc nrwii, l-nejp'» cyra were positively
dnnciri^ >viTh c^cilrtncnt and ildight.
" It »crm« lo me llui Ihrrrc's going tc be A rcgiitar invAiicm <if
yonr boroiigh, MiM nrcy," Mr, Money said- "We're all (;oin^ In
l)e there. Yo« wc that yon »rt iindcf no tiiAnriCT of obligation lo
me. I m\i*A have gone down in Kceton in any case ; \i'^ otit of th«
lucky things that don't often bctjll a busy man Ufcc me lo be aWe to
till the two bifdswjth the one stone J must take care of our friend
Hcfon .HM xfiiW as of you. He would be doing some ridiVulou* tTnry
if there were no elder to look after him, lie i* a* innocent of the
dodgn of an English election ss you are of the yrtcyn of English
lawyers. So we'll be aU together ; that will be very plea«nt- Of
counc we'll not inierfcre will-) you— you shall be ju*l a* quiet as you
like while wc atc doing our electioneering."
^Vhateouid Minoln say Again r« all fhisnrrangcment^whiriiiieemM
50 Mrfjrfactaty ond so ^olighJfiU to her fncnds ? \l wa.^ not plcMAani
for h^^ to be brought Ihu^ into a sort of <:ompamon:*hip with Vittor
Heron, Hut it ivovild be far 1cm jplcASfluu ii would indeed lie in*
tolcmblc and not to be thought of, Ihiil she should in Any wAy miic
an oljjcciion or maku a diifituky whirh nii^ht hint of the foclm^
that pos&esMid her.
"After all, what does it mAtlcT?" she asked hewdf as Mr
Money wa^ si>e^king. " 1 shAll have to sufiet this kind of thing in
some WAV for half my life, I iiippose- It ie no one'* lauU but wy
own. Why ihould 1 disturb the arrLtngement? of ihpic kind people
because ofimy wcoknCHj^s of mine > If women will be foolsnat \£^M.
they ought Co' try To hide their foJIy. Thi« i» as good praeiiec for mt
fls 1 cfiuW have."
So she told Mr, Money and I^icy thnt any nrmngrment thu
suited them would suit her, nnd tliAl she would be reAdy to p> the
moment he gave the word. Then .Mr. Muney h.isiencd jway to look
afitr other IhingHj and Lucy remained licliind "Mo W-\\' Nola ndh
h(T preparation^' n^ 9^>e tnAi^Ecd on putting it, Lmt pjtMly, ,is Mmola
fdt only iDo sutc, to ta^k wiih her alK»i.it Victor Hcrixi,
Since Heron had oflered her tiisndvicein thcl^ark^andshehadpot
A
Afiis Misanihropi.
I
ttolji uul he hfld onlj iH-cc once <w m[rc, Tlim he had
xHc rir»t lime of ihcirmodmi,', lo rcn-.^ hia Apolc>^i», anri
pat th^m lifc'htl^- iin^jr, &« she already hail clom' Iht- idvice,
ImiI piecn him t» undcntand th«t hhc wi»ho(l lo hear no aaorc of
She had hi^icd Ihtt by UMming a manner of iniliircr<
CNDcahfmi^t lead him to for;gcc Ihc nrhok' afFa.tr. Uot he did not
tadamid her. and really 1>clict^ tlut he had IubI her [neiubhip
ftf mcr by tbc tnanntr tn wFijdi he had upokiiii a^in^ Herbert
'ttvkL He was iTOuhlL^l for b^ mtich more thtn for hiniscIC
kktti( or ttt leaat feriof. thai she hnd ^^t her heon on a man
VMfrf ol her. He l;qii avaf ^'rn her thcrdbrc, ovruming that
hb wodf wtiA no lon^ wdcomcp and rcnolutc noi to inirude
ntdL
Umb h»d hoped ihu the wont wo^ mer. and that hi- 4uid s^he
wc ftdf lo settle gndiully rind uminticcd ■>)' oUil^ into o con-
IMt«tf ordinMy ftcqiuinianccthip. I'hxi mcIaniiictW hope, lo hcrr
MOdneccssity in xist^Mt b»t yet ihc hc^^ hope nhc roiild licc now
ttlrher, WAS Ukdy to be duOUfbod for a white by ihn iti-oainicil
niitatLecton.
^[iiolx was btify nuLlcin^ her prcparAiion^ for goin^ to Kectoii,
OAnth A very Kc^i>y hcsin. >^vcryiUin|; .-iboirl the W^ii waa uiijw
^Hrturing to her. 'l1ic occasion wah inoiu-DfLi] ; ^Hl- t[n:adt:d lun^
iftlind ^»eus«iOfn with Mr S*ulBbury ; ilie drciidcd iticctini^ old
li[^attLAces i& Kteton ; s^e ihruik from the rc^puoaibHiUr^a of
«iMB kuidii that seemed to be thni^ upon her. When ahe leA
bctoa »hr tboM^t ahc h&d done wiUi il for ever ^Micre woi the
frnlikiheTi^itTTangcdfbr her^ir? i^oihing seemed to tumoul au
4t bkd cxpeacd.
Ilc»i«1iilc Moiy Blanchctfiml I^ucy Money were hodi dk'li^htcd.
ni(A0kdrdilfcfentvivya,at the prospect of Mtnol.Vs visit to Kccton,
VitXf uw bcT Urider nnd pMroncM come back rich, and rcftdy (o be
^um^ibcd a£>d to coiiTcr distinction. lAiry Money had the pro-
^iGct of vanciy, of & holiday with Minola whom she lo%'cdp a^d of
bat^yay often in the tocictj' of Victor Hi^ron. Minob wa&, Lfany'
A^ Bade oddttiooaJly sid by the thought that it woa not In her
I iMvr lo ^ktre their fedin^ and the fear that ahe mij^ht sccn^ r^
B VB bknket seentiim&t on their happin&!£^
I Lbcy bad bccti with h^r vM the momine. helping her with Mary
^wkt peqMntionH J:ir Ihr joiimrj'. MinoU v/ws -k.i whirn it wiifi
I Wid that tocac things were wanting, and I ,iiry nnd Mnry olTcred lo
t9«m ud bsy them m Oxford Street.
UbaUwas enjoying the sfnnc of being nlonr, nnd irifi, at tlic
•
i
Thi GfHtifmtatii itagazimf.
liu^M3ttljAamB^h<rvtf<)f«Mti of fi^eiiasUp because &h£
rn^orrd fi, vrfkcn 1 c«n! vai broqgbt to bn, aad »be «M lold tluu ihf
^Ritlcmftti ttid he iii&i«cl to ipcsk to bcr. if «bc pawned. " r«thcr
ForbnlXE.' Tbc oniirjsEhJior Mr $1 Pud. He )>^ oev^ vniied
Minob bdOTCi i>ov wa« tbc rvcn ivm thai ke knew tttkrre die tiwcL
Sbe vu inprtirid, bcsi thr Uad not kao^of lar nnson whjBhemaebt
not ftce him. i^ hasCrncd dovn to hrr suiag-fooia, md ibcrc fihe
foondUrSt I'l^l.is^phidfocxndMtBluidKt oncrbdbrc Mr.
SL Pdiri kkokfd even a smnger figopc in bcr roooi thu Mr, Bbndui
httiit dooct Lhc thoQ^ Mc «vtnc<l ^ tco LiH fiar the plBc«« and
h»d ft hcodlcu, lou^iing, hail-xwacgcnng way, vhkfa apfiuervd as if
it woe c«Bpo«ndcd oT dte old buaqvt of the canky ikui 4Im1 the
newer hib«t« of tW Wc«iem hunter. Nothing, hoveva, coiiM hate
been aiCR euy, covtluJmC and BeV-f>oaanaed thaa liw «ay in vhtpdi
be csme fonrvd lu greet Umob. If be had beeo insiung ber cvoy
day for a niooth before, he covld x>ot hare been cnocv friendly m± at
hiieue-
'^ How d'ye do. Mid Grey? Jiut in time torn you, I tuppoac^
before jQQ go^ I've been down to Keeloo jiready. J'^ gcinf
down i^aa — I nvon to nvkc my iuri there «oinchi>ir *
Minola ibott^hE, viih a ccruin hftl&anued, htttabtthed feeing
of the renuiks tlio lixl heaiU cooccraiaK henetf umI Hr. Sl Pud,
but die did no4 dko* any enal&mssneDt in bcr manoer* Jndcedt Hr,
Sl FjuI WAV not a pervjn to allow aiiy one to 6ed owck enbamn"
meni in dls prcvcncc He vos euinel}- e^i^, sdr^nliified, flfld miaf-
fcctcdt and be had Ji w;iy of pouring out his oonSdences at thoijgh be
had known Minob bom her birth ufnranJs-
" I hope >'ou fuund a pleasant Tt:<epuon theic/'
** V«ft, vrdl enou^ for that matter. 1 find iiiy brother and hi*
wife are not anything liki; ko populax iu I vnu given to undcrtcand
iKu they ••urtit, 1 tow my brother in London — didn't 1 tetl you?—
I»cf0f c I weni down to Kectcm, you kno^/'
" Xo» t di>^ not know (hat you had locn hlm^ I bope be wuglAd
to»ee>'Ou, Mr.SL Paul?"
" Not he I I dare say he w^^ vrri^ sotry T fuidn't bwn vjped out
by the Induni. 1)0 you know whiitbvtn^' wipvdout akMU?"
" Yd, I think 1 could gueo that much. J suppose it inctn«
bang lulled?"
*' Of cour^. ] mean to (fft^h you alt the dang of the W««t ; I
think a nice ^t-E nev^ looks «o nice a.« when she is talking good ex*
|>rc»ivc falang. Out Ithti^h slang ii ail unmeaning 4CutT; you know ;
only consist; in caUing a ihing by some short vulgar vord^^r ^me
Aiiss Mhafithrope. 5
t»V md ikO(b|KFUfl worO, the fu [1 btm^ iii tJi? pomp<>u»ncs( ; but the
K^mcn ilii«s lis BOtt uf iikltirc-wnlinuj dun't ywi know?— a kind of
UuipCMid meuphor, arnu^t^iin^ \\\t puri-utci of ^in intcllvctud pcm-
■ioD Of tlarttui Dti you kijowwliai dn*« [hingi arc, MiisOrcy^"
"Oik, fc« : cotnpTctsud meati of some kind* 1 sirpiKMiC. Uiit J
dcD^ ikaik T ore ibout tloiiii ycT> much,"
* Vou msy be icLir« you ulU wht^n you ^ci <rvt;r ifiu defects of your
Ktdoa briD(iri)£-upp Hui what uLth I kole^i: Io u-ll you? Lcl mc
itr. Ob. r«a, About my brulh'.^ ;iiid hie wifo. The hoiicil Kcclon
Uka lecia t« hai<e foigoiu-u thi-iii, Bui I wju tpi^uig, too, n^oui
By goang lo sec my brother in town. Oh, yes, I went io sl^c him ;
U dkla'i vnnt okc. and he made no boTieK ibout letiing nic know (t.
Keitaiakt I hjivc dugnoed ihc family; it wjta quite like che^enc
vOkepl^-^vhoK! phy \t il? — I rim «urt; J don't remember — vhcrc
Uvd Foppifigton't brother eocs eo kcc hini. and i« uken «o coolly.
I luvm't rend ihc play for more yeami th^in you have tf^od in tbe
wdd, 1 djkfc «ay, t)[ii ]i all came bock upon mc in .1 moni(;nL I felt
tt» «)^f: 'Good-bye, FopjMngic-Tj,' only tli:il he wowld never have
aiiMood thtt illusion, Ami ^uuld think I mciirti lo «u^ he avu n
*ii9i which he a not, bten hinv"
'^Ika jnonr innit did not bring you any nearer to a recondliotlon
«Hljoar brother? "
*X« a bit w" it— pushed ut fwihcr atundcr, I thinJc- The od^t
aiai«M ih^t t told bitn I wixmed niching Irom him, nnd thni I
W nukde money enough for mytelf in the West, Vou would h:ivc
iM^ thai wonld have feccbud him, wouldn't you ? Xoi \\\t Ici^l
Utt^l ^ve you n^ word." And Mr St. Vnul Uughcd good-
^MOitdly %\ the idea.
*I IB fiotty to hc3t ir/ said Mino]d. " ! think ihcrc Arc <.iuam:ls
■Atfitci cnongh in the ^rojld, withovii brothers joining in with ^11
Aenu.-
'Ead funn, icn^l it<— don't you Eiimk? liui 1 don't suppose in
^ 01 hroihera and ti^tterv ^i^ do care mucEi for t^ach other —
^ yon IhiDk ihey do ? 1 haven't known any such cafes ; have
UinoU could not contribute much from her own family history to
imcwiaie the affection ond dcvoiion of brothers ; but she bnd no
to cf agreeing in ihe n^ih of Mr. St^ VstM.V& ^'hibsophic rcflectionv,
faraOdui,
' 1 bctievc whai you say la iiuc enough aa regnrdi: ihe broihen,
^ I an'i ftdmSt it of tht si^tt^n."
TooA iKtr, }09dtrat n-Mfy bcHcvc ih^t actmt::\\c, I know"
i
Thf Gtntkman's fildgazine.
'^ Bdievc what nornmic ? That lintcn may be fond oT ihar
htitlhtn sometime* ? °
"No, I doii'i mean Ihci j but Ihac there is AnytiMl diffcreticc
t'clwcm men ahJ ivomcn in Tlieir wi^ys — iTmt men ucoll bkul ^nd
wLifiieit 14IT yoEiU, Atiii ili^r hort of thin^ One's At Imt aft xhnr olfiti,
Miw Crcj-, Wli^n you hyv<: iikrcd ns Inn^ rn (he world ait I hivt,
you'U find it| 1 Iv^l you. ItuL T don'c find much f^ult with either
lot. I ihmk ibcy arc both rtghi enough ali thing* conibidcmi, don't
ytflx koow."
"I am vm Maxy Bbnchel b devoted to hex brothec" Mva Geo/
mamiy.
*'Th£[t litile old maid? Wdl, now, do yoii knoW| I khotitdn't
wonder Thnt'* juM the u^rt vif ivojiun u> bir devoted 10 a brolheii
nnd, of couTftc, he doeiin't cure Iwupcncv Ahoni her."
" Oh, for hliftuic 1 " siid Minolit, not, however, feeling quili; s4lj*-
ficd *hiiiU the slren(ilh of Herbert Blandiei's a/TftUon fur Iiih *tiiLc«,
even while Khe feJt bound, for MiLty's biike* lo uUer her pcvtevl agjiii»t
hi« IkIn^ stl down an wholly undcsdving.
« But, 1 uy," Mr- St Faul -observed, '* what a Ibol he » f I dotft
think J cvcc *aw ;i more conceited cad and idit>t."
" He ]* a veiy p^tieuUc Itivad of mine, Mr. St. Paul," MUa G«y
began. •' At least, his sinter b one of my oldest fiicndsn"
" Ves, yes ; ju&l £□, The good old spin&tei i% a fticnd of yotin,
yoii tiy to like ihi; cad-hrother on tier Jittouiit, All t^uitc nghi,
coursf. I sUcmld say lie taa* just llit- sort of tellow lo lionow lh«
|ioor old \^»y^ nioneyt if the hjtd any."
'^Oh, Mary liJb Lio money, ;xnd I :^m sure, if hhch^, the Would bt
ouly (O^ j^^l !<' )^^^ ^1^ ^u hinir"
*' Very likely ; anyhow, lnj i*ou!d be only ii>o ^lad to lake it, you
may be suiCh BuE I donU iv^nl to bay ooyihin^ a^AinsL youi fijendv,
Miss Grey, if you don't like ilr Only women generally du like ii, you
know — aJid then, you may say anything you plea»e, in your Inm,
a^^intit any o( my fficjids 01 lelaLLves. I shui'l be oifended one bit,
I dkii n^mc you."
Miiii:ihL had nothing lo ^^y^ ;xnd iliercfure suid i^oihing. Her IKW
acquaintance did DOI allow nny siknte to spnn^ up,
" Talking of fnvnds," he said, '* thetv is one of your iViends who
poUtely dedinejs nny hcl|jiuy hand of mine in the election busine*s at
Kceion. although 1 think I could do him a goud turn with some of
the fellows who ore out of humuur widi my brother. Our (|uuotic
young mend viW h.tve none of the help of hrothci^ who qiwrrel with
ir/vi/jff/Sf it *eema, Etxsy to sec Ihai ht vievet liid b. biother,"
Mi^ MisttHiirc^
^Mt Utsun it I min of wry «cil9Iiv<^ catiire^ I bdieve," Minola
md: "bt vill noc do onjFthiDg Uuu he daes nm tliink ciactly nfth^i
Ut UG0t7 uyi.^ -
" Yet, ia I hcflT. Odd, i« it n<M ? licroQ always wj* a. con-
iMckd >«<(ms tool, you know. He got kiw aII his ilif^kuliic-t liy
Utiiefing jJkhii ihingi ehAl Di^tn'l in Iiaic tianci^nicd hiw one a-d
4X Well, he woo\ have ruy diuntcreircd it;.* ]&T;in(:r- ^i brrr dgiun
l^aAftool, lov I cciuLd have done ^offnciliing Tor him, and Mooty
k&o*^ it— ir WX4 |urt]y on Ma*\ey'\ .^cr.otini (liat f llioiighi of takiuig
i^tidW't ndc or Xbt atUif, l>r<-j|i<ir, fo fjf ak I im conccrnrd,
llfbody vb« woLild do mit jmt a well »l» toag at lie <jpputnl nay
"mjKha^ wan,"
' I cm quilc uodmuiid Ihnt Mr. Heron woubl not Allovr hini-vlf
kibr BUdc ft mere in^tiumcnt to wofk out yuuf qtihrrcl witli ^i/iit
bnxkct- i think he w^ quite iix^^l**
The xood-ktimriiirod tst- Paiil Ihiik^ii^-
■ AH »tfT finct Mi« titry, iiJid it du« fo( » lady uotommunly
«cI,Eipdout>l;Uii ifyciu tout to^ imu firliaiairmH it v^n't d^ lo
kfjilt so tqveoctibh, I am vmi I vhould be only :oo hA]>ii/ to i^ct
^bdporCftind^iuiAUJw At>cl«4E^iimiCain, tf 1 could, in inch
" }tot£ men would, 1 due tay," Mint^ »ifcA*urinl, with Hi much
«*iiiry fts tko cookl auumc vadcr the posaibfc pun^dEy of Mr. Sl
FvTt boghter. ''But I um gLid dm ihtte ans ^ums msn, ot itiu
^mt'miMke man. at ItinsU wEiu ihrnks Lhi^rv ib t;ouie object !□ Ufc
^^don th» ofgettinf^intu railiuitK^nL"
"Ofa, an Ikr u that gi^c*. 1 quite iiffcv with j-uu. Mis C^rey; I
iWildo'i cvc twopence tuysdf ^out a seat ia Porlljjnent — a con-
tedvdborr^ I think. Bui if you go in for playing a gjune,yhy, you
<^ BO pUy it, you know."
"Boi art Uictc not nilc* in every game? Are Ihere no! such
"Of counCi ve<(; bui I fancy the £troa^ playare generally make
%lila CO kuit ihtiir own idoaji in the i^nd, Anyhoi^', I ni^'cr ht^ard
4aar/%)t>e phjvi^ ut cleoioneerint; tvho would hive hesitated for a
MbsGt aboct accepting the hand t ofTcrt^d to out quixotic young
*Itfi|Iid he is tlUixotiCr" Mbola »LLd i^gorly. "I Hkc to think
tfiaun who venturer to be n Qui\ote."
'Very ftcoiy to hear it, Misb Grcy^ for 1 ain afraid you won't like
Vch tothnk 4i1x>iit riK'. Vet, do you know, I came li^re to rtxi.^t %
%fttjtgi6s^ticoJkrjiKMrtfi!3 very dcaion."
I
Tkt GtntUmans Ma^izint^
" I am gbd to hear it ; the mcac quivotic il ik, the more I slull
lllce it- To whom \% the offer :o be jnadc^^io Mr, Heron?"
■*0h, no, liy Juvel— excuse mc, Mi** Uicy — noihio^ uf Ihc sort.
The offer is lo be ituuIc lo you,"
"To mc?" MinuU wjui -a Ihtle auiprised* but fthe ftfd not
colour or show any luqariie. She knew vt-ry well ihai it ^t^k not Ml
cffrr r>r himsrif Mr. S(. PaiiS ttos jLiout lo tnukc, but It jjnus^d her
10 think of the imj^ipretation Marj Blanchcl, if she could Imvfl beCQ
present, would it once have puE on hU words.
*' Vet, indeed, Mi&^ C>jey, to you. 1 bB\'e if tn my [iowct to make
retuming-oflicer for Kecion. Dt^ yoLi uiitJefhinnd uhat thiu
*' J know in a sort of way whJl a retuciiEng-oftieet \% ; but I don't
at all imdentand how I can do his oflice,"
" III »how you, Yuu thall have the f;ile of Kceton .ifi much in
yourhondfifts If you owned the ^'hole concefii — a deuced deal inorc>
in fhcE, ihtin if you owned the whole coni:em in days of biilloi like
iheee^ I boUcve you do own a good many of the houses there now,
don'c you 7"
" r hiirdJy know ; but I know that, if I do, t ftihh I didn't,"
" Very well ; just you try what you can get oat of your influence
over your tcnuiita— that's all."
*'Thcn how am I to become rcluming-officcT for Kceton?'*
" That's quite another thing. Thai depends on ma."
"On you, Mr St, Paul?"
" On rae^ Just listen." St, Paul had been sealed in hia favmirite
attttitde of carel fas indolence in a very low ch-iir, so low tiiat hii long
Ic^ seemed aa if they stretched half-way across the room- His potition,
joined with iin exEiression of self- satis Fied lawlcsancas in his faee, might
lnvc whimsically ^uggt St t:d a sort of rcscnibluncc to Milton's arch-licnd
" sireichcd out huge cil length." in one of hia less malign humourn.
He now Jumped up and stood on the lieanh-rug, with his bticJt to
the fireplace, his .^lightly !i[DO]«ng *ihou1dera only seeming to mnlte him
look tnllcr than otherwise, because ihcy might set peoiilc wondering
ai to the height he would huve re:ichcd if he hod only »iood erect and
m^de the tnoti of him inches. His blue eyes had quiie a ftparlcle
of eiciied interest \ry them, and his prematurely ludd forehcaid
looked oddly infuntmc over these cyet and that keen, firarlcu
mouth.
" l^ok here, Mis% Grey, it's all iti yoitr hands, Vot) knAV boilt
these fellows, ilon'l you ? "
J
Miss MisoH/Afvff. 9
" Thna itlUrmt who wint to yd i n for K«ton> Yoa know them
beck Kow, wiuch of ibeiii do yoti wjmE to wb ? ''
'Whtf CUi it iKUtcr «4iidi tivy my wtHhcs ij^^if thoy went any
' How like A woman ) )raw veiy Uke a wQtnjiQ 1 '^ lUid h« laughed,
"Whit ii like N Honaii P I Ltiuw wlien ji man wvy« aaythtng is
ttci«<<msnfatf nwuiHtu ay Ihii it ia ridkulouiL"
"Wdl, Ihafiini^ rnou^i ; thjit » about wh^t wc do mean in
\VhAt I tncaat m thiK cu^c W3» only th;ti yoti would nut
iBj' qucvliodL [ puti plain dJrcci question, lo which you muHt
kivc BOtDC answer to ^vc. 4i;nd yon on]y asked me a question in
irCffQ vhicH hjd nothing la <lo wiiJi mine."
" P«rlufii ] hnvt n^ Af\tvfvt to i^vv^ 1 may hive the an&wcr in
VT own Kind, and yvi not havu it to give to nnyone dbC,"
"Ofc, but ]FOU may reaJly gir*; it to me :— in scrict^t confidence,
I SMffv yoa ; no Uving AOul «bdl evei knon- from me, Comei Miss
GccT- ^ BC koov the tiuth. It can't possibly do you anyharm^or
OftNidy bvm, for that matter, cx^^cpt the wrong man — for 1 ukc it
fci piMed that the Run you don't favour must be the wtonR man."
' But I don't know tliat I ou^ht to have anything to do with such
"Never mind thcw scruples; It'^ notliln^ ; thcrc'4 to be no
in Uio buAJfLC&Bi nor any unfaii play. Jt't only tins : I
t gel ia I6r the borough mywir, cvtn if t tried ir\y best, but
I on send in the one of the two whom ! prefer — or, in this case,
^m yon prefer^ 1 cin do this nii ccrtninly »s anything in this
moMaatt -workl con bf f'L.^rtafn,"
' Btt how rould th;i E bf ? "
'Tkaiit would not nut me to tflZ you jufii At prricnt [ know
liAwif, thit'3dJL In the te«th of the ballot I cin promise you
iu Now. Mbi Gttyt who i>lo have the leat?"
'AreyouradlyACriouiin all this, Mr. St, Paul?"
"M itntxa u t ever was in my life about anything— a. good deal
Mt icriowi, 1 djtfeuy. thfln I often vr!\s about graver things and
■Cit important men. hiyw ihen^ MU^ Crty, whkch of ihesc two
Ub«f n io ni f<ir Kexton ? "
bftt why dofou make (hit offer toQ^c?"*he asked, wuh some
"What havr 1 to do with it?" There was wimctMng
4nMfig to ber in hUodd ptoposiiion, aboui which he was evidently
9^*tnousncw,
•*"hjdoI nuke the ofTeiloyoi/? U'e!^ because 1 shou\d^iVe!
*> fltate/Mv lefTMjnr jtut ojt * >(in of woman 1 like— a repiVai
I
Thf- GfniUmaris MagHxiue,
goor! girl, I Ihinkr without Any nnnfion«^ or Aifc<t*lvin About you.
Now, IhAtK ihi! ivhnic roiiian vhy I nMrr Ihti in yoiv I don't cm
murii m)«^lf rirlirr w^y, w^rpt to -innny iny hroLlii?r, ftod ihJit CbA
he di^ne in Ofty oiht^r wny« williont h-ilf ihe trouble to mc, I utM
iodind to ilriw out of iht whole a^xn aniil I rvm«rabcred thai you
kaciv both thf fc}loq^, and I ihaught vcu mi^ht havp a wnh fod one
of them to go in in prefctpncc to Ihc olhrr^ — tlicy ^nt both go In,
you itc^— jjid *o I made up m_v mind to ^isr you ihe chjtncc rf
ttying wbkh it should be- Now thtn, Miai Crcy, ujtmn your luftn,"
fit? put hU h-'kndh iiito his pockrlii ;inil coolly w.uEiril for an
.mtwcr- He h:(d nijl the :Lfj]>?4r;uiT% of bdi^j^ in the Lcjtl iniuiKd 41
hcf prrpkxity. He took thf whole alTajr in a culm mrittcr-of-fact
w*y, riK if it wcfp ihfs max uiitiitnl thing in ihc world.
\f iTifii^ waft pcrpTetcd, She dJd not sc« wh^it ijj;fil he could Have
E^> control ihr coinitig conteil in any VfS.y^ and tliil Ich wlu^ lift^t »hc
could huT^ iQ inHucnce him in doing so. Tlie direiumA wn* one in
krhkli no previous ex]>eiicQce could well guid*; her. She ntuch
mhed she had Mr- Money ai hand to give her* word of counsel.
" Come, Mlh-s <!ity, make u^i your mind—^r r^itlticr, tdt mo qjttl^
you have alrciidy madti up your mind to, for I Am Bute you lia»« not
Liccn wiitimg uniil now to Ibrni :in opinion. ^Vhjch c-f llicsi! (■!>
men do you wani lo ^ce iu PjirlioiutinL ?**
Th«« did noc se«m Uiy punlcutor icaEon wliy Mioohi or suiy
jj;Irt miylit not say in pUtn words which of twu condidaies she would
rather see jjutcosifiil.
Mr, Si. Patik apfit.ircd lo umlersund hct difTiculiy, for he eaid io
an encouraging w^y —
'^ Aft(?r all, ytju know, if you h^d wom«n*s rij^hta tend nil tluit ran
uf thing yo^i would have to yire yuur vote for one or other of
these fcllo^^'s, and 1 dare ^y you would be expected lo take tbc
stump for your favourite candidate So there rally can't be HJiyvtfy
serious objoction to your telling me in conJ;dence which of the nn>
you want to win."
Minoki could not ?>oe how there could t>e any objection on juay
moral priticiplc ahc couy think of just then— being in truth a link
conJuHct! and jjnz^led — to her giving u voice: to the wieh she hftd
fonncil about the ck'Ciion.
'• Jt":; not die speaking out of my wish thnt gives mc nny doubl»"
the «Aid ; " it is the condition under which you wont mc to ^pcak. I
setim to be doing sotnetFun^ that 1 hav^ no right Co do ; that U^ Mr.
SL P;3uJ, if vou ore eurious."
^' J Tieweinbei reading, Jong ago," he eavd/'wauw ft.i*Uba Nights'
Afiss MiSttntfiKopr. 1 1
flor^f Of BOtttdhieg of ibr kind^ jboul a king, I ihiiA it vnu, who
v» brod^t Ai oi^t to «^mp myiterjom pluc aiul lotd to r.ui « lapc
tor, iXkd iKiA tomdliing or other v^juld hdji^kcn, he diij oal Lnow
•fall or vbcn. Th* thing vcmcd very simple, nJidyet he rfidn'l quite
ftc li> do tt wilhouc. ktiQiiin^ why aiid lti^« .^nil aII aboui iE. Il
fltha KK ite yen irccm to he in Ihc MirLc mrt or fii-"
"So I ■!» ; Jtj*i the ttm^. Why cflirt you tcH me what yon arc
fOttglodoP'*
"I like i\ux\ Thjtt iftdty )i«CKt for the prncnt."
'^And your kifi);^ — ihr king in your story— did \it oil tbc rope ai
Mi*
*~1 jm tlkud I have furgotlen that; but I h^vi: no doubt he.' did^
lixbc «B£ A reiAcnable «oFt of cfOJture, bciri^ a man, And 1 know
ikr trcr>lhia^ cdnir n^ht with him in Ihe ciid^*'
"^Vcry well ; I Accept th? onit^n nl' ^our kiiiX' -^"*1 ^ 1<"> ^>11 '-'Jt
lk B«i« vidKXJt >%kifJ|C vrliy. Of ruuibL' I wiali \\v-\X Mi. Hvrun
lAnU bo «l«cicd. He \a a I'ibi-ral in (icihlicK. Why do you laugh
rtdloytlkit, WrSt-Piiul?'
"WcU, 1 d:dD t know thai you CJtcd much for that »ort of thing ;
b1 viQCENn Are genecdly Kuppofcvd lo be rc^Lctioniuics idl the vorld
ne^art ih*y Aot^ Wc-U, unyliow, that's on« rfiafot), his btfui;: ^
Uol WhAlDOCt?"
"I don't knonr ihit ii>y next is wandr^'^ But of tourae I think
tei Heron is a much dcvcrcr tiwn, and is hkely to be much belter
lUi to get on in the House af Cotttnnons : and then he hAS his com-
phun 10 ottkc agUMat the Covcmnieiu- — -"
'Va; and then >-
*ThcD, he is iviy much liked by people whom I like— and J like
^mymuciimyv^." Minc^U apoke out with per/ect ffjuitnem,
U&ciinf that |hA^wa« the bot thing sbo could ito, and not showing
tWkttt vifn of GinbarTaf»mcrit.
Ui.5l Pjiul bufihed.
'^Voidoo't lik«thuoibtT^lbwso wcll?''hesaid.
■I ma 4urc be f* ii vtTy good man "
"IbM't rnougb: you need not say another word. Wo all can
Mafan a critic oicons when he s|)cak,s of !<ome actor a« a careful
ndfiiniiakiag pertbnneT. U'r jui^t the same uhcn a woman sayit
^Mnkvtrygood. Then you pronounce for Heron? "
* I pnoonncc for Mr^ Hcion d^idcdly, if you call Keying what
^AoiUlikc 10 happen pronouncini; for a;iyonc/*
■ IbiUi caw it ts of mon.' vifcct th^a many othtr prouundiincTiX<»,
T» hnir dcafd Heron, Afjw City, if I am not much mwe OvO. flv
J
my cAlciilaEtona than I hnrc been lhL<i tonf time. All rrg^r, [ am
Mlicfietl. If j'OH h^x^ money to throw ainy. ju*l back whaiS-litB<
name?— Sliq>pflTd— heavily, Md you j^rc imw co get rid of u."
" And you won't icW me wlun all thii meflTi« ? "
" Knt I, xndccd ; not likely. IicuHi-dny, Mi« di^ j ynvi Have
dcfttJ yOHT friend Heron, I fan Ml yon. OtIiJ, im't it, iliat he
tihoiild come to licclceTrtI after nil hy me?"
He bade l^cr good-d.iy <igum, ^'ul iltodc anil sliaiiiblcd cmt of the
room ind dtrnnsla-irs, leaving Minol:i much pcrplcKcO jnd not (^ulia
pleated, ;ind yet full of a sccicl wonder and imdc at ihe powU^lily
of htr having bclped lo do Mi. Horon a service.
" E wonder whm lie mnild «y if he knew of U?" ¥he Ukcd
herself, ;tnd iilic enuld h^idly think tlut he ^uuid bc^rc;;tly dclightod
wUb the pruini^e 4>f tnch inlluenccH
C II AFTER XX.
I
W Tut: innl of Kecton. a» n loeal omlor ex|ireMed il, was itirrcd
I to its depths by the cvcnti which succeeded. The ihrcc
I csTales Of the Mwi, whereof we hnve ;»lrcady spolten, wenc Alike
I concerned in the cleclion- HjwI it nevcf ot[:urrcd, there wonid hav^
I been enough m the deaih of Mre, Ssiiilslmryan-l the rfarrsngemeni of
I Mr. [Jrey's property To keep converwition up among the middle paiAe
of Keeton folks. lUu bu'iincfs Itlse Ihil would not iricrcil the |>ark,
and of coune it hnd no intercut for the working eLiis of (he towa.
The clecElon^ on the contrarj', wns of equal eoneern to p.^ik, semi-
deUdied mM, and cotUge, or even garret, A contest in Kectoo
WJ5 .m absolute novelty so fer a^ ihc memory of living man conld go
back.
U n^ay perhaps be said thai the opinion of the class who alone
concerned Lhenise1vc*P about lier affairs had been on the whole de*
eidedly unfavourable lo Minola. She had j^nne us a *iOT| of rebel
againil Icgilrmate autlioiily out of Keelon, and had flung heiselfinto
the giddy vortex of London life. No one weliknt-w whiit hjidbetonie
of her; and thai vHih Keefon folks wa« another way of uyrni^ ih;it
nhe mnsr have ni*hpd upon desiTiiclion, Some person* held that
*hc mtisi ha\e Rone upon tht ^taj^e, I 'hi!* idea became ^ImoM a ctr-
Uim/ ithcn .> Keeton man, being in lyondon on bu&meuT broug)il
tfucjir with hit}} ftoai foirn a play-bill anTioipVntin^ ^ ftew ffrta tn^ufir
Mfjs JfijdKfAn'/^. 13
b ftbkfl one of Ibc minor |if rformcn wii naraci.1 ^ M iKi M;illJe Grey."*
Iftftegood Ki^fton mui had only Tookcd in 1 icw other plRy-bill^ he
vbU fc»vr no doubi Tonnd «irt^jr» in abund^tncc— Maiti^. Minncci,
IMlA.AAd vurh-tilc^ tircy U ing talhci n favoiurite name wjlh young
li&a lA the iifofcuiaii. Bui he made no luch invcftTi^tion, «niJ it
vu 4C OttKt uuBiied lUii Mnltic iifty WJti Minola Urcy in divgiiue^ — >
> Affoite du ftilidc *\ rlu: nr the l^imnikh knighir Sir TrJiirjimr viho^
ata hr milled to <!Cin''cMi hit iilrnTiiy ltnn> all obncrv^rt ahiI pUrr
tittsvlf beyond All iioitutiiliiy o( <tdc<iicin, <^t1ccl him«cir Sit
TamtatL
WIkd. bonrcvef, i4 was foiinj Ihitt Mtnolit u-dq to hAvc her father's
pc|KtiT ailcr aU, d ivTtAtn change look pUc c in ihr t>|iiii]ori uf most
M*m&iiboconi:enivdthcii»cliicfabuut thcmiirtcr, lEn^tdstLiincd
^Ipvsllr tloi Me. tlrcy wxt fj.r ti>o Aooil ;xnd Chrii^lian ^ nun Cohavc
Mbit proifcrty in ^ girl who could lie imji^Ul- of jdii^jf in an c^ra
Jp|qfi& Tbcn, ulunt MtA dcy in iJcrfOn c-imc I^ llie tu«n i/i ihc
taw^igy of to ,iJulinKiii»hL'd * niui ;ia Mr. Muucy^ even i^oftiiip
itMrd Ttptniini iX iJii kOLiuiJ ilsclf I>:i[J mudL-. und bc^Jin ti> tirny
lh*i ii had ct^cr midt.' jny Bound Ji all, Mr. Muticj' wn't a wrt uf
hnu among ihc tniddie d««i otrywlicre. He was knvun l<j h*vc
iMgll ]ii» way vp in life, and Ijj Iw now ifry rich y and when MiM
(rfty cjuv into ;hc lown ui the compiLny of Mi. Nfoneyan<.l hi*
^Cfhlcr. the rciJort wcni about forlliwilh tli^l Minola Grry Lid got
UU ihe \<rf Iksi tiQciny in London, and ilml the wu going 10
■>Ry ihe clJ-ol son of Mr- Monify, .ind to be prcHrnlcd ae Coitrt,
Hr. Money lud taken a co^pk of l^oor^of the bctil hnid lo brgin
tiA. lie liad brnu^C his fam.igv wiih him — a carnage in which ht'
ivbuvtly evecbnovvTi ID Ukc a wat when in lown. llchad brought
1K« of retinnc of «cr\'jmu, JU wmi deliberately abovit making
**« Ur St. Piiul would have tnllcd " a splurge." Mr. Money knew
tn fif^tcoheimcn. lleLnek^tlul he n^svtcU known lo L^ve sprung
fcn aoiJiiDiC. but he al^io knew dul t]:ie n^iddJe ^tid l^vter i^[iUiie> nf
KttlOQ woutil hijve ^Jveii him hitlc Llmnks if he h.-ul tried to plc^asc
ihctobyexhibiVifL^ llicrc .1 utorLcvty biii^nming hit modest origin. Hc
bn %tll enough that Ihr (i^ori: he pot en diiplay, the mori? chcy
*3ikl think of him ^md of hi« clients. I'lierefore he pot on diiiplay
bti gaimeol— ^A gjitnent TO whii h lie was tiiTle nsi^d, And in wEiieh
felftfifc DO ma&ner of dchghl, 'I'heie wsi generally a liElie group of
Itnoaa round tlie hotel d^jon M all hour^ of the day waiting to
■ttMr Uoncy ^nd his fiiend<h go ocrl or tome m. At fir^i Minola
FMit^itiy dcdmed [□ go out n all, ca:ccpf at night ; and the recent
AG«ih«C her U.titct'i widow gave her a fair excuse for remaking
(
T^ G^knutfts Magazine.
<|iiicily tndoorv Lucy iJcl||*hto[) in <hc ^i^lr ^ifl^r, .inJ often de-
durctt thjic «hc fell a« if the h^d bven tumcd inio a princiru. Milien
Mr. Htfron olric down, be loi? i^-cint^d i^lltrr lo crijuy it- At
1»M. hr; took il ^11 >t« n m^lk-i uf <:ijiii>c, 'Hie Vfci>vri4ti4:cs of
culcsmul <lM/«ii whi-'n the rwlcr of .1 colony, ln>hvcvi-r *m*ll il inay be*
ih » |wr«ojj uf iii:ijr!^tiu |ji>trf>urliuLLB in hW owJi 4|jhcrc»~cnabli.'>d him
to lake Mr. Money's pump quite seriously,
Mc;tn«hilc Mt. Auj^u^Ilis Shcppard had got hi* com mittt*- rooms
and h\% diipliiya of vjiioua fcinUhn ariti wai uxiclnrnood to be working
hard^ The election conte^ %e lo^^ looked for, luiJ Liken eveo^one
n Ittde by iiurpd^e Hhen k ^howtd luclf «o ne^r. h was natural tlul
Mr. ShepL^ud und M^ friends should fcc^ confltkTit of the result. The
lutirinji rqirij'itni.tttVL' wai^noAv an tiM niitn- Hi? lud UJthfiilly lenncd
out III* lirnt' ; ht h:itl always loltd ai hU i^alrvn* x^iishtil him tu do
hij ?iad uffVLT madr; a speech in die Hou&e of Cuiiimans: he had 1
ntfvijr jndefd rison 10 his ff*;l ihenr at all, extept once or twice to
pnfiriit a pcliuoH, The ddigTili of a parlbineiitaTy career wiffc, ,
llicrefoa', iliis long time beginning to poll upon him. He had been
nototifjuily ;inxiDUS to t^et out of Porlionient, He hid been Mnt 1
into the Houic trf" Commonii by the late duke to keep the »eQl
ivnnn uatit the present duke shfjuM come of ai^e, Dut the prescni
duke iLucceedcd lo the pceiage befurc he ca-ine gf age* aQ<I llieiefore
nevct liad 4 dunce of sitting in the House of Coinmont, The man
in povtcssion \vas Ediowed to leinain there tbroit^h y^^x^ and yeara
until die f recent duke could be: irtduccil to return fii>m abroad und
Uke Rome inlerc&t in. the poKiical and other :iditiis of Keelon, H»
own M"ii"j was yc! loo juunji^ for Piirliamei*l,and as the silUng mcinber
(kimid liiHisclfyeUi-rig loo i^iTd, nod begged for relciLse, there wijs nodiing
betler lu do than lo giH sonic safe uiid docile person to lake on bint
therci.fitstfnralioii of ihe borough for some time to come. Th«e
who koevi' Ketton could recymmend no one tnore fitting in cvciy
desirable Avay ihan Mr. Au^,^ustUK ShepjMird,
Tlie time ivas when Mr- Shejipard ^sould only have Iiad to present I
the ordtrs of the reigning duke to the (.uiiBiituuncy of Keclon and
to lake hih &eai in ihe Hooiie of Commons .iccordin^iy as if by virtue
of Q. sovereign patent in anLieal days. But times had changed even j
in ttleijpy Keetoa Tlit; yoiingisr generation had alRigsl ftiT^^rtieti I
their dukvs) it waa bo long ainue a chief of K\w hon^e hnd t>een
among them. Evcr» the women had grown coinparatirely indiflercril .
to- the InHuence of the namet seeing that it had no long been only &
name fur them. There had been for many ycatii no dnchessea and
their bdr daughters to meet ui f!ou'cr-£how3 and churitable ba^ann,
i 1
I9 Ite Mg^l <>f whoc« &cvi iDd the Aoviitl uT whciti; feet, and the vind
«(v1»«c ImMv, as iIm; pqei ha> it. th«5 cxjuIU be madciP fed hiLppy
mA «9iBknl, Thm vnce Bi?(Y.l)ti|;bicr <layi, vhm ihv cooinff and
of tl>c kulioi at th« CeuaIc L^jttc the vumcn of Ktclon d pcr-
«t1j^ea of ulkiOrihcHighc, of hopc<acdof qLiiTTcL Som^of
fiCidMi oTihM Aocy nay i;>i^hi]tJ!i havct^pcma liutc tunc in small
OBikvbtnksor forcijcn — MyoTAmfiJcafi — rivtn which h^vea
of 6Mthig upxtt Winter CDmv4> and btcombi^ oaeluM for navf
HfiiM to (kIi bnnf- co(tvrrt«J fran rivtrs inio gr^itt ffUJten roads,
wA ffprioc Ufilocif th« Aowvri and the strcanu ag:iin. Such m
iiiui nun ball^ noiktd wh;!! 4n unfuiLing topic of conivnaiiun nich
ititer ntpplks to ihosn? obo dveU «a hs hulca. How «oon will it
ItCK ihk MASon ? Go what precue day was it closed tn nn^igailon
hK jtOT'^ibc ycir tcforc— Ihc yc^ir (iL-forc that? In whai ycir did
iftoCM tocnoi? Do you remember thjit pamcniar >'wr when il
faK«ov«iy«ooct, or did not ^ctc lor ^uch nn unprecedented Uni£;h
^ tJnu? Tltti u^B (he ftAine year that— no, not that ycAr -, it w^as
te othcf y«ar, doot you remember? 'I1icn follow conbadicUonfi
«d 4iflpvti0% And Ihe eMrn ulway-i remcmbtr thr; river having been
flfriul^ fan Ihe habit of perforniiTig some frat whidi now it i3e\'ur cares
t>«pc«L Tbe taiw of the frost mvlting mid the river liecoiming
fally a river apui \% a matter jUTil ai fruiiftil of du<u;;nion. The
Snnfcr '\% often tempted to vrumler whac the people of that place
vmld Ittve to talk about at aU if ttiddcniy the riycr wrrc to ^vc itp
■ tndt of freezing, and were to temnin alwnp ai llviom ns our ow-n
Mtfiuiunoai Tboates^ There r,eeni^ in him iiomr reason to Xcax tliac
tW toQgtm of the people woutd bccon^c frozen <ii9 the liver ceased to
km.
lik«thcfrfVJttiigand the melting of iheitrivt^f xa those who lived
n it! banki. wai thf oomtal viait of (hi; ladii^^f of the dutal family
tt Ae »oraanki«d of Keeton in Keeton's brighter daj^ GirU were
pwing up there now who hi^d never seen a duchess. The arrival,
tttlcdEth of stay, the probable time of dci^mirc, the appcaroricusm
\pMk % whether store or leu frequent than this time lost year, the
tans worn by the ffadoot Todies, the per^ns spoken 10 by them,
4f pcnoa< only bowed 10> the unhappy creatures who got neither
i^Ecdk nof MJutation— it la a fjict that there ^-os a gcneraEion of
VWA gT<mn^ up in Keeton wilh whom iheae and sLich que.illons
W aevcr fonwd any pan of the intrresl of their lives. They could
■K b« expecKd to caitt much interest all at once and a^ \\ v-cre by
■Rioci in iLe pcililical cauir: of thf diLca.1 Tamily,
TlHre wa* tbercfore a good den! of unotnainty about the condilion^
I
<
The GmHemafii Alagasifit*
vt Llie t>rob)eibK The fuMowcrs of the ducii family v cmome of th«iB
lull of ho[K. The rca]>peAmrc£ of a Awkc and duchcu, And their
trai:i, might do wondc^rs in ic^tQcin^ ihc old order of Ihinjp. In
Kcelon pellicoai mjluencc counted for a ^^3t dcjl, ^d in other <by«
those who had the promiMt «>f Un: wive* hitiUly thought it worth wiirlc
lo flo through ihe form of aiking the huKbaads. But nctv there wu
A new cr.^ndji;on of tl)c rtoltuoit problera even in th^t tcipecL The
bfllioE, nhjch \\iii\ inude the voter mtlcpendent of the iaAuencc of his
bndlord or hh weiUitw cu&ioiner, h^ convcrced Lhe power «^ the
putlicoat into a tott of unknown quantity. Theie could be Ihile
ilOubE lliui the Tnouil influence 'ind ihc tr^^diiionnl coniroT would still
prtvoil ivith some ; but h\^ must be a r:iah electioneevlnt* agent wba
would venitire to say how many voit:^ uoulil thus be counE^ on. It
IK 0. jcmaxhthU tribute lo the morjl gfeaintfB* of an arislocracy, Ihai
the influcnw ihus obuined in old diiys ovec the wives and i3au}chleT»
of Kceton was absuluteiy Lincamcd by any overt atis of favour ur
conciliation. The blcr dukes and their familicii had always been
KEnarknbLe for never making any advances towards the townspeople.
None of the traders of the town, however wealthy and respecuble,
found themsL^lvt^ urihcir v/'tva invitctltoE'nyTnannerof fi^iilvity tip at
tlie ducal halL AH ihat the noble family ever L3id for the townf*
people was to come at ceriJ^in s^easont \tj ICeeion andallow theiiHelvet
to be looked aL Thi^ wm enough for the time. The ilhialriouft
todies could be seen, and, .ta h:ts been said, they did wmetimes s|ieak
a word to favoured and envied persons. They were lovtd for beinj
great jiersonages. not for anyihii^ lliey did lo win Mich devotion,
" Love is enough," J^ya ihe poet-
All these toujiidcTauons, huivcvtr, rendered it hard to aUodaic the
exact ehtnei-sof opposition in tlie borough of Keeion. Of couiserc*
voluiionary q^nions werw growing up, old pooj-Ie found, there as wefi
OS elsewhere, Thtte was ;i new class of Conserxntivea springing
whom Bieady, old-fushioned [lolidcians found It not easy to distil
from the Radicals of thi;:ii younf;er daya. On the other hnnd^ ki
sighted pertoOi could Jiot fail ii> (perceive tl'mt. whereas in their youth
almo&l all young men had a icntli^riLy ti> be or to fancy thems^lve*
R^icaUr il was now growing nLther Che foEhion for immamre politicioiU
to boasi ihein^wlveii Tories, and to Lalk of a spirited foreign policy and
the dunyers uf Cuiinopoliurtism. It would beliJird losay howthing*
might turn out, knowing people thought, as they shook their haada^
and hoped the expected coniefit might not come on for sone
time*
Now thii contest was at hand, At Ukk, the sitting member ha4
Miss MmntArapc.
n
^BOfiicfKlf dedircd thai he vxiuld qi no IoDger» and it \\a,t announced
Kh«illMf iSoke wcis ccmtng to Kret(;n, and that Mr, Augu^ius ShcpjiaH
^ru to be ibe duke's otndidite. No more i^rildng proof could be:
prtsi q( ihc reoeni dujige in ihe poHiical condtlion of Kccion, Uuin
14 feuikd m the iLCt ihsii the n.i:topiion of Mt. Shcppard a» a dndidAlc
\ff tbc dual bttuly did net even to ihc tnont devoted and aiinguJQc
fc O o'TCTT of the grcftl house mnke Mr, Shcjip^rd't election sccm by
M]r meafli & njitcr of nbBoluie ccnainQ^ There wass, tolornbly
itnMlf oOQvklion everywhere, Iohe: before any op]>uflLlton was ui-
TKiWfit thai ihc duke'ft candidEitc ivculd nui l>e iIT(»ved lo walk
over the conne and right Irtio the Hont^c of CoinnionK ihis tlme^
Nobody in ihc town would oppose ihc dukCi very litcly, but the man
tt oppose voutd come.
Now the Qus icruatly h^d com^- Victof Heron hod iMucd hi»
■ddfcn dod was in Kccica His uddrcss wju original; hchiid pOAi-
ibdy icfincd from ihe iirsi to make any grand profetsicfns of
«petwe flUtomonahip or pairloti^in. T^c would ttll l^ngUslinicn,
h ttid, ilttt be vnu fcekin^ a, MOM in Pulmmcnt n^a way ofgctring
vedKu In a ^cni wroog done to l^i^n. ^nd through him to some ^
Ik pnndpk» moit dear to the covniry. When he had fought hfH
bole in pBriionMflt, and ivon or lotu he prominrd tliAt he wlmeUI then
ftehinudf ID thehindi of hii c:nii3lluicni» jtnd icriign Ihc nest if
ikff dedred. The whole addrc» wu tnink^ odd, originft), and
pe^Mfcemcd a little seireoneeiird. The mUhnr's ^baorption in im
ftlferi «a4 misljdtcn by infiny people^ u «rj|] hjipjien sonirthties
fcr tdr-conceit.
ICr Sbcpp«rd'« addrcM, on the contrary, talked only of the good
41 CoQstTTativc prindplrt which had m^dc England the envy and
iteatian of all wrrounding StAtei; of the locil iinercsl« of Keeton
Q4 tbc fandidote'^ iirqUj-iinEaiKe Iherewiih » and of Ihc miuty
tiling done for the town by the noMc fitEnlly ivho had done
honour to hA>t: a paiL ilicrc.
I docTl think Heron^ ;iddrcH* imrN li^iH l>.-nlly,"' Mi. Money
4 oof evening in the absence ^f Hercn. lo hit luo com|>3r-ijoTis ;
^the •hole, I ^liouldn't wonder if it look some pro pic, the women
Mculariy. AnytliJna pr-jiomJ. inything In the nalnre of a grjcv-
VCi a likely to have a ^ood ciiki^i on maxiy people, espcci^illy
^kie ihc njured penonnjiic U young. a.nd good-looking, nud plucky'
Ivahihe womco l^d the \oteM hcnr juai fur this once, for 1 think we
Aiild iijrfcd to win if they had,"
"Thm, papa, do you ihink wc shan't win oowP" Lucy iL^kcd-
Miaob looked up cj^vrly for his answer.
I
iS
Tkr GtHilefHans Magazint.
"Wdl, l.ureleCj I don'r like lo wyi I Am not quite chanacd
•w\\\i tin- U>ok of thiA^ L find Jhcrc *ic -i^ijd maay very Mrans
Rulicfift grown up in thi« |iUicc ^tdcc thccc wut A conic«t licn:
bdbrc ; Jind Mcroua ncl wild cnoagh for ihcm hy half, They arc A
liltic of ihc red' hot ■sotiaJ-rc volution sort (if llun|t— iho j^ro/irairr
hiiiiiicsi, wi(h a di^ o£ the brabbling athci&t— the fcltuwti who thbk
le ih not liL lo live if he even ulmiCv Ibic |>o^ibiUly of onoihcr
Id' 1 am afntid lh»c fcUows will hold aloof (njw uh alcoffcthct,
or f^vun tnku hoiiic whini of \oling Against itkj aud they nunr be
nCiOLL^ wiioogli lu luin ihc Kale."
MinoU bo|:icd lluit if her friend Mr. St< Fnul hud really any
chiinii by which to cvtort victory for llvroa as hc bad promised be
would not forget to usr it in gornJ riiiK". But *hc bcg^ui lo have IcH
QiLlh, and In*, in the poKsit^ily of Any ^ch feat She wa& ;t litiJc tn
ihc pvrpIeKcd condition of iomt one of medieval itRiuKi who hu
entered inca a borgjirx fof mperiialuul inicrrcrencc, and lb not quite
ccrUtn wlitther ig wi&h that tlic compact loay b^ ruftlly voiricd out or
ihtt it iiMv prove to havK betn only the figment of a drtim,
" Tin luld *< ou^ht to have *onie [kjoiis done/* Money went on
to Bay, "Not meivly sqmbs, yoi» Kno;v, but appeal* ubout ri^l
and juftUct. and th« c;lu»c of oppressed hunuiniiyi ^uid nil thai.''
■'1^1 «ire MinoJa tould do some bcauiifullyl" Lucy exclaimed,
loolting beseechingly low-jrds her ftiirnd.
^' Oh, no ; 1 tjimldn't indeed 1 My appeals would be dreadfully
weak ; they conld not rouse the spiritH of any mortal creature Now.
if we only hjd Mar>' Blanthct T "
Thifi, it mu&t be owned, wab MinolaS fuii^ but It gave on idea io
Mf- Money.
*' Tell you what," he sjjd. " we ought to have her brother-^he
b&rd, you used to call him, LuccLeL"
" Oh, no, i»apa ; indeed I ncva called lum .mytliing of the kind.
1 never did, indeed. Nola."
" Well, whatever you called him, Luctlci, we can't do bctler tlun
lohave him. We'll put Pct'asLia into hanuss, by Jove— a capital
fiofHl ijw to make of him tool I'll write to whaf^-his-namc ? —
BUtichet — nt once,"
" But I don't think he woufd like it, pajia ; J think he would uJtc
oflE"n<:e Bi tlif idd of yuur asking hull to dsr poems for aa cler:tioiL
I don't lliink he would cotnL-/'
"Oh, ye*, he would cornel wc would make it worth his while
These young fellows give themselves airs» to niokc you BJtls adnkire
theja, that ihcy tirvet think of trying on hith men. U wimld be a
Miss AlisaHikrepc.
'^
ndkcr icDiag lUos hot, igo, if ii got ibuut tlul wc lud bfought a
Tfd poet qiccuUy dooTD from London. I'lt wril« «t ouec,"
Thi* KdDod ai>kef atdrming tu MiRoI;u
"*! doobt whether Mr, Ilvron would much Hkc it," fJie pkndcdi
*t iooH knov vbcthcr ihcy arc «jdi very good fricml* jiisi now — I
'^ Oh. jt^ i of couTW thuy tuu» t>v j^uod friendt 1 Heron \% not
halu^-c it iUl his ovn vay it) every thini^. inyltow- lie muat Jikc (he
Kkft ; he iholL rU n-rite wiilioui U^^ing him anything Miqui ie, and
HcrcQ couldn'i help being friendly to any fellow who came under his
■mC aa one ought b^y *
Ko one mjbde any further objection,
" 1 WGk Heron hod not been ko confoundedly |tiJticulaf .iboot
' Pai^'' Mr Money went on to luy in ti discontented tone. "Hut
^hdisvRL St. PfLtl't Qo worwtluui lots of other fellows, 4nd m
«idh a ihie^ a« tbt» wc can't alTord to throw xway any olTcr of tiup-
Tort W« hive to Tight jjpunsi the diikc and his Jot anyhow, jind
Af Ldp<tf St J^iulcouldn^ have done ns^ny harm in that {juortcr,
tfdlt n3|}ii tuLV^doQc US somc^ood Ln oihera. 1 shouldn't wonder
JSt Paul h^d Bonic friendb ajid tititinwirs here »tiil i and it is oa
Itdr >* <^t ^1 ^^ being iiv;th us uught conciliate a fcvr cff the mad
Itifiah. They mit;ht like fatin juai beuustf he t£ agjun» hi:)
tai*cr. U)e diike."
" B«t Mr. Heron mould not have «udi help uj that,'' Lucy snid, in
^Wi of pride.
"Oh, by Jovet if you want lo carry an election- and now, 1
*^90iG, if Sl Paul hfts iny irJ^uencc at oil it wtlJ be given o^nat
Xbdia tlKxightorbn unholy cocnpacttand did not venture lo i«y
AfCti oQ the subject
Ciumz XXi,
Tkxr v2i an odd and, on the whole, a wondrous pleiuant lime.
lad bcT nxnial ifoublc and ^lunilcxity Minob coLild uot help
iz^vrinjiL It ir3S like a grvdC liolid^y^hhk: 8omo extiavagiuil
^ of mjtfqticndin^ or private theatricib^ h wli!> impua^ble that
**Ai9ihti ciMtd go down, or at least that Uiey could remain long
^xv.nadtr vucb ciroimiunccv. Life wj^ a perpetual rattle itid
ct
i
20 fhc GmtkmoiJis Afagazinc,
etcif^mcTit ; and ihc compony^ wfl* (^ of minb. E*«i Victor
Hrron hinuHf, lot all his carn«8incss, went on or if (he whole ftAdr
were Mine cnoTtna us j oka Electioneering appeared to be the ben
K^rt Af pAAiimc devi^le^ They all »i up imiLl ihc ni[>ntin£con>
rorling appcil:^ lo the electors, addicsT^es to this or ibAt intcre^ sup-
posed 10 be fttfectcd, ixtUick^ on Ihe opposiic party — no: however on
Mr. Shcpprird pcrtonally— squibs about the Tories, deouncifltions of
the Ministry, cxhonacrons to the women of Kecton, the mothen of
Keeton, fhc daughters of Kcclon. and every daas in and about
Keeton who oould be fegitrdcd da in the 1ei£i degree open lo the ini'
|Mitse9 of rational or pauioiie feeling. Some of thc^c apficrak hud t»
be prepared in the alisenfL' and without the tnowledgc of the can-
didate whom they were intended lo 6Ctvi\ Heron waG ao seneitiTt
about wluu htf considered fair play, thil he was inclined as &r as he
could to restrain rather unduly tvtn the good npiriuof his ehicf
■upportCTS, and not to allow ihein to deal half fu freely n^ they could
have wished in the weapon* tti snrrasm and ridicule. Minok wm
developing quite a rcTnirkahlc r.ipnrity for politicil satire, and Lucy
Money was indcfatigohlc at copying documents' There were meet*
ings held day and night, and Victor sometimes made a doeeti speechn
it) the courae of a single afternoon.
' Scarcely ksa elof|nmt did Mr. Money prove himself to be. He
never failed when called upon lo stand up anywhere and recount die
mi5de^^d6 of the Ministrj', iind The crime* geneially of the aristocracy
of Britain, in language which went to the very hearts of his heaien;
and he had a roL:gh tdling humour which kept his audience amuscij
in the midst of all the horrors that his descrption of the countr/ft
possible min might have bfoiight up berore thdi minds. Mr, Moory
toot the middle-aged electors immensely; but there eould tc litllfl
doubt Iha-t the suffrages of the women, if they had had any, would have
been given freely in favour of the eloquence and the candidature of
Victor Heron.
SoTue times it was delightful when a ni^ht came, after all the meet-
ings iinti fipecch -makings were over— and Jl happened by siisn^
chance that there was nothing morv lo do In the way of electioneer"
mg ju5| then ; for then the liule party of friends would shut them-
selves up in their drawing- room. :ind chat and laugh, and sing anct
play oil ihe piano, and make jokes, and diatuss all manner of odd
and fantastic quefltions, uniil long after prudence ought to have com-
mended sleep. Minola s^ng whenever anybody asked her, although
she never sang for Hsleucre in London : and she sang, if she could^
Vi^A-irrAer JUdieJSce wished to hear. Lucy played and sang \^
J
Miss Miianihrop^. *»i
jKldy Iool Victor Heron faod picked op in hb colonJd cxpoicncea
■d li^ inzMlennp about the world manf aweec, wild, untutored
n«|i of aotvi^ and semi fara^ r»c0 md iKbct, and he S4ng them
ftfa a dnmutic skill or^d fc^rvc for vhich none ci hii hfmrCTH hid
evabefae intrii htm credit Tbc liltle eompany tccmod in fact ro
be dUcring into n condiiionof tomcthing hkc Wild ^tmplicity and.
fankncw^ vhcn ^L the jUl^otiom of civiliution wore let lail, And
ndi did cvcr)ih)ng he oould to the bctt effect, unconccmod by fomi.s
ort^ oitics.
To Locf in c^i*ciiJ all ttitH viu dcHghtfu!. ll was not jin effdrl
lothrow kcnetf inio Ihc spihE of the cnjo^cnt ai lE was to
To herttie hAppmcu of thr prciirnt had no al]i>^. Uver
Ac pttMig hours then; were no prmeiil cloud*. In Ihc vrholc world
ibc two pcno>ii ahe meet Admifvd were VicEar Heron ind h^ itixhcv -
>Dd tboe two were the hcroci af the ocf-niton, seeming to havi^ th<?
qei ^ Ihc vorid on them, and to be the admired of all as ot91oi?>
md aacf«me». To hcAr ihem Addrei^i cheering rtowdii l>riiitgh(
of pride xrA deLij;hE into the eyn of the kinrl luilr n^aid She
glonoift:! in their glory; thou ^mof^st.'* were hcrt Then she had
too alwajES w jth her* and tficy were all together, and walled o^T
fan the wocld into a liltk cennm^n wealth of Iheir own. and had
to do but 10 be grcit politicians all d»/, And hftti-n to
ipceches, and at night retire at it wi:rc into their tent, and
be kKOBCal and joyous and full of glorious hope It waj» all a dream
c' l9vt and pride tn the gentle little huedet.
Mow thao once— ah 1 more than twenty timeft — did J^ey tell
Unola thii her father hnd taken her to the Uouac of Commons, and
ibtt ihc hid often heard all the good spcaken* and that ahc hud
Vrcr hcaid ooe who could in her estimation compare with 31r-
Bnon. She had heard Gbdsionc; "and, <if course, he was very
|»ad oh, yci, very good indeed !— but if you had heard him, NoU
te.fOd would uy with me that he is not Co be compared to Mr-
Hcpoo.* She had haird Mr. Disraeli too— '* oh, yes, many times,
ud b« wu ^"cry elcverl'^shc quite admitted that, "nndhemade
iMfk Uugb a great deal ; '* and ^he had heard Mr. Bright, whom
Wflpipa always considered the hc^t speaker of all — '* but wait until
pi hcM them, Kok— And you ^hall hear them all, darling— and you
rtl fcy younclf that none oflhcm is Ukc Mr Heron, 1 don't know
■lut il ii, but there is lomcching about Mr, Heron that none of them
WBa to havo-'-4i leaai, to my mind, Nok dear"
Indeed, Hola knew well enough thM there 1^'a5 for Luey a charm
« Ac cloquMiec of Mr, JJe/o/r which Mr. Gladstone and Mr. tiii^V^l
1
33 Tkt GmUcmatis Mag&sinc.
would fiftvev^lylT^cdlQnvd, For hcndr, AUhoiiKlit.hr hliv be fUfi'
pO0«d lohftve1)tfen under thv eamvinfluirnccatLuc-^.shcdiiliioCrate
th« eloquence of Mr^ Hen>n quiEv so Iti^hty. The charm in h<-r cue
didnoc worl< in juBlthesnimi* way. SlicltsWncJwiih :( certain ntlmifa-
tlon ;tit(l surprise to t?ie vivacioird^ camttti and oftm Iiif;hTy impo*
Kionvd sjj«th« that Victor H^fron threw off daily by the doicn. and
ahv rtcogmspd wifi ^uCtre Jldit'lit thtf genuine frtsTiness »nd force
Ihai wea- «» ilitm. and (houfiht tlitiii i gTcai dc;il better than she had
expected tuheat; but *he would not have had the lean difiiculTy bi
admitting thai Mr, Gliitiatonc and Mr. Brighi were x*rota]>Iy much
finer &i>enlccrs than Mr, Heron ; and. n-ithout hjiving heard either of
these orators, she was already qiTite prepared to corvsider their
eltM|uence as higher m order Lhan his, Whiti conctrnei! her far morr
vas thac ahe saw nothing in Victor Heron that did rot coniprl her to
holdtoortointreiisetht opinion «he had already fomiL^d of hiaaiaaly
and unEelfish chamcler. She hid hoped in a strange, rcTuctani way
ihati white sennt: so much ofhiiii lie ^hc mtist needs do during their
ttlay in Keeton, she might see in him, not indeed anything to Iowvt
her opinion of his courage, and truthfulness, and nianhuod, but some
KirlP wcflknesscs or afft'^^^TionB nhtth, harmless in themwlves, niighl
lower him in her mJnd from hit place, and give her relief and rest
Yes, »hc hnd in her tccfet heart somcrimes longed poEEionaCely and
dcspaWngTy lo be able Thtis lo dethrone him from her heart, and to
sec him as a young mjin Tlko another, She nas suffering so much
from the pan wluch she had imposed on herself and was detcmbcd
to play, that she wonli) havir wekoined relief even ;it the cost of the
overturning of her idol There were times when she yUnp*.t wished
the were able lo hate him or to despise him, btit she co;ifd do neither-
The more she saw uf him* the more she was competed to see thui.
i^der that extetior of almost boyishimpulfiiveneasandrestk-ht enei©',
there were only too many of the qualities which she held to be
especially heroic. He was so fmnk and simple, and yet so <icvcr \
so fuTI of courage, and yet so modest ; *o strong, and so swtiet and
gentle. He would not fl.ilter Neptnnc for his trident, she thought,
nor Jove for his power to thunder. But there is many a man jk good
as Coriolanus in thai, who, lik*:; Coriolomis, would brag^and bidly*
and be coarseiy haughty; and Mr. Heron could do nothing like thnL
To her he seemed nil kindnes5 and frank, simple sweetness, and ^c
could not dethrone him from his place in her heart,
Perhaps we may w^eil ask ouraclret whether the cltf^-et and urcastic
Minob wa-J not, after all, as extravagant a hero-worshrpper as Kitic
lAic^t? Is It, to xty the Teast, not quite possible that when Liaqr
uqr J
Miss MiiaRthropc. 3 j
<»I)r ciOfEgrniting hii m^u in one wd> x\ much h^ Minob wai cx^g-
gmting Ibera m another? Ik il likcTy lti:ii hv wiiv Liy uii/ nii';iTiB Out
p«VBnd ficrfcci hero, »]t tcrm^ili, ;(i;U irulh, iinJ nobUur^e* tb^C
UinoU wAit rc^tvttl lo bcltcvc him ? Toiiany of ut* pcrliiitUi if
vchttl kftuvrii liiiii, lie mi};1it ^mvc ^ecuiL'J ;l clever, i^v«:ibft, iiunctfC,
\aA rathtr simple and impncticable youn^ iFi,in, jnd nolKIng znurr-
nVintglil have probed hit charai:lrrM'Uh thr muft miparti-il und even
tecvolem purpoie, hoping to find llttjc our ide.il ij^Jt of m.iiihood,
ffi£ hockfitty fomnd oimr]vt« unabTe to v;e jfiythiDg <^ the lund In
kE. Btri il may be, loo, that Mmol^ rt^nlly did •sc^ uh:it we rolled
n sec, and that the hid gm witli her bve. riot 4 daxiled light, but
i dnnfim n. Vou unnal mnlcc j Loiichslone of every ]>e1>h1e. The
oilEt pebtkt puydothtir hoiir*i bc*i, -ind Rive ihcir judgrticni, and
Tirisi howeiin. wt bha]] nul bu abk- to di;::ide> Tl lij.9 JilK^dy
Ivca Aid in favour of l]^e inipurtuUrty of Miiiub's judgment tlul iil
fai d)c lud done h^ beil to prwc It ;i inist;ike, ind Eiiid to ratify \\
«in>4 her will. But. ti^hc ur wrong, it ^iffecteO her ilU tlic Ktm&
r^trf diy Uut «he |>u%ed in KccttJn uiidtr ihue [icLulisr circnm-
iteco only added to the sirengtlt of the frellni^ which oppiencj her,
ad dfiumt vhich the fought her figlit ia vaJn.
"] do witJi Uiu ^Tcction ^ould hut for ever, M<^'i dear/' Lucy
nil, vjth a M^h of minuUd plcasun: and fe^ir. " I never liked ,'Lny
|tn of icy ItTv luJf 40 nvU "
T^ierc wu^ 11 isuitl bv ovned. a gr«;Lt d«ja] of pleasure in it for
Hirab at (relU The pk:i»mc wis u fc;LrfuI joj-, and u-oa mixed uij
ittTcq'fti:urep3in;ffiiU, ihe cxhilJtocion and ihc de%hiwuTetlieTe.
A] Ihc time ihcfe v-u a feeUn^f that she wofl not only working u-iih
Tktor Kcton. but for hini. It is true that ihe time had many bitter
ttCBtOtt ; it JR true dsio th.it not for years hod bcr spIrLU risc^ £0
ifan to to hitth a potnu
Tbat WAS, for inttincc. a ddlftHlfi*] night when they all wcm out
bibc park And rjimblod about there, iind looked :it ihe ^rt:^t nmu&o-
bm. U v^u DOLT Dnidjjighi wUlu ihi-y ^ct oui, ftjr it w-i^ wdl-nlgh
VpOtAle for ihvtn to ^cl jtny tun^ to Lhcm&elveiJ at any t^vller
W. The vnsal ^MlvH of tbe t>^rk w«re dosed long belbre (hat timo ;
WUtnob knew uf a little stile Jt one of the baEindLi/t^^ of dic [lark,
AniQ^h which ttie>~ tnif^t easily ent^, and this guve <juile :k romantic
Q «f liecpcusmg atid biV'brcaking to the whole escapu-de, which
VK&tnlunccd it« chaim. The duke ond bis family hud Jiut come
bth«pUcc,bm««iccapc»£iJci'CJ>'cla7,:ind ihere was someAiiift
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Tht G^l^tnans Maga^inf^
k
nuher piquant in the notion of Ihua tr^apouing on the luidt of iJicir
pfiiiiical cnfmy. Mr. Money was much dmuseddt the idea of thdr
all hfing :itTcsTccl .is Tf<:iipi^cr*"[»eriiii|is even as robbcra — and
brought ticforc some cmintry jiiatlcc, whc iHJght ukc it in:n hii hfAd
lo render r scrvjre to the duke and Mr. .Shc[i[i:ird by conunilting
(hem to prison, 'I'hcy were ilt in the highest ipinl^.
The nijjht iviis one to Inspirit jiny hcitt- It wli& soft fttid watm,
with a puk'f jjociir rrc*ecni moon )iiat showing itself over the park
trcc4,an(l .t plLintt oi' ahmingsihef just beneath ihc crc«ccnc of the
moon, looking like the citiblcm of the Ottoman doinc in light upon
the ?k)\ There WhIh somcthrng f^int&stk', poetic, an<l a litrlo uiteanny
about th]fthulf'm<3onwiihthcpLinctju?twLihm the entlo^un'Ofhcrbown
'* Can any thinjj be more beautiful V Minob oiked al?ud, and in
her heart she thought " I ought to be very happy and very tlvankfuL
When laat I w-as here, how lonely 1 was :— I had hardly a friend:
-ind now, ^hat good, kind friends I have, whom I lovCj antl who, I
believe, arc really fond of me. How ungmtcful I ihould be if 1
were lo repine bci:;tiwe I have not everything Ihal an idle lani:ynM.k<«
rtir a^k for!" The whole influence of the ptace, the hour, the con*
clitjon* entered into her soul, and m,idc her think life very *wcei and
graelous thdL
1'hey were standing near the steps of the raausoleum-
*' Sow, ' BAid \Ai<:^. " Lherc is one thing I should so like just at
this moment : it would be delightful'*
*'\Vell. Uicelci. ith.it is it >" her father -v^kcd- "Is it to haw
scleral hnirs of the duke's beard? Perhaps Mr^ Heron will pledge
himself to gel them jf ymi only ask him i^eltily."
" P.ipa, deai^ what nonsense !" I-Liry was not acquainted willi
Ihc advenrurei of Sit Huon of Bordeaux^ " No ; I raiiy wnni NoU
to sing for U4 just hert. It would be delightful in thiM ^ir And t\
thin npot "
"Don't know tli:il it would do Mi» Grey's voice mucli good lo
be exerted .-it midnight in the open air, l,ticclet."
" It couldn't do it anj p.iriicitlar h^mi," Minola (jid, only too
Ivppy In her ptcM'ni mood to h^vc a cimncc of pleasing anybody.
'^My voit^ 1*1 not gixid enough lo ^tA any h^iim, I am only afra»d
ihat yoti nijiy not be able to hear roe/'
-'WcH (^ume dostj around you and make a ring, so far da out
Qumbeii will albw u« " VicLor ijid.
Mii:ola inounied die ^lepa of the mausoleum to get some advao-
tdlge OVL-r her uudiencc, as her voice was not strongs aniT ihcy siood
belOlVf not in u ring, but in a row.
Afiss Misaf:t&r€pf.
"mac stall I nng? ' »he ai&ked.
Of coiin« ehtf ^oii only bcioughE \o ixvig any .*iang &hc pko^c^!;
»^ oiher thfln keep ihcm wailing and moke herself appear fu if she
fW ftlteichicv *^^ touch vduc ro a iriAc* she tang at once the T^rsi
M<f U»l came mto her ntind. Ii w^ (he »ory of the liicklCKa lovci
c/Butttia Allen.
^liaoU's Ti>>C« wu &in^lar1y frcah^ pUT«> and sweet It WiiAied
■Mpgili^Alid would have ioundctl lu htlk- udvnntAj;<: in n coTici;n
^Bn. It bod KiQio exqtnMto !iliadvH> ir ve may \ii< atich an cx|in:i-
vco. vtiicb wouM have been bat altogcthur In a grcit hall and on on
eofiBOiT' ottdicDOC Minob. Eionacious of the lock of itrcnglh in her
tnn; ubd yet c<Hiipcl]t.\l by hn tlrsntaiic inattncis lo >cek for the
kkittixpTesuoo even when »he only sang to pleas? h^r^df, htu3 tried
u nakc S«r sangicig ^iuty her fecliug^ and her pcrce|>uon of p(i^ic;lI
naning by gmng its fullol \-iilu« to every syllable ttnd every tone-
Tbc Kini^ ihc ung teemed to have much more in ihcm th;Ln as they
vttcmig by anyone chc, Netv meanings and shnd^s of meaning
ipfcvtd 10 come out 3s llie 'kVords ULmc from her Lips. But it
nqu^ed apprGci-ttive lisEcnert to get al the gcmiine l)&iuly of her
«flB<V ' ^^ ^^ littencn mLiiit not be f^i iwa)' from the singer, or,
aa Cttlter how ipprecifllivct they must lose much of the effect. Iti
ii>c «peD lir hef voieu would U£Uj:t]ly have failed to impreu one ; but
ikii night the air waj to pure and clear and soft, and the whole
ptoee was so nlcnt, that the voice eecroed mode fL^r ihe pEace, the
hnt,iDd the lUnntphcre; and the voice, indeed, liccame to ihe ears
flf 9Unc of the dijdicnce u if it were a port of the scene, on esse nCial
fnrijEiOQ of il) charm. At ihc song went on, the liaicncrs found
Acftieltfie^ dmwa on to ciAccnd the first fitep of the mairsoleiim, that
Aej might uot ]o«c a i^ylLTldc c*f the 5wcci, ud, old-fdi^hioncd siory
tkn fr^crly 4nd lympathciicjlly told.
Iht tockg wu over. No one haid n stord iSircctly in its praise.
FcTA moment, mdctd, Ihcte wu silence.
"1 irith she would not come down fiom Ihe ?ilepi just yet," !;aid
Uqr. "Suy a moment, Nob dear^ we shari Ask you to sing
WDdhiaij elw if you will. I do lik? ro acr her Atd.nding
llwc,' she exjiUiocd t«> her f*xthcr and Heron; ''she looks like
C^nnt"
They jukcd her to ting ^omethin^ elbe^ and of course she wa£
•ttly too gUd ro ple.iie ihcm. This time ihe chow u little b;*llid of
^'lltei Sioil's t" l*c found in "The T^ralc," of wltidi in her >oung
^\-i<A lom^inLc MmoU Ubcd to be fonH Tlii^ ^oiig <ihe hail put of
WovQcotxeit to liie miitic oT^tlijiJe-k^joivji folk -Kongoflh^botdet,
i
i6 Tilt Gtntfetnafis Ma^^jslnr.
whif}» Mcmcd to hor to suit its apHt and wordii. Il uilic ballad
which giv-CH the betrayed lover** frtrcvcH to the *'wild fcrr)- which
HAcan rouM bnivf, when the peaks of ihc hfcerp)' were white with the
wave/ and lolhc maid who "niny look over thOHc wild warc?( in ram
for the skiff of her tovcr, he eoin'^ft not a^in." For ihe broken row^
the maiden may fling Ihem on ihc wild cuncnt, and the merroaidcn
tnfty sTng ihcm. "New iwcttncn Ihcyll ^vc her btwilderins
Mtnin; there i* one who will never believe ihcm ngain." If MinoU
hod really been n beirjjcJ lover, slie could not have czpresKd
more aimpl/ and more mo\-in5ly the proud pansEon of a brokcci
hmTt- A* Lnr/s face was iiprumcd in the moonhghl, Vielor «*
her eyei were sftrimmm^ in tcfirs- Ht was grently ehiumcri Jind
hed by her senairivcncM, and fcTi drawn to her Iti ati iiniwiuil
He iLimed hia eyes away, fearing she might know thnt he had
«en her tears.
Minola caine down Trom the stepn silently. A« yet, no one had
thanked her or r>aid hn songi: gave pleasure; huF Mfnola Telt that she
had pleawd them, and th^il ihcy hkcd her to «^ing, and for die time xhe
WAS happy. Jf she eoidd ha>c known that her song had hroiight
Virror Iferon nearer in feeling than ever he was before to her friend
Luey^ she woidd pcihajw have fell an added Although a rather melan-
choly pimsure in the power of her song. CcrtJiinly the scn&inod tluit
passed through Victor's breast js he heard the last lines of Ihe ^n^;;
aiid looked on Liicy'^i face, and saw the sfKtrklin^ tears in her cy*»,
W2& wmetUingnew to him, .ind lo iliwlf no poor tribute to Ihe influence
of the musie.
Mr, Money was the first to (peak.
" Your way of singing, Mius Grey, reminds me of what I otic«
he^rd ^ \cTy i^lcref man iiy of ihc reading of Shakespeare** wnrrelt.
He saiJ he never hmid diem properly read c^f^rpl by a Iiiaq wSi>
was dying, lite your fncnd ihc lover of ttnibarit Allen, uod who c^uld
hardly upeak above his breath.'
"My dear pa]KL, what a compliment lo NoU I " the astonished
Luey exclaimed.
" VoLi don't undci^uind it, Lueelct — MIbs Grey doi^, 1 am Hure,
and I hope Heron dot^, altliough 1 am not to aure In hi& ast. It
means that this poor dying (joet— he was a poei, didji'l I say ? "
*' No, indeed you dJdn V' eaid Ljcy.
" Oh, yes, he was a poet. Well, this poor dyiiij; poei had to nuk«
Sttcb use of his failing voice to express all the meaning of the pocRifl
be loved above all others, that he would not allow the most delicate
tovch of meaning or feeling to escape in his reading- Mow you begin
undtmundj Lticehi ? Miss Grey's ain^ng is as f^Tve o& ^^^iv"
Afiss MhanihrGpe.
"OK ir Kob ih i:oiii[:nfi:<! Io;l \\mv\ I don't mind. Bu[ -^ cly'riK
poet t* nthcT £ mcUTuholy jJo, a.i]J not a bit liLir N'oUl I Jilwjiy*
tlnak «f Kola as full of bcalih and life, oi^d everything biJ^bi uid
" Still I i)Tiftc on(l<:numd what ^fr, T^loncy moans, and ii it u threat
fOOpUactitt*' Minoli fald^ "There mu^E have been st>mcthina
vohderM, lupernaTiiral, in hearing ihis dyin^'i>ovt recite such 1inc«."
" P«Offt(- «ith great siroiii; voicei hardl}' w^r think jnuch of wlui
on W dODC t;y inerv cx^'Fcs^iurk" ^Tuiil')' rtnuirki'd,
*"njcn *< ou^t to litf ;;hU if we hjv^.' wyt\ Kt>^ voices?"
)axb asted ,
"Wtfit yc?!: In many cnxn, ai Ic^f. T ihmk »o, Ii inake» yo\i
"And petlutiit ihey would ting bctt v^bo hud no voice At uH."
** Ptrhapi so." aiid Money ifnvcly; *' I aliouldrv*! ^rondtt."
Aftc* this ihcy all laughed, and the moment of sentiment wni
Bel yet Victor Httt>n remaibc^J very allcnt and sccminEly
ftt Tl^c new and atnin^ beneation which had artBon m him
ion heutAg Minob'ft votce and secliig Lucy's tear-sparUfrd ^yc«
U not Gided yet. It pnplextJ him, and yut L:id sonatluin:
Irt^lflful in it. The a;iiliOT of ■■ Caleb Williams " declared lh;it in it
k lodd i^ve to the world Huch a l>£>ok tliaC no man who had read it
AooU ever be quite the ^mc man again. Siirh a change It happens
% mcve i^rdinaiy hcingt to work uneonadou^ly En many men ot
■Wwi. A ^-frwofft ballfld, an air plnycd on a harp, a<hiuicc word
« TtD, the cxproaion of a l:p or an eyc^ an all unstudied attitude.
ifaT dutagt a whole life t<o that never again shtdl lE be exactly what
«ns before.
" Wc must be getting home/' said Money. " There are speeches
IVbttnideiO-xnorTow, Heron, my good fellow— there arc dc^putalionfi
IVnccfre, and I own to being a mon who likes to slcap,^
"Jn« here ind just now." s.iid Vicior, "the apcech-mnking and
ivdqmtationaE Ecem tathct vulgar business,"
He thought KO now very sincerely. A sense of the vulgarity (tad
^^ of commonplace ambiitons and mniggles is one of the
nnaaBoHa] effects of moonlight^ and miiik, and iridnight air, and
■4 din- But in Heron"* taK lhi:rc was something more than all
ifairUch he did not yet undeT»tand^
"The things hive to be got through -inyhow." Mn Money
■«w<d, "And these young Indies will be losing altogether tlieir
^ty-ritcpL"
"Oh.! x^soAthtidc^ot'gamgiosit^iKi fuch anighlis odiou
i
38 7*^ CtniUmati's JlLi^asim,
when wf might be out under the flar* in ihU ddighlEil pUfc ! " Lxiqr
cxcUimrd- ''And hcndca, papa, the truth i% thftt NoUand J atngiyv
nit up together for ever so lon^ after cvciybody cIac his gone, no
matter whnt the hdur maybe — jnd ga wc might ^kswrlJ hrhrrc as anj-
where d*r. If our bcaiily depends on e^rly hour* it i^ rorfciicd lolifl
Bircc, and tliert*^ no use ihrnkin^- nbout U now/'
" J know Miss Groy is far too ■scn^iiblc a. girl to ^hanc any such
sentiments— so come with mc, MifpS Grey, and we shjill at !cut Kct J
good example."
He took Minola's arm and drew it within his own with goud-
humonrcd mastery, and led her away, I-ucy and Vjclot had perJw«
to follow. Iliey tan jifier Money mdhiseompanion- MmcJacould
hear ihnr Ijitightcf and the sound of thdr qviJi^k feet AXtitfy approached.
Then when Ihey came near Ihey shekencd their speed, And lai^ged a
litlJe behind- She could hear the ^ound of their voice^aslhcy Ulkcd.
They spoke in low tone*, hul liic swcer pure midnight iir <dLowcd at
Iciist the fainf murmur of the Utnc* to rcjicli her ear as she walked
quickly on, leaning *tn Mi. Money"* arm, and trying to talk to him
about the prospects of the coming elec lion.
" If hctovcs her. he mU5| tell her so now— here," MinoLnhought
"This surely w the place and the hour for a declaration of love, and
he iXocs love lier^tlie is so very sweet and good/'
She tried Is? make henelf believe thai she was very l^ri-iyt an*I
that iXiK rejoiced lo know that Lucy was loved— by him, and even
tliat ^e wo^ tathcr amu^icd in a high, rniconceined ^^ay by their lovi^
making. When ihcy had crossed the slile of the park and passed
into llie stretia, Victor jnd Lucy came up with them again, and walked
by Iheir side.
'* Itis done," Minola iJwught- "'She has heard him no^i, and she
has all her wish.** Aloud (he ^id, " I suppose you arc rigbt, Mf.
Uoney, about the ballot — I had not dtotight mudi of that, but I am
mie you must be right."
aV SOME MARVELS IN TELE-
GRAPHY.
Pa»t M.
THE Best norvd of Iclcfiiaphy (0 be^ described blhc Izon^nii^bn
of ACtuil iusimila of wrilingx or drawings. So far x: btnct
tcqscnct of t«bj«-'l-matfcr ii conrcmed, I ought, pcihaps, at th^s
fditt, to ihow hOTC duplex ickgnpby h^f l>ccn siiq^ssed by <i Tcrcnt
ttvtmion dubliog three ot four ormoTV mr&s^ts lo br aiirLitJuncously
nuiBiattcd leWgraptiioIly^ But it vilL be more corkv^^nicnt (o con-
tidci diu woodcf6iil advanire ^icr ! have dctfrtbc^l \\\^ nicLhod^ by
*^b fmimiTn ofhjindffTitiniE, Uc, are
Hirhfrt:^ wc hive coD*tdcrt(1 the
■sun tA ihr drtfOw rurrtnt in dcflcri-
if 1 m{n<:tic nccdU ir> right or [cfr, a
»hod of mnniinicuion leaving no
biaef itt trftD«iii«iion. Wc hn^c nnw
DeoMideT a method ac once Mniptcr in
fhKiple and affording nififi» thereby
ifcmunnt ncord ain be lefE of each
fOttge mnMntTl«1,
If iheinsuliLcd wire 14 Lwidted in (he form of a hclb: or cciit
fvnd a h4T of »o1t irotij the bjtr becomes tnagnetucd while the cur-
ntis pftning. If th: bfir be bent into the hor»c-9hoc fonn> as in
% t, ■hrrc A c B rq>re«mt3 the bar. a * < rf ^/ihe coil of insulutcd
•Tttvdie hor aos w A mognci whik the cuTwrn is passing along
Ik cinf, but ccfljca to do »o as soon u the curcnt is inE^mptcd J
rtrt. &
' I wok a^ai the FPtdo jL^^ainkt fj^^ 348 in GuiUcmm'i 4^/J><Wfjrn ^f^f
'^■uf Avrf^io vtW.hlhr [mrlf ^ i>rUiF wixr ianol ih^nii. Tlirf^o colli qip
■ wlij Hit </ ■ tln^lr oniliilMiVfl mfo lwt> 1o pemiic of ihrr luir Wing 1<ji|;
Mbivio*vUkc |«rt f ^ii to djvldc (he wiie, DmJ, c>f coiinr, timk itjc cumnU
BlBlllCKiesUuT f VptAVAfrom Ihc kuoIc udcof coil A £. Ii£, &, 10 the ne«r
lial tdl ^f. H it Hrcir ulctn nmnd ihe (cmole liijc uf ihe laTlri cni^^ ttt
4ao«tth*t*e(<''J'W'«™A»'MpByrRTrp/rftecLir«nt Along th« otYiOt.
i
30
T^ GcHlUmans Ma^asine,
It^ lliCRi wv havi? a tctc^r^ijJiii: wLr^ from a. dutant fUtioii lit tiectric
connvUiou whh the wire a ^ ^ llic pajt f / d^^scciiiliiig U> an «mfa-
plaii;, ihcTQ, acajfdiiig at Lho opcmior al that diri^Luil tfLitiun tmumtu
or fiiupn ihc cutTvau the Iwn a c u is uiagnclised ui <[cQugneiisod»
The parte is cfNumoDly replaced by u flat piece (if iron, u ismpposed
to be ihc COM with the tempunry nia^^aet^ shown in tig, 7, whiTrc tbU
flat piece Ik below the coil^
So Taj buck AB jSjB diib projierty was applied t>y Mottt« n
Aiucrica jn the rccor^ling initninieni whidi bcjn hit name, and is
now (with tli^hl modifiuiionA) tngeaeml u&e not only in Americm
but un the Continent, The principle of this mslramvm is exoceiS-
ingly simple. Its easeniial fxirts are shown in fig, 7; h ia ihc
hATdlc. ir A the lever of ihe manipulator at the sucion -i. The
mflnipulAtor U nhowa in the position for receiving ti mesvtgc torn
the sLiiion II along the wire w. The handle ii* of the manipulator
at the «uiion 11 U shown (depressed, making connectton at a' with the
Fre. 7.
wire from ^e hattcry n'p'. Thus a current passes tlirough the
handle 10 t', along ihe y^iie to c and through ^ to the coil of the
tcmpomiy magnet m, aHer circling which U passes to the earth at f
and so by e' to the negative |>oLe n'. llio jxissa^-e of this cnrrcnl
magneiises m, which dmws down ihe armature ni. Thus the lever /,
policed dovi-n on this Bide, presses upwards the pointed &iylc j ogntnst
a strip of paper / which is steadily rolled off from the wheel w so
long as a message h being received. (Tlie mcchnnism for diis pur-
pose is not indicated in fig. 7.) Thus, so long ob the opcmior at a'
hold^i down the handle tt'j the style J mnrks the moving slrip of
paper, the spring r under the tever s /, dmwing ihe style away so
soon as the current ceases 10 flow and the magnet to aict, Ifhe
simply depresses the handle for an instant* a dot is marked; if
longer, a dash; «nd by various combinations of dots and duhcs aU
On St^me Marvils in Tde^mpky.
Ibc )ffU«% ttumenafa, &c arc indicatviJ. Whvn iLo Q|>i;ralor al u luu
GctnpkCnl hi) lueujgc. the liaiidlc u' Lctng rdiftcd by the :;ptin£
onder it lo ibc position in whieb li is thowo, a racs^ge r^n be
tCCCITOdat IL
I hjivcici ife figure v)d <Ic£cnption t^aumcdthat the rurrcnf ffom
other nuioci mc(» directly on the magnet whirJi ivorks the rccoftho^
9l\t* tTnAlirt io 1oii£-<)i:(Linoe iclcffTnphy, the ciincnc jstoov^eak
lor thiiv ^d the mj^ci on which j[ a*:ts is lucd only to complete
Iteda^ii of A loLil hAttery, the current from which docs the real
foit of roacnniftinc: u at a or m' at b, aa the caac may be. A locii]
knay tktu eiDptoycd is called a nv^/.
The Mone inatiumcnt ^^■ill wrvc to lUuitrjlc the friadpU of Ihc
Mhodft by vhkh Idcsniulcs on: ohlAiiictl- Ihc deuub of cxinitni&
IM IPC Altogether diOercnt from thosi; of the Morse irutrumcnt ; they
Jin my gieitly In different injicnimentXH and nrc too complex lo be
nKnsicstly dcsdilicd here Bui the prlndplc, which i»ihc cavcnrinl
loas, cut be rctdily undcratond.
In irorking the Monc [nsifumcnr, the operator at B depresses die
hiAjc n\ Siip|jose that ihiH handle is kept dc-prcHNcd hy a ^prin^,
ttlthil a loQg strip of ya^^tx pas^tl^ unifomily between the two
piittat«pceveclscDniact> TheanocurrenCeunpOAS. But jf there
iil&ole ia ihU jupcr, then when the hole reaches it the two metal
poduaitt fuciH nnd the eiirrritt puacx. We hare here thcprinriplc
tfttt Bitn trlfgraphr A Iciii^ imp of paper in punched with sm^ll
nd long hole*, corTMponding to The dou .ind marks of a mt^age
tf the Mone jlphabet At it passes between a mel^L wheel and a
9ni^ bolh IbnniTig part of the circnii, it hreakn the circuit until a
te allow* Ihe spring to touch the whoel, ciThcr rot » tihort oi (onger
iSMlefval, during which the current pasne^ to the other ntation,
■fcoe it *et* a reby ai work- In Ikin's sjiflcm the message i^
WOTtd on athemicjly-prcparcd «rip of paper, moving imiFumit^r
CAe recei^i^n >TAiicJn, and conncniett wUh Ihc ncgaiivt jmlc of rhc
Dtky butciy. When eontarl ia made, thcfnee ofchcixiper iaimiched
lyiMed pointer <^onnecie(I with the posiU've pi^ifc, and the cjn^^nf
*ttcft pufcs from the end of Ihr pointer ihroLigh the p.ipcr ro the'
Scfllivepole ptodneoa blue mjirk on thcfhcmically-prc^iared paper.'
Wc lee that by Hain*» amn^emcnt a paper it marked with dnis
ul lino, corretponding to ronnd .imJ i-1cmgn.ti^ Unles in a ribljoii of
pipe:- U is only a *tep from Ihii tu the production of fLUisiiojIcs of
vittuip e« diawingi.
' TW papv ia tMLcil iA dilate Afrr«ymUI« of [loiftBlum, find Ibe ]H«n^ of
^
^
i
Th€ Geniletnati's Magaziru,
SupiXKtf a filicct of i>»])cr iQ prcp;Ln:(| an to bu u vonduL'tcv of
electricity* and lh»t a, xnt^ViSt^t' U svhiLcn on the pupcr wi^li vjin^ non^
conUuctin^ stib^Unrt fuj ink Iflhut ^hn:t wcic i/.iHvnl be twc^n lliv
knobv al tf |i1k^ h^^-ndk k lit'in^ pn^^cd down Ly -i ^|jfinf;h vrhitKl
vimultanf^vu^ly a ^hcvl ^r FS^iIu'k thttmdlly'j.rrtpuml jfAiJi^r ircrv
paEicd 0thw^Tt iTif ^ird putnkT ]\\. tlic rct:eivm|>; siitruii. Ilirrt wuuld
be trued amrost (he l:L«t'nLiTn<^c1 pjipcr ;; blue line, which uould be
broken jl fuiti corrrs|)onding to thoie on the olhet paper nbhere the
non-tondurting ink intcmiplfd the t-uiteni. Suppose the pvocus
lepe-Jietlp «:Adi pip^r being i^gtltly khifled ko lh;it the Xmc tntoed
Bcto«s rilhef would be piiraliel and vciy dtwc :o ihe fotmer, but pre-
cisely cgttesiiondiug u respects the po&ition of its lenglJi. Thett tbii
line, ^IsOf on the recording paper wiU be biokcn ae paitt comapondinit
to Ihoif in H'hich tht line :<cru*i% Oie iratt&minmg jufprf meett
ihc writing. If line ^cj Itiic b<; dr^wn iji Ihfis wiiy tiil ihc G<ilir«
breadth of the IrAnsmiitinK (HipEr ha« b^en crosicd by clow piridld
liiithjllic entire bicjiJth of ihcrsfceiviugpapfrw'tll be covered bvcloiely-
m-tik^d blue Imcs except where ihr iviitnij^ h»& broken thu contACl.
Thu^ a nfrgalivp fjcatmili^ of the wrihttg will be fijund in ihp mar^jwr
indicated Jii figs. S and Q,' In reality, in pmcewe^ of this \u\<\, the
p^pcrb (unlike tJic rjtrbotis on l^ain^s 1<?lcgTRp)i) ^re noE carried acrow
in The way I have Tmapincrf, tiitt arc *4vc|]t by 5iicc<ssivc *Lrok*( of A
moveable pomlcri o^loji^ « hich ttic current flou'i ; birl the principle u
Ihe «anic.
I'm. S. Fiu-g-
It is essential, in such apror^^ss tA I luivc described , fir^l, tiuit
the
telegaph, In Nicbol's Cyihf^ia, Hiv. \\a inTerllon 0/ thli'pioctt* is dn to Mr-
Oh S(^mf A/<Tri:r/s in Telegraphy,
iMMdini ihcci ahotdd be caHfd athw&n ihf painter which eenivevi
ftc MOtbg cwTvnt (Or the potnicr cimfd actoift the rtcoiding
tfacCI) ia prtcHc actordflncc vith thr motion of the Irarismiuing
^ax ftthwiTl The viir or 9t}-lE which conrcyi the fiirr^iM to i]ic long
ftif between the rtJtiom (or of thti siyle aaoii the tan^ciitting
Am). The recording sheet and ihe transminirg sheer mnni attobc
afatted h«t»vem c»di afmko iiy an e^ual amount. 'Ilie Tnriw j»giut is
CMfl|r 96CQrtd ; tho feimcr is secured by CAurin^ the rnnhanism
tlidi ^ve* the u«n«miiimg Myle its aucecsttvc itrokci in niAke jnd
IrA cvcuil, by whifh a leciponuy magnet at the fc^ riving sTation
ii ■■pftiTf iT tatfi fltnu^clised : hy the oetion of thit nuA^nci ihc
f?cffi£Bf pointCT i^eajtted EnKtArtoniL^mfltinn nthw^iTtth? receiving
ibeet,40d mora^ nniformly it complcKii ji« thwart ^Iroke at the umc
tMDBi u the tnrumitting style.
Cucllr^ lioj^elegnph admirably elTecti the tniD«mL»ion of fac-
ttttk^ The tnmnnttting style ifl cutictI by the motion of a hexvy
fflidahim m in are of fonitanl mngc otct a rytindrical siirfbfe on
lAkblbe p*pcr toinuining ihe tn«sagF:, wnling, or picture i^ si>n:ad,
Ai the nrifl^ of the pcndiilum begin-s ^ ^imLlor pendiiluni av the
fRxrTtng«talMiihef:in» ibi iwin^; the mmcbrcAkofciTcuii which (by
rt^H.iwli 11114 ■nii»|iMiBfjiniijTnri)riTnTi I one, reka^fv the other also.
TV tilTer airing» Ln an sk of prtviidy the Mmr rangr. and camca
1 |ved»dy um^ltr style over a itinilar cylintlnoal aiirfice on ^hich is
|ted the prefEued receiving pAprr, In fed, the same penduluni
itothcr rtalwn a nied for transmiHiog and for r^teiving fawimile(^.
Ilf, &0C ooly w\ but each pcndvilum, aa il swings, serve* in the
mli both of nan^mUELQg and reeording ^csimilcs. A&it swings oue
^.htrivcU along a line over each of two rocssHTge? ordrawmgji, i%hile
ie otiier piadalufn in Itt lynchionou^ swing trat:^ s a coriei^pojiding
l»m«rfad> of two receiving sheets ; and la it suings ihr other
*3y,it tiwre* a line on cachof two receiving 5 he tts, rorreiponding \o
lae hitct aliai^ which the trarnmuting Jtyle of the other i> pa&sin);
mciuges or drawings, jinch. ai least, 1.1 the viay in wliich
[iBcnt works in buiy timwi- It can. of course, send a me*-
^^ « two meuages, without reef iving any.'
UCudlPi pantdegnph m^Mersarc 10 arranged that innteadof
* Dcynhf £i<iuni1c, like Bg. 9* ^ ituc ijcvmik iri chtained in all
fetpKU cwvpc thai tlic Ictlcn and figures arc mode by ctose]y-$et
M( It to bt nt*?rT ', howcTtf, ihil Th* iei^on]in|{ ]>uinrFi inu^i tlwayi mvk Un
l«lBAeiHMil«vNiW| •Dtha^l, unlcHs iii??uee L) \x\k^ iTuumicrvd » (he
■v to* dttt CQC (> l»lrig r«p1*rrt (in which cue lh« QfiCitUtJona both vrKy^ mt
*AMh tht MalmHi* *T/i' oe^ Jum^ dcv Ii4!r of each cjmpktc ilou'b^c
7& Castlfman's Magtame,
dnJc linefl Enbtoad of bdng dnrk tl]rc*u;i;hotii at in the mr^ftig&
tnminiittiDg paper is c:onduL:ting and iho ink non-i:oi;[Iuctui^ v
BaktiweU'sotig^nj] arrangement; but uisttadofthe coDduttiog p^
completing t3ic ginuiL for the di^tatit lUtion, it comptclct a sht
hdUic cjicuit (iK> t<} ii^caL) ^luiig whidi Uic currcni trai'di mthci
entering on ihc distant circuit. When the ncm-conducting ink bm
the *hoit circuity the furrcnl ttAvcli in the long circuit thron|i;ti t
recording poinirr at ihc receiving station; and a maik \% thu^ am
iiTMpanding to the mkcd pATi of the tmmnutting ^hcct tnttcad
^thtf bknk |uri^ ai in the oidci pkii.
The following panugefmmGufflemin's "Applied tion of the Phjiic
fortes'* indicates the effeclivcneB of CflacHi's [WTUck^;ra|ih not OC
•^ Tcspeci^ the clujraricr of the mcaage lE tnnvej*, Jjiii ns lo rjipiJi
of irawsmi^sJon, (I alter Ihf^ nieastires from the metric to oux us
system of notAtion.^ " Nothing is ^jmpler than tlw writing of
jLinlctcgraph- The message vrhen wntlen is placed on the nifC
tt\ llic tr,inMniI(in^;f-ylindti. The clerk mwlkes Ihc warning tJgna]^ a
then sel« the pcnduTum gojng- TUt Ifansmis^jou of the message
accomplished auJom,ilKallyj w:lhoiit the clerk having any work to di
and conieqn(.*ntly without [his] being obliged to acqmre any specfj
knowledge, hincc two danpatdhes may be sent ar the same timt-
And lincc ahcprthand may he used — the mpidi^ of iranHnission mi^
be considerable." "The long pendulum of Ca^setli's lelegi^ph," uy
M. Quel, " gencr.iJly perform'! about foriy oidlUtions a imnutcT *«
ihu Mylts trace forly broken lidcs, separated from each other by kv
than the bundfedth jart of an inch. In one niinule the hnc
de^Liibed by the style have ranged over a brcfldth of more lh:Ln luJ
an inch, and in twenty minutes of nearly loj fnche*. As ve C2
give the hne* a k-nglh of ^j inches, it follows IhaT in iwenlf niinuie
CufUi'v apparatus rumishe^ the facsimdc of llic writing on drav
ing traeed cm a metallised plate 4^ inches broad by toj iodic
long. VtiT cIcamcM of rejiroduction the originjil writing must be ver
legible and in Iflrgc ehamctcts- " " Since iSft5 t^e hne from PaHt t
Lyoni anil Mur^eiJIcs has been open to the public for the troiwDh
Hion of messages by this Inily marvellous system.'*
It will easily be seen thnt CaseUi's method is capable of man
important usc> besides the uansmisJion of tacsimile^ of handwrttia,
^ 1i SAtiat la me n piiy iliin In itie En^Tldi (ifriinn or thli wmk Ihc uvvi
mtisufd havf not Iwm tubttiiiLicil ihroin-liuui. The ^*tk it nui inteurfed ■
inili^eil kuiE^ble for HjcgrJn: tetAvn, whci lUonp s« ji[i:uVciiiia1 t*i xhr nj^U
lyiEfin. Olh?t re^li^iado noi card Ed lutvp a liLlSv mm in rpiIucElDn tfr£0 itindl?
On Somt Marvils in Tibgraphy*
jftsuncf, b) meukt of >t a portnuC of some pctun who it lo b^-
bMlic, uf wiii; vfau tiM ctopcU^KiniliL'i huhtumi, iirliUklmnd who fiu(
letcndd bb vi£e« or miniiuc child, alkI ao ui^^VrUu bf muI iii a ft-tF
eiaates to a dj>utit di> wliciv ih« iiirninK pcrwJi i< liktrly tu btj.
ABihub arcc«Q:y is that fiurii :l photo^rjph of uihvr poitni; nn
viitL eiii]>kfycd fbr the purpou: iv iJic iiaiuniituux sl^lio" tliould, in
^nU iikI beivy line*, ^kclch ihc liQcAUicnu of ihc mitun^ per^ion on
wm <4 iIlc pr^;trctl shccu, at in fig. lo. The purtr4it ai the fccciv-
tf| audon «iU jfj|H^r ^ in fr^. l i, anij If neoctaary aei ariibt Jl thlti
Mauioo cin iLukcn Uw ]inc« or ui oittci way» tmprovt; t)ic pictiin
vibthout Alicnct llic lilicncu.
Fi& lo.
Fiu. II.
8vi no* wt mLi« mm to the gfttilwi inorrd oi all— the uanM*
jQ of lories, tunc*, and v&rds by the clrptric wire.
The mniaiitiiOTi c.f l!n> rliylhm of an air is of couTStf i very
^m^ lOARcr. 1 l«vc <ccn Uie fonfming pHsaagc from " I-aidner'e
V»etia of Scsenoe aad Ait," 1S59, (]uotcrd as describing an antid-
picin of ibe tclcphodCn thm^i^h in rc.ilitj' il only ahtms whui cvery-
•3 wfci> bis bcijd a ttlcgrjiphic: uidirjiiot ai wotU muti hnvc noticed,
fcl the dkk of th* instrunicnt may be mad e lo keep Umc with aiV
*t * Wc *«e in \hf li^narfr ^ticet Office^ when there ^aa 'i
J
:
fc
Tk4 G^nelefHan's Afagasinf^
pau% in ihtf liusincHs operacionE. .Mr. M, Porter, of ihp oAkv ai
Boston— the writer being ax New Yort— flslccd what tunc we would
have? We rejilicd, "Yankee Doodle/ and lo our surpritc he im-
aaedlntcl^ complied with our request. The inirtnimcnt, a Momc one
ttmrncnccd ^irtimming the noi^ of the tunc an |>crfccily and ilb-
UncilyosB skilful dnimmer could have mode ihcm at the heAd of a rc;gi.
meni, and many \A\\ be astonished to hear that ' Yaolcce Dnoflle ' can
travel by ligliLning. - - . - So ^rfcctly.ind distinctly \verelhr-toiTndi
of the nin'£« tranKmined, that good inamimcnul petfonncn rn\ild hive
h4td no dimculiy In keeping time with the inatrumenis M ihi« end of
Ihewirca 'l"hat a in^niet in London should enccutc n TanCuli
at V\\f\^. ]Sr\ts5cISi Berlin, and Vientta» At thv some momcni, and with
the Kame nptrit, cuf^re^OD, imJ precisioii as if the inatmincnti at
these dtstanE places were under lii& itngtiis, ie not only within the
limits of ijmuitability* but ruiilly ^trirscDls no other difiicuUy tli*n
may oribC trum Ihe i^\|jcn5t^ of the pi'rforni:inces. From wh^t hu
juKt bcon btitvdt it is duar that the time of mu»ic haa been alrcftd/
transmitted, aiid the pmdut(ion of the sounds docs not offer Jtny
more diEcuUy than the priiifing of the letters of a despatch," Ifn-
fortuiiately, Lardner omitted to describe how this c^^y la^lc was to
be Jichieved-
Kewis 6ist in iS6i showed how a sound can be transmitted, Ai
(he lending KUtionn 4C[:ordinfc to his method, ih^te is a box, into
which, through j pipe in the side, the note to be transmitted is
sounded. The box is open at the tup, and across ii^ aear Ihe top, is
6iretcl«d a membr^ine which vibiale:; synchronously with the Aerid
vibrations and re^i^ondin^ to tht note- At the middle of the membrane,
on its upper Eurface, is a ani.'^ll disc of metal, connected by a ihin
strip of copper with the positive ijult of the battery at the transmittir^
fiCfltion. The disc also, when the machine is about to be put in tise,
lightly touches n point on a metallic &rm, cilong which ^while tliii
contact continues) the electric current passes to thewc comnnin^
eating with the disunt station. At that station tlie wire is carried ifl
n coil round a straight rod of soft iron su&pended horiiontfllly in siicli
a way ns to be free to vibrate beiwetn two sounding-boards. Afla
forming thin coil» the wire which conveys the current pAsacn to the
cAith-platc and ao homi."- As already explained, while the cunent
prisscs the rod of iron is mngnctised, but loses it^ mnguctiBation uhen
the furrcnt ceases.
Now, when a nolc is aoundcd in the hos: at the tian«iiiitiing
station^ the membrane vLhrates, and at each vibration Ihc mctji! di»i;
is t^tttrai&d from ihc point which it lightly touches when ai rest
On Sem^ Marvels in Ttl^mpky,
iittCMiU^E \\ hfAkcn Al rcguUr intcrvftl^r rnrrrvprrmlinft to [he ti\t
ti KOntaan due id ihe note, Su^po&c, im inihtancr^ [h<? note C i»
nmiaii iben iJick ore 256 complcTc vibntiOM in a iicci^ad,
tk«lectfkcarTcm ift therefore imemipifd and renewed^ jind ihf boi
vltok iron nugnctked and demngnctiicd 15A dmci m .i Kctond.
!^, it hod b«CB dincorcred by Page and Henry thac when £l bar of
bca is fopidlr nutcncriicd and dctnagnctucd, it is put inif> vibmsions
qiachroniunff ^^^ ^^ 'mii:napti^-ai. o( the current, and iIk^cTotv
KB A note or the same tone a« that whkli hoa been soiindcd imo
ikifvttnuttiag box.
Praflaftor HeUltf.mhJa^'I^hrbuchderLCchmschen Pl^iik," 1S6A,
»we of RcuK'a (clfphofic : "The insimment lj «i!l in it* infancy;
kfvttcT, by ibc use crf UittcriCA of i^roper utiL^n^tb* it [Ufi'july trans'
VU DOI onEy »inflc musit^ toiit^i but t^vcn thv moKt intricate
mcImIks^ smg at out; end of the Unc, to the olhvr. ■ijtuaiud at a
pm (fistUkOC, A&d m:tk(vt ili4-m |>i.rceptiblc there with all dc^iruble
^WBcnort." Dr. Via dci Wcydc, of N*:* Yarfe. autcs Ouit, lifter
■odiQgin account of llcuas's tcJtifhcnCi ht had trvo ^uch iuslru'
Bttli eotutnicted, and cvhibittfd them ai the meeting of the Poly-
Ifthuc Qub of the Amerie^in Insiitute. ** TUi: original i^ounds M'ere
fOkduced u the lirthci>l eKircmity of the huge building (the Cooper
lMiiuie),ioinlly out of hearing of the Ai;&ocution; rmdthc receiving
tttnffteftt. lUsding on the table in llic Icemre room, produced, with
i;oai!i:tr And rather n3K.lL cwo.nj', the different tunes sung into the
kt M the other end of the Itnc ; not powcrfnlly, it is mjc, bvLt very
6iibct)y' And correctly. In the bucceeding ^-Limmer 1 mi^^roved the
him of the box, 90 a» to produce a more powerful vibration or the
■cotane. I also improved the rcceiviti^ iiistrumcnL by introducing
>nta3 iroQ «irc?( into ihi.' coil, so as tu pruduce a stronger vibratioiu
I vibmilted these, with some other improvements, lo the meeting' of
^American Aisociation for the Ad^incemcnt of Science, and on
i^ocasion (now icven yean: £go) eiprc^&cd the opinion thiit thu
DWraDtnt conuint^d the ^crm o( ix new method of working thu
teik idegTEiph. n,nd would undoubtedly lead to further improve-
fama la ihU bucnch of science-"
The tclcphonie succe^es recently achieved by Mr. Gray were in
putaiuidpatcd by Ut <Jour of Coponliagcn, whose method nuy be
itedc*chbed : Ac the tranamUtin^ station a tuning-fork is act in
ttetioD. At ^^eh vibration one of the piongs loniJies a line strip of
BWlcomj^Uiingacireuit- At the receiving sUlion the wire conveying
At dectnc cunent ii coined round the prongs of anoUier tuning-focW
•'ibe mme ton^ Wr mf&ovt toacliJag them. The intcrtnitlET^tCLit-
i
•
rent, roTTC^pondtog as it docs with the nttc of vibniiion proper 10
ihc receiving fort, sctn ihis fort in vibrarion; And in Iji Court
instfumcnt ihc vibrations of the receiving fork ^rcrc used to complete
ihc drcuu of a local halter)'. H(s object was not 'O n»ich the pro*
dnciLOn of tones as the ti&c of the vitr^tions corTC3i>onding to
tfffcrent tones, to act on diflcient receiving; iiisirurntTiLi For only x
fork corresponding to the Knding fork could be Srt In vtbmtion by
the intL-rmhtcni current resulting from the Utter*a vjtiralitini^. So thtt,
if there were several transmitting forks, e^ch onuld «nil il* oim
mcii'wgc >il the s.imc limp, each receiving fork rv*iionding only to the
vjbriiiona of rht corrs^s ponding ir,in^mitting fork- 1,a Coiir pro-
posed, in fflf't. that hh ini^Lnimeni ahoulil he uacd In combination
wiih nthcr methods of idcgmphic tnnifrruniiiiiiion. Thus, since the
tninBmiEtinj; fork, whenever put in viI>nilion, Kti the local hsitery of
the receiving «lntion at work> \\ can be uai^d to work a Morse instni<
nicnr, or itwovJd work an ordinary Wlicat^lonc and took infttmmciM,
or It could bo uiiL^d for a pantelcgraph. The aanto »vire, when
riiffcrCTil forks arc uncd, could xvork simvilUncously several instru-
ments at the rc-^ciring station. Ono spt^cinl use indicated !>)- I-a
Cour was the adaptation of his syafcm to the Caiietii piinrclcgraph,
whereby, instead of one style, a comb of siylei might be caniud
over the tfiniraitting and recording platen. It nould be nocesiUiy,
In all 5iich applirjliona of hin method (though, strangely enough. \a
Cour's dcwription m.ikcs no mention nf the point), that the vJbRt
tion^of T ho transmitting fork ahcfUld admil E>f being instantly stopped
or "damped."
Mr tJray's *y5tcm is more directly telcphanic, as aiming rather
the development of sound itwlf than at the transmission of mc»-
Fflfies liy the vibrations corresponding to sound. A serlog of tuning-
forks art used, which are set in sepamtc vibrarton by fingirring the
notes of a kcy-boardn '^I'hc vibrations are Iransmlncd to -t receding
instrument consisting of a series of reeds, corresponding in note to
the series of tranamitting forks, each reed l>einE enclosed tn «
sCTinding-bojc. These boxes vary in length from two feet to six
irw-hca, and are crmnected by two wooden b:^rs, tine cif which earriet
an elcftro-m.ignet. round Ihc coils of which pass ihe curri-'nts from
the tfjn-imitiing in^tnimcnt. When a tuning-fork is set in vibration
by the performer at the transmitting key-board, the eleetro-raa^et ii
magnetised and demagnetised synchronously with the vibrations of
the fork. Not only arc viijrationa thus im]Mirfi.^d to the iced of cor-
frvtpofidfr)^ note, but thc*c arc synchronously atrcngthencd by thudt
'ititJgfhfjB the lengthening of the iron '»j\\c!> Toa^aiacd,
Oh Stftfu Afan'rJs m T^legrafiAy, ^
So br d4 it* mnuoil cipa1}i1[tics am concerned, Cn/n telephone
QB terily be rcginM as fulfillinie nil the liopc* ihnt lure ht^n
Ofnucd concerning Idcplionic mutic^ " DicAn^(nj{ (Mhmuubt oT
ilfcf^etk lurn mf inuui foretold,'' u^ Tcjin, " Ihsi » lime would
ooe «fcen foivre l^iti» if onkl siiift on .1 T,4jnd[>/i iti^igc: lo .lurticnrct
tl Kt« Voih, Fk'ilin. S^ TV^Ttliurn, Sfi.*ii^.hi*ij ,S.tii Kmrtciscii, anil
C'ctttminoplc all ^l once" Htn Mic -nrrmnt nf (be first concai
pWi M » dvMlUY SMfTcIy rciJiSC* lhc*f frinrf otpoialTcins. When
*1kttr, Sweet Hmnc,^ piftvcd ni Hhil/idrl^hu-fc, r.imr tloiiing through
btlruilkel^muy Mxlt, \'cw Vork, "Ih^^ gwumi] vi^rs }i)ic Lbat of
idvtant Or|*An, nlhrr £aint, fhr a kinl ttorm xv?^ in jirogrrtA, aitJ
4ec «u con»c^V3ffitly jt jrwi I<'Ak;i>ic of llir ciccthr cuncnT. h<u
fSledcuMxf niu&ical, 'J'he low^^r nMci wrrr Che best, thi_- higher
bdsp «imctftnc4 ilmc:»l in*iidible. 'Thf l^st Uotc of Summer/
*Coo' t gefttil,' ind oflher mcTodit'% followed, with more or le«
wrcsSv Tlierc wn no sttfrrnpt to pZajr dior-dit/* though three or fbvir
DoiCicML be Mntndcd togc^thfr It miut lif confriflpd thit the rony
fndictiooiorU^Stiiikcach (the rm/rtsiir;\r} *^ 1.* fo the fiiinrc of ihi*
wnmmt term rather ciutltcd, ^nd wc >irc nnt likely ,*» yc-i to Uy o;i
ev Btnie from a centml nscr^oir nn wc \ay on }^^ .and y^nWt,
tagh the experiment wras ccrumfy a vrry ntrmitJi one,"
TV importineeof Mr fim/i, nnof kt Omr'^Tnvmliona.dciJen^'h,
lc»emT, Lit marc on tlic way in ivhich (hey iiicrcMi!: the inca^ag?
tcniagcjqkiciiyoTtelcgTiiphylhan oit their power nf conveying -liis to
idiitfthre- At the Phihdelphia lilxhtbition Sir W. n^mnison heard
bv MMs^ lOundi^l itmuCtJtneously liy the (jiay telephone The
Ucaealp^bet ifRii used. I h;Lvc mentioned that in that alphahei
Wm combicmLCnf of doi^ ^nd dashes Lire used to repreacnt dif-
faac kttcn; it Is only necesniTTy to suhsiiturc (he short and long
dcniloa of A cote fcrr dots nnd (toshes 10 have a limilnr sound
itpUd. Supposei non^, four liinEnf^-forks ;il the tranamicting ^t^^tiotii
>kfie Doict ore do fg^^l tai, wl, ind do i fc^f ^J, or »y c> i^i c,
>rf c', tfceo by each of these forks :i sepamti: mcsiaj^c may be
^uniued, aB thv mewages being ramccJ siitaiti-int^oWy by the
BBc line 10 separate sounding reed? (or furkv> if pnifeircd), and
■tccmd by different dcrki, WUh a ^mUUt key board, a single
Hctconld send the four metngc^ aimaltiineou^ly, ^iiiking ehords
'Sfttad <>f Mnjite noie«f though cotisidctahle practice would be
<w«*tety to Uoxtoibnn four verbal messages at once into the proper
til^honiG music, and wnio skill in fingering to give the proper
^ntks to each not^
I
40 TAt CtntUmnHs Magattnt.
Jjurtlj-, wc come lo Ihc grcitert achicrcmcnt of all, I*rof. Crahitt
BeU'« vocal tdcphone. Some cighlctn months unce ] had the
plcaiure of hcsuing from Prof. IkH in the courac of a ride — alt too
ihorl^from Hoatoii lo SjUem^ Ma«K.^ an arcount of has iniEnuncnl
u then Jcvi&ccl, and of liis hope« «.■! lo ftituic dcvelopmcttts- Thcic
hopes h^ve sincf bcm tn l^rrat pjri fulfilM^ bul 1 venture to pmliet
XhnX ivr do tiot f el blow :iLI^ or nearly all, thai Ihe vocal telephone,
in Bdi'* hands, is lo achicve.
It oM^ht to be mentioncii a1 the outset tliat Pell claim lo have
demonstrated iti iS;^ (a yc^ir btTforc T^ CoitrJ the posiibiJitj'' of
uaimnixiuig icvcfal mciugcs ilmuttuncoiialy by meant uf the Mone
tbcL
Bd)*! oriftin-il anangcment for vocn) tcSephony wai at fol1oi»i:'>
At one (Ution n drumhead of goMbcAicnh' skin, about 2 j inches in
diameter, wj* placed in front of xa electio-inignet. To the midiflc
of the dnimliejd, on the side towards ihe mngnet, was glued a circuloi
piece of clocki^pring, A «jniilv electro-msgnet, drumhead, &c>, irat
placed at ihe other stjtion. When notes were sung or words ipokeo
bdbre oncdmmhr.id, the vibrations of the goldbcalcn' nkin ciiricd the
small picf-c of dockspring vibratingly towordi and from rhc electro-
roagncC without producing acru-il ron!.ici- Now, the current which
was passing dong Ihc coil round the c^ectro-magncl changed in
drength willi each thnngi^ of position of thi? smiU piece of mctAl.
The more rapid the vibmjion?, and the greater rhdr amplitude, the
tnorc rapid and thi^ more intense were the changes in the power of
the clcctTLc current. Thus, the dcciio-magnet at the other suiion
underwent chaiif^ci of povpcr whidi were sjnclifonoua with, and pro-
pottionjiic (D, thoaedinngc^ of power in ilie current which were pro-
duced by the d^an^rs of position of the vibrating piece of docksprin|[.
Accordingly, the \i\ccx: of clockapring at the r«\civing ^cation, and
with it the dfumliCLid there^ was caused b)' the elcctro-niagnrt 10
vibrate with the sjimo rapidity and cnef^ as the piece at the tmns-
mtcdng station. Thercrore, as the drumhead at one station varied itt
vibrations jn respond to the sounds uttered in its neighbot;rhood> m>
ihe drumhead ax the other station, varying its vILmitions, emitted
similar sounds, later, the receiving drunalieod was made yinXikt the
transmitting ontn Instead of a mcmbrcine carrying a smaU piece of
metaJ, a thin aiiU vcryflexitik disc of sheet iron, held in position
by a ttLfew, ivas used, ITiis disc, stt in vibration by the varyioij
action of an dearo- magnet* xi in t^^e older acrangemeat, uttered
articulate sounds corresponding to those whidi^ setting in motion
thtf m^mhTAJiG at tlie transmitting station^ c^tUb-cd thv diongcs is
oftbe clcctnc cuirmt nnd in the xcLion of did tlccirO'
M the mcwngi of the BmiUi AuocUibii li.'^i autumn. Sir W,
TloDson £.ivG ihc fo]lijwin£ account of (he p^Tfonnancc of this in-
OHKIU at the Phiiadfti'h^ Exbibitbn :— " En the Cajiadbn depm-
ttem" (iov ProL BcII u->u noE u ih<: ijedc on Aiu^ican dticen) "I
kjnJ *To b« or not 10 be — ihcrc'iilhti rub/ ihrrju^hlU-i^kcijic wifu ;
boi, Koming mooOQ'miiUSt the i-]<;L(r)<: aniculiLtiLJii robc to higher
l«bii» and fM« abc pa«uct« ukwi at niudotn fix»[ii ihv ^<3w York
icvav^wa :-^'S. S* Cox huA amv«d' (I Cultid to makv out lb« <&
SCoxO>*<h*CitXof ^t-K Vork/ 'Senator Monun,'*lhcS(-naU has
■MOU>J 10 priii; A ihoLiunU extra copies.' ' \}\v Amvrii^uiE Jn l.ondun
Ivf niOlvtd to crkbrue the covaixtg founh tif July.' All ihis my
fwn Qi« beard ipokrn to mc uith uimii^takcibltf diiitinctncf^ by Lhe
iktt cucul^u diu: jmutUTtf of ju^t such onothur Hule i-1cr;Ero-[naf;[ieL
tt 4>« vhkli I hold in yrry haaiL Tbv words vcn; thouicd ^-nh n
dor and lood ioic>c by my colleague judge, Pruf. Wauoo, 11 die fur
cad uf tb« tine, hoklio^ lib moudi do^e to a. sUetdicd mernbr^nc,
ORjuif; a ptvce of soft iron, whidi w^is thus mad«! to pcHbrm in ibv
Mi^iiboiKbood of an clccIio-in^igTLvU In cticuii with the IJjic. n^otiotis
fWpQftioii*! to the Miuohlk motioos of the air. This, tl^e BTcaie^t by
fv oTall ibe nurvcU of il:e cIcctiJc tel^gi^ph, is due io a yoLUi^
cooUiyisfla of oiti offu, Mr CrMk^m B^'U, of Edinbat|th, uid
kbnucalt umI Boston, now about to bcrcooje n n^turaLised ckixcn of
4e tjiitcd S(iicv Who owi but iidinirc the hardihood of inveniion
1W1 dcrviwd web very tlj^^t twitJ\s to realise the riutliciiuiticBl
ESDUpQon ihil. jf dai^Irkily it to tont^^y ull tht; clL-tic:idc£ of qu^Uty
>hiJi diilin^ujsli attiti.Llati: sjiee^H. the «lTeivjj;t)i of iu Litrrrnt must
fttj contuMfuiMlyi md< dk ncafly oa nuy be, in slm^jle proiiortioii to
^yiiooXytJ a (lailide of air eii^^eU in conijCniitmg the :4ound. "
SIkv t]i<»« liurd-i i4Ta' spokeu by otie of the highi;sL anihoriii^
■ Mflviv ItZeffnphic, Profi^sur Bell h:is inliodueed fotne inL|joit;tn1
MUicxtioai in hii 2pj>ji;[[ut, i!c iiu^v cinpJoy^, not an eLrctrO-
EuiBct* but B pennaDeut magneU That 11 to aay, Jtislcad of using
it«ub lUban wch a bar of toft iron as i^ ^hown in Fig. 6, which
f^CCfliLi A DUgDcL while Uic cZecIfie current (s pasiuig through ihc
cal tttroBndJng it^ lie uses at vacli buiion a has of iroa pemiu.iicntly
ttifFMciscd (gr pftftj.ilTv li i owerful unjunet mode of Bcveriil horae-
Aoe bttr»->lluit i« '-()M,|ioiiud "i^KiK-'Or ^uironndcd simiLLrly by
061 of wc- No b:tllew is needed. Jn»Li:ad of n current ihro^igh
ttf Will rruicncitiui^ lhe iron, the iron alicady mflgnetised cause* a
oiTTrftt lo tiavcoc the toils nbenev-tr it acts, 01 fiilliet wUencvtt \tt
i
Th€ G^tHnnaiis Magn::tn^
BCIion changei. If an flfmaturc were planed acrasi it* ends m pofe^,
at thi? mumcni ^^hcn it dtcw ih^t nrmniiire to the pck* by virtue of
its mflguctit: power, ji current woiild iravcnc the coil* ; hiil niiciwnrdj,
satongfis ihcamiatiitc rcmnincd there, There won M he nocurrest.
If an irmiitunc pbced near the polci were shifted r.^ptdly in front of
the poles, currents would I^avcrsI^ ihc coils, c/i be indiit^cdp ihot
inteDfiily depending on ihe strength Oi' fhc nugnft, the Icnpth of iht
coil, ind the rapidity and range of the mcition*. Jn front or the poTtt
of the magnet bfl di.iphragm of vcry^lcxihlc iron (or dfc some oAa
flexililc matcr[fll btiarin^- h. small piece of iron on The surfiirc ncarc*r
the poles), \ Tn'Juthpii:ce to eonvL-rgc the iroundupon thi"* diaphragtn
subsbntiiitly compliflcs the appitrntus at each atiUion. J'rofeiwr BcQ
thus dcjeribes the operation of the instnimcnt :— "ITic motion of
steel Of iron in front of the poles of n nugnei create* a current of
electricity in coiJa jurrounriing the poles of ihc miignct, nnd lite
duration of thi* oirrcnt of electricity coincides with ihc dumttott of
the motion of ihc atcci or iron inoved or vibrated in ihe proximity of
let- ^\'hcn the hmnan voice c-iitws ihc diaphrjigm to vibrate,
il urjdubliopi are induced in the eoiin around tTie magnets
ptccSscly similar to the unrtulatrons of the air produced by the roict.
The coils !Vrc connc':tcd with ihL- Jr no wire, and the undiibtion* tn-
duced in them tnvd through the wjrc, jiTidj pnssing ihroufiH the roil*
of anothtr inslmmonl of simiLir conatr\(rtion at Ihi^ other end of Ac
line, are agjin resolved mio air undulations by the di^phr^i^m of tMa
(othcrj instrument/'
So perfectly are the sound imiUdflilon^ repeated— ihough ihe
instnuiieni hns not yet aesiiraed iift finjil form— ihi;t not only h.'is the
lighicBi tvhispcr uttered ai one end of a line of 140 miles been dlfl^
tinctly heard at the other, but tlio Bpc^kcr can be distinguished by
hb voice when hf: ia known to thi:? listener. So tarns can he sceti. there
if; every rooni to believe thai before long Prufesnor Bdl'ft p^nd ijjvcn-
tion will be perrected to such a degree that words uttered so low on the
Amcrtain side of the Atlantic that the n earest bystander cannot hear
ihcm will be heard distinctly after tmvcrsing i,ooo miles under the
Atlantic, at the European end of the ^tibmnrinc cable— so thai Sir
W- Thomson at Valcnda could tell by the voice whether c:nLh«m
Bell, cr Cyras Field, or his late colleague Professor ^^''nison, were
speaking 10 him Irom Newioundland. Vet a single wave of ibo**
which tois In millions on the Atl.intic^ rolling in on the Irish sinnd,
would utterly droun the voices thus made audible after pA££Liig ll^
ncalh tiv'o thousand miles of ocean.
Here surely is thcgrcutesi of telegraphic achievcmenti Of all tbit
£5« Stmtf AfartWs tn TfltgrapAy^ 43
rf l«ktni|vhy— and thty arr many— none nre eqUfll 1i\ none
Xfn cm romponb^ with, t>it» cue. Strange truly is ihc hiitlory of
AepraerraoTrttctrch urtirch has culminated in iKi* nobrclriimiph,
fwJc riM tbc I^ou^t tine from th^; irtudy of :bc fi^nvutiLv^c IwJich.
lipaf a dcajd frog by dlTint, ;ind of ihc quh'triin^ or dcHcald^
pcned magnetic iicci!ff« by AmptTf^, &honliI grrulti^lly hivi: arisen
tongb ncicrcftiiic dciTlopmoiU a vyil^nk of commtinJEATion ^
pafed and 10 ^rcnikTftil ^s rc^lf^grajihy ]i;u .tlrcAdy l>eri>tnc, and
fUBBBOg yet grentcT nrurvek in the ri^turc.
The Utf pongnip^ Kjid Mrcty hcvt\ wniten *ifhcn t^ntf* arrivrf or
vnhrT farm of tHrj.hfinr. wirpt^^tng Gi»iyV anJ 1.* Cout'* \t\ Mtne
»^W a* 4 canvryoT of mii^ifAt tone*, but a* yft un^hlc (o spirah
fte Bdl\ It is Ihc mv«ition of Mr, lldiion, an AmCTican tlfciri-
am He caIIs It tlic motognph, Wn dtiroivrtd nboul ftvtf jtm*
ipthc canoo* propiTT)^ on irhidi ihc construction of rhe intlnimcnr
dcpOuK If a pic« of p.tpcr moiiccned with ccrUm chemical *c-lu-
lien tt Laid upon a mdaTLic plat? rdnnrrcicd with thr pmitivc pole of
1 pkanic battery, and a pUuTinm win- connirctpcl with tlic negative
Idif if itnt£Ee<I crct (he moiitirnriT paper, the winr xhdcs over ihr
;cpeT ineexmooih iron ovrv ii-it— llir \w^^\ iutwntx di^^ippe^nng KO
^ »> the <TKfTrjtf \\ f^^ing froin t!ir ^iir ('i tlu' fiblt' thrrnipfi tUi^
V^/et, At IV rcreitmj; itiifinn of Mr. fVli^fOn'* iHntui^rajjh Ihere is
tjr^ bm from one f^ce of nhich rTlcndn >1 *^pnn;^ liranu<j; a
point, which is prvtsed by the spring uj/on a M|ic of cTiemi-
paper. Thii Upc \> ite^idily uuwountl, dn wing by
platintim pomi, nnd with ii the fnce of the resonator,
mircjt- *nrif sTfahl cinin cm the tioc of the reionator continue*
aj no cturent pa«c* from the rilatinum point to the metallic
over which the moiflencd Mpe \% rollinj^. Bm m loon a* a
i»reti |>iuv«, the friction imuicilLitcly crjises, nntl the tice of the
rr»uiz:«?( hi nomwl poMLion. If then ai the Iransmitling
iheir i* a raembtanc or a very fine diiip^irAgiii (as In Renss'ft
* amA^^inenl) which is iirt vihrjting l»y a note of any given
ttfc, ihefttirent i* ah in those -imngcment? tran^milted i.ind stopped
& sitfvifi eorrei^noding 10 the tone, and Ihc f^ce of the rc^sonaling
tet "n Irrtil iind pulled M Xht «inc intervals. H^ nee, it spwks the
ocerifondinje lone "Hie imcrumcrt iippe:»« lo bme the advantage
rrr; T-fsyS in ran^ In IdcRi^iphic cornmunii :»lion f Imj^s telephone
b United to about on? octave, M-ion^s e«end5 froni ide deepest
ttti itoiei to the higheit notes of the human voire^ which, when
n|T«» Jit crnpToycd, .irc almoil inaiTriiblp. But Kdi son's moio^nph
hai jn to team to yta^
i
Oihcr telceniphic moncln mi^ht well find a place hert, If
wtrc ^k'oibblc 1 might speak of ihc woadcn of tmbOMrilie
graphy, and cf the marvellous ddicocy of the omitgcmCQU bjr whkli
rDC4ii3^ei hj Ibi: AtToimc Cable arc xtad, anil not ootjr rcoid but jm£t
to record themselves. I (night dwcU. agjiin, on the ingcnic^ua t^^f
telegraph of Mr. Hughes, which scU up its own types, ink« lhcDft,iiid
prints ihcm, or on the still more duboraij: plnn of the CbcnUcr
BonelU "for convcTting ihe eckgraph fiUtionh into ito many tjpfr
setting workshops," But space ^vnuld altogetlicr uil mc lo deal [*•-
perly wiih thtso and kirnlred marvels. There ^s however, one (ppS-
caiion of tckgrjphy, c^pcciAUj^ interesting to the Jiitronomcr, to nbkb
i inu!it dcvcitc ihc nrmAinin^ epAcc avA-ihiblc to me: 1 mcuv I'l'
employment of dectrictty la a regulator of lime. Here tipjii lE a
the principle of the Jiystcmr rather than details of construction, wfcidi
1 propose to destribc. Suppose we have a dock not only of CK^-
leni construction, but under iistronomicol aiuvdllancc. iwithiitirtifli
it in a second or so in error it is set right again by the sum, Utd«
pendulum of this clocJc boat seconds ; and at ouch beat tcl a galiU^
current be made otid broken, 'fhis may be done in many vip-
thu£ the pendulum may at each swing tilt up a very light meUllii:
hammer, which forms part of the ciri^ijt whtn down; or (he eniiit
the pendulum may be ixtvered with noKic non-eondu(^(ing »uhi;idmcc
which comea at each awing between two meioSlic springs in verylcjH
contact, aepjuaiing them and so breaking circuit; nr in many othtfj
ways the circuit may Uo broken, When the ciicuii h m.ide, IcttM
current travel alon^ a wire which pa3£cs through a nuniber of^tiiiaa^
near or remote, traversing at each the coils of a teinporary magnet
Then, at cacii swin^; of the pendulum of the rc^ulaltn^ clock, ai'ti
magnet is magnetised and demagnetised- Thus anAu once in *
second, draws to iladf and then releases its armature, which U
thereupon pulled back by n spring. I-et the armature, when dnv^*
to the magnet, move a lever by which one tooth of a wheel is eonM
forward. Then the wheel k tunied at the rate of one tooth jitf
second. Thill wheel communicates motion to others in the u»u^
way. In fact, we have at each station a clock driven, not by a wd^
or spring and with a pendulum which alloy's one tooth of on escape?
ment whed to pass at each swing, but by the diamnl regulating doci
which turns a driving wheel ai the rote of one tooth per second, ihifl
is, one tooth for euch swlii^ of the regulating dock's pendulum. EacJ
clock, then, keeps perfect time with the regulating clock. In oiitrtv
nemy, where it is often of the utmost importoncc to secure pcrfeC
^lidironjnm of observation, or tlte power of noting Ihe ciact difft*
[.a
Ott S&m€ Marv€ls in Te/^afAjr.
45
of time betwrco otifcivjiioat nude M djblani sl^ljons, ufjX unJy
the vtniic <lock Otui kcrp lime for l«ooWrv(^riliuiidtcO«of
Apart, bul cadi obkrrbcr ou; tirroid hy llit: «unic nirajifirinei^t
PlOOeiH v( ibc oc^urrciKc uf some |>hcnoni«t;on- J<^ur if ,1 ia[>e
fiJ jL'iilUKULlk^ly, us m the Muhh; instrument^ it i» c^y ag
iiultim ihjkt «i'c;'y MK^ond'tt bvax of the peu^uliun icc^rtb
bf K dot or ihori knc on the ut«, and thai the observer am
. a tODch nuke <<ji brr^t) c^jnUct at the insnlant of obiovotion,
to A tnuk be judde jriopcrly placed belvecn tuo ^enoiid^' moikv—
siving tbe prc^iie lliuc when the obwrvniJan was madc-
A]4il)c:aliotu, however, tlioui^h i-xce^edlni^ly inicrettinfl to ajjtrono-
^rc DOI araotin thoiic In which thv ^vncial (lub^k lakv chief
Titm WIS o"« occ4thion, howi^er, whon asnononilcal tioi^
««rv connectnl in the ino^l uiltimtiu^ inaniiiT with ore of
of all ibt ru:m'eU of teleiiZr^phy : 1 iiiean. itheii the
Eastern " in mi*! wein ^vns lupplied rcrgularly wiih Grtcnwich
tmd thk »o perfectly (juid therdbre with »iich jwrfect indiratigti
4ki pliioe in ^c Atlaittic), that vhen it wj» calcubicd fixirn the
i t Myi iflk that tbe buoy left in open ocean lu niorL the place of
teou cable had btcn rcachedTsnd the captain woi^ coming on deck
><ilfcKTcnJ oflSccrc (o look for it, the buoy ;tnnounc«d kt« pr««cnce
tr Avptng tbc biJv of th« gzti-l (liip.
ric'JjUid a- rftocToiJ.
J
46 The GenlUfftatCs Magaant.
THE STORY OF SfGURD AN.
SOURCES.
THE niosi lasting Tnonument of A naiion'i grcAincAt \%
after all, ihat fliric&t of rallies in the ftir, it* folk-tore,
jmlaccs of A|;amcmnon nnd Mcnclaus arc hiiricd under the dd
of ccnturii^H lieyond rediscovery LLndidcntiriciition,/fjtfSdUKtufitt
bul their glory and Uint of heroic Oreece live in the |iQ^' of HoWf
indelible, ^rt ptrennitts. And even without a poet of wpral
.genius the rrsulf f* the M.mc. Such is die viiftl forecof j-opulai&nq
that ito creations siiTvivt: all thangesof rimr, anil locality, andcjatofl
Slonea tni^'riite from one nuartci of t'lc ^-lobe to anoUicf tm
acddcntalfl varied in iA\ i*ossibk" ways ; but ^^\< eascnIiaJ fealuW
ri^niam uncliani^ed, und ihc h^o of mjiny a nunciy filory ^howr ^
mintokablo attributes of n niythic hero, if not of tht; Sun bimMl
Grimu'it Ihiry t^lea arc full of sudi instances.
Next to Ibe Fall of Troy and the Arthurian legends, pcrtttpft lU
■toiy or agglomeration of siorie; has left so many and ^n impflroil
ttuea in internaiionul Action 9s, the tale of Sigurd or Siegfried ajid W
nee, the god- bora, heroic VoJfiungs. Considering, indeed, thepoiitkl
snagnifioince and the remoteness of the island in which this siory too
its corlic St surviving form, this enormouEsuccess— if that modem ten
may be applied— i*emsai first singularly out of proportion. Bin it mil
be remcrabcred that Iceland ^vas little more than the storehouse o( li»a
old traditions, which were the common property of the Teuio^o;
dinavian ra<:e long before the Norsemen set foot on thenorthcmill
This claim bas been repeatedly viiidicited by tlie poets of the varioi
Tcuionie tribes frcnn the earLiesi middle ages down to our tin
It it, indeed, ngt many months ago si/ice the attention of the cul»
Viited classes in this country and Ll Gemmnywas directed towardi c|
Btory of Sigurd by two important events — thcpeffarmnncc of Wajjao
tetralogy, "The Riny of the ?Jibliing/" at BayicuLli last August, and li
api:'earanee of Mr. Morrises **The Story *jlt Sigurd the Volnuj^
With the Utter work wc a.re chiefly concerned here ; but before coj
sidcrmg its most imporUnl incidents and the roaiuier in which thi
Tkt Story of Sigurd astd Us Sourta. 47
Abc been dnwn &o«ii llic origimJ (Oiiivcft, \\ vrill bt well to prcnuM
iferrcnuilctikteo thecoturc and gcndiaofthewsoarcct themselves.
Tbe 9lof]r of the i^dlilEC hero who >lAjfi the <lm^n uid wins an
it<raontirc4«ircor»hiiun£C0Hui4Jif m liia turn fiUm by Ihc Ins*
dojor bn focft, b b^ fno«t modrm schohra idmtifiril, or at <my ncc
caitocctcdr «il^ th« " loUr myih/' a ronitnirnt heiding comprehend-
Bg a vut <teal of deep lotrninj, together tvitti in cqu-il .imoital of
■^ «r)n)ctiUR, FonuTi4LCcly there is no need Tor u<i to trr^d ori thu
^LagtTOui gT^ond. When wc ]^r*( meet with Sigi:ir), Farnir*! lune,
k ii dfCkkdlf A man of t&nglblc ftcAh And bcmc .ud a atout he^rt,
riutcvcr lit pu>- Mt« l)ccn ac ji jircviom ]>criod. It is tmc that
'-\i M^ dAUs from A comparaiivciy htc ci»och, Tlic elder 01
, . -ic Fjldi IS generally asaibcd to an Icdandio priest called Kic-
-vhose Wrth look jiIjcc aboui ihc middle of the eleventh
-^i»- He a di:5<3ibcd at & man of great leamingp who np^nt
.". of hia life in foreign trivds» ftom which he brought hark,
...cqpt other ^ccompliahmcnt£i a deep in^ighi into nugic n^^tcticK-
,^ tnspicioa of forbidden knoirlcdgr ;iEi.ichiiig to rcio^ leanicd
■cB ia ibc middle d^« U, in hiti casv. sufficiently accounted for by
kk cvidoit prcdQection for the old rvlit^iun of his country. supct:u:dcd
ton *ifty yrsin before hta LInli by the new light of ChriniianuyH
IWfldelky with tthich he h^iH prutervcd ihc pagan imdiiions, unaK
Iq^ by any aiiempt. so eommon amungitl Chriation prieats, at
^mlting tbe rfcw itlcot into the old n;itianal myths <1<>CI ftll postible
ucdit to ihc liher^il mlnilcdnru of So^emimd.
Aa AttCQupc of the kind dcicritjed ti obiicrvable in thc M-odlcd
piflCtr Of prose Kdda(the elder work ii^AK-iittrn m aillieraiix'cvcne),
paoiDy aaa^droSnomSturltJiion. K^pccln-IIy in the "Foreword to
Ac Edda*" ChiittLin ^d even Greek fdcaa .and names appear in
onous )utU[?OfiEdon with Odin and the gntlj^ of Valhail. This
^Forcwo^*" hi^weier, i* motnl piobaUy of si j.attf d:ite than other
(UUoJ tbe coUedioUT and many of the cArlici ch^piors o^erwel-
CQBIf additiOiULl dcuilt rcgaEding □orthr:in niytholojty Jtncl [e^'^d,
Tbe twp Eddai me the inoal fnmed co]le;;lio[ii^ of anijcnt sagas.
Buboido die florid told in Ihe^e, there were and ure adonC in
Lcdmd iniMimctaMe iriidiuons more or Us3 ideciiil^vd nilh certain
pnio^ uid lociliticv but -ill pciiniirtg back to n great mytbi'^
cowc. It i», Lnde^, cot without paihctic aignrfirance |u itee the
fe»n<»f »OQS -Kid unry bloMominft forth in iht' midst uf storm and
■0*— 10 fiad, in thi* jjwtiitAt a^e of ours, the inhabitants of ri
»WMe isUnd lAiliog Jway the terrible m^\\% of a northern winter
If wernbtanect of lUi 3^ of n^ttional greatneis no more ml
I
48
Thi Gtnileman's Afoftzinf.
perhaps (torn the hi!Ltnrivi'» point of view, than the gMe« o
\'alhan Jl-ictf.
U'jih foixic cf thcM-- u^fti, 0% (ot imtimee the «t<iry of C^lir tlu
Hnlii, ihtt fn>n<h of Mr. Miviift'i prtciry Ar^ fjuniTr\r Ihrougb b)
rxn-llt'iii TransUtmna - AnoThf r. tlki^ l^itddcU Sfjjj^, m the touTce o
Ihf Wfriril slory^ of love .md rcvcnyc^ '-The Invert of Gcidnilli," in ife
*' Earthly Piintdiftc" Rui byfailhc mo^l itnpYjrtant one amoQgit th
number i? the ?0'r:u3lcd Volsung* Siig^ alio ImuLitn) by Mr
Morrisj with Mie ftsaislante of Insi Icelamlic friend, Mr. Vjnkr Mifl
ndiion, llua is the moiil (Ximjilute Icelandic trejimmc of SytunJ"
life and death and the fiirrhcr tragic issuci thereof, and nujr ^
lome K^pctis be compaied ivith the greatest epic productiont o
other nationv Although vrrittcn in proic, il» languJise rite* fro
i|ucTllJy tn Ihe aim^jlc gia-iuleur of popuW poetry, 4nd, herring Ihi
Od>'J«Ty, there ii perhaps no namvtive poem in cxittence ** fnU^
imbitcd with and rcprcscniativc of the spirit of the lyjiintry «hcrc i
wrtu fA*htiincd, The VoKiingn Sag.i bflongs to the twelfth r-rntuy
.■md U flt any mlc ronsidenbly Uler than the vetTw Edd.t, which i)
inctrect, one of lib ^ocireei. Hut, heing chiefly concerned wJLh <mii
hero and his ^urroundrnga, its. design h naturally more prccue, ii
colouring more vLvid, From this s^a the iaeidents of Mr. Moi
poem arc mniinJy draw:?.
Bui hi* attempt at brtn^ng the grand old sloiy home Kt
feelings of contemporaries vents preceded by several others, one
whicli at Ic^t ought to rfccive passing mention here, It is the
caJlctt " PJibchtngenlied,* or, more properly, '* Dcr Nibelungc N.
the Need of the Niblungs, a mediaeval German poem, dating inj
present form from about the beginning of the thirteenth eemnrj' — i
is, fifty yeai^ later than ihc VoLsunga Saga. Considering this s|
intetvalj it is aslonLshing to note the difTcrcnrc of conception mj
two trrsitmcnts. In the Icelandic story, puncly mylhiVj*! trsit* ii
finnilv komnimgle with the human ei'cnts ; and Ihe svijircinc
slif;htly disgiij^d as a wanderer, *• onc'Cycd and weming nncj
ap]>ca« on the scene more ihao once. In the Cerinan poc
connection with another world is onrirdy severed. 'J'hc ii
heroes are convened into mcditcval knights, and on rare oci
only doe^ the poet try to grapple with the siipcmatnral fcati
ihtf tloiy transmitted to him, which, naturally enough, he
ditlicuU to m^kc ^igrec with the renlisiic colouring of hia
The reasons for %i]ch a divergence bctiieen the twn talcs ^k
]n Iceland the pji^an traditions remained jlIivc iill a coinj
Jjte perM, and even after that the aagas were pr»erirei
Thi Siory of Siguvrl and iis Sotttrcs^ 49
sbcMm of rfic conniry and the je^I or p.iniotic collce^-tors from Ihc
of hdcTOseficoitH dcmfnts, vt-hi^h, on the iwnTJaTy, were hy
npfksOpttqiosicIxcnjfrnfrciI on ibc oripnal mjths. The
Midcacy rmtihin^ ffom the latter proceM fouid not
iktrinxntt) eo the tmity :ind coniiaulty oi* the Ccmifln
offiisalOfl. Ibr rn^tAncc* of the voiri exchanged by Siegfried
BvynhiVl vfpcs the Edi::i or tragic guill from the fate of \h^
WBiond lowen the motive or Brynhild'f rcvcn^'e to the ordinary
^diid enty of a cajtow mini^cd wonunn Button the other hand,
Ik German Udtmtnt hM done an enormous s*rvite to the old
iaJh»a bjr localning it in one of ihc moit beautiful spots of the
Mntaari The " Rhine," vaguely n*cd in the Edda u an equiva*
W fbr nittnin; mter, has in the "Nibelungenlied" lieeome the
peat Gemon riTcr, ond C'^pcdnlly Wagncfi dnma hats gdnt^d
imenidr by this oonneciion with a. fccne dear to all lovers of
^nnvand poetrr.
Mr Morris owe9 little to the ' tied ' as f^ eis Ihc incident!; of hit
Mr afc concerned. His mind, strange to ^ly. i:t m^ich more
JBUJUfcldy imhned «ith ihc spirit of the old cfn<lilion llun thai of
AtGcnun port six hiindred ycare Jigo. fSui wiihrc^rd to niiciiher
bUR he iG undnubtcdly indebted to the tr^JimoTit x.mdcf disetiii'
livL I ai» tji&iking of hia neirC' This metre h.nt been 11 sore
^1^ to ihc rritic* of "Siffjrd/' It bnsbeei^ describe^i a?, ^Mna-
l«k»' "dactylic," *' Fnglish ballad weiTo*" and whfli not. Z\tw
*e vibctf of ilic nianefly artide on Mr Morriii"* poem in the
4iMMM of Dec g, i?;0 M^m« Lii^dccidixl on thm ptyww. He
^ctboT EnKtiif] hexamelers. which Mr. ^t^>mft'^ line* undoubted^)'
in a ccrtum sense -in <io far, nAfnely* ^a ihey cont^ttn six
^fk-loned or aecenln-ited sj-llables. Uiit a eouplel lifee tliis, chosen
Tbe tlijifB ancicm mUn thai hsih i") chnnj;r nnTcmJ,
X«chan|»«astl no bcemriiD;;, hw flfliv nrjr Cofi lu jucnd —
UJKd/Uwiniiliat the fundunicnlaUdierneoflhenietrem '^Sigurd"
**crthcr dactylic nor aiwp;oUi;, but mnbic ; and u comparison of
*< U£ac onrpkl vith the \eij' lirsl verse of the '■ Nibeluogc^nlicd "—
t'HJ bl ID AltvA mflEferi — wwdcti» Ttl gesciL-^
^i***? ptoires thai both metre* are identical, or, in other word^, ihai
'•s^Monw has adopted thc"L3ng2eiIc,"the long-line of the okj
■*■■■ poera, *Tlh such raodlfjcaiions as the genius of the language
'bildmdiul bias neetaM to require. One of These modiiicaiioos
^iheiMn frcqticnt Introdnci^uo of nw insfcfld &f one jhoil syVUb\c
i
50
Th* CmtUimaKS Magasnm^
I
in the thcKu:. vKpccJAll)' ax ihc bi;^(>TiiD(: uT the liiM, wfiich prod
the app«anuiccof aJmpftBiicinulrvuUoix^ludvdto. Eut ilmllcc-
\% Vy uu iiiiMiifi unf:ijnimcin in Oh- *' Nibi-lutijr^nUt^* and nuj
indf^d be ikrivvd frgm tin* iiutiflh:r<-»cv with irluiJi the uuiQUtof
low'ionod «vllablcs u uvattd in ihv ol<] uUitcralive rcrw. IV
cjinur;!, lick in bvtb pocniB after ihc thud foul* And it of tudi r«u
ill t<j jilti>Li, of th^ iit^ruUutliun uf an ^Ldtlitiuiijl khon tyllablCi n«t
otlicn^'ibv tu bv Ac^uuntvd fur by the metrical uhcinc — ft pEwno^
locnun wbidi. by (ii« w^y^ uccuis otw in dii: genuine hcrok vcfX
HK-duvvAi FtviKli and Pfuvvtii;;il
AAtfi ihlf* short cAtutiion i^ti tcchmcal prounds, ^bich Mcmed
'deutiiDc in iKu mkri^si bvtU uf Mt. Monii and of his rcodti^
wc return lo ibc ktciy u wc fotind it in llic Volihun^H So^ju
The ortJinAiy luodcrn Tcadci ukJng up thv S;ij:;t or cither oflbe
£dd» \nihotit ^>re|>aTaiujn wouH |jrob&b]y i^uv in thcni hciT« more
than a confuHvd aLOumuUlion Qi impo^Aiblc ;Ldvi;ntUFc« nnd dctdio'
prowG6j^,wiitiiui:\dujiuurcuriiu.c:^^ fr^tjii:j(ti*»im(luthcr hfitrr^r^. EuC
on luokmu closer oni; dihO[jvi;r% & cett^tm pkin in (his cmanglcnicm* A
pluu much ub'bdjrud by the itnLrndtcd fLkiuy of tbc old lumiiurt aoi
h^ijdly rvatiicd by tbemhtivt*, but whiuh, if j^ropecly «ftcd, JNtaonn
to whftl. in miidcm ijii'*="J<itS "c sliguJd caU n mornl or idea. T*
"[winuhism(ir;iVtucomiHti?ivlly devtlop this idca,.i« ihg La?ik of
modem pgct <:;>virob'<^^<i^ f;nuu}j^li tu jji^LppIc with «iicb a
Two ways arc open [o bim. Esther he uuiy wliolly abandoti
w^iuencc of ibe nUl talc, and i-sruup iu Ssjeda mtm^ n^und
Iwdinji idvn ;i}i .1 4:uiitrcf or cUe he iiuiy ^Ihcrc t^ thu order
enMniv uf tht Ic^ji^nd as originuHy toLd. only dntilk^ibiain;* «iich
ns are euBfiifiuL lo ihL' sinuitlcaiuic of ihi? su>r>', imd oinimnii
throwing inlo ijoiriiJar.Utvc^liiulu iho*e inddentm liivli by their
betray thtmedvtf 6 tu bcurbiiTary atldiiii>ns <if !:iut date. W,
has cho5en the former way, Mr. Woiiia the biUr, This fact
ihc divergent reqiiiwimjiUs of the Jmnm antt the epic, liufficjen'
account for ihuir difTerenLC of treatniunt Tlic lc;iding idea in botfi
cflflcs ttmains the s.ime ; it is the faljil curse which atuche* (o ihc
gold, or, which Is the wme in a moral sense* to the desire for gold^
At fiP't *ight the inle of S'lgunl. Fafiiii's bane, seems to haw
^tt!* coiincelion ft-iih ihM id^a. It is brivfly thi^. Si|;urd, ti)e «ii
of Sigmund the Volsungi is bruvit;ht \\\t m the ti^:iirt of Kii^ fclf, the
-ccoiwl hUhUind of his muther :dli;r Sigmnr^d lias been slain at
T^fifTlo- Wilb a suord fathioneU fruui ilie bbiiids of hi^ laihcr'A
|je sb/s Tafnir^ an cnormovis worm ot dragon, and
tatilo-
^^pon
1
TK/ S^ry c/ Sigurd dttd i4s S^ii>r€S~
S<
AiiAtfirf^che moiuirrvfttched hj Ihc monntrr^ inducing it rin|! itiid
ll'JiMmorAMnfEt'ifcr brief in rhe"Nihf]ungcn1int*'con\-rrtc<iinlo
fe •" UffAji^jpr," 1 Tfti :( i IIP TKLilitlr w+jiffi fiwkm the turarrr
■rtrfA. ami f mifwr* >ui ^ :[irmfiiunil *tn^n^*th. Tfntiiiii nf ihc
kod erf lh4 dn^joru b^ iiniVT«eftnil& xht Inngioi^ of IfinSiv uul aa
iolh lri*ie^ Ji bnoitiftit iHididcn \y\v^ A>Iob|V on ,-> rork. CHiM'
■anovmlrxl I7 A «:iU 0^ Ti-a^criii): firt JhTf>ojfh HtiTipjrdiJ
vd ahmIc^ ftfjr.Mtd ihf jiwt>rflMnji*di.ift, 'It Valkyrie, front he p
r Amih^- l^oni: tvituT^llir ro][oiH'>. 'l'\\^ |j(iLr live lo^clhrf on;j
cil ftvittftKiiviiEHl KrynhiUlcaurhcvl^youtJ) ihc nines of her;
MtxTi, fl ocmrrpliitn of itrjTnjfn'.i nrttninj^ jitid t'ivili'^fig miuioiu^
tqbcmiljr net u'tih in old (kminmc \:\\*i^ Wh«n Si^rd Icavca her.
Kck neir a<fVL-niuro. ihcy plight Ihu crvth ct ii«nui) love ; ami
Tlm> If Wf O** ■Inj* JiJt tt<r ^ni?*', H'l' '>m^, ii t\f'rt mg^if,
Uw,' wht-re dwil thctini^^bruihcn^Gutiiur, tlugci, .uul <fviiinnii«
iMKIIIu^pk^iofivihcTwitliil^ir Lit ccrUmlnin/' the fairest of III AidvnR,''
nd flirir mcthvr (irmihiM. ''^l ^j»pv uifu" :tiiil a " Acxxtt.h«4inl
Pimta^JHlhc VaIqiti^ ,Sj;j;t .iJttFnAtcly dcuiiibrv her. It n lliniu|elL
lrfd> i ' ' [iDd brron^n vmminjrcd of Guiiiun, wliorn \ve soon
4Ar ^ ^ > fK>4«fvi i^iZwrhAnn. xUaX \X\c very namu of hisfcirmcr
kncte been vipt^d from Sigiii^ memcnyk ontJ he willingly under-
bk« tW Budi CO voo and vJn B^ynhiM for hiK brodier G ui^nar, Tor
lWpifpc«« he, bj' mcaiv of hU mofiiG c;iiJ, lu&unici Gunnar'^fivm-
liae«i, tcOt aA«r havirin mice more irotfcdthr^^aUor w:ivering fiune^
t^«b HrrnStU \n licnomu^ h\f, bTide. B»c» f^thful to hU ptonti^tf,
^)bon adiHwit ^wufd Lctwuk^n iiimwlf uiU iliG moid ''(u ilivy )l(;
Wi* b«d tog^lic^/' Oti I'antnR frum Eiot hr ir^-ctrivc^ baok from
%tbild bat own rihe, eivi,<n to lut M HmdfcU in theday^ of thetr
W %itrdihvn TeUictiic^'Cunnar Wrcsujn<;£l)isowa form, nnd
dfctvn homi;. the kiui; Il-^Jhim 1ii>^ umvillinf; briJc iA Uxumpli'
TW feUovio^ cvoit^ ;uv (111- oui^oiA'lU of iht tragic gutU thvjs
Dcnred, Si^rI rctY-jl* the fp«n*t of bTynhild'^ wbouiK to Ins wife,
«tf iBvn hex to uVf (lOKtriiron of tbc TeI^I ririg, which fihr agJiJn,
^»B(g* iptfrrrf. shoh-? loGmirtiir* wife. ErynhiUj, lliU'i In-fomitd of
t^frvjd pm:ti*t*l on brr. t}iTnti of vcngwtnce, und mciipti W lius-
Wri ind hit brothcra to LLII Sij-tird. I'hr deed is done wbiJc Sigurd
in nfec^ in Itit chiunbrr ^ith Godrun, or, according to the moie
f"ftic Tcrvkm of ihc Ctmun epic, while he bends ovor a brook in
^lc««tt to<IucD<b bn lliir»( After 4 diTyV JtimJing; But ftS ttOQU »
J
J 3 Tk^ CexiUfHan's Maga&imt
h«r beloved foo (a 1till«d th< old puaioA, never quench
Again in Brynhild* hc^irt To t>c nniccd *rith her lovcf in do
pierces ber hrcAii viih ^ awofd, ^md one p}^e consumes botb
With Ihis dimnx Wagner very propcrij' coQCludes his
Butihe cpi«poct laveaio follow the course of cvcnti to theiri
consequences, and Mr. Mortis, in acfx>riincc with the Vc
Saga« piocecds lo rckic \vovi, after many years of mournful wido^
Cudmn is mairlcd to Atli, a mighcy lung, the hroihcr of Br
Eager to becomo poascsscd of Sigutd'a trcaMircy he invil
Niblungs^ \\5 actual owners, to ht£ country, on d here the,
brothers and aJl their followers arc tilled by base trcache
the most heroic reaiatance. They refuse stf^mly to ronsci
livt» by a discovery of the hoard which* previous lo their
turc, they hnve hidden at the bottom of .t bkc, -iitd whidi
irrecoverably loat to mankind. Gudrtm Itas Lncili^d her husD
the deed, and h:i5 looked on calmly while h(^r kiuamcn v^i-te ala
after another. But when all arc dead, and the murder of Si^i
been revenged, the feeling of blood 'relationship, ao powerful ai
aorchemjiationSrisrcftwakefied in her bosom. While AtUand hi
are asleep she sets fire to the kingly hall, and her wretched ht
folU by her own hand. It is chancteristic of the IceUndic cp
after all these fates and horrors Oudnm lives for a number of
and is yet again inarhed to a third husband. Rut to lhi« Icn^
Mr Morris revises lo accompany the Ulc- In JKx^ordancc «^
Vol&ungti S^^ his Gudrun ca^ts herself into the sea ; but the wa
not carry her •* to the burg of King Jonakr, a mifihty king an
of mflnyfbtlt." The magnificent lines in which we hear ihd
the iU-falcd queen may dose this akeich of the story :^ |
Then <^i)nm girded her rjtimenl, on Lhe edge oF l.kc deep ah£ ^tood,
She IddVcI i/rr ihc thmrlHA wnli^r, vxA cried oul o'rr ilic im^uiirrlnt I
"Oh ■«,, I ilfcfid bvfoiv ihee i mqd 1, uho was SigUid's wife, i
J); bi* bnghiDc^ unforgoiiGn 1 bid ihcf deliver my lite 1
>romthe deeds and the longiof af dayi, nndlheliLck I hive won of Ihel
Anft lilt wrong aniFJidtMl hy wrong, flpil \ht h\\Xti wrong of n>y birth V
ljh« huh sprvftd out hf r atou uahe tpake it, md avqy from die anh she I
And cut ofTth* tide of ffiaramg, foi the aci wnyct o'*i her swept, J
And ihcir *ill i> hctwiU hcnwbrwAnl; uid wlm kiai^irrth tlirdnptufit
And 1^1 V Wftllhof the bed of Gudr-nn, arid ihe days that yet ihullbc! "
All (his is very giand and w^ifd, the re^er will ^y, but li
the moEBl, the ideal cuirnce of which thue evenis are but the \
refiex? To this essence we gradually ascend by inquiring JT
mythological sources of the lale, by askiitfj who is Sigurd, u
doei hi come, oa what mission is he <iem, and by i^hom f alM
i
7"^/ St&ry efSi^trd and its Si?Hr<a* 5^
liltei]gnifiunc«orihetTVUurem^ATchei!bya^ngionflndfoVCTed hy
damkind? Thit (TCMiife,wc ihtn i.\isM lind, nnd Lhe cur»c aXl^iing
l»V cv«vunce ii wjk robbcil ftoin Andvaii, tltc wAtw-df, i« ih« k?y-
Mlt of lft« whol* tUu>, The cui^ proixft hu\ tu iitl ill succj^uive
omen, fcooi A»dT*ii him&cir jind F^Xnir, who, fui iu i^Akr, kills hi»
UNTidowQ loSognrd arid BiynhJd ftftd tlir NrMun^ IsrotbcrsL Nay,
QSn faimselC, the tuprriDc god, becomes labjctt Uj the curie or the
IDU lhrou|^ hanng oncf cov?l«d JC, and we dimly diiccm tlutl the
iftunMe docm of the Aeiir, the Ra^nafdkH or Dmk of the Gods^ of
vUch llie Voloapd »peaki> it i^^i^m^tlcly connected wiJi the lianie
huefal tnflueoce. It furilier becomes evident lluii Sigucd the
Volung, the dcicmdu)! of Odin, in declined to wreii the ireoiiura
oA llic puwcT derived fruin it fjoni ihe S'lbhiii^i^ the Uitrk or
tlgndjr people "tio tiireaien die bright ^fod-worlcl of Vj4.]lw[] will)
iMracuoiL And ihis Icodi ui bick tu li itjll eiiriier il^i^t of tiiv
flfllt w vtiidi S^uid hJmaeir bec^t^mes ll^e lymbgl of the eeleftliuE
kamaif coaqueiing night :ind miiiy il^irknen, an idd lepeuttiHy
Iteed At by Ht. MomK. and sjilendidly lUuKirated by Wagner when
fiKgfiied appean on the »Uge illuaiincd by the first nys of ihe
tuiig ten. In die work of the ('Omi^n poet all this is I^rought out
I vA A difttincccen of tthlcli only dritiuiiic ui-nttLh of the highest
I Oder ig capahlei ^^*lth an As^tinuuiin^ K^i^P of dct^l, and with .a
^^pimntcy of (hoqehi rardy equalled, Warner has remoulded the con-
HBjld ud complux OTK^ntviu of the old lale, cmiuiii^' what seemed
iwiutimy, ami pljacma in iutta petition i nc^ukn is organically eon -
■KIcd twt »e|>araU*d by the oblusi^uess of later s;if;ainen. Like
^^31^ binikelf lie hu recovered the pure gold of poetry from the
<Mni of obscured Iradilio:],
Ur> UornSt *> li's been i^iid before, proceeds on a different
indple' Hu Krsi ubjecT it to LeM ;i l^c, and I0 tvll it as nearly ^
leiflble in the spirit and aeLunliug to Ihe letter of the old &a|^.
lilbbbe has suceeedr^ in a manner .^1 once indtcative of hi^ high
fftffic ^fti and of a deep sjinpnlhy wtth the spirit of the northern
fqih, which bfeailies in every bnc and in every turn of his phraseo-
^. To compaie the peeuli» linge of hi« lajtgtiage witH Ihe
44irarf SKbaifiDs and euphuisrnk nf lilerar)' poeU would be riis-
ttng a 6rid Qo«er of swcclei^t fragrancr for it<^ countrrp^tt iii a
■dkiei'} »hop-window. It ii tr\ie Ihat he al*o hinta at the larger
lUosophic tfjid moral isaues of the tale alluded ro '\n the above^
fca irben he refers 10 the end of the gods brought aj-iom by Iheir
•B polir or to liic redeeming mission of l^iguid, it is done in the
ikfttnooi, not lo »/ h.ilf-ajnKi0U9f manner pf t^e ^1^ \t^^^,
lu? ^^^
54 Th9 Genikmafii Ma^smnc^
r
I the «^k<X 13 liut^b ha, froni hit ou-a point of ^cw, h« viUluM it k^A
I could nut l)ut intend u lo (jc.
I "- But tft«n in another «iilo lo tlT« ()UMti(»»- The Edd*«aj]jdik
Ttafe cf the Vol2iuii9« are, at ivv huvc (^eco. iioi iJbo work of mt
nktster hantl but ihe accuiovibu;>]i of succvnaiv ogv* loosdf put
together by in obKoirc coUcctur^ la iuuh ajUectiwis U ts » cca*
Dti pheiiomcnun t^ m:l- oriKiiiul fe^lurvv of ihtf stury tjipen id
gcncc of ihc sogmn^iti. Tlicnc diCTtrrc^t %-ciniefiB of oni: ibd ^
same fncfdcnt ^4du:dly develop into diuinct «ioncK, ind uib u
«Dch, In^fi'rted in the collection by uticdticnl niediseval cdOV
Paralli^liaHis of (his Itind abound in the Volsunga SoK*. The »lar W
a dUum land in ^^pUc of wirnm^^ rind oiiitfiiv, iiS\6 thu bcoijll
by &rir reepL-etivc ho&c& of (hi? Volsungi in ibo 6ni and cfftc
Ntbkings if] thif East bucjk of Mr, Moirih^ J'^^u, ore not i1>nTc ^
!iutipidon of hcing different versions of the sxaio ori^iaul idea. TU
prophetic ktiowledjje, by dint of which Taiiou* people foresee lod
forett^U the uldccutte box of Si^ird, h anotlier instance of the szm
kind. Hut this multiplying tendency of the ^oga rcAche^ iu ditvi
when SLfrmund the VolsLjng is crt-ditcd with ofkpiing by no fewer tfw
three different unions, Sigurd being the 6on of Hiordisinstcid of Sipf'
The connoctiou of the latter willi Sigm and, her broihcr, is tviJewIy
iniTodutcd in the oldest vcTiion of tlie iale in ordei lliat feifyurd, itc
rcdccniLT of (he gods, niay have the iinmixcd Mood of tlic VcrlfuQ^P^
or, which ia the 5anic» of Odb the supreme god himiielfj in hisvcio^j
and the later Gogaman. in ignoring this circLim&t^uice, hjts eniictlj
de^^troyed the agmftcancc without by any means abating the lepoi"
wvencss of the inddent In adhering fitrietly to hie source in tlw
instance, I cannot hcJp thinking that Mr- Monis hu SLcrittCod Ac
ri^ht and even the ditty of the modem pocL
There is yet another such duly to which r»hnn reference flWlt
here b^ R'uide ; this is the anibtlc construction and dirhaoatioii of
chotndcr. The old Dies furnish excellent maioTiaia for this purpo*^
touches sometimes of the uunosE subtlety n^nd truth of obwnnum;
but they never work up tTiese deuchcd features to n fmfahcd pkliife.
Aa regards this point,acomp:^i$on of the different methods cmployrd
by Wagner and Mr Morris tcajienivcly Icrtdt again to mosi inteit*-
In^ cDDsidentions. By the fonu(.'r his licruca and hLToinea vc'
designed with a view to imjiiediate driii^iaiic action; their every ncnt
and fibre is instinct with sponianeous life and energy. Mr. Mom*, ,
on the othei luind. loves epic breadth, nnd the de^'e1o^ln1cnl of hif I
coaccptions /ic^ucmiy nnd pur^scly i^ expanded over a number a£-
^
Tk€ i>^ry of Sigurd ^nd its Sauna,. 55
ym^ £aineorhii£ni^AAdmQRchAiHct?»«Hr«ir«rUu«4d]ieved
tfltaii dmmiioa ikf saniivc not only tii *' Hif^r^^f but jJw in hii previous
uCc*, npeciolly in ihoM dniwn rrr>m J^rUnrlirT M>ijriri:i. The }>otti>
kifll til [iTOfik ^urun^ thrar wmih Jr^r yron .iml yciT4, cif their living
tvcibcr rA utmotf lociii mt^Tfounr, biit nvvrr losing ught fov ^
pOcncEVt of ihc fiiuJ god-l of rr«^n^r, ^ui nrvrr brea monr ttrikingly
|BtfntC<l thui in thflt v-drd utc t:i ;in<:cljcia ti:rnt(l lo dcodJj
med. "Ihc Lover* of On Jrun," The difTcrcncc of conception :ibove
llimd U> bficomct caQ«t Ji|jirjrcnt iii the ctunctor of tlic hero 14
Rtecaicd br the two p<Hit in thctr indivithial Ihthion. Wagnc/i
lc(^d i» cMcniulJjr «nd tntL'nav^t)' ^^Ling. Ht* p-uacB ihrough
jn^nt uid pcrformt heroic dr«d« trith ali thr uncon^cmcd-
len oC jrouilh. His love for ISc^^hild ii sincere; but when once hu
koqgbti vc averted irom her by thf^ magic draught, hu heart mmi
mGeoinnc fervour u>vard4 (he Normiing Nihlung nuid^n, juifl only
D Ihc hour of dcalh docs he Tcmrmhcr hi£ hni and derpiT i>.-ii<*iici(i,
kir. JkUtmi** Si^rd it 4 dr^uiniFr of drcanu, more of »n riimf^t
ttAiaf Gttin Ikin SirgfrircT, Ahhr>iigh ff» Of :i gL-kt-inH[»]T(il Tiltu,
ilcilm i* <nen>0*Tred liylfrimhifO'^lovc'jhhillcr, hut hrn itiiald.iticin
■aoKdjury. lie numo tiMdri-in marc from ix feeling of pii> JhflJi
tf b«e; Aod «AcT he has nvognjic^ Iht^ foUl error, be Innguidly trio
li weft the doom whifh, ht knowft, nwiiib ftll contcmcd m ihc
4acd TlAifc loodi of ftuJism .uxd reii^jiion is, from a nan-HiVc
pttcd itciT, more ituprcuive than Siegfried's bucjjnt cATelo^&ncvt-
^ eolf iJidli'Bit)' hm^ lo r^nccivc hew ^mh -1 character ihauFd
^Kfiuily hirrn'[*d ftom it* find aifcclion- Vot of thi* awkwjLrd
IciUm love-phtller i»j Jiftrr aII, 1iH( an aiiolugrliL ^ymboliiiaiifin.
AArr hdviii}; irie^ Ui sbow^ ai F.ir a$ uu"* j»o»ihIi! ivilliin the j^jycJi
^cee how Mr. Sfonii hu tutcorilcd ii> aMinjU^iha^ |o E)i« jndividiul
'fBfOtK the nrutCrTofhuoTigiDiil, it now rl-jn-iinv for m? to add a few
•>d» M to ti>e TO-innei, the litcury style, in which this difficiJl
>fchu beoa occamphfhed. Thi« cannot be dooc better ihan by
l^oag Xmcc Uk Ucc A pfiiugc bom the Vol-nin^ ^iigii -ind lUc I tcut-
Mttof tlie UBM tituAtion in "Ihc Story ofStgurd." Tlic ^c\\v^
dtesT ocojT* M the wnlding of ^igny, SigniLindV ST^lrr^ (o King
Ifprk, tbc IfCJB^IicrottfL host £nd uUimatc miinlcrer i>f hi^i kin&fijik.
^ttfuiger, i* need Ltrill/ be ^dded, \% Odin iht: ^nj^ ■^'^U llit;
*l*lhcHDitei" into ihc trunk of the tree the same ^rith which ^gurd
ttitbcdnison.
"TV IrIc lelU that greftl tires were made endlotig the hnll,
<idth«|ftil Iwe Aforcinid stood midmost Ihcreof. VViih.il folk saw
^AUthcim BicQ »t by the t'sfc& m the ci'ciiin^, a cerUin tiuu CiTftG
«
I
56 . TAt Ginti€maHS Magasmc,
JfltO the hdll, unknown <jt upcci lu aSX men ; and iiiclilike
bt lud tli^L uvcr Iiini w«t» u viiL^ttcd cluak, und he tvu bar
and liiid lini-n brvi^ict Lcil tiKht w^^n untu Ihv Ixmc, nod he I
t'A'uKi in ]^ia fund ;u he went up tu ibv Biunaiock, and a iJi
liLil upc^n his bifat!. Hiij^c he w:is, and seeming indent, and oni
So lie drew hia itivyrd and smote it itiio iJie trce-tnjnt, h> ihat;
in up to tlie hilt ; Jind ail held bar-k from gieeting the man.
he itjok up the v^otd and Nud^' Whc^o duweih thu t«or4
Ihii ilock shall hivtf Ebe iJim? m ;i gift fruni mCn and tliall £nd in
»uotI^ thaE nevL't bore he better sword in hand than it thif.' 1
with out went (In; old man fr^ni Qichall ; and none knew wito Iv
or whitUt? hv vunt." (V'okunga Sai^, Kn^lUhcd by Morni
M^K'^^'^^^"' ) ^^^ ''i^^ ^ini|Jc gernj Ilic fuJIui^hij^ ii tl^e n
ICiuwth rfml davL'lo]>mcnt;
Then into iTl£ V^hUiiiE d^lbifan^ibljr man iTian imodii,
On« r>Ttt And ttcmiiLE anci^ni. jrat bnght hif ttMC« (krtivd t
Cluutl-'ilikc wu th? hoixl iipnn Ii[id> aikI IiU thhtk glouii&f^ficy
Ai (lie kuer mumirift k|]»dut| wjirni OwH<jnn ii un llic w«y:
A hill he bnrc crn bin aliauUltr. whtwc mielity bhon beam
Vnntl bnchi hLlli tLc llairiv nf ihc I4a and Lhc hlOiiM Bl'ci'l
Ami vi\\\ mvi* [lie (jiiiu; i.hf lii^ ijtiiriirihr j* (Lc VoUuij|f cblf rt Tud tal
Wak brjmr )iy their {ithi^rh' fulien, itad th« fini \^mi vsTrn! hi th«
IM kln^ilL- tif lo ihq Jtraiulock, nor crvrEtiL any lord,
Jltil jHiih finn) li A cloudy raini-nl ln^ drew a (Iraminf Bword,
And unutr ii iL?r|t in t^c iri>c Tm^If^ nn'l ilif hIM h.iwi^ mrerTiead
lADchH 'ncaih ilio poIerI hnvch aJ m Ifiat h? iptkc and taxAi
" iCflilt r>f iht l^lha niiLJ Vnlxiin^, Ahidrn on ihv fut'ii
IjU lliri': aijiid Xhn l^rnh^liKk 4 lilode l^I (iltntcoitt wuElh !
TJie folk of ill*; wiir^winJ't fuik-ci* wruu;;!]: iivrvj TvUrT ulcri
ftinrt Ihe finl Itutt uf iicnvtn uriruiW tuj uiim fclli'ii wf*]-
Nmv Irl iSr mon anioiTt Vlju -nhD^f heart and hafid may fchift
T*i |iliM"tL ir frnrn ihr oakuitm] rVn lake il fur my giftr
'llic<ri nf «, but hl< o#r> 1)»rt fnlr^r, lit puini And cd|re dull fall
L'lUiE the DiffhLt bctinmng LnO the ciiiJiLi£ vf Uk lolc"
I
Sn twiW 1iH ipraVing uniiuJM, hi ww UkwonU JkI ^rwn^
Thm movrieu fill men mj tl^*Ts, as In a hip[>f drwm
Wv v\r not Ac*! ^vc ^viten i but ihcrr his ipFevh hfld end.
AihI tUi*ly Ai:>Vi\i Clir hiLll-flmt and uiilAi-nl ilid Itc wvml,
f\r^t Tifrn? W\->\\\t\ c^*\ him a i|UKi.jnrL m fu]li>w un hia wayi,
tor ihry knc^ ihiM the gift nai OlLn'i. asworJ for Lhc world (Of
If apace jicmiifii'il, I would iiuatc :v[so the version, by "Waj
Lhc sanic i-tcnt!, whUb tucuri as a narrative in the fivcond part
tetralogy, the '^ Valkyrie/* But for this 1 niuet refer the re
the Engliih tramlation of the ivork by Mr, Alfred Fomaan, pii
57
ASPARAGUS,
IFihc^«y1Ubleaof tbcGrcck word iMfitm^iiv^ hare dwindled
doim, llkffough pbiloloipcil wear and icar, bio the monoiyllAhic
Zn|Uih cquimLcoi of " alms,'* the Enciamorpho^n which ihc word
J n ^»«)cc hoa mdciSOQe, till it a^Bumcd in our vemaculnr th? tcr^
htdctanivc forni of " p^SiT are no kss dcairuttivc and pcculinr,
TlMvtuJog7»Ixrwvcrib«tWKn Ihetwo^OTds \% not complclc ; for,
vUbt " dms * U the only reprc«^niiivc of iin Greek ongioolT ihc
trads wfaicfa npmeai an-ri^>itc ore numcrou^i and divcnilud. To
spak merely of ihe Kngli^h of the lo.-^t ccninry and a hnlf, wc And
iWUowing fbrais in ihc Eubjainc>d descending scaEc of lin^iatic
deci]^ !— ^AipoopM— sparxgits — sparragus — ipcragu.i — aitl^mgraas^
vpmpub — (pCTigrass—spaircrgr.iss—spajTOVf grass -grass.
la coupamon with these vulgar ofTshoots from the original, these
tmimn^ Gnvcn Qte .i¶gus raoc, tlic olda English " iffra^'' is &
IKdbt «nd refiocd dcrivsiivc.
We cannot mce Iht; cultL^'ation of a^pirogu^ In England nny^
fahsbftclE than th<; close of the aixtefnih century, and from that
vtee ttU the middle of the \^l century the two exprei&ions ^ ipcragc"
aad " upiragiijt' were uicd iodlscrimlnittcly by persons of education.
The homely form " tpcragc " se^^ms as if it had been ntanufLic-
%nd cacpicfldjr to obviate the monstrosities to which ihc cfassical
■fmfut apidly gai^e birth. As early, indeed, d^ the year t6ii wc
U,iiBOng the eniiics tn the household book of Sir WiUium Fit£-
Aoi, of Mtlton, the following item t " Twoe roots of sparrowgrcs,
'■£* This 19 altc^cther a curious expiession j the price is hifih^ tlie
coat cf the purchAse small, ind the orthography suggestive^ as indi-
ciifig tlttt the associative principle tended then rather to the omitho-
liVCdthflB to the boianic4.l comiption of these later diy^i^ whiht
^ Imlced number may nhow thnt the worthy knight wf^lied to
c^NrinKRIaliAcbelbrc going in for "Bparrow^rcs" culture m i^anif.
* " 7*iv* U (be biJUuikal term fur Ihc >Juif>[& vf Ibe abi>ftni);iu mJ »IdiUu
' li Ibc <bnn " fl|ifliT9wcooK, " incnUaoed by !>kiniicr. Tlut urw (atuoiik
^^^«^H
58
Tkt Gmikmttfis Megdtinc,
I
'Hic form " ^tt$jffi" however, waA by bu- the uiorc uftuoi one tn
oTdiiuiy parlance,' iliough the c]aaif-il icm^ was often cmplofctl by
botimati. Thia ib ahotvii by ihc folbi^in^ ((uotations from some of
the aitlhon m ^hoic workt ih<r word otcura. In Holland'* PUny
(1601), wc find : " Aj touching -^P^^^ff Ihcrc la not ft herb tii the
garden wherc^of there \A tO ^rcat i^ire tuktEi^of them/' whilst m the
same work both terms appear in juxtipoailEon ; " Now there is m.
middle rtort of these ip^ng''^^ i^^t ^o c:ivik 4Qd gentle tkS the t^^ttrmpj
of ^e garden, and yet more kind ;md mild thu the cffrru^ > of the
field." Iti Sylvesicr*s ima^lation of " The Fnrici" of Du Buuu
(1605) ihc fi^bwing iiaasagc occurs : —
In Kk-lchcr'fl " BiftotcncEs," whidi was i>ublishcd tn 1633, wc raid
as follow! : — " Eating of CanJuus btQedicttia, of nw, onjWM, Aiifae
seed, ^ikc, /Al'^ ^ fj>eraffr, R^nclL, fen^Tcekc. Are. ; " jind in R^f%
" Catftlof:UH njintanun Ah^^Wk" iit>67) wc find, aa explanation ofibt
botaQicjil ^5]Ku;LguA i*^" ^/rrc^i^-found in sundry placc^ aa tn Uk
miushra near Briaiow, abom tlunvich in Essex- I found it growii
on ihi; cblTa at the Ijctcitd point in ComwaL"
The natumi alibrcviaton r^artigus was also cmployicd, jmri w
find ihat this identical atippTc^ion of Che iniiml *' x" hul al
taken placf! m l^i^n, aa the rraf^ing *' spjiagus" on^irt, accoridin^
to Nonius, in Varronios. It can scarcely be accoiiiiterl a vmIj
dnd indeed it was constantly used by i^iilers of the he^'inning of
liat centtuj, In Longrevc's transtalion of Juvenal wc rea^d^
J^evl l)iat <TieJI iiLuujitoin //,trflj^nj be \xi\\.
' ThflforrBi '**]3urp;" aaJ '^ipurty" nf* dfiibtly queried InLAfhsin; vlillff
[lie fuini '* >|rtiragi:," wliidi it givm hy Dr. JohniuD, Liit mIucIi N»fi:j *lylbc^i.
Mvcrcuiiir iL-fuv, i» ^qt^ in Ci>TGnivc li^^u), Di. JulULHHjirnAiicninuhliktr. h
cvtr, Ipwyinc ''from the Ynnsh arfi.iroffCf" >shwli Ua funa i^hidi ilifl vnjul
nrvcr AULmicd in EhaC [AneUiiec^ I'cw h'tiiii Hdvq ihc tcrmmati'Ui "*^'
' " Carmda" it dio clKsfal iml botinlriE oiuiw fur the wiM b[iar«|[uai-
' "'Wi EuLbiLfci of the wild a-^trA£ui 13 nursby e'*'^'^ "^^ t^i^ '^ piiiiliiing ^
Aflpanv^, pQtIto quot jceii vU[k& ftkto."-^JavcDil, Stftfrr, tin
"And B9ipiUfi(;U9 frail] lIil niuuali]iiis» Mhich mj' baillTTi wile (^ihercd when
Ind ]ai<I JEbJilt h?f «pinilJ('.'* TMi ngniit rt^frrs tu i\\c \i"rn<it}, wIlilIi L« vLill «
cnnmup trn ih? Itsliut liUle^ as appmi frgta Sii WtUbira Huvk«r't noiv ^
iteffAiun'j %vrstoa otJuvonaL ^
ild in BbkOfh l^ylar .i^auut T^uUubiUnliatktn t " An uxut^cni
Ai^ Use ^ocuu'i gouni or :{|ttrm«^ '* <" «e-uon only ai huime
too.* Af^a id tvdyn'i " Aevum*' (iTjc^) Wc ^d : " -^jMnvw,
ujiu %u (fli^ oifitriiaif^, (n\i[JcrjLtcLy hut imiiirnKM, ixiidrj I, diuretic,
fc (imuhon ol th<^ word nnd the prqicrtic^ ciE Ihc pUnt arc
The fbran '^ <par«£niu," '^ispcTS^ras:^" finrl HrialEy thr idrtblr
'cpuiott;n«* have only latlcrty become vulgnnhma. In ihc Lut
fdnivTt and «vtQ nit thelMt gcocntioni ihcjr nrcro only ditioricd
kam tthkl) otooc Uirougb rniKonecplion or fnljtc AMinutALun. 'the
ptU bdooenpfaci h&i g^wa a ccruin douicaKty to the farm
*'^prwgniw^" as be admiticd it m b genuine Knf;4^ word and
pmm iosuacc oHn utt;!:^^ In tiic firu ediLton. bowuvcr, of Ms
fHfTfannrj be only fiotjcca ihc rorm " uijmni^ui." And ^vt^s two
C<rtmitt1 nuihofs' jo hi> ■tttboritic^ It is in a itubscqucnt E;(Iitioii
fi»d liw Ibtlownig ^iiouiioQ trom '' Thi Ate o( Cookery " :—
r
Y^f infant pMJ* lo f^/^Pftynfj/ p«fcr,
Whuh (D Lhc Hipper ytn irmy bcti dvfur-
Tkcuu^ of the form " siam>ttT;:Tii*is " WhLS fiilly c&ubll^lied m jigtite
««6rf mttd 'juiEV Litdy, tliuitgh ^'Cuthberl BikI^j^s" Hi^l-i od the
*»l»tctiTi "Koios Jtiil Queries* C*ks not itirticulnrly lend to sub-
vUMicte this Ajoeriion* He Kiyf : " I would vt^atuie lo o^k wbelhei
^^itnvK'Srass i« not the older and iroer pronunciation (II) In fact,
M* 'oiJccgc' inO *omc otht^ wurdi, it obuins it llii? prT^icni day,
*» \ hiTc Uc^itd [I so called fy the sifter e/nji tarl. a iady npumrdi
^^r^rtQytan^A^r Docs the writer mean lu to infer tfuidus
**i i«cn be ordiographicilly corrvtc because employed by the aiKlcr
i'k arJ, and ihai it laust be ihc pronuntiaiion uf the iJteseni day
W»c ihe Udy in tioetiion wa* Eeveniy years of iige? Wc are
«ci«ed to think that licr hi^h birt!i l>y nu means iii^iurtd correctne»
'f PQCuiKijtion ; and die f^ci of her being a iieplu^igeiiAri.itk would
^ttc l«d m to eipecc die otdiQ^Tapby of her youth* ^nd not of het
WehaT« no« arrived at the last and mo^t crushing vulgarUm,
*Kxh at |>fc*cn! auoils our car* at evtry step— namely, ^^giiass-''
*"biiC3(iirc*Kio[i show* an cviTL ]^r?:alL-r ^-crversion from tht' orij^hial
'«*a^»^ otOJRCd \t\ the<:h:ini^e f^^ ^\*z artkhaut ^rmoh luVoJi-ritatfetn
^'tiddt. The odioui at^bievi^Lun luwcrs man to the r,\nk of an
i
^
60 Tbi Gi9Utcma9ts Afngasinr.
icrblvorous Animal, bc«idc« giving tisc 10 erroneous notioni Tcgudifl
bt^Uiniful nnturc :ind order of the plant. GriiS! ii the jgaobl
apl>ciUtion ln-stowcd on the esculent v^'hid^^ atuintng lordly pn
portions, gTiir^xl Ihc hiinqLicIs of Apiciu* und ],ikiiIJua, And who!
pmiKc* hnvc liccn the theme of the cpicwci of cicry a^c! Tni
it may bf said, ■* Litct an^is in Aer^." ThU, hQ:^«vc^, night I
t-bomc; buiihi: possibilitj'of ilicptrptiuailon of the expffeviofLt own
it?i frcqitcnl i:tiiployracnt in i^rint, h uliAl i& most 10 bc dreulei
It» kJtc in ^vorks on hortiailturc is bcooming univerKil, And tf
^riodioihnnd niitg4Jiinc-i devoted to gardening dnd botAny, irbk
fflught In .ict ;is tlie guo-rdijuis and champion* of ihii mnsi Kcdiieti^
Jily, atz, Ah a glance «t their pngcs will provc^ the principal otfcndci
The ctTet:! is still more comical when the icim i:i appticd to Jt uti^
^/o^H Thus in the "Cardtner'sM^^azinc " Mr^ J. C. Clarke* a gre
authority on tiic cuUivniion of rtspiTiipjs, virile* J " Thi* year it wj
about ihe sitid of A[>rii bcfcrc I harj a sin^'lc fnii* fil for table
Surely no one ^hoiiM Ijc c^ieL-med a bi^otL-d pririfit who wiibei I
check the ^owlh of (.'rf^rrTessions aurh bs fhiis I The term JJattfrb
^mfs, which was once w usual, has natmolly died nut since d:
f^round in that suburb ha» bcioi devoted to a more luerittivc grooi
than even ai^jmr^i^uiip and ihc he ail -quarters of tondon gra^ |a
now been transferred to Fulham and Mottlnkc, H
}|pivfng ih«s discussed ihe vufgarisms conncrfcd with Ihia n»c
refined vegeUble, wc hnvc now to make a few observations touchi.
the derivation of the original appellation. That the word aspuiQ
15 of Hretk descent then? is not any donlrt, but its root is subject
much question, and \id^ umnsed frequent diaeuasion amon^ ■
learned. The vt5u,illy at^ceptcd dcnVation, cspedally in botaiu^
treauscs, \s that from n inJeiiBilive, and ^wapaatiw fo tear, alluding:;;
the thorns or pricfdc? with which miiny spt' dc^t are jirovidcd — as,
inbiajict:, jisjmrsj^jj jjYrrj/rrV and Ai/<u'agt4S aa4lififiiHS, There::
nothing forced ot improbable in tills etymology; but if the fw
be imtpaatrw, we flJc inclined lo think that the d b privntive, M
thai the meaning of the tt:rm is that which is not rent nr torn
jjieccs— that Is to say, the shoot before the leaves expand T^
view is supported by Estiennc's definition in his '* Thesaurus: " "
dicitur, ^piod primnm in lucpm prod 1 1 oTcria germen, priusquarn
folia cxplicilur."' In I'otti^'s "Etymological ]iivcsiigJtions" a mf^
suggested akin to ntiif-yit, ir^upnyaci 0^1 yaw, all of which doinC
fulness to biusting. In this case the n is merely etiphonit (ITio^J
' In the /ilyfHoti/£ium Uirjftue Cnnfr {179°] 1-ciine|i »yt [[ ilmolca ibe I
^Uid ifriftavlj frcuu t pijvsliw, and i/trtTtfjirin lulHT,
^sfiar^us. 6|
>« Attk Tom of the %-<trd w» Atr^apayo^, Thil pUFCly diAlMtiC
ia(e C3Umot po£nt lo OAy comiieciiOQ with the Homcrir wonl
'■•^•TK, deoo^ *' the tieck,*)
Both ihf^Gicckb and the «ailicrRonidn« applied ihc term" dApam-
tk' U> tbc; shooU of many planet, and not mcrd/ to nnc liountcal
fcdei. They probably ate k, i^ihcMoaoind ArnbAc^uihpfthooti
^ik ^^^tf^pu o^Vm ai the present d;Ly~iuiiiely, in (hoir vild stue,
TW aaXf occamacet of the nx^rd in Creek afc in quoiationti tn the
'DcfpttOtOfihuu* of Ad^cnxuK fiom the now lofL workA of obtcurc
vhen. BoE when *b come to view the vegeublc as ifc^itird by the
rrp— ni, it naitna i^iiiie a different tinponanE:c both at the t^ble
md ht the pkunutoopoJa. nnd the mtnuEc msiructions of Cata the
Kkfcr lor hs proper culture show t?iAt it wm thus cajly a favourite
«iih the Romacd, HieHj^LeinofcuUivatioii advocMed by Columella
in Us "Hutundry^more ihao iwu huodied yeara later, dou not
diiEr mucriaUyfroin that fvct:imincDd«dbyC;ito, but the mstnimionii
of iht SfunUh borticuUui]£t arc not V> dear ^d prcei^pc as those
of the tartkf Rom:in wiiter Jls gastronomy gamed nAccndcney
dtfing the pencKl o( the emprron, so did afipan^B ci^ltivniion
in bnpoactnce. and the xhoots in bulL Thi: Romanii
PMroover, h^vc thus early been awnre of one of the moul
Mcreu in prepaiint; the sproutR for tnble— namely » fthatp,
ffdci botlil)ff'-&nd the proverb so frequently used, oa Suetonius letls
«% by Aflp'ttu* — "Vcloeiut quam aApfinfii coquoDlur " (Quicker
4tt upuMgas ^ould be cooked)— has been ^erpctULiicd to later
4^ as if to remind cook« that briakDes» and boiling water are
mamPf to prtvent thiJi delicate ve(,'elalile from becoming Trodden.
Ihtt ve fi&d m Rsbehis. who knew tto well both the cuat^ms of the
bnm and vhiii wju ^-ood fur hima^elf, *' RemMe n'y a que des'
<iftpn d'tcy, )e du^pluslouit qiiencntinteuyiiflspcfgc3"{" PflnL"v.
K Juvenal only refen lo the ^ild asparagt]^^ but Mnrtial in h\x
'Pfitrimn" (xin. it) alludes to the edcbmted produce nf Ra-
fr«ii wiE tnmtlii )[raliQT aflpinieLi.
fUteasporaguiof l^vcnns wasafl cclebratLd in cUstiicd] tinaaS
he of Sua Sebo^tian waa a century ago, or a^ the produce of Fulbun
* A^enicail is at the prcirmt day. Pliny tclli ms. ^^ Asparagus, by
Vtei^ ««■ (mended to grow vild. to that cAch might gather It when:
h|kHcd' Biil loar.d bchaldl wc tind it in the highest state gf
<ttiibon;a;nd Ravenna producvi heads that weigh as much as three
i
The GtHiUmafii Magazine.
k
pQUEidfi cvtfiL AL-u for thcntfni>troi&C3Gc«te'of gluitofivl" Htciv
W9 pit^bably some ciopgeniiocj in Ihu >Oktcfncnt, ^ lAic i^Ee^mtc
Eitch n bulk, antl the ^TCriEtfAl ex^floiT rrcoixIv'J in England is ihll of
Mt GnysoD of Mortlnte, who cl fev ytars a^ prodiK^d t huftdrtd
head of wpanigui whkH w*;igh^ 4a lb*. Thf fhoob wtrc 18 !ii,
in len^« \\\n piriy .iljout 3 in. were c^tsibk ; the rc*t wm irbxt Mn
CuthiU conitfinpiu<n»3y tlinadcrisee of dritmstkh. That great caw
nnd troulJc were bcitLfwcd by the Romans on it* mrccsiftil cvlcuc^
is shewn l»y Ihe opening wonJa of the grenr nnrurjliftt oh ihe in)14c<t?
" Of ill ihc g.irden phms nspanigup is ihe one (h.it rcTuircPlH^nwBl
delicate care in its cultivntion." The ApicH, Hicnlli, nnd whcrcoti'
fioqftveim tii" Tcnnvfo had this ve^-iftbly M^ngtn In pcrfi^ii^n IHun
the n«ijchbouHioo4l of >Jc^», in Cftmpaiila-
Pliny Thentionii it &uT^»eiitifioi\ rtyanHng the k'wwth orflSparagWI
whicli hnfc been pfrpvtu^icerl r^mo^f Eo our own day, nnd u'hfeH iM^
IJBthnfiK, sLiU Jingfr in ihc niindw of sonu' ptrden^m of the r»M H:htK>L
Hu writvH; "I find \X etatcd <h.it if rxms' horns are pounded and Ihcrt
buried '\i\ ihf ground. n5|>cimKi-'B ^'^'^ conn; up." rtioscoridw, whc* of
cuune a:]}y irejted of the asjKiragus as entering largely into the Jtncicnr
phjtraacupona, meniioiu ihip^ alreurdity, hut refuses to tredit itiWB
that ii held its ground is showji by th<* fb^llowing eMfairis. Rithe-'
laitttTili:s("Panr"iv. 7): " Tkltu me Inn '.hese horn':, and braf thenitt
lictlewiih an iron pestle, or villi on andin:Tn, which you tOefUie? itii
di one to nwf. Then bury them wherever you will, providdticnuk/Mi
where [he sun nmy shine, and^^ait^r them fre^^nc^mly, In a firw niontta
111 engage yoit wtU ha\e (he be^i osp^rsgLis \l^ the vrorldt not «vcfi
eiceptinu thnse of Ravcnna." And ur read in >i Frertch wti[l5
on lnjrtkuUurc ; "Est ivnian:|iiat>1e la natiirelle ainiti^ de «eftie
planiB !i\e(. Jes rumes du Lt tnoutonnitk', por:T t^aocnnAK
j^eioeni ]jr&s dVllea, 'lui a faii croirs ii avirun*;. les n^rpcrges
proced^r bimediaLiauirnt dg cornet " Tn John EvclinV fEvdjli)
** French GardjnLT" {^(^*)\) we futther- find; " 3gme Ctiribils
persons pni ^./"jj /wra ai the bcaiom of the T't^iJr. and holj
for certain, that tliey have ^k kind of sympatliy with Asf*ar^9i^
which makes them pioeper the better ; but I refer Uicra lo Ac
Experienced."^ '
The other passages in the Latin wrilers deal with the meiKdnal
proptrlie* of ilii; plant. Pliny recommends it for all kinds of a.il'
cnenu. and Gdtn, when e^fpaii^iLTig on the eubiecii shoe's xhsil fae
was fnlly aware that tht' principal therapeutic merits were contained
in the root, owiiij^ to the presence of^a strb&tance wbieh modem
^
^Asfiarapis.
63
^fCBti have UtvmiI tf;^rrv»u.< "ITic mam cxtnorrlhary vimie
V}4>Ai»lScbcnck{"Ob'^ Med-"' 1. 1); ' If fhertiotiipiiEuponft
^llBtachc9violcnt]y,itcsttWAiMoromc<»itwilhdut jKiin.*'** Oar
nkxB dcBUMa ha*« norc conAclcsrc tn rhli^roform or rthrr-vpray t
Tteaoil taufccd »ttkitt of a^tcrtipAf ii on the krdncy^ and ihe
W b still dtcttuveLr etnplojtd u Purii and cbewhctc an a dhirvrd*?,
iwiutliily l>y pcraoM of acdcntiry habiu. It iaan antucnrhditic;
' b eood G3T drofwr. but bad for g^nut ; it is also usul ax « llihic.
Hl Bromab recoounenda Ir ad ^ ncdativo for pafpiutioni ot ihc
^ofL The wcdof tiad pspaia^UK ia not lutfdm mixlcm phjirmAcy,
ind litem a a popnkr bdicf pm^lcnt ilut ihc bern<4 arc poisonoifiL
So lu frotn th^« bcin^ the cqk, Ifac settle vcrc aod pcrhjpi jitt, unctl
at Gcnuanf as a TuLntilute iot fofifcc ; wiih vfIui mnccsa wc mrinoi
i^lHitihoiikl imo^cthaitbc famcomoumof plcamrablci^cnwtion
produced CIS » fell in m'aLlowin;: a decoction of a«)m powd^-r,
jmjr othtfr substitute for the Ijcrry of Modu. The Ronvin biflic*,
Tcuificd the Sf orun Lncctidsm of early times long oAct their
l—ii. hid suak domi ihc dcscentfin; :tca1e of gnstronomr, cpiriirc.
BJ i—it , gourmmd, j^Litton, utcd 10 drink aflimraf^v^ uine. puralcy-
sc«4 iHdc^ marjonsi wme.flnd oihcr mild voe^Btile dococtiotis. Our
latfvs &o longtr waicr their Chi&n ani^l FoilcRhan, &nd rceogniie the
^npviof lacnb of Pominery and Heidticck.
fWougfi the dark and middle a;ich 'nc loie nglit of the "^^tle
^■■bc.* 7lio«|;h in cultivauon wuf- iifobattly continued in HaJy, ond
^ ^m introduced eufy into Ktancc. oa is ^ihotrn by the extraccs wc
h»tihii3i1fo<nthi!»oiidcrfi.iliaiiJV of tho Luti! of Mtudon^ yet it» re-
^ved^fowth under cvlui'^tiou had, like tliat of mi)i:h other valuabJc
QcMibc knowledi^e, to aw^t the advent of iht- RcnixlE^nce.
Iht fim incftlkm of culthMlcd afparapit in Ku^-liind w met with
■ I wtsi tkai is inTttlualilc far all infvrix,atbn rcg^irding the kitrhen
PriCMof oc uiecstors al ihr dose of tliu sixtecnih century— naniely,
Qont^'lJotoiH,'' vhic-h nu published in i^q;- From his n^^couni
■« karo ihtt Ac vild upcjagu* vat thuo more used ituii the
,ttAMid, aitd «e also gain a deicriptbn of the cuZinary pro-
10 which "fniM" WAS subjected in the days of good
Bmo: ^Thtf .tndcnEi have set ibnh two «otIc^ of Rpcmge^
^ CttdcD aad thtr wild $pvr.'i£& The later writtn h^ve found
*^ Of the vrild kind." lliu nsp.iragus of the tuble, whidi
■ n^Ma ml Dt, J*^^ ^*^ tnttptd [|i« mcdkiHAl profvrflci of the p^ant
fl
u
The GtniientaHs Magasin^.
jiince the time of Liniiji^us i« kTiohn botmicall^r af Atpanagui
ff^iinaiiit htt describe under thr hrid or'^AspLUagusSAtivuv" Wc
Tc^td ; '*ThK fint !ipruut3oriiukf:d tender ^uolihcv^cof be ofldidma
KodJi;!! in f1?^ btoth md eaten , or builcd in fune wnter, snd Masoned
with oile, vincgcr, mII, itnd pepper ; /^m ort urvtd at mra> itoA/o ftr
it saUmff. 'I'hey jic pleii«nt to the toste^ easily concgcEcd." ' Aspon-
^t did not, however, became fj;c(ier;il]^ IciLcrnn titl About ft cvaULtr
ur the uientiort of it would noi h^v^r been kI dt^wii 'Jt\ «u|
IchnjiitHMi Jjy the -tittliLH" of '* The Art <jf Co^iltcry," w\\^ wnlet ?
" Neillietuina./WpiilJ/'^j in an EngUihituin't /ffinA btiutx .fftn^
t^mc in : n^ cj,n lie sent^ liim ukhi Oitti of C-rr^i Ivfore that time;
Ileoiighl as^vcU give KingySi*n« tlie Firala J?/*.^ ^( At^r^nxm 'Ofion
hh Tint coining lo LvniiiM, whidi veic not brought into £t^Mmt
liU nuny Y&in* after." Uul Anderson is wrong in Hying that «Up«a-
gu& WIS E^ot knova in EngUnd till the middle of Lhe eighlcciuli
century, thougli ]m rem»uks ar« intereiling vi ilKidratfng ibc st^te ^
<)uatLiutioD of thv bJic;hcn-^ijrdcn}> of our Anccfctorf, who cen^n^
canriLjt be iq^aidtd a^ v^geuruns. In the " Sute of Engbnd,"
pttbiiabfJ In tjbS, we rtrad that thf: EngH^h cultivaEcd h^ly anf
vegelnbleH htiotv the bsc Cm> ct^ntune^ Al Iht LVdjincriKemeiit of
the reign of Hairy VIII-, iterlhcr salad, nor carroltj uui c^bboge^
ludiahci. iioi any other comesuL>Ira of a like iil^uti', vivtc grown
nny part gflhc kingdunii ihcycame from Holland iind FlHndcn.
In 1793 Qut?(;n Catherine hnsdfLUuld nol procure 4i udad lUr bcr
dinner. The King wii* olilig«i to send over to Holhind for a
gitrdcijcr In tuEliv,itr tJiose imldierbs wiiEi uhicl] England iB,pcrbap«,
belter furnished now than jny oilit-r country in Eurojje, Cauliflower*
were noi known in En)i;land till the innt! of ilie Reatoiuiion ; jnd,
sv^^king of the year 176J*, Anderson says that in/ary^s ami arti-
Lihuke* Hert only iniroJutcd n few yciirs antctedcnl to that dBt«^'
Nuint^^us aliLi&ioD^ and dc^icriptii^na prove. howe«ei| that ti^dt was
not tlie ca&c. In all the Herbal^ from Gerard's itme a»pargt|i;uG it
spoket] of aian csLiblishcd denizen of the kitchen jLT^rden. There 19 a
full desi:riptitin of it in JhOVcU's llaji;]«rntflAo>m> or *' Compleat Her-
bill." published in 1665 ; and in I«omird Merger's "Corapleai Enghih
Clardncr '* ( i*^;o) «« Itatn that t/iirragut tiiliure wa» conduited then
much as in ihe present day. Allusion has before been niadc to
Evelyn's " Atetarta," published m i&y-j, as well as to his " French
OardinKT/ in both of winch rhc spelling ai/itr-afcus is utud. The
fonnet is a highly mlercsbng work, and his derivalioa of as^ra^m
^
tieiftd'l litr^a, c %h P> 3Ji>
* $P7**( raiUftfAMs
As^aragtu,
H
' Ai/rrjfeaif) w«3 iu>l llic tTUdtTrtmt miitJikc t^at Xar^i considered
-T Ib» * (;io*w*y."' fef i\ sfotc from the b^mdc^ of Vrtrro, who viys -
.fitrit i*r][$iJPit, unW%9 from ihc Grt«k " From hU wofk wt
-!L3t uf uagos w?a forced for the Uble ai the clove of llie
t^itittenth cemuiy, «nd Meager Ktitn thit Londoa vit well nrp-
}M with Tofced up&ngtu aj eaily a* i6;o- hy ihc begmtiiog of
6r pievfitoefitinyfcirerdu wetL as nitural aapxragut hcut beeome
iSc m^ and not the exception ai Uie t4bles of the rich, Ri\d ihc
namei vatttf luraUhc*^ plentiful suppliet lo the tncifopoUA.
GrtfwodotMl Hattenea ivere the mosl Umout loc^litiet foi iti pro-
Jaction, uid ve read in the " KpicMie** Alnmnnck " ftn 1815 ih^i
'"from Craveseod the AKpirrij[ij« ainvct by lUt-btui^ every tide
cbnAf ebe<e*4nn, At Bniin^iigati^ whr-TF in lUrk Hoant l^ne ihfte
X I kiM ofnuikel 1*09 it." Yhr vfntrt is profmr in hit prais» af
CO/*<tH Cittrdm ; Mnd re^nyj.iflcrnll, t( \s only The biiiltting and ni:< nm-
taocUtioQ whjch are V> unworthy of Ihe Ifti^c*l lapiial in (be ivorkl.
Thc vci^ibte «ad llOTal prcKluce exhibited is, (flken coHectn-cly, snrh
n DO other Bit'oa, not evrti /a b^IU /nrr/ir, oji boAHt of, Riil it Uji«
IdM tlir racUJ ititus uid to|ncj{ inideai which it once enjvyed. In
jS>5 it b docribed thu« —
CwblCte LobJod aoiu lliiI LondoQ fi^lJici,
t^Qwl CiA«llL Cfiirdcri bluuiii« uj %tt\tr)ty ^aijt
For eooehincii, coffec-roomH, piujfja, ilcjlLieaj
CAl4a|:r( tod comnltant teincJ in fiery,
la ientier dftyi the itpcrtitAr resorii^d hither tD frilne^i the
IdBOun of A Qflrket njnrning ; the fficctio"? Tom Orown portwycd
i«d dmoutUed ihc cDllAqiirjit w\\\e% c\' the market folks ; rhix .^iccne
«v dqiieied fay Hogjinh in hin " Rxkr!'*^ Ptogren ; " it vas ihii spot
V^kfa Kafqulur «nd V.mlmigh frequently cbo^e in their comedies 33
<fa| ftRdcrpous of tntTLgiciniii - it kvjis tlie ^u^dtmut of epicure:^* dm-
vdAk Jtz^ eesnic philowphen: it lA now the haunt of Heh^c^vs
»l GBAUnooogen, of livened aervants and spinsiera of limited
IW Atfanepts i0cina!is\A:i descendant of the wild nsparaguE,
ii indigenoiM to Great llTitam. It is not, however, a eommoti
t^ucii its tiiK-4lttvited lUte . but we gather frotn various auihori'
liadat ic hii bees fbnnd, alwiy^ ni^ar the senmidt', in the l^Xt of
'l^ted, neftT Bmtol, and ipanngly near Edinburgh (l.oudon); at
Cilhr Point and GoifoTd J.int* (CInrkc); whilsr in Kynancc Cove,
^ Cntiral, there ii xu i*l*nrf, c.illcd Asparagus Inland, where ii
^^ pIttKifiiJIf (Kritner, " Jiook oi ihc T.ib]c")H ll HOA bi:>;v-'
The G^nilfmam's Afa£a^w<
crroncouftly t^latcd ihat the odglnd haHlut of ihc plant vtt At
thi^Ugh it itiL fact ihiit excellent aipjinguE growi ^ild onili^bauki
of Che Ei-iphraiM, whtK ihv kHdoIi ojc nutlUfcd by what Ibe}^ par
tTcularly aff«i:t— >(v1jirrI(*aiioii- It i» fonnd in iridtt EDT^ion c(iui>
tri«s*— AS, for insuncv. on ihe sAiidy iiloiult of ihc Rtione rad Scine-^
wliithl in tht Mil sic|JiK;*of R-Litoia and PrJand il gro^nj *o fterfy t
iirtdllyJo^i bijcomf; j^'iTi*. jnd U cof^ly devoured V ttu'li
urtd u>i-(i, Tlic UKiULMKUH bckkiigt tu thi> bnUDical oodtr of Eh'
UUaene, or litywoii*, nnd the wdnrtJve thnrm in cadng it ih
be cnhwtccd by the Itnowledgc thai we are enjoying a very near fdi*
tion of (he lily of the valley; whilst n hu a clMe connection wid
llic jsphodcl, ihftt cbsical fkiwcr of the dcparied. Few pUmsim<
prove so much by judicious oiltivadon as Mp^tragus doci, -ind moKf
f»f OUT tnark(?t grxidencn now produce it in n high '*t«le of pcifeciic*,
especially, 3S Mr Unihill lays in his eitcclldnt "Vegclalilc ManUftJ,'
tince the jtbsunrlity of hnvin^ only Ihrcc inchn of vegciAhle irMCv
at llie top» and jjrowmg ihrce-TjiiitrlcTB of llie sh^hnl tn eneurohrt^
Ijjnflnii dnslhina, hj,-! been wi m iit-h exposed- it hft* been |iroTed If
chemical arudyii^ that aspara^is contJiins 1cs>( niilriTnent Ihxn tlnml
any other vcgetablcj for eveTi the b^^t of pLnnts must have their bit
ings J *jurdy, therefore, It should be Ihc nim of gardenns to rcrjff
the ealable part of thu shoot; s^% Jong as po-ifiible. sinre quanlit}' ii^
in thi? caar, as necessity ns quality,
France, however, nKirit be locked upon ai the home of fa
aipriTJtgns far rxrej/rncr. Htr nurkct gardcncn know how lOgTW
it: htr cooks tiiow how to prepare ilf and he artimn*. *t wed*
her epicures, know how to ual and enjoy it It is a hard cue ll»l
llie flavour of tlus native of (ircat Britain i* unkccwn to nuny d
our middle and to the bulk of our laxa claara ; hiu it must al*'Vft
remain a select vegetable, otnng to the amount of groisnd reijuiffJ
for its ailtivtition» and the cxpen.ie and trouble necc«&Acy to pmdi«
it to advajitngc. Put in Fmnct it is within the reflch of all chut^
and is a dainty which i^ included, for months together, in a VvatiBB
dinner. In " KnifL' and Fork," n tn-iga^Inc which appcan^d fm VO
years under the editorship of " Fin Bcc," there ia a goorl ortirit c*
French market- gardening, which vvaa miiinly rcprodurcd from dn
■■ Times." The irnicr very conottly states that the student of ThI
Quarlier Latin enjnya his nftj^oragiis longer thiin rtwny an Ijigrab
country genileman with \m bevy of t-ardencra. A very nice pliteof ll
may be had at any of the j,-reat Paris catablibhmcnta for i^if. ; vhilCiT
its aldenuanic proportions, polished ivory shall* and rcay bud tc
Darand's, or any of the first-class rcslautnnis, are truly adminblc- \
iSe win oot ilhM lift to cEitrr fulljr into the mixio of culiotr oi
lagw m EflglaiMli Fmno:, rind vlhcr for^iii^ rountric<i> but a lew
icului of its growtli ainong our nc;^)boin> iiMy pn:nv inictcst-
thc tyiAcm of calbvstion a cliamctHc«ll]r Ow oppoiiti- <if onn,
EdKh gEow it in «iuk trrnchn iiiitrid of tti rAiv-d beJi,
( micBiJctl ti* produce \he gioit Ltrsu)» Air [^laiiEnl v^ry wide
i, UHi tlic pUnu nc amduoatily w^Mrn^ in thr? nimmer ^itct the
I ltt» ocatccL Tliih U the linic fl( yc4r when u]ur;i^M Kxfnirut
h eoiui»hEncitt, ami ihih cuct^tul potnr iitoo tVcfLUCfiily ncxI^xItU
agbnd, r^icriuily Uy |iTi«itr ft-ird-^ncii, Tlie plinU arc carc-
liUkoJ, (tf prrivut Lhc ^cm« »id brinrhci being hrolhcn by tliv
tauJ iQ decayed or ddictlc pLuiti »re r4rcli;illy lepUccU by
r«f a ^ronjjc iind vi^Ei>roirt groorib. The Girth is rvi-rj' yrju
icwly itBiOvrd TO thr mnth, uml roiim mAnurr )4 «])rcAil nvcr
lliefoe tficf W covered up n^m ; but ci4 a niJr Ihr Krench do
,Biick io fieaviljr *« the Knjclisli gmivrr% Th^r largest And
Im Md^t arc choKTt eo propjg.ilc! From, and iKt ruuts ^rc always
ipbuicd OS ytarhiigi. jnd tjurfuily prenervcd from thi- ait during
cnvL The Long, blanched il^mi. oa which the 1-rcnch i;iDwcri
eilmindvr««n much,aJV jirodiiccd l>y a system of fiithinfl, nnd
BfaOdl W coljr allowed to push onr inth above thr actiimiibicd
'befan cstlifig. In the growth of the giant aiparngin -AhicU wc
mlly Mv in l->igbnd at CKristnui time, and which i« sold ai
ate of about u. a head, much .iitcntion ii devoted Co cadx indi-
mI iikraul An i^tifVf tube is plored over the hw\, And tin:
01 1\ iliCft alloired to rise liigbci nbove the siiriiirc than U llic
' Bith tV ludin.'iiy ctop» :i3^ by Ihc e^clusirm nl .iir, aivd
rtalff Ii^'tti the mri(>i'pn/ed bbnt^itin^ is «ciiieciI^ i^lif^teAS,
Inr gtrn tiibc^ vrtr u«?t1, ihe %hooL wlpliU lie hjntriricd for*
0, bul iMMild a^t^Mmc th.-il grct'Tidfss ^ihii.h the Ficnth tbink
(BcJeiu-jUr. I^j^tciic wy* thai in Spaiii a j<;iuii of cime
[ilucd otrr caih nhoot ^ whiKl, in ;& coiiinuu) it-it Ion to (he
Ol lloriiciiltunLl SuctcTy. l^Aunmnn. of Vn^nna, sf.iles ihni ibe
Incn of th^t lorahry employ n wooden tiibi? i8 inches long nnd
A ID diameter. A ^rciE deal ofaHpaii^tgu^ is grown m Holland,
Iwnuy be fure thai those inoit pnclical ^nd ^uccei^fui gArdenen
DK £iil in pjtidiieing utisfaclory f«idti. Their systrm of
DddiR T* to he«p up iooK sand over ihe rising head. The i^stem
^biKlLOu in America is ranch Ihe same as ours, bnl no mcmlier at
icnlcfU indigenous to (he New ^Vorld, The vcgciabtc \% now
naja the SiiUei on a Ixrgc »cale, and muL'h aticniinn avak rcr«nily
bjr ihc introduction thcnoc into thia comilry of ^ bvcd
7h< OmiUfHarti AJa^aztHf.
called ConnDver"! Colonal, which wu (buiul, however, not lo be t
diTcreni bpccici, bui only s. voiicly frequently obiicrviLhle in ■!
pUna lacked from tccdf whiUt the pcculijiilicfi of the »c«dHag had
bvcn inti;(i)ijri<.Mi by dbitmclivc circuin«limcc« of {irowih- To rvtun
to Fnnce, iho^t^^inds of cliamjiAgnc botUet aic u^vd a.t AtjcaMnj!
fort'tc puTfw*^ of Llini:hing, uftrf llie bottoms have been luivd;«J
UlU, ^iil Llieio is .1 rvgcjbr i\^i}c with itic u^inufjii^luhn in dduku^
bvtllta pujcbastU y^\\\\ lliis intt^nL Frequent rtcourte it sXxo Ind lo
tiviliti, i*r brll-Kl;L?*ca, whiiii may, in the early s|jriii(-, be Kien dotted
all wcr ilie j^uunij t\\ the lleporinietiE of the Seiiie-el-Oi»e« jod
CJS>w:idl!y in the Valky of Mu^lmorcncy, The use of bcII-ijlMwi 3
now bccoinine frequent ;cMiong Ei^gU^h gro^i'cn, ^uid they iivl> U
purcbaifed at the lAtge gbut-vrcirks at one shilllnn apjuce. if ukco tt
4uuitliti(& of not fewer than 300, A sp^ragtis- forcing a one of the otr^
^'a-u;'rr(jf Prcndi HardenJfig,Andbc:ii.tiiftilbi]ijU]c6cn«ybtf seen ioOv
ahopA AS early oa November. Siem$ have been exhibited four mdiei
inciroun^ferpnce, ami the cy>icurcfiof Pans ftel th^fmuelve* in dulf
bound to lelifeh hi-adt which have been crowned \\\i\x the gdd
meikl uf tht^ (Imi^trftnl) Horlkuhiud Society of Fonce. We
have of^eii wi>ii*Jcft:d who tils the mammoth *'gra»" und lb
j£"30-a-tIoien peiire dispbya^d in Mr, Solomon** window, bm iW
mysiety 13 exphiined by tlie folloxvinp anecdute taken from B
Siivaritfs " PEiytiologie du Goftt," which wguld apply e^jiiflily w
I-ondon Ui to Pa-ris: —
?MsJng Ehiuu^-Ii Xh* ralflJA Royal ohf fine diy in ihc munlh of Prbfiafr
I Woppnd before Mrnlam*- f liPTPf-i w inflow, Ihff AOiil famouK placf of itc liiM n
Ttm, 1 Tibiicvd iDaie r?inarkoMy Tine ufjam^s tHostnaLlcfl itick of vlmhTU
larii» ihiUk my fowfingcr, 1 aifced ihepricf, '^Foily fiunnv TnunHnir," •"
Muli^ne rlifvpi*i n]j>]y ■■ It w xcilly vt ry fmp mpafagu*. Imr al Budi 1 pfv '
only klDG**^ pHncn can mi it" "Vnu Drciiiii!taL;n. SiLch aitiorg^ti mi\»
nrivcrru^licip&taccs, L( la I4a|-0A] f<>r iliAt. 1 hIikII hcL] je 4(1 tZicMm*.-, ibuufi;
nml ihia in Uuw jt tvtLl lir done i^llitjc iic In l^nit* aI lh» ]irpi«iu munvnt |0a
m«^ of fnonniiiii wtulih— llitunntFri, r^|iitnli>(U, n-iLiV4] irciifpnneii, ipj OEtet—
who Ste cWiAnpcl tnilicir home*; hyipiul, liyttic fcfli of CiHifrfi, b^ (toctorVoidcni
nr by other ciui»c± wltich do nut prtvcrU Ibcin fmm catinc uiil cnjujin^ pod
ihlnj^t, TL(y «■! bcfuif Ihc tkiGinit liLmovn In llit^innlmk what Milt V41I ulikiy
their ilatmyg|]]wJiT«. When ihcyhnvv mntu-kfO their brnSni uniucctfurul ly, ibct
atml Ihcij \-aItr-4f--'hiimhrt on a voy»K* T>f di^^avcfy, ilc will ^mne bfir. ml
wt mjr o^pual^p uiJ will carrf il off iL Aiiy [Jiu^e, Or rl^r .i prrlfy unoun h^I
psit with her luvcc, md 'Aie will «ay^ ■ Oli, whtiE Tm? :i>parM^< : L«t oi bar
lonw- Obr cDoti maVft thi* uitce for it la |t(?rr«:rian. yon ^now.' Id mch «<««
Lhe liner nnnol rrfut^ intl ri^nnni cl«nikir Cl the priic Ur che il ut 1 l^t bv^
■ chn»tcninc. 4 auJdcn mtrcajc of Jtutu^r ^— how Jo I kii(»w? la ■ wopj, tk«
itearlhiiigi (o ejukkcr ikafi lliciiTiPip in Vni'w, luxau^, In ihp t'oLint ^fUlther^
£udi cvtmonlEEiory circuiikfiitLnni aH«c ibai there ic nlvsyi ui oppotltinily e< «|l<
Asparagus.
m.'* AitW(pok«»iiM tfofiiKnciuhmiD paiHdunL^'Bna. Ther ■topped
AcMnAvvt 1^ ifcciT bcfi ctpKued gmiE filnuraliuu. Oqf ef rhrni
kill ihe UUiirllmiljr Gne b^ira^ut Juiu up ici ir:il>«r, withiJtiL
Ibfl pfteo^ p*M fer It, lod amorl U off [in<f*r hm arm, wbitrlini-
A* IU«fr* "Tim, iMOiMurE" lOi-lMitlAmr^hcvrE Ii>ma vnibi
«iu opnfoo, bowLTcr, ai(|ungu« Uouirlit witb tuch wanron
of QKKMjr nonld, like firawbcrri^ >l oiiv bhiUiii|- tfi'.- ounce.
of fttOiMy ih^ of ihc naiur:i] Ituxour ofthu vir^cubU-.
Tbc lutd mdct asparagus ^tivAticm irv France is more CKtcnsive
b E&sbind.ctptidaIly«tDcc of hic years so much h:iB btf(;n Kent
e London nurkcL Thousiods of pt!rioni urr t^plojed in iu
llie ix^bourhood cjf Farit alone. Mu^^h of the natural
hovicvcr* which (upplii:^ ihc Kngli^h nurkcc before
ova crop comcf. in is raificd in jj/i'T^vriW ucixr TouIouhCi :ind
daUKO in the South of Franri*, ^hcrcic is mu^h gn^/wn amongst
liocti *» tl flUo IE in the ^^culc-« Oiae. The ronsignraents lo
hat« Jnatat«denonnoL]6ly within ihc k«t few y&'xrs, v^thout,
; dkuNfi ^ui>' n»tcrinl ilj(rcrc3ki.cirithepnLeofthcvogcub)e
cooniry. The mauti.i for Urgv hvadv of aifparagus is i\o new-
hot>t>>' in Fnocc, as ie sf^o^Ti by ihe fuElowing cruv! iimctltal
by Ekilkil-Savahn, >vhkh vru givt; in the ijriginnl FR'ndi,
lOMB U onch of tU piquiiTicy in tran^latiun ok ihe Li^pura^uit
' tloci when tsxdly drtss«d ;—
aif«^(« d^w QtbuffUT m*n«i1lBii«4 polntaii dann un il« catrr' ilf wn
fcntcf A ['toKAat lotilc )* Mciftc K (iiin9]}Di-ta jdr l« Ilcuih T'Q"'
Ir bit; Cdr, ilmhTn jnlili ^»htM|jiiux uubt dil mdianLi^ tl'ivmii 4iuii]']iKi
vkiiirc
■ puiJHAlC ilrj* ui-iSaAid <1u hit ; In iL-k< i^ii ^jul «rrundir; vuiimiitf*
tf pftnKllaUuatf calficin* pint ty^it pU'jjiP^inaiEir
<hitr«ffi4n(r c» phrnom^t d'horiLfuliurc i on o^av^il qu^^ moa^clehistr
Hyiitulia le clfJit dc LniEiparer de iii fjcific. <t Ic <OLLtclicr v»uL^ifui E:hiugt
mmi un iiruLau appj-uiiEic ^ cltIEl- liquid rxii^t lun,
la jCFtm titEvvtU ru(ief|!c n« fit qua ciotlrp vn ({t&cc e[ t-n bmntf ;
i^i kfrtc (Atii fonimuE't cl hicinl^L on cumiricTi^a A cipcrc^Tair J&
MtttatW o4 inJ U piopilrt'^ t^ualcnlt <!« iie IrjjuiiiL'. Lc Irm]-! Jp Iji
■"C^** t^pim dc u rjj^c If! vi.'^cedI uti^iidillcuii rumJis <^iiu riiiitL' li L-oiir
niiijMJt i^cique iuifallencc lTch etamLnfir Ic^ fiban rl U cDUtculura,
**.* iBfiiic! A JiuppmitimrtPf -' J rfiw/rJif f fc prclftt « iclc« \ei
J
i
The GmiierHan's A/ag4tsine,
illfiot^LK lie tuiEt prilni la fiu«.ic pUnIc. Vt^t^i mSiaizc at c««httiOi ti }k >cftlirwl.
iiii[]rtE fhiu^iir ji>ur i^oiir Imiitr la ciUHtOCT "imMld. >.
>l«nHiBninjr n? u\ui pOA ti«p d« qndlo imuUfrii II drrvl p»t«4n CU
Bl^bMtion (cuc^efi d»it bicQ utkc) ; Biiuf vaycntclt>k nutuit-i (cp^''^^'^ ^'*
rin v^ril-tUrturm Vinmi^ririu* - nn vrnporio done Is E«fv do iWiL tfH' «mtiv<r:
du d^inqvui I 41 pour »[tf solrdc tfUTnouit \t. MiUfSfftiy:* fax viuAH
neon du uJoa.
The Aystcm of na^mgu:^ cultivarion in Ccmuiny clssely
that puriucci iii Fmncc ; but no very cxicn(ivc area i» under colli
lion. Ic it miacd, however, in cocisidcr^ihlG quimiicie» jrovalij
Vii-mui ontE ihc Viennese fuUy appa'ciatc the comforu And Imani
of life — Js .also .IE I'lm ort the JJnnubc, and at AugsbuiE' *hvt|
ihc soil ifi calc-vcfu^i sand three or four foci deep, and ihc nilwW
always Mturated wji)» water. In ihe " Clarilener's Wcoklj- Ma^uio^i
under d^rtc November si, ia6i, tliereis Jninteresimgcomniiinkaliooj
Trom Hcrr Htiinnch Behiens on the Gennai^ mode of gn>wmg lem
mijus, to which, hovveverj only a wry short fcferi^tc can be nodu
Hs say a tl^at a&parngus wliich has alUinod a ^ecn colour (lUiutcii^
exposed to ihciiriBtiuUeoulof favour at Lutjeck ; bul iJjaU'^idioi
ajtificial m«in5. the thoots. if well nuinaged, are while and tattiiC
almost the whole lenyih. A gre:it quantity of aspaiajpis is ca*c4tB
the neighbourhood of ihc old Hnnsc town, hting favcmtcd bj*
light, nuidy loU, and is nold there at the rate of from Uturpatot ^
fcvenpenoc per pound. A ^pply it thence de^i)acched to S
and odicr countries on die Baltic, Hi* remarks about cuiting
»bogU are quite correct, aiid bJUfEicient atieniiun is uimciimi^
paid to this iiolnt in England. It should be cut either at
late in the day, and the fkvouris finer the (ooner it itiuicnal^
severed from the crown. It is vtry unwite to plunge atparjiffu^ i*
%o often done, into a tub of water, a^ the thooEii become Rabby,
mucli of the favour is \oiL To pre^-rve it till ici^uircd iot
Soycr reiximmends ihai it lihoukl be pUeed by ihc ihick cndu in
vessel contaiuing abotii two inches of water, Of, better sdlt,
haV'Way up In fre&b hnind.
Having E«en how Eubfrngation and moistvire at the roots k
ducive lo llie iinprovt^d growth ofaspiiragua,lhc scael of the
of our Eriglisb grower^f by ihc banks of (he Thames, where ha
of acres ore de\-oied to its cuhivation, k easily arrived at- A loit
perpetual subiaxaticoji irrigation is effected by xhe ebbmg afid
vf ifiQ ride, ,ind alao by the rapid nsmg ft^i foll^ti^ of the rivec \
Atparag'HS,
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Mttof iMavy ndsL* Its sromh is« morcoi^cr, fr/stcrcd by Ihc (k^p,
MC asd rid] soil* as veil a> hy Ihc^ carcfijE and kl icaiiAc 9ps\tja\ ot
oAiwtioa. Foflum and MatUw^ Ch&Tlton, ]>cptford, &nil Rothcr*
tt^ aU said lai;^ mppHct oT citce-iknt si^puAjEW lo Tanrkct; a&d
Ifc-Gctxgc B^k7, nf the fini-mcntionf^d pkcc, imy be considcrad'
sencoTihcmofl iucccs&riil tiroducera. I^Tp:<|uaiititicsAiC0towii
aOnibndffaldri^ where one grorrci has beds unfkr cuimte to the
knftft of ttn nulfs ; bui tha prodDce doc« not coimiumd
« hich price as tbdi ^ro^n rouod London. Evesham, on tho
tan, in Woctcaitrahm, ia alio noted for im aspaugus, a£ iri^ll OA
Dfar mOM ochimcjetaLIca, u in ilso thi? cuuQty of Surrey. Much iii
RppvB m Comwill; tt uawandt:T thui iht-quiLJility lunotcvcngrcakr,
«d] bi9QdlU] mil being ready to han<1, and the oounty enjoying
10 ftaiil A dunatc; pAnicuTuly at oqioragus coo be vcr>' vastly
Kkcd for tnuaport. u Cpompafcd vriil^ rhubarli or broccoli If grown
the CAvcs ood mines, it mi^hi bt? produced very c^xl^. and wcIL
iBulKd for iho^ who liltc u whitr,'
Some of the fbllcmin^ hixifs. ^thi^rod irom n vciHcTy of tJCftttflCt,
lypiOTcinicrcxtii^ or useful ^— Good, clioicc sccdnhould be aclcctctl
B SDviiiff cither for the pinpo&; of obtaining roocn or for siocktog a
kd wbci^ vt is town. ScedstocLng h.is the cidvanugc thot by ihfa
praccis ihctc u no ^hc^k through rcmovfiT, :LQd no ch^ce or muti-
the root*. Ic stocking a bod mili root5. cro^vna should be
of ona ycaftt sr^swih, or nro jcon^ at Uiu ouuidc. and core
ioold be taken that they are noi exposed loo long to thi* air in trann-
They should not be placed too dose to one another, ai is
hiiV«atly the c»e. The roots should be planicd when thtfy have
ifRMlvd about o«ie inch* and not before they ar^ in a siato of activity,
K ■! the bttcT case they Trcqiicntly rot from lying in the earth. The
ttoo should not be p!;inrcd too deep, as the increased effort lo gain
ftcRU^ce \\ an additional Lkx on the strength of the plant, and the
Indcc he3d8 become Irayed, The long drumsticks of French nnd
tegbsh ■rhile j«panigu» arc not produced by planting tlie roots deep,
hnty cuthinf- to the height of several indies when the sprouts ar«
dnotinfc. The tyjicm of manuring should be judicious and generous.
Tk jfifflitadon ofaltemaie dr^aings of salt and manure is. perhaps,
Ac bot method to jHimue, 1 1 la not necessary to npply a heavy coat
<l B)iaiire before the win»er> nor even lo covet up the beds or fill in
lh( aShf% with leaver as the aspatagu* Ib .1 hardy plant ', but a good
aUtfiug should be given 10 tlie beds in the spring before the crop
OancAcev Salt should be applied stt the rate of * lbs> per sqiiarc
1 Ctrirmtr'i »'i«4^,U«wov,
A'mjt 4k4 lark.
1
72 Tiu GtHiUmafCs MagastHe.
yvA. Sf^wf «d \% an cxtcllcnt manure for upamgus, md Should be
applied ivhcncvf J- obtnJimble. The aUeyt ahodd QOt be ci-crplaillcd
wiEh oihcr vcgcablcSn tuid only with ihon kinds whove roou do noi
extend dtcp bcncith the surface. The phnis ihould be c*rcfj31y
itorcd during the svimmcr monduv efpeciall^ if ihc Kuson be diy,
the bcd» nuy with odvjAUge be eovercd «ilh the thon g;ntt
'l««[>l up from ihe lawn, ft should be remembered fhm fc<r phzita ttt
so tOfllly dnmaged by wind, and ihxx ihc Ktooli; tuifei when tht nsiki
are broVen. This is wcU iUusiraicd by Mr. J. AddisonV cntcruitdo^
ocoount of hi& AUnnptt to grow asparagus when apj-^jEntod gsrdencr
to ih« late EavI or WonyBs, and his deacription is jdmosi n sumnijuy
of uparagus culture :—
For a paili>l of eleven yrant while I wu in lH« nnki^ I ner«r f&w oHMb
dIAtiUlIy kn crowLng \\ wcH. but ■( Hom? pluci I hiw Hcn II Aifuiiai a liitirrt
In l8j8 I Hpnl 0Sl fTf fiif «n(j ^^ ^f. ],>|e iij^f ,,f Wniiy», fiu«ruri1 llciii^, Hul'
Jlriglon, kml th^rr was only ■ hnJ of upiri^i^ib licrv and [hvTT ; 1t hxA divJ oil,
vxl he hoppl I ih'juM be bMc Eu en^ it. 1 wns full of hope then, nvl, •« [bi
ntflitfc of [he aDi] h-u i-uc-kL unci ihcrt wpj do nnm cf tniuuK and If tuur. I nm
«aii|^ii]]« of Ai]aT», I ]>Unltd hcjiJtliy Iw^'ycai-mlit ^ncls ami tlirr tpfrputiaio'
up wril ; Imt ibt ttconil year nm1> oil tlifl r^irtH pn:p*w! to be mireci 1 Wl >ll
ih^conrrit itkci> oiii of me. btu ihtrf was no i<EumbliDg, aitd, u 1 uneTftevBt*
li\C lllni urmiPil. I kaIvcJ Id try a^pLn. My second dl.Eanpt was Altatdtd i*U
lliir «unt If tulr. The rucjT> ukI hndt utrrr finiEid lo b? ojal-blAclL, I[ tinK^nC
lliAl ihr wind tnlghl have «oaiething to do uiih my vani of n)cct«, u GWM
iff» a vcTy windy ptaec. The n«>il time 1 ln«L I fastened all tlic itAlkk kip
M>Ui at iJtfy r<':|Utrrd >upL>jrt. Liid aL luE 1 hAtl Ihr KliafartLop uf hrEidinp iii >
fijii! iliili fui lablfi buT il hs^t tArrt me sj« ^cnn lo i^roduL'e il, Tlie ^rjcrnii"
Oil? Eail uT HaElLbi]£>EuP arid l1» Miht|1Ij^ c>rT*ce4kiii]e brai me in 1S5S, yrhtalb
pntv wat cHin?d by twelve hcniU of t^hi inihB in Icngrh. woig'hjB^ 15) 0^'
KCOoJ, I4f UL 'ITimigh I nTubcoEcnfor a lime, I urn Uappj' Eo a\y 1 won ihefWl
bi 1H55 ^'h twelve heBJJ% wfij^tiing iSoi,, and hI a iubGE[[ii0ni Uinw I r0rt<d
No Geed« should be aUowed to bvpcII, cerounly not to npen, on
young plants ; chiK b as essential as cutting die ftow^nng shoots oFT &ci<
kile and rliubarb. ' The duration of the bearing powcf of the beds van*'
according 10 the soil in which the root i^ plninted, bLil from iwelrt U
fifteen yeare may be taken as the average ; and there is no such *«>>
ligT^ of c^h^LUMion in a¶gos plants as their too free production rf
seeds. It ja not absoluti^Iy iiL'CL-Ti^ary lh;d the toois should be planf^'J
in raised beds, the main object of which is to secure due drains
and increased depth ofBoil; where the latter U already deep ^
porouB, equally fine asparagus may be grown on le^'clbeds— a*>*^
which is corroborated by many powers, and confimtcd by the opjaio«
' Tk/ Crfr.iVHfT, Apia 1873.
As^r&^us.
73
«eUfUioed by Mr l^Hcy, nbo Iim ijublinlicj » link Uv4UkV tfuurcly
^rtowJiothccdtivaiionof AfpAuifiM. H« M>-bllutljy ihi^mclliod
MTT tmiforia moiMai^ \\ (ccur<i]. llic vuijciAcjuL yjM\% i\vc utUited,
tettfOU wo WA LiAftgjvuUy »cvrrtiJ in Jv^diiiiKVul xXm LrviKhct, and
fKOa ecviMinncd Nu liod iumtlcr cluiii ^ rvd, or aji square
Jsi^iboubd be jppTusjna£cd to Uitf gEuwth ufuponigusas iliaii» ihc
abcKm o.(«nc of ground calcuUlcd to jiroducc a. fau'tixcd di^, all
ttlKad>or"^i<:fi3fV tut 1^10 siinc day. KmAlly, in cuuing Ihe tboou,
a Apkngut knife ibuold jfw.iyi be uird, u if cue wiUi a »crrat«d
«^ ihe WDUfkd U HL^ged, md doc« not bleed neoriy «o mudij
ibsuft a cIcaA wound Ic^Vd tlic up vei^cls opc-n. Carc^ should btr
nku to jiuK the knife doicly dtjnii the item of the «prDutt so kt not
bUJ^Mv ftiif b^ult whirih hive nox yet mmlc the;i Ji|>peanuicc abovt?
pevod, snd K'^ea^ precaution U iLcccu,i.ry lo^tvoid jirickingihe (.rtiwii*
lltdi iikiiU{ii>Kbenfcioin prcv,iil« u ta luiin^j hrAd« unciil in ihc bed^t;
ttcbot pUa a lo cut tiil, when tbc tjcdt J^re jo tiiong bcrjritigt until
ihtlcpEitttuojcof Junc^ The tAiAlLci npiouEb iicctJ nut'iJjit^iifaE lablt!
M « tvgcUbW CO do discredit lo ikcgarctciicri Ihcy «houtd be rtacrved
b iuvp Of om<Ltta.
like ibe potato and tfie rinr. the A<f|viiag\iAhuEb sworn focv
1Wcl*er«ocnijr of grower* n the a*pJin»gus beetle ( C'wUrit Af/arirjii\
^kA h, Iw^crcr, fortunately very ijitennittenl and bcaL The lu\a
>%of ibeitucct laiti^nly about lea day«, during which hselectfttlic
ICQg dioots ju iu food, and iheck hune^ il&clf in the ground. They
ttif be ciptuicd by pauiikg ihe bond down tli:^ i\aik. Theaaparsgus
teffti iVcqu^nily appun m the C;iTnbrJi3grsFiire hcdt^ overi^jiTvndirig
iMfcillir^ OUc pla^ilft ; it it only knovrn to iiLyiuJifj^istsas^t irrycdium,
Ia COQClmion, ivr must uy on? word, itgardinjj th? mm uud
%et of sll Mi^ntKUb tuhurc — [lie costing and eaLiog of the
A>Mt [b England the cuTinaiy proce&s du^ not admit of much
vcnifcatioD. 1'he occtisity of quick, husk boiling liJ*i olrcudy been
QuDcid on, and the Knile:nt Iorcs its delicate flavour by aiiy flabo-
^Vna All thaEwc lequiTc \i good nielEed butter, and how vxEr^mely
*^vegtt it! In hirmg a cook, let him or her produce presentable
^^«auce iiid mtflti:d butter as crwlentinls. The wust on which the
■"iii ut hid ihould be dipped in the water in which ;hey havt btcn
^'flol For ftoup the damaged heads and the thin green sprouts
* fs»nd)y tised. which biccr arc icchTiically known by tht name
^'*'qnt.* Thii h not a vord ro be found in ar.y dictionary, but is
incu^uiwd Icmi in the indc, and is often to be seen wiictcn up in
ftc^DOcn' shopc, to the no umall bcwirderment of thounlearnciL
I* hmtt, however, ill uf cs ^rc awri; variou:^. It ciUet^ uxicnswcV;
I
74 The Gstiikmaris Magasiti^
iaio rj^Oci. and ihc drumf^Eirkt lircomc iciuIcTf if not I
by prolorjgwi cooking. It is viicd in ftabds, as in lines of ;
b<ails of ihc sproutt arc cu: off to ihc lonjcth of ihrtMHel
inch, ihcTi boiled and fric<l m but(CT, like pcaft; ii iaa vo
;idjimrE to tlic K^vc^uiy onii.'It:t> Jia it ulso is in Spftin i
Sojw rccomiiicndB /pjWj jTas/trx^ m. excellent wiTh
cgRs {trufx f^tviti/thY Tliai some Fwn<^hmcn oficti prcfc
with oil. instead of butttT, in shown by Uic wclUknown a
Fonivnditf: —
T}\r }-iv?[ 4t( fifltfiiitjiiiZcty fund uf ikf hftgui. tui lie lik?t1 the
lUi f^itnJ CotOinsI Dulmis liked ilicm not loa fc^cntf^. bat he pn
wLib nic^ltfd Ifi:li£i. I'^roiirnclk Jivi 4 Eiret Inindlc of upAticQ" >^
told Ihf l.Aiillnat or k, wi>il ^n« i1^ him Vo 'llimpr. pmmHnjf fiitbli
thnuU br trrvcl wilh -ill ^rid bdlf ^Billi boLLrr ITie l>nllHl icaii
•buul Elw JiubF f^r dinner x mo^cjgfi umc Lu (he liOM tu M^ ihH 1
(fUfJiL had blkb iiiTo a li\, uiit w d»d or '];r''i|;. FtmlciuUe nul
■he kiirlKin " All »k|>i>11 r aT] ii<uU oil r" |>r rrlnt, in frai Wl ihp
not HenJ up en'jii|;Ti of hla favcqriLe i-{jtLiItint:uE lr> eril vlEh ilL lb*1
huuDur lu tile k>|]iuneiu, he rdumcil Ui hi,h dinific-coom it loinctit ov
Sn gml Ek llic inrliLFiicc wbicli upicngus wittk ihI Hjh bfrfln kuoWB !>
Lhp humAn niiniL
We only wish th.it what Ketmu" ^ay^ in his " Rook of t
regarding ttic process of eating isj^arogiLs were strictly com
fcfciting thjit vegetable! *tc considcfftl merely as adjuni
Hnglrsh dinricT— dial i^nto be e4tcn or'/M thcjoint^hewy
rhokpsatid n&]j^sfru& are aloiic thought uoithy to be sc
raldy- (He niigliT, by Ibe wnyjuivc indinied soiknle.) N
the pftivigc, the absoJtitc corrcr.iness of which we insh wi
obliged to dullengc ; " Ii is a C|uc&tion whether this e»cep
Co a piirt- adTniralion of The vegcUblc or to Ute ii'rtutH^
An-i-irsf; io be <aien ^ith iht firtfitrs, it \s neccifciry to put d
LiTifc or fork lo sei^ iho vegettbic- The probflbility is I
CreaNir h.id Ihoiighl fit, in His wnsilom, Io endow the f
ftitli three or four hands, he wouJd never have been seen
artEchokc or 45p3Jagus aloaie, but .ilways in conjunrifon
Other food." Without ooimnenling on the Ihppancy and
vcrcnct of the laitor I'^n of this pjuagniph, wc wish to dtt'
to the pabfiOfjc prititiKl in JuHcs, AlosT it is noi con&id
loanj^eis to eal a3(^rjgt)« with tht: An^crb in polite society-
Biiy» at dinnef v^riiei, 01 on occaftions when asparagus
lerved in EnglMid as a tourst iifttt ihc joints. Happily, tb
in locij ethics dot'-; not exit^nd to home life, for in the &
h is pfrfe*:i}y allowable 10 grafip the esculent by ih^ b
Aspara^pi^.
n
falfov the bent olonc'R own incIinacioiviH The knifc-and fork procus
% v« «Mit cmincmly urtsaiisfjtctoT^. but ihc bitmitf^cis of life
MH be confOniMd i<\ and to suck asparngva in sociciy i'& as pvat a
tvnch of etitiactte lu for a tadjr lo n[»e chceac to her mouth ciii a
LviTr, ot 10 aniic il Oic cookntA tif an egg by the proccan of dccjipi-
ticcfi— 3 xuiumirproccoiIinE which riwayr raniTidB ^ of ^i: poppf
Bptf Kuicin Kistory- Aittchuket, \l is tme, masibc eaten with
i^ fingcn even in videiy, or the rctfiiU noLild be luigative ; but wc
9i}iQi ihst Mpangu^ lUcking must bv witnvTiticd onty by onc't family
ml indnutc ^wnds. Even thus the ar^oiagni cnjoyt on odmntogc
mtT ibe shinpv ihat ^cuoDtu queen of frui£:i, ;ind almost (he only
trcpkal ooe which iV. not a ddusLoii ortil a cnarc. To be (hnroug?ily
njoycd, a b^kci of grafi^d mang<jc!: imist be ctticn in cciniptGtc
riQrcnKmt ; the founuind niuRt be cbd in the «cimiiut of dn^ciyt
ud liiUt hold Ills head over .in amptc ba^m of pure wntur. with no
ffe^ not even that ''^X hU native vn^lct« und lIiU less thai of hfi^ wEf« or
hun &icnd, to ajiy ihc myticiica of a mango icvd-
A REPRESEiXTATn'E LADY OF
THE LAST CENTURY.
Fart tiie Fiiut. — Thk CoiricTitv Maid£!(,
ON (he ni^rth'CASl Miic ofTi:m;ilo Bar, cpposJLc CliiW's BanlE,
The ycaT 169;, There ^as a narrow, dingy thoroughfjrie oi!]
fihifc Ij^nc, in which wa^a pasiTv -cook's shop kcpi by oncChrisiopI
Kat, iirid known by the sign of ilic Cjiatid Fiddle. It was hcrCii
roomibihvc, tliJt iht cclcbmi^d Kii-Kai' Club hdd its meetings, Th
WM iTor a niOTC amtocralfcand notJtMe gaihcTtng in Ml London tf
Ihrit which as3cniblffl weekly within those si'jualMj |)rmncrt; duk«!
among ihcni Ihf C^^nt M^trlborou^'h— cnrl?, lordj, ;ind wjt^p cf vh
IfliE Addison ail d Steele wuic the foremt>5l, vi'ert: ihu lucmljors;^
ull wCTC good Whigs. Kwcfm haters of ibc SlujiitB, and d^^mpioT^
Ihe ProtcstiiTii succcision. One evening wbik Iho wine wju dr
Iflting freely, aii<l ruigning beauties were being loiislct^ Eve
Picrrepoint. Marquis of Dorehcsicr and Earl of Kingsion, rose 1
proposed his daughter, Lady Mary. "ShcispMtierthanany bc«
ofihem all," he cried. "You shall see her." Andlhereuponhea
flvvay his camnge 10 bring Iter ihitlier By-and-by fihc irrivcd
demure little bdy of eight, dre^st^d for the occa^ion^ and a]l|
gentlcnicn to.'isti^d her standing, ond afcerwoids fed her wilh sw
\\\^A\% and kissed and fondled her, and linally inscribed her tu
i^ith .1 diamond upon a drinking ghss. '' Heasurc," she wf
ihcrcalter. " wag loo poor a word 10 express my seiisaiions. Tl
amounted to ecSM^f. Kcvar agdn throughout mj life did I pojs
hiip|iy an evening,"
The incident \f'\^ the more likely to impress the little nuiden. t
lo b^^ long rcmennbere^, coming as ii did in the midst of & d
monoroiioics life, the greater part of which was passed in a rem
conniry m^inaion fif away from sueh gnicties. Her mother, L
Mary Fielding, uf the son^e family as the gr^at novelist, died ir
■ 11 tl iup]>aKd to have laktu iti iMUue frgm the ^ign of ih« houw. kit il
fjiiig, t\ y* *»d[ knnvm, n 5ina]l fuliltr, Popr, hofftvcr^ con»i^*^^ ll>it dtrivn
A Reprssmi^tive Ltr^ ofilu Last Cmitiry. 77
ifcev»(Mlr four ycus oldn ^nd ahc J^nil her «i*t«9, Lidy Fnmo»,
ifrmudi ifae ualprtuiuuc C-^uDtvs^ of Mur, ««rc brought »p chicdy
u T)c«iabv-ia^h«iuxxid. their f^ith^r*! counUy ifX-AX. tMluvuiiort, buih
tf mfe ind fcmale, Ikii ctprruMy of ilie hitor, w,i? at Ihis |>tTiuJ
illbetowc«l tf 1>t> krfaidi luiU bc-ciLiiiu^Ei unLc iht' ri^viwiil of Itfarmnij,
-k oltjutcil wolrun vac indCEd u rirrj; Af/y jii thiAO diir> ; bvw
ttueiAd igikOnni W(!ve cv^n the brhl-bn-d Ijida^a in.iy be k^I^^^vU
texperuatlorthccomcdk^of Con^iTvc, Wydicily, ahJ Vanbrugli.
^Vc iicrr KOod, dulli volid huii^cwitTi :imuE]g ilicni, who tn mtd-
kOviloUibre t>^rc 5(^in:d^oii a level with the fannci'i wifcof ihc
^ gcamiioii, but the tciwn Iit;« ladies were imly I'ulgar c:cK(ue(i«fi
ad caid-playeni who cuuLi not ipcll thvir »u'ii n;imr4 cortvt :Sy.
TW Mafquis of Dorchotcr hail iccminuly no iii;Hi/v to iiuki; hus
^agbun an exception to this nilo, ^ncv hv d!d not coiibidin it
•Cdcnuy 10 piQwdc any inMn.iction for iheni. Wc suppose ihey
«m b icm* way lau^ht to tKix\\ ^nd wrtie, bui ceruiiily 110 further
>cu>IctHrratioa v^ :itlvni|iltd. Fotlun-itely. however, then: w^is
1 ■dl'»l<x:kt^ Jibfjjf M TWctUy^ anil J-idy Mi*ry Ti>veJ boots.
TV ituftij enable fitliuHh <?f >f.idiiincSuidcry, tho^c tvpta/ti 4f !<}»,^ut
Ukiw, -CUlu-;' -MbrJiim;' (lie " Grami CyniC arid ihc ii^m
*doD« inlQ t^ji^tsh)** jud Tom d^UifiryS ^'Aslrxa,*' her fav(7uri:c
WJ^ v«tv ddjgvnily prrustd, but only a& leLualJodK to graver
^te Alone :uul uiiabifi<iit^d ulie iLiasWred the L^itin and French
'N|U4;iM 4Jid nude fomt piugmi m Gi^f^tf and during ha ki»iu£«
k>n wit olwayi mrrounded by dittionahes 4Jid pile& of learned
^oiuNs. She even tnnvlolcd the "Enchmdlon" of Kpictcuis^
'bovith probably ^m a l^iln vc-rMun, aud bent hex iranvlauon to
Mv|i fianvic for rc^i^ioii. 'I"his petfcjtmjnti? la ic bt found among
^OtUccied -HOtkn, with die bbhop's LJjrreciionfe. But not wholly 1
^^iktMeio devote herecif TO ^i^h puisuiis; theu- were household
^*ttiQ bo p9l6nn— 'for at llt^I liiuc evt^n gr^C tndits dul not disdain
'kimly caret— and Lady Lou^m ^luurt, hei granddau>;htef, itifurniit
^^iabcr "AjM^cdotea'* of her celebrated anceslresst ibat Lord Dur-
5*"*er. having no wiff to do the honour* of hiH tabic at Thortsby,
*<^|uid the Uik opon hi* cldc« diU;al>ter, aa noon au ihe lud bodily
^^npb (br the ofnce. which in those days required no small sh.ire;
^AcnUuv&A of a counliy nianMoi) uas not only io iiivii« — tlui i^t,
^tn ind mw^her company to cji more than hmnjn tliroats could
^'^'i^caitQtly swalloT^i but to carve every di»»]i, whi-n choiicn, wiih her
'^Tihindt The greater iho lady, ihe moie indispensable thv duly.
^^ Isint «3» earned up In lU turn to bi; operated u|ioi) by her, and j
^ikat|ik>c« tht pun and bti^bL» oii either hand were «o ?ai m
5 J
78
The GmtUmatii Magadm.
14^0111 being boimd to oAb* their otsbmncc, tiut the tieiy maner of i
houK, poficil opponie to her, mig^ tKii net &£ her croupiev: hlr^
(tcpeLTtmcni was to ptKb the bottle after dinner. At for the crovrd of
gucsit. the mOEC incomidcr^ble :^rnong them^-lhe cumt«, or suball
or ^uirc'^ joungcr bToth<;T— if tutfvwJ tlironfih bcr nq^t to hi
himself to A friice of ch« nxutton pla^ccd bcfon hlnir would hapc
chewed it in bittcrnctif* uiid gonu home a& ofTfoiUcd nws,
iiicUned to gix^« ft wrong yuIo at the noxl election. Inhere
feaoed aLr^iDg-masier^, i^-ho tiught young kdica the Art
'ficoJlr. frt^m one of whom I^dy Mary raid ^hc took l<is»onH dint]
times a week that she might be perfect on her father's public
when, in order to pcrf£»rm her funtiiona uuhuut intirrniption, she
farcud to cat her own dinner oJane :;n hour or two beCorehaiKL
And so omongfii tonuncesi dicdonories, cluric author^ miied
^DCCftdoiulty by gn^t feasts and pradiglou£ fcdt£ of oirving. the
girlhood pai^donn Som^dines the young ladies tighedovet
soliury livef« and longed for the time when some hero of their u
nation wtjuld beai thtm off to a mure L-ongcniol 5phi:rc, Lady
fuuuJ hvr liero durinR one of htrrarvviuiiB lol-ondon, Herei
fneiid vas Miitresfe* Anne Wortlizy Mcniaen. T>ho had a handsoi
brother, l^dward, die tuusin of Clterlcs Montagu* Karl of Halifax, a|
row of wit and Icmung, and the &icnd of Steele ^tnd Addison.
is add to have frequently lupplied hints for Thf Spectator, if iiid<
he did nol write :>omc of ihe papers; the i^cond votumu of
T^Htr Ik dedicated to him. Fayjjig his lister » vitlt ont dA|r
encountered Ijdy Mary, and, struck by hi-r btfauty, filter^ inlO
cotivcrsation \i\i\\ her. To hit turprisc, ht;, nho had hitherto f(?U liule
bnt conitm|Jifur the st^t, diaeovered dtai he had met ;il List a woman
of w.-nsc 3Jid culiji-iiiion, and one too— greater wonder sidl — wfj*-
could convtiHc witij him upon his favuuriie dassies. He ^poke
QinnlUB Curtius ; shf h^J not rc^d that author. The neat day
siirnt her a s^ilendid t-dili^jn af hjs works, and opposite the tide-]
n eopy of verses wriiicn ui the highly -strained eulogy of the period
The old Latin hi&icman fomied the fir»it diapicT of ihcir hw ^
story. Mr. Moniiigu feli dL-%peMtcly in love with his Eislex's lrienc::3.
He was some years bcr aenior, bm Lady Mary was flanered by tt^^e
intentions of s> distingi]i!ihi,'d und learned a umri^ and lent & willif^^
eai to his vowii. She liked lum, preferred hJm to anyone she h^fc<J
1 Tlir Uile qF Mitlra» ft'Ot Chen applird Ici Dvon ^vry yaan|^ unmBirieil Iklifi
*Mlu Van 9 (crm of ciirtempt. ELS indtcatin^A very childish 9]i<t rrtvij|i>iuper<ifli
amnnrihc critit, children oftven tivc nrsis ycoriofi^e wcietravcJy *tylft| W**j
J'r»« iA^ffjf) ur wh;ilc^f ihcir name Frhighl he.
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A Rfpresatiaik'€ Lady ofilu Last Century. 79
■ct; butl]Wlh*/K«/liiDi,uiihchi^(;«ttcn£CCi£ the word, t& very
AibiU, 10 l^dgc lh»n her Icttcn to him ai thit pcritxl She kciiis
V be pcTpccuflfiy qvKaioaitv her hcan upon ihc «iibjcci— ,1 vory
■ Hidon« dw-iu a wft ftcc, <i*OC lore ncrtr qucsdofU OT TTiflMm. Mr.
SfottSfa cvidcntlj fcle chU, lad hjH icctcrt Arc LrriubTc, rci^rondi-
U. &I1 of doutt uid cJit^tu^iiiciion. More ihitn once Uic vows
ik xii not vtktf to h]ii» A^n, ;^ut ^11 uLU«t bv ol ^iri eiid Wi^l-vd
Obl&i But ibe bnacb a quiclly rtp^JrcJ by upuluK<^'» '^^ fi'riowtfU
pMMsbua^ QpOA the pan uf the k^"^'^'><^>^' ^■^'v ^^ u>znc
oi»cU from one of h<^ leiu-n^i which will give a j^oud Idea of the
■lote ecne^Mifkdcnoe :-->
Tds lUik, if fcn DAfTtoJ tDCp I ibf^uTd tit patilcnixtly ^^TU'1 of j^hi an«
«i^ tad cf wtodT^clic (Ac nnT- ISlee nciilirr ivuuld }iupp<iL t ctn cuTHm.
lev l« t fttnk^ ta l4aA^i kaow wbidi^ I cin E^irc, Iji^cct ill thic it caid'
filHiliBtvufi btf MvFi wtior v» ftviil iH nir- - - . Hy-Hi fun ri-vj(vrici Utro ^ih
t««ifaMB tlttl ^1 biiF ftl] (hf <I(ltT«nn riw 10 your <u[4rli>rUy of |[ihnJ t«rrt«.
■y iW fou pnpokAb ufl !;« icT«iibtc to llia>c un whom 1 (LC]>cn[L> I h±yt
Mte| Id aj «piait iK^m, ^ , . Vfhcn jiro^»le «rr Eeo-I fui life, il [ifJiFir mulual
hiiiviftM to V* vrinof «Tir an^lht*. If 1 bud >7I (h* |H-(iimiiil chcirmt 1
^^1 teotofav ftliiibi4 tiOD'^iitfn for bflfpii^u. Yonwouiil toott be lifed
«* wai CToy 4*7 Ibe lamv Ehiuc- Vr JictT TOu i*w pMhint cb* you vroubl
ti« ItMiR lo mrV iJI Ibr tlcfnts wlikh voiiM i1h»d-i* in {tropr^ithtHr >t lliv
Nubf li^med, •A'lcTi ii tlvriyi a j;™t chcLnn ... I ihoulJ qui fliooi; uj
HitAooird i I ccpuld be vviy mrU pIcflXiE Co be in tfiMm. mUiuiit innkro^a
ta %w, -IT Mnag dhoi« fig)jl VF iiii^c j^rKcmUe ^^cojilc. Af ju-CEtLrnlA. lablr,
^OtlMnC^i^u hnrr cvmr mlo my head, Itui I will qnrci- ihiiaL ufanyltijiiu
*kml tte cofHfM vf my UaU^, aM tdviit y^m hqI to ianay t kappkim In
"fir aftiiilr, ■tlich /ud would duJ orJy In bncy. , . . I[cw<t«f, pTCKfVc tnc
f^ ItknAvfrLpt nk^h 1 'hl^L nf «^lh ? gm:^ rlrai] I'i jalnHiicti anf] viHip vai^rTy
^ t*B r=^ tec ■!• ■HrrW<l. I ttiLKer iny(i>lf yoa')' ^v ^ cnmluci yoii irill jim be
The nuniuu entertained the tuiior, ^ind ull went KiiKiutbly in that
until h CflDie lu the bLi^mea of wiUetiii^nis ; thcmatquit
thai all Mfn Monugu'i patvisiun^ fhuM be xcllled ia ;he
ik<<il u^n the eldctl toci tn/u/urir- Mr, M^intotiu rcfii^i-d ;
; ottccTtil Ut ih:; lav of cniail on |innci]}Ic^ St> l)ic negoLJaligni
m hnfcai o(Tr and L^Jy Mary wu told to Uiink no more of liini.
although be vouM not rcliiK^uIih hU piindplc, neither ivt^uJd 1^
vdia^ish the kidy. A clandv^ltnc coireNi^ondeuce w^ carried on
■CCD frew. siuch in the iuii»t ^Liain aa br^foiv, until another suitor
in the fieid. nhuHi ilie iniinjuii pti"<:Mtp(oriJy commandT^d
loncdrc. The bver uiy<;d an eloijcmcnl , the lidy liL-sjuitJ ;
r^ «a* prvpued for die mflrriai^e ^Jth ihc nval, even ilie wed- -
4uf 4n« mjKlc- Tfje iciien ^ru^' mofc and more ui^eLit. lahc d^ ^^|
So The CeutkmafCs Afaga^iiu,
not tavc him— hcT hcan wm irfven to another, he uM, to lAich thf
replied:—
I unwillitif tj? Abindnn ^1 coRYeruIian but jmnn^ If yoaplev^ 1 wiU
ire ihocfvr ipati, Tmltorl, 1 will ^irtrt Milh ajiylhlri|j ff tvhj, hiiE yoii, I sITIfLl
Juv* piTj A (ninnt^ to lci« ymi for ihp rwl of my Ufa. If yew fan pvnilF Lh* plu
orhappuifu begun villi yrmr rrirntT. onrl \t\it mt ftrt thtc frientl, I un^ttr fooi
I have c^iammcil my tjwn hdcl whrlbcr I cjti lcn*j cuiTthinc forjoui I thiollt
nn. If r cKvigc my mini!, 704 >IiaIL kiu'W IkHiiv -HuiKUy; tLfln ihil 1 mllMt
cJuBjjv my ralml,
She did TLC1I change her mind, and mi a ccrtun Sunday nlf^t imie
oiiE oT her feiher** house lo meet her lover, who was waiting fOTl«t
sy in a chnise, Thcm.irrugc Ijccnci- inljitcd August 16, t;TL
in as she wnn E^Oe her nisrcf, in rt great fnght lesl tJif^ iJimJd
lall into her fothcr's hnnds, biiuicd a diaiy sh^ had kc]ir xnij ^1 ha
I'liivMc papers. The mnrtjuis wn^ fi'^t^v cntagtd 3I hi* dmighErr^
flight, and sccniiR never lo have re-iUy forgiven her.
After the honeymoon, polilicjl ot other bij^mcts terms Co hlT?
oliliged Mr MonLigu to go lo London, And hJs young wife wenE to
5laytt-Jth flomc fnends at WaUing WeJIs, in Nottinghamshire. M«-
riaye secras to have solved her douhts and ^lrcr»glhc^cd herlovc.*nd
her first Iftlcr lo him aA^r thetr separaiion breathes a spirit of tcBto
affection: —
r duck myKlf n-hcn \ grkrc fen your flliBcnce by remcmbrrini; how drf
lt2^>Jlt 1 bayp li> iTJoicf Jti ihc h"|?f of jiAuiit^ my wlmle Jife wllh yrpu ■ A ||IW
fortune nol to Iw imlucri. I txn afrairt of [j^tling joi] I rctuxB ihanL-s fflT il »
HoTcn, bcciiu» you will c^cl[g^ roe witli hypocrisy ilaul you art mistaken. Ii"**
(Tcry dfly at puUif pnycri in thi^ famUy. and never forfct in mj prime fji^fl^
liaDi haw much I awe to lluini Jti malEiJig nic ]notiri.
The n»t letter, wUlitn Ihree monibf after Iheir mflmsge. ]> b l
sadder strain- She U unca»y at hii long silence, h^u he ii noi vr^V
or llul he lliinti ^uriling 10 her of smaU imporlince. She is vpfV
nearly cKsifaictcd amongsl her dJimal apprehensions, and i:oncli:dtf
with " Pray, dear, write to me, or 1 shall be very mad,'* Again, *he
writes, " When I gave myself to yon, I gave up the very deiite of
pleasing the rest of the world, and was preily indifferent about it'
A Jiiile Uter il i^, ** [ am alone, wilhoiit any amuscmenis to tike up
itiy thought*, i am in circumsLinees m which melancholy i^ apt W>
prevail even over all amuscmenli, dispirited and alone, and yoti
write mc quarrelsome letters. , , , - I hate complain ing- Tift tut^
sign I am easy Ihai I do uol trouble you with my htadaehei and m
spleeiiT ^ . . . 1 believe you have kindness enough for me to be sOrt)^«
,tnd iO you nould leli me, and Ihings rematn in rhcir primitive itHC^
R^presintativt Lady oj iht Last Cminry. S)
\Q tpon you tbai ii&ln. T would ftlwuys give yOLt fjturare.
faiCFv jrott arc Rody W kll mv iIibi f (to not evci kcrp lo ihe^ti
pdmoxuni,. I oonCrs* I oAcii t|ji:jk im^citjnvnily, Uut 1 :t]ways
A ycir aA«r the maniafftf a son wjli liom, tlij; iinvruuji noLoricmt
Bvn] Wonky MoUAftu. Althnugh still living a suUluEy li£r, only
ifcta by occ^tioi^ vittiv lYoin her huitondi %hc ficni .iw jy th« chiJJ
Euinv> according to ihc fuHion of die lime. It tccmt uranflCt how-
ir, dut. undo t^tt: circumicjui<:et« the i^ld not kixp it witli hcfi And
nan to iadic^tc a Ijuk of affvtnoii, Vpon tfic occci^ion oT
Di^ l-r fclr- Monu^u v^JLt appoinu-<! n T^ofil of ihc Trcd^tiry.
C fbRowiag cipiutlv u-rittcn l^tlrr, ijn^kr d^tc Si-pt^iirU'r ^4.
14, b in quite a di/Ttreiit btrjun fruiii those \Xiii hAvc ^onc Uffunri
) H die fint oucvanJ si^ii of the c^junlry muddets developing into
\ vooun o' the wodd : —
IWntfc I «iB TOT itfipfliifnc to ice jroti* I wduI'1 not Uavt fou. hj kur«nln£
Odbt 4»ait Jax my pin nf jntir bumt. . . . t nni j[l)4t ji'mi (Muli ■\l «i?r^ini{
ViBo^i t hflpt II Till pill ihein In mind of *tf\iin; yaunoir. I need flJl
pwpoa AcadfiOEifD of mnncy; cvcryllitiic wchcar ptiU uh in rL;iiicnihr3iii;c
)L II iiS»Mp*Mihl*lp*rt»tflfC liberty iQjir>iiranmiry, nrhmiUbf fBCioachmtnl^
||ien]f»tltv Trj rvOutiii;; ^uneCf iu ■ ff»rr«L, t ihuiild bv plnud lo thara u
IriGiM ■ fnAVRty tviih you ^ but » the worl4 11 uid vriLI hr, 'Tu a torL «1 <JflIy
Iblkh, tim ilinsy be in flnoVpffwCTto -li* cnod— nchc« Mnff aoolhef wuiJ
i fDvtr. ?owqnl4 ibr obtilnlng cif whirli ih# lit^i nrcfi^iy j^ualirttllun It im-
fton; iod {u DtnTiocLdcDrt uld of pronujKiniicfi Ln omlory) the neeriad in
V^Aaec. tlw ikird ii tCilE i^npudcDLC- ^4 tnodol man ever did tafm will
lb bv foTttnc- Your IritnLl l^nl Ifjiliru, Robriil WiljajlF. mid ill ulHcr
b^Ut WuBcc^ mi ^uifli vEranrfnirnr. Lave t>»eii remii-IabEy inipiuloil.
kHkvOrr U lilK « f>Tif tt Couft ; thvJY'i ■ liUle dorx W c*' III ^^ B creal
t"* «Bboiit« kbvmC And thruklLnff who ahAlT be foremoAT t peapJc vhn Iznock
B «^ llni (Acm. rliuf^iH a lirilp U*J* itf iKe sbms "nil HiSJ rhm»l
ttidy fefvtniii m curt of 4 sn»<1 pLic*. Your inodeJi oian kUnd> liehind in
• »fl»d, tl ifci»M lb«Ul 67 CT*IT^«^y^ bn cblhci lom. alniial KjUfrmi tft
h^*^ Hb ihoo>*nJ» Ktr in IvfiVC bim iliaC dcni'l mnVc *r> ^L-mil :i Ijpif^ m
^4t 1 liiA^^^'rl ik impiAihlr fcir iin iiiipiulriil itinn nni ro rite Inche worH;
t>>aad«n:« aieir iihh d lir]£f ahnrp of ini|-iii4l«iicr !■ more ptobftbJc 10 be
M^Ed ift»a the flBSf ii ^uiMciLJwi Uriihoui n.
I Sood aftn writing this q>ifttle Lidy M^y Jnbcd her huaband In
WAmlh And so I'jnishe* the preUv. plej^nt image: of thu Louiury
Viten and the loving youixg vifc^ and in lu phioc ri^c^ snotlier
' W not 10 cxmienipUtc — the hacd* bfilliant, varcasitCi censorious
Mttfkcf die world, 'flic first |um of my siory has been something
■>* id|U ; the tecond, nlas f is Uut a lown ccfoRue, iis coarse as
"■T It be faufid saamtg the wiitinj^s nf the dghlceuth century,
'Gcm.vaiys«< r.
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Tlu G^HiUmnn's Magasimt.
PAtt-i THi SkOWU. — 7Ht WoitAJf Oi* THE WoftLPb
W£ ore aocuBloiiu-J lo feganj tliu Coun of Clutrlct II- » d
it; //^/ xiUm of licviiLi^u>incu, but th^l uf iIk Hivl «iu5 tcctf
GvoHKC ^^ >^t>rit9' Tlitf 4|ih»k]?» x\\': gaiety, ihc ui:lja(Cmi«J rtfiq
uent even of ^3u Ibiincr, aUhtjuj^h huL in juiy «->tf iiiuri]
exciiSHmg ii, tcdccnitd somctliing of it* co4Uk*ucm- Bui
groK, brutal vice, tliv s^xyr-like debttuclit'ry, wliich ittifkcd
iDftoncn oi ibc ;LCC'ra}uu of tliL- houw of HajiiTVcr, an
hideous and Wthsoni': fot description. After reading Ch
Javcnalian tiiiic, " Tlic Time*," we may -ttk our^clvet wbethcx
RomuHB undvr HeLiogLibdJut couLd huve been much wonc
lielOi ii> -I" [mi>L]blUbtd mcmi^ir. quoted by Lord IvLthon, cmploii
ally pjt:iures llic ch.i.ngt: of ininncr); tvbich follovmJ Qu^'ii huM
death. Hu sayft tlxai >^hE: had alivnyA been Ll;?voui,ch.i«iC|jind fbnq
in short, a pniJe ; i^ut i^hc di&countKvd ^ iiiuch Aa islic ouuld i
UfcviaL aTid even muft (lartlurubk' vjctv c^f Cuurtt; th,-ii her dimi^
roomit Wife uiurc rc«|>a ublt- th^in 3Kat-iblL\ md hjd x\\v Airmt*?^
soknin pLict'i of A^otihip than yf thf ^<uel}' uf i Couit. " PubB
and i:.^o^^dcd x^^einblit^v* wlicrv «very man wm vurc of mectU
every wcrm-in. \yvse not known in tho*e days, Bui cvciy wooa
nf fiiihioo liopt whfll wai called * a day/ whidi wat a fornMl drde4
her acquaintance* of both *rxct, unbrolten by any cjtrd-cablcSflq
Ublcfi, or other jiuLUHcn^ents. There Ute tine women and fine D(
inei pcThifK for jjn houi ; and if thty hod onyihini; paniculu to n
10 one another, it could cnly he eon%'£yt;d by ihi; l.in^'LJage cC A
c>'Cii. The 0(h*» imblic liiversion w,*i nirrely Tor the eyei. for 3t Wl
^ng roirnd ni:id found die ling Uk Hyilc ^^rk, and bowing to liil
tinoihef aHgUlly, tesi>cclful]y, or uiiderly, ns octiution rtquircd lk
woman of lo^hlon could K-cc-ive .iJiy mjci at her niomini; toilet vid
out alaTming thehu^b^ndand his friends. If a fine nun and £1
woman were well enough disjiost'd For a i>rivaie meeting, the cMd
lion of their good im^niions nM±> diflicult and dongeronK. The iq
hminarics <:ould not be setd^d by the huordouK expedient of tcctd
jind the only ptacc^ almoi^t for die concLunion and r^Eil^cuioti of d
definitive Ircicy were the Indian honsea in the City, where Ihc gw
tvoman of ifu' housv, from good'iiLUure, and [leihap* «>rac tiH
itioiivc of interest, Wi out hei back rooms for the convcnicace «
diktrcKscd lovers Bui al) thtj^C difticuhies and dongen vcit in
grrjt mcJtsoK removed by Lhe arrival of the present Roynl Funl]
A Rc/>rfs<ntatiw L<ufy of ih Last Cmtury. 83
Gcdfge L loved t^mure:^ nnd «li nol dcHcite in the choice
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>«t the CMirt, unlike those of other timovm hhrrtin«
Mdi *4 Charft* IJ. JJkd Lows XV„ n^^i ai diiU a< ii w
ttmance ibr fcillivirm^ 1mm one of Popc't trlti^rt :^
V^ 17 ««ttT w Uaaqrlon CeoiL - , . Hlu Be1]«ttlcp and Mill L«pel
Midct i^lr pnAvcikni. an^ ^vc nc a dinuor, \nth KKniihinc £ liLrJ
<ip|iuiiiidrf «tf (4D¥avliriQ BTih Mr\. HoHiLhI. Wf all a^irril
■ liff uf 1 Viii u( Ittinijiir wu, of iJI iMiics "^^ ffion iniwrabliv uid
iJV nviy Wman wfio «ink<1 llh«d ■ f^edvicn of it. Tonr WntjihuliB
Htfvfaf; i^e L7HT h<4|p* tnel dtuhci vn borron'cti hjuki^ cnoic liomp
on ibc fuwtol it<« Ul ILDBur hal ; jJI lMi miy <tiJiiUfy rTigni Eo raoJie
kin* loc k4-lhiDtcr\ u>l Ixv BbumlKruc af ri]<ld;T-er}nip]iruoaed
Aitaoa urttr; cui nipt nfTthc ivrtat ol ihcdiLjr, Chrr nii»r v'iii(4rr an
j^d oitck nld In ll>* I'rinrr^'t i^nmriLl i from [hrnnr>^ ii« ^lukcip^ara
|i,lDdiJntr, irliTi vtutijiWiicihtfOHy. uid aflEFf thai ik]l onjdn^hCH %«rli,
Di ArtL— *1tjch Ibcv ^n«> t om wLfy MIcwr Oio loac tioav m WstTrt.
1 m «if-'iln «d4 t\i';:^V<r7. J> A^rc LUhtdiiplalLVC tlUD ihia Cfit;rt ; nnJ, a» b
rrtf 4 I fm<l nttrl'^l t^c, MTu-I-f^tI «ii]knl t'llli iiic tliice Qtftnir hnun 1>^
F^ Vkg-< t MibcriMB. 40 bIcm, uflilcv [Tic i-urJcTi wall,
At wu the Own of thr second Ocoric. it vas a Ali^t im-
up<ii} ihai or his father, but »tilt coiusc* vicioua, hideout
in jB oxnciraccL Asodeiy of f^^h and gamblers (male
;femakh po^ UOBualius, corrupt polilici^n^, without honour or
r, foUlical inirigueri (niak uid fcmak- ), u-omcn without deUt^acy
linuc, vulvar as they were J^uranE. a^-aricious as ihcy were cjl-
II, tukift^ thfir onm Euid their husband's honour on th«
of » pack of fjfda- Ihdc were the assodatiftns into X\\t very
qf whirh the yoimE wife w^s thrown. It is not my ]inriJOst lo
rni lirr hJ* a niMic innocent, ignormt of Ihc vice* of the town,
iln«n inio them hy very iimplLciiy— far fTOtn it 1 have no
ihflt l^Y Matj knew pictty wcW the niiinnfn of her limc, at
from bwraiy— her own futhti was noloriouB for Ubtnini^tn;
[W. until ihc WW inooduccfl M Coufi, she hid never minglcil in this
" beauty, her wit. antt her acf^omplibhiiicnts madt a grcot sen-
bU ilic lloci Jmuiiwcn: athcrfct.!, bvtshinp ujion her Ihcir
md iwfeceoi rtatteric* : among ilic r^ it the Trintc of Wile*,
IhoTtrr* upon Andinf her adhere to The king^a pnny. «oon
ijfibnacd hix ailcnrTon^ it\ li^gh (lu<igi^o)i.
In ijiiUr. Monta^i wits Appointed aciiha»arEcr to Conilttntt'
^
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S4 7A^ GiHtlanems Ala^sinf,
Dopk. iind \\h wife xcct^mpanicd him. On tJv« way
]ilil« LiiEir ai Vii^nn Jt ;ind hi very explicit, buL nut ii all •■:
leticJiL up^n iht niorut Ijixity thjt pni^^ili^ there. *'A
writes, '^ loL^ks o»L fer jt lov«r :ii soan ai aliv U niJirivdt W
cqui|>a^c, witEiuuL i^liicLi hIiv ctjulil not be ([cated, and 111
anldc fit iht irealj- ls L'iUibU»hiiig tlic pr^niion, vhidi rcnuins
bdy^ in tLiie tin: ^lUani suhould ptuvc tiicDLitunL . . . . i
pmt of Ihdr cnmTation tonusU io !ij"ing who shall get mort
having nu btngue ai ;iU Uxdugmcc-" She oddi that the
icmvicd. th<; ^'could Dcjt pgujbly luivc cuiiiiLion scnwt tin
had Lcca in llie town abijve n f^ttnighti and bad made At
towards commcncmg an apj^^/r." ■
I'hi^ joiiTticj had Ihe icmjirkjiblc rt»Ji of mtToducid||
iHlioiir untiT tli^n vLnlcni>wi], into Kngland' WitLmg from Adn
khc s»ys :—
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Tfac oTull-pDx, » Uhl ami fc ^nsnl vnanf ut, u hfiv tfcittrd^
b^ tho invfritinh ni incnLfirns, wtiidi it the ttim ihrj £jvr ll There b
oLJ VDiDcn wIli> «iuLp 1| (h?ir l-mtknfa 10 ^FTWm (tip if{ici«1ioa t^vty UEi
Ebc manib ef September, ^vhi^i The grur h«[ U ibiied. People kq4
Hfi^Ehcr 10 Liw«T il Lay of chvir fafiLily hib a mind tA h^vt the mka||<po>
iiiikv |jMlJo fcfi tKl4 |iLiri>04r, anii» k^hrn itarj arc mcl, iheold tturnAU eoni
» DUL^khcU full of the mnrivr of thr t-r^l t-^rl of biittll-pDii, uid vkt «l
yoD plouifl 10 hdvff op«[wL fibe Jnmedi&EeFy riph open that jrou «ff« bo
laTKF pi^lr, A]>it puu itiioEhe vcm ta muth maiUr a« can lie uponlt«J
her iirfTillr, anil iS\et iTi,t[ Inndji up ]l\t llirlt wmiitil svEth a hQ]l»4 fbclt
lhi> monner opens four or five veini. , , . Ttpre ii no csafliple of aafoi
boa difd in it, uid you irdt bc^cvc I un v^c^ siii^Fil of ih« oAtf t
uperiment liintt 1 mtondto try i( on &yd«r Jiirit ton.
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Upon her rctnrn to England, .tl the m^ of 171S. she m
inouns to bring this remedy s,gainst the foul, distigunng discu
pmctkc. Of the opposition she encountered Ijujy Louiwi S
before quoted, gives the following deseripiion \ —
n bo*?
^V^iit AD AFdiiodi, vrhcLl A fearfuL mil, wf isdy vld, wbaf a tl
prite 1l vtiTi, TiolnJy it iiov in tht Ira^t iw^rt. Thih' whn hatV
npp1nuc1&:1 for i[ ever tince they were bom. arfl b0v« bI» Koen
VAC<; miction yvt^ wckomcd in tlicir '^wn <lay!i» iimy iiAEuftlZy conclude IbM
10 cLo bul to KJr 'Inwn rrium^iUiiiit nml r-i?eeivF lIiv ihnnLit anil btrvln^'
eouii[[ymen. Hui Si u.ir far oihonv^^f. , . . Tn (lif ffniicirli'e yeirtimttw
ipucccci^Unf ^c^ iimv«) aX home, she vldojo pusefC a Jay wLihout ftpenltt
pilrtutlr: ii-i[1cr[aV.:(L^» and ^h? vu^ccl aIic uoLild never Jiavc Aircmpted it
b.iil furrMTn ihc vrv^tljcin, itic fhCCincuEiun, bul^ evi?n tU^ oblmjuy 'w biuu|^
hrt, The cramourt taivd a^inM ihe ptacElce, nod of cou^w ai^inn her.
bcjoivl bclL<f- 'Hk? fa^uby til laic in juTls to a nuui. fOTticltiPc fuJiin a
/iM'^ d'*R^lrovf convjrirncn; the dexj^y ductnicd front tben pglpitt
Hcnd^ iM It AtxM In iniTU ttcm 9fsf mlTer fron thefr
Hot Igr^n4-by vrti^bodx »fnf tLi hm bcg^mc h<r odvirr, tad
Vdwilf canM b?t di«ghler wfth li«r lo Jnfnlnl houwt lo pmv* h^r
■> Muj- oov i«pnt tu roidv at T-ntcLcn^^tJV item Fopei
Hkcre hhc »M iiHjn ULLtjouniJeJ by lumc <jf (lie lirfil Iitcr^iy
lit; brr qurrrl wkh Pope. Sh« had made hit acqumnunor
Bile tiHw brrunr ihc Irfl for the Ilut. and kept up ^ crjnitanl
^hSchcc ■)[*! him during hei abrcncc, I'hc LuJc 4:rooktd
■ blim dciprmtdr iii bv? urrth the bnllknt bc^iuty. *^^ lu^
pii|ituroui and oca Ungui^hing I'crio' u^on Iter pcifcctions;
lOR, boldly a^<jitcd hii ]U4iii-iii in liit Lcltcn in n i-itiin some*
extnordiiuiy to our prcicnt idrvu of propiicly, Hut noon After
Slun a coIdnr» iprang up bciwfcn thcni. »'htcli gndua^Iy ad»
4 to a iQAli^iufil haired npon lilt !(idr> utid ,t v.ircdy Lew
UHixiotiTj c>(i hcit- The atimc of ihit Kiiddcn rcvultion of
jLh^ nncr been aiceruiAtd— ^beyond coajeLturc. Uti own
■vf (Ik «iraif vtv^ th^i at honic ilJ-cliujien time he mude tucH
|SjM Iovv tf> licr, »\ IN «|»iU; of hn ulmuit iriuU'Svoiir^ tu be
mud look ^rati*, pt^]vakc<t Jm tmrtiorlfTrjLi; fit of Mugbtcr; £rom
■om«Di woimded wiitymndc him her impkczLble enemy. In
Mc*iliccoolndictithi3«uicmcnl: in ont^ letter she says, "T got
men frMod (» >iiL Mr. J\jpe why he left <jtr vUiting;" insnuthcr
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TAa Gentleman's Magasim.
tht; ^ibT cause of hbi r^iraitgcnienu JL-nluuHy wa* llir ni'xl — yakm
of t^l; profli^iLtf Duke of Whidrtoii. wIiut^C UUrnlJutu Lud^ Mv
she voftly enjoyed, uiid mtd lo >il }ii:r iucqiuinUiicei ; ilic had
ridiculed hU cpiupli on the I wo fuxlic; kivvJH tlnick by ligh'
IjJy Ma:y'» wil wm fl» sharp imd cruel m tven Popc'j; it f(aR
ndlhcT fiicnd not foe, Jiid wj.* <:vti tiAdy lu iciw U|>oo ariy qxb
or pljyiid] intinniiy to deridr, wouud, ot cnub 3 >ittJm. The pOfl
'boUi b habib mid penon. gnve a-mple icop« 19 Mtch a
ibove ill In his pulsion foi her, and ii rtytxy \k ofcty avorcd
did nvi spare him. Hiinsclf the iiju«i biller of uiirJKUf at 2.
MiiUtfrice be wAa the most .iciiiuly sensitive to ridiculv-
Thc war began wilh Ihu ftrsl etliUon uf ihc Duotiad, itt
Ijidy Mury appeared urdcf th]; ^obnt^uev uf isi^kpho. There ^
mivlvkkii^ the pi;rfonEi|^ iriiMnl. ;i^ in the d^fvi of thetr &ic
had addrcKwd ci^rnpUiiienury v«r»e^ to her by that tuunc. Bin
l^m bitler aitack was ccnuiined in the Tiiird Eptnle of ibc
Esaayji r—
ArcnO-^ Kuli iSglit ^y ineln^r of a apark,
Agren as ill wUh UuIa nlutCyinj* LoOtc,
A* Saj^fiho's tli'nhjnri* *viih her Jiity inii^cli,'
Willi Smjplirp Ira^L-niii at nb cvtuiuc miia[ue.
Sa Enomin^; iimcccs rhit in cnitck begun,
SbJmv TniTz, adJ Ajr^blfnv in ihr (Filing Min.
Even thPSL' lines wert far exceeded hy a gm^is :ind ziboini
couplet, loo disgUNliny tu he quoled, in the tini r\i Khv *^ ImitA'
Horace," He afterward* denied ihat therjc lines were iikiendol
her, but Pope did nut temple to tell a f;i]sehood when driven inu
tomer
Another victim of his pen was Lord Hervey, llie author
the eelebmted " Memoirs of the Keign fif George 11." Ilui I
tori temporaries scarcely gnve him credit for ihose |xjH-cra ilic fiu**
whjch were leserued for jtoslcrily- He Wijs B iVipfjiah, eAcjiitfiA
young genlletiiiuiT ^ ladjc-^' d?.n^ler, wh-is cuuited (l^e iiiu^ev tii wflt
mawkishly sentimental veiscs, mete milfc-aiid-watef d^ibbliJ^g*,
at were in vugue in those days- Aaron Hill dei(;riUe« him as—
TtiJU-fijl Alrxin Oil lUeTframn' fcii ticle,
like LadiK' pbythtng anil ^he musc'i prifte.
' Wilh 411 herlKHJiy and fuciMiitin, VMy Majy waintPl^nousJjiatidJ'
rtra dit^y In her Jieu-
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A R^Jfrt4fHiaHv£ Lady &/ the. Laxi Cat/nry. %j
iFnvk hca <arik4t youth he via-; cutrcmcly dcticAto in \\caXih And
net, a cimnkit4uicc whikh hi^ fitihcr Ascribed xti ihc uxc *' of
dcUaulile J9d pctsonouA pUnt, ic,i/' Smniln] pnvc him to XnAy
att one of her tovcr»-* Kl^ ihni £lr ii niAy, he AliArcd tvUh her
StwBvabk dii|inctii>n of A^tnn^* m Vf\^it'f Sitirta, wlierc he wu
under the name of " Lo^l Kjinri}',"
Soon ftltcnrvdi \httt ftpp&ired a paeni vntitLod " Vcriutt. ad-
to the Imitaior <;f the First Saiifc of the: Socand Book of
" Tba £i piil>It*hed among Laiiy Mnry* work-i, bui in ont
her kucn ihc lays : *"Now, 1 can awurt him (Pope) ihey were
(■tShaiit my knowledge) by 4 gentleman oi ytiy grtnl tncrii
1 \tTf irwh f*rfTn, who he vnH ncvrr giin*, nnd who if he
hcd[;rst not aiucfc," This point* to l-orrt Hi^voy ; but il
Mftn to hive been their Joint produci(on» Mlhoii/^h ihc liu^tr
iiR probably iKlonp to the jenilemsn, "The vrracs"' are remark
lUi only for Iberr csitremf^ mftlignAnc/t .ind their alMck upon the
pcrtccu] drfbmitif^ of tfac satinet. I Mihjoin a few line a t^
A* ihoi Ui>Klf ut m Ili« wnb of men i
Wbce uur u*ei *|>n.ir« uf lriirTr«i[iir we Intr.
A uen^pMl Ulicnim (if lUc Iiuhliii rjct^.
\i none ■rtrh v»n£rtine yn thy cninn punuf,
Or gTiv [by nADlfalLl nlfinm^ ihtlr >Juc ;
If liml!4 luibrolm, ^a wUhoat Ji ^Uin,
llnvli^, Qtib^utkercii, tmkickcd, untlam,
Thii wrrttbfJ hlilr fjnnsr yiwi main ,
Hftl Kvon it IK'I lh>f |S# wnrM majin f jrrt ■
Bciithw ul tpmcan, they m. uhI ih«y ddplAb
M lh«i hal'kl, be hblcJ by maakind,
Avil itilh iIk' rmhlfm nf ihy cnmkcil miiul
Mut^d on Thy Inf t^ Iikr Ciin, by C-wW own hanctp
W«Blej bkc him aoctini?d Ihrwfh Ihv )an<].
■ At Loed Hcrvt/t -Icoilip a Tew jem jiftvf Uidy Mary went pbrvwl* liU >i>n
^ lad Ktanicd all 1i«r L?n«rt 1o bb Eniter. wuh tn aviarance that nunc cf
^■htd bMft r«Ad bj httn. llci rt-^ly wa<^ rhtl ihr "cruiM nlmiuL rvcrrt he
Usi( ^aanil k^i ?fc cv(t q coimjKiik^fencr wlikh wiiljT>I \\aw \\\''m\\ Turn
HilV^igai|^LBLJ«3 in^l be irulirn?*! [4 UuubE-Thv {xiikibilJEV of ■ [ori£ iinil
ittdf fe^iai^ihip brtVRtifwo pcoanit uf diFTcrcnl >chk^ weiIip^iI Ihc \zsM mixlurf:
(flflt* It Buy be •fry roiitr doulnpJ, A [>)fllniik AiEnflnLii'iif l^tiwcrn a
|a«^ *Dd besmifnl wuinin \sA ± iioloiiouk nn^o' wouM 1^ nn ?iTrD4iiil-nary ]ih«-
uy >^k iDuth In' iiL Ihc vj^htctull) ^mmy- Ki) bcmp of iTju*
i Um AtMtvj^\ (ban all.
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Woe to thoAc who entered the li^t^againsi Po|>e I— sopoora ras-
pouEiDu o^ iht£ could bill bniig down i cm^hmi; rcion t^w ihe
writcTfl, The nnwcr was given in ihc " Kpisilc lo ArbuthnM,^' in
ttut Icrtilktc picture, unniLTpans^nl in the mIiH:: JiteniiUTe of Ihc wixldi
ffhieh, while wc shudder m iw Ticndi^h mnlignancy. «rike*u*«iUi
admiralion hy Ets power And brlUiAnc)'. I MkiJo to tlic ch&mctaof
SponiB. Linder ivhich he i>'pificd l-ord Httyey. becinnin;
Ixt SpDTU tremble, —What, thai Ihinf of >ilk,
Kpora^ \htX not vhile curi! tif av'« ipilk ? *
Sjttim or tRiM^ lUk I nn fifianu ftt,
Who bnukfc a bulttstll;^ Lipcph a <)vhd0] 7 &&
Lfldy Mnry did not figuiv in Ihf satire, but Pypc uneCft^n^
fied her in his letters nnd conversation until she left England m v,\9
for a iH'cnty-iwo ycors^ exile, — wc con regard her cibwnoc in no odid
light She and htr husband aepcmtcd— for ever. Thc/coniinufdti
mamtnin ."a friendly correspondence; but although he iwiee viiifciiJM
Concineni, hL' never went lo see her. The eiuae of \x^r 2x\\c ixtho
her feparaiion from Mr^ Montagu both remain m/sieriei thu in
never likely lo he ducidnicd. She kept ^ di.iry. whieh after he
death wna jeaJou&ly guarded l-y her daughter, Lady Hut^, «h<
occasionally read portions of this, and extr.icis from a large nUEl c
her moilter^ letters, to favoured pcnona, but never allowed tlWBB
go out of her handii, and viltinintdy rfesiroyed ihcm. The dia
assigned for doing so wlij; :hac ihey eontaincd ko many scandaloa
Glories against persorirh ^titl bving or only reccoiTy d^d, On h<
rtuirn front Iwlj, in 1761, L-iJy Mary gave iiuo the hands of M
Sowden, xhe Kngtish inmibter at RutterJam. n. number of leliervfl
public iitiun afUT her death, Upon receiving intelligence of thii th
Buies s^et'io 10 h.^ve been in great alarm, and sdkited him togi*
up hiE chan^'e ; which he did for. it is said, a consideration of ^CS*"
Lady B^*te was evidently fearful of something dishonouring lok*
inoihi;r's memoiy coming to liyliL
We (19W eurne Lu the question, were the acandabua amovcratioi
of Pope and Horace W.dpoli^—both bitter enemies, lei it be rema:
beied— juotilied by uuth, or was she, as most of her biographcrt 1;
inclined to believe. :m innoeent und much maligned woman?
* Lor<1 ITtiv^y hu'vLiig I'liKTririttinl tuine irLciptt^TiT qccack^ n! rpltvpft %
hlmwlf iij>on fl /pry ^irici reginicn, tif which a^\ milk ami flouT-bltcaiTi fM«
th« principal T>ati. llii; countenance fs ul'l to Lavc bcm to piLlliJ thuhci^
paint La lOlLen in chajlly fLppHinnce. Jn the |i«Inil at h'xm. b^Ttwrn, vhi
tlLlI c(l>rA, he appMt» JL hiiiidHiEiie itinn, rLirlraiL-pulntt'n, IioM'vv«r, |«VI btf
^ Ripr^eniaiwe Lady 0/ ike Lasi Cmtury. S9
Kcn* GO B« Ihxl 00 mcD «toiild h.ivt; dorvd to tpeak ontj witce of
«lidf of her positioa in luch gross terms as botft T^pv ^md W^lpolc
M. vdCM they had i^imng grounds for (heir ^cindal, Thcnc arc no
isucndoeSr no dtfgi^c nbout ihc vords of cither ; ihcy arc itci fjith
IdtHr Asjbsscrtiom kno«-n to be tnic, and noi 10 be commdicicd.
Attoaifc It 4i not jtrobnblc chkL her intimacy with Pope ever
cMcrdtd in Act ihc moral boundaiy, the klt^r^ he \inA^ to hec
«Ue tbe was in the Eii«t could acarccly have been addrc^^cJ lo ^
■fidttt woiBan. HtTC ift a specimen :—
IiUbIi I low j<aiiu veil » Kin; Hcr^d c^M HeruJiAA iahligtE^h I iicver
UvW dW uiotbcr't h^id. ttiii ^Ln^r Jup^t^r will imt l■;^nT il m» 1 mmT lir
ttWH OB kbo* oy (hlc 111 lilr, u t do in paiuEiri^, \}f lo^inij lo lin^r 4<i iLliV
AftftT 14 ivtftaMc. (Il<^ follow* ik icm«ii« a Ijtllc too broiij f^r innicripiinn
• ii;«|l4ff,) . , , Ymi nii^j uti-l;r in^^ne how ilcurobi 1 muit 1« oT i
iWnif di?ncg v(|]i M prm-<n uihr' h^Li uu|;l*i in' Inn(- ,i^i« ih^l ic vn m i^uqulilq
tiMNi* «t Arit licTii at lolovt | ^nit wtiL] hrit vncf mih#<l ni4t Ttir :in chr
ttlcin 1 fwcQt of til i3j< i^boil Htklm I nm a|iablc cf farmliij; or rocJ*;iB
fa>4i^j<LngoK]gcti bLil minr arr hulnv] no w-^nn (hn) 1 Tear ility cui |mj(ca]
^ M<bin( li|[ vkat I CAn't vcty ilfc^uLly (jwd to >t>u.) thiu^S In '^i anollitr-
Hcr a)jv1<^isiii invwcr drntiiin-h ivAiihe strain in tvhith th; fine
lonlnncn of tJic src »<;ti: Atcu^lonied to Addrcu the An? bdira,
Tii)f K>; but Hlut were llic fmc UJi1^b of ihc jgc? l>id£4^nri'
liKvni irotitd haic Iwcn rvvtuiicd tu rmd one vii'iiious woman amcing
tei If I^y rkt^ naa vulIi, ^fu^ wa6 mi exception lo thciulE;
Ut ^ enreption shoid^t be cjtlendcd lo the style of corropondencc
^ pcttATitrd- \\fr*t cAnr^icly, Aid c<^cn lewdly, ^hc hcrtell could
•iBJuprOTrd in the" Kjiinik from Arthur lit cy. the Footmaii;'''
lompoiiibon wJiich n penny ^itieci Italtul-mongCT wniiLd no^ blu^h
^ c«n ; and ftddril (o h^ ciHence^ ^^in&i decency i^ the cuucUy of
^lag ttp 0»e poor lady, wlinne notoriety w.is atrc.idy Mittkbntly
faldfijli lo fculhrr ribAldr}-. Nor dnc^ tfaia paem al^nd oLanc ; the
'Tjim Eclogues" and oih«sof hcrfugilivt pieces arc alinost equally
PM; «^iff tn herlettcTK she treats the L;rciitio(isniJinTii'ri of her age
■ii a hanincw and levity inipmvblc to one who eondcmncd them,
Wf Bale, at m-e ha*e iccn, coniidetcd these epistles unfit for pubU'
odm, and Or, Vounjt \\ *jid to have destroyed all those she wrote
VlU bong loo indecent for the pub! it eye. Thc^iC arc fact* for
*^ ber apologiiu otfet no eiplojialiuEii^md lo which they carefully
■^10 fcArrcDCC. They urge, hcnstvcr, Uui ^11 the Iciters she rcrcived
' II* «•■ e^Tklcd It the OLd Btllcy Jbr an ilivnipi tiM»mniil viultnct: upun
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90 Th€ Gfnikmani M^asin^.
— L'vcn lliow wrilU'n hy Pope, and in which he tini2.\\y K«d&
i;umplirf;i*iil.!i ;Lntl tctDtiiibnii^i^ 10 Mi, Moithif-U' — vets cndo
hy lifi hu?ilKmd Sudi in ix'iLimly ihccA&c; h\tX weri- ibcy cndoned
iH thir time- or ilidthi7afun*TiTi.U (a\\ bto lik Hands ? ot docA thet
lie the htfcrci gf their BrpLir:itiuJk ?
Hct whole mairici] lift, i;vtn from tt^ rommencrmcnt, lE CTvc
ui niy>tcij'- lliu: Mr MoQlnsu wasi^ «ion*t*ly in love with hcf n
who read hi& lcEtc» can doubt Htf is cv«r urging for a. rctum q
lu bi» own. untJ ihc uuth of hi* iUrcclion is jjToviai by tho^ iilini
of ml incffui,1ual blMiKylc Jftiiinsi it, as ihoiigb he doubled ihv co
paiibilliy of their tempore, or of lasiing happintits resuliirg from i
union, wliich wc find h*fre and ihirrt Aad yut wiiliin ihxtt inoD
Lifter their marriage ^c fiud Ihc wum.in lie «o Aidcnily deairtd Irf
■loliEutW, and t^oniinuallj' coinpliLining of bis .ibstncr. Atid wcni
rcine^iibcr ihui Mr. Monugu was no cummon gaJlant, likely to c
iin mediately on possession, hut. a nwn of stusT? and soUd ncqui
mt^ols, and grc;vtly superior to }iis average tomfniijotiiriti. We t»D
only conjecture ihitt thai mt.um[KiLiLiility of dJ&pOKUian hchadfaiwd
WAS realised ; althougli upon which side by {lie €nt fault it it nct^
poiaiblc tu say, Ri-adcis of ilie lady's kttcrs of that period iril'
ccrlainly hympLJtbi&e witli her. Piqued probably by this cojly ncjglect
wc next find hi^r on*; of (he tvignini; beaulie^ of 1. liccnuouv conit
The infertinces are nai diilieuU to dr^v^. Afiei tlieir rciuin fromth*
Ejsiern embassy the estiungemenc continued to wideii. More iku
one. to tise Ihti nildi^t ex|>res-iton, doubtful j^dvtncure ii uscnbv
to hLT, SLie K^mbted in South Sen ^lock to a gjcat exient, ttbdj
Frenchman n;imed R^mund— accordiL^toSt, Simon, a very woflbM
'ktwJ of fvElow— phiced in het hands ^ 5.000 to iitvest in this Rpecn
btfon* Ulien he demanded hit money, ii ii;isiiot fonhtoming, K
thrctLened, and afierwatds sent a kner addressed to Mr, Moniag
slating the whtrlc aiTaif ; ih< inteicepled the me»eiiger. but veM VX
giCJt state of terror. In a letter to her sister, I,ady M.itt, Bh« ESfi
'^ Vou may imagine tlio inuvLtabte, eternal inibforiune il would htiv
thrown me iuto had it been delivered by the [lerttin lo whom il wa
«ntruaied>" In the next e[>Lbt]c, however, she pbcuif herttctf in quit
a different lighl : *" Did I Ttfuse giving the strictest account, or had
not the L^k-arest d4fmLjnbtTa.Lic-ri in my hand of the truth with whidt
acted, tliere might be some temjjiiuion for this baseness, bni all h
can expect by mforming Mr, M is lo bear him repeat the UlD
things I aj^cri : he will nai rttntve one rtriliinj^, and ] am for €fl
miserable." Of course, scaiidil added Rcmond to the list <lf Hi
'ck^-rs; bi^r there are no pioofs to support bucU a supposition- Li4
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A JitfirtuniiUiv€ Lady 0/ Ihs La^i Cefiinry. 9 1
Uoj had lo^ convld(;nljlr iii the " bubblv ; " probiibly torn^ of Oic
BCKj 10 «quaQj(tcd 1131 £^ed b? di>j:ctdiubLc ucjuu: «lic fc^cL^
ir ntb I'caujiin^ hci hiiibatid's can^ at wcU Ai the ndicuJe which
m ikcircml upon cvcij- vittim of that ndwrion* ichcm^ \fr,
Ibttxgu ViuiDCthodicjt jud iipngl>( m Jill hf« dealing^ .mdJl ^tAt bc^n
■Q9led tiar some disgrACefiU tnoney inuiwction might ha>c (>cm
9c OHM of dicir uUtmilc leparjlion- TKc cvcnT crcalpcd no At3^if^i | j,
tticcdabon , il s«cn>:h lo hafc« been tacitly ycX nol famuilJ/ um!er-
flMid bctncn them, but tmknonTi 10 the world aX [he lime — n J'.n 1
■hirf^ coiuodcrins the niinibti of gcTUjpi And ^clnda^fno^»gcTi thc:f
^rrahcpiM, adilt jinoth^^r mpirry to ihr m-iny olhcn. From the period
ofkj rrliim from I'l-^niitrtniinrtplc Mr MontR^u fjilh Jmn ibc b^r.k-
piCtnd, Anil j|pi>rm onlj- tirro ,incl thrcr in aji indirtTt ae^iI un^m-
^Dctuil wvf. Indr>fd, from the ftr^t wr Hiil ii> obE.Liri jLTiy ^l^r virrvr
•f fcii <iuLMcUt, 'I'hroughoLil tlic iwo-nnd'twcnty yr.im, *]ic nrivr
Ireuhftonr wotJ of cuirpLiitil agninit him— a circumhtiTir^ whiiTi
Wh iirongly in liis favour ^ for Uidy Mjry lud giill iiud wHnnwutxl
bdirho injured her, and wjs not a pcMon to ptnythc wronged
Ulan^rlic: wife. To the Usnt the write* to him even icncWly and
libciioiutelj^ fof ihc r.[>rn'>iJ<ifnTciKCof tin:* itlfin^e conplc vTa.^ ncx'cr
iBMrrupred- Intunnc the (ullu^^ng paifAHc from a kltrr .-iddrc?i»ed
Eokm liiA lon^c bcfmc M\^ death 2^^
tilrioig IhJ no upfiorlujilly vf writiii^ by ■ prirnti* lutrjd, t havr il'Uyrd
■tfrfcie«n*w«ii4j )^ur liihi It;[(ci, >*iliicTi touclml nic morfl dun I imi ^'Ithpr
ib^ V DiSiaf I0 t^prci^ 1 hcpe your iptirehcnkioiu uS btnidfttfia ire fiol ccpn<
fcvql t^ tfif frah >yiDplOin» of thiC tcmlilc DiiHlorEiiiir \i \ coiJd Lc uf nriy
Vtit Id fm, 4ia lliAl nr any aiho- DCiMon, I tiul] rhihk my lul ronaiiU oT
^ Wl tHLjilgjvd,
\ wife vho hod b<;ai bani&hed her husband's hearth fcr yehin
T&fDogh n** £iult of ber own would icarceiy write thus, ITie gneatcr
pcrt<m of tho« long ycoi^ was parsed in a farm n! |j>vero, ncnr
Venke, wticrc »he cultivated silkworros toT mcrr,>ntilc purponci But
4| oocuuHuUy tisiti^d VentLc jnd J-lorcncc. Whtmg fTom the
tatepkce, iindfT dale September 35, 1J40, iloracc WalpoJc ^vcii
fofcJlowinj; mahciouiily-colouri^d &trErh :^
tJld I Cdl TDu Udy Moiy b hvrc t Slip luii^ lU my Ll4y Wdpolc, ftttU*
^Udy l^oofri^ uul IB lai^JiKl At br (he what* town. H« drv^ b« andcc,
^'WfaipwItfKt iiHiit nuje aayo w (ba[ iwrfr ht^nt her iwnr. ^c woann
Ma^thatf dveft roi «ciwer hft |[i«A( bLick Iuc1.a» ihul hhitglinoK, De^rTCULabud
*(iiric4i UEold muarmc tlvv wn(rj>er, vlwl ^tiiw opeD «nU dUcov<»* W^4*
FElUagi. ijfc fj^n hwdlnl TioldilJy on niif aide with tlie ronsint of < . pVtljT
^U«i wllh pliklrr, mj [tuily wtrli wtiiic p.ilnl, whicfi foi chn[inrw i,hc
htffci u oovK ^ui you »i>ii?-i oy; um i: br iwuft a ^hirrmfly.
After making aU olluvuuce Tor ihW m being Aporinlt drawn by ir,
ciucay, cnui^ of trutli rtiiuLfis to mak* ii txcw^liojlj' piiaftil t»^
tbot« wlio bave contempt led Ihtf Ui^y Miry of Tborc«by^ H^
letters of thb period oiu as vivExcioij:», ut devtTi u hard, vid ^
nttriool u tvcT : if ihc worm is gmimng it her bcut. ihv hLdc^ hoi
AngiUKh bcncadi i gny eviction Only oelcc or tvrict: U 4 mU nu**
Ktruck, and ihat only when th« end i;; drawiitg very closc^ " A loori
icric of di^ppoin:mcnu/' «he writer lo Sir James Sluon m i;^^
^^ have, petfiap^. worn oiil my nfl.ujul >jpiritiq. Eind given a mclanchoc
caitt io my w^y of thinkjtig. I would noE communicate lhii& u^ikav^
wany but yourtolf, who can havL-Lompassion." The plaint Uoidyiuj!
3 gcnilc one as mtghl be expected froiii tven a luppy dd a^e, but tl^
ud, hiirJ, indomiuUe Epiric, that ibe weight &fsc\'cntyiwo ye^
lid not tubilue) bieak^ i^mi in the midst of it
Mr. Mont^Lgu died in J761, le^Lving behind an immcnvc fottij^c
ftmi ihcn, :xi ihc dciirt of her daufc-Ht^r. \he reiiuned to Engla^B
On? motv ]ilitiiTc, evtn mori; terrible tK^n tliL' l^^ti and froni (Ite^^-i
mcrciJoM himd— the date Febmary j, 1763: -''LJtJy Majy \\"on-/«
iwiurivt'd ; 1 hjve icen her. 1 think her avarite, her ditl> a^d he
vivueiiy aiv all inaeiised- Her dress, likeherlaiiguage.isa gaUroata^
t>r ht'vcrul toutitrit^s, — the gcound-work rag*t ^itid Ihe embtoidcf;^
nitttinevt She needs no cap, no handkerchief, no gowa, no pctri-
cunt, nx> »hoe& An old bloclt laced hood represents the lint, the fur
of ii horseman's com, which replaces the third, serves for ibc tccond,
a diiniiy pcitkuat h Uqiuty and officiates fur the foujth, o-nd iJippefs
net the pait of tht: bst. W'hi^ii 1 v/35 M Ploreoce and ^e wu
expetitfd ihcro, we w^v drawing Sortn y/f^/iavat for her j vc
UteraUy dicw Imaninri z-ot^i oj/^fjv. It would have been a strongct
prophecy now even than u was then." Her cyiiGin, Miss Elimbeth
Monugo, gives us a sketch tdmost as whimsical, but not ao coarsely
pcTiona] ^—
^lir rlnpi not Icok cilLlcr [bfia when ih? ivenl abroad* hai rnore ihui ihv
vIvjLSHy of h[t»nt ud a nicinDry wliich » perhaps unique, ... 1 vk, virr gn'
Ctoui^y icctivcil by unr ivliki hfjiIilt think*, i[i(fjilt&, oru, nor dmwi like ^njhaly
I'lie. !ldi //-.*«/«/ 1« i]iB<Lv up of all noiion^ a,f\A whtn yfjugct iotci her Ji»«.
in^'inonv yau ImAzme yaii ore ifl the HriiT 9E<:iiy oF Lhc Tower of QatxL An
Hnnt^rian »<rT»in idko ^our name at Ote iltxir ; lir uivfi ir to mi Italko* Tirt»»
Llfllvrri It lu ■ Kr?tiL'}irniiii i ih' Frcnthmnn io v. S^vin, an*! ibc S*ikf C» ■
Fr^uidn: fcturai, I7 ihf lime ynii g*i lo Tici l*dy^hip't prps*ii«, ytui hviv
ctmgod jDut fiamo livi tJmn wtihoui lEic eipen^i; o[an acl of iwrluai^M'
to- on, Horaee Wnlpoir ivfoie to Mann :— *' Lady M*»y i« ifc-
^e Aroughr over a cancer ifi bw \JTCatt,■*^^ch she cootealnl
A Rt^rtstniaiivi Lady o/ih^ Last Ctnittry.
CJtl iboDi «uc v«clc» igD ; it bunr, And ihfTc aic no Knpen for her.
She tiditTC* wilb j^»it Tortihidc, And uy* ^c ha^ lived Icmg enoush.^
iDdkMBitlWc 10 the loct r
A»d 80 the COfbln falli upoo this Rcprc^cniattvc Wonun of h^r
ajp ; fbr, fro« fint to U»t. it would be: dLfBtuU to dii<:ovcf a more
coQipki« fenwlc type of tht cightcenih century, Whclbcrwccomcm-
pbteber Al the bcul of herfaihtr'tlAblc ai ThoTCib>%or thcbnllinnE
Coon bcsotf, or the q'nical, ccnfioric^:*, and coctncly-qmkcn womfin
ofbcroldase^she isdic reflcciitm nCbcr Time- Her ItTcrary rcpui.l-
tioQtcst* tolcly ii[>on her "Lckgia," Ilut, unlike ihniic of SfSvignCj
tlV7 CAD «c»rtclf be repirded a« genuine cpintkv It nros her eustom
%i^ nrilie down her obwrrvnlLoni and Jidvi^nturcs in u jovim^t, from
^liA *hc cEtmctcd mniicc for btr corrt^ipondcncc. Many of the
l « mi were never sent to the pcr:sons Id u-hora ihcy arc cndoncd.
•ASi dyse Ac received from fxlctkratcd pcr>Dtiftgc!i ftcrc alio entered
1x1 thit book- *She WM* in the habit of giving rnpics of her compffli-
%iacEi in rojnuirripl to her fricndf. Thus, After her death, more Ih^n
^>n-fcrnonof her letters appeared. After buying up those f-oofidcd
%oSoirdcn,Che Jinles were ^Btoundcd to find the greater jiott of thcrn^
MCkC lanAiion^, piib]i»thcd >t fow nionih^ nfterwnj^ljj. Included
tbeac 4r* her befit— those \sriiicn from the Ka^i. Some of :hc
cqpuU h*vc pertihed, .md some of ihos- given arc nndouhlcdlj-
^ApnttaL These compo^Ltion^ will always amu^ and instruct from
:9r)|bllineM,)iod ^ piciurc^ of manners; buL ihc^y arcJn no way
i^ll totbofe of Sifvi^n^, whom, strange to say, 1-ndy Mary affected
kdeipis&
y
i
t
i, [ion hoA conqdcn:!] from oui of the rcalnu of the dJ&unt i
unknown, and iidikd year by year to ihe Etiglinh dominions, Jl ^
doidilful whctluT tJicre be any one spot of corresponi^ng area, p
acntini; to mnny l^igi^ que^onK^cK^iul and political — an the colors
ofNaul, Wrrtled some itiiiiy yeiirs ago from ihe patiiarciuil Bonv
and pcoplvd by a few acititcred scores of adventuious t^i^n' ^~-mn
Natal liaa with hard toil gained for itself 2 prccuiious foothold lutf£^^Tsrd[f
yd to lie Gidlird 311 cxisiuncc. Known chiefly to the outside wor «::jnrM
n^ the sudden birthplace of those tremendous ]jolenucal mlssi^,^}
which battered «o fiercely, eome fe^' years ago, against ihe n-aUa^^ in
the EngliidL Church, il h now attracting aUentlon to the shape w^ And
proportion of ihai unEolveti riddle of the future, the Native Qucsti -£ .ion.
In those former dftys of rude and hand-to-mouth legi&laiion, w1P^-^"hfo
the ccjiajn evil of the day had to be met rtnd dealt with before ihe
poflsibTc evil of the morrow^ the seeds of great political trouble »» "tit
planted in the young colony, seeds whose fniii is fast ripening br^-^bre
our eyesn
When the strong aggressive hand of England has grasped s^:>jnf
freah portion of the earth's surface, there b yet 3 spirit of justice ia
her heart and head which prompts the question, among the firs* of
such demandsj as to how l>est and moat fairly to deal by the iiaii^<Si
of the newly acquiri^d land. In earlier times, when steam wis no^ ^
and teiesraphs and special correspondents were equally unknonr^^n
agencies for getting ni the tnitli of things, this question wu mot ■**'
cosily oit'iiwered acros; a width of dividing of^eao or continent Dvm- "^^
diatttnt action might be prompt and sharp on emergency, and no ont^'^
would be the ftiKcr, But of late years, owiny to these rcsoU* of civili- » *^^"
saiion. h^r&h measures liave, by llic mere jiressurc of public opimon^*^'^
and without oonaidemtion of their necessity in the eyes of ihf^*'^'
colonist*, been *el aside aji impra<:ti<:ablt and inhuman, In theeaj^^***^
of Natal, most of the eaily queslions cjf ^ossesbion and tight ^'t'^^^J
settled, »word in hand, by ihs pioneer Dutch, who, after u spice t^^^^
leiTible wu&re, drovr back the Zulus over the Tugela, and finally-^ ^
^ ponesvon of the land. Bui they did cot hold it lon^. Tlie
*K bitcftil unoding En^lbiimAn, with hit new idcdK and his
jWf Amn of civilisation, who h^ ciiiisc^d thcin lo 4jutE U)<; " Old
looy," lh« bod <rf" ihcix birth, came and drove Ihi-m, vi tt armU^
n the Uod of their a<loplio(i. And it wa« not loog bclbrt ihcte
le Eaglish b«c»n« lonJ* oT thi« red AfrU^n hoH, from th« coa»t
to the Dnkifntbr?jt SliH thifr? n«rtdi(^culiitv: fuq although ihe
r-coiaen migh^ br kTidi uf llii; loiJ, thi^rtf itTEi^nirictl ye\. a nnniiMil,
I a vcTjr iTcnbkitoiiie iciniianli cf its orijjiiru] nnd ii^lunil rnasten:
Ucfed fii^cniK uf IL^ Zulu fjuw^r in N;ital. \^v\\ uhu had once
rpi over the uiiitiliT' ill the /fLTLv i>f Chaka the '[^crrible, Chak^ of
.ShcMT Spev, but who hid rcmahufd behind in llie &ir nev Und,
ni Oiaka*t midt h:id been checked bf the white man and hit
dijr wcapociL RciunanU« too, of conquered ihoriginil iribct. who
, found et«o Chaka*i rule cadcr than that of iheir own chJcitaiiis,
Dvd the unotmi to 4 totjJ of tome 100,000 «oubi.
OtW 0^ the (im icti of the En|>lii!^ Government when it took up
rrvifi* wju to allot to E^ach of thc^^c coc^i^triiicnt fntgnieni^ u large
rttotk of land This mi^hl pcrha|i« have licrn ^horE-^i^'hted
;iiLitioni btit il atu^c IruKii tl;c neces?iily uf the iiioiiicnl, AL:corJii)g
even dw then rrcerved ideas of tolontaation and its duties.
aa« hardlr V<n»ible — d:ingn ai'^rt— to drivt j^ll the nnitvcs over
;&DBticf, » they were jJIu^ved to fiuy and vhare the tights and
hiliget of BHtiih sai;juctiH But the evil did not sio|i there.
*£ tong nroe potilkal Tefugeei, defeated in bittile; fled before
c atcn^g hand of the conquefof, jnd craved ph-nie and j>m-
oion from the Govonmeni of Nalat, It wus griinted : and the
lindplc once eitaUiihed, body a^r body of men poured in: tor,
H nrpptnji over the boundary Hnc, they lell the re^oni^ of ntSn
nd tcRJlilc death, >nd entered Ilioie of peace, security, and
Inir,
Tboik it that the native popuUilion of NatAl, fed from vritliin
idvilknililULft in thin y year* moreth.in qnadnipkd ib niimbcT*.
ttlidfd lh)m the oiilndc >*orld in his lorntion, the niitive h,is tivcd
» pttce and watched hi* cattle grow upon .1 ihouMnd hill?, Mih
Mft Itai become gicat and his wive* manj-. lie 00 longer dre-tcJa
i<A"iItti}i b)r order of the king/* or by word of the -unidi-doflor.
*«"inip*,"<jr native roftintent, can tiow iweep ^tmtt on luni .lud
'Whinin|),*'tlul iBycarryofThiiteailK pnthiskni.il to the t]-inies, ,ind
fcWt hii people, hi* ^rive*. *n<9 rhiMrcn to Ihc nssepai, For the
■iliae in die ilory of the gre;it Kafir race, he rjjn, when he rises
ilh< EBomiag, be mire That he wxW not sleep Ifml night, stiff, 'w a.
^
The GffitUmafti Ma^zhr.
bloody gmvc. He hA^t t'iittcd lUc t>]i?^aing« of peace ^d KCcnrilrH
vrhM U tKc conKfjitcnrc ? He hn4 increased nnd ronltiplied until
hiB numbers arc a>|>;rjiinA of ^nd on Ihc scA-iihorc CvcrlAp^nsf tfic
irckr^ of hU locitiion, he squats on private UndAt he a^htncctli^
gredl lidAl wavo, he erica ar<»ud for room, more room. Thu ii tOc
lroul>lc which stores m in the face, looming ki]£a and norc dumci
ycit b/ycir - Uil' gKii cvci-gTowbg ptobtcm whidi ihoufifet&J mo
fcumuft csncdayfindamddcn :ind violent aoluuop. Thu»itcofnc«
to pflss thai thtre hangfi low on ihc horizon of South AfHca the dart
cloud ff Ihc Niilivc education, How and wlicn ii will Luni twi nun
carv pretend lo say. but aomo time: and in aomc vay burst il mtA,
unleiii means of dispersing it an be found,
'i'hcrc is now at work among the Kftlir poimlnuon the «im
motive power whkh has raised in lum -ill while nn^ona, njid, hjnint
built ihcm up to *i certain height lio;; then net ii> work to u\\ ihcai
urtLi) they have fallen— thv power of civiLisntion. Hftnd in h^rMf thf
iTiixiJonary and the trader have pcneiritred the locations The ftT^rts
of the Iftichi^r have met vrith Ijui .1 parii-il surecss. " A C'hn«iiiC
may Ik a good man \\\ his wnj% but he is n Zulu spoiled," »jd Cny-
wayo. King of the ?luluft, when fli^uing the question of ChrintiaflUj
Willi the Sycrctaiy f^*r Native AiTitirs; and such is, not nItogcihC
wrongly, the ec[n;ral foelmgs of the nnlivtB. With ihciraderailto
been different, Squil^ have dciilt honestly— and more, it is to bl
feared, dbhonestly — not only with those with whom they hive bad
dealings, but with their feIloW'Subji:cis and their GovcmnwnL It
IE tljc« men chiefly who have, in defiance of the law, supplied
the natives with those two great modem elements of danger adA
destruction, the gin-bottle and the rifle. The first is as yt't iojurt'
ouf only lo the rccij>ieni5, but il will surely re-act on tho» who have
l^jught Ehfm iTs use ; the dangef of po^ses^ng the rifle may e^gt
home 10 iifi any day and at any moment-
Civilisation, il would seem, when appii[;d to blade rnrM^ pto*
duces effecls diiimeirically Ojjposilc to those wc ate acciiMom«sd
to observe in while nations: it debases Ijcforc it ran elcvitc;
dnd ail regards the Ka£rs It ta doubtful, and remAina to be
proved, whether it has much power to elevate them a\ all Take Ihe
avetAgc Zulu warrior, and il will he found that, in hi* nAiuraJ »taic,
bis vice* are largely counterbalanced by his good 4U-ihtie»i, In times
of peace he \% a dmple, pastoral man, leading a ^/lod- humoured caty
bfcwilh his wives and his cattle, perfectly indoknt and pcf£c<tl)
hnjtp)'. He i-'^ a kind husband and a kinder ^Eiicr, he never ditowni
Jua poor relations, his hospitality is extended aJikc 10 while
'tulett|
Jt Kk!h \Vsr-D^>:€e.
Ii open ID bifi dealings and roJEhrul lo hi« w<ml. And hi«
I a ptovoti in Uic hnil True, if war breaks nui and ihc
ibugbter comes upon htm, he turna inco iLdiiT^ireni mjin.
'. tece snva^ s^i is oni:o uou&cd* btorjd alone will rnol
vcs ihcB he hju viitupR. If \\iz i\ cruel, he u hmvc in the
IkcB tcckk$fiofthc 1ivc« of others, he r:^guc]:inothTfto»ti;
n ilcath Gomet; he mwis \\ without ftior, and gon to ihc
hiis luhcn boldly, a% » w;trTLor B-^iould, And n^iw reverse
(c sod nc btm in the djv^uioi; %ht uf th:it eiviliiii^Eion nbich
^1 wid by n^itara he iv ^oniu five ccniuiic^bthind Sec hitn,
|t*h>dden virtneabC4(«riyMTt/enncI gr^rt iu moHt piomincni
D liil own bemttii^ <liut. ]3(*t)oTd l^im by dfgrct!^ adding
a hb avclty, avaricr to hi* love of ixjBsesiion, repladng
y by OMrae bjmUibt and iiis-uleni-c. and hcs truth by lie*.
» in1Lu»ing ill hii p:Lbiigi]ft \vit}i (he ri^addeitiug drink of
nuiii arul Ihvri folEuw liiin Uiruiif^h many dc^^recii of dcgra-
^IheCiiK int^ thme and ends in a g:)ol Sudi ore. in only
Ihhttncei^ the eoDscquenco of this partuil dviliEuiion, and
even coumerbahmeed, eKtepi in iudividuitl casc«, by the
tcajii the truth* of « creed nhith he carmot, docK noi.
undefiland. And \i ihU be the result in the c^nnpatalively
\ who have been broughi under thei^c tnflucnf,^;^, it
to aisue that it ^11 diUtT only In dc^ec, noE in hind»
inllucncev aic bruu^lxi to bear on tltc same material
iondiogC firoponions- ^Vl^jievcr may or may not be the
pur puiul civitii^iion when impcrfecily and hp,a&moi:ltf;illy
\ ihc V3*t fiHlWe |>o|rii]atLon of SoLtth Afrii:aTonc thm^ muiit,
tf tin^v, feiuU from ii The olct LitMom^N, the uld fufnii^ihe
fl, nniit each in turn die HwAy. The oi;i(f t ejcprtt^ion of
ilic firtt, arid it will nut be loii^ before [be \try memory of
Ifcde oil! of thi- byHi^rit. hrJil- 71ic Etile niu^l replace,
M, actually ha* rq^Lntftl, [be aise^yii and the ihitldj and
f the ca«I-o£Fun]fo(iii$ ut iilf Thi^ armic4 of Kiiro^ie are rf>
pcfc imtil hibely the l.Tonje-likc fomiof the Kafir warrior
B as on l!bc day be was botn. But ^o long aa native cu&-
^eranonf^siin lin^^erin some of the more distant locations.
& tixy eitfciw a cecuii) attrition for d^vellcn amid Euner
ft is ihvrtforc ftoni a l>elief in llic magnetii^m of contrast
ygWy-dviliscd le.nlcr is invilerl to come to where he can
the barbarian face to f^tc and wiinetf tfiat vild reremon}',
Uf griua eaine^t^a Zulu war-djnce.
tfiegood fortune of ibe^rir^roj' this pn pet lofiudbimsd^,
na //j'ft W
{
Th4 Ctntienia^x MAgasiKt^
ttrly in the p«i y^ia^ travelling throagb the up-rovmtty rf
NatfU, in ihc ri^mp;iiiy of ccrlnin high otftdAln of \i\^ Ko^ltih Gmef>
iDCfit I'he joiirnry riisggcd ^owly fiu^gh hy w^iggon^ xnA vac
inciDOlonf>ii^ wivk« lipid paved hcfoic we pili-hvd our cxitt;\ mc
dhulini^ git^iy night, on J4 high pbioAU raiTfiunili^cl by it till \tiia
hiUa. A wild and I'lrnmn] jjIqcc it looked in th? growing dusk of i>
amtumn evening, nor wils it more iiiggt^tivcly uhcerful when we tc4
Bw«y friim ii next morning in ihc sunshine, Icoving the ^i^fMt
in follow- slowly. Our faces wi-re itl lowards ;t grcif mouflm
lowering high above iu fellows, oUcd I'agLidi'i Kop— P.i|;adi bdii(»
pfnvcrfnl ehicf who had fled from the Zulus in the early d«y> of (k
roTony, and li:iiJ i^vt^r iit^ca dwelt li^yully atid pQctrfuUy here in A^
mid pbcc, beneuih ihe (frxnenbti of the CToi\vn. Mc«cnscri bj
been duly tent tu itifuEiu him thit he wit itj rixelve the honoorcf ■
\mu for your uue ^uvu^f; ncv^r LLke^ lo be luken by surprise. Cf^
Bwift-fooicdnjniicrtliudeuinebu.ck. with the prevni of a^cvitiondtk
TG«pectful answer, suOnemjliniii|>hrJ5co]og>',th,it " ^igjidi ^ueH
he was inform, yL^l he ugiild ari^i* ^od come 10 greet hia lotd^" £iii^
mile or so of our kIow pro^Test a fre&h messenger would ipringupbctel
u% Euddedi^'t :u though he tud ^tiutvdout of thceariii at our fc!(i,t*d
prefiMng hih j;rci-iing witli the rojal talutt'.yivcn wiLh up-^ai^ftl itf*
ann, 'Bayfif, lUyctc!' — a latutition oiily iiccoiileJ Lo Zulu roy^lLf^lo
ihe Covtrnofi of ihe dittcfent proviJice*, and to Sir 1'. Sh?p»too«. tk
Secretary formative Affairs — he would dclivt:rhi& message or his dta
nnd fall into ihu rear. Picicnt'y came one, iiying, " Pagadi b r«rydj
and wciik; Pagsdi is wc*ry ,- lethtsluTds ibrftive him :f hcniccitbd>
not ihw day, To-raorrtmr, ivhtii Ihe sun it hiL;h. hi: will i,-<ime »,
ihcir place of encamp nn^nl and grecL hi&lorth ind hold h- iin <! ' ■
ihcm. But Icthisbrds, iht w-hUe lofdsof ;ilUhthndrL m :.
Monnlaina 10 die Blark Waivr. ko on up to his kraal, n: li 1 \\.m
Uke the bigyetl huiand drink of the strotigi-st bttr, i htrc iu» wi^
the chief that i<tu bc^allda^ hb wives, shall greet ihcni ; lelhiVlcrfl
\t*t honoured by P;ig^di, through ihtm," An aLknvwk'd|;rnent wa!fMnl>
mid WL' 8 (ill rode on, beginning Lhca»:em of LlwrorLuidable tirjoghol^
on the tlAt top of which was pbced the chJc/'a kraal A bard ttd
stiff clinilj it was, up a bridle path wuh fwr mote resemblance \%l
Biaircflse than a load. JliU if the road ttasi biiJ, ihe Eci-ncry and ik
vegetation wer^^ wild and beautiful in the ejitreoie. Now wc aunc ■
ft deep *■ kloof" orilL'ft in [he steep iiidunlaiii sidv, at the hoiTOIOCi
which, half hidden by rht masitsof rL'm* and rich rank £re«o0|t
iricJded a little stream ; now loan open Kjiace of rough ground, co%t«J
oaiy w-?:Ji huge, wcadier- washed boulden»^ A licde funficr on l«f
W i^uiu iVar-Dan^^
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the toJt s^cc^ stalks wefe &irly l»mi
of the corn-bdcn hcfl'ls, ind beyond
ipin, ft pvlc like slope of Kf^ar vcldL And l-vct, when w«
hM behind us, the vut urduiAtinf; phin over wluch "tft hAd
lib nrctchcd ivsy in itf inyBtcrioiu bunlit bilcnce, tiU it blended
I kit^ viifa th« loA hluo hotijon.
^b0, 4Ac« noch lu/d and aCcody climbbg, wc reached the
|» nd *lAod itpoti a [)erl«<tJy level spoof Icn or twelve jicm
I aUAL exactly ia the centre of which W4£ pUced the 'ihtff's
oil Bdore «c dknounied wc rode 10 the extreme weitem
of the pAucni. to look at one ol the most perfectly lovely-
it it potobk to imogincH It wo^ lilo; coming I'aci; eo fiurc
imt phtnevaJ Mature ^01 N^ilurc ^ we civilited peoijli; kaovr
BuUag in com-6ekU vuiing in nvllordered woods, but Nniurc
llic vu oe the momjw of the Creation- Thttre, to our left, cold
(rcyaAd g;rand, rofc Ehe ffie^t r"^.ilc, iliDgintt Itf dnrk shadow for
tlMd its bi^e. Tvixj ihou»^d iVet .ind ftt<\vc btn^.ith uabythc
ill^ of the blDoi hvtr, with \hc broad tnuiquil stTe:im flying lOrcr
Inqgb its nidn. Orer ogoinat u rose another ningc of towering
^ Mb mddcsi t^Kfrinp in then blue depihs: through which
M taetctfi Itic spfendid dkijinon of a chaiTi]xii^ couniry, Im^
uAtfcly At OUT feet, and teeming to girdle ihc great finiint peak, ky
<Arcp valley, thronich which the J.itilc Ki^hinAn'h River forced it«
buig way. All around ro»e the £^.u hit^h-ci^d hills, vi ^tcn.
thqgbt in the ^onoQ4 rvtreaminj^ aunlighl« atid yet w> a^vruUy
Md of file, so solemnly silent. It was indecii a flight ncvrr to \ic.
I|MMD, ibu wide pAQoramLC ouE-look, vith its towering hillft, its
ttpf iiUlcyi. its liathing sfrcimA* tti all-pervading SUoUght, and
fdnp ud ulmcc^ But it ^ra.^ nnt ^vays bu lifeleM aod no still,
^ frar f ears Ago llio«e hilU, th<oc plains» thote rivers were teem-
% MCh wilb th«r wloiu crcotura^ BuE a short time rtlnrc:, and
^idng here ai eventide, the traveller could have seen henla of
h|4«nt3 cooling [hcmtch'cs yoridcr oAcr their day's travel, whilst
leUkck-headcd wbiK'tusthed ko-cow rose and pluikgcd in the pool
tto*. Th*t bott^^^d hill wa^ the iavoiiritc haunt of drovc» of
H^Oci snd cloftdt, «nd on that {flairs KK^anncd thousands upon
tendftof Kpriogbi^ and of iiuj;gg^ of h&rict;ee«t and of oribi,
f ifan life most eca.«c before Ihc white nsou* and so these wild
fidinu of famt, BUCdkffl, and plain have pa&acd away never to
1 TttmMg ftl length frotn the canico>pUCioTi of a scene so new
*4 n HrprJiicig. ur ottered the tiock^dc of the krafil. Thi;^c
knul£ connn of Ji vtout outer paliadc, and dwn. At tome duunn
from ihc Ariu a iccond cnclgsurc, bcrtwct^n which tt:c cink iH
drivcTi at nifiht. or in cue of danger. Al ihc outer cninjKc w
were mec by ihc chiefs cidcsi son, ;[ ^nvly-buill inui, who £rcvinl u
Willi much r^pcci anil conduciccl ufi thrwifih rowii of huci U> tU
dwi^I1mFj-plaot& oi' ll^e chJefii ^mily, fenced olT ffoin ch« mt l)f i
fatdgeof Tiunbouki |^r;uK. Ln the centre of thM« itood F^^ldAi
liut, wliLch n-i^ liirgcr himX mori: ftni^ly \k'ovcn and thatched (bm ihti
lenL It is imposhibfc lu describe these huis beittT thj.n by Bfiqf
tkit they tcacmbl^ «rjr>tni(^LU sLniv beehives ofthe old.fa<tbtonedp■^
tern* In front of iht hax Vkcrv grouptd a do^pn or so of yiVtat^
cUd in thsi ^tiHtfEl of ci>sEtaines, a iiirinf^ of Leiuh. They vcri
PagodiV ^ivcs. ?iid r^uiged Uow the ftr^t fihrivcIlcUup wife dkJi
youth Uf thtf piurtip yoking damsel bought l:i&E muntb. The Kpoka-
woroanof the pany. however, hms not one of tJie tt'ives.buiadaujtiltf
of Pagadl*5, u hund^mv girl, taif, Jud ^plenUidly formed, v.ih l
finely -cut face. Thi» prepui^sesiiag young bidy entreated her lodi
10 eillCT, which tliey did, iti :i very unbtdly way, on their hand! ui
kuera* So i^^^on ^ ihc eye becpime accu&iomed tu the cool duktkffl
of the hut* it waft »;]f^dent1y inCere&ling to iiotii:e thi; nuJe ^tUciopu
at comfotl with which it was set forth. The lloorini;. of a rto*
lure of dity ajtd cnw-xkng, looted ex^xctly hkc bbck iDuble^
smooth and yjolibbed had u biien in.idei and on its shining, levd^
surface couches of buckskin and gay blankets were spread in tt
orderly fashion- Soukj litlli.- thrce-len^ged wooden sleeping-piUovt
and a few cooking-potK made up m sole futJiBCUi-c besides In CH
comet rested a bundle of as^egui^ and wjt-fihieldb, and oppoetl«dMj
door were ranged scverni large colabnshca full of '* tvala " or ulhC
bctr, The chief's son and all the women folbwed us into thehA
The la/lics wt themselves down demurely in a double row opposnc
ta UNr but the young chieftain crouched in a di&tant corner aput $oi
played with his .ib»egjus> We p^itooU of the beer and eaehio^
c 01 npl intents I almobt Onentnl in thi'ir dignified courtesy, in the wS
and liquid ZuKi languaEc, but not for long, for we had still far to ndft
The stars were shining in southern glory before we reached the yUd
of our night^s encampment, and supper and bed were even tnorttfal
U!^tLaUy welcome. There isa pleasure \n the cai]vaft-^hdicredPM4
in the after-pipe and evening talk of the things of the day thll kM
been and those of the day to come, here, ornid these wild nimad
ings, which is unfclt a:id unkno^^n in Jjcenes of greater coinfart flU
higher civilisation^ There is a senie of freshness and freedom in tbi
wind-sttvpt w,7^on'bcd rhat is not to be excJuaDged fo« the voAtl
^ Zulu War-Ditnce.
I0£
Wdi in the rumi tuximniu chjiinhcr^ And whrn At \€-.n^\h eHq
ttnuog eome^ tmtfX in thr kcche of l^owrn^, And j^Ejid m the voico
tfknl%ic 6ruh vs rtady tQ j^nrct il, nfit biding it (rom ui with
iMpf ud Mmilt ■* ift thr way of ritin.
Tbv KCDT of iW tDtnmg vpottjttlrr of \ha bnghl d«w day liet
bfforc nv^juid ocrtninly no >pot coLtId hive bf*n bcHcf cKo«n
ifeuutic cfirct. In ftoni of t\\c tmggoni i« i l^fge. Hit, cipcD
faukin) by bold filing gE¥>Lind irith jutting cragt and dotted
of luTUTL-uit vcgttition. All aroiind iprud? Uic dcme
bash, ^loiring Uii of one wiy ofappiamh, fiom ihc kft Pur-
Ac ovoming vc coitid he.u 111-iEdici of dUunt dunu growirk^
jnd louder -u tirne wore oti, ^uid ioeeU) akich |[limp)irh of wjld
ihfCMhng ihe lh(iTn-s, wjmfin ki^icriin^ in tliC iiirr^riiT|:-|)brr,
tii*ou^ di« pill nigiit Ihc (dinners for mik* around had been
nucd br the loud in^Wcm crici of <ht cliielV mc*4cngrT» a\ flwy
acd Ur 4Ad wid^. Mopping but a momciiT whcrcvi-r utn.' of thifir
^ tojoumicd. JLi}d bidding him tome and Ijring pluutc and ihkid,
l^gjdii had need of him^ Tliu d^y, wc niny be lUic. ihc bcrd< ^rc
ImMndcd, iSe mcibc-heads ungj-iiicrcd, for thr htrdimcn and
mpen have tome hither \a in*wcr to the *ummOTn of their
L link reck they whether tt be for fe*uvcil or -wsij , he need<
aand hu CJJted them, and that U enough. Higher And higher
dte fiifitl diiiant chant, but no one eould l^c lecn. Siiddaily
e nood before us a creature, n woman, who, *Jivc for the colour
f W* Jon, might have been the originvii of any one of Machelh's
vrird cttlcnL" little, withered, and bciiE nearly double by ^ige,
!i jKtTvily wi« yet pjit comprchenHon, CFad in a itrangc jumble
!vukr-«kisM, fejttherA, fiini, md lion»j Ji forked wand in her oitt'
h«nd, ihe ruiKcd to and frn before Ihe little ^roup of wbiic
Htt cyrftfiramed like IhMe of Ji hAwk through her inched
ttid the ^cnuLBeneM o1 her IVitniii^ citjlemtm w.t^ eWdcnt by
^lavcriDg 4cih and workmg t^ec, Jind the witd* apn^imodic words
ipokc The spirit at Ic&it of her nk]>id uttt-rance; may thu» be
On. oa, ou, ai, ai, ai- Oh, ye w-nrriors that shall d:ii)oe before
ipcBl oikci of the cartti, come \ Gh| ye dycn f>f r>[>enr», yc |>lumcd
ol bJood, come ! 1, the IsauLisij I, Ihc witch-hndcr, I, the
man, 1, Ihe >ccr of Grange lighti, 1^ the redder of dark
call yet Come, yc fierce ones ; romc, ye brave one*, come,
do honour ii> the whitr turd^ f Ah^ 1 hear ye ! Ah, 1 amell ye \
1 tec yc ; ye eomcj ye conic ! '*
Hin% hftd her myorpTxrifi fr/tihil oft ivto the "Ou, ou, ou, u, n^
I
■ ■•h
ai." vri\h vihiiJh it hnd opifnc^, vlien tlii-rr roiJivd ovrt iht edfc
hiUi tiiitL by, auuthcr %urc iconrviylcu vilJ* Ivl iioi ii>
a^>canuxci;- Tlii* bn was a liiietr'l'uiU warrior itn^iyixl la ihe fat
panoply of wt'igc war. With hit rigin hainl lie gr.upi-d liifc fpo*fc
nnd on lii« Icfi hung bis Large bktik ok- hide KliitiJ, \iu*-d on jta Eirikr
udc with spwc assegais. Fiom ihc "man't" ring rwmd It* hrti
an>tt A fhingle uH gruy jJunic, robbcii Uocx the Ka6r cniH: lb
btwd ihouldcrs H^re bare, anil bcncJih the arm-pits n:u biirocd i
■jbon K^irroeni of surips of skin, inicnnixcil vtth ox-laili of iJifii*iit
cvlonra. Ftoiii liin wj.\t,i hung a rtir^c kilt nude <^ef1y or^oatS bit
ullital TOiLod ihtculf <.iHhv Ttght Ic^; nas filed a fthort fringe ofblxi
F- ~ '^ OK-Uilft. Avhetilgod btrTore ii4 with lifUd wc^jion ami onuuttdhd
viildd, hib ptumu beiiiliiiM to the breeic. and hi§ uiagc atipeci in>4f
m^rc ravage sill] Lry the gMcefuL, siikiui-»iue pom, the dUaud^
and narUkc; niLTuld of ihc icl ft^Jlurvt. Js )■« stoud thw, :in rmlbn
aod a lype of the times and the thinss which ire pateiriK a*i>'i W
feet tcuing on ground whkh he hdd on turr<-tance, and hia hasA
gmaping weapons inipoicnc as a child's loy agjuiisE thoisc uf th* Me
UMia^—hv: v^hi> v/n* the nghi/id JordofaUi- — wh-ii rcrioctionip did ^
/■'■' ■**'' ind'ice, whiit a marjl diJ lie iioi i«ch *.
..•' Tho wamor Itffi UK httW Uiin.-, however, for etcher rvflecti^nr *
diHluctioas, for, striking his thiuld with hit assL^i.'ait h« ra|iidly ^^
"'\ forth this silufalion :--
•;;; "Biiytte, BayCle, O chief from lh« oldvn lifno», O hmUandcW
X' ofchieHi ] Pai^di, the son of M^vini^nno^ the ^-M diiof, chc leritf
of hravv oiieSf the son of Ulubjlto^ grteis yuih PajiaJi in hurt*
btrforc yuu ; he corner wiLii wanior and iviih shield, buL htr ^omei tf
loydicm at your feet, O father of chie&, son of the great Qucciio^
the water, is it permiued ihw Pagad' approach you? Ou, 1 weii*
your face iti ph:[ts.T.ni ; Biiytte, Bayfii^ 1 "
He end^, and. saluiiny jgiin, fiprings forward, and, flying ^^^
and ihither, chants the prai*ie4 of his thief, ■*Rigadi,* he Mp*
" Pagad", thkt and Either of the AmotMna, is comine. Pagad'p ***
hrnve in baiile. [iic flif>e m council, tht slayer of wiiiriorv ; V»po
who slew tlie tigt-'r in jhe night time ; Pagadi, the rich in calde> *^
htiaband of many wives, the father ofnKinychiEdren^ Fa^d' is0Q<3nlfr
but not :ilone i hp tomes surrounded tviih his children, his waniO**
He eotnes like a king at tht; head of hi^ brave children, Tsi^iif '
soldiers ate coming; his soldiers who know well how K> ftj^ht;!*
(oldiera and his captains who make ihe hearu of bra\-c men loot*
down ; his shakers of spears ; his quftffers of blood, Pagnd' Mii »•;
soJdiers arc comm^ ; tremble all yfl* oti, o\i, ou J "
J
10.
<ln* on hit lipi thr air fi fiJTi*<l uitti A dtrrp,
like d^Mm dtunder; it vrrlb u\d td\l\3Ji4 hnaXiy
to giT* pbfT 1o the K>und of the rushing of mjny fect-
bviMr of tbr hill ilath» a ocirnpiLct htjdy ot wirdon nittmng
liE>d of foar witli thcit capUin JLf I^^ir hcJici, ail cbd io the
g»rt> a* the hmld. R*ch hcftn a i^niw-white shield atrried
uwl abnvr fiir^t nanior't Ivadiiuv a grry hCTOJi'tpUiinc.
die adtattif KittrdfuTtm-il of ihc "^ grey* " oi vtlcriin Ifoopn.
:onK itvtti 6j]I vie* ihv ^U^ri'^^ hfrAve Hiid fiill. jntL then fr^m
om tiunlA tJ^ HAT-nrOi'i^ of thc /uE:l^. I'jiAtni; ub vtviflly,
ap their pcALiiom in a doi-ihlc t^nc iin inir njtlil, and nuind
Eomly i^uniiiifl uU lli^^ whilir. Aii<j[1ut riitli iif fctl, And
Unpaftir fltl4 fiiTr iho hill lo^iidi m, lntr |hj-jh<-,^r co-ll-
Bd% aarnJ tliC dnTOping pLuinr« flrt bbrk a^ rii^hl ; (hf/ Irtll
ncit the fit%t rociarTH Jinct tfikr »]> the tlunL Nrrw iht-y
ntf tiMer, hut sM rhmugh the wmr ^p tn thr hii**!,
linrhki tbi' dun Bihirldi, ihr mottled ^hieTdit, thr )cIIt?>v
low each other m qukk bui rrgulat luccvtNJont till it len^^th
before in a body of some 5C0 men, prewnting, in
dray ilitir various <hicid» .lod tijshing spcir*^ at wiW a
itt ir it pouiblt to conccive.
BOl our eicion^y ihM -iLTe nitaniiihcd, for from CAfh of Xhoic
etl throatt ihrre tvivlk iLhuni never tu lit? forgot [rn. From
f CO CixnpVJyi! pauict> l^ul wilU^ LJiamf:tcnslic Hin^^<tO luiidi<
1 listpie f^undeur, w* ei^jrcuivt- in itiL i.1e?p, p^tllictic tohirnr,
tc men-wUe>\Mcnci\ hftd hc.iri:! the sung or choirs rin^^tng down
ing 4)nle«, ihey had been tbrillfT'l by the roll of oratrphoa
m mHoily, bcMtJlil'ul nnd rHmplc^^ ihruugh [he giandcit of
ttaktrct, ln"t fii.'V<T :i1l now hiHl Ihey heard mtisjc i>f voices
^W«oA snd yd v3 ^viigr.vo vnnpTr and yet to «ll-eipT-^uivrr
in^i-»< pWMoni kruwn (»> the hunwin hcnrt Kaik I now it
■»■ r nnd loBiFCT it (inks, it growiiiiinc, dnpuring : *'Whydoc«
cooie, onr chief, our lord? vhy does he not welcome his
' Ah * see. they come, Ihc heraidt of our lord '. out ch^rf i«
to cheer his pr^isen, Aur chief incoming to Itnd hiswMrrion."
1 rikci nod swells fonder and ionderr^ sorg of virtory nnd
it roHi agumr the mountatnn, it bents ngarnst th<i ground:
eoimg, he i* here^ Attended By Kia chosen. Now fthflll nc
•o (lay ; itow *haU wr t^Ie of the bottle/' Higher yet find
lAllengilh the i^hiet, t'ngadi, nrathcd in irar- garments of
bn, preceded by ninnrrt And accompanied by picked
creeps tkm^ up. ifr ;V oid .ihJ totlenng, and oi an xji*
I
The Gmikmath Megazxm..
wieMy bulk, '['ivo Atltinthinb lUi^iiorL him, whilst a third b^^i h£l
thidd, :uiJ a fODitli (uh buiiiu^l} u C'inc>t>otlomcd tbair. One mo*
nicnt tJic uld uuiq ^loiidK m\A iiiEvuyv hj« M^iTigth mU littcni to the
familiar wur-cry. Ai; h^ smudt, hih Hu? ik IJL with ttit Ii^hi oTbuUe,
th« light of ici[^vE»b«rif(l d^/b. Thi: LuilciiuK I'M"^ (icAJAhLcn;! iltctfi
the feeble hind bccotncs strung ore? luorc. Uiihi .1 Khout, the c»li1
man shakri olT hii supporter* fli'd gnijin hiH »IiifW, Aixii fhcr, Ibt-
gclting hii ymji and ]ii« wv^-kfTos, lie riiifJin Eu hU (hifrlhtin't ]>ljite
in the midit of his merih And as lie ccimv« lJic cKjint powt 5«t
louder, die lime yet /it»ier, tilt it rtics, and rinj^, and roilH, no lon^r
1 chajiC, but J uar-cry, H lAE^n uf pQwer. i';i^ndi ^tc»|}^ >nd nim
Ilia hand, and rhir ]>]ace li nilrd with a ^Tenc? that mny he folL Hut
nol for long, TKp noi moineTit live hundred shiitfdi Are lowed
alofkr Ave hundred spcanflaih in the iun^hinc. And with a sudden
roir, forth spring? ihc roy.il ?a.kitc, " Hayete I "
7^e clnef ilt'iu'^ bick jnd giv« direetions I0 his r/ufuaoj, hU
chinkera, his wise ones, men disiinguished from theii feUows by the
absence of shield and plume ; the iiufunas [lasft on :he orders to (Ac
captain^ and at once the so-collcd dn.ntx' begins, Firtt ihry nunccuvrc
alittlejntibsoluic silenec, and ch^inging thdr posit inn with wonderful
precision and rapidiiy i bul tt^ thtirhlowl w.^min there fomciawuod
u of the hUsing of ten chou^nd makes, and ihcy charge nndduiK^
again, A pjase» and the company o( '^ grcya ' 011 out rtghi, thtonilf
itself into open ordci', fliis past us Itkc w nuny vulnirestn preciptBiW-
iCftclf with a wild, whistling cry on an opposing Ixjily ivhich nti^bcdlO
meei it They join issue, ihey grjp^>k^; un ihem Nwoojie anoAct
company, (hen another and ana 1 her, until riorhingistobedistinfiutfcO
except i niasior wild faces heaving; of changinj; forma roUiiij ind
writhing, t^JMing and turning, und, to all appearance, killin; lod
bciny killed, whilst the whole air W |>eTViidccl wiih a ahrill, saiaj^
sibiUatSon. It is not always ihe same riy; now il \^ the snortiai^
a troop of buffaloes, now \h<t shriek of the eagle os he sdees li*
prey, anon iJie terrible cry of Ihc *' night- prowler," the hon, and no*—
mort thrilling than all— ihc piercing waJI of a woman, ^^l\^ wluu'vcr
the cry, thv oidence rises and falls in perfcci time and uminimitTi
no tiTO mix with one nnolhtT so as to mar the effect of each.
Again the combatanLs draw batk and pause, and then, fi:inh fMi»
the ranks springs a chosen warrior, ind hurls himhcif on an inuii'
nary foe. He datts hjdier and ;hilhcr ;vith wild activity, he boiin6
hve feet into the air like n panther, he iwists it^rougli the grass hkr a
snake, and, Jinally, making a ircmcrdoLis efToTi^ he socmt to ^
hia mry opponctit, And sinks citham^tecE to the j^round. 'Jhe OQ'
r, looking pfoutllf anjun J, atvl laUlJnf^ his liu]t-d»w ntcLlete,
>fn crety bitlc IniiM* (Vnnh a 4l<jnn uf nbillulmg »[ fpl;iu&i.'. not
I ujJdtTTfr <J»'^>i (>"C fiiJin llic olti nic", women and chtlitn^n,
sU hv« ncnT laniuMiiiEiii: <LincCr JL continuev. nnd w1it^ he
bU it fc<tout>kf, Ibrii Oio ^iway. but only lu Liursi out Mj^m
tier, prolnbl)-, lu giv« the w^uriora a brief btcitlurLg ipucc,
boag it now lei np^ uid ii is [QArvcllou^ the accoiacy ±ad
^ of melody n-rih which the paru ate KUng, like a glcc or
c lime beinx Lt |>i by i conduccar. who rLishci from rank lo
ling lime *ith -i «Tind- Vd it it h;iidly lite chantitig, mther
rird, fobbing mclcKly, with tones in it which range fixun Ihe
btt» to (he Khrill«t treble. Ii cxnU in a long ai^h, and then
, 9€tot, rt tnmuli, a mfl^e, which h,udly .ulinit* of i dt^cTip-
*oed%. The warrior* ert^a^je in mimit cumb.il, once moTc
■tV retre*!, conituer^ and »ic defrj-aEc-J, jM in riirn*i. In fi^onl
Pcxcilinj( llirtn Ui new dii-Tliun^^ willi ^vord and ^rfsttirr,
I'JIi * ^T.tcrftj] d,mf^ iif Uit'if owfi ilit " iniotnbasi" the young
^ tlic tiitic, Kilh green ^nain-^ic* in thcJr Ivind*, atidaH their
■np finery KhtTeririf on iheir ^thfliir^ly ItniTj;*, Some of
B(nit«r« rraWy handmme. and round tlicm sg^iin dflntir Ihe
I Arnio'l wilh mimir ^jJCJira and shields, Witd lis wfcnis the
n, throirgh it nil, tteo in the tnoment^i of highest eitcitemcnt,
K oi rough order i« nuinuined ; mote, it would &ecm, by
condusloi) ^'ith a fivrcc, L[iiiijk ^;tttli^ T^il^ e« thv ro>'3] wdr-^ute c
thtf Zuluf., And is but i^ircly U> Ijc ht;ard. One iiu>r« Loodroux soluft
mth voicv aihl Jiiukd. ajitJ thud the varrlon diufipfnr iu ib^ cuae
ciic^piiig Hwiftly >knd i^ilcutly over Hie brtjw of the hill iD COOlfMBin
In u few uionidCA no iiijip or vctti^c of iLtncc ur tlaaccct rcnuiMMdl
IftdcD wilii Ulw cnJAbvilic^ i.if bi^v^r, :i]iiJ i" viit can some diMUU
dyiiif; trattliL-t of vhafith^ The ungiris wtic on ilicir joyfjl v>f fQ
«luy oJitl dirvuur the oxen pioiiJtrd a« ;i stiinulu* oiiO rewMrd for then)
by Oicir chicTa Ubvnlii}''
When ihK lii^ ilu^lty fL^Lrc Katl ltj|>|hxI tlw ritiiig ground oret
which the huLiivu'iirJ j>aLh hiy, ^nt:! huil fitumJ^it fuTinliuttntafiaiBa
the 0;imiiig bflctground n( llic wrtlcring vm, and thca dtOp^d,S'
Jl were, bock inio iw n*hve daricTM:** hcy<ind Ihwie b»ic» i^ fir^ Ik '
old chief drvw neiir lie had liivrt^i^il bnnsi:If of ha heavy ««^ |
drcHf 'inJ ut duwn nmic-ibl> iiironKV iis.
*'Ah/' he inid, Ukmg the 3iJiniJ c»f Sir 'Ihcuiihilnt She|j^onc« aod
addtewbghim bj- hi* nnlive Jifljiit, "Ah! fSottipseu, I'Suiujjku t^
icuiuitATe ni.\ny ilncc firat t hdd thin your hand. Then wc Ih^ vtre
yoimR, Mtd Ufc lay hTighi before m, and now you h.ivc grown grot
and arc gTo^ving flrcy, .\nd 1 have grown very old 1 I h*vc vaicn ife ,
com of my lime, till only the cob iileft for me to mck^ and, tw,'tl^ \
bitter- BliI n ii wcH thai I ihonJd gra^p lh« your h.ind onec inorft
ohn 3inLdei of ihc ^pinl of Ch.ikii^ before I sjl ;Iown 'ViiJ itlcqi Hidt
my fathers. Ojc. I iim gladn"
Jmj^ioiirig AS vms this rrld-tiwie war-dflnce, it is nnt diffietilt w
imagine the heights to which iis savage gmndeur must iweil *yhen i
is held — h1!i i^ the custom U cich new ycnr— ai the kiaal of L^eiywiift
King of the /iilui. Then 30,000 warnors tike pitrt in it, tit4*
iTjigjc inlcrcal U sddcti to Ihc licrec ipcciAcle by the nlat^irhuf^
m:iny men. It 19, in fjeit a great politirftl opiM^rttiniu' fur grltii^fi^
of the " irrcconrilable ' okmcnt fioin coumil a.nd itM. I lien, id It*
momt^nl of wildest enthii5ia5!m, the wiirh-frmkr darts fonv.inl iO*
hghdy touches wlthaswitrh some doomed in«n, silting, it mii)^**
quLetly among thf spectators *Jr ''■ipcrint ftiih hi* Urilow wldirf*-
Instamiy ho i* led :»w.iy. ntid hi3 pbee knows him no morc-
Thtouglioui the whole p erf ormante there was one icmnrkahlc a***
genuine fcaiufe, the iirong petaonal attadirocnt of eaeh mrmlff ^
the trihe I0 its chief— nor unly to the hne old chief, Pagaili, Hb^
' Tlir mctei must bear in miml thu ihe Zulu wmrint in huTird sInLng atA ™
ftiU WBr.<lre«- Chakn, tw T'^hala, wm ihe fi^imiV-r of itie Zuln ptwr, trd I*"
tpiitr it eppposcd 10 hare pudtd Inia ftu vtiilv ctiL^I.
L. and from il ^piiitg^ hit hope for ihc fuEurc Surely t^va ihc
ujjnxiUL TJiE rjnoLta inA(iciKc« o£ tlie white m-xn iinvc
mo ilic native tyticiii A* mit irtio ifon, dn^l their :iili<.^n will
H^tr till all !>c ikitrovci,!- 'J'hc liulwarkh di l*.\i\iar\kTaj itt
Bltomt ^tnil ijimnr bm, -Mtr t:onr, oi c:«jat only m nm^ic^ htil
^cat priiiiipks fiolyj^xiny Ap<\ ihiciuirti^hi]), yd fliiiLrish .ind
HK Time vHil undo hit ircjrk AJltl finil fi^r th*?^ j1«i a jjLii^
rOTjOttm Ihmgs And il I4 llir imilriuhlrd dxiiyoiwn Kn^Uth,
vtO^ prcT|kk') AEul Ifrnttuin iri Ihr ^ij^li namr of nvilivLtinn,
rue lo om jiTinriplr^ wnil our Aim, And Aid tUr |(^AI df^ttoytr
^pd rvciy vifr nnd ju^UtuiUk iiirinn. ]ttit Itctinrcrn thi^ !r^i-
Beans and the ni^ih. ini;^';i[cubrinK Liprooui of tiiMOTnt .ind
ttSi, which arc not Iht lf?*H vrnoRiliI^ nml good in Ihcir *jij,'
E dicy do not accotcI \nth our own |in!!H'iit idt-fis^ thL^n: ih n
ktffixftL Such >n uproorul might prccipii^itc an outbdMt of
J rril« it arms ai df^tioym^
tf Ifte nitiridtr factor our policy will ht, wlun the leaven
Med Ihc whole, wticn the fioodi^ntcji ath lirttd, ami tliis vjisi
fopulaluvi (which, contrary lo all onlinjiy i>fet:edwiip dots
U avay before ihc sun of iho v-hkc mari'd puwor) is Ivt ]uo»u
i>dolent ihouund% uiircjlraii^^^d. mv(.- by tliv bondit uf civilim-i:!
cm presume lotay^ But thiti bt u*A toipra^ai ixiiisidcr^-
Thi Gotiianan's MagauHe.
A DREAM OF SAPPHO.
AT that uncerLain and mrslerious hour
When aJghf» dark ocgh ilmj;s iu Imt dim wa
Upon the roseair shore* of happy daw:>,
MccbouRhi I i^iiv a shadow pacing slow
BcCwcf-n VM! aiid the £wifLly Ctding EtAn.
It bore ilic ahajit: of woman in \\*ii ]!iiue,
Ati<I all thv rounilcil ttcticait; uuelmi?i ithoi^c
Clear tliroui^h a vflfO'cms vtSl of drifting cloud.
Long did 1 ^i^tch IE) in a E^cret nxvi^
Aa with a lolcmn and mtijcblic sle]>
It gUdcU un iis raclmcholy wLiy.
The coH while moon, upon the edge of Iieaven,
Lay with upturned snd wistful couniemincc,
Paling before the fcirtly flushing East \
While ihai Lranaccndeot singei, PhiLomdi
Swung on a quivering aspL-n-brfinch, end song
Once more her pluading* passionate song of lovCi
TiU» having poured her heart apon the air,
She ended wilh a long drawn, farewell noie,
And fled ^Avay amid the dittani woods-
L
Now gaiitiy, I bthdd that woman-shape
Pause in her resllc^s journey to and fto^
And, raismg up ^ white iTansp:ifCT]T hand,
Slie plucked away iHc vril tint draped her ronn,
And fai:cd me in ujie^tlily lovehncss I
Upon her lol^y brow b Uurcl wreath
Twined wilh the tresses of her golden liMir,
Whidi Tell in curliri|^ loirks and twisted briidn
Down o'er her bosom to her ^mall bare feet,
Th^il jiccped, like sLmrtflakM, from benearh her robe
Sable in hue, and bound about her wjjit
With & broad ciiqkt of flaine'tta^Vuft^ ^^k.
Dream of Sapp&o,
109
? iCCDWd 4 child of (iiinKlciJ grief 411(1 joy \
licriUwd iwrow, like a fngik flown,
-j^ >'^r» "•ctth hw (Ipq.'-frnigtfil "fyeKJs. a.nd wa» kept
^tcfed by biiicr, yet tritimptuint iisti* I
^^'^>id the silence, hcf ciitcancing vuice
^™*'<Ljte on tny sj^irii like a natldcn jong ;
*^W< mooa <icUycd ilcpariyrv while she ^pokci
^^■*^<| lU i^ic wi>ridirrirni univtfvc \vji8 hunhcd
^ ^^ liftca I0 the sccfvi* tjf her sou L
.^ *f«r, Othou Eirth J"tihecrLM. m Acc«riudccp.
,.^^Jj^ear. O thou wrvlchcJ. yet niom hajij^y yt^^^ 1
,^^7"*^[| liny h^liiution of ciinkLid,
—Jl^Obereon I, living, lavcJ* ^nd, loving, died 1
■*^^iough I am Kt at h'bcny to roam
^^'"^/tnjgh »H live wide, impc^i^h.^bIc 5;|ihcneST
?^-*^^xnung ihe cndlcin Riybtcrics of Cod,
^^^y ipiric clinga to tJicc, and vl&fis tlill
^^^^e^ltlc sUf whcKon [ found griiai joy,
^^^ct tuftrrcd aoTTow, cvon unio death !
^^^t O my Lwbian home \ tiiy njtire tandi
-^'"rPm who»tc ijrctn bouglie 1 plucked the v^n-atli of FimCi
^^iaat thou forgot thy 5ap]>ha, ai^d her anng^?
^'ea, I am Sdpphc \ Hearen'e immort:Ll fire
^Sturried on my lips, and flamed in cloiiucnt vord*
"Through all ^*idc HcUas, like the iighining ipcars
'^^'hiclt pierce the jei'blackcarmemi of a storm :
yor me my people twined the l.inrcl ctowti,
And 1>ore me in che hi^h triumphal car,
Sutvri&i: young ro»'« 'ne^lh my hones' hogfs.
tr Athens on my entry I wjls hailed
U'jth cbrnorou» pUudlu fVom ten llionnand iliroaiit,
Hliiie round me pteised tlie shoudng multitude
'^jgcr to catch die faintest ray that fell
'^'rom oiil ih" in^jiitcd glory of mine eyes 3
** Ab, I fememler ! Twas on ^uch a day
' leaning ffom my t^hariot seat Ijehdd
^ youth who wore the liVeness of a )i,ivl ;
*-lifc clutlviirj;; d;irk-biou-n locks wcie nculy de'kcd
•Vith fraL^nnl violvt* — {O thrke hiip;iy flo^nv \
iiow proud yc nnut have been to perish tlitre I)
I
110 Tke Gentiemafis Magasint.
Hb cyea were large an^ luminous ^ at&r^ ;
And as I dfiwly p^icd in pompous itAtc,
Thdr gUnrici inr«j my brjin, my heart, my muI
Wiih jm-Mfinfllr iovf- lliJit IJvcth in mc sliLl i
" Ton soon 1 Icamcd the namu of him I lovpd-
Twto oold, impervious Phaon T he who cared
For nothing avt his own too hcaiUcoua 5df.
Vet knowing thl^n 1 hade him lo my halla,
And wclcomccl him ^ qiiecn might welcome king,
1 ^prt.'afl rich fciuCif jind ^iih my os^ Inir h^ml
FiMcd tip his goWct with ilic MrcsT iviiitM,
Pledging his haalih in &ony. The whiic my aIavcx
Swung ptrrfuiriLvl ccnscre roimd the vauhed room.
And ajtfciid frt'sh myrtlc-1jriim:hei 'nc4th hi* feci*
Divincst music hruaihcd voluptvcmw sir.iin*
Swoctning in distant cchnei nn hi» rAr<t.
"One eve- a£ he rcctined in hnj^uid gmc^c,
LUllesfily Itfaning back, Iub Wiiving curls
Ki^n}ii tlic purple velvet of lus couch,
I. ^vau'liing him, felt nil my pent-up ihoughl
Siargt in big waves through my lumulnious aouL
The blood rushed quicker in my burning vsins :
The lime had come when J must gpeflk or die J
'iVembling, J knelt beside him, and his arm,
Sujjple and M'hitc. fell carvleuo round niy waisi,
Uliik- in sheet lack of ihoLight he pressed hi$ lips
Lightly upon my hot Jitid Ihrobbmg brow,
My bosom panied like :i frigkEened bird
BctiCAlh itri heavy i>'fight of secret iovu ;
So hidiuj- my w:um blushes in his Irtcost.
I whispered ' Phaon V fearing yet in hope,
■ Phoon, ! icivc thee more than fame or life ;
Give me thy henn, as 1 have pv'n thee mine !'
*' Scarce had I spoken when he leaped erect*
Contempt and mockery curling round his month.
With one strong h-ind he took me by the chin.
And laughing in my face with cruel glee*
Said, ■ And is this the Sappho of ihe Creeks
Who kneeling sues to Phaon iox his love ?
/tf Drettm &f Sappho,
^ bmbfe S^pbo t knowr rhit l.ibcrrEy
'^■Apotttchdntt for Phaoti than ihyidf^
'^ ' W? the Grcclu Ihy sorrow, and my »<rom ! '
^wicsi h« gA^i^rcd lip hit (lilk^n rol^n
-^"tf aaddcfily departed from my light,
"CTftcr (0 *« roc on Ihc auihi Jfijio !
"'cvfi A^'^iDf for when ihc rrcvrnt incon
'-*At<! hrt niliTT hoTTi ,ihovc Ihc *i;ji,
' *to|f iiniccn from out my pal.ire g<4lc« ;
****y hravj on my *nrthfxl .inci blccJiii^ hcjirL
^ Klided »ofUy clt^^n tf»o marblir ittpa,
'^^tvtfcn the ranki of pcaociful aiuml^cring sI^lvci,
'^* **<! bicd mc iriih .1 verSx un&liffring font,
=t»iiijh| to the |Dr*ely, grim I^ciionijan rock \
^"^otc did I panw X moment- Ali wai uliH !
**^=yc:iet Hi*; Uy the ociSLn, durkJy blue
^^'^tl I«\tI> Ji iiJ. cjIhl inU'fi>,c repose—
*'''t»^\| to my 'vrildrrni Hnnd »ri-mfd stomfiiJ cyt*
^1 O^king, Utc HhAonj my gical ngon)',
"-» 1 itood giziiig oVr the (nwK|Liil m^iin
* ^^irU J wicmti tingling in it* dqiJhs.
^V">»p(tof I could diiikijjuiiJi Lui lljtcc wocds—
* ^^Jtaoi dts^iik Sapffh / ' ihcst were 4II ;
» ^t lliei>r Jiluac i.Eid drivr ii^e nvin^ mod t
'- Sflpphi>. spunw^t My biain grew light at iUr,
t^f CTii^ (nabracud luC' 1 unUoimd my l^tk^
AmJl^l ih^ui uTrtMtii upor, the wanton ^ind :
'*'*»*ed my n^bct, :i;id wiLh uTiojTlJim ]ee[
'*'*« cd on the brink of Death ! I ntorcd the edge
Z^ '^e o'eihangmg crag, ;tad u^ I c^mc
"*** 10 D&inu:;ion, with cxari« of joy
^ ^^RhcJ Aloud, while EcJiQ laufthcd again,
^'■ctia^ wifd pc«l8 .imonji the auriled Toek^ ; —
-. '^-><jn 1 ' I cried. ' tu ih^^v &1ia!t tcU [bo Greck»
^-f^t ^ppho'i duad, a-Dil tlmu host umrderc:d hcrl '
. '*^ ihttt I l«a;iCKJ iit^" the wcltioniiriii w.ivci,
_ "^O like a fljjh of li|;lu my prisoned lioiil
tl
**^l fioia its (SLTlhly itiaiiaion \ 1 was free I
**^- I>cdiuig in mid air, I w^iicheU ibt world.
t
•■ I lAw my body cut opt>M Ihs: ihorc,
And ftighicned tiihcnnon did quake lu meel
The ghastV stArtng of iw vjwum eyes —
They raiatd thf drippini; heavy locks of hair.
Crying alDudt 'Tia Sappho T Sappho's dead T
Through HcrlbH Wtw ih^' woid^ ; my wnsflest day
Was borne to Alhci^s with a Htjivfiin pumj.*
'MiJ weeping ihousjntls 1 liulc did ihoy d«em
/followcrt in the mounif'il funeral train I
ythcxi they had iCnilcd mine nshcn in ihc urci,
Anri Mlihc rroA'd had sc-jiiEcrcd to Lhcir hemes,
Phiion, the jromcT, c.imc lO ace my tomb,
And Phacrri wept i O unfotKOllcn tcaf* '
prcdoub drop* of baJm I be wljh for rts^n'
Anon ho whiitpcrcd ^Swf^ct, uhy didst thoti dIcP
Come bock and I ^vilI give thcc love foi lovu I*
ThTOUgh tny new bcin^" nt^hod a flood of joy.
For wdl I knew that in Klysian bowcra
Sooner or later onr dissevered itoula
Should rnecl ond sokmuiiic their bridol-day.
So, bending tlovm, C kissed his sad swctft lipa.
And Jilowly pa^cd inio the Unknown Ijind."
She ccawd— -irid bowing ^ow hcf queenly hc«d,
She mf fled in Iht I losom of a riond !
The bliiihing iky innoimccd the rising itin.
And Chnniidecr wiih Iftud disf.ordanT nnte
Broke np the *pdl that hung upon Xhc ennli.
StArec did I h«fir the hurn of wakening life
Or feel the morning brf*aes k^^a my chcrk;
Hrcdicjs Of diiy, [ s.iw thf golden bcsmn
Cmwn the liiir lur^'hcfld of \ht: glowing F«t :
My *onl wai chiml> Kith wonderment and nwe,
Wmpt up in one iimating, gTorious thcnighl
Of the ijitcn^ic Divinity and Strength
Aud dca[b!css Tassion of a Woman'* i-ovc !
MWNIE MACKAT.
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ttT
DiSCOyERY OF LAMBS "POETRY
FOR children:'
WR oecd not £^0 b^ck to periods of remote Aniiqiiity, to the
anjuli of Ciiccrc and Rome, to Ihc XtAX l>ook.4 of f.ii^lld or
Ibe lort 1)e(M<1cf of I-ivy ; wc need noi even ^o hif.k to the ^feni
Elicibcttvui fiCTiad of <jur own tiEcr-xiure, ro ftn<l LnM.-LnceA of workt
once putilithcd, 4nd more or less Cimibv to the ^enerstion in irhich
thfT wefc pfCdiaced, trai of vrhich cverj' tMee ha« diBappcucd.
" 'I'tme, the conaunaer of atl thingC maEU^s lottietimcs io do bift
^^TMiriaf work very eifcetually within the limiti of h^II a tentury.
Ii b only 6(iy4v« years since Shellry wan Hro^ned, nnif y^r at tcut
lira hTtle volumes of hia, indubiubly publLshcd, advcTtlaed. and re-
viewed in the year iSio. ve to all appoamnce VaX. to hiimnn kcxii
Twovovki by Charles lAmbandhts?i»tfTrpubli<hheiS About the name
lirae, Have loDig been supposed to hare ih^rcd a similar fate
The tmexpeoed discover)' of one of tbcief uodCT circumiiHsnrrn
«laio«l Jt« rottiiittic and c^iraordinftiy a» thntc of if.^ divpfK-aonrr,
ba* led » into ibc above ir;un of rcHccElnn. Nor could die
AoaouoccBicnt of thl» discovery be ni^e Altingly made than in the
|h«ge« of the mEc mt^ctnc »t])9 c?iMnc, in wEio^e eontury And a ha.ir
of honoured ud funous roninbutort die nnmc of CharT» I^mb '
tuUu ooi as one of the leo&t.
It miy Mfcly be afftrni^d ikit during tlie two-ind-foriy yedr«
V.' cbpaed since ihe dcAlli \A Ivtmb, ihc intercit th.it
*;_.., :l_ Lvtiylhang about him hatt bcvn yearly wi the increase, not
oo the mne, and hu ^ufTt^rcd no diminuiion from the departure*
cMir aAcT another, of muikt of thotc n'ho knew him ititimiidy in the
iolu And lince llic death of Xloiy Lamb the fulJ r^.'vcUtion, dli
then withheld, of all the heroic sclf-sadifice of that tender and
ciibckr natiut, h^ g:ivcn to Charleii Lamli':i pctsanality a charm, nur-
ronodcd bis Ddcmory with a halo, and won for hini a kind of aJJcc-
■ It nA b Ibe GtnikiHRiii .U]/d±i~iv \.t%\^), voJ, IxikiU, pkit I. pp.
^^o_54S, dir-^'i ^1 LuTib't pajvr "On Cbdil't IToipiUl imJ ihe Clumctcr
of the <Miv't U«4fJlil Boyt" Elm pppeirfd.
tiGtmie pCTional rtgarJ such os pcrhapa no olhcr writer
tcntnry hns been ibic to dvt^ikcn. Nor ha* our growing inJrrrti i
Che man in any way dlslurbtd ov diminished ourinifrcfft mth««nte
In Ihe cue of Dr, Johnson thi^ lias noioriously been so ; ic lu> m
been sci in the ranc of Inttmh, On The fonlrsTy, fiom ihc publicstifl
of his LrTiffs nnd /'i^tf/ M^Motiais by Tolfourd, down lo the publ
c-iiion of the three btesit and mo5l complete cdiiionii of hw Worki i
iB7.l-7fij no p:ims hove been jipaTed, no cffom wAr>iing, on tht fa
of Buece^^ivc editors to imt^rth frkr i\\i^ ddcctMior of iht irorU fl
thcKlian wajfo and atrjy^ ihai toulf] I'jy HHtmny rewaich bt puide <
yrflit ihemfidvcs to the mdufttnoiin digger in the minc^ or oJd tf
forgotten period iriilH,
The enuBC* of the long and proimcicd disippcarance of ibe
little votunicft L'unnoc thtteforc have Ji>rung cither frnm i^citjnee
or indifference to thctr txistcnce. There arc three diaiinri jtthiui^
to the book in the published Letters of Ijimb. I'nck'r dale JuflC,
1809, be ^tc* to Coleridge : —
4
I khill linvc 10 ^pnil you. 'iv 3 wF?k or itaiii, xwa ^olnmvi of JtLvpnjTd PoJ
dvcff^jy Maty irul mc widiiti die lati >it muiiiEu-. ,,,.... Oiit lilUv |x4nit 4*T I
humliJc, E>UT llijry ttAVD bu nnmp, I cni iiiii.it rr-vl thcrp, njipcmbriinif X\vcf w
|jV«k-k«L-if|. ; rtiiil pirrhap^ jr.n will nitimif ibc nmnlwr I'J *a^J«^l, ■]! -.if ETiiliTri
I'k'VnJ utji h^ Hit 0I1I bacht^loT aVil nn nJd mpiit. Mnry p«rtnu would uo( hi
To another corrcupondcnt. Manning, Lamb tmtct cariy i
following year (January i. 1810): —
%
ThplT rtniipk whh lhi» i^u vulume* 'jf minnr posuv-ii tcc]ilft I* "1"
Jjiioii^r i" ilic LtChi Ihc pJfiyhiMy fl»lr(-Hj Tr>u mav riMpp^^t mine, ibc nFulln^i*
ni^ (.'uail jut(*i \. Vuu xitij' iiniLim ykii;ivtr try i:tn.->\jii^ tlmi uul, but V laaA I'l
you mififl SH UiF viu^-lhirJ In rguftikilLy uf ihr wbuli'-
To Bernard Barton, s«venitf«n yvuv aftenx'ardd (1827), hemiie
fiom Chase Sid*, EnEield: —
On frBijiiyini: r»y boijltfielvii I fouiul P " Vlvi*<t," whkh I i^ill BtfiJu.— -
unlf*^ Ihclwok l>c uul of pf Lnl- One liku ra liitve one o-^jy of fvcijltjiif ^
d'ji'* 1 of'-^lft-rwl (i> k*rp chip «{ " Puchy fnr CliiMffn,' (lir ]nint |irx>hiC*k* *
Mair ,irJ me, and ///^ nt't la ii/ ftaf fir lai^ or mjm/y ,.,...„ Know t«ii 5af*
thil hflji bt, nhJ WDUM CfcchniiK* i*^'
The cvistenec of the book has therefore long heen known to (fc
readers of Cbarks Liimb and to lollcctont of rare boofc*; an
the quest for it has grown more eiigtr and htiitcr every ye±r. It"
teal cflUftcs of its total diijapjirarjiiei: ior so many yeai* ore infl
cjt^nrfy obvious — i. Its diminutive sire, a tiny i«mo, of 5^ hyj
Discovery o/ Lamias " Poetry for CMdrm'' i
pcoponJooatclr Uim, rach volume coiUAinin^ liuk over t09
W>-r>VEicd oa paper of ihc ihirncx rm.oa^Ti.tbli: Ecxiurc. 9^ Its
•I winly by dutdrvtn, gctieraUy a mofB o* lew dc^troci^c order of
h^ J. The Ian ihai it yr^ olrefldy " out of print " wilhin tljree
(ifMrrean of its Ant pubHc^iorip ilui nn ncrw cdilion vva« trer
«Md, od iftoi it hod bec^imc a romy cv«n m the nuthor'« lifc'
Iii»ji|it<or" Kt« Booitt Ibi ChiUft-n^iaiWiihoJ by M, J. Cotlvvin.
^«fa Jm^eailc Litir^, No- 41 SULkncr.Str<'vC i^^cd a^hixm^iiily in
Md fcftcv^Jy found 31 ihcmd of copies of Godwin's" liiiiayon
k' ifld othtr tiooka (lul^hcd at Ui^i Librury, Lhu titjuk in
Wiix) it ibUB adrcfrited ;—
*fioHiy fc* ChiMrtfL* £ntin^r Orificvit By ilie Awllwi of *■ Mr». Lcicntu>B
'^t* Is tn vfiK, iSniP.« oniJimfnEfcl b-ich two bualifitL fii:ti][iapi«ai>
WctreiBfovmcd ^ iTicMoie timt ihaiii it ''oui of print, bui ihc^
; . tn««rted m Mylius'* * Fiirit Book of roc:r>/ * These lO-
I j'«ct" luniod ottt in he iwcnryiwo in niimbcT, arid
'Ti:'_.'nr: ! \ y Mr. Catcw HnJiUt: hi hin voltime of "Poems, Jxilcrs,
UJ Rciiiijii^ ^A Miify and Chartcs I jmb." Two rtJrthcr piece* wore
[>iwtc?h1 fcj' ftr<ithiT Becker from MyliuKs " Pociical Cla^^ Ilo(*V''
^idAtec.i*' ': r ^^ttli fiveinoTc picrcs rcprintod liy Limb ?iim self
» btcofiff'.^d ^^ utkft in iSiS, ftnd in one oi" tlvt " tiaay* of EIW
^iTolfi] oflvrcni^'fiinc poenns recovered oui of ci^'htyTourthat
^i«loinc5iiow prove loconu-vrn^
boelkcting hia WuTk4 En ilirS, l4LiT)b printifd only thne of ^Cxt
•■tcoftttibutioni to th«0 vo1uiii«E« Tht Titrre Frkmh, Qvrrn Otittna't
f^^fm^ 7tf u Afff in n^i'cA a C^ld wjj thffWfseJ, .\i\^^ unu tif liitt
■Ort, Atrvk^ in tfu C^xt if J/fu-'Jarie. Hk own i;x.|uisiie iK}Vin of
**r, i%hll> eonjeitUTvd by an Lxccomjilixheil i.jWu\ wVio leviow^d
^coAeaiOTt of j&ts in ihe ihapliu for Fcbrviaiy 14 of tli.^l year,
■QEohav^becn nifan; by ChjirleK Lamb "for chilj^rciD/* And thu
^Uhcr pne^jtH dlhUnjtuuhcd by ituhcft in Tbe e:irlict lollrciioutt of
■ wTiliilO M "by the MOihfJT'fc liitef," arc riow prtnt-*! not tu fiavc
^pved iH Ihe " Poetiy for Cftildieti " -ir nH.
fe hft " Dc1:ich«:d Tbcjujjhu on Book* And KfjimK" uliicli forinfi
'^ of the " Ij*t Eftayt or Jilia,' LamT* toolo€C4*»ion tti quote " two
*Bjtoui hinR liul humely Miinias " by "a<]iLaint pocieisofour day."*
^"Wropoodeaiof jWff <;]';ri' (^j/^th-j, wi^niny himseK " Un*t!a," Jind
' ><lfWti<L yrt tAAyriQicai a cW (□ tlw ItnclingafOipbunJi. l/Jaitfv'r f^tOy,
' 4« Ftrtry/tr C^^Jrrfit \ff Chiirlrt twi Mnn* Tjimlv SrJltcd and PrvfKe^
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ri6 TAc GrJiUifm*itt's Magaziti^,
didng from " PhilAdclphift," ttaicd, Aom^ ten ytKn M^}
**ClurIf3 l^amUs vstcr Mar)' wu ihc ^iju^iint pocUn'who vroij
Wrtf* call^ 7^e Two B\jys. i^uoti^ m one of his Ksaays * *|
urc lo be found." he AdJ% "in a. volumt j)ubLi«hed early in!
ccaiury, and entitled, '*Poclry for ChildT^ : entirely OriginalJ
ihc Author of • Mrs. Leicester's School/ " Tht* intbrmalion jitor
liceorrcci crcn ns regard* the title of die link piece in qwcilionj
Os Lamb, in quoiing the poem, doet not give a.ny lille, the vrriB
that nnie mum have seen the flf^tiinl book.
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Thii gradoLis trfA^urc-irovc comes lo iia at lut, t% a hen
in;3Lfenftblc pos^etsion, from a Mtll more miiOle region of the Hj
From A<Jdaitlc, m South AiLsiralia, ihe Hon. W, S.)ndover 4
us tlic long-loftt book, which he hiis, in ihe most gL^ncro
Oblifin^ man Tier, fluted fW thu diMposa! of the publishers
mAg^ftne, Duttn^' bom Adi;bE4:le, Dtx^rnbcr t8, 1S76, he writl
Whenoniivbit to En^litnrE in ihe yev 1S66 I w ata^ing ia Flytf
whtre T 4UCf idod » tiU uf fuitiiuitt siul liovhij (hcic hfii't*=ri(id |u be ^
■>j|itfia purchvm] by me. TKp ntiinvt c^f lli« niLlhfiiH iicii i[iiioniii]£ on lh4|
pK^ I4 moil Jlktlf the uuK of Iht fdilur* in [lliaoYann); a copj of tli« irsdl
Wc hjvc .ilTcjdy remiirkcd ihnt the poem* are eighiy-f<n
number. U i* not otir mieniion to ijuoic any of the twcniyt
piece) Afceiiible elienhere, Uiough we may here obiervc th^t
mAjorily of the^e, j? pubh&hcd in (he MyUu& Ke^ini^-bookii,
noubly Ihc poems entitled C/earthn/ity 7'hf Bin/ a/iii Suii^, the I
of yyie Ma^r/i A'nt, the IJnci entitled Titttf if*fiit in Vrna^ the J
of TJrf ffity attd ihe Skylark^ aic deplorably deficient and incorrie
le*t, AS will be seen more fufly when the entire hook comes |
republished.
The numerous miBprints thftE occur in these poems as lhe|
given in the Mylms Keoding-bookfi M'ould lead U( to suppose'
a][hi>u^h ihi!i beUctign nus probably mkcl^f wUh the tadl o:>ai«t
the auihofi, llity cicici^ied nu kjud of supervision over it, and sai[
proof-sliccts- The frcqwenr omission of lines and stanua ilf
poems above named, made generally with very btde taste orjudgii
snd wmetrme^ to the destruction of »ense and metrt^ points C(
same conclusion- On the other hnnd, Ihe poem which in Ihc an|
bcNjk U somewhat baldly eniitleil Tfte A'itff. h, in the Myhus seleo
more fully and fittingly ic-chTi^tencd Z*/ J'Yrji Si^ht 4>/ Crmt /S
and to TA^ Afa^if's j\'fsf, shorn of it^ second tiile and of one
Btanus, a note is added which is not to be found in ^^ rocU]
Children." Whether iheie arc interpobrion* of Mylinsj orancRhOl]
' A^ <^ 0, Jid S^ »ii. (July 37, ib6;J, f. 73.
Distfi^ffty of Lamb's " P&cUy for Chtldrm^' i r
olAeORic^nal nthoni, will prolobly rem a rn ^n insoluble raigma lo.
VflprtCetdlOlbffCon^iJcmtionof theuBititJumof fiiVj^'fivcpiccct
ocvfint btOM^t to light The *'iim-Dbi;r uf aubjccttp" cia vhich
tuab iftinKft hiiDbtlf in hiH IcUtr to CDl«rii2gc abov« quoted, will be
tmiliowQ br (^wXiiH- ilic liile* of ihesc. which are as follows- —
^RmpfTi CAHif^ Tkt Buitfrffy. C/nvii'*x' >* Namr, Crjimbs t& tht
AnA, DUcmioti aaif QatarrrfTiv^, Hrf'^ntarifr and /^^intuihafim,
Xntms m Af^rd, Th< Nnv^tH fn/aHf. Motet in Mr Su/ti'tattu,
T^IvTf 9fAfHl. Thi Ismf Srv/^er, 7»/ Tai, 73S/ /imf fi/ May,
^Mmt, Tke Miwiffifrk^n, Thi Hffrffp/, ^' Tntf Seft. The
Jtt^/rfBt StMert rfW ft" Sih<^. The OrtiM^r. The V&ung Lefftr-
'TlV, " ^^ fit^f CAildr/n^ and/crthf fhrm mi is i&mi unfs Me,"
^Uat and tVfimfm anf fA< Mi»iJ^yt ■ a I^Mi^, /t>rir, Dat/h. and
^>Mui^-- ' F^Uii Tht Spa'rt^t^ umf the Jim, Whith h iht
d'tantttici C^OMti^ « jVii/fntimj H'<fdiflff, J^trmiai ReceiiuUMMt
^ Qfir, A'unf Crtat, Gf^ Ttmjifr, Ah^erittiott in jyifi, Jneer^eet
4'ani^, Ch^riiy^ Mr Birtl^y, Tht Cffnfidant, T/wi/x^ffrit Cruetty,
^ftj, J^fty/itm, The f^ne fif Hr^bii. Ch^h Stribins. IVhyiwidoit^
'*'. U-daj I Ifemf J>eiigAu, 7^e Dessert, To a Yeuat; Lady an beinx
'^fmd e/ Music, T^ Iwy, Cfngietst p/ Pre/udicf. The Crraf Grand-
A'4»', The Sfarlaii Jky, On a Pidtireaf fhe St/idins &/ Mates *^
^karweJ^t I>ahgAler, J}aHd.
The Uik of »cp:mting ihe paemf of Chnrks from those of Mary
'Aorij «iH not, prihapf, [jiovc lo diPfitiiU aa il at firai appeals.
Ali]uMi|[h no (iidiutbn nliaicvec of sqiAUlc auihorahip h gWen in
^^>« volixencn thennclvci^ wc Iwvc our indtijcntlcnt knowledge of the
■■^iitd, wIl, and indlvtdLuil dumcicr of each. W'c have, monjovtr,
'-^tnh'i diirinrf iTrnnnr in hin Trrrrr to Manning: "Mine ore hit
***rtiW \a qtiaiidty of the i^holc," U'c have tlie three povins which
■^4* tflciwuds rcinibluheJ as hU oun, and Lhc thrvcwhicTi he repub-
^Ufcltj Of quoted' it> hi\ hiittef'*, AfTutd^tL^ Uf] nbsofute cerl-itnty as to
^'^c 4i>lbonhip of lJic ma jijc^n m I'^ucsUun, uiid ^upplyin^ valuable
^^i^nu lor tito finhlful ulirihntionof Ihe oiher^ ju«( as in die joint
^ h iftonU hf tncfiilrtmitit ihir [hiitv'kliurp vitlnmH ai J'.vfry for CAii'tynr rue
^'^weht* ■aunc the in«t <«iTcctfy pmit«'luf tn><tUt J hnvoe^r kcji. ^LLljwinc
■*■• euin qtuJatTicua uf ■imlUni; ihcn i[i v^^JJ^lc, iml a kiuU of ^irpjicr-lKui
^■^iHim of ■u|ii3Muipil(irj' iiLitniHJu, iluc cltm^ile** la (lie ^^nct^iri? gcnrmAilj of
* Tht lut Imc cT the IKK1D, intitJcd J^e firjt 7'Mfth, i% quolcJ m KlU'i
'Mr fitAuift (?tfw Marrthlj hl.iipfinc, lSa6] : fit bubcm tiiMu.^^ ^u^
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schoolboy publication, now half a cfntury old, of Alfred ud
Tcnnyaon,' nmiLir evidence for v{):Lrjting the pf>em!i of oflc broC
from thoac of the oihcr ii afforded 1^ the pnoc poem of Tjht&u-.
End the volume of " Poems, chiefly i^yrica!,"' whtth Alfred Tetmy*
published in 1829 nnd iS^o, nml by the little voULme of Soadcu a
mL*t:d!.i4iPOui pic^H-cs which {'hafic* Tenmion puhUshoJ iwilh hiio"
Tifim^ ,11 (*rtnil>ridge in 1 Hjo.
Thic« tticceviive work*, at [ luivr Hsfwhrrrioniarkrd— iht^T*!
from Shake ipcarr," " Mrs l.fir«strr'fc Srliool " anrt xhr " l*ioc1if C
Children"^^1o Jill of whiHi M.tij' l.jimliomiTibiiErxl ihe Ur|-er,ifM
a* her brother nlwjji .■ilTettion^Kclj' iiWKtctl, Ihc Ijeitpr part*^a!it
hex lo no meun rank in fh.-it d;iM of UfcfffKire whirh apjicals »»
eipecially to younger fenders The twocariicrproie woikswoBlhC
•way Jl oi>cc In populotitv ; ind the "^ Poetry for Chiidrcm," whi€
cjrcuniiunfei alone have hilhcito prevented fiom becoming b«tt»
known, r;inkK,cven at iu lowest, in Anilely higher both in pocbc
merit and moijd -ind inteWectunl sinew nnd ^laminj, than tlic sirmlE
ftiitingi of Wilts, and of the 'J'iiylor* of On^^tr, which luv« nirt wii
such wodd-widc ,:icr.epUnce, The nionhry, though always apparei
la brooder and frcL-r— more whoUsomc and Ics; ohiru^ve.
The tragi^^al domestic history of the Lambs had compelled the
10 live togctbtir unmarried, "an old hachclor and an ohl maid."
Lamb write* to ColcridgCn Bui this isolated existence produc-
just that efftjcE upon ihem that it does upon those who have to sufl
the bitter disappointments of unrealised hope, the pangs of drai>isc
love, the disillusion of cnrly romanet, ond who arc prone to uvo
the insinccritiffl of fashionable sociciy, and to sock relief and rcfa(
in the innocence of childhood and the freshness of cjirly fi^chng*,
which ihcy return vnlh a /est that the txpcrienec nf life has rath
heightened than destroyed, \V^ proceed, however, to the mo
minute c:i([;minLiLion of the newly -discovered pieces.
One litdc |x>cm of three sianzaa only> entitled ParrjUaX Jiea
Av/wnf, we have no lie&iuition in at once [issigning to Charfca Lam"
from iniernal evidences—
Ai^hilil'^a plaything far an hour)
Iti prctly riicLinc Uy
For llui^ «r fi>r n longer i:|tiwi
Then lire, anJ by ii by,
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Bill I iine\\i cmc, that tn il^^Jf
All srauung could eonlrcl ;
That wduli] htvc cnock'd Ihc icli»e of pain
CXil uf a ^cvrtl a^ul.
' >3vwtf ^ /hv ifrvlhers. Ijoolh : ):Li;khm. X^,
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Dist^Yfy q/'Lami's " PoUty /itr C/ii/drfu^' 119
TTifli EiA anil aIE iJa.iU cuttf. ■
h iiAot often, howov. ibat i^ hJgh j kc/noic u ihi» ii unjd
ihraoiJwu ihc two liiek volmiii^M ihc vein is gcnc^nily either hunio-
NVOTfuintfjr didKtic. On< piuoe [here is of BJ«tl tcndcmcM, in
.■Ivcfci movbtr endcavoum to diapcl from a chlWV. mind ihc horror
Mat tfi« right of d<aih; &nd her? v.e 6nd tornc <4Lrl>cult7 in
% ■^*^''CT U Iw the work fjf CharlcsoroJMory l^imb : —
*Twrpr«fen youhavr ibd, anJ ]4uV ^-Hh^l ^aet^ nij^hl i
W^atuuH it there ji( L«|i iDy cttfhnc aw«^c '
Sv ihiuli iu ]i\fm Ejwuqi |>|uvlHiiji* v>mt ufriifJi'
Diibirli* yom ctnuponurc. Cul tDEU'C«nc4 quakd '
>^~bAL fvu iuiifiL]4rii-l jfOtiT 'lukr Jcvnup^ ? ''
^Oiudicr, lliPt*'* tcMiHi — fi]f Suian Jin* [cpI.I [iir
A dad body lin in iSr lAim hrvi 1g uun "
"1 know il i «B^ but ivf fi>i£elfulDi<t^ iTur.
1 ixalil )roa ih? coffiD thlt iJay ^h^ul^T have i?4-m,
IM iiBd mc Itw iiuetiplk>n oml tu] J mc lIv ye^r
"Qooa f«ftv« Hxollb o'(]ii? wotTf] uniiM I enter
A iWiiltcrr whcfcio ft ifcitl t-'i>t> I.1; bi'li
LqcwbHioOj iKildcf Elkui I Bb^hutif'l venture
To ffl n*v the co^n imd lill up Ihs HiL^'
"Asd thnld th«T do v uil lEw citlHn □hi.-ivcit.
Tl* corpse utHkruvnih tt woulil l»o nn Ul M\;,hi -.
Thi/rmm^, tjA^m att^mMnu/imtiivHJ art tiiTf.
Hti Ktfthtwi£ 0/ it^trvr tJif fn'i'rt^ to /ri^ht-
"To BUI 11 ihp A9w\ k pn-pn^iiTniiB ntnt^
To Arink f^om a foe ihai can nrv^ nmivfl ;
SfaaQ (hit irhieh is inr>tioolc4 mow tti« to icinDt,
tV/^H itvuni^ rviffr.-i 'miti/ fMy ,tr/ lit rrif f
**T^L?LuiL h&raior licr <mr frxxl fcelLnca Jorbid lu
Qy vliuin wLcii u twTic j'uu w^n; lUiiiHciI Anil Tctl ;
yi^ \irmgi Bi> mjuiy ^uocl uHicvk ilid uk,
t hf^er can pcruiftdo mo wnuld hun iu when dcnd,
" Bi[ (Ino cniln'mtuF ytytf icrrsn taft nnoihn»
Cis^. i^wyyomj J0tu ill thi aum iff your wHolhef-
^r^iL|i. Ifi.
" VoL it pp. 36-37,
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I30 The GenlleifMKS Magazifu.
The poem cntidwl fnccrrt.-t S/taking (and indeed iht^ whole dia^
fif dirtcriy didnifU;: pt>cms), 1 mn inclined to amibutc to MuyljinK
It cipt^ns Ihus: —
CArdjMy avnid, xay Anni;—
for I canQDE believe tbdt so nk^fiidioiiB a wiim u Chvlet I^mb
would, even in a book fur c^liildttn. have made that name Hij'iQe
(noL to *' manna/' but) lo " manner,'' as I un sgjry W »>' the ivritct uC
ihc jiocm dgcs:— *
StMd^ vrvU itic (fiiH of nvh
SenlcDCC!, 3tAl b ftiy tniiiii(r
h miiKprsenl Ihfl irutli ^
VemcJl^r's the atiirm c4 youth* "■
Very prct:y and graceful— be \l the work of brolTter or sUter— is
ibc following, entitled
Al iHf EtiitFiTclii; ilu-^idi Jic
rcimm uml drt^i* her l«si new cujliijf ;
(jra^il ciiruy» pnctliFd o'er
In Ihe miBtry before,
Wlwl ilmll Wr coiiifiare lier to?
Thff dMUfci iUelf will da
Like pKstrvs «^B^5 kqrl with cure.
Like LJanch't] *lin-jn'l*- she \^ isli,
^on » down on pencil lier hfiii.
And to soft, ao imooth U aacb
VnWy th«lt ns ih« uinp imnch,
Yrt muif JJk« in hue rr, clipmci;
Thpn lty< Li^i^, llu- iwppi fliMb-ti^TTLH,
CoroliM hcnclf shall try them
Iflhry Are nuL like v\\*i\\ nij^h Iheai;
llrr lirij-!it rypi arc bljicli. 4h lUics,
Urn 1 ihink tt't\ie nom? of ifnj»i>^
ComiiioiL fniU here— flud Ker chin
Fmni [i nmnd poiul <Sucs befiin,
Lik(^ (hr finiiri eniE fif ;L ^learj
WhiT^r ilrapery iTie ^lort wirtr
Thon tFiD froiT on ctIie i and aweeter
Thjin ihc cake iLsrlr, anJ nta[cr.
ThciiiKH beditkM wIlli emhloufc fini^
ItCHT Hltlff tMoline. *
ITie potni cndtled /?-irvtf /« tfte Cavt &/ AMhm was, 21 wc
luive eeen, reprinted by Lamb as his &i&ter'&. To her alto doubUct«
JKu^'ffy ft/tamS's "Pc^iry/t^ CAikfrtn" I3i
1 1 Ja^lUer pieM ^viog the ticorr of David xnd GoliiDi,
e fbHowinK p«ccc I should anhcfltUioji^y ATinbutc to Clurlct
Amiu ici iimiUritr lo ft Urcr ukncwleilgcd copy of vctk* \rj
Cnooti^tu .\ Xahil
I taw gol ■ ncw.boni lUtETi
1 wb nlfsh [he fifiT lliil Hki'ii Tier.
^MicD the mtmriL' Ionian l>rou|[lit Ler
To l'Af4. hit inf&Al d'LicSici.
Sbc I'ill ibonly be ta chtUten ,
Aad Pipa hu oudfl ih< oTct
II fbdl ht^ Lhc Hinins of hf r,
Nov I vocvVr whii uoul*] pWw ber,
Cbtrioncv JoUft, Of Louiu.
Ann tad Mary, they're Leo conmon;
JrBd'a ton fnmiiil fnr n vmiiun^
Jut't ■ prettier name bttide;
IJat wc had A /uw (bit died.
TlttU tAt mrn 4j Wt!i (^n/ji/r,
K'llth'i pimy. but iFui looks
Iktticr ^a oLJ KntlulJ boohi e
KUciv't Idt -jH luni; t(^ ;
BLbbcIi* i> oDt of TjiiiItlnTi nnur-
ff («« thni I li4vt nlmtd u ytt
A|* » (oaJ u Matj^fcTtlh
BmJy i> bcu OBil Fme,
lAi'Tui (loyou Oiink orCinil&i^vf
Hon I'm fuauJed UiJ pcrplenl
Whil 10 <hi>«ae at Uiiok or aui f
t tn in t liEiTc fe\rt
Leal ihe name that 1 hhill give her
Should liiiiGnce her or defaine her,
1 vitt Icive I'ljULu uiiiie licr.'
it the foUowm^, cntitrcfl C/<v^ S/nAi/ig, is also by ChaiT*»
A curimi> panllcl rhyme in ht« iicknowledged poem of
fccnit to Icavi* lilllc docibt ; —
1 Did I hor the churchdixk ■ few ininuleu *£«»
P I ia*f *«i('-Ll, ATj^l I jui^aci-Vh I liiiFiTIr dill kuaw,
I Bat I ihoujjhl iHl I heaiJ li urike thiee-
I S«b1 mv rr:<i>(1 then, " The hloain^ vrr tlwayi ]U»4eA
I Wc knn na the WAhi «r» nnd pnec Ihcm the less^
K The djQich<]oe:k ^a* no iifv tuund lu thu*
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Tht GtniUmans Alajja^'nt'
"A jrounf vrnman, aBlirted v^th dcifheu « ^ar,
Hy that KiLini] yiiu M^rcr hrsH, finr piti:4rin) J>t cooU hcV ;
1 pfn fipar lirr, /iwrf t^y ihei^H start
Wii^ jw* ew^KtitJt tormt/; ja^jfl fit/in^ affnie.
She <heu-*il llic Mauml "iTflit lo liri hsait," "
IB quALfit humour also inducer tis to daim lor Cbarln Idiaib]
nnolhcf- piece, cniilkrt T^^ Sjittrntte art^i tht Hta^ in which tie]
foTTntT c:omplain« of having ic^ acck lU ov^nfCKxl, while the bttcr u
UATcfvilEy provid«1 for. The old Glen's answer to the Sp-urc
SfgLimcnl ii y^ ch*raeteri«ie: —
-' Hfeit jnu e'er IcomM to nwl?" ARIA the lien t4 iJ^e Sparroir.
" Nu, MAdvn/' h« antirrrM, *'I oin^l aj I htvcL"
Tltc<i[i^ tl«i] ETfill^'l, wiLh n look «i>ry gr4vc,
*'J/n. Ciatt* in ii TnafiM / vii^ jf^H nvtlJ fWif -
Oht arrijv' f\iiiK{ it'H j/ifffF, AUd liU ^nOVcil lo 111 why
Man bliidldt ii> 11.111T tevU i]» . nf gk Itp liit> uoeil
Ev'n h«rorf we are bcrn, aven after we difl.***
The; muit ImporLHint. howciCT^ eif Chntlw (Jimb'* cooiri]
To Ihcxi.- vol utiles, and by far the Jongc« pier.c in th[* whoir roll*
IK hi* ilt-lif-lii-fiil sioiy of'Thir Throt rriciidii," i^hii It n A\Tt»&f
known, :|M he reprinted and ac-knawleri^'crf Tt fn his coller^cd W<
Tlic lcit»g-lost " Poclry forChildrvn'' is then aX length dii"
and will doublTcrss soon be phtf^d bcyoTjd Ihe rhance of future
Bui anodicr wotW of Chirlcs Limb's ytl rcmiiai Lo be (bund. In
li*i of "New Books for Children, publi^lird by M, J- Godwin,
ihe Jiivt'oile Library, Ko. 41 Sfcinncr Sireet/* jliejdy ipioted*
liillowitijii piibUcalion is iidvertiscd on p, it:—
■'FiioctDontt; m, FliUrryp^u i>ut at Coomtfoflnov'" a Pocmii. WIlL
'i'hc bite Mr, Crahh Robinson rcconls in his "Diary." utiderj
ditc May i5» i3ii : "A. veryple^nnt call on Ch&rlcs a&d Maqr]
Lamb, Road his version of Prince Doni5> \\\t long-nosed kmg.*
And he adds m a note;— "Thia is noi in his collected W(
and. n* well ns two volumes of ' Poems for Children,* is likely tfl
lost." Wc have found thc"Po?lry for Children^': who will
" irinfC Horns' ? ji. HI-RKE SHKTMKfclX
' Compure the poem aHJnler —
h wat a loj' to thfLi aiiitd/'
" Vul. ii, p,*7. ' Vol, ii. p, 15.
iSOq, Vol I. p. J39.
"3
T/IBLE-TALK.
qibc of Mr- GlMl£tone'( ivowti). *' tlut the difltculdei of xpctling
UC c&Mi^ 10 drive tilt" IcinitT nuvd ; " in Kpitc of Mr. Lo**;"!*
that since there arc thirty nine tminds in ihc Engliih hts-
aikd but hvtnty-fouf ]cticr«> (iftccn Tuorc letters should be
fo thai e:tch IcUer should rcprv«i:at one »A>und ; and in spite
Ac fnore or Icsf open udbeiii^n of aiitli inun ;ts ProlcsiAOT Mju:
, Pro(c»or S«yc<. Sir Charlff R(;tfd» thtj OiuinuAfi of the
Baud foe London, nnd Dr. Abbott, of the Ctly or London
ibc spcllictg refonncn &rc not likdy to succeed just yet tii
& Royil CotnmiuioQ to inquire inco the ^ubji^ct of speltii^
So br (he *utciii|>C£ trhidi have been m.idc to iniruducc a
lad^ phonetic sidling bate done nntlnng to iiir ihe public, and
crcflncd in liccnuy dreles no feeling tirQuxer ihnn amu^i-ement.
ihlg M the rc^onncrt T^nd f;LnU with ih? present lyfiem ihey will
ifltcmbi amonrLt of support rr:?m men of rciitlcsj habits And
viein. I'he inoni<nr, however* the ridicule that viU aimch
«« KbcBC of tpeHfru: ha;* been cncounk^cdt i>ic cntin; army
Inelt ■«ar« and the few vii>ic>n.ifii:A who lujipcn to Iil- tn ^icrojd
Ifce left to b'pfrt, like Aiig^nutiiB. ufter their ]e^i4>ii!^, Xi'lieuLc lA
wcafion when the ctUKc ^igaln^t ^hith it U directed is
Mkd *rtiTt ; in the rjse of ;t mere wliimjivy it ih f.iul. The
ihpchiM e:iptrjena-* h\ te^rnmy ly ajjell .trv j^reaily- over-
Thc^ ne iu ordiiuiy c^^uen a itunutu^t rullior tii^in a iijuutci; of
M Mr Cbdtclooe tteemrt to thiak. If one thing could be
motr likely l)iUEi Arrothi-r tij brinj^ tliou^ht^ oi fears of
to tbc BtuJent, it would he the sight of the language of
Bsciju, Milton, and Ssrift. written iii such ch:rratt<;is :ts
nffettei] by itr. Pitman and hii fiv:ils. Leave well jlone.[says an
Eng^liih pratierbL The*' well" that should be left alone iududes
"irdl of English undcfylcd" of Dsn Chaucer nnd hi^ succcfiEorE.
CERTAIN well-kiiown publishing linn in Erkglmd is accus-
tocnrJ Eu wtiie chequcis to ils julhori (I suppose for con-
of refereneej payable \q tbf work, instead of the Wtuw.
I
T24 Tk GmiUmstCs Magasim.
Oil otit occaaloD itiuy wrote, " Pay ' The Disprict to ihe H(
or IJtfEirer. Arc, &c," Th« Umkr^r's civrk AiDiled nrdunicdly
poor novdJBt wh«n thiit chc^que was f;tc«9nted. AjrariAa,
bought audihcr work of the eame ^cer, called "Dead and
Aijnin he ptcTcnicd ihc cheque in person. '* Pay ■ Doul ^d Gon^'j
B Afcr," read the dcrk, aloud, '^ Well, sir, it ii fortoiuic th;ii ebb si
pnynbk' to 'ordct/ or it would h^ivtf had lo be endorsed by
cxccuion;." The novclitl* '^^ho '\& scnsicivc (g ridicule, now
of h]» work q to another ^rm.
A COMPLETE glui of riincovcrics rcsidw from the r
thai havebiK^n conduacd in cljusicfti r^ons. At ihc
vhcn [ v^tc, the reported tcco^'cry of both drnu of tlse Vnni
MiLo wants GOnfirTnutioii,oTio bljitcment beting loilic effect that
hflft been obtained L'xi.e|it ^i hjind holding' m. iliic or Eooking-glxai.
iGjcond amounlLTig to an abooZule con tni diction of the whole stoqri
vmtuary group, rcpitricnting a wun^an and a child, has, hon^cva,
brought to light ax M ilos, and various figures have been dis
at Olympta and elsewhere. At Dodomt two lemple^ and a
grove, conimning many votive offerings, have been opened oat
slabs of leud, with questions to the oradcs and ihe answctt
fietatchcd upon ihcm, hxive been found. Frenchmen and C
have been the principal ,Tgcnts in recent explof3.liQn&. -\s ihc
do not like lo be left entirely behind, I am not surprised to hctf
Professor Kovimonouihes, Uic secretary of the Archwologienl
of Athens, announces that he has found the altar Tncntioncd
Thucydides as having been erected by Pisistraius the son of
and grandson of the tyrantn This diacovery* jf accepted, ivill set
Test the qdosiion ccnct-niing tlie site of the temple of the
Apollo, over which the topogrnphers of Athens have qu
bitierJy and so long; it seems ahnosi a pity to deprive ibcirsu'
of ihe amusement it has afforded.
IN the Royal Atademy this year U an adinirfd ill^istiittion
somewhat antienC c\'ctil, in which a waste of n^ten. a dt
and A piece of tinibci are the printrpal fe.'ttures, J overb^iatd
lemaik upon it by a lady bystander: " How I dishtc these pcrpkaj
piciurcs, in which one never knows what is intended \ A pigeon ii
tree by the ieaside suggests absolutely nothing-"
IMPORTANT reiults lo agrieuUure may be hoped irwn ihe
alleniion which is no* bestowed u[>on ihc lowest per
forpfi of m*eci life. The di^cow^ gf vUc Rev. W. H,
iro) noittdfl, dftlnrtred b«fbir« the Royd Ituututlon, setma wholly
:{M»flof tbOMibcoriciiof ^ponuiKOURfcncmLion with which Pra-
r Tj-niiaU hm ako rcc^^tJy been dcniin^- Anoittcr pApcr» rud by
Andrew Mumy bdorc a con&rijncc i&fcmljlcd m \hc Sodcty oT
-. deaH with lli« iiBc«tioii of KCUin^ rid of idmcIa injiirioui to
■ ^_- '--iluvc. TKe rcmciiy Mr. Metiay rcconimenilcd vru rotaiion oT
- TA. Imccu vUcb fireU aporT oiie cUfu of uro^n onnoi ordln.iniy
n aupibcTp and it a. aop of barley is iiubiiiiuicd Tor one of
c wheat insects, which 91% Tno«lJy arniuol^i, art: likdy to be
Ji of existenccH lliU i^ eumfoning so for mi tt gpc^ It ia
^nic (hattbcniTJCCSof mvccbOTL- muut dc^^Ily ^hcrc ihc
[• IS coniiinyJJy growiL Still, no ocrom cur;: am. I fancy,
■^Q/ped for f> long u the dciiruction of birds b permitted at ihc
■ - hich it M aipeetcm conducted. In tcmpcr;iic cNmAies a fair
,f life is ccTicnlly nuLnU-inccj* and where iherc is buircring
of QEK fc>nn of life it will gcncnlly he found ifaut the
oT NdCure hA» been tipwi by hunui;i tikini: Jor Ocatruclion.
«pon guns th«L would ukc thctn out of the hand^ t^f incre idlcri
do MmelhtDg to prncrvc our cTopt from ihc nLvo^Cjt n> whjdi
irc oowiubjcct
T Ihf '' R^ a&d Fami»1i " Club ll U4 now qiiUc alarming for t
pca«fal mm to dine, so »tton|' Jtfc the " niililAry hyslcncA,"
vtdi *uch vdocr is lE prochjmcd thai war la inevitable. 'Ihc
vufT Ihc bailie (by no mcAJi^ fromafAr) ajid cry " lUf haj"
r the nw bone, u)d even f when conCRidicied) titamp. The other
'■coniopcncimi^eirasdbicuvcd at dinner who has, published a
on Ruwia (ftnd jgainsi hcr)^ and in uiid to have rcrrivrd ^
lOtt from Ihc Porte for hi* good utvicct, and, what \% miicJi
IroRi ihjLi quartet, i round mm in ej^in.
Xfat\i vencured to ob«er\'r thit this was taking a rommfrcial
in tlie niAtlrr, whidi, eonnidenng the position in the army of
runtkraan in <)uciLian, wa« a little I'lt/m if(c- Thf remark ^Mts
wirh gei»ctsl dbftpprobnnon ; Un one young follow admitted
e nua'a line waa eeitamly commcrrial^ " Ihct-iusc, you see, he
for th< Hoii&e of 0»maji, und Xakt^s mvnf^ a/tit an/^i."
'bdievc that wil, and cipeciaity wit on the wrong aide, is not
npoo viib Ciixnir Ji the W.ir Ultice, or elie I >hoak! mention
ipeftkcf's aame m th» di^tdi,
LRRADYibe tf^ifcconcemin^lhr 1orpc<]o iibcgitiDing to ^asi
Liray, *Bd the pOKLtion that this latest 4pplication of science lo
^
126
T/if Gfftdcffrtms Mtxgasiftt,
warfflTf \% likrly to hold in future lOnit-rtfi may lur ^tvriji
A fi'W ycar^' lime il will |iTnl.rtUy havr laccn irlrg3*l*<t to that I
wh^fTciri the wsrhltr inventions of aintiquTty, from th^ Wood«i t
of floinrr, lo (hr lijillintn ^nd the catapult* hjivc retted foi ^
lies, ami lo which uc kiv? viince d^iatched a btiadnrd etsf
once terrihlc enough in thdr wny, Irom (rtrek ^re to the cxtftM
If \s,, no dotibtf KUl^CLcntly ahrming ta hear of the tiih torpedo^'
a weight of thitty.fiifc pounds, an engine of fotty-hofnc povcf;
«n explosive head, Li^mt :he iniiiact of which ndthinj^ of hu
make CAJi lUird, and la bf told th.it the projectile can \x " Uun
vilh such certainry thit, by a moderate evercifc of iktll, il li n
^ible to mi*i -in ironclad -il ijooo fixt^, whether nhc Tic \y%a^at
moofin^> or moving cil the t\Xc of tet\ or Iwelvc kni>tH aa to
ITimgs sc3TCc]y 1cm fofmidiible were, howcvcf^ toid \%% n>nmmj)|
miiMi^lciisp, and alrcndy its w^c Is diacommiied, li \% eajy
science to fnd tnesns [o w;)rd oB~ duciii^ Ihe m^lil these flange
a*5nil.irit?i, iiinl in Ihr c!,iy-linH' rhrre will he ft'w foolhardy en(M|
veniiire fi^rth ^vilh Uicm. Their tis^' in proteuiri^a liafbour b thitf
tnine m rctvding rin attack on a (brtrerfs. NVhrrn lint emplofvd,
me^viire slnick Terror into the mltidi of .1.^5L1ilnT}l5, Ttho %(i»pcclcJ
e^rth of being honeycombed beneatli Ihenii n.nd intir ipiilcti at c
moment being blown into the air. The defence Af^ntt tlic *
1^15 the coimieimine- ;ind so it will prctbably pro\c m lit* |xf
mstjoi-t, Whoii ship of w.ir iccfc lo enter a iKniiSc \»^t\ ihej
Ihcinselvea ileipntch torpedoes in order tft e^pUiJv all that
prir^io"^ly have been laid ciowik-
k
A CERTAIN aged peer. Lord N., who will not wear a
very sohcitous to be considered in the prime of
brings the few brown hairs flat he yet poeseftKe* into as ^cni
nence as possible. The other day, his fno(idA-,:Uihechib,ob»e
10 Yam in all simplicity, upon pen:eivmg certain iiidrcaiioftfl tipot
vestandcoatcolkr." Why, K,,.yoi) have been sitting 1>ehind ;-our|
this morning."" '*No, sir, 1 Iiavc not. I — 1 — 1 have hc*B tu
my hair cut.*' This airoLUy tuok place In the whlM toom, Ai
presence of several pethoni* :dl of ^rhom \v.x\-v a sympathy for K.,
indeed for any peer. One of them look prompt occcuion MObx
on A.'s withdrawjil frum the l:ible after b.ivtng lost three tricks'
renottnce (whicli wah ^^eiieiiilly lookt-U upon iis a judgment), that
man had no heart. •* And a deuced good thing too," obat-rred
iGtdship; "\ht:rt: is ai least ouc Fnil in whidi he L-aniiot reTOke."
Tabi^Talk. 127
CCOROING bo \he *icir of moip abumbt«p ihc potiiion of our
^ ihip* in friXJiof thai nrir imcny ih^tinpedu iilikc tlui ofiroJuin
pnjmiioe of PMiCTilino cptei ygiMf. art dcKn'bcd by i^an^Itcs^inUUnut
iftdifyias cotwenntioQ wi'h Hclctso. \V(fman's derfcncct Lht^ Ititijr
LDOvUdf^cs " ix toUl" and shr dTtnandi of Piiollcs to " unfoUl to
naev^Jiitikv rcwUDue-" To which ihiB l^^ui^^dtit follcwci vf
cmm rei'Jw* :^"'ni«e n none 1 min, liEling iJi^ha Wfurc you,
■ tiinivttiurie you, anil blotv yoa up." HciCf tKircLy, ih fLiithvr prvof
dv t«kKr:a(iJt, llta ShAkc«[icafv .uklLi]uiicil neijM lubivquctit
ndtttnco.
Mlhajobttiimccopmry, niJtwitlutandingMr GUdiUinc^i uloqucrtt
dmmcuiioi^ d'crtcrMhing fiom Cot]tuiitiiii]|j]c% Tiirlcith bAths
rinirtf Ptnoiifi uho hivv a hfcui deal of ciinL- anU a ^\^\ dcil
ncdtey on bond, and who do not object 10 bo jiafboikd, fmd
Im, I ocHJ«r«iAiKLt vi-ry ajiiccablc^ Kvvrytliin^ i« ]>rovLd«(l in Ihtrie
■]Ubluttrotf,ext(;ndLnKc^'Cilto»q>v<:u] chjinnd fur thv indultfcni-t;
!\ beM6cent ip«riE. A box is phc:^ ni uur principal Huminums.
Hamatrm, fat dunauocu for - the- »hAm]JOQc(,' ur ^lazn poor {thcKu
Udi tuiurs arc tgo miiJi for me)- But lbi« adminblv mrc for
ihcttUMtUm. kimbugD («■.-« odvirrtiftrmcntK) is not, of counc, ec*
IhoaglM of except by pcrtont of coriitidcrabic pecuniary meann- A
ihcK^ofe, hi« mtKXf descried well of hi* counit^ who nhnll have
or cU Ic^l iniidt^ |jii!jUc, a chcnp t^ibcritiuc for ihij^ remedy;
txmihatmtti ] «;i^ tiavclEjnK through Umi'^hUkK- \s.\\ wixt 10 u
cafriaf«% ifl ^ihkh I had ilic honour lo wi^oii ilit Lady Violet
mifcncl «tth (ki lapd<ii',Cnra,'ihvi-i oncof Lhv abiin^inL-* cTiicred it.
It*u ft big, rou^h fellow, wh'j in iiiiy oilitir county you would have
m^had r»ir.]c a ini^t-ikv in K^Uini^iniu a I'lrhE-i Lu.x^ompjtrlmv'ni ;
RlvhftdAknill^onh \k\\ thousand a year. Hccutca'd im<i tuiiv?r-
Hto SOI only with in« (which I could for^vo), but h'ilh ihe L^idy
Mct,«bcr* I an afraid, wni rather amiiicd with him. Ht' obsnirved
pUlhtf wa^i Ivcting while-'ihc it tallr^d *' I'hv lily of Fklt;^^^^ "—
Wthv acLnowlcd^d thai ^lic aiifTcrcd frotci iieurulf^la.
USobc^y ihould da that, (iia'jtni,^* obswrvi-d he, "" fvr there \% a
Ei(D remedy for W
I ' Irdiccd:" uid lihe* with A £iloL tE^icul ttnile. " J aJtculd like to
fUtm ihn it it."
ltbdV]Eflv."
lookout a lovely Set of Jvoiy ublct», and lald, "How dt>
k?" Sht ihou^?it ii njffj /wttfll mtdiciue.
i
38
Th Gtnll^iaHs MagoHni.
" 1 Mid dii^JIc. D o ^ darg, o i 1. i{c> (Ucgil«."
"Good ilcavtml" cried I, "doa-oil?"
" VcKh il aevcf fails. Takci dirjb ^>^ thAt" (he pointed to Coi
m King Ch;i[1c«*K«panic1)t " and tiJlc hi^ii down. Then ajjply the il«
Luly Violcl Witt liltfiiL I d^ not even now tnowf wliat
thouj^tu, fui iLlie nifvur revealvd it lu mc, 1 atili ihiATc tliiit inipofi
necrt:! wiLli h«;t LiUythi^}, jind wiLciici'ei Cota n-JLddtvs iiilo the
we cxchujigc a !iisnJ£cAnE smiLc:
IT is Itom one poln: of view at least a waste of timi; for idcncc lo
proceed developing the oflfemivc poiver of explosives and the
cap-iciiy f(jr tcbiisUiicc of umjour, ST^wi^ifi thjit shu i» iitrcady in pov-cv-
siou of m^aris thai ^iU, when used, put guns and CCrfwdoOft to upcn
shame- It is no secret thnt une of our most eminent men of »civiK<
is in poss<;ssiuD of a ^eupoti— 1 will so call it to Avoid any iadic^Lioc
of itG nature— by nid of which he can annihilate an entire amiy in
the courae of a few minutes, diuposine o' it a^ complecely and u j
tosily as the avecigini^ angel dispoit^d uf the hij&t» of Svn]udicrib>
Should he choose to Tend the Turks the knuwlcdj^e lie poHevtok
Rusmi) advance towardE the Dosphoru^ would meet with i ii^tdy
and final check. It wotdd be dl, however, for the pejice of
ChmEendom if IsEam got undisputed possession of a ficcrci of tfui
imporunce, seeing thai shei instead of Kussia, might begin to indJiI|&
in dreams of universd con^tuest. If* accordingly, out discm^nf,
^shuid [tj [ri^i Ehe Russi:Ln& js Eiie i^rpiis vih that i« rcsened ^
expcniijt^nij, \\ la lo be hoped he will midcruke luin<&elf the coodixt
of oiT^r^T liiid well kt^|h Eu himself ^^hat is ^eci^jt in his invcmiorL
wonder jf the knuvled^c that i^uch a fi^offul means of dotiui;!'
was poi^se^bed by men M'^^uld Jjui ^n end lo ^v^ar. Th? mention ttj
ail Jigent like Oiis it liktly to move deriiion Jn Lenaio ^uarten.
knoWt hunr^vei, enough about ii to believe in the pu&sil>ility of luiiif '
with more terrible results tlian have yet been seen or dreowied <f ■]
THE
,ENTLEMANS MAG AZI N E
August 1S77-
MISS MISANTHROPE.
dfArrnt XXn,
MR. fiMEVt'AKL^'s OHCR or 5i;RRi:NDr;R.
MIKOLA h^Jjd no trorJ irum T.iiry iJiat niglit about UtrotJ.
I,ticy Ktmcd ro avoid all 5pf*ch an any aubjcct ihAt had
IB do vmh the midnight walk in the park,
TTjc a«ti djf brgufthl Mr- U[4tichci, very proiiJ of having bcr^n
Vl jbr, and fo« the pTMcnt^ at le^st, filled witli tbc iiovdiy of i
fltt&alcontesL As Money had pjcdiciedf my objection wliH:h Heron
■ifd Int^ to Bbni-hct i(4V0 way ^n^ vjinished for the lime, wh^n
Knchel bcx^ntr in 1 manntr n gur'M of hir Bue the poi^fn^ whtcli
ladiei vai to rontnbute to the compel did not prove <l grcAt
■tcn& They vrrca little difficult to undcraLirtd. WJicn they
■qjpiMcd lo mu:^ tlie souls of Keeton elcclora on the subject
honour *nd diJtJM, (hry were involved in %ufh fitnUsy
lad eKpTrMion, Ih^tl thry would have h?iJ tn he puMUhi^L
n!»4 gkKMiy if they were to ilhimirL^Ee by ;t <tpark or meaning the
Wido/ ihc Ac^iienF vQler in the borongh- ftEfmchrf m^de, however,
BAcr « pi<tiireit;|ue ligure on the pUlFornis uF rnerting^it ^ind w^l;
ttja ajctCTubnt on the two young >vonicn when Money and
fclft hxi to b< bmy clw«here; and Mr. Money liked, for eke-
■*«ing citcdt Ibe appcJiranoe of a large siiit^ hfinoTn never siw
tttjort fXCvp^ before the general compHiny. He had contented to
<1B* to Keeton solely bctJuw he thought it would give him morit
te ooe ofppoTliinity or «pc-ikLng a word or two io ^^^J^ private ;
^ EM> foch cb»i(T uemed ever likely to preitnt ibelf there
I^hAi «as ntttilf uaeon^cious c>f his wuh £jr of itn piirpoM. SV^^
t30
T^u GtfUUmatis Magaiim,
did not know ilmt when he was invilcd to Kot'toii In went to h»
tjftter, and told her thac the happy cHuicv haJ t:o]iiB «t Utt ; ud
that she hod ki^ed him ^vill) E(:nr^ in her t,f^, and pny^ Ibr hit
success. Minok was :i£ fiicndly ^itU liiu &s putslble — &r xnorv lo
than ahe seemed lo be with HcrD<ii, for example ; but h« cot u
such chance of trying his fortune as his dstcT and he hod bdJi^tnd
LO be coming.
Is there oAen a pohticil election with such cross purputc* goal
on in the ntJdst of il? It would dmcui t^eem as if all the peneai
more directly concerned wctc dtlnri the planners ur the objocliof
some linle side g;ime of love. Wc know what thought* and liufc"
were formed an Victor Heron's accoutit by poor Lucy and bcr
£ithcr ; jinit Minola aooi-i learned thai the ConservAiivc cmdtdttt
had Ktill a purjioiie ^t hjs he;ut wluch no lawful re
could gmtify. Add to this, to t^ nrj fuither for tlift pnUDt.
piupose which we know tha-t Mr. Blaacjhet \v^^ bi COEWtinting lobf
Ihi^ part of Poet Laureate to the Liberal c;LndidLi1e, ;iiid wc ibxll lOC
th.it tlie gami^ wa5 a little complex whith all these WL-re jibying.
Minola hnd inade a ^iMve mistake: m jut^l^in^ the chami:lii;r <ifb#
discorded lover- Shij thought him a hyixii.niO| and bv was ooC}
she thought his love for her was all a b:3uiu)> and il wab uol. He
a slow, formal man ; fonnal in cverylhh^^— in his myralfi oswcUtf
hifi manners- Fur him the world's standard was all Hecnuld
lift hit mind al>ove the level of the opinion of rcx^icctable pctfL^
What they said became the kw s^^ life to him. What they
proper liv believed to be proper ; nhu.L ihcy condeuinvd bL^cjnv
his cye^ only di^i^ning of uujiitvinn.dtion. lEuL he woa i-^iutc
in this. What he (.;aiiie by ihii iitocias m reyajol u« wtong ht
not have dont himsulf— cjccv'iH Lmder»EUc:hdrrumkLan;:cif of
or provocation as may ordinarily be hv-ld tu excuse our hutnui
Hifl love for Minola was very Ptroog. It was the one ^
pn^Rion of his life. \it had mode up his mind thai he "^v^
suce^d in Ufe. that he would become a persc^i of iin;iorljncr ifl
London, and that he would marry Winola Grey. Nor did \<^
rcfu^il mnch disr.our;ige liim, Aflcr the ISr>^ pang was over, he sito
to himself that (ill would come right y^l ; that fit k'a^t she diil te^
Iotc anyone else, i^nd llmt iJic world would come to him w ho *'iite<*»
OS he had known it to comt- to himi^clf in other ways wftca 1**
waited before. He had njsolved to reptcient Keelou in the Hua»*
of Commons, and noK that resolve i^e^mcd to have ne^Lily woiLe^
out it5 purpose. But the nighc when- passing under Mmoh's windo«*»
he saw Victor Heiouj produced a terrible reaction within him. H^
Miss Afisanf/tyofii,
131
k nti&ftcd UkAt Heron miiM be in loi-c with her, nnd he thonghl
liKh a^Miftlut stirh a lover vm« very {ik^\y indeed to fkidnate
kchi^rL He began io p^yvcpi^l^ viuls to London in 4 hnlf
REUCt nf , and 1o valch the mm-ement« of Minoln. nncl Lo try to
bdou aU fac coiuld aT>OTiC Victor and hii fncndn. The thought of
knnj Heron for hu nml in both wAys, tn lovt Aiiti in ambition, ^d«
test iDorc thoQ he could bear. There fxcmi^dHimclhingommoiu^
ttM in iL He bccrimc iilk-d with 3 kim! of iLUpcmiiiciu feeling
dn if be Iau the eledion he muit lose aJl, lie hpircd llcmn wilh^
iptiBE>n that sometime* lurpriied himsdt There jjjpcjiri,^ to him
kbt wnething wicked in thi:! ^roLing man coming fr»m the orJ-ier
lide 4r the eaith to cm^ him in his inn gre-it dciitc?^ His t^Iow,
faml ttUurc worked iUelf up into dcn^c eonaistcacy of hate. The
decrion co gitcff became x rclicr 10 hiio. li was like nicf:ting his
ten bjJtJc The Itcicejoy w.u hetghicncd when MinolA <VLiue to
Cc«lOD. To wJn uniicraiich conditions would be IiIec killing hifi
Tul nnder her very ej-ct
Jt vaa «fa<n at the veiy height of his hope, And when the nnEi-
tptttm of Tcvoige TrX!( turning our fbrniM moriliit into 2. sore of
■onl Bcrteiier, thai 1 pitcc of news reached hh can which wdl-
ll^diiiigedhu purpose, lie wjii told chat Virtrhr Tkron wa^ in
Imrj Mr. Monq/'i daughter, nnd that that w^i the reason wiiy
ieoej tAok iiueh itilcrcil in the roiitciL He was os^siirrd of ihiK
)D«hii tcicBied loblmgoml authtirity. Tn fad, the repoM hardly
Ittdtd atty asthnrily lo r-onfirm it in \\\\ mind, WIieit trruld he more
pNfaibk? IVhAt ct>uld more Mti^faetorily explain evcryihing?
WIm otber parpoae could a man like Money have fn lakin^ jII thjit
tahk alMMU * slrapgtT like Heron? Mr, Sheppard (rcnilfcl to
iak of ifae istfttakc he had ncarEy mndc-
StKibcn, rt wdM not certim thiil MinoEa u.is lost to him, aRct alJP
AttB>ent before, hf^ ivia onW thinking of revenge for an irrepEirAlile
■Vcy. Noiv hope ipning tip :i^in. At the boTtom of Shfppaid'«
*«ttt WW a reiy hijc reserve of that sdf-confidcnr.e or scEf-ci>nceJt
vfakh hii! euried him «o far on hit^ way 10 lEicecnit j and he woi
*4^n»»«d to f^ope Attain in ht« dianccM of conquering Minola's
^■(BEtioa to hink.
Bcbeeime wcldmlyhlled :riih aii idcA wMcl^in nil the thick and
■0 of hii peep(ir-itir>[iH for the conte^l, hf: clL'tfTHiincd to pui to
^Uf. By ihit time it should be uid tliat he hjcd little daitbt of how
^ straggle woiiH go if ii were left to be a duel between him and
Hooi WL>t it con hirn to lake the step he i? now taking will be
^■cm ippcccuted if this conviction of hb i& kept in mind.
i
132
TV GcntUmafis Mcigasins^
Ml. Shcpj^rd drcucd one afternoon with even more tbja hji
Uftxu) care, U^t in «ty1c ^ LjuIc difFcrent from thai whtdl be coro
moaly a<lopted. He had jcoi a vanui- idea th&t liift utuoJ manner oT
dreifing ^i! rather toci formal lo i>1e:ise a gifl bkt Minola. ^dihKil
wa* ^vanting in plctMresi^oeness and in artistic effect. He bal
studied nmny puems and weirk« of an lately, with much p±in tod
paitcncc. and tried to qualify hinifclf for an umlersundinj; of thoae
schools and theories of art uhich, as ihcy were laid co be t»e% ad
were gencnHy out of Keeton'j range, he assumed to be those of d<
London circles whith Minola wjis rcponed to ^f|ucnL He (3i
himself up in a ^'elvet coat, with a tie of s^e-grcen *i[kflndalKcn>t
valch-chain, und * t*Ri«n pifrSf-htUifttr cktsping hj* *riiL Ik
looked like a diLiTcliwarden iiuscinerading as an ooor. TTrai
attired, he set Torth lo pay a visit to Minolo.
He had met her several limes during the acntlcment of th«
buaincsa consequent on the death of Mi^ Saulshnry. He had nfl'
Mr. Money often, and acted sometimes ** the rcprcsentitive 19
business matters of Mr Saulslmry, He had ativay* demtfanedki
self on such occasioiis with n somewhat distant couile^iy and
as if he wished to stand on lemjs of formal acqxmintanccshii^
nothing more. He '^'^ very anxious to get once tnore on siirh
with Minoln as would allow him to «e her and .ipcjik with her
and then, wiihnnt her being al^^ay^on hergturdaentnstlove-mKii
It SL'cmed dear to him lh:il he had better retire for a wlnlc ffon*
former position, ond Lf>' lo tnlcc the attitude of one who» hfivin;
refused, hai finiilly ncccptcd the refuMl His manner dfJ to
impose ujjon Micola. Kt:veT havinj bclievtid in ;he renhlyof
loveTfthe fouoO no diffieuliy in believing that he had easily re<
himself to <!isa|j]>ointmcni, .md that lie had, jierh^ps, his eye* M
somewhere else already. Whomever they did mecl Ihcy wcrefrii
and Minoia t^w no grcni ner.-es»fEy for Avoiding him, eyecpt »od\
might stem to be im[josetI upon her by the faei ihni her friends wi
on one side of the poUlical eonicsi* while he ww on (he other,
Sheppard even ejilted to sec her once ot* twice about some of
affairs of Mr. SjUJhbiiTy, nnd sjw het alone^ fliid »iAjd no won!
did not relate to matters of business. \\ was a Ji^"*t relief lo
to see liiin and not Mr SauUbury. and she wan even ftitnk enou^'
tell him so. He only s:titl, with a grave smile, ttiat he feared
*' really never h,id done Jnsliee, never had done quite JLimier," to
motive* and the dmatter of Mr, Sanlsbury. But he jdmiueil
Mr. Sauli^burY's austere maniiLTS nrte a httlc ag:iin»t lilni,
Ao surprise, therefore, was created in the mind uf any ofotir&ii
Miss Mhantkropt.
133
rnorniDjE Mr. Shq^pard's cord wa« bn^i^hi fo Xfinolo, uid
trild '.t^ he wbhcfl to apeak a firw wdc^s u-itli her.
lit. Money had never hcanJ anjlhing about Shcppord's fofmer
Qtnnoect 10 Minoli. H< w-vii ioclincc! fo ihink Shcfipftrd n voy good
ttow for ubing any (rouble .-ihoiit .MmaJa'i aitjirK at n tijnc whrn
khid W l&ttCh of hi» own 10 ocoTLpy hLni.
SaMinob rccdred Mr, Shcpp^ri] \x\ one of the fitting 'rooms of
k betel, and irn not di^iZt!artC(l lo sec him. Sht; evi^n ukfd if he
>CbU not like to ler Mr. Monej'. 'I'his w^ii jftc r hr had t-itk«} lo
■vihoctl (he puticubr obje^tt of his coming — something rckiiirjg lo
nitaeciiKd ia her Tnind the mterminabte ftrrangementi about the
mv pro(>eTiy which h^ fallen to her ^hiire.
■■ I liMtild h*»* no objprtion 10 see Mr. Money, Minn fj«y^
paoc lihAirwt ; I hope nr may be good fncnd*, flJthoufjh I'ruYidenc^
p» dretced IK4I trc should be on opftosilc ^ides of Ihit political
RfiiroTcny. Uiil ] fim not aurc ^vhrOicr binder the circumsiantes it
|i«U be ngrnable lo all paitJei if i were to see Mr. Ileion. or
, cot being oa »uch tenn* with Iiim, 1 ought t<j cjUI on hi*
Tbe*e are pomi*^ Mi» Circyj on which yoUf as > bdy^ might
Oetododdc."
"Ob, I couldn't ihinL of dcLiding [ " Mii^olti Ktid hA&tity, for^h?
nule her tumiejition in olH^^icnec to a siiitiJrn iinpuhi?, »iid ^as
>c< imc tli«t Uie h^id nut do»c bomelhing wrong: "I drjii't know
CfiLffl^ abuul It, mtJ (H-rluipit I uagbt noL lo have aaid juiythm^
lUft-
"Youi »ugj;citlon. Milt Grev» was only m accordance whh aU
tV LDjpuUes of your gunciouii rutuic/* Mr. Sheppard Mill loved 08
ever hi« Ionj;c ^"d formj^l fcntcnces. Minola eoultj not hulp
how ihc Houac of Commons would Hke audi a btylw, if
MiShep|iArd ever flot 4 chu^Dce of diBi>]ayiiie it lhere<
'You do r)ot. I hopt"," he eommued, '* diiappruve of my am-
Wiaio diitiJ^jE"'"'' "'y*^!^ '" P^^*tit-al lift! ? Yon kiiow ihuL I have
■tpMi dieTAlicd But:h an Ambition ; tEiat hope slILI tcni^.tii5 to me,
■ttMDtf surr^y^ »rt illcicuiinate or uiircuEotiriblf; hope ? "
*0X DO, Mr^ ^hept^urd, far frutn it ; 1 iiu sure that 1^ Ii1(e all
ftvndst ^h^l be very gtad to hear that you have been succt^tsful
imbition^I tliink it uughl to be the atnbiiion of every man
105 talent*."
TiiMilt you. MiH Giry- Von do not, I ohscrvc, with me suc-
iTi ihit particular coutcKt, That^ 1 suppose, would be too inucJi
^Dttoapect?"
HboU pidy »book her ApM
I
Tkp. Cnififmaf^x Aftrjpasinr.
" I am afraiO I shnll only grieve ymi m iMs then," he iiJd, di
fang hi-1 eye*. " for I jun rj^riAin tf> win, Minn Clfcy."
Minola thought t'fhct unholy rnrnpitrt^nnrt w*hctl hcMrnuldtal
of notnclhing dac, or, better sEili, gi^ avxy.
"1 ffun iony ynu ctn't hcifh win/' *hf viid goorl-liuTnniirnlly,
"then wt could an he pk-ascd, And wctm'ght *w)r nil wc liked wilhCMir
fear of sccmirg :mrricniTly to one or the other, " She coul^l not h<rlji
feeling tliAt this speech wak a little tike one of Mr Shej-ponl'i own.
■MaittTvic,'' Mr^ Sheppard italted abraptly, "what peojJc bj
in KectOTi^-thii alroiit Mr. Heron anti Mis^ Money?"
** ] don't know miieh about the gossip of Kecton, Mr Sheppan^
and it would not have much interest for me— I dotft like Kccton*
" It h not, perhaps* mei<* gossip. They My that Mr. Heron it\
hemamcd to Mr. Monr^y'* cUinghtLT ^ th.it, ihry uty, in the
why we in Kceton arc fnvonted with the personoJ tnterfcrmce of S
Money in mtr lorjil affairs,"
MinolA rose, nnd seemed sn If she were rciolved that the ccti
sRtlon i^ii«t end there.
" I can"t tell yo;; anything about that, Mr Shcppard ; cvorl
knew anything, ivbich I don't, 1 (lould hardly bu expected U>i
iihnuf il. It does not f^oneem you or rac miteh, I *ti|rposc,"*
" U concerns me greatly," he said warmly. '*Of courte it eoi
mc that a stranger should eomc down hereto Kecton mtcrfcring
our aflaira, and milking digcord .ind eonfiiiton where wr are all im
to harmony. Hul I tell yoa rhw, Mi*n CJrey, and you may tdJ
friends 3o. if you like— they haven't x rhanco here, cxeqkt through yc*"^
Minola was amrucd. And eould not help looking up with **
Gxpmskon of cuHoiiity- Wat thiit to be nnothcr offer to put A*
decision of thcooiitcst in her hands?
" Ye*." he went on, -is if he had understood her thought, **
fibflll be in your hnnda if yoii wtsh it. I am very ixmbiiious of rfpr**
senting my naii\-e town in Padbmcnt ; but I have an ombttion twctf^
tiroes stronger ih-in that, and an older amliition loo. If yovi iriafc
see your friends suceced lu this affair, declare yiur ^vish, ,inc! I (rW|
withdraw to please you. r <:an find a ehanee somewhere else ; 1 »f^<
not likely to fail in anything I set my henrt upon ; and no other m***!
but mysdf rould louy this borough in die dokc's interest at svirtt
lime us (his. 1 can c^irry itn and if we two tit.uid aWc-^Mr Urf^'
and I — I am safe to earry it ; but if you only say the word, 1
givo up the pbce this moment. Think of it, MiasGrey — dogi*ei*
moment of Ihoughl, I don'i want to bind you to anything ; I do**
put doy eondf tjon ; I only oak you lo '^tt tftc do thi* for j^m."
Miss Misani^r&p^.
'35
l&rcjef ircT« fall of Cftccmctt, and his mrCnncr had nlmoit 1(»r
^£i^uiian, H« did noc Hvn lo hcf the m^n ahc hnd cvtrr knnivrt
Ao^ SIk fdi »omcthin(f Hkc rc^ci for bitr^.
•I fwld aot Mi you to do Aiiirthin^ of the kind Tor mc, Mr.
ftffud*' ihe uid gently* *'\\l\y ^cold I? WhnE right crmld 1
WtoiHov yo(j 10 nuke :v:^y :(acri£cc Tor mc? T^h uouFd be a
p^msAa ; and 1 Siippo^ a thing Ji innn ought not lo 'lo fi>r an/
*TonaJC<[ii^ciicht; you hAd nlwa^ji .a rlcaitr trndcratajiding
OOMS arc sappoacd tr> hAvc nbotit ihcac thm^»— I rcmcmb^
;vr6tfiersiyiD5M«lten. liwoiild raise an outcry here ^rgainnlmc
■ puty would dirnotinoc mc ; I should never hv tookod ui by
'tf Ifcc doke'* people a^'iin. You «ui hardly Thinlc whni a Midi-
hftMitd Isc to aanan like mt-- Bui thal'i why 1 ofltriC- I want
IQ DHlre tcsnt gT«*t larrififc - 1 do "—to proxv to you that I ftm *in-
<W; tnd ih« lhrf<^ b nothing I would not do fi>r ymi. Mind, I am
>:< ttlkiT^ of ir.ikinj^ A LiE^.iin. I cinly My, if yoii wIkN mc to do
tH J ibaU be dorif, niAt's ni I ,"
■I don't wiih you. Mr. Kheppard ; it wonid be most unfiiir and
ttngofme todo VI. Il would be « alinnKrut rhinj^ of iiic, 1 think*
iMlvtAyou fbid n^ thoushc of iC, nllhou^'h I r-in'l hcEp tL^cbng
4b I tmt you *oime thank* cvtn for the oFTcr/'
"Thiftk of iL Mi« Gfct— jmt Ihinlt a link more of tl I
•oa it r Aiinrc yoii ; 1 morn it all. Let him have the scflt if u
fleun Mt. -M<^nfy ,ind hi» djiiijjhtrr, and if you want lo please
to. It will br nl] yovir dinn^. mind 1 t should be glotl tn make
Ik MctKft A^uainuni^r more than I have done: I have no
Bull in Mr- Heron; vhy shmiKl I hflvc? I am not in love
fiti \|i** Afoncy," he addcd^ widj raihrr n sickly smile, Ihjii it
fMKd ItmoU to >cc^
* I donl need to think It over, Mr. Sheppard ; T know already
*W 1 tmiffn VO tny. I cckuld net ask you to do s\ich a tiling for mo,
« dbv you to do il if I could prevent you. I don't iindcTEiEand
W&about SLich ihinir>. hta it seems to me that what you [iropojic?
■Bilbe dahonoornhEe to you. No, Mr. Sheppnni; go oo and light
<K lov Agtu -why fhould you not? We may be fncnds all of u3
'lioct lo do dils for you— lo ^ow you thit I am ^ine,erein:ill
^ I--4II ihii I ev« s*id 10 you-'*-
^(iooh fcti a oolouT comLng on her ch^ekii-
*1 cm bdicvo you to be slnccrt wichoul Ruch .1 proof ns tlmt;'
J
The C^niitmani Afagatim.
■* But do yon— (3o ynu ? 1 coyld be rmilcai if 1 ltiOQgkl''70i^
bcljcv*^ ihat- Tell mc thnt j-chi do bdicvc that,"
" VVIiy »hmi1d T not bcliev« ii ? I have Alvajrt he ird jtai ipokc
of A* Ji trijin of the highest i^hflratt^ " h
"It isn't that," he toiti, nitlin^ nff licr wftrrt* fllmiptly ;9
IS not thut I am spraking Jiboiit. You know tt m not thtt ' 1 «^
you lo itll mc whether you briievi? thil I am sincctr in loving yom'
" I thought wc ^t'prc never to E^pcik of thii again," ihe md, 411
*he wai» moving almost in alarm tou'ardi the door He qai^rtlj- vUmi
ill hcf w^y itnd prevented her.
" I never said aa. 1 told you ] ^vould noC give up My hope, jinI
I rifin't nitjri fo give it up. 1 tokl you in [he pnrk here, ibc Tml djy
ThLiT I «pnkf?OLi1— ] told yoil that ! would nm ^iv? up, ami I wiltnol
I Irrve you always; 1 did ftrrm the time when ^<mi u^re a chitti, tfdl
W7** not ^rt veiy tiiuch more. I am slow sometimes, but when I gd
a fcrhii^ like thai it never leaves me. I know you used 10 lnu|jlii
me fliiJ l(j nvikc hiTi of me, but I didii'i care nmch about that, udl
doji'l tjrc. It Wii^n't a very generaui thing to do, knowing whal7»
did jTwvtt me- No, no, MinoU, you *Au\}x'\ go yel -, indeed yoii »harft'
y<3\\ must hear me now, oni:e for all."
■*irii will be once for all, Mi; Sheppard i if you will pronua*»C
Ihal "
"No. no I ni promise nolhSuR- Til never pve tip this hope 1 teB
you fairly ; ntvcr, never, Minola, Yts, you used to laugh at ine, tf^^
it wasn't generous; bid who expects gene realty from a woman ^--^i^
in iiny case il couMn't change the feelings of a man like mc to ji»— '
no, not if you treated me like a doj^. Yoii dow'i know what II B V
be insanely in love with some one who dot^ nrji <-jrc abont yoo. I
yoLi did, you could make 4ome allo^^antc i^jt me."
Hit> whole manner was so ^tiange and so wild that \\ compeU^
the attention ofMinola, atul almo&t maiJe her ^tfraid, Sh« bftd IUT<
seen Jn him anylhing like tl^is befure, Some of bii! words, too^fe
toucbuigly and painfully on her ear. Did she, tlien, UQt knowvlbat
wj^ to be foolishlv in love wiiliouL hope of remm^ Did dicfiot
and ought not what she knew Iq make her more tender cowards lb
man» who. in so strange a wivy, seemeti lo t>e only in like CAAt iri'
herself? She ceased to fear Mr. Sheppaid, or to fed her old repuj
nance for hira. Her manner became gentle and even nwcet, u »t
sfjuke w him. and tried !o reason with him.
*' If 1 ever did 3augh ai you, Mr. Sheppard. it wiv* only at p*
who know no better will laugh at people whom, if they only did tno
bettGTt they would respect. 1 was vrtowg and silly, and 1 ask y9^
Miss MisoHiArctpt.
1MSS. warcr«1y, I don't Uiifik, Mr Sh^ppJtrd, I am Likdy to
iDiDTpMipkUTsn^ exrti«4<irgood ftpirit* Tor the future."
"Vow neirr oflcndinl n*c,* ht Hfd pjgctly; "ot. if you did, il w.i*
for d)c moment, -inct 1 clLdii'l catv. Vou wcrv wlconiu {it %iy
hig jnu Uk«d, And lo bug^L Ai mc j> much u you liked ; you
leAl Vou ma) kugh at mc, Minoli, the moment my back is
Dtacd, if ym like- Th.ii von'l mikc mc Eovc you the icbS, ur |tive
^trvUtjf (o make >ou change your mimL"
*Vf\\f wo"! ne be friciuK, Mr Slici>|j,nd ? 1 tould like yt»a
I net], I im tufc iiu^i if yuLi >« otild cjtily Icl nic/*
j "Xoh nil f wv never tjii W (EiiT)d\" lie viid. tikiii); ti\t his h:il,
l»t!btfell that it ivuuld Lie UH'kn lt> y^y ;ijiy mute then, "
■file be cncm>c9, MinoJa—iilf bough I (an> wvU thmkof mysdfjs
fit: cDfiny— but ni never tomcnl lo bL' your friend,"
'H"e acid cac be anything elic then," MinoU »Aid more ^rmly,
I'ltei't mcin to many ; the man docit noi live in the world," lihc
Und tttih positive cncfgy* "whom I wouUl m^m)'; and I coiildn^t
bw jDu, >(r, Shc^&rd ; ami fur ljc,ivcn\ sake, I bese^:uh of you,
ki Qi oot hjn; ali tliifc to ^o over :i^in 4itL.l a^\w> 1 wonder men
QlkgiadcihcttuclvciiinfUchnnunneE — iiUpUilul; iticfflBUincfulE"
Aiaddcd^ ■' [ would not, if J were * Oiin, so lower inysclffof all the
•MKS in lh« world/"
'Here ii nOLhine I would not lower myself to for you— nothing
Ivnldfkotdofor you. ] don'i rjiU it lowering myself; I am inlos-c
*d jc% wid 1 wouUl do anyihing lo carry my point; and I don't
iPctp yet Doa'i 1« it be "Mt ti> iht? kiiifu litLwecn u* iwy^
''I»iDt no war, but only peace," she &aid gently- *'l vr^JXK lobe
PIT fttttui, Mr. Sheppard; I wUl not be your enemy even if you do
. penccMte Boc'^
He Miile no lunhcr cITon lo detain her, but opened the door for
^tvl illowcd hcT 19 go without another word-
Ur. SbcpfWd'a putiiou, bironi; a^ it wnti, did not wholly blind
ta lie siw that be had gncntd an advantage worth tr>ini^' for-
Utnv tfeat Minok had been imprcaaed for the 5nt time with a ccr-
''"tt rcspai for him, Thit was something ro have gained, and he
^ni vr^j with a feeling of s-ilL-ifartion, He hod offered to give up
^pat uul, 01 he believed, almoil ccTt/iin eharcc o^ gratifying his
*iKtion for her soke. He wa* i^crfcftly sincere in the offer, and he
""Id h<vc brtn wild with E>nde and delight if she had acefptcd It.
^E»aKLiiheh«dTeFiJ4ed. he Ml that lhcbe»t thing he conUI di> wa^i
*»i^^baitlcomasji7f iucfasj'diuTscJf, dind win il. "VJ^uvk
138 Tkt GfntUm4ins Magaxinc.
iJcfoaEhcTrricnJfShccan't Ijugh jX mclhcn/hcthoiugfcx. Mr. Shep-
pird had no( had iiiudi experience in the ^sys of WDmca. nur 1eu|
he stLiUked woQien Jmd coufutiip in romance or poecry. Bui be fa<f
«nou^ ailtfJLSt of innin<liveknowle<l|fetoun(JrrfcUJul(Hiipower3iKf
iuuceu ci^itint for more i^iiL-tlly in Ike cye«(^r uuinen tluui ptLcrjus
ajipoii He went hoiui- fueparvd auaio fue the Ixiiik; aud j^n
longing fat iL
Ii it <.]\\\Xc ime thai Mmok for her part fdt n higher tcspert fo»
him than shchiid cverknowti before, HerownexpencnccKhxduii:!*
*nd h.od soE^onod her. He rcnily wns sincere; he was in IcfTt&nd
with her, kVic now felt. pL'rli;!]^ ^ wonun oan iicver fe«l mtrdx
aDg«r or scorn for one who ihe bcKcvci does rcallj* love her. "Hie
whole bearing of ihe man had seemed to be dignined by gcnuiDC
emotion. IJis strange ofler had something in it that she rcco.
OS chivalrona in -i 50:E rif jicrttricd way, WTjcn MtnolA used w
" Iviinhoi:,'' vinri think over all Jls people an if ihey were living
whom^hceitherlcvcdor hated, she always fcU driven in despitcdaV
propriety to feel .1 <-i:naJn adiniration for the Templar, Brian dc Boi<
OuilbcrL Especially watt she sffuck with admiralion for him vheO
hi: offfftd to throw away career and trputation in Europe if Rebcc^^
would love htm. and ^ with him lo sccltout some new sphere of lii"c-
The mcmoiy of these readings and tliinkings came oddly had: npO"
her now.
" Thij« poor Shcppord is a aorc of Templar;' ahc coold not hcl^
thinking- "To oflcnd the dulcf'K people is just aa great « wcnflC*
for hini as for my old friend Boi* CnJlhcTt lo throw swsy the chanc^^
of rising lo Ijo fltaiipi Mftster of bis Order. The puhlJc opinioo ^^
Keeloii IS aa much to one hero as the voice of Kwrope to the olhe»^'.
Gomg to look for a, new borough is as bad a thing pcrhapi in 0*-^
days as trjing for a new career among the Samecn* or whefever ^
was. I begin to think poor Mr, S!icppaid h jli good a hero a» an^^
one elae. He is a fool to make nuch an otfeT^ and 1 ^TippCMC it "Jj
rather diKliooour^blc — at least, it \oo\s a little like that lo me— but H
suppose ^\^ men will twist their code of honour ii ItMlc In suit thrr^^^
sdv^. and at all events it (s no worse than the conduct of the Tcmpb^^''
and I used to admire him."
Of courae in all thia Minola as<vunied herself to be talking \wtw **
icilly, and in fact to be relieving her mind of many s.ircjisun at C ^^
CTtjiensc of man. But there was a lilllc orcHimest loo in hcrcc Ion::*"
jesting,
'* Our rival most have a good deal of time to ipaiCi" Mr, Mwf**T
obst^rved wbtn Minola *aw him shortly -j-Rei^"or he must \>evtff
Miss Misastihropf.
"39
prd LjfDrcrl iQ ufct M nnidi trouble AbOTit Mr SAulsbuTy's aibin.
f iij^iff:[fk<tnirh is thai be frcb pf*tty sirrr of ihc rttulL"
"TVb 500 iJnnk wt! hive f<i-l ?"' Mirio!,i jt^kcd. di.imayod-
" M\ ecc«pf bonour, I foir," he answcricti coolly. '* 1 don't *ce
fadk<&nf«, Mii»Grfy- 'nwrt\trem<^ 'Rids "won't have anj^hing
|> 6> iriih us, J ;im prulty 1U»- Vour Kccton friend ^V^ds In win
VBActfain^ vnnHftful hoppmn."
Ifcf mtl iboic ^^arnvnic people vote for him — for MT.Shfppard?"
•TTirrrt no knowin;: : jronmo't roiint upon iliMr fHli^wv But
if ihfy donX y^i' ""^ ^* "<^' f^rnc lo h1h>iiI Ihc wimr tJnng^tT
iiji1c!u ihi?y*l1 MlI KatIc in x niAv, «Wh i« not ,11 .iH Ztlcdy. T
Ik it will W thi^ way : n frrf ol iJirm will votr for Shrpinrd, jusl
kauic they half no onr 40 much as a l,ibcral who is not <itrong
OKKifJi for them ; »nd thoftc few will be enough to give your Kecton
hmd :hc ncxi."
Lacy and Minoh bolb looked mlhcr bfuik at thbt prorpect.
KnijU bcxan dmo«( to wi'h nbc hnd taken Shcpjsird .\t hii HOid.
Witcnly Mr. Munry wi» c.iUcd.iWJy by sOino|K)lilic4l fellow-worker,
viio liAii A Lrc nhJcJv vriu 1tkc A litlc-pagc C£> itrtmc ncndcrfnl ^olanie
of Dm,
In a few inoinmti Mr, Monpy Tttumedfidlof ciei lemeiil, anqj
hilrtin^^ ft [wi|m;t tn h^ hfloil,
'I siy, yoimg bJi*"*,"* he ciclAiiTHMl, " here** a Tinv irddent for
fH; lomediiog *tertMlionji}. I should buy. Here's our ^?nd Sl
Pnlfombg out himidf at ihfrb^i momeot :t^ iicjodidatc fur Kcelon
a fie Red Republican inteTc*l, and denouncing ihedukc, hi* braihcr,
* if the duke Hcre Cain and he were the yhost of Abel."
"But can lie do tJiAt, \>.\\tx ? " .L&lced Lticy indignamly,
■Cm be dy ulr^l. Lrndtl ? "
'Cvcunic -I uindJdjile now, deoTi ^i ihiv limi;?"
*'Wliy, of coursuhc can — what should hinder him? llienomi-
*&mi in)*! until the day after to-morrow."
■Oh, but I LaJlii w unfaij !"
'M^dcir Itttlc UiccTct, whit di> youihink he circs what you call
'^vtnt anybody else ualls il?"
"Then doc?( \}\vi dfitfOf our chances altog^lher?" Lucy plain-
^V*iltTd- " I always thtiuiibi Inj wus a iTeaclicronB man."
''Suiff, my good litilo girl; there jri? no trei-cheriw in polities and
*^ctiQjB, But I must think tliis over a litile, T am not by :uiy
l^tiaj fint that it nuy ngi prove ^in tmcoinmoitly good thing for us,
^Jo^ Whcrc'ft Heron? I must get ni him at once^ and so, young
I
I
X40
TAe GmllemafiS Magasine,
Mr. Money hurried away. During- llic few mftnicnt* ht W
aioppcd Ifj lalk to ihc gtrb several cicitcd hci«is hnri ticcn thrift ato
the room, at if entreating him ic comeawaj.
MirioU» too, wfli nni byanymcanswrtf ihftllhhnriv imidniiim
not mcini to t«m to the oocoimt of Victor Heron, I h*% [».co, m
dearty Mr. Si- Pfliirs ploL She understood quite enough of thea-
pkyiJiiion Mr. Money )i*ft been (living lo see Ihal if any of the a-
ircrric Riiilw'jlvotc* could be lakeri from Shi'p|iard"i «dc the chiftco
of Heron would py u[ial emce. She could notiknibt that Mt-SlFmiI
knew thjs stiJI btltcr. She bccime full of excitement ; ULd,mJ]ii
Ihc demoralising efleel of all manner of cnmpebljon on hijuun (W*
ttircsij that Minol.i now found hcTfielf wishing thai ilic rjnkJi<Lic»he
favoured might win by Mf- St. PauL'a device or ihAt of .iii)ii(irrL>e;
bui win Homchow,
CKAFrea XXIII.
"«TSCHIEF, THor ART AJfOOT,"
Nevcn was the aspect of el community more suddenly ctiiinged
than ihat of Keeion from the moment when St, Paul flung Hmidf
into the conieat. Up lo that hour a grave decomin h.id gcntme^
even its most atrennouft eflotia. There vros plenty of specch-mikic^*
of erowiJSf confnsionf and noiee ; but everything was in dceert*
order. There were no personal ottaeksi and the Libera] rjindidat^
had not Allowed n great scope even to ihc good spirit* ;ind the \w^
mcHoui powers of 111) hia followers A somewhat elabomie eourtesy h* ^*^
bcfn observed between the randTdate^ And their leading sup^xirie^^*
on both aides, Mr Heron had always *poken with high fcspettC^^
Mr. Sheppaid, who uf course had not fciiled on his pnrt to do justic^^^
to the pergonal ilurarti-'T of his 'jpponenL In fact. Js the oraton o^'^*^
both ^idc5 were in the h.Thil of ob^ening about Iwcnly rimci aday, r^ ■*
W'ls a contest of polJEici) principles ^vllogethcr^ and by no meruit "
contest of person*.
All this Wis now changed, Mr. St Tan! had leaped into Ihe juetT''^**
with fl vivacity which proved only loo coni^giovis. His speech^ ^
wen; alternations of vt^hement personal abu^e and bro^, audackx^^^^
humour. Throne, iiltar, and caste seemed slilte lo be the targets ^ "
his w^tory. He was the reddest of iill Red Republicans. He »^^^^-^
the typical /Ti*/i^ftu>/ of firoJi/aitis, Mr, Money had dcmouneed th^:"^^'
Miniftttirs unO fbe Toriea; Mr, St. Paul denounced tl»c Mioiitt^'"^
Miss Misanihyopf. T41
the T<»rica. ihc Libt^rals, ihc ariaiocracy, and thr
«h eijnal fervour. The cmployera of labour nnd
cb^r o'"*^^ cienomiiiaiions came in for milling viiupcratinn at lii^
Al He jffuilcd the TWO candidates m\A tficir [loliticjil pro-
iMit wilh gDMl-lwmouKii fontcmpi^ He dccLtreci ihai if the
nJcftndHitCC hi^l A jtrnE^Tut ^ei'dnce which he n-.ii^icd to put
I B th« coiiccsi. he, St, Pnu), had n pcnon«t f^Tievanee of a
« £ar mare ncirly eoncfrnin^ the pciplc of Kecldrri — a giicv-
C^nnal the brother irho hjd disowned and cut him olT; who
dindcnd Itini, omtrd him from the &rTections of hi« father,
n hiro ictUt ciil*; bui whf>. thank ht-avcn, ccnild not JntiitMiJute
\ w mm him iyilo a cnwling ijr^ophnni- He bo,i*ii:U ilui in
t of Int hrmhcr. tvhn hjtd tried to ruin him. \v hncj ni^ide a for*
r ^7 hi* onTi hflnTt<i aiuT hi* own biaini in ihe yre^it Krcc Re-
ijr, the Umi whrrc there were no dukci, where all men »ete eiiual,
It thcie ■ras na hirehag Siatt tier^iy, and no trampUtiji tyranny of
tk^in^need he ay Jt wu ihe glorious r<;public tcyond the
ocic? He nude dreadful work of tht-.tlluibn in Mr. Shei-panl's
ren 10 ibe lerYicct rendered to Krctoo by the Otic^l family. He
pUAtly a^od of hi& heifCfx wLtt :l <JuLc had ever (Tune f<jr the
I, Wheii kid a diihc pret^ed Ihe h^nc^t h^ind of ^ Kc^etoii
k*n|E'0^^>*^ When h^d a dulce or ;i dti^h^bs takvn the tlif^htest
rest in Ihe jhkt !4ik1 viriuoui working women of K^t^tun ? N;Ly,
■ked. i>h(^ii hod a Keeioii tiadesmiiii— and ihe Keeton irade^.
I hid done more U> ituiVe ihe pl.iee lh;in the dukei — when
« Keelon iradeiinjo of hit wife been iiiviJcd inside tlii?
n of the Uucal re^id^nee? The veiy men who were fight-
dw duke^s bailie to-day would find iheniselvcs stty Kicky
led if ibey goi even a civU bow from t)ie duke or the duchifsq
botrow.
Tbcfe iraA quite enough of truth in thete hits to nuke tliom lell-
Ptnl Dua;ifted to " feti:h/* aa he would hliiiself hitve exprvKfttd h. li
d pnny snoii); Elie dnH-c^nEcntdd intddU'-cluR of the pbci.'. But
b*Ehv fTvmaSrt he wja a Itttncadous sutci'ss* There had btfeJl
it qijirrl Uiely between Ihc eni|'1oycr« and tht wutkpcufjle iJi
rtvTi.m which the Utter were ftnidly dcftalc^d, und the dcfeLil
:Ucd in Ibcif heart*, ind they were gbd of any thauce of givine
miu their Kcnic of wmng, St. Paul wat, of icoune, uU the more
Cforfijl nhen Ite denounced orihtocTHcy And caitc beciute of his
^ODt of Ibe ftrifttocracy :tnd Uie ruliikyutstehitnidf He proudly
B^^uedlfctt he had rtnoumed IiIa ourtcKy tide, aad ^^i^t ht; blood
ftWtttthiflaa mim»a woikJu^-uMJi whtj lud workeil w\0\ U^
i
Th^ GmtUmatis Ma^sirw.
ownhnndsmal^cG bnd.aiid nmdc a fonvinc there b/naalfcocTic^
aDd brains, and sircn^L I
Q&c litUc bcidoni muclt.' hiiu move than cvci a licro- At ^
Koond moeting he }jcld— it waa in iht large room of a grtit public-
house— there w[t5 a good dcnJ uf noisy imcrruprion, which iccnai U)
come from ont^ man in cspcckl- He w^u rccognlKcd at once u I
pcTEHin cfLtplovcd in rnme wuy by Mr. Shcppflrd: a nufi of gnri
muHclc and ft iorc of loovl hully. Loud cries of " 1'iim hir) ouct'
wf^rc mii*(?d. The dblurbcr bawled i (Icnoni re^tuett to the ^cni
company lo !eT him know who proposed lo tum him out-
Sl Ktnl pauned in hii% flow of clotiucncc,
"The honrmnibk dc:ctor »-i>^hi^^ to know/' he wd, in hii hxiStt
lone of tmpcrturbftbk goodhumour, " who will tum him otrt? I CM
Idl him nE nnn-. I'll (urn him oiir if ht? inl<;rTupu a^n in fli^nf^,
TEij:^ mrtlm^ \i^ i-?1lcvl l>y nif^, 'L'kis hall \\ hired by me^ I bCE^
my friendi here not to iiifcrfent in iTie ali^-JilCif, II that honoDfdk
elceLor intenupi> ag-.^m 1 will tfirow lijm d<;«Ti thofft Btaire."
Amid trcEiientluut cbcpring thv intrqiid Sl PkuI resuiurd btf
eloquent .-vrgiimcnt- His btjrsterQUi enc^my at once begiu bills'!
tcTTuption all oter Agiin, Si, i'aul ntoppcd,
" Ijct no one interfere,*' he quietly Mid, " while ( put thai pen*
uui of the room."
He puJinptly came down from the (flfttf^m, auud nxJfaffl
cheering ueiJ wild c»J_ilcmfnU
Theu followL'd iL tuiTiultugu^ »e?nc, ia wblrh cheifrin^i tcnuv^h
hUmping, ^tru^^1m|£, sweating, and indeicTibable noi^e of JtU
<Iejffri<fll cvciy car. A wjy was m»idc for St. Paul, who adwc'
towofd^ bi't Aiiugoui&L The Utter ftwaitcd hica in attitude of uC
^fivicU' St. Taul setxed him round \hc w:^l41 and a furjotif »1n|^
&CI \n. ]l w,^ii not of lon^ rndurjn<:c, lioAcvcr. The local buUyA
well enonj;h m Kccton *" ruwa." He h-td tirea^'di ciK^ugh and ^ >^
skill thftt Keeton (pam;lH coitM teach; but Sc Paul bid hod thetoiliBf i
of Eton, imd Oxfvitl, lijid l^iiduiij xwt^ jll tlie pJattice of [hEmffij
West- He Kiis the Cumn and ihe Rywdy in one. The oodaBiftfj
two 1-LCiciiRphei^i; liud taught him it» urii of defence and otTence. H>|
lifted the unlucky ;iJid too confidcot du^turbcr dean off his fccL H*
camt'd hijn out ihruugh frantically -cheering ranks, and he kepi **
word by liteTiUly throwing him down the suiie>
Then \i^ come b^tck, good'hujuoured Ufid cool At *rrtx, Afiil ^
vent un with hi^ tipi^edi. He w-Jis the idol of the Kecton mob fi^
thill moment forth. Ht^ w^ e&corttd that iviKht lo his hold \/f
xamaltUQ}!^ ;hron^ of udmitt^, who would probably have ofEmd
Miss Misanikr0p€. 143
tn tbc ducft] lull if Ibc rebel or the tlucnE funiiy had hiii(«d
iU jpve bin ai^y pIcAsuic to «cc ^t ilonc-
FthJn dttngted coiii|itc(cly thr c1i;iiju:Iot oC iIic concisL li be-
fivc«»id loitMilcai on boili sirt^i^. Suni« of the luLIowi-rs of
btp^iti UtnJ rculbilivjJi, tfiy iiiLich u^^jun^t iSw: [tnidtut advice
UiidkUlc hinucli'- Tl^c few duyB lecimuing bcfLnu ihe d^tion
Kfunoii««nd noiotis ihAt Mr- Moti^y tv^n to ihink i( woufd
S to irnd hit cl^iigMrr and Mmol.i home To l«nji:«n, Mr.
I vai to tDudi m^TKj&Kd in ^la <~^n^ ^mij his <ip?e<:hc<» th^t he
^hevdodthf itimulirL He had Imich u«rd to rougher ffc^nci.amJ
(nade vcarcH^ any tiiii>rcBiion on hiin. ic Bametimcs nc^me^d
D^ ihat Mr JIUnl:^<.'l hkcd (hf IuiuliII lr» th^n anjoni.', tii:it
Lucy did ncil ^hniik fmni u ^mh <to tnudi abhurrc^ncc- Jt w^ti
4 ahe ihoughi, iLii one who wjs ai Itiat of jioctit tmiuTc, cvea
tPCK 001 4 great pQia, ihouH shrink iWfly from such degrading
t ^^hc ffU her hxir.iMLimcci dislike fur nini grow more and
inio rejlxiy -u iKc siw lh«c specimens of ihcw;iy]'n which ihcy
<x ibdr political f onLcst^t.
mub, there hAtI betn *pringing up in ilcc|jy Kccton of Utf
ftclAiA oi nhom the [lArL knckv nmhing, of ivliom che middle
knew hiilc ninre, hiri ^hicih ^.in Jikely to iTtalce :« considerable
^i& cW wjy of n^ndueiin^ IocaI poliltCK, The \\mV. nnil tlie
fcijU h<ed<tl nothirijt, whilr tliiH tou>:Ii nc* b^jdy was, j^jowiiig
ku about Its oirn xUrrij^th, ifb ovi-ii M^niTi^n, und ili own ri^hu^
seton, a» ui other pLn.<.*, pTOjIe would i^rubsblj have Lhought
■lostiui Att-ay from ihemselven all knowledge of implcsuant
tl loi^Av ihe}'ci:rkkld;And if it hod been hinted that there wak a
rbM kdf-o3niJe)teLi -4nd ficicc/fW'/i^r// cIaia growing up in the
dttftDK all Ujc ye&rt while Ibc middle-elau were fawning on the
and ducheue^, ^md Oic ditkct xrsA diKheiKtr^ were Itn^uldly
liiiu^ Ibc niiddlc't'Uhtti tlic prukLeni pcimnt would hi^ve prefeired
Vacd aay Vm inuiL* iLbuut viuh niiijki;1y iM\^ di^tj;^cc.ablc Lh'n^^
iteciion conieit l^rni iiuuEe it ;;vicleiic tlvvt ^onie of ihe set<[-
'KSlKTodby ]n<^dt:rn socijJiuQ had been blown hIN fiir as Kei^ton,
^^tak into t^Ji: M)it there oJid begun to giovr vip mlo rug^t^d
PllvUUy Ic««e».
iuoh abeolutvly refuted to uive hciaelF by fUght to London, or
lievt thai ihure could bi: any danger of serious distvirbancc. If
agdwhadkeiJt her frum U-.Jving Kcelon, her en riosily would
bvcd enou)ib. i^fic \\a\ iiLLeiiacly jnijou^ to «ec wh:il would
of St p-auK ajjjicaraniiL' on ihc ^ene. She was almost afraid
iut of ihc pan bbc had imiyceinly consented lo play. Sht
i
remembered nave St PnuVi iUusostion about the kini; n-ho ma
moncd to Oil the myiictious ropc.ajul she thought that she ii**
in a |]0»iiion very much !ikc hi*. She was pcrpJcued, jiniUAMt curisa
a lilllcafrAidt but Hiili anxiaui abcu-c nil things for Victor Heart
flucecm, and determined to sec the contest out, come what mighl.
It was the night bcrorc the polling-day, Minola and Lucf ffcn
alone in thtir room. Victor Heron nnd Moni^y were aiwar sptfti'
luking somewheie. Since the »ppcamncc of SC, Paul in the «ft
the giri* had not gone to many meetings* or left the hotel ftftcr nigh
ffllL Things were looking rather unchccrful now, and the rwo jduk
women no longer regarded the whole affair as a gncM hnlidav »
mawtucTAcIc,
l,ucy in e^pcdal was melancholy, Thp IJtile wcfither-glmofbtf
Untpciamcnt row and Wl very readily to ihe changr* of the Jttn>
iphcTc around her The two Incnda were silent for a while. L«r
began at last lo talk of what filled her mind-
*■ r wish this was all over, Nola dear; I have A horftd
sa if something were going to happen— something unplestsuit, I
of eoiirv,"
"Thisroomi^dulV'Minolasaid, " Come out on the bnleony,
The evening is bcauTiful- It i^ -i am to sit here and not we ihe
The pfb went into the baleony* and stood there and looked
upon the srene. The hotel ^tood not far from the Court Houfje,
Minola uted to know «o well in former days The roof of ihe
and iht capitals of some of its white pillais could be seen ftotn
baleony. In another direction Lty the bridj^, a little to the ri^'
the giria in the balcony. The plate where the hotel and the
llovtie &toodwa>ione of the few broad openings among the httle
oF oattow itnxife which nude up the town of Kecion. Minola caald
■ep the bndge plainly, and aenus the bridge the dark tree« of ^
pork. A faint contlnuoui mvinnur was in their ears all the time- ll
mijiht i>CTb,ip!t be the tii-'J> of the nifer, a little louder of *ound thia i*
ill wont i but Minol.i tini-iL^d it wa? the noi*e of thounng molift wM*
where-'* nouc to which Keeton iireeCs. one« %r> sleepy, were grovfat
of kie to be lonwwhaC acenstomod. This, howeret, wu louder tfl
loofEcr tlun the ioattd of nich popukr iMniirniTinni as it uniillf
mehni the hol^L UiBok,if abe iehaiijraluMorRiikfi^vin^ Eltouj^^
thtt beat thtn^ would be not to caQ her cocnpa&ions attention t» ^
TVe nijhi w^i b«auiifal» at Miaoia had said. It wu yet smiB^'
■lll u aMih Ibe errrrii^ wetv groviag shut ; ni> breath of autuO^
cMttMi irvt Mddewl Ihe iiOA aiL
Miss MisantArcpe, t^j
1*1 wkh Aff woold come bode,*' Luf y murmured- " I don't 4t
ilfte OCT bcfaig left Aloite in thfe wfty, Nola. I r«el &b if wc iiughi
vbeifiaid. DoQiyouP"
'Xo, dcu; dicre b nothing ta be ofnld of"
'Dojtm ihuk sorcftJIy? Ahl bu; it Is diffcrcni with you,"
Lvqr aj^Kd, and Minob knew well whai ^hc wnuM h.ivo flH.id if
iebd *i>obCQ out her ihoughu. She would have uid, '* Ix is fto
dttxat vMfa you ; yon C&n Afford iq be composed jod T>ot alarmed.
kpi have noi % foiher engiigcd in a11 ihii, nni a mati whom you
Kl" Minds read her thoiighta ftii<j was ail<iQt, UiiOkuij all the
ttit heocif for Ifae ftflencr.
'Iluih. there is somebody," Lucy suddenly said, lookEn; back
■t>thc room. "* There certaialy is *3mc one theWH*
So (here to ; but Lc was not eiihrr of E?ie two Lucy wished to
tt. Il proved to be Mr. Blanchet, who had come inlo the room
WOKTx wtnic the ^is were in the balcony. Minola felt glud to sec
lim 00 the whole. It was a relief from the mclnneholy monotony
tf tiae erening. utd of poor little Luc/5 boding^ and fe^r^,
Herbert lilanehci cimc out inio the balcony in his fimilior way,
Ac way of a picturesque poet eon^sciou^ of hl^ poetry nnd hi^
[ie um piencBL Ei wa:» i eurifius ^tudy, if my unconccmod observer
IbcM and ihcncnuld have made ihe study, lo notlc^c the diiference
ItnocB the manner of Hlanehet towards the two gifl.%. To Luey he
Ikcuyind even i>aiioni&Jn£, J^ if he woidd convey the irJea that
RUB a kindoeu on hiapait to mako himsdf.'LgTe^\able to hvT. But
Ifinola he went on ai If ahe wer^ hij acknowledged patroness and
ftemlrr of hi.t destiny. In good truth, however, there was not then
Mch of a pUc£ fof him in the mind of either girl-
■Where hAre you come from? Where i* papa?" Lucy a&kcd
ftb cagemcn*
"I have not l-een in the town," he aaid ; " 1 was .iway hy the
■tj, [ be^rd n<nie«— ihoulJng and all th.tl^and 1 did not c^are to
iHaMmg ihc fellow* in iheir clPct]on4:cring work. I hflvc had
lln more thin 1 cnr? for of it. My fetJow-man stents :■ pirii'
VMroAemive cieattitc to me when he il in his ix^Iijjral and
nhattoui moodv^ 1 don't, as ^ nHf, c^re mtich ubout N.aure, but 1
Mr her comfuny by far lo (hat of sudi bcllo^^iiig humoniiy ^ we
ftidnvti yonder"
"I hope noiliinK ha* hapjwncd lo pjpj, or to Mr. Heron?"
"Oh, notliinff ha* hajipcn^d, yoti m:iy be sure \ " the jjoet replied
*■%■ "Tlwir bolU rather revel in that sort of tiling — ii teems Xtf
t*4knr native clcmenl. It wonH harjn Efjem, In my ca^ \\ ift
G
differvm ; 1 don't belong tu the political &ittiA i I h«ire nothing
with the pi:}litical clcvatiun of toy LcUo^-niiin. I The i3 to be dcniciJ,
1 am contTDt ; if noU t *tn contrnt a[sv "*
"1 doa'C knoH how Jiny itiati can be content 1o itsJld bcfC «(
balcony ulkmg i9 two giile^^ laid Minolu, "tdiile there b »
CMieraeDt down there- I could not it I weir a muL"
" 1 mil go down there xf you wish/' he rcphed wiih
gracet " Bkhuiigh 1 don't knoiv thtX I c^ould be of mQcti ute;
dijn't aupjiobc Ihcic in any le^ diingej."
"I did not i^i^Ak of dAfiicer," Mino1« uid, rattier conldiiplut
*' I only iiH-'Jit tlinJ ihtrtf ^frcirici] lo be aoni^ m^ily tncJU
there. There is no danger. It is not a WttU-, Mr, BhincUct."
^^Thcre WM» some tJtlk. of a row," he answered ; ** yout
Paul secnks to haw tcl the people wild somdioiw. Bui I sboidd
think il would toine to Atiylhiiig- Auyhow, Mi*s Gic^'. if yon
1 ouglu lo be thcre^ or thi^t 1 could do any good, you have
ftend me ilicrc,"
" Nu, MO| Mr. Bbndiet "^Minob was recovering hur
humour — *'.J dun'L want you to go- Etit Miss Motie)' wss A
wivixny about hvr iaihcr, lUtd perhaps wc were both diap|
ikil you did noi come bringing us ionie news (eoui the scU of'
Yoii spc, they woti't allvw ub to go lo the (rout any more'
McLinwhile llic- noi^iU K'^f^vr lyiijci and louder i il uaoic
ritartr loo. Tlnjie wa* a fu<y m the sound an dciHyto
tint^uished froni the ahoutin^ to whkh they were well occustoi
llie ub^ucperum tlainour of boys 3l pljiy is from the cry of
" Sonielhiag lad i» going on, l Vnow," Luty siiil, turoiry
ftnd looking at Minola.
Miiiola :md Ul-inchyt botii Icined from tlic bakony, and
feOV ft ^liag^U^L^ gnjupc^ women, and hovf,, ;Lnd it f^'w lucn mjdELs^i^
tn ^ sort of ^tanipedef for the neighbourhood of lh« hold. TbfT^
kept]ookm|^ i^ftKL-rly hi^hind thcmr»& il komethinu wti^ oominK t^t
way whicli lliuy Icarcrij Jud yd were cunouBj (o iicii Thcic iu^a»
if [.hey wdc to be cal[*?d so. seemed to iticrcuc in numben
ihc walcJicifi in the bal«iny looked QilL
Mr^ BUnchet went Irtnguidly down»l4in (o ask what the ttfi'
moLiQEi v/c{s jboui, but could licAr nothing more pteci^ ia die bOVBl
t}i:Ln |1ie rijmouT that ft rioL of ^mc k.ind h,'td broken out in the 10*111
and thai there vrene not pobcc enongh to putitdown. Hecsttebd
toilie half 111^ j^m. Fur his own p^irt, liefettnomuiDeTof cuoouqp
He hdd Always ^upjHjsvd iita.1 ihfi? were tiols At dccUi
cctivau^M
^fiss Mtsart^ri?pg,
'47
thM iivac pft«onft oT ehe lowci cbw«4 grncnfly got tlidr
brokoL There was DOliitig io rhal ta micrcai him, Ji mighi
ripcn ihai tlw cutdi<]Aet« Off th«£r fricndu somctimci rjimr m
tttntnacAt j Mr. Bhnchot nr^uld not have been very moi:}i
by Uu: in iIk present ca^ If Mr. HfTom hjid ^t hurt
^««U love thonght thai ud the v4ioI<f it served htm ri^ht.
Mifteb HMtched cdtgdly ftom thi: tukony. Socataffngihtcd people
VMv nmniig put under the WLndoiv^ of ihc hotel, for (he mo<(t
|Wvom«n drogguic ihdf chjyrt:n after ihcm. MtnolA railed out to
and juked vhit vm» happening; hut ihcy only ^LTihwercd in
-'•• if itc>iiicmpiat cxpianition, indkcptonihtirwiiy. Some
ltoo*l in a» mHch hasic, nnd KlaiK-liL't r^llctl to th«n
10 0^ trtut TTja *' upy" One shouted cut IbAt there was a
f^w^oifi^oti in the town, get up by the "St raur?imen."
the miltfary were sent for Two of Money's leri-nnu, onp,
mwi, were >ceQ going out of ilic hoicl \r\ the dircciicin of ihc
i% duniynv I^ucy crtrtl lo them, ;ind J^kcd where (hiry VktT«
whAt hid hiif4>cncd; buE t1icy only returned fi rnjirftlur
(ueff, lomclhing to the cficct thni ir n,i» nothing of nny con^r'
r. uid tbrn na on tcrwitrds ihc 9ccnc of the Ktppo^d disturb-
lookios 3l« tf th<7 ihought it of much grejitcr (^onsMjuencc
Did. The wartcn ind other nCrrants of the hotel weie
we* \o nuke prepatationi for elo»ing the door* Jitd
•n
arc brffmning to look terioui," did BEnnchet^ he|tinninj£
very tcrioilh hiai*i;If
"TTiry »u»l mil ditiw: ihcM; wintlow*," Minob %\\A. '* I inrjin
here juid *ce what hApitent. If tlie/ do elo^c t^ic win<lowS| X
l*j fccfe in the balcony all the vioic,"
And vj »-3! J, Noia," Luty ex*5flinu-d, l™Amy pfilrj liuC showing
of pluck. ** Something mjy Ymsv hiip|n:n":»J tc.^ piipa.^'
M't kswv that it nould not W better for jou IfuUea to go
tgnvelyui^d. "I think, Miss Greytj-ou can hudly do
tpoi here, Jtnd you would be <iuite Mfc indoors Sujjpoic you
Hiadici ihjondoictheicwindowi?"
"Vou doc/c (r«nk to imdeTstand women'i curioijtj", Mr. Blanthei,
6ncy ih^i Ijilj and 1 eould be content to bc^ shul up while
TW nvn Vkfre in ihe mtdsil of uinie exciting Advi^nlure', and
inv>n9i itoetic din^-" Mmr.ln ipnkewith a contempt »hc
ta uttU no oftort 10 ronctith Sbr thought Mr. Blcinchet wm
ud &jd no mlrrc-r in (he Hafriy of othrr penpk. She hod
y^ fccacd (he ftusi^icion whif Ji LiErr was Jonjcd into bcT vmnd.
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I 148
^H Some of the ftcrvojiu of ihti huCd arnt lo cay thnt thcr bdicvd
^^ ih<^Tt wfl» n ruhcr serious riot going on in ihc town, and tlutil
woijlil br pmdcnl to dose the window* and h.'ivc ih<r shittten purnj^
a» it wflA quite po^iibit: thai atooL-B mi^jhi bo thrown, fl«4 mi^
do mlichicJ'r Koth ihc girls stcaulily refused to Ic4vc thr l^l^ttf
Mr- Itlandu-t added hi& remcnsiTacccs* but withoul any ffctiL
Mmoh auggcBtcfl thai the uindfiwi might be dosed behind thnn.
ihry iTood on the balcony, and that Mr. Bhnchctinight,if hcfJ<
withdraw into Ihc hoTel ; bui she rieclarcd that l.ucy and she
remain in ihc b^dcony.
" \ don't bcbcvc there is \ bit of teal dnnger to u» or to an]
she dccUrcd.
" But, my dear young Udy^ Mr. Blanehci ur^cd, " what
good can j-ovi do in nny coic by rcniflining in thiii balcony^ I
arc how you rouUi help Mr. Money and Mr, Htron, supposing
10 be in any danger, by Staying out ibcrc when these propl^ <vi<
wanl Ub lO came m."
"KoTfl pott, Mr Ulanchce,'* Minoln !iaid coldly, " yon Ji> not
tohave much of the dfjimatic insimci Ihai hclp^ people to ui
itond the feelings of other people, D» yoo tbiok Lucy Moneyn
bt content lo bide herself in si rdlat, ai^d wait until wme one
remembered ro come and tell bcr how things were going with
&lher and— bcT frienrln ? "
MinoU tpoke m iinmcnw scorn.
The argument waa cut Abort The flying erowd .laJ
increasing tyitry moment, and now ihc space bcfoie the hindon*
the hotel w« tliickly studded with people, who, having mn ihtis
appeared inclined to make a stand there^ and we ivhar wi& neill
happen. The shadows woe falling deeply, and il wai beguiling
be difficult to disccm feature* clearly among tte crowd undfrsM
windon-i- The rlsmour, the screaming, the noise of every kmd Itfi
been inereasing with each moment, until those in Ibe Tmlcony im^
almost have fancied (hni a battle of the old'ffl*hionc<l kind, befo«*C
use of gimpowdcr, was being foi;ghl at a liillc dibtancc.
In another moment a small group ofjieisons came hurrying i;pS*
ihc doot of the hotel in j* direction opposite to Ibal from vrhich d>C
clamijiAr of itrift wjs he-t^d. ^lioola could see the uniforms of poliC^
men among this hurrjing and seemingly bteathlesi group, and ^
thought she recognised one face in their nudsL
The group consistfjd of a few policemen, wild wjtb the httW***^
the EKCilcnienL of thtir movenjents, and some civilinne mixed upi"^
thrrtt i itnd MmiA:^ soon saw thtit h^t 615,1 coc;\ccturc ww righl.i'^
Mtss Misanikrope. 149
fbnniR^ a boJy-uuani to protect Mr. Augusttia Shcp-
f»L SIk ciJuU DOW see Sheppard*s face disrirtctly. It w&i pale,
nd lull of njprbc and wnih : but there did not seem muc:h of fear
Ani iL On ifat conirv}'> ^t'' Sheppord seemed Eo be a inn of
CMMT auKini^ hit prottfclom and guordiaQs. Ainporcnily ihcy were
Wao^ him arajr from a scent; where ihey bclietcd there was danger
khinr Bad lu vas endeavouring to ugue o^inst Lhem, .ind itlnio^C
fr scan thcif frccdly pretture. All chis Minola, having tokr.ibly
iMpOVcnofobKcrvation, took Xn, or believed she look in, at A
Tbe polkfmen ajvl tome or the civilians ^^'ilh ihem w<:tc knock-
l|ai the door of L^chot1;l| aad apparently C]ipostubtmg ivitb sc<mo
fihe people within. AE fir»t Miiigh could not understand the
■eunD{ of thn. Mr. Elanchvl wan qtutker^ He fj^tic^^ed what Wiis
^■1 on, jnd bj leaaing a:( br a& hia long form alluwcJ him urer
feUkocry be iras able I0 hear ifotnt! of the words of parley.
"I !*)-,■ he »id, drawing back his head, "this is rather too good.
[lasklkm — what's-hi^-name^ Sheppaid— is ibe unpopuku candidate
(0v, and the mob 11 After him. and ihe^c polit^^men are uklng the
■cpk to tii:e him in here, and Lring all the row on us. 1 do h<jpe
Wy won't do thic What do -we core about the fellow? Why
haold vc ruD any ri^s if ihi; police LEiemselves can't protect him ? "
3*1. Blanchet was very pnle.
"For ahanc, Mr. Bhnohet 1" Minola naid indign.onUy, "Would
nloteUm to be killed?"
I "01^ they "vji'i kill hiui I you may be sure "
U^Jto, oat if v« can utve him," Miuoh laid. "These people
lake him in 1 Lui.y, ihcbe rooEtis belong to your fathei now—
«a DO thetn and uu&ib: on thvir letting him in. Til go down myself
odopeathe doortj and bring him in."
" They shall lei him in," Lucy cxclairaedT and mn downfitaiTB.
ttnoU wu about to Tollow her.
"This ta very generous/' Kaid BlLinchei, with a sickly elTort at
-VipcmtC, "but it i:^ very unwi^et Mis£ Gtey. I done know ^\\X in
ka1)9CEKiC of Mr. Money 1 ought to allow you to expose yourselveti
ndi ruka,"
"Try if you cna hinder us, Mr. Blanchet! For shame 1 Yes, 1
■ahnied of you. Oh, no» don't talk to mc E I am sorry to ^nd
■tyou are a coward"
With this hard word she left him and ran downstairE. Just at
b BonkcAt he heard the doora opened, in compliance with th^
of Lucy* He heard her «/ with % certain ten ^^^^i
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The GMtilnwtn's Afaf^ne.
which he had hardly cxpc^fcfl (o ftnd in the HtOc raaid, thai tf nny
harm w^rt done lo the holil bcrtusc of Mt. Shcppird being taken in
her falher would make it good to ihf ownt-r, Then, i'l n noomcnt, the
two iprU rciumcff, doing the honoun u hoi^fOMCS to Xlr. Shcpfitfd-
Chaftkr XXIV.
At.r^ TKK RtVATJI At DNCC
Mr. Sir^PPAiED mndc what he mmt have felt to be a
Triumphal ontian«. Perhaps he might have said wilh
Ituth, in the language appropriate lo elcciiofi coutcits, ihit
was the pToudcBt monient of his 1ife> He i«a«abnoEt dmjjged
the room by the two breithless girls, wIkj, hi the flentrout ddi^-
having KLved him from donizcrt ^«?incd a^if Ehiry couM not
tiro tnuch of him. He Icit Minola's hand on \m. ii* hhe forced
into the room. She would not let him go until &he had lairlj hi
him into the room and dosed the door behind him. For Mr. Sht^
pard had finally resisted with some earnestness the attempt to tmfc*
him ]^risoner for liis own safety. Thesenbl constraint of MJctiW
hohd ^otta ddighc. There was, Ic&a perceptibly to himself, anoW
sensation of delight en his heart alao. Ht; had for the first limff it
hi^ life been in aorious danger, and he knew thiti he had I30t bei*
afraid, Ii is no wonder if he ftflt a Unle like a hero now.
He came in a good deal flushed, and even, if wc ma/ BJ ft
Tumpk-d; but he made a gnlloni effort to keep ui> liia compoiuic
The first sight he met in the room wa.-! the pale, piliftiJ, angrr,
scowling face of the insulted lilnnchcL "Are they going to
lh« fetbw } " the embittered poci asked of his tndignnDt soul, tfl
saw the unpopukt candidate ihtis led for^^rd by the cogcT girU.
BlLiiithet fell back itito a corner, not dtigning to say a worf
welcome to the rescued Sheppatd. Mr, Sheppard, however, hirflf"
noticed him.
" I am fiony to diatnrb you, ladies.'* he said ; '*afld I om 0^
beyond meastue for your kindness. I am not afraid myiEClf <
danger in Kcelon, but the police thought some diamrhonoe
happen, and they insisted on my going out of the fltrcrt» ; hut 1
be ;ible to relieve you of this inUTiaion in a few miniie^ 1 ftel qfl
certain.''
"You shan't etir from Ihi? place, Mr. Shcppard, until
/rj3entc(/j'saVc*ndquiel," Muiokanid. " Hneecmiy, Lucy— 1
Miss MisoMikrope.
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BBej — And I will hoM ywi pnxincr uoiO all danger ii over
Ic AM Kfrafd ciihcrr
' At Ifaot mom^ai there wu ttjch a rcnenAs.! of the cLiinour thnt
tliMii coukl not retUiiJn her «iirioiity» buT, b:iving begged Mr. Shcp-
|ud ID rrsuin wh«re he wu, and not ^ow himself, the nn into Ihe
^nkoay again.
Yhe eight idic WW vju m hirhiileDt^ and lo her so iintitual, that
b a K^nAd or two ihc n^ild mjike noth i ng of it Sht uw only a
k4 bflufti uwl Aicct^ Jinc^l Mhirling athi^ jind h(;ln«, and
Jttd farina btow« intrrfhjin^rJ, md iJi*^ ronfuiton was
tkcvikleting by the fchooting, the ncrcntiinfi, ;ind ihc curun
adyvibiof tnsmfih vhirh teeirieJ lo her exriteJ v;ivi lo fill ;ill th«
IK At IaC she ^ot to undcr^rand, ai if by a kind of im^irjition,
ivaftfree mol>«eic trying to bre.ik into the hold, itid ihat the
fktt were doing ihcir heel to defend it. The poor pohce were
pttigthc irorii of t1. At the lame lime %hc wot Atme af A ceruin
iMncHioo in \\\c room behind hrr, ^hifh sht^ Celt ^luchow was
IfBlMmed by llie efforts of Mr. ^L)ir|j|iiinl (o gt^l. iiul ;4t :my mic la
tiMlft And the Allenipu of Lucy AJid ^orni^ of ihE st^rviint^ to ^\%-
michfm. To this, hnAvev^, Mino1:i now could pay hut >«:li^]'Lt ;ittrn-
•fc She feh hcr*df >;f riw(ii|< %u-\ ;tr\d fiiicjl with horror a% »hc saw
nepoUceman iitrtick Johti, and ^.iw the blood sin^aminfi; from Im
tot- She couJd rwi kc%'}> '^^"i ^ ^"^^ ^'y- Suddenly her attention
^dnivnaviiy cTcnftom this ; fof in a moment, ^le could not UU
kv.i diversion teemed lo be effected in ihe stni^lc, ;ind Mmok
■vihat Heron and Mr Money were in the ihit.k of it-
Bo lirtt iiDfhil^e was to hjiiin^ bdtck in(o the room and tell l.ucy
<f fcB(alTi<T*t d-Jfij^Cr. LucJttly, huwever, bhc Imd bcni^c enough to
iWiia this mad impultie* and nol lo set Liiey wild wiih ainnu lo no
pBiAlr purpote' Slie taw that HeruMi at the; hcsd of a small, reiao-
vtboOy of follower*, had ^ugbt hlb w^y in 4 moment into the very
^ <if the cTowd, and was by the side of the policemen. He
wlpjld to hi» fc?L the Cillen pohceman ; h? sciicd with vehement
%r^ib one after onoihtr of lho»c wlio weie picking mo^t fiercely
Ibc pool feUow ; the coulO tec iwo or three of ilie^e in «uccefslon
^f bockwaidb m ihv crowil ; tfit^ could >ic?c; that Heron had seme
^wz^ tHnfl in hill h;md which the a^^iumcd to be a ivvolver ; and
*v I>m her liandi to her tarn, with a woman's inttinctive Uoirut of die
■••J tth;ch tlie e:ipccted lu folluw ; a:id, wh<^n no sound c^imc, she
^BBdevrd *li>' Heron did mil uhc hi*; wcjpon nod defend the police-
^CQUld KC Mr. Mt/ney vn^j^itfd n^w m futiyus rciuonsirancc nnd
^bliinoiis blown with static of thv inob, wh<>m he u-i^t^^*^ ^**
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TA^ Genilfman's Magazine^
drag, and push, and driv^ about, as if lh*:tc were no rach toigfli**,
world u ihc poBsibility of harm \o himself, oi of bis gening 4c '^^
of ic. Fur a whik th« reBC'lutc i^ntrgy of ihc 3iitiiii|A at iciacu; iiia^
by Heron aud Money apptared to carry all before it ; bui o&tf fc
nujmcnt or iwy jjn; mob saw howsrmil] *^ tlie number of thOK^ktt
'vrcie trying tu effect the <3iv«isiijn, A« Mlnr>U came to knon aftc^
wirJa. Heron and Moucy IiaJ onU heard in another part of ihtttnro
that & riot wu gomg on i^ear Ihr hold, and hurried on widlhlUK
down fticiid^T jrriving just ai a very cntital moment- I'hcy otDKby
the sani*; w^y la the poUce and Shcpiiaril had tome, and, fclBng on
Ihe mob UTicxpecicdly, made for a moment a vciy «uix<&tful diver-
sion. But ihcy wL'ic soon surrounded by the ra^llyLiig ctowd, anj
Minola sjw her two friends icccive m^ny SAvage blow*, and ihe
wondered in all ber wild alarm how ihey seemed to nuikc so littltf •£
them, but went on stniggling» striWIng, Lnucking down, ju^t aibrfoiT-
Abovc all she wondered why Viclur Heron did not u*c hu icTOber
to defend his friends nnd him wlf, not knowing, as Victor did,
the wrapon was good for noibinm- At kast. it was good for nnthiniE
ju*t iheQ but inonioubtc dumb show. He had not loaded it, nc*«r
ihinttD^ thai ihcrc wis ch^; Jeaet chance of his having to u*r it ;
indeed, it was only by the merest chance thai he happcnnl tohai
it in hiK pocket Such as it was, however^ it had done him somej
servl^^e thus far ; for mort^ Ihan otic siurdy rioter had Tillco back id
SLidden dismay^ and giv<.Mi Victor a cEiance to knock his hcclt froutf
under him when he found The mu^ilc of the revolver eloae to
forehead. This could not liisf long. The mob tiegrin to undervtad^
both liie numbers ^nd the wcniiona of their enemies. The polkc'
fought wiih teJonbled pluck and cnorj^y fur a while, but the com-
baUnl^ were all too crowded together to ailow coolness and disci-
pline lo ull, as they inighl have doni; otherwise ; jnd the numbei*
wtre ovcEwhelming ii^insi onr fticnds. Just aa Minob saw Victof
Hi^Ton struck with a stone on the head, and saw the red blood conw
slTcaminy, she heard some one be*idc her in the balOTny.
•* Go back. Uicy," she cried ; " go back 1— Diis is no place br
you/'
** !b it a place for ynu, Miss Grey P " a rutrlandioly voice ^cd
'* It is not Lucy ; it is I- You said I was a coward, Muss Grtf ; IH
show you that you have ^Tonged me."'
The pocl. for alt hi* excitement^ was as grandly theatric as was his
wont H<: looked ci^mly over the exciting scene, and tried Ift '
hh lip^ fmo qmverine at its de<:idedly unpleasant aspect Thai hi
^ .^,,^ -i-1.1 pven vu\cat iUufftXc Nflii "\Tv ^a^^H a hide
«i
v^^ uOTom^i^c,^^^ cvenvulBMsuu^^V
Miss Misanihropa.
foe -A pictutoquc fiocC lopIoniEV inio. Vvl wi^v Mr. BUnchci'i
cm. Mr BlvKbci. th«v *iil be kil]<:<l;'*
'Who?— who?" ^ po«cricii. peering wildly doAVdinio thchoT'
ftob^droa Mow.
Oh-doot TOwftocP-'Mr-Hcr^n, Mr Moton^and Lucy's father
immrJiiX bcAvia, ht- it aJowu— ihcy will kill him I "
HI i»re hisir the |>ovc vibLljr cicbimvd ; " TIJ ct\-e hioi, Mitfs
, or pcruli vidi hint !" He wa-i turned with a pf>kcr» vrhlch he
Riadlf romd hU hcatL
at Uut moment ATmoh was sianlcd (o 'jcc Bln-nchcl pre-
,|o »fzuntilc over the bakony, and tlitig himself that way into
"Oh, doflX *Ioo"! 3 ' fihccTLCtliohim; "jou will bckillftdn"
He nuitcil tiKk a wild ^mle.
"* At tcMsa you ihalJ siy I am no cow-trd/' he cxckimcd ; and in
- nuxncnt hchwl ffmnbkdi^er thchfilconyaDddroppcdhim>
jfwknng^ pnki^r in h^ind, on ihr inntin^ mjiMof hmdi helnw.
:.ny other mocnnit Mmoh mi^^ht liavc ihnujM orit^opniycTtn
■ x po£"i to be «cnt down from above, and the iincx*
lI niiinncT in ^*hn'h thr jirayi^r w aniivctod. At Jiny
nt(>incoi. j>erh<|i«, f^ niigl^t have Tound it hard to restrain her
r Al the mjt&ncr in which Mr. ll^mchel came crashing down
n/aili of Ktme of thf! combdtAnL^.ind iht contFitcmalion which
rnt created among thrm. At hi> iir?i coming dawn he carried
or v> of combatatui lumbling on the ground ^ong with him,
MnoU in her Rcbecca-pORt of oh^rvaticin rould see nothing but
a» of flirugglmg legs and omiK. bm Mr, T^Iandici
acoroblcd to hU feet again, and he laid ahout hini with hia
in inch [nunc fashion, and with sueh advanra^ of long aims,
rvit^lf and vhoUy tihMtorrd ptowtiiidid really for the momeni
ttncX[>rctecl liivtTsion in favnur of Ihosc he tame k» rtscm:.
iMOlDi^ci Mifiola saw Victor >[cTon on h\s fct^t again ; and she
MnidoH the Ihick of theaflmygive Blanche! an encoungmg
clap on the bnck , and then ihe thoiighl ihe saw lllanchcl
ag»uii xmA theo confutron inextiicable ^ctmcd to ^waliow
F
All ttui, it will he underittood, occupied but a few minules, Sud-
%\f the triT^v Imt: :^f hur«c4 wat heard^aTid a cry waa raised that Ihe
•*Oii,<haftkGod"' MinoUsaid tvhcrscif ;ind to thenishlair/'it
<
Tkt Gmttemafts flfagasine^
Tt w«A not the caTadry. however, hnt &n intcq^ositlon *lndi il 1
momcnc proved uclTcctivr. MinoTA raw Honif Tnco oa bonrvfiill
into the thick of (h^ croird, farcini; their way a« if huautn bnngi vi
not Ibbic to any incton^^nicni oonwqucnc^r* ftom hi\"ing the hoot^t
horses plunging Jmong thcnv Wild ind maddtncd :ii ri was, then*
hftd to pfty sonic little Attention to thc*c ncw-*Dmcra. One ct the
who L4?d the >vdy, kepF sliouiirig in ^tridr^nt And occu^onilly dffi
tonu i coLnm^nd to sli ivho ht^rd hmk to disperse And "flop 1
TOW-" Hi* voice and his prewnce were mxignivd in anoi^er ii
incnt,and thenrarrst nottr^^et up 3 tremendous cJ^eer for hin^vhi
oUifis [=].ifgKt up aiiij icnr^xvcd again jiid ■igAin, unci). MtnotJ ittift
have tJuiughl Ih.it the whoir business in whft'h the^' were engiged w
Ipo humh for the new-comer, Mrn ii^ttudly in hind-to'handfi^
with some policem-in at other repretentativc of the canse of onL
gave up for the niomcnt defence or offcnec, and let the mtagoei
liTLTnnier -iwTiy 4i he thought fit, while they cheered for their fftifluib
Minnb had recognised him alrcjuty. There w^is 00 TnisUltiog Q
bold head. Lhe bold blue t^yes, the ^looj^itiy shouMcra, the garot
air of reckless tnavado Jind good'humour. She rouJd sec hia fcccill
head [>].ai(^ly, for he earned hi^ hat in hi«i h^nd .ind waved itgMllBll
at tvtfy cheer of the crowjl. He forced a way nghl up to the da(
of (he hold where the thu'k of the struggle was, and in iinssi ng liDdl
the 1>;i|rony ho looked up ,nnd saw Minr>la, jiid made her a coiirtOSt
how. There wa* ^ome furlher scufilinuH cbmoiir, and AltetuUOQ
but Mmola <:outd see thM the influeDce of [be jhopulwcAndidatewi
aH-previiiling, and th.1t the Ijnitle was over. In n few 5ecx>nd* d
crowd begiin to melt away. The njr wa.*i rent with nhouls of «h
Strife no longer, but wilh repeated cheers for the hero of the ni^
The police m-idc sonie futile eftorta 10 reLiin a {<:rK prisonfTS f fc"
not much seemed to come of that, Minoh wa^ rejoiced to bc
the voice of Mr., Money sayfin its luual tones of bhuE )^
possession—
" Never tnind, ofticers ; you know the nwnci of lotnc of il
fdlowa ; you rjin see to tliem to-morrow ; belter look alter )VLirsdtt
juit now, Where's the [joor fclJow who was hurt?"
In anolher moment or two Minola found herself OliI of tf
balrony, and trytiig to nislte a way into thi? room which she hi
quitted, and which seemed now a genera! tvaotx. Fin! itht siit Lli
throwing her arm-t round her father's neck- Then icomc thiftiv
figure intcrvenedf ,ind she saw no more of Lucy, but ik«» ftiwe
Victor lleion and Mr Sheppard exchanging friendly vraixti. "H
rotmj Wits fail of pt^^ple. *i\w could Vveu NUitvowh voijcet dedifil
Miss Muanikrops.
155
' '■■■r(p*nci» 'Ptcir not in Hw icasi huft ; but ahc could »ce thai
' tfrTDEi h:kd tbf toark of a Urge ml on llic focchcad, and ihat
tnu oa? ins lyintj Money*! ami in a alin'^c.
"Oh, ]^ all ri^ht!" she licArd Vidor tay; "nothing much
H^coed la iii« ; Mon^y cinic ofT much worw- But that poipr
>«&^r^ii— I Aiii jocAliy ^frjiiJ fir; «^it bLidly hurl"
*N'oxT iA» mch 9cvuiidfi;U,*' Mcmty ubBcrv^O ; "by Jove,
f thijQ^hc at one time ihuE your grit:v:ince v/as about to be
ttrld far ever. I1 wa>f alMhut amfoutidvd Sl P:iurs dcings.^'
At tiji moment Minola »aw the in^n;pld St, PaliI himself enter
nwn. She, rtaoding with her back to llie windov, ww Uim
KTfone ebe did.
Ur.Sc. Pun] [JULhcd hiq «('a)'wuh hJs caflyind indolent hardihood,
"Ihivt ccRtc 10 oflTcr an ai^oLogy iij the ladie^T" he Midr >¥hile
■^Totw turned round xmuicd at tlie eoufid of his vofce, and he
iiaettiai; with dxeeiy conipOEiure the <sitt of all tlite eyes, and
Ifew various eiprtsaion*. '* I wish lo offer an apology 10 the
f*bo, I am tsorry to hear, were alanncd by the viglcncc of come
ay «jppo(lcr5— of course by tia eticoutagement of tninc, a*
■flni i^emlcmau here wiH uaderstarid. Rn: I am vcfy sorry 10 henr
faUdB Money xnd Mns Grey were ilarmed by the lictEc row, iind
^cutiie to offer them die -isaurancc of rny regrer"
Vicivr Heron broke from those around \\\m, and wem up 10
"Mf. St PaiL^ T hold you responsible for tiic whole of what lias
"PI*iipi[ tonight," be t.iid- '^You St! your blm^kKUiiTds on to
*«iirb UiIh tosvii, and if .my harm comes tif it— if ihai poor
'ffcwan who liai bten hurt should come to any grief— you shall be
•"("uiLiblc for it. I prombe you that yon shall."
'^>Dje all rather confu^d to-night,'' St, Paul coolly replied,
^ »» ire in ft hiimour for mailing rnihcr sweeping n^scriTons. I
*wrry jqu fioi hurt, HfTon, on my honour ; but there's no use
'^ t^ing A funii about ihcn things, I tell you what, my good
™°*in]U owe h TO mt; atto^^cihcr thnt you have not had your
"^ backed OJL"
*VTOt gan? of hired bravoc* were capable of anything in ific
'T^tcirDe," Heron tald ; "bm if they hiidn'tbt^t^n twenty to one
^^^Uat have trxniod the intcni-nlion of thtir employer, Tliank
^ ^ |"it my tnarft on some of Ihem \ "
''lint lay jx>ti did— that'a ihc way with nli you peaceful fellows.
" ^ I c&nie in time, however ; and it'* no use our losi^ig imt
^^'^^nt the irli&Jc affair, fr wxijn'l much of ft tow, aila ^^fl."
k
Ijfi The GeniUmafCs Magazint.
"Lft mc \t\\. you, Mr. Sl TatO." Money si'id. coainf
KACue. ** that if you ihink you on c^rry ihingi off in this
ore coixfoundr-dJy mistak<;nH Vou know u well as I do thit)
will n^vcr be :illowcd to hold a seat got by ^uch flogmnt ;md md
such infunml intimidation."
" You may rely upon it, Mr. Si. Paul," Mr. Sheppju-d sj-id, Itl
viM interfering in ihe dispute, "that neither Mr. Hcfonnortl
iUow the piocci-dingK of diU niglic to ^ wjihouc a fuU jui)i<
Inqyify, Violence, sir, shall never be oJlowcd to iriumph in ■
parllAmentof^' elections of this nnci(^t ai^d honourable borough."
"BravOfShcppftfdi ihil'svcry ^vell laid, inii^cd," ihc inconJcil
St. Pflul observed. " Ymi luvv tvidcnily been preparing Jot the pb
of itl r?prc«entutivc^ Bui vruuldn'l it be aii well, gentlemen, to n
until the do^ of the poll before we go mto all this? Ihavr, ofcoM
ftU the con^dencc which a good cnuEc juid the T^upport ol the peo^
miiAL give a mnn ; but in ii\ieh n hoToi^gh there are unforiuiwd
other inHucnceii at wotIl, ^ our friend Sheppard Iniowf, ftnd it isj9
possibLc that I m;ty not be elccied. For the prcsciTit I onlyonne
offer to the ladies the expression of tny sincere regret that lb
should lutve been annoyed cf alnrtned in any way, I don't &ee Mi
Money present ; but 1 um happy enough to sec Mlas Crey, aad
hope she Vp^U allow ine to offer my ;Lpoiogic£ for what was, hOBTn
no fault of mine."
Minok had kept near her window all this time, and was in hli
of escaping without notice. But Mr 5L Paul coolly made hii «
to her. pushing all intervening persons aside, 05 if they hin
counted for anything in his progress,
" I hcpe you don't think all this absurd nilair wa» my perta
doing." he Kitdt when he w^ close to her.
*' I hope it was not your doint%" Min/>b replied en^aticAl
"I ^liouJd think it disgraci-'rul f^^r aityone to have caused «> im
dbturbance and done so much harm."
" Hadn't a thing to do with it» I give you my word. Bat di
yon mind these fools— lucky for some of them that 1 cime
time."
** It W3S dJHgroccful," said Minola ; ** a poor man wa» very mi
hurt, t am told."
*Mt was noifl very big mw, aflCT all," he observed calmly;
have seen twenty biggcr» about which there w-isn*t half the t
AnyhoWf you'll find I have kept niy word, MiKstircy; your i
stands to win-"
lie made her a polite how, \t^ in ^h^ tefftL^fljiy g^menHy i
Miss Misanthrope.
157
tiodlf nluifp aad \cft thr room with thr inmc cnEirelj' fcir-utlsified
|DO(^bumou^ which h« had brought in wjth him.
UiDoia fi^ll th^l in 1 nriAnnrT the eyes of thr worfd were on hci-
likunrv^lo M*. Money, passing Viclor Heron onhei w*y,
* tfTierc U Ijicy, Mr. Money ? " she aikcd,
"Ofc. ire Jimi hfT om inf ih? room *• \ really thoiiglu [ mw yon
pif »((hhcr, ?>hr/;ot Irighienirii when «ihe *,iw ihat Hemn — and
t|«it f Mi;tp04r, wfTe n hltle hurt. She i» verj' nervijue, and the
" ill e:o to hCT " Minoh wi J
^ V2f hastily l«nviiig Itie room, whrn V'lrtor Heron stoifiped
lie M«ixkcd greilly »nnoyeJ M Bonit'thing.
'WhiU WW rtiai fci low saying to you, Mtas<iTey? 1 advised yon
fMt to let that man talk to you %q mnck Von are too young;
ideal uiutenund, hut ] do wisli you would not encourage him.
kevou to go on a> if he were a pentonaf friend of youn. Don't
IttVicn, Mim C^tcy-jlo have »en»c aniJ take my advice.*
UinoU th;inktd him n-ith a grave and peq>]ciing politeneii, and
•Klth«(c 10 follm* I.ucy. While she was apciking to, or rath ei
Bsumg to. Heron, the cy^i of Mr. Shcpii.irJ InJ hecn on them,
<vo u (he eyti of Hr^^ had been on ht^r while aZic spoke to Mr.
StPuil She p|Ktrd raw that her mciimcr to Heron wm oooI and
ffldiflwcoi, and he was ghd once more,
^irtor Heron turned away diiappointed. Aa Minoln ww teaving
tertom die heard him ask-
''\t"hcrc'* Blanchet? Haa anyone seen Elanehei? I law him
btbthciluc^ of the fight— he came to my help in good time, and
^bopf he isn't hurt. Look iot Blanchet. aonuebody."
A pQTig went through Minola's heart. She Thought that if any
tinnbidbefdlen the jkjM it might have been her bitter words which
*owhi]nm the way of it, "And 1 wa-i quite unjust to him, nnd
1* 11 n& coward," »hc uid to herself remorsefully.
{T0 U ivnlintud.)
]
Tk< Gmiiemeois Magazine.
"MAFIA" AND "OMERT.
IN SICILY.
WHEN* vOim« months ojiid now, a t^cpuuiioa of LontJ
mcichjnu jaicrt^ftcd in ific trade with Sicily waited up
Lord Dorby Tot the puipotc of urging him lo repic^cnE to the lul
Govcmmcni iht ,il»^1uic neccMJly of fcpr«M[»g i:nerj^ct;*3Uf I
bri^L^du.gc which thri^-^ilfnciL liJ make ^11 c.iviLi«L\} iiilcrcouCK V
Ulc island impo^iLilt^i lEic ncwsjmpcr* tthtch tiFLiughl the tCCODlfll
tli« iaX^\> so Utcn by ilicse Ijjndon Intdcrit were nx^ivtxl withal«
uf indiunfitiun in It^ly ! A few of [h? dloii.' rrh}>cc-1jililtf AAd dinA
ful orgZLRE, especially ihnac of tJit^ jFiiriy iiuw ju oiifJuAidon,— I
"Moderates," u thry arc caJicd In o[i]iosilion lo the "LibenJ
which litl*: -inswers to what wr shoiiU call tlic Hadirak, dnrhi
thai the blualiof sh-ii]i««hichsuch i iUcL niutt briog to th« chcckl
every |>auioiii: ItiLllRQ ought lo at;! only oi a ftiaiulus to UDOld I
evils coLiipbiued of ; thitt, indi^iuni 4i5 he cnubt fc^l, thv only poi^
onEwer to suth oii affronl wa« nn uAjnctt dclcfmiiuiion W remove i
auWCT of II- BuL the gcrnrral soiutimcnt called lortli was o:icof I
imxcd nngcr al the atid»ci(y of those foTcigntrt who had d^und
move a forcigr Governmcfit on the subject '* If the Knglishjtnd
don'i Ukc Sirily as Ihcy tind it, let them go tlncwhert 1" cxcUin
one of Ihc^ patriotic wrttcrs. It was remarked in reply by I
Qpiniont, one of the moit ably cond'LicEcd papcrt whidi ti
pOf^tc:<4(^, tlmt Ihc writer above quoted eiidcntly d»i noL krw wl
he was Ltlking abnxit when he invited the KngJijih mcrrluuits indi
Willi SitJly lo withdraw ihctr cApil;]! from the id-md ; that a deltf
nation on their part to do so would be r<jniv.'xlcnt to the doUUCB
of all that WAS heal in Sieily. j
But Oie Italian fcchng, which was iTriJattd by thp tOUCh oflbst
hands on iJii* sore pTacc, Wicc is nothing when compiUcd 10
Sicilian feeling nmuaed by an apjjc;d from Sicilian* to the Icd
Uovemmcnt at Roracn So strong is the demand for *" Elonie Ro
on the part of SiciJiiiti p.ilriot^ * A groirp of Skilinns (Pakriinu
I believe) te]egrai>hed to the present Minister for I Ionic All^kitt Cfl
Utile timf -igo, urging on hina the abtoUile ncectuiy of ul
The " Miifia" flwrf ' Omerid " in Suily,
^Vt ttianuit« for tlw- butter jirt^ttrcLioa of 1ir« imd property ia
ibmL Od wliidi d SidLjin deputy tosw in liis place in the
ibcf li» ilvtiouiicv th« ricL will] the ittEOoai indignotioo, uid lo
ikI ^Ar ^amtt of thoKc irliu h^id sent the lel^gnuc I The
« veiy properly rtfuwd aliwluicly :o give llicm. And,
d, to tttve done so vould have been io render the Hves of hi^
n«n BDt vonh UL hour'« purdukie.
idvhen the Uie Minustry^ shortly before Ihcy Left office tut
itirdvemonlh.Jiltenipted to pA^cia biU giving them eitt q>tional
klbr lite pulling down of biigandagc in ^icil/, ihcy were
ad hj AlmosL every Sicilian deputy in t]^c ChjinLbc-r, They
lOpOM tlicir bilL wtd the (^-ilwrc comrilvmcd lo Iht-jr fall The
*" Ubcnl ' p^tny voted u^nat the cn^tmtjnt of any cxcep-
PineSfe mtiit\y u a incana of uuutin^ their opponcntn trotn
btaipg ihcir op[>OBitioQ on th*;ir unwilliogncia to cniniM
pewier to hand* iii which they bod no con£dcii<^. Itui thr-
dqtutics op[x»cd all meddling vrith their island inntiiiifioikt,
trbyooe or the other pfllin'ca! party, Thcfaft \\ \\ml\ ihoy
aUcly choose to live m their sotial Ay such aa they have niATJe
1 oy abnd against tavf attempt (o dcart^u it 1
i^iih cophol hii3 not yet been quite driven out of the island,
igluhsicn ire tenacious And not eatLty l^oaicn. l^Tit here i» an
Ott, which roi^hcrl the pTcseiiE writer directly from ilic penon
nedt which may f<crve to shoiv how entirely ^^\i. isbnt^l ib iti the
tikm of the uncoiled rftajia, ^"^^ l*)^^ f^^i^l ^"^h a HlatL' of
tntst be 10 ;jiy economical atnulio ration^
iffe CAtsieiJ. md exists iliU I presume, <i thinily of ancient
D{ in ihc icterior df the bland, -wliieh po&sc^seb ;l large ;inc!
•ooUcctioa of andcnt anucjur, which the owners had co:ne to
Etcneinaiion to icD. A Eom:x:i dealer m antiquities^, my in^
% tbooght he saw hii way to a protiULble iitroke of businr.-^,
ode itp his mind to xcan for Sidly fur the purpose of buying
ire eoJIcctioQ. Etut juM tA Kew^ about to leave Kome hi^
od a letter, Aying that there would be no objection to his
lang the 4»lleE:33onT btit that it muft be understood thiti the
ivnuld not be flowed to !>d], or the purch.-vset to remove his
■a from the inland, without the pfiymcnt of a ecriain named,
Ely rvtonionaU'f percentage to the brigand chief^j. The l^niily
woa ffid not Bcem to conceJve lor an iui^l^nt the idea of <li£-
I or roiAing this decree in any manner: the Roman deiiler
^bn joumey. and the arinoitr Joiibttesn 1^ still hanging un
nbBb^ il h^ remained ibr ju uutxi/ cunturice*
1
I'ki GmtUmatfs Magasine.
Ko«» beSxc spc^kifig of tbc oMSdo in which it actii'
■liilc to expUin v^t ihb at^tfa u and meant, fbr nwijr CMHil
tddft hive bc«n cuirent cooiccniuig it.
Hereiftfae b«ii ci)vluiation I Iii«t found or th« word, liki
tvcn by Sifpior Frmchctli Iri liib rcccni wurk on Skfry, Nd o4l
tlir gnfal number of wril^n oii Ih*; s»lijc^-t, idiooc uvritinc* I li
teen, secini ed have undentood ih? matter ai UiorwiftMy u hf ll
" La mafia^ he x«>i> " b & mcdivv^ sentimetit. \Vbc>K>cvcT bM
th^ he a.Ti provide for the prototlian and ^cturiiy of hU pen
vid hi* goods by dint of hi« own (vrwo^ ptcnvoLt and inflixil
wilhfjut having viy recDijr»c to bw or ihe ccmsiuutcd authoKufi^ bi
Htui thofc who meld ihc po>*«!n of. and profii by, Ihe vi
uc lermed majieii ^ btit il i« an error to iuuginc th^l iheiv n ■
de^nitc ftodctf so named, ikcdel or other, «rhich h^ cvrUinnI
ftikd lo which a nun ii regtihirly Admilled, If we inuguie i ich
in whkh, by reuon of Ihf negligmc^ cif ihe numer and the qniMl
tempcmment of the nu3£ of thr >iniller hoyt, "buDyjng* bl{
|rro««e%t form ii preralcni, the "btiHicK*' Jtrr then* majUo. 1|
sociciy where !aw fan hardly be *aid in exi*i, where loiig cenivi
of the mo?! mon-iETflUsly bad gcivcrmncni have r;»(i*ed ii lo be i^
lion of ihe nature of every mnn in every cIm* i<i fiomider luff, il
All appril to the law, a^ in unmixed evil, ih« man wuh the un^
ment of h schooJ hnlly beoome% nni by any maTncrulaiJon or igp
gation, bur by the forre nf things and the ^length of his «in.
«tfA»jii, Strength will be lord of irabeciTity in the long-nin ni
in civiliaed eommanilica. The diffeTCDce in Sicily ik thai i
" run," unmodified by ilie inieTvencion of law, is a very short ett
and ehu man who is most audacious in the astnion of hts »fll
master.
PcrViaps die rao6i Extraordinary feature in the eaae, andil^
tame time that which more than any other make* it seem a hnpdl
one, IS ihal those who MiJfci miobI by the majia ost: wttctU 1/t^
to any f-rtiiJOs.\U nr me>is(ifci (or iht! aiuelionttion of jL They— I
qwncTs (ii |:»ro(»crly. a* well a* those who live on thtta by raniftefl
violeOLc— pn;kr lafftesiness lo law. In iho»c few word* (he itt
of the causes of so liopelcss a stale of things arc Kiiflitienily 4ft it€<
The power of the nuJ^ii iii action is supported by a <o<te
elhk^, prt'valent and (^:<rlu5ively te^pCH;lcd thtou^-hout the iiltf
called •* Omrrfd." I have seen this word incorrectly, as I bdtf^
stated in some English work to he a pravinr'n! proDundaliot
MmiM, "humility;' which sti^ais an idcj ah nittch of^CMd
Th4 " A/ajia " auJ " Om^riA " i« Suily. 1 6 1
hKtttfikh undcriin the ^CiiUn r^e t^f mantJily jin tui well l>c
^HTjVi u» I lake il, ttrrvcii fmrn j^tfrmf, uid signifies '^inon-
j"* and ihih imntinrw h io lie thown by hiilm^, irorning. nnd
ifcfviag all JtppfnL til Ltw- OnfTfti rrrjuirr^ iti^t y^hiir c^vn h:ind
llcoe tbouU) pcolecl jrdUr he»d ; bui 11 aIao n^nirrB thai in any dp*
tmtaaxKe% in vhich it «!inul<] iM\ lo he aTit^ lo dn fO, tli« man who
ht*mirtA at fafart muvl bend hii hcntl -ind ^wfTor. Vftif^siccir,
hcvTtrr Urdy, «Dd obuincd by whatever nmodnt of trucber^ nnd
Vmn^ frtMi b<^hind, ih in h(fnc»ur^hk' c;unfbriTUty with eutril.) ,
kvihcfe muit he no Apir^n-I to Uw, Nor doc4 it alwjtyit appou ihaE
Afr B^ibui. howcvfT iiKli^pii^iblc fhcir titl^ to the appdUtioni Jic
wpfrocD the mccgcanct ol tbcirfdi'i'ftv tfjiwkiido i^Lck ouihaivk*'
m ia Skily.
SigbdT Fnndicni. in bb adraimblc volume refcnify publi^hf^d jif
namre, *"On the Po^lical andAdminismitivi: Conditiomnf ftiVily/
ndunthi! awcflhhrjjroppittorof ihc ndghbourhood of l^ilcrmrt'waft,
fatWimntcdiair Yif ioiiy of tho city, bhoE al Hfs he poMrd in hii rvir-
Aii nuny ** five ot rlx bullets whiiccd past him ; hut afmr.^r
buhly he c*cap(^d. No complaint w.i* nvtde tn the poller
itiA, and iu> in>rt E^f notice tticmed to be taken of ihc citeiim-
Suc wiittin a few months every one of iho^ ^ho h.id
put in ibo nEiempied jusorainntJon \fx\ himself 'lAaiLviHi Tinted.
n^jffiv/, who :ilieiiipied the crime and filled, hiul imprn-
y alUtlced one more majhsif ilian themselves Jind ]^^i] with
liTci for the RiiJitAke- And ihc "jusivce'^ thus donr eonijaletrly
all the exijfcncws of SidJim publie opinion I Hud the
object of the a^RAstins appealed to the hft co protect or
turn, there would r-oi have been the smallcM chance of ob-
any oidcnce or n conviction af:ainfii the a^i^^sina ; and thetr
victim would have undoubiodly [08i hia life by aome Icsa
t hand^ He would .ilfio hiwe bcvn diahonmired by his
io amfrti, '*The mitsa of the popubiion," wys Signer
"admits^ lecognuefip and (iistifics ihc exbtcncc of forces
would elviv here be deemed unlawful, And the menn« whkh
6an<* use to anain their olicctn." So thai whosoever should
to pbcc himMlf on the side of Ihe law would incur, besides the
ti vrofCATioCj that pabtic dii^^pproli^iion which constitutes dis-
! « » ■, 'JTiu* rrimc* are committed in ihc man open manner,
ib being pOTiible for the miihotiiii.& t.* discover the Mithor*
Brciybody knows ivho ihcy iirc, where ihey arc» what iIk7
d:nc, and what Ihcy tae jjoinj: to do, Btu nohody denounces
iWa, nebody gives eiidcncc against tltcai ; not even ihc viciim,vtfViO,
i
i
TAe GaUUmans Magasine.
if he i> ttrong pnoufih And bold cDou^h, awiits hk oppcntniaLf 1
■vcDjc htmtcIT; ir not, mfTen ^th itsigi^on And tt akaL
ptnboilcc ihc police by cUdi of ml >nd ooi^'ity mccc<df> in ihci
TDOcTicnu after the cornmisucm of a crime, ia obuinJ^s tone
the pcrpcmtors of i;, or some dcnanciMion of (hem, all
afi toon 'M a'oi the trial be^n». WimcMcs deny whfti ihtf
|irevK)U»ly ^jid ^ thoj< H'ho luvi; ucuii^d nithdnw their accimt
De&pLl« cvidenoc aiu! the public noionety which point out ttic
uiinal, tht taw [)> impotcnl for the pufiikhmcni ofhini.
The fi^lIuwiiiM iicctjum of t(jc diTiculiy m wliich ihe rejjicMwai
ofthie Government — the Prefei.-t — fintk hin^i^olf on airi^ing at Pull
and cnlenDK on ihv dutii-A of lii^ ofllce, iii «o cunoun and ffo
that ^i;; <jJiiiuL ubsLiEii houi tikifiK it from Stg&gr Franditfl
A TrpnTBTnlativo pf Ibr rioverrmri^t it «pnl to r>li*rtiio arn'^l wTlEi tit
bxIcAlIciI puviA ever tl)v nlllTiry ror(« of ihc whole uf the lilontl. aarl m
civil adnunut rAiiuo ol ihc {Jiaytncf of l^tknito, uml vnTii crdcn to do Lii
bf the iv-rtt>Ttli%]impn| r>f onicT- lie jiirivr* full nf n?!. and nn^rni^j tli
or AtUiJilUfi ll^LJ mil pmpnoFLl whim. HW (ini VtjiiDccc li lo look UQUftl
and KCk fOt fomj* i:inc wh'*' mfiy ^vt Eilm iiiTofiDalloD i^hiffi ui&y
diacnvcnht; Ibc cauki of >ik«>rdcr ami (he mouu uF punAhinc the i^\\\j. !i4
[•iivrriiiiifiLr cjlbcci lie fifLiU A COmpldE tl^ruuic ur dll he nmlt &> knnn.
lb«4Jiy. <3tk llic <^nr.rflry, lie llnd* (nv^ftful oi|[uiivirfant ^^iifi With «cfa
in thcif olTvrt in nvrvv him with ihcit intiraqrv knowittl^ df the lociJ coat
mlhrir muat (fcuflpljlc |iunc4ila»> ami N^tlh tUc«Ute Ami lumniJ^ mrunof
i»f w^ln'^ iTit'j nun JiijiLFM, wllJlu^( o^i]ienTi]ij[ Ka tltmiamT anj iithpf
Iftvc (h« liDEiciuf uf icivin^ TiutL Itc flrnla ut iiinuin«rabl» qtiiuilLlyof
ulvptiln mUTdi-r» and rrndy Lptommli IT fnr inrboitf who wi3t pnj ihcxi
fiiulh UjCIi uldcr AtnJ more tc«nt FCiorli nC ic]>muuiu c&cculcil t^' th? ^
tlir (luvstHrnciiL, bill wTiidi likvr HtJit Uit uii of au4>i>i]iJiion« lliin of
ncnii. In 'neU d lymiJUiuei uf ihiofih* ia ilriwn^ nnc nuy uy, iA\^i
ott thr duFit f^irix which he finilt within hiin«ch. \\t rccufrD tu lEiciindjiM
tin vtd lltflirUjn (JovtniTHpiiT, wliLfh h**^ tKwi l-Ltih riiliidjr Tjn>krB *i(li:
|wni*tT* niil^fiijii-ii^ tn W rrnviUnl jn itivrirmcJ furce crflhprhovtnuneat j l«^
the (.Vav«nirL>cM unLti^na un ilivui : Ue Oftcrkt Lu ibcm ihf otnou of the
police -, bt Allows rhc ]lic;lI AitmLnLiCiaiiDn^ ui(i aJI L*ic coTcrnnicaUl
tc ilU hiifl [ht |»oWTr (A X\tc mfliirniiiJ jjirinrni* from whuui he lemw*
. . , Ami rtifii rinr ^'■^^ ihr< niFTrflnl^m f^i^'l by tlir Covvnimtu,
one Uiiy uy, faiiTi lh« Gflvoniucm the ^Tutt of WLAnVint: nch
arv iKi luxukci] b^ ihcntfcWc^ which xh^y pLinrtUAltjr <ln whntrts vpd
ficTori ih- nfit nlly ihiiiiix Ur^ m\t\i i^vni jiiJ »lWiitr nilJi (hem (Jtc pmOwoil
llidf cnmn. M* n vnKn|; ih* ofllct*] UDLfum h4v< becft bev eaiiuBilUB|i
4bo OA Ibf if owD uniim. while the refirciuUBiina of the GovcrumoI
itniiiai ttf rcTnLn fyoia LultiDC tpa elMdy mra Ihc incibedt of pv«c«riK^ .
Vpy «iKb peri]ui4> iittlnuuQiii^ 4im1 tn!iitnl Ij^ •hui ihrir fyn u> (lie HiC
CiioHik rthOc cuvriin^ i3iciii «iih i}iv luihohiy of djc tulUp ConrvnsDt
Jf irould be Si grcdl nuflCAke, hovcvcr, to wp;totc thu liw
Tki "Mafia" and" OmertA" in Smiy. 163
OS dM whole CDSimumt^ in Sictly 14 o^nfiiic.'d tf^ ihc oaan-
Bft) of hriganrfagc and crime. The mflifcf m tAr mote
and ihc »inis iir more intimaid)' nssimiJatcd with cvny
UoAii ftf fhr hfidy lAdnl- Murder i* ihc fmiodfiiion-
ihe wholf isf the iftcUl IjhKf^ resbt If (he a^sLssin
rtj^fn prewficc rol-hflndcd on Ihcarcncthc^holcbusinisi
proofcdpi on ihc !horo"|{hly well-grounded flasumjition
QCVCT ab^nl from brhind ihi; wings, and is rt'sdy 10 jppi^r
DKiit^s notice. A man vilsIii^ \o icII n hotiBc or 1 hdd
ri«hc< to bay it whr? ii known t» be .1 at/V wr^d — a
gun among the ncr/Nur, that is to ny. For that fiefd or Ihnt
other vtxii vill be found tn ufTcr >i Hirtiiiii^ Tho Ihrng bju
»o nccq^rtcd, in mnr-h i iHiittLT of comae, that ihcMic who
t vid by Ihr vsXc of the majin very frcquciilly do not
ly ronnHou* Jinronm TO ihcmndvM of the tnmive* on whif^h
not necrtwry thjit 1 niao Hlinufd aay In hiiiiiielf : " Tf ] offer
thitt fiekl my neighbour ihr jjn&Lcr will lie annoyed^ ami
of Uuit will Iw thuc thnt swjg^rin^ fctlow, hit wif<^'a eoiTsin^
ledly put n bullet into m<^/' It i« ns -i matter of coiitse to
he puB no impediment in the way of the man, who it
luTc the mcjuii of letting loose munjer. Out why, it may
4!oc« not ilic m.i-n who would hnve liked to bid fur ihe
darcti not, nJunlei' lUc grcn cr, ai *-iuse him lo lie iniirJciod,
of fr'uin)f CO be mMidaed by him ? The answc^r is siinply
gnxer, A? wt have tailed him, is (he Atron^er rhjrarlct of
ihr boldcvf. Ihc moat urrsLnipiilcms., perhaps al^Oj in sumc
,thc niOBT favovired by tliance— tlic ihantroriuiving tliAt wife's
for example^ As hanging i; tlie xtfftma rath oa which ihc
}dru|inidcac:ie rests, though i\ be but rarely IroUKht into
wiT i» ihi- ttltima ruth 00 which jiH ijiirraalioflal
ts ind dtAlJngi depend — 5v> murder ii the i^ffrwii tufcn on
vrhole bocuI fahrie reposes in Scily.
M no dci^nmcnl of life whatwc^^r in whirh » povver
thit uf tlie biv, >ind ho.stile (o th^L of (he 1,lw, does not
udoiiTOhir^iUvr ^tir;Ljii of the conuMuiEe) ure managed
witli (he mtereblhiud iheivit] of ceitain well^kMuwnund
pCJ^uziK in the coumiuEiily. ll ptftmct »» a metier of
ihcy th^uld be «o. If the ui1[ of the persons in iiu»lioii
Vc uny whn'-socver amount of corRijilion, mulvers-ilioii,
bf fundi, oppnsuion of the poorer cla^iu lu \h-:
the ridier^ Jt/^ fAir ii n auiict of coimv too. Aud ^^
7X-f C^ntltm/tn' t Afagazine.
proliably m-ty n^t w-Cur to iin/ of Ihosc who sidkinii to thi« ijnni^
and oppression lo my it> thcmsclvw; the rci»^ *hy *n tfri* maU
vcrafttion tJikr* plftcc, the reason why the making of lh^i wm
necessary road is cmtrtnicd (o A- B,, whoi, instcaH nf c^Trytng out t#
contracr, put* the money in hiS pocket— why the whole comanoe
rotc5 for the rr-clcfiion of ji maycrr and rodncillor^ who ^rcknovnli
hivtr icaniUlovisly rohbcd ihc community— is, that tf the nuj
dtd not giv€ Ibc conlMcI to the fraudulent contractor, ud if
voters did not vote for the comrpt mayor, not many tvcckftvoijU
p.vsrt hffotc the offender would be ihot from behind the (^omef ofj
hoitic or fl gnrdcn v/i\\\ while Iho ^cal C !>,, ibe .^j/i? uw^iir
ofthc difftiet^by nil ivdl known to he such, b tctnquilty tmol
hiaci^r or bunging down the villngc street wiih hin hand* in
pockelt r bill ihfl-t is whftt is in the brtckground of oil ihi^ir mirt
jtnd the. result i^ not only a great fear, but ft great mpe^^l (or thei
1 remember a story told me by a friend who had juti
from Hgypi- i!e a^kcd his fukU', while tra veiling, to whonibHi
a handftomc 'looting house hy the side of the road^ *' O sir,
Ijve^ So-nnd-sot Most rcapcf^tabic man, sir. The other digp
tilled bi'i cook! /'>v respectable raiin, sir." Tlie F^-ptian uJ
htft KngJihh more correctly ihnn many to the manner born ' I*<
man who had killed bis coot was fi miin to be rcspeclfd> And lU
ftcnitmcnt of the ??Lcilbn is of precisely the same nature ak thii c»fl)it
Egyptian. The man whose lawless violence was so mflsten'ul mW
kill hi-^ took bccatisc he had offended him wnt a man evidcmlru
bcfearedn " Rcepcctcil," in the ethical conception ofthr EprptiiB
and the Sicilian equtUly, is synonymous with *' feared."
Jiignor Franehetti shows with great abundance of dcui)lj ■IB
indeed one knew from tnflny sources befarc, ihai iln* ierron«
[>CT^adcs every — HbsoUitcly every — department of life Ereii rta
fund^ of charitable foundations ^rc distributed in accordance frilb iv
diclntci. Not A servant can be hired or disehatgcd withou: refereV
to ihc wit] of the unseen power which is paramount in the UbnJ.
I have [pointed out thai in every commui^e tliere wdJ be foiind tM
mAr\ or some family whose will is law in that district* who ^as^c/Vt^
of The rommimal fitnds, controls the elertion of mEiJiiei|»al
whose pro]«T[y is never touched, while deprecations of all sothi
constantly committed ngaiiisi thai of others, ar^d whose motfu
fncqiicntly arc incrcascJ from sources Lhe nature of which cveiyi
unr!et*lands perfectly welt, ihough no one drti-mn uf mt
/iiCJTt ■^u^^'f persons or fui:oiUca ixni the despotic lord* of iheir >
and " Omtr/d " in Suify. 1 65
ti nuy tic rvflfUjr undcritood, U tioi imfri-iiucnily happeat itiU
Kf nufbivcanvslncai ihc ilirun^r, tli^uhcrc ui^y tic uUicr a^pinnU
Itbcpoutiun nhiclt 1.bc>' hulJ, And Uivii itlvti^ a itUtc of Iljin^i
K mmJtM'n of u jiny sutus ur rij^hc m iv^uili cuch oihtsr. Fur
I nch A cue the ti/f{na rath of munJei \% x\ once appealed 10. aiid
enmoins ihc cock of (he mLW »ho coa murder mott Tbtu ^inily
hii are j(cnci>uO which o^vn tiulurc; ttll one t>f the rival races J>
flcminaicd. Rccd^tly, in x diurici near 10 PaIctiuo. a civil Tvjir of
& nn biiAc outi a£ Siicnor Franchctti n:lHtv&r bciwten vm> f^imtlic^
tw ooatcndtim for preeminence' The murder of a member of cjoe
^vxtf Tu pTOAnptly avcn|fi;tl by the killmji of one un the other »ide-
^ (hut in that one coniuuinc, and in \ht; spjitc ^rf one yeur^ tIictc
(CM £re-3iftLl-th(7Ly ini.irdeiH 1
WhcD d riv;il>y of tbii vort bri^^kv out. Uicrc iriricpi jlu unfKilvkj^
OiScQC^ to ipnail tht; opcn(Lozt> of mine nniJ violence uv(*r H
aNinuousTy inc;reaiui4j aica» ^^ Ejch pirly*'* ^uy^ Sitinor Fnmcbeltf,
'ihonifi LEH buiscv from ibc inexhuustiblc jirscnal of poljijcal or vvcw
(fpoin piutie«i Umauefi little whm. for (he lumc u all th^it Ii
nainL Then ejch of ihe rivals, iccks to reciuii hii p;lic> and c\(end
milloncct amcrng the clouet of maJefaccoT&T £i>uu»m:s jmii (lio&e
ujtn^ ftom juttice* And for the attracling of ^uch ^idherent^ for
« GKoungcmcni oroldfupi>or(erb,:uid lo invite new onesp he seclLs
I qicnd his repulatbn for power, influence, and violence. His
necE ii u> «how (h»c his clivnEu^ k-t thdr bubinc^v or th[;ir n^d be
bttitrmyt sire aaauicd of iiid :Lnd ptutecuon never fading ihem,
^ ^vrxjv vfliocioujk And (bus eucli hi;:id uf a p:LrLy adds to (he
cfaictB eonmiitted on his own ftctXfuni ihoce cunimitted on bthulf
Uiadherenis He rtscnis injuticK done to ihcm a^ if they were
> ovQ, and he udopi^ theit qt];UTel& and vengeances." One is re-
odcd in many respects of the Border life of some couple of himdred
Mt igo^ larc thai the crime* of the Sicilian outbw are unredeemed
roy toarJi of generosity, chivaliyt or manly f(;c]Lnf; of any kind.
■> aure deep and tu'rciching indication of t!ie piofound degrada-
n tJt character uid Kniimoni p^evaihnt^ tlian the lise of the: word
bv'tAI" eo «tpreia the meaningE it signities in a Sidtian mouth,
nWconcvivvd
1 ha*f shown, on the authority of Signor Fmncheitii the extreme
fcnihy which the Govcmment has to contend witli in deuJiny wilh
btiflSJcilj'. But it baa in its hands one most poteut arm, the
•■tofwiMthmmi now be explained to ihereader. This formidable
*pa»coDa*t»of rwojMrts, the "admonition," and " r.ottt^MXwt^
{
p
^
k
'J'A£ Gentleman's Magasins.
reudcDCi; " {ifemiaVw cmfffo). When l\w [h^Vkv fiiu rc^uon,
prinlc iufbmMLion of ixs ;i^-iibt lu tunpt^ct iny uulividcul u
cruniiLil ut an accumplicc in crirac* it w;itchu itut pcnou, U lEi
vutpir:ion« utc con^-mcd by the results of such vaEdtfulnc^, the ii-
dividual ifi clcnounci^d to ihe Prxior, The Fmtor seeks iitfonniuui
on the subject (secretly)* !ind if he has reaton io ihinlk that the ^dic?
have bc^'ii li^ht in iliJ^lr su&picjon:^, he " odmonihljci " the nu^nLcd
jnfr^n noi to i^andui.^ hiru&elf »i ft inviner calcul^ed to give rix to
furLhcr suspicions. Thertcwfo™-arJ it [s Uie Juty ctf th« jiipniii of
|>LibL[c t«curily to (log thr; sLepa (>f (hui tn;xn, unO ii>:ikc ihcindw
riciiuuirtiefl with all his habits, his haunta, ind ihc pcnons vb«f
fiocir^Cy he frequcm^ Should hi« uonduui »ucm tci thr:rn tovouiiaur
c;iLkiil,ili»i to arouse suspicion, ht' ik a^Iji tei^ioflcd to Utc FnOor,
Add if thin duQunciation should jLpp(f;ii.r tu bv wi^ll foucidcd, & to^
dt^mnatioM for "contravvntiun vf aditiumU'jn" follows, AlWrlbA
thtf Minipter of lh« Interior m:iy. on the proposal of tlitf VrxkO.
htnii^ntc the mdividu:il in <iu<;slion to dffmidHv Ci>trfti> — ^uc i'.
coiidt'UiiL liiin to reside in Q,ny tiput whidi iimy be ;LKH^nvd tuliiitt, f^
twoyenr* if Lhc condemnation had been preceded by ocitiidniorniwa
and fof five years if it had been preceded by two. And whtnthw*
lufo Of those live years are over, a new admoartioo tnay at cnnr W
inflicted on the culprit, fulbwedby 4 new cQudemnation to jj^-^'^'^
cuaihK So dial, as Signur FrjncheUi remark*, 'a man mayihii»l*
for ever exiled from his home and isoUted from sode^." " It *onW
seein," he <^ontinuc&, "'that any GtJVtrnnjent furnished with sc |hI'!i:
an arm wouJd havi: the ifuwcr, atturduiji to tht- manner in w ;il i-
was u^di eidier lo dt^Vnialale a. jirovini^, or to ^cfitoic it |^ jhectcllT
And ]inK|]erity." " If only a. Gdvcrnmi^nt bt: well ^rrvvd by LI&Agc1U^
he ob^i'r\es, i^ih this wtapori in Jis hand&, ^' thcie if no fiim^w
hitlJi^ii that it cannol soontr or ktci discover the auUior of it, inJB*
iiit^lividual vo hi^h-phced tltaL ilie nuthoriliea cannot strike hjov
And in Inilli [he powet thus given, though by i\a means gteattr ttl*
^vouliJ be nercs5,iry fur tWin^ with such a ilatc of dungs as thAt m
Sicily, h a tcmble one. Let us now see how u has been used. TW
demandof new and eiL-eptionat powers nwdeby the late Miui&UTV*
refused by ilie Chamber of Depiilies. And the present MinltUjIiA
Ijciidct |iOL]fing trooi^s into the inland, which it is of couric ctHJOT"
tion^ly compeLent lo du, <itrained the? powerb jiccoiTdcd to it bf t^
U« lo a point somewhat beyond the unnosi. letter allowed lo if 1^
strict Jei^alily, a* 1 siiall have uctasion lo shuw more parlicriWlr
jjiricntly, Wcwill nnw sec huw it h.i^ employed the veiy fturonW""
p^wct which [he ittw hv placed in. ;U hauds-
Mafia " and " Onur/a " in Sicify. 167
quot* ^i^iii Trom ^uqf Fmrtchciti : " The liais of the nume-
p«noil« ' admoniihcd ' and sent to demkiits aaattif in the ctly or
and its cQvin>n» ore; like therac in the oEbcr pam of Kicilir,
ECoi ia gE034 put with Uic namo of the |>ctly ihlcvct the doLin*
fUDUofmrnci imporunoc, and all that small fry or cuEpriia which
■every counay is led to aUrcofinv^lantyby povcny of idJcnc^a—
■cius cf pcnoiu iroublcsotnc r^ulici than tUngeious to &odexy, but
vtudi nuy bv rendered (longctous by the appliudon to ihcm of such
Highmcnn, li, on the other hnnd. there ore not worting some
ttOB of dangcn>uii 4j&i»jn»i of the l^^wer cLosai^, rar^ inde^^d an: the
■Boa of those U-j^efBofthc ut^.^r, the orgvini^cr!] of dime, enrichod
^ttfoKfaftg thctr mastery on oiijerii, and who have tu nuny co^a
Wpoff, by ft tyttcm of tecT^ri^dV iliu ;ibsobte dcaputit of jui untiro
oiBunuiiv. And in tbern? liats tliuri! is oii alicinst tfiitirv ubbvuce of
tb romea of tho^ tyr:int£ bc1on{p.ii^ to a higluT B|>htiiVi n'ho are thv
^wc, ihiJ bvijixming, :ind ihv fijuud^tion of tbe vuac aystcm of ttan-
CWtfy rioki:Lce wbich oppresKr^ iliv coiiritry* 1'hcte ia aoine iiefjift
'ati:v vtdcb protects their pcr&oni, and Mii'pofts Ihtfir influL-iici;,
^KM vtionuocver ii raj.y bv, aud CfipifcbUy ogoLQat public
nis ic a mcBi tremendous chtub'c against the Goveimnvat of the
<%,« liL^asdgai&itthc JLUibvtjiivs in th« Ul^uid, But surely the
'iocw"" cf which SignoT Fiauthcui spe^iks k nut so very srer/t a
f"K Ho has likoKlf in another yosvtge ofhisboolc spoken of tbe
^ihua portion of (ho »um8 levied by os^ciaEion^ of ni:i1er:LctoTS
BiliCtidpe of bhck-iniil or ttcK y^^v-^^ imd iht IJki;, goi^ ii3 aLH^Ltri;
frnvoioQ tor Ibe criuiinvla In hi|;h lEuufius .ind even iif A^iMf. It is
*^y imporG»ib]tf 10 bcheve for un inSL^nt th^E tlie majkn' •* in frock
^^ax* uid while tsloves,'' who JLte ooLorious to tjveiy ma:L tn tliij
^bq4 con never incur vten l?ic tinijiijit. ion of tbe police w ifuih a
A|m as to produce an *^ ddmomilon," As Signor FraoclieUJ luin-
■elf^bMrves. there can be no crime so hidden that ihv system of
**i»o<iiaoo," and the orH;iniscd eij.ibiiii^ on wlikh il is based,
•oiJdaotaiail todiacorcr it. Awd it ii to be observed [hat wnh
ftftdDgof this ircmendouu wtipoii do difTicnUies of leyal process
o»i micrfcrc. Witnesses «-ill not ^ptaki juries will not tonvict ^
^TOtiqn* arc impossible. But all this rnatien but liiOi: to ihc
'Mpntatc who can proceed by '' admonition " ;iiid domidUa ajutio l
Inoicvi wys tlic *.inie author, goes with }\ttr cyirs Uind^igcd
VcaniKippod up, groping in sejldi of mminals and Ji^safi^ms, of
^■WjII the wt'/^d, save she alone, kni>W5 iierfccdy ucU wbcic they
-te 4iad who! ihey ore doiqg. Her jj^fcuts ^ue inetEuent, 01 '^^
i
i«8
T/te GcnilffmaH^ MtM^azin^.
rmy llCL GiMS might be cited ki ivlmli the oitaUiric^n Ijh
slict force) have been beating ilic juounlj^n* and vaUi-y* ubi:
snow and twn, while the bfi^uul Ihey arc m neuxih of bu been
quilly pauing Uii winier iii P^Vmio, and hy no m&^ii«;ilw3iyi
Weicmerabci the levcTalioni o( Mr Rji*^ wlicn he relijincd
hilt «oJQijrn among tlic bngands i how thi^ bn;;ivn«l chief Lconi kot
all ihat wai paMing re^peeting him an<l hi^ victrm nt PaJcrtno;
he wns inroimcd even of the pro[ios-ils djinTSicd nnd the
formed by the mcmhtfi of ihc victim's own (ainily in hii c™n h<
In short, thAt the adlhoritiiis are ^yattnuttcally bctmycd bf dieir
Agcnb is abundantly clear iind undeniible.
Yet J m.ijority of the Chamber of Deputies wtli found \<tAi
th-itno c-xccptioTiftl powers were needed for the e\liipation of
ganrfflgc ni:d lawlessness from the island, Jt is injc that the vow
qucfllion was in a great measure dictatcd^not by any eon^rlerftlico,
to Che qi-icstiDn whether Jtny such powers were needed nr not need*
but simply by cneemesa to use the opportunity which presented i(
for the ousting of the then Ministry Irotn their pUccs. Hut
refjsa] of nil such powers to the exccutiye was violently ^^upjiortcd
the Sicilian deputies themselves, and by those w^ho thought that
should be for the Sicilian, and governed by " Sicilian ideas."
tnisforlunc of that vote has l^een that the country has been mied
a Ministry who ciuiie into power pledged against the Adoption ofi
cjicepiional nica?mrcs in Sieily. It la a cunous fat^t uIto, and onCi
wide signifieaoce, that the " Liberal/' that \% as wc should
Radical Ministry, which is (n opposition to the " Moderates.' cdii
Wt should say J Conservatives — the Liberal M inislry finds iissuj
mainly m the southland their opponents in the nortli. So that,
invellinfi round tht Chamber from " right " to " left," you trc.
taking the matter roughly and in general, moving from north
south. Thus, even independently of ihe fact of thciT having
mined themselves to the task of ruling Sicily without having rwxi
to any execptional means, they cnnnoi afford to lose ihc supporti
the Sicilian deputies, und of :ill the Neapolitan sympjtlhiwf*
them, who hare a constitutional objection to adding to the jTOKcr<
ihe l:iw.
From what has been said it will have been tindcrslood that
notion common in Iialy^ and probably uniTcrsal to the north cfl
Alps, Hut the mttfta and brigandage arc two nanieiL for on* and
same things is trroneous. lirigandat'c is only one of ihc formfti
which the majia shows itself. The brigand chief is perhup
picat petfcct product and manifestation of the spirit of the
Om^rfA " in Sicily. \ 69
he Uve» in tbc nio^t con;ii;iat and open defiance of and
iil4y to ihc b«- ; bccauu ihc nud-tcic^ needed fur hi^ pui^uic^ 19
¥j 10 cx\i ihc DUpdAci^ of oihcr} engaged in lesii hazardous tt^iIcs^
IbvcaiMC be 11 coiwequenci/ more able to Inspire /car, v^'hidi 19
bftte and foundacion on which ihc entire sui>e:^lTuettiT(^ of
mtfia re&ts. The whole mciilI life of Stviily is pervaded and
imt6 by the mnjh : briguidigc i;; only the cuEminating blossom
dkC pbAL It is the monlfcMaiion of 11 which we nAturaLly
mosi of on this sMe of the Alps, which iJio*i strileca Lbc iniagi-
loo, Ukd moft «>nccii». those who irtivcl, or woutd wistj to travel,
in; Liiand, But fof ih? inl)iibit-ini6, and afl regjirds the hope and
iRhJSly of rccEannmg and r^encraiing the taland In future,
(pitfi^r b by no lot^ans the nio^t tiupoitini feature of tlie cviL
1 B it, or rather ouf^bt it lo be, try a v«ry gr^at deal, the nioftt
kuH to deal wUh.
Tbc specialty of biiganda^e properly eo called, as it exiBts In
bft b thai thoK who iro enf^a^ed in It fellow th& occupaCion pro-
tioMlly, Olid do 50 in organi^ird kuids, '[lie btter quality dls-
^iibcs the brifond from the ordinary nmlelactor, such as he may
totd in other conununilics : the former raorlcH the distinntiun
xcfn hittuid the bulk ofthcSicibnn popubtioD, who live iheirortH-
TU>c» in subjection to, or availing thcmHctvcb of, the power of the
ia. Tlw eatirecy of Ihi?, ii is Imc, is founded and rcMs 011 murder
the background, never iax dieitanl, and always ready to come to
6int, u bu been shown, And^ maifmuch as (he brigand is a
kri pnctitiorier of murder, and always ready to undertake it, it
f frn^cRUy occurs that his scrvfcea arc put in rcquisdtion by those
I hive need to tccut to i\\ax utUmn rati't of Sicilian society. In
, nothing wotild more et^cicHLly tend to conft^r considention and
icctability on a at^o mn/tit.t<i than \\\t known hcl th.it he had such
a] xelations with a bng^nd chief 3.% <;hould promptly and surely
X Ac iBttcr at his ordcrsv All brigands, therefore, are /trq/hJi\ but
tU ma^ti btigand!!-
Ihe tdj^irtd hai no other piofcwionj cndheaiways recognises the
hofity of hi* ehief. He not only has no other profession, but he
icei no atlempr at ptctcnding to have any other. And for this
vm^ ik^pTKr the fact thai no Sitiliin wili help Justice in her effort
apCtRtacd purn»h him, it i* far more pogiibie to rompOS^ his
Jroction than to root out any other frrrm of the mafia. Thu3,
uUqTc has been done for tbc reprc^ion of rrime in the island
liifto^l entirely conMstcd in hunting down the bands of lirigands.
<ir ftgtii and the/ occAshaallyt iberc(oiet are got lid oi by ftvG
n
i
ocpcditi^us [>Tr>cc«i of shooting Ihcm down m fair fight %\
troops. It U thf^ only way in whi<ih Ihfy iir/^ Mt»rdClonly gotiMi
For i£ ih.v. I>rigani] h^s the good fbrliim; to fiiii mto the handi
hit good friends the police, and the courts and the junev hff
lo]cr,ib[y 5ure of eacaping conviction. And if, for imfattM, '
were f.onvicted, he is quite sure of bdng allowed to retuni Idl
orrujwjlion afitr a longer or ihonpr period of xcdualon, if he^l
«acapu Trom prisDa at anc:irlicT Jai«. 'flic Government kwi» to
the di^crent cstablishmcnia of '*hulk&" mention ihaca±« of one p
[toner serving hi^ lixth con&neinent fur life. I'lve liinei* liiecdtx^
hiLs cither escaped or been p^udoncd. And imiamiLch Jts (he icnicf
of imprison mcni for life ia noi awarded savu for murilct (and «
often not for that), fwG perhaps ^-oluablc lives have been soenllovli
the sake of prcacrvirg thi-'i oive ^orthicsa one !
The only ehanoe. tht.T?forc, of finuJIy ^^otliEi^ hd of a brigi;ad
that he should be killed in gghc with the troops. And ?udk afl A
of him is not ^ distasteful t^ Sicilian ideas, or £o likely to pron
indignation and hostility on llie p;Lri f>iai^Y fturvivort, at ihc unjU
interference with Ihe real fundataeiiial prindtilca of the oaw
in^^timiEon of Ehe majia. Trubably tlic inhahiuntt i>f the di>incl
which he prtved may hive souke gtndge ag:iijut bim ; but ther ki
better than lo expect that his untimely cud will in any degree libd
them front Ihc lyrartny and bbdc mail \q which ihey have hi
subject Uno avuJsfi, wn defidf afUrf Probibly hia ftnt lieum
may be promoted to his place, if he is a mm of sufficient CWi
j^iidacJty, and n-source. If noc» the bun<l ^'ill piobably b« UB^
mated with that nourishing in on adjoining di&uict-
But the main point in ^vhidi brigandage eoroes. into coni<iet ■
ihe general life of the inhnd and the no n- professional lirigond pM
of tile popuUtion. is by the commia&fon of the crime which iba I
calU manutfiizhn^^ U. the hnrbonring, conciuiUng, and givingjidJ
comfort to malefactois. For this, as might be readily suppc«edfr
ihe general aoci.al rondUions ii^ the island, b a ve^' eommon oSo
itnd one which is common to all classes of society. II hasb"
shown— and. inrlted, needs very little showing— how great an iacri
of consideration and Eiocial standinj^ must accn^e to the noblest X
wealthiest landed proprii^tor in e-i^lcIi a condition of things and
feelings 0* has hctn descriltfd, from having a profession,!! muri
ot hift beck fttid cal]. But the services which such mtn cau refl
must, as is natural, be repaid at need* ll was only the tf
dniy that all Ihc |»apcTs had an account of the detection of one of
hading ptopuQXoi^ ia the south of the isltind in the act of shi
of sh^
Tke'*Afa^"and"OmerJA'inSi£tfy. r??
Ivffoota wvrc m Eevch. Of tlie OcLtchua of thu wcalUiy puthdan
'bqawioa inacb v?« li«ani : but nothing hua been h<;Exrd dnce of
mtj mdb from th;it dcieciioa
Now k «-lI] U; lufTlckitily di^r, from what has been EiiiJ* that ;Lr]y
' GftivnMntfuc lutirif, in diiyiuvuipt to nxklm Sicily and place it ou the
howc%«T loii|c ihiil pHt?i cjiay iiromib:; to bc^ by whidi it iiiay
tt> tile pru»pcrtty wluch k once ]X)«scvai;d. un exumlingly
and ihomy Uik before ibein. The piuHeiu Govemmeuu ;ind
B^Lcon Niuoiera, in wboic ileparinwtii, j^ Minwier for
A£ur(, the mutter lies, while pfof«*e01y adhering lo the
vole vltidi rcfuncd lo ihcii prcdcccuor* ;01 cAccption:il
for dcaJujg with the evii undci coJiiidcE^tlion, hjve tlierns^elvei,
himcd lo«3n]« the beuianiii^ of llilii papur* cxcei:dcd ihe Untitt
ponv? conceded by the bw in n very striking mcahurCf which
[«dof)lcd on the l^sc day of Apiil, Then; ^v[i» iji Jie inland a
body of police called mi/iti » dwisUfl^ who&e duty wa» thai of
lUO putke. They dij iiutlivi; in butmck^t niji fonna r(;yj;inieiU,
7 con lin:d in hii ocvn huuse. and the !;iieci:il object and in-
of them w*% to secure i. body of men who ihotild be
;UyACiquamtcd nith the lx>c^iicsand the inhabitants of ihcm —
[bb)ccc, indeed, vbich wax thoroughly atiojned- Well f On the
LoCApnk bsu in cvcty province throughout thetsfand. at ihcsame
\mA boor, ihcM men ««rc called out as for .1 review. Tlicy were
i^uinty furroundcd by h/rtat^lifH^ Sk ihatouyldy tnisiy l>ody of
mdnly rccmttvd ffoin iW hills of Pitdmthril, who hud teceivt-d
U hatt tkrir mitiktjt kadttL The: SJuih'^n hyrs^mtn wi-re ihtu
to diuaount, atid luivinu doi^e nc*, th<.y >^^^t<- dividi-J iiitu
Citcgorie*. Th4»i- in Ih^ find of ihe^e wtrt- told thai theii
would 1>C Accepted in a it^w budy of ntountL*(l gu^rdu about
fonnetl upon \\ oew lycteni. Tliose iu tiie second category
updtred to lay ^<iw:i theit amis aji^I strip otT theii ujiiform,
ifaey did. then and ihere^ They were then Infi^rined that the
had ao fdrlhfr need of their vervicet. uitO they nii^hl go
they j>kased, TJiufie in t}ie third category were ^hniUrly
to lay dottn tlicir armi ^ud pult kM their mxirunn ; and \\ wa:^
ioiinMted to them tl\at they were under attcil, pre jj.ir<i lory \.<.\
•Ol to Ai^iVt^^ nioi'/ij! Thii lait ttep constituted the iLlt^l
! Of thne ungularly dramatic proceedings^ for the condmrnotron
\ hmki£^ OM^tUr mutt legally be preceded by *' admonition," It is
r, however, diat the m^r^mn //-x of ilie safely of ihc Staft will
lo panfy thit somewhai h^h-Jjindcd bit of dcsp^JU^nv^v^u^
i
lublc, itlfto, th,il Ihoic who brtt knf>w the whf>1e stair of thr ca^
will be tnclincd to fhinlc that the ctror of the minister corsislc^ in
ict-iining inyponion of a body of men, a veiy great number of rlKcn
were noioriatjaly in le^i^^ with the criminati they were employed to
In cdntlusion, it mny, ] think, be o^ntidcrMl as prQv«1 bqrood
riw pdssibilily of timibl th.n there is nor the remotest hoj* of »
tlilming &nd rcgi^ncrating the island wiihoni citccpiionil (Ticasiirw flf
a very drjmtir kind, Thcrc.irc nol wciming ihmighiliil 1ta1i«n)«ltf.
iiiurh mi^doubl the efticacy of itny mcnsuics whfl.i«»ocvcr to effect lti
Cflil in virw- Such js not mj'own opinion. Hut the ftrsl thing nadH
would bc.t Ibnrongh imdtist-indmglhatSidJy ua* noLlobe^OVlflC^
according to SiriliaE^ ideas- Thcxmhcs of tho gentlemen ^M bjrW
island to Ihe Ilaliitn Parlrament might be uj^fnlly Iffttcned to in K
perfect conviction th,it wisdom nnd ?imMid policy would be found ■
« dimnion dumemriilly oppo^d to them. Ihe next i^rdindl piB
would he that ihc work of government in all its branches, Irom M
highest to the lowest, must 1>f done by non-SiririAns, preferably ndl
from the north of Italy. And, thirdly, though the mere mention (I
gurh a thing wnuld make the islanders wild with fufy^^n sbsoliit*: Uti
entire diiutnnsmcnt, under ihe steme»l penalties^ would be abtottitd}
ncccasiay.
1. ALlOl-l-llUS TROLLora.
173
■AsMt
THE ROY/IL ACADEMY AND
EXH/BfTIOM.
BiwiBckMCT, TrtUch licihtnka b«t *>« pfoperJy prini«l bfln intrudojalon :—
'*S>;'-IIi*iB^nv]inlbi«ti>&ctiDiithercnmtkiEHitbcKa)^1 Acitdrmyin ^ur
pM*of dm pbBcMht bick, will ^dq fUovmr In^n^pknirnE lln^ni, Jinil rtiroK?
Ik IKfiiTtn* l^ rtip '*nrIov<] >r|irff. wriictii i 1«^'"'1 nijtjiy iiionili^ ^"> l^t
lltfdc tJt I cocll |E«l iTlltr uquiifU»1 «vk]i thr niAni and pbrn rmptofD:] liy
lAoUl CcmfWDCDU in fiarihcnincc of ih? FincArtSp in<l mure |:cirEkiiiar|y
fvHhfii^ pcUic nhihiriuiu <if livjji^ niL lUviiig fct niAMjr tt^n Iw-rm in-
Milf locpiidnt*! wiik ih* ihupt Ufa of niir ArvlTrnkc liotly, — ai Wordiwonh
" 'Tie T«y ptilic of the raachlo*^'^
MH^ jciiw I yy<f iIlf Iirr ihrt« nit fucit clitLlitMit iif AhmcEaln, nurl nnly fiit
•t etfVln thai thv im^nciicibli iDiiituciDn ihovM b« tmivd ia a lliiE* pUn
Uli^ II. lUuf Ibv opcmac of tbf L^r»TTTrior. the Ac-idcJDy rtniorc tLHmnintd
i^aiHd EH Lomlan, ^ufL^y r1i« limc i« 44m« for iftc jiiu^-'^itil w<Et)i «hich I
icWc viAoat w^IifL); fur jafarmiUon rq^tdini; CHjutlnenULl s^dm£« wfatch
ibaMj vcsld mix u vtry Itltlr.— Venn ut confidciicft &&^'J
r^HB Ro>'a] AcaJcidv, once locuti^d in Soraer&^t Hou^, tribed Eo
L go out by tiK Govenjmpnt givins (htin iW hatf of the NfliionaJ
pcry. ud iiain btibed Ui quit by Eh« g^fi of lialf of Old fiurlmgton
SOMi gOM on At the present ^\y ^ it tit^;in ;i hundred and «Jeven
m ago, with a conitilutncy of forty, boasling gf a limited elccmo
3uy cdiioiion, and 3L(>pT0priAtniiLi the emolamcnts of the central
bibcikm of thr; Jinuu^l pTrxlLiutiunt of mir ^t&
PoffVijt Lliit (jcriod, how fjvixx has been tlic Uf^veJopnicnt rn every
KT inXituliuM, |>ohtt(jJ, cocnmercml, iiicnimL, liLerary, and arti&nc [
LC art ^4* wvlcKoiour |Hjntmj< li'i« risen into a pvrrection hiliivrtu
known in luatoryi aud two iqiK'^oniauvc soctdieii Ltvt; h^d to fight
sir WA)' unjiidvd iutv iiidcpeiidL'nce- The number of iLbk pio-
lional iniui in ihc ^leUion of pjintcr& in oil, as wifU n% the number
[■ffchJtfOT xnd cDlIcctorfi* hot incice^ed incdkuUbly- TJie cstab-
nneQt ofideiwrmLcni ofSacncc and An, under Hm Coininiiteeof
WDctl OD EUucsiion, hu crtatcd aji Ait-colkge &iid Mu^tum ax
174 ^^ C^nttcman's Magamn^.
South KcDB[ngU)nj havEng miaor schools find coU^ea ftD
iiiiELndiL In the London eoiUOD &ad throughout the
arc now nuirl/ a himdrod c^xhibitlona open AnnuATl>-. T(
va.^t ^^prud iLnd estriblbhiricnl of taste and kaow1c<ig«, the ^
has uniiofmly tumtd tts ba cl: ; nft step has ever bocn Ukeii. OS
given, not a guinea ^ent, not civcn .1 smile bestowed. It H
nothing but gather ihc annud proceeds, now amounting %
^50.000, and guard with n land of fcrodiy the dcgnrc, ofi
properly <j\\\ tu of R,A, fjom boini^ i?.\tcndcd bcynnd ihci
whicli nnmhcr wi:Tc ai first comprehended, according 10 JcJ
" flower paimers^ seal engrpvcra, die amkcra, watch diajiens aJid
For a long time general tndiiTetencc to matters of ustc, 1
prntigeorthifi pet found:^tiuu of George HI., who w^ not t^
did not see liow the up^Jcs got into the duniplini;, and who ni
bought Jin Academy wus an cdutjiioDfllcttabllohmint tiriiply.O
to ronuin imqiic^rifincd except fram pcrTuino] motives. The D{|
of Ihc fiTst president, Reynolds, followed by Fnadiflnd otineoi
Jin intdlecttiol posiilon. Now itfi position ts entirely difTerenli
dincc the Govcrnn^unt tried to ^ervc high art by thi; dccon
the Houses of Parliament, and found to the ostoniihcncjit
country that there e^iitcd nmong us fifty young artists of ec
Ability, nearly all utterly unknown lo ihc Aaidcmy, and sii
establishment of Schoolfi under a Department of An h^ mi
Aiandnr^l of ornamental taste bath in workmen and the pub
Hoyal Academy reniiiining as if deaf ,iiid blind, only J4live
Interests of its pocket, the old respect towards the body has bi
geChcr cluingcd- PartiamenUry liiquiriL-s have taken ploct*
resulti the Acadomiei^ns cliiirniny in fati co be the Queen's fl
like the playL'rs of ibc time of Quc^en Elizabeth. .\]U] hi M
Sir C W. Dilfce called the attention of the House tO the flQ
the Royal Ac^i.dtfmy to attend to ihereeommcndauonBOf ibep
Royal Commission, that of (S6^. *
These rtcommendationa U'etCn we niLift: say, of afutib A
ftnd the Rc»ya.l Aendt^my only aasiti character by neglecting pi
S[f C, W. Dilkc'a motion produced no effect; he aeems to hr
no intelligent adviser* ^d might havij iiaved himiScir the tfO
doing js he did. U'e bciievc he thinks bo novr. At dlC
Science Congress at Liverpool htst year, Mr. VVatldas Uoytf
very good paper cm "The Influcncij of Academies upon the I,
Nation," i^hameterising t^ioin as Old Men of the &ea» whoK b
u-jspurtiyidfishiandMi. *\itciuaou, ^ho followed, spoke of l
oofaaa ifisdbecd to thu writer so mixny dinat^anda and
iota 10 vUch th« medium painter i^ lii\.h\v^ ihat he ccmc-i lo ihc
lOnthoi tome vulilicmeatun; win tK-c:imvd:ibortly lomitig^EC
ome Acm, A few yean ago* the ciutluu:; iiaxtiM feared his
idling himik:U't<i so prcconousa way of lifir. Now tE is eniirdy
l!;1he[»Ainicriaa "pro<pcTon»SCnilcmnn." Hisjintcccdcntn,
re teased 10 be unincntionahEo. Ho 1oob« without awn and
oae amusancnt on the profotioiul ^vind bo^ with honorary
ailcr hit Ttainc, or 4ii ihe upcdnli^ vho^ lijniii.^ beat in hi»
vtiow ulk i& of oxen, and who tr.'JttcA in hops, Irna^nc ihc
of the culEhated 3L9|i^miit when Ik iintl^ ihai tuch men hold*
in Adr hinib, hy uxcludin^ h\i plciurca froEn being seen }ty
the interior of the Aca^demy h by no means it "happy
nor aksk oMnpOCt body opjjosinf; pmgres;^ tike the Knnush
lod. The three or four tuprcme |>ainiers> members of iJmt
thQ haw this ycji^ ethibiled ai the GrDAvenor, are c^dncly
'he dDr*c borough feeling. They ore universally rcspcMcd;
i^ty wcRl artl-it wi:hin tlie pale ^cis 03 if he were superior to
icot pjdntcr in Engbnd wiihaut it, and this Action on bis pari
ioncd by ihe attitude of tlie pubtic and of iha great majority
ptofaoon- Neocsii;)- i* loo cunsimning: year .ifier yi:iXT,
ncmcsx in hh heart* the- middle-cloH orti^i grins and beftra hi^
;hcmiuie,\hibiiKomew4)cro— ifpovGiblcin BuiUoglon Hou^e;
adrv /lar he raav set a. sieo funher I Monr. ihnt " rmnrun
7~Af CtniUmsu's Maga^im,
trcflcmcni he h^ not cipcdenccd foir hilTft lifetime ^Vbai
roAon? A few roondi^ bdoirc he h.iri been oTTcrcd and ba4
into ihc AcuLdcmy ! He W«d wtitod for Ibny fcui, M
did not nec<l disdnrtjon, so be iraivnl ihc honaur, and il ^
widcrflcxvl iho! ^f^ Honlcy, ibc tnemboT'dert. who U alaip f<
fbnvafd promincnily oti the hanginjE eommitl^c, had brrn cuJc Aj
in-itrumcQi of punj&hing him. Mr. linndl did not submit qmetlf
ihe pkcuie had been conditioniUy lold far a veiy Urge «uid, and ^
'(rightencd j]urch:i5tT fjmiubJcd ; Mr. Ijmicll hoih wrote to the Tim
fftnd puhli^hfd n p^mphlci. and he hu been Iree truiD a Kinuhi
ocvurrence since. This reicctiun of picmm is n waj- \\\z chamral
ifkttiiuiinnha^ofadcfLOih'led^iQg good advice A ye^r jigi> Uic wodEi
of cme f>f our moM cuitivaied landscape p^LinLcrs trore rcfiucd exhi^
lirrn, ITii* had never h^pptncd befort ; he hnd hccti wek<«Dedl
jcftr^ but he now learned that he had been taken (or \ht »viUf i
ccruiit «riciurci lately appearing m the ptpcr». He had oot
die writer, and had been punished by lnia^1ke ! Mn Ai
WTO^nt leifCT in ihc Tmts Mowed, flppriainj; the public llui
had a right to mm out any vi-ork he chose, and that he mc^ili
cxerdie it. which mndc him quite a hero vviiKm the runks.
This fight 10 turn out any wort on unstated grounds ha*
lim"bc<rn t^c Jooihoflhcani'^t. I'he reader may i^rhaps mi
(wc ^peak. of 1S7O) a very tall uninteresting bron?e figure of
Lawrence, a figure with narrow shoulders and iwrrowCT
done witli the least ]:ossiblo labour, to go out to IndiA, bp
U'oolni?!. R,A., occupying the r'^^ct of hunour, or ax least thcwrf
conspicuous place, oppoeile the entrance- One of the nol>]e« wfli^
yet reahsed by Enghsh sculpture, the "Valour and Cowardicc'l^
the late Alfred Stevens, part of the national Wellington momjwat
foi Si. Paul's, 5roDd cvgainsi one of the angles of (he npanmcnt; tfd
the splendid group of **5l, George and Ihu Dragon," n work oftrndf
omplcd dramatic anil aritsiic skill, wan placed in one of the
galicfiefi- Ituc anolhtr large w\-'ik of ^re;»t eKcelkncc. I ud
becausL* I must pretTiise I have not seen iu the work of three
years, by Mr. Earle, a sculptor who once modelled the Queen,
on th,U account was then nearly elected into iJie Ae^cmy,
rejected. Mr. Earlt's dtatl^ which ocunrrod n few wcekit oAtf
opening of the exhihicton, was slated in the papers to luvc f«t*i
result or the frighrful disappointment of having the great wort «fl^
IJICt hifc three yi:oP3" labour, de|;/rivcd of llie chance of |)ub1ic rcecfd^
tion, Thi^has never been denied ; it has been confimod ; hu irid*"
hji3 beat j^kci^d on the civil pension X\$x. How plcasmt
Th£ R^fot AftuUmy and ExhiHihn, 177
nlptor ccBinandin^ on Ihc oc4^ui»rt. ^rr T'li Any oTh^ m.tn, 10 ftel
bvIe vid dtfkwJC 10 prOvc, Although well known \\\ [nivatf circles ;
ki <rc^«iOti!d ^ much fitrlhcr : wc have mvidi more to ray; utd to
ipotk wiih brc«lf and cl«irnc!i\ let us divide out Argimicnt
itL Is tbr Roy^>iI Atudcniy now, tn itii rrbilona to tho l^no m
profculons, reilJy whsi it wo^ Jnti^Jidt^d at iiM vAUbliBfa-
nkmi tob«?
jnd. DOCA il ^dv^ntiL^outJy and honOLttably lepreieni iha in'
tervHtA mvoived?
jtd. It gtatuitoiu niuoiligii now JListi5^b!t:?
4th. U Ibc Royal .UaJcmy like Old Saium ?
To begin *ilh Ihc fij6l of these quciiwiiSn The Arts repnscntcd
ty the Atadcmy ire Piintine, Stulpiurc. Arehilctlurc. and Engraving.
At the time of^thi: instULilioix of the Acd Jcmy, tht failure of the
'Sddcty" «faidi 1^ luccedvd it, x body coMUtnm^ n ^€^\ uiany
^p-paiMcn V)d othcn luivin^ IlilI^ cIouvl lo the L:ha.ruet(;T of artista»
theadTiMriKTiopfvpArcdthclitw^oflhe iiruposcd "Atad^my"
a timil — a. limit, ho^vwur, hLi|)p<.<Ht:d eo W kirge <;ngugh
ire all tlie rr-^l ^rtisl^ living, itnd which was re:iUy larger tlun
■, a« th<f firat set nuiiibcitd but thirty-six. leaving four v;ican-
10 be lULcd.
Tbc fint exhibition fir^^}, befori: thv Academy occupied ronma
imcnct H<7UKe) ccint:Lined only i^fworkst indtiding oil pUiurcfif
aichitcrtuml ilcxi^fm, sculpturejir n^odols in *^^y^^ ffc*
Uii« with the exhibition of 1^70, whiih contumi'd ii5«a
aJUiough cwo WjiLcr-Cotodr Societies ^id m^my oEhurs were
The Aculptuiea aloQC numbered 165, twenty nine more than
m ibow no ytara ago. Archiltfcturc contained 117. nearly
ftu^rn the entire fint >^ar'fl shott-. Jn watCT colour :!iero ^cre
ifaogi J40, Tbe majority of ihc remainder, roughly cilculfttLd, were
in oiL So im^iuibly have our arts Uki; our tmdc dL^veloped,
ofofGctal neglect and Academic di'^coiimgcmcnT, c&pccially
r-oolouT painting and hndacapc !
ict lu now WL* how the membership of this limited body ia nt
|iMait i£vidcd : beginning with landscape- The revenue of th€
-AcvJctny retulu from the e^hibitlonf and Lt appe^ir^ from Mr.
^^^nnfi pamphlet, lately pL;bl[qhcd, Lhat our landsc^tie pAmters
'■taiiOcariyathirdoftheBLibi^jctpicturts, Thc^tntlcmcnwho paint
*w* bwe bceti ihe lea« submissive under the severe Ireatracnl o^
I
The GtHtUma^s Ma^zint^
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Inie yem, and wc mii^t admit hndtcApc ik a po(tulAr pit
ux^juiii pcrhapri ihc moM -nLiccc^isful diviiian Af our school
hcnithy lanfliu-jipc, ihAt \^ Co uy, Lmdsrj^pt? iniipircd bf alorco^
NfttUTTJ Yd Ehc:rc b not one Undscape pointer in Ihf ^ha^TiVdT'
wittnlirr* ! Thctc 15 one painter of nhipping and «n *iil)jfrft jrfco
pfttlialty ,1 bndsrapi^t, jind there arc tio\r three AfvsociAtct;
Will any inTcllit;cnt pcfflon aRirmUiai Mr. l^eoder, wliMt'worb
jrc among the most attmrlive »n (ho exln'lfiiions— we do i>ol mrt-
tion Linni^ll, lice^u^ he rcfii>i(?d the nicr^licrfhip \\^ tod vuml b
v&irt for during forty ycjin ; Mr. Mark Anthony^ wh<B« noble e^fctl
■md 3ikilfiil rcJili^Ttion of nature we used to ^eer for nuayyeAlSf Ms^
Alfred Ilimi, a man of rare oi^comfiJiiihmcnis anrl refined strrdy ; }b^
llrcit, posRciKd of sueh powers of imitilioo of lexture ARilsuito
Afi were pcrhflp* never seen before i Mes-^iejirs McWhincr ; J. la.
I'lckcHng; WiilEon, MAtftllum i Leslie Thomson; A. II Reid;&fRi!
<7oliJcr; Adruna; Hahcrj Aitmonier^ Linndl, jim.; Kjiveii; orma^l
other* we could name — wjK any tritie iiRimi ih^il Mr. Vk-al CoJC;
and Mr- QjJfes are superior to and should t?e ^panted ^m all 41
any of these? Mr, Cook is the only scn-jiainter within the pJe.
Should he he distinguished beyoinT J, G. N^ii^. \V\ L, Wyllic^ \\
Moore, PI. Hayes, C llurler, and many others?
When ftr^t instituted, the Academy actually contained sefen
sciipc painters,' not counting (.>aiil»boroiigh, although he
*' l.indscips" in the first yearns ahow. to which we hxivc
aJliidc*!, Now, when tht- English sdiool of landscape \\ in poialrff
frifl, thr fiist in the world, when the IJUlc influence we have on tbC'
cnntineni of Europe has been and isi exclxinivdy a Und^capc inHucDO^.
and ihe professors have increost-^d ;i hunrlrt'dfold^-ihtre arc bul dvec.
Associates ! It would oltnofit accm Ihul ihc amiable body h^d bea^|
frying tJll latclj', when it elected three probationory gentlcmfit, lOi
de^Trcry tht' moai thoroughly English branch of p.imting we |>oVe3fr'
'ITii-s stntc of things is the nioie at^surd when v^c find three aiMMl,|
painicrs in ibi; body. Mr. iJavJs^ one of these, has indeed
^ Till' wiilcr irgfclii If} Ve icvrnl of our ahlFTil Cf JEiCf, turo of Ihrm iL
tilimPlinfl thi^ anilififtl-porlicfil " .m lor ■n'* iokc" ijwcl** of bnjHjpt'
DogUlxjuiiptnctlsc, iilK>ve one owtu Thc^ kiLawbclti^tliaiithAtlDFniKx:
ruiil[1 pflinl- B |>iiVuiL- dnily ^K'ithciul Frc^i atudy Qf siiccillc motive; but hr
d1I<>b1.(ot] till lilt eccrnlric U^nid avj^inii^ (clehrnlc»i by Alfihoitv K»ir,
hlG picHirc. Olw of the IwH w^jltT» in Pari* hoa cflll«| Cmifth-'i work "*■*<
' ThcM wac; G. llflrreU J. KichflJdi, I'auJ Aod Thoni** S«ttihy, Do^
Serrcs, K. Wihicn, and F, Zuccbt«11L In ainmhiLinQn of only Iji irorbEbtf*
wzrc 40 ifrntf^apcL ,
^Hn
itoydl Acafiemy and ExAibtfwn, ty^
p«Unrlscapc pamicr. ^klthougb iVmt is nothi^ spociAliiy. We
MntoldthJLt ttcTc w,i4 ;rrrjit iN^WlJirjition citprciHcd >\ Vienna
flic Imcmatioful tjliihujon tta.» hcM Ihcic^ i\ma tlicrv t^rc no
pscnl frofn ihM Uiiiiilry save ihow of »hr mcmljcTs of the
m^ jtnd their ftirnrts, .inj» ronwijucnlly, iran'icly any Ijiiid-
( 0* next eummc ihc purtrMt painttra, of whom ihcrc arc
DT d£^ nlihoufh their works arc in all rcipicu the Ic^it inlcr-
to Uk |iablic^ ihc cniEh bcir^ that llic best ptJilrdita, or mthcr,
mid «y, the onlj' fxnj f>ortrait^ wt- nnw have, ;Lrc those done
(CCf hisBorion! iinl puctit.ni iKuntcrs W:ittH, MilUt^, and
Of the Acadcruician portrait painters Sont is tl^e only one
us Attmcttvc picture:!, bctiiuac lie painti latJica, Mr. Wells
C-iixc portrait paJaicr only bccAuac j>hotD^raphy cJciinguiahcd
^jUnro pnwiicc ; And his keen inaiioci for munidpaJ digniurics
» hi:! work« of any intcjcsL Sir Fr.-incis Crant, Sir A\'. liomiJ^
Lni^i, Richmond, *nd Thorbum arc all Advancing in yean;
their belt lime they did ncjlhmg fo be rtmcmhcrcd, cxcrjiE
ID his nuomiufc period. A^ for Sir \V~, ItoxnlJ, who ho^
ig «c con recoil, he would never hjivc hccn made
of Uic ^fatjonal Gallery hod he not been ii n^ciabcr of the
k ponmiK in the Btmc cihibiiioji mo&t wordi looking at,
fOulctf; Edtlit; K. S, Gregory; Misa.Starr; Misa M. Siimrt
f ; J. Archer ; L. DKiinaon ; F. A, Philips ; wiLh Kome from
irgtL There »'vrc others byttomt of 'jurbcHl painttTn; but these
1k<r 10 mention at prc^eui. tajjecially an ptiriraiiure no more
public ittCDiion. it \s no longer what it was \m the meridi-in
Df the vt, nor even in the day of Reynolds. Coaiumc isogamst it
en more than tiicn,. and ihc vtmeity of the sux\ is prefer j1>1c to
mtirre chances cf an; male portrait* ^ire with inoniimt'iilnl
r ihc defiaon ^ the dnliscd world, except in thi^ lianjs of
f OUT £teat hiatorica! painicrL^.^
be Burpfiw! at this taeftion at itio irnsfnl umcv when
of Ibfflii trt^ry SnniTinjjp,uihi[rt||i jirlf.i.'S. TUr frtcl, hi>w<!Vrr, l( patiaL
iMcmvDt i*^m M*, E, tJwtfJ*, "On ihc Fm^ Aii4 !n iSinknd,"
pnrlonticcuicc of |ior;ruU m Uli; ai.niiAl cvhiUiliDiu ]£ incJc^'il Miof-
« lElum lb c]&uii 'A IN< niimlTr fi ^tiuk* [gthibii-:^] timing A'm ycdf*
If^H^i Vtiilcltic nLCUbcF of purtrakb wiis 5i<J^3p or ncflfl^ 4 Eu l»
^)mM6Uamitaiici^'cttiifrffm;ifi lyhrvign iirt><tsthcimnv^tv« m*Jn\>a
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Th^ Gtnthmasis Magazine.
T^ ftculpton ncvt. Thi*rc are »cvf n in the Acudcmy, Mfntleil
AuoctJircs, ihc iTMJority or whom aic .ictuil t>'pct of m«tK>alt^
those ch/fsd'atn't-e-K^ x-ik for m >Min. Since thf death of Foley udflf
Alfred Stevcn.i, who w.ii indeed the grcileit sculplorfet bom mliftf
Und^or second onlylol'laxm;^!! in .nmenity and purity, the bat Enjliiti
sculptor livinfi b John Bdl, the acuiptor of the '* Eagle-shTrr" tht
Crimean Monument in Witctloo riacc, &c.; aiid the mort imatiTe
sculptor in full praetitc among ua al present is the nAionlttJ
Gemmn. J. E. Bochm, neilhci of ^hom arc in ihc body. Moict^
ihal, to keep them out it the last ek^ciiun vrhai a sculpioi wis riljibte
ft Mr, Woodmgton, of whom wc ean hear nothing after dilificnt xx^tx^
antt i:onsuUaiion of catalogues, ft-a-H unaaimously elected \ Ii i» uii
tliat whea the Acudemie porter went next day £□ intimate his elcc^
with the official letlcr in his hand, Mr. Fred. Will. Woodingtoc,"*
thJ!! genilcniaEi's nanic^ now appcfirs in the X\i.\ of A^fiOcutcit woildj
not believe him, and threatened \.Ci tick Lbc messenger down noinfll
an impostor X I
This amount of liA<:l(-stair influence and injiiBtiec \% pwUptl'
revelation lu in^ny ; but in the election of :inothcr man, a uufpoxi
Ml E. B. Stephens* the stupidity of ihe body ptruvcd itself equJ »
thfl injusEJct!. Mr> )C, B. Stephens was actually elected in xeXM-
for Mr, Alfred SievcnB> The sculptors at the meeting, who did vm>
want so supcnora competiim, winUod at thf ignorance of thepaitWii
and arthitccLs, and defrauded the most able man in the eouatr^'
his election. Such are instances of the working of profesnou''
jealousy or trade competition in a limited body like the Acadctay.
Ankitfcts, — There are six arthilcet members, all, properly spc^cs,
leading men in their profession. But a^ ar^^hrtecis have an Jr^ntfi
of their own, their reception into the At^cmy if^ 10 be coiuiddn
only as a compliment M the same time, the narrowness ciM
number makes even this an injnsrict-. We fiincy not one of thd*i
six gtfoilemen would say thjiL the elder Pugin or 0^^cn Jones s&c«itf
have been excluded ; that the learned archriecc whose rescarcha *
the Pardienon gave him a European rcputaJion would not havedoi*
honaiir to ihe Ac^idemyi or tiui Messrs. Limerfjcld; WaicrhoffCS
Surges ; Seddeii ; Trofcssor Donaldson ; G, Godwin ; Bodlcy; Chinp
ncys ; C. AiLcliison ; and R. P. Spien, should not be welcomed, Bi*
to mention even these is, we feci, an Impropriety, there being nun]'
of pofU4it> Id out EithibiLJon?— Ie it \ vtiy capmvm xuA yay jutl nAwi^f
Ilir RojbI Acjtilcni) cxtila Ly [iie |iruAiJi uF cKhlLUioiL, itiii ihi^rc itno tfjsia't'
tJui hriiii^a mota modey to iha dogn than \ht pomans." Him t^H iheltf**
4iV turjwii Jndeed*
/fe Royai A<a(fffny ami ExhibUion.
Xh flf cultivAtrd artttttc \M\t among*! ii* wiih wlioie
wt aic IcM fiimiTfar. The eril* cf the n*rrofr CivvrurliJxai,
hove bMi> icvPTdy fcH by the coimtty, VV'ilkinc »«*
Irt build (he Xfliional TMllciy mlcly U-ciiu^c Iw wa» a
aiKl in ibccgnfidcnccof the Ai:adcnky, ^lO »[jul]1 Llic'^finnE
rope-'
;»-Thr tdion of the Academy on the art of engrjvinij
artiKmledgetl even by ttwif to h,ivc been unjuKti/Libtc
of the nUbliiJinitm by George III. Ihc principal enj[rav«r
Robetl Stnngc, * Jacol^le gentlemnn of fiucily. HIh Jaco-
noi suu>d tn Iiii way at Court, ws thr king Icnigbtcd Kim ;
cotnbinuig aniEii «eie moilly veiy plain jo^u Du]1&, i.nclMr.
who dici:Urd tlid* |>bn* a %<y.v\ clcv^l— rt busybody whc* luid
t€ the kiTig — baring a Tcud with Strin^c, mntw^rc'^ a.long wilh
Chamb^n, torxchidc the Itnight P^ycxdudrng hb Art. It was
ih,« engraving, not hcjng .in inventive art. on^hl to be
allbougb in rvery Acattemy m ICuropc fl hat been and la
honoured. It t<t the democratic nrt* and pcrmealei the
;beside«, from DuTcrand ManFegnato John Bumct.inany
h*YC been invcnioni. That somi: personal fceUng Ijiy
ic pfoeecding wan proved liy the rccqicion of Bartoln;ri <t$
; And the cffi^ct ha* bten ihoC not one of our grcatciC
h«ji been in the body. The Acadiimy have taken off ihcir
veto, bi^l \i H now tookcciw;: have Tl^w or no Une
ur piibbihcrj employ Frenchmen.
<r Po^U and Gtnrt PainUn. — To go over these, who
nallotha dmsions in the Academy, so much so that
bcraD The rc^i coUcctivoly, might be a hille invidioua.
e time, gentkmt-n occupying a public position, and arro-
ontyal>ove their ftllowfl, m>.i3t submit to be criticised But
thcmaJI, the hnir anrl the lame, and even iho blind » from
en who x^\y have onee painted i good picture or »wo, to the
Xiom of Mcsrr^ Storey, Stoot", Burgess, and Morris, which show
the Academy \% filing Uii face like flint against tht^ " poeltc&l
*»rd dinging mare and more to modest mediocrity. Lei
|C them, alihough any picture connoisseur or exhibiiion specu-
Duld he pretty lure lo t^y,
1 euiBol march ihrou^h Covcntiy wilh ibc&c, that*i AAt t
u» ai the same time ace who are our best figure -painters,
tdtnowlfdging that there i» a eonwidcrablc sprinkling of diesc
rhf Ihirty-nine or forty-OTic Members nind Awociates, ThcTO
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The Gmikma^s Magasine.
W ujvenki mcii, indeed, whoiic; nULncf vrouTd tiri^btcn thk
wilhoLil whom rind ilic arcliiicciK» Aw Acidcmy could be ilu>vctk^
into the tluil bin uf ilxf j}a.4t iij-morrj^v. Two of ihcic, w^
prcmiav, were Ijai;^:^*! in tin- woTSt «i«rit and with the wm« ini
The laic Mr- J, 1* Lewis vi-Jh clcOtd in t'rdei lo wiibdrnw him
Ibc Water Colo;ir Society lo iJj« iojuryof tliai licdy,' And Sir
Gilbert alwj. Neither, howcvt'j, ha* t'ver exhibited wata-
picluivB ut the Acadtmy, ^uid tl-ic last iij^utt^il stilJ conunucs hU
tributlniJs lu dif \\'^Jttcr-Colour Society.
Ill iIk; Academy, then, Oien: ntc a number of our beat imnlcrt;
but our »thool i« now so ri-jli and ruried, iliat iiny limitatiim,
although Uhj miniLierH were doubled <jf Ueblcd, would itfll romia
un|iisi. Wc huvc scea Ihtw it was with tbc landscape moi. let
now notice in the wiuc way d»e figuie |iainttrs— " outsiderr,' to
the Khtnjj; of ibc Academic body^— -most imptjuant in making
exl^ibitioii (>r bitt yc^Lt the lucceii it wk& Tlic i^e^son of 1S7&
ptrhapH, l»(; niAikeJ in oLir jit ixincit!^ .u tltc year of the ap|
of AUh^d SiL'veiWs "Valour and Cowardict," even in prccnot
of the aiiunijhs of LeightoQ, Poynier, Millais, and otbrR, Bum
have already spoten of smlpiofi a& well js landscape pdnicr^. nw
business is MOW with figure pajotets, nxid ivich these few cxocpCioQs!
men, the most iniportant by fitr were all "^ outiiiders :" Mi. L» Rdcfc
whose " Wi Jowcr" was only infefior to bis « Casuals at the ^Vort
hou5« Dot»f" of lust year ; Mi, Gow, whose ^' Relief of Lc>i
was certainly one of tlie few historitu! lectures done in thii coi
equal to Uie l>est of the Frentli school ; Mr. F. R, Baroard.
•'Satur<]ay Night ^' ought to be mentioned ool)' after Hoganh
Albert Minjie. whose *m^l contiibuLion calkd "Beads" sap|
hiB tharaLti^r :^ a poelJc paioler ; Mr- H, WiiMis, whose "Oi
FriEon ill IlaJy " ind " Oatis in tlxe Dtseit " wijie uaivei^ly idi
^tlie paiDterwhoae"De!ithofCI^JittectoD" would have been ackr
ledged many yeara ago by a properly consrituied body able to
' At ihc tiiPcufMr, Ltwii's fU-clifMi the Ararlpmic law wnt ihit noutStt^
retain mcnibcrslijp ^ Uh nnyMhcr AnSocieiyif eJedest IntoihcAijidcmy,
ihui ipilutccJ In Itatfc |h< Wfttti-CftlmiT Sixielf. of whicL li-jdj- W w?* n l^i
PrtlLdCflN The amlii^jlt: Acinltiiiy[blluTVf>llli**aiMe]ialii7 *iih Ih* Ini
Sio^cly of Ifrili^ Arii^ii^. cif i^ulTolk SirvcL The Cunncil otfrfni X^t^^^
% nicniWisliip if lie wLtbilrcWf whicli he did* m^ich in |hf Los oT flic BccJeV'
Ifrili^ti Aniiii*- Wl' lidTC been lold that tJip Mm? mc^lr uf ].tfi)cn]ur«
[owed With Stnnrttl(5, ii-fjo wjH rtUo in lliillioily- Mr. Miuk Anthony »»■
ilmQarly 10 TfavE^ but the croundl ro[jui11ut^ Lhc |>roml« of tbc bojybodfi
hcrawholiiul a^lvistil Mn Aiulionyi ami he hiu nrjt only ncvo- ban el«tcd«ttfl
IwtH rppt:i!H!ly insiihol m lhc eihibition litnc.
7X* Rcyai Arati^my ami Exki^iiitm. iJJ3
Ml. V. Printcp^ in vxiiMU works ; Mn llctkomcr, kve were
L M xay, t>ut we hailAic, bcu-LiitC ie(iumciil«l fpu^rcrhiuion, m in
ittUTCh "^At IV^th"* PcKjr" jnti " TH-f UittflayiH," "* ihc ban-^t of
dOruliuoiitTh* Mi. l\- Kivitrc ifiJ Mi, H, HiirO/.wi: iiti^lit My,
lhct« leo'Uleit'CU jfU m fai J^urn wjih fukij fvcl f»[hci. )3iil avc
n uu(^a lo i;xi«rE(j thu Ym for (JUf;L'&, ^iiil iiicittiOLi ihc voilta of
iecn R. W. Mubcih ; Itoughlon; G.Smilh; A. Johiiilone; H.
^Obcmon; C CaUhyrji; K Hall; L. J. Pou ; H. H. Cutity;
ui; Mn. \V:ud; Mi5i Macgregor^^ goodly juray <jf Jr.iniei, liiac
tbe ondi pccAoDgcd
imnporc iB tlie*<r wi\^ the iiinual supply tiom (he large nmjority
eltAiwho icpcJl themstlvri ycai after yc^it, a.iid il ii dor
f <m w!iidi side of ihc p4gc ihc vasi majiHity of our bc*l Jtti^u
» be increvingly founri NonMd;iys a p,iinJer fmdi n coi^gcnul
dt dor% tmc dis^iingiiiihcd woik, i«mJ tcpui^ himself or (.xda
aU ihe rc»t of hrt life:. If he Ia itxcivi'd Jnio Ihc *miill iflivi-
body, Ihrre be i^ lill he is levi^nty ycifn of .ige, jt m^rk fo;^
ID print juid oul of pnnL \Vc fefnttii bi>m naming iMin^
uHy of velcrana, bill we mu^l say ihia—beCHusL' tin: Acjdemy
rtx aB the monry rcceiveil wilhuut the *,h^htf?5t gratilude — if il
led in riltihilinnr4 to t\\c work« of \U Own mcmlicrs, th^re arc
Jvc Of *ii who oould sflVC the imslitUtion from htinp banknipl
OUplc of yCsir^.
I. Nrrillc GrcnviJIe, in Ihe dobale on Sii C- W, Dilkc's iiiolitin^
"the discomoti ihat had arisen niLi5t do tbc Academy go(>d.
tilmt lomentton ibat there wnsa jrrowing prnctice of ihc best
m ticH hftci^ *eiH 10 the Arjdemy," Lind in illiiiLlrJTion of Ihii
cd ID Ihcitc hy Mr- Hciiman Hum :ind Mi*it 11ioni|>&on. But
^1 have ^Linc very much further. Some of out very nobiefil
I inll not Venturis to i^end-^llic lianj^ji^ conimiUw being no
i9X\ ] OlJ»CtH hi4¥trseji[ye-ar -iii.e\: year, and l>ecLi <sy*iUiiJ!ttitidly
cd frcm |icr*onjLl fi:eting, oi from b^?ill^^ sujjposed to be inunical
r«idiisivc pruilcj-cs of rhe ^lody. Oi ccjiiibc the Council or tbc
j» afe not infnlliblf ; ft would be absurd lo cicpcct them to be
J Ahny< right ; but whiit vic must inflexibJy demand \f> Ib.it they
be unbJAikVfl .md hor>ourjblc, neither of which, conslituL^d as
\aAcmy n, <^T\ tbcy ^tner^tly h^.
b Ibe J^itii^tiy Rrrtav last year, wc find ,in able i^tcr,
L StAthMU, tpealcin^out on tbc subject of the poor ituiliLy of the
tt^lhc mAJorily of ihc membcre. '* It is time that a plain word
UbcMid : that what is being everywhere spoken in the gw should
*Qduiilcd from the hoiLHii-tops. The majority of the tvoxY^ o
i
184 Ti^ Gfyiilemans Ma^eu^^
At^cmichni uliidi hong on the line aic mnticn of coni
everyone widi t5Tnp.iibiw above the mot! vul^ and comi
Idc'u ; and no^ the cdiicL^tcd public wQI no longer stuid ihrn
far ftom ihc Royal Academy being iLn influfnoc Tor raiAiaf
U&ic, it ifl, in viituc or a hr^c proportion of its mttnben' work^
CDgine for dcbaeinj; .-uid vuTg:insiiig it,"
Thl« is vtfry btrongly put, but perhaps not loo strongly^ In'
ma^uiDC, tivo inont>iB ;iei:i, Mr C. Cirf spoke out almost ai pi
and if wt consider the w.i)' fn which Ihc elecrioni arc many
nuLnAgctl. the evU can only be remedied by a revolution- Ti
fifw kce dtfctJons of Assoctaicsas cxi^mpltlyinf: 10 whnt Icnglht
fflMionfll jealousy ctvn gA. Wc liavf iilrc-idy mcruiont-d that
F. W, WoodiJiglon, ofwhom we c:in Ic^rn iiothm^', ^'astlccledwl
out Mr, BoehmH Or the same ni^jbt was elected Mr. Oakcs. a
scape painter, who has scarcely been before ihc public for ten
in order 10 k.eepout Mr. P. Cmham. IT Mr. OakCK should
ihi^ Academy, and wc think he al^ould, Mr P. Graham ought to
bt'On ckct^d liftLcn zebu's agu. A lliird nun ticcicd wjm A5r.
whos^ production, a child having a dancing le&soo, the readCT n
have observed, in order to kt^ep out Mih V, Prinsep, and abol
he lives in Si. John's Wood, a locality principally celt:bra:ed for
dofH-momfe, but likcvvisc as the abode of a clique of ortisi^ who
a ncck-and-ncck race with the Scotchmen in ihc Academy
flucnce at the elections ! Mr. P, C»rahani xf, a Scotchman; but
have the fficnds of Messrs. BoL'hm nml Prin^cp tried in tain
series of years X.^ carry ihc'n in? Because ihey belong to
Leighton faction, an increase of whi^hi jirc^ious to nE:xt de
of a President, all the mediocrity in the Academy \^ si
fl^insi :
That it b of no tise Va try to adopt such a body to the
the country, in view cif the vast number of mir artiste now, is
clear by the resulL-? of the inquiry of 1S63- The President uidi
before the appointment of the Parliameniary Committee, "theA*
demy had resolved lo cany out important reforms, cmhTsring iht
cnbrgcment of the con5*uiucncy ;" hut afterwards, and tha in
ai-kd^.t^v lodgment of the recnmnicnrtarions of the Conmutlee, he iPTt*^
offirirUly: "With regard lo ihc qucilion nf l.irgcly incrcvir.; I^f
numhcr of Associates, the Academy very wnrmly at ftm entered iiW
the B<:hcu^e, but thty found that il was beset inih many diffiaihir^
The Aciidcmy, seeking to [ivoid these diftieultiCH" (which, hmrtTft
arc not ei'en indicated), " and ai the same time dciiring to havf ii ^
their po\vtT 10 pecognisc d// tcmarkahlc talent outside ihc imllA
imllAlu^
TAe Royat Academy and ExAidifit/Ji. 185
die tbtlowiag rcMluitoiiKi which they hope will be «itielaciorr
jilAjenjr'ft GoTfiffmnciK And ihc <:ountr/. Rctolvcd ;—
[Ll Th< Atnbvn of U»e Kof*^ Ar»dpftiy Jo rot <oiuIJ»i' li eipcflleni rt
hatfc Ibc pMQit ■ll■^f^ «f AadctticiuVb
ULjIVutbc nmbctof Ajwciaia be uukfanit^ but that thttrv duU bq &
tiVAQfr«C*l7Ql>bTAi**p&TltiJ dp.
Aftrr ihc tin* and cxpcnw of a rarllamoitar)" inquiry and blue-
ki)^ thb wju tbt rcsuh ! NcxI season no one thought more of the
The niimhcT d member* wai tn remain ihi; iimc ; the
of the prohationary graxle the «me jJ*o 1 TTicre arc now,
; of |hi( nbjiv.rioiuLhle ri^utv made itiU mnre objectionahle by
dMBce* of Ihcir All getting into the Acai!cmy being reduced
iKtIy in prop^rtiotk to Uie Cfiltrjcmcnt of iheir o^vn nHmbcTTi —
leit arc al j>fe5ent (fourteen jiear* after the ParlianvfTitaTy inqtiiTy),
Mcsd of ao~i6, and thai is what ihe Aeatlcmy hoj^rt wiW saHafy
econntfy, and talli "rccoj^ising a/Ifhc talcni outride thcwaKsl"
be tnali it, this eittenijun \% nnly [he cxicniion of an evil : an en
Mvd body vbotr prime Ainf.lion is exhibition — a scheme for
kfftiienieci ti^ ule wjih money ta-ltcn at the door— is not an
odnny ^ it ii a traijc monnpoly.
Hating a geacral noqiiamianrr with rritfr^ ^s well .m znist%, >ve
ippca 10 know the name^ ar Icax of ^ jr;i.>od ni^ny men held in
MMn by their brcJhrm in Ihc higher liranrliw of iwiiniing, a
vnber otfrhrmnr>-cT sending Wihc Anidcmy tnlnhitioniSndwfcan-
ll Mp Itinkii^g thi^ phruwr of " rccogni!<ing it// the talent oMFf^i^^Je
hr viUi" ia amrably »id at tho^ i^jaintera^ and at oihi^r^ j^wrl], th>e
nicfrd body having an Jn^finrtivc fteling ihat the nmjorily of
ite *re lis enemies. But let u* mfll*e a list of .40inc of the im-
fttOBt aniits (figure painterB), luiponant either from whM Ihi.7 have
Im or from their po^^er and intliicncr We have already cnume<
■Cd fifty or sixty exhibitors of last year at Burlington House, on
iltte world the show mainly depended for its success, and the in-
iteon «insequently for its funds. Let u* add some who eillicr
tttol send, or at lout did not appear there, or have not yet been
Mfted; McBiieur* Arm^rong, poetical and genre; John Bell,
n^iMf ; F- M- Brownn genre, hi^mrical ; F. W. Burton, historieal^
Ifenorof the National Gatlciy ; Cruilcshank, rarit^aturLSl. humorist ;
llvnfl scnior,*acA and Undsrape pointer : Drummond, genre, his-
Ivial, Director of the Scottish National Gallery ; Du Mauricr, iUus-
**«; W. Holman Hunt, aacred art^ Arthur HugheSn poetic and
; E. Bume Jones pocii^aJ ; W. J. Inchboldj Umdaca'pt ; S»«
i
Ths G^fUlcnmsts MagasiHt.
J. Nwl Paitin, poviical, hbtotical i William Mtims <l«yraurr-'
W, B, Rii.hmond, pocdciU ; H. Q. RoRwui, poetical ; Tajmclfa-
loricnl, Hail]tk-;il ; W, Qnvc "nionus, hUtOTj'cal, ^'iuious ; W. B. Sc«t
hitrtoncal, ^luctic^; S^it^nccr Slinhupv, poetical; S^iTidyi, pvim
poetical ; CIuKlon Mujhh:in * vmout^ i Svlout. hidloricaJ ; Uk
Elijubeth Thompsun, UtUe paintt^ : Mn. Joplin^ ; ]. M- Whirikt
elchcr and puinU-r.
Such U ;i j&hort lUt uf wur heading pjuaten nuC cxhi^ting liC
itcflson, frotn ibc wfilci'* pomt of view, without, wiih omt- excqiQoa,
jnduding Eculptora gr .iichiicciE, mcmbctii of tlic Wntcr-Cobv
Society or InMiiTitej ihc So<;3eiy of En'tish ArdsW, or men wilh forap
na.mc3| as Legros, I.i^man. Tlssoi, Pcrxigini. T^t the T^^ct oa-
siJcr well the nwjtJiiiy of ihc namea, and thioi t*y if Ijo doo Qfl
n^fiii; witli lis, tliac 0»c iisstrtioii ncidt !'>■ the Academy vi!ii.-n It kft
itbuul addi;i|,' six to ihc dclehied t^r.»de <jf AssociaU-ht th:il ii " JttiiH
to rccoi^Eiuv aJ/ die tjUnt ourHidi: the walU/' niubt b? a con4ciott
unuuth } To c^l a spndc a epadu, wu may siy tt nae a lie intend
to net M cm insult. !m:igino it, loo, signvd by Jt *>vcond mie a^
4L1 P.R-A. \ Imagine a du!) of pi5et& having the power lo I'cwpab-
licniion, consisting of Beddoes, Pmed, Hamson Alnawonh, Ljdui
Bbnchari:!, and " the |>ocl Bunn," issuLug a ^imHjir tn;uiifcao tigufJ
by Murtin Faii]uh,ir Tuppet -la Pri^sident !
2ni\. Does the Academy advantageously and honourably Tq>it-
sent tilt' intofcsls involved ? This question is partly answered niUod/*
but still it niay be well to inquire whether the mcmbcR, and ptfiJ'
cularly the offite UcaaTs, n'altse the fact liwt they arc cot l^or
soldy for iheir own advanlhigii The FrtsideiiU wu are bomid »
suppose, is, in (he opinion of the A'.aJeniiuaas,-tHhehciadof Fr/-'^
art, the mor^l ficcompliahed man living in an/ of the i>ro'.
icprcscmed, and no bail able to appear as their repre^etiiativc (a
sight of Europt. ^Ve ore lar from wishing to make any rem,
on offensive kind, and acknowledge him to bs an uncxccpfii
gentleman in j^rivatc life. But if our inquiiy is to be good for
• Mr- Morrifi, ftud Iwo odirt eaiUcmcn among Ihe tuccwiJine Eodcslfi
11*1 hove ulif^n im|>iiniih1 t"'vii<jn» in the wodU of IctWr* a* j>ucIs. VTcdtl
fTcnTUni(iml iht Arri Fprtita bcjug iiii.orjKkntr[1 ^idi die iiiib *ff dtai|Eii
'^AcaUciiLv/' Ldi wc Lhiiik iht pov^ck-inik ot cucli tncmal rulti-raEion 4iid
mr: icijuiird l^y \lnr- |K>ct ihc tiin'^\ gumiinicr UjaC In^oihcJ wujk>\riU htK
Vd1ii4, Tlifj will poisrH a rctiifiiiis-iltlc ff^AifK <^*'^f ■■ *1 Irn^l,
' S«nn aliar-pipcp, *'dnUt in Oic T«inl»," in rkr Scialb Kfn^Lcifipni;
Ehowine A>vi/ of the iloUceI anutic ijiuliiLu. We nrc nnt fic-iidimcil wtA
gcndcmui't (Hher works. 11ii;t oIdiwi however, cnttUci btm to cpjior tt
JUa.
Jiifyit/ Atad^my and Bxh^ittOH. 1S7
Mut ipvak of thf- Prcfeicti^iit is a.Q artist, ind wc uiiibl do ki
aiuj Gumallr, ;iod ^^ nmic Ihtfrvfon; ba>' uf Sir Fnuidi
tiaii ik4t be K< n^ in bit ptupcr plice :is ihc h«jd uf r;ur njlioiial
buCf.. He ii indeed leu iin Atli^l hy natun: und ^tvccdents
ka m Amateur. Ai his cumin Aticj 11 bufuro llii; Commiui-i^ of
lifiiry Into the proem potiiiort of the Rojil ^ciidcmy, Mirch,
IU3, bo jAtwen die ijudtioa if he \> well octju^inted wJib that
Wj?— ''Siimonihsof the year 1 live out of Ixindon ; ihese arc the
Milhi whcD the principsil iuc*:tingt of tlic Audcmy t-ikc pbcc:*'
Md i^aun, when questioned j9 10 the dA^«e» : " 1 huve never been a
MM in the life-tthoc»I. becjiuic whcti in town my litbcuiri arc »o
tnK I am e^diiOUc"] in the evening;'* — eihautted by }ii* diiJly
Miqg,aU1touT whii:h cxhauiiti^ c»thcTjiti!«tsa^ well; ;ind thJK iniichei»
pr ccniral reiv:in hvhy Ihc clL-cnioKyrury Ecanhing m Ih? RnyAl
Isdony cUhc* h^A aU^vs been uj li^ly LMiimried 1o, tlimi^h he
Im t>ak teem 10 think of lluit- A^^in, he JKt jiikr^d : " nn )<ou tlimk
II Ibc Academy i:ni|;h[ d^jiriiw wjlh llic Aviodulr rLv« ? " .knd
^IU>4 " I have never ^^onisiitcrcd th:(t subject, ^nd could scarcely
^: I loion,'— *■ ^Virre yyu yi^HOfiraOLinluiiicd Co atlcnd cithci:
. lool or the jrainlmg'irhoo] -is a Mmknt?"— " NoI " Wc
Iknutnd ^r Krmcis never even die^ir from th<; antin^tic, Jind we
mnber one rtf ihe gentlemen ^iltin^ on thp totimiillec siying to
I viiter ifiem-Ards: " T thought of asking hitn if he considere'd hi«
■bag ihe life-wrhool m lettchcr would be of any use to ihe students,
rt poJitcncsv forbade."
Webcar itcon^danllyFaid ihiitSirR Gunt hw made an excellent
wiJcEj- No doubt he hai , but ik Ihi.i (^td one to hojist of> He
b Ihc chair of Reynold* in ihcie critical lime*, .ind his le.iming in
t mMtcT oJ an-hi«LOTy may be iEluilraled by variotis anec:dotes,
Bieni both Huhin and wjihoiit i]ic body. It is said, but wc do not
nnntce the precipe tmih of the dciJiJ^i, Oiat htr h^vd tu re^d ^ EcUcr
tCouikcil Juc^ri^ fuf furtlimng one of tlic ExliiUiUony of Old
[tfce^ wbcrein *onic oi;c oUcred a. \Aci\it^ by It^ph.icl- The
inve of painler*" was rami^d by his patronymic " S.inzio."
Wd^ geiidetn»/' ;idded the rrcsident, " we want the picuirfrs of
|nima*tei^ ywi know; ,ni forSanaio, 1 never hesrd of him. ^ome
f^ are A gre^t deal better up in these niatici^ tl^an I am^ but I
l«l Ifak iJfe want plcturoi Ly obs;:iirx: ciitn liki: that ! " A^aiD,
Ite doe telling him that Mr. Horsley i«,is |umtin^ ihc Queen nnd
niacc Alben'» ponr.tjiA for the Adelphi, Lo go bt^idt lijrr/i I'"j4c
|Wa fte(e; " Bany f" ^aid the P.R,A,i " ha^i Barry Idt off his
IPC and been painting pictures ? "
i
i38
Tki Ctntitmans M^^ajfrnr,
u^
We m;iy be remmi^ed thai Ae lumination of Sir F.^
J/rrtifr ttJiivf, ikcT I-.Tnrisecr fliwJ >!jc1]ihc h.id boA
lioiiOtii, Itut ^lifh rc^fii^il onTy ihnwt that Ihc office^ tlic ^iilict^
wlutl] ;iiic iiiainly thoae of lo^si-ma^ic^r xi ihc AnniiA) dlnncf, a tq^
nanl Ig ihc Uslc nf m<(i ofgcniu*^ They shoulj not be rci«i'rJl»
IXTform n Jitty any rjstf^ntiliijus fifnl niighf ilo bolter, Tlir spw'wa I
icpty lo tlie toMis allowing gmpr^Oly .1 JiumiluCTiig dcgfw uf ig»
laocc of art
This jiiinuLiT (Tinni-t ic^clf, cillhoughit niELy h.ivc bad a raa^w/l/if
when inaiiiutcd C*hortly after the Acidcmy itself, we supjiotci, now M
EnglUU ail U cut of tu Jiirnorily — limcc have changed Bince the |0d
I liiureate hid .1 ■iitit of doilies and a buEt of >sndc ;iTkii;Litly— *U loobd
f upon a liUle a^kijncr by our br^t |.iaiii(crs, ^lEthLiu^h Ihc itrjttf
( WttfiTi^ii in \he ALaJ<?niy hapten lo tl wilh siwc ami Otilii^lil- I lu"C
I <;v<jn htfL^iil them Lunimcnd ihc abovt aji^cdote^ q( thuit ?tr^iiiiLtf\
I indLfre(«nce lo Tiiatvry at if iTiey proved tlut am jiniit bad iioiIhd; ''i
do with ^^ kncwlrdge ind ItMriiiii^ and that sun of thing ! " iij tbC
we tiiusi not be auq^rised if tlic appetite of sunie of them faib
the [igiuiinji sense uf honour ! On one yctasion the wTilcrhad
fdiciiy 10 be preseni. and heard ihc Prcjident, itutfud of dlico
cunctnup^ ihe "awful joys" and vait intereiU of perfecl art
Tiiodt^rn Ei^ienci;, dwell u]jt>Ti the pleasure of fbOowiDg the he
pleisuri: of tht'"xip|fKt ten." On that occation the writer wi
two men, one of our g^^^^^i painters and a Imrned f^ueti
evening, and he still teinenibets the ainincd expression
Giccii, Hot he remembers niso meeting on the following d.iy r>i
SAW there, men of the typioil R.A, this; he found them still
with their chins in the air, plainly saying to themselve?!, •* We
mere artisls^ we aTe members of the Melton Mowbray htJTi!,
follow hITI Iu p,3^s om lime in tc»vn,''
I ^t lis further observe the effect of the election into the Acid
Ihe painters [licmsclvcs, Ecmt-mbering that it is the go^t^f the
of family-men who ijjlni Endless " pot-boilers;" of all indeed i
- not sustnincd by the higher motives. Every ordinary mnn
intelle<2t and hiod work together, dors hU be«t at one a
period of hfe, and eannot as a mie be enpecled to prodliec e
good Jind iiew u^orlcs foT a long penod of years. Mr. Fn
instance, ri^s from '^ Slicny, Sii f " a rcuiTPiwenfe of his
bnrmaid, to the eoinmanding skill of " Ramfigaie Sand^'
siib^idfs again while aril] in the prime of life into the "V.
Wakefield. " and the " Tropos.!] of M.ifringe," Mr. Hook (
Other hand goes on for a whol? lifetime repcaung bu *' 1^%
oj.
of
Tk4 Rayat A<adcnty and £xlttWwn. 1S9
■It rcty Hitlc (kgencralcd. ISttt it hA4 been od^rvtd time aricr
^tn>dcu wclliioailvdc iht bMljr* Ehni (Hl- miijurtty of pAlmet^
■bSbb frata tbc djty ihqr Ar« elected .i^ laU mcinbcnt Th« tpccjch
tfAciilanil j>rof<»ioiuiJ Atlniomcnt conftTTc<l \yfXUc initiah K.A.,
■d the humbk kvfl Cif Ihc avenge Academic nlnrubrd, have a faUl
rAOiaoi oo Ac^dea few n-hum m-c need not imoic, bul nn a\\
'beMd^ TIk vu^ppy m^Lii who has been lUuggling to mt to the
wdvd oeccxBuy for thia giveir object, bcginsat anccto take hix c^sc
iiui;heGUiniuc hb (dee and tomnmnd a ccnitin limJEcd nutrkrt j
3lr. GUdtfone'i face c^r Lord Bcixi:i>nL£eld'.i ma^k at tlic ;Lnniial
and ihc l-ord Mayor inviie.-i him to the M^nAlan lloktsf !
; tbea, do aJl but a very few men of cxtmorri in^T> indepcnd-
privtte SDCCess wail round the doora qI ihe Academy? Not
of die honouri but beciiti^e of ihe professional advanlogr,
Advantage. Ihc battle of life is too compcllmg; Ihc
Klember, or A««odjiic, takc^, for a time, a pofiiEioTi tliat
|Mle« the <JfaIer 10 work the oracle for him ; a^d for ihi^ the hope
thut nukcA the bicart sick niuiit be endured, the kind cif
|kwt the Acidc^ny otecma mu^i be ^nnurdly |)aJnicd. 13ut zh^
is in he nujr do what he likei. It i:t mueh the umc in other
or coportncrahipa. Within the Acfldcmic ^jrove there is
idfrd lSc pieaKiie of icijuiting the ptofcisioo for all the srrewSnf;
iecAi Ku (oti, of t^Lming the Eabli:! .ind tytonnihing oser Uioae who
M lOEl tiA*tin£ £nnily without, of li^iving a veiled right in tlic hinirle
iNcd guild rrm^iining tn tht« reformed country.
Mr. Roberts, before the tSO^ CoxTtmitlec, read a j>£ipcT he hnd
penomly prepared on the pains and hiiiniLiations of Asaocialcs
Mhing fovadmiition jLi full members. He drew a touching picture
f dKir siispcQse. nnd ipoke of tt js having bern very deletefiou^ to
iOlh the ».n and the henllh of &iMnc of hi4 friends. Yet it iit by
1 few 10 thia probaiionjry body that the AcAdetny propoics to
uhpc il*dr to the Tncrca.*img interests of the pic^fcs^ionr aud 'Mo
Uirff ihe rf>nnlry/ " llivc they nniaU ^tool?* fi^r you Assfn.btc?
chain for Ihenuelve^ ^*' WooLlctE \\%cA to ^L^k his assistant,
1^ Ofi ttttimtng from the gencrAl meetifigs. When Mr. Watts
AnctMd hii old friends And hi^ old jtrincipEc of JudcpcndeDcc^ juid
Uu^ the Academy^ sidvAnced ^3 hi' vi^x^ in lif^, hi: stipuUtfd th.it
\tin% DOC to lemun long in ihe prCib^ilionary grad^ But few can do
fcl' it b, moreover, ungenerous and e%-en unjust to older Aiiociates.
iIlc number of thja lower cU^s without increa&ing the
Upa, H to doom x ccrlAin mimber of men to an endles« minority, ^
^ackhn Ur. Roberts, nor rn^y oiha itiUieEft(:Ka^iQ(:d,mr^\\oiv«<i ^
The Gentlattaf^i Ma^mnt.
linf widC"5pread cvih ^luflVrcd by the •* oubridfT*" wailing for f>Q«jUf
op<r[ting5, Ihc taloit wasltd, Uic chanoe* of sale dcnJcd, einli budc
9orTn?timc?3 with hfrotJm, 2.I ©thti times with despair, ailisti ^"^■'4
ditjppearins from public view m Ihc first place, and n«tt from foe
pffofe«rion <si from fif«-
jrri. I> gratiiitoij* cdni!Aticin n'ghl? The Audcmy Mt*tmr]ua'
tumtbly foonded lo act ompli^h Ihc fLinction or l^tchm);, thai muA
mnbcd, and began by oulbiddrn^ ihr mfaccltAncrxis *' Socic^ tX
Artistn" previously cxisliiig, ivtio made their ^tudcnti pay 1 guindl
year. The ;^cademy was To teach for nothing, ami Rc-j-noTdi begW
dclivenng his '^ Discourses," which gave the sya(i.-rn and the officca^
Preiidcni ti ])icsiigc which has ksled to the pinerit d-iy. in »]Mif rf
the mistaken juinciplf, and the ailL:ncc^ or wcir^c than silco&c, cJ bk
ycflfs. of Presidents and profcsaora.
Hue is gramiious cducaiion the best eiiliof for the ^trjdciil or iA
professor? Is it not humiLlaling to the one and a lai upon tlkC
other, more like the aciioQ of a be'icvolcnt aocicly than ad Acidtfu^
borly? ThcfCsuU has licen snr-h approves to any iinprejudit.ed
that it is a dlGa&iroU5 sysicin, the English being notaUy ihc
ignorant in dravvixtg tLnd dcsi^ii omong European ^Jiool^, the
ambitious and the mostdeficienc in fcdin^; for high and serious an.
remains ihc weakest \\\ tlie iccbniqiio also, in all that can be
indeL'd, whilt; it bos shot ahead in trnpiiit-al pracdec, ecruun <i
and pDwcia— colour, a lory- Idling, and land^eapc — in ttW thai
done by talent or tiislc, indccdi waiving education. M'- 1^
who airs his eloquence at public dinners in tJie bopea of om'
his rclbw-AcadomJcions dial he ^ould make a good coom-
the annual feast, asstned. at the last Artists' DenevoTem Fund
thai aU the artists in England, and especially those liatcniBg to
were slill indebted to the Academy for their unpaid-for edu
This statement wos received with a burst of indignation by ihe
or three hundred gentlemen present. He resumed his seat ax
very red in the face; yet a few weeks after he actually repeated
s.imc atatcmcnc at the M.inaion House. although he must hivct'
that die assertion w,is altogeihi^r ijicorrcct. and tiiat the Icadinf
even in the Academy have not been tludcnts iherxv from ihc
dent to thf then lasi-cltaed Associate, jind that his rcceplion tl
HcncvnlL-nC Fund dinner proved how ^>Tong the ajncrroti
generally,
IfgiatuLtouacdueatloninnlibemlprofcraionhnsrotbeenn!
in past time, how murh leas likely is it to be aonow, the spirit oflfte
being L-nfire/y againnt \\\ The cor^sccp^aicc ia, that it has been nwi
T&c Rfiya/ Academy and Exhidieion. 151
bM ia diia and in cvcr>' wny, ixiccpt in the Amction of cxhihi-
It Ina Ittpt the shoj) 1 tint ihe Uniibh Mtivciun opcitcd Lea
coUcciJon or mArblc« to Ktuttcnta in drnvidg;. ibcQ the Nftiiomal
^aObrdtid l)ic Mine fiici% in pj^tnling, Thc^ tuc: Govern-
I c»t«bUflhaeQts, ftcc 10 th^ public. Then rose Schoal^ of
k, (hoping ihci'Qielvi-t al i^i ititu Ihe ritpcutmcDl of Science
n, ihTcw^h which the whole couuiiyis now rising into prftcdcal
Hl£c:LndskilXhoihinilicfincaQdornami:nu]art^.— aknowli^ffge
:iU goin£ hand in hanri, which in a i*:v^ yc^ra must produce
K TCftttt& L^stlj'i the SI(i(io ProfcrsnorAhipn hnvt? con>c into
Ion* tvo of them lU prcKcni IccCurcahips dn^ttncd to BUko
f in JLTt jt pwl of hi^;hcr education, but in ihc ciwc of the
n Ufiivcratj aiforiilinjf aciuol Lc.iching of the besi order.
ru: or^anJation of the Government Schools of Art throujjh-
couialTy, the Question of fcca ^as fuljy conaidefcd* jind the
m unhc^itatiA^fy prOnoiincod by adepts in cducaiic^n, by ccono-
uid by artiiHi iilikc* wis i!iai ^^mtuitous inslni^jtion was q mU-
tetnnicolal to aJl puticJi humiliating to those e^-en who could
ilTord to pay, and not vn^ucd by thum. How iiritacing it b,
to bear any m^in, bucly influenced, telling us in a pubKe
idy, when wc arc having our gifi--u; of wine af:cr dimmer, that we
U> be ^rnicful 10 the Academy forire,;ting the coming gci if ra-
' ajiitta like ppUii^cr* \ Icia a thing not la he borne, .ind cnn
suit frtum the rnoit im|>crviou» ignnrancc.
! luiTe heJid Sir K. Grant snyin^ in his aniaieur way ttiat lie was
idtiuf idiiy'swork to go out viHiling the schoob. Of course he
nd 11 b not fair to tqictt other* lo go on with Ihe duly even if
ed, ^ihich the majority art uoL Au able painta, capLt-jjJly in
Qglith mojwcr, is ixot necessarily an able teaeliefn Jt is absurd
po«e he bt; in fACi, wc ore pretty >urD he Ih not, Acctirdingly
:idcm]r ift adopting the p];tn of fl].^pointing Bularicd icathcni, or
ign. But cA"cn hcrclhey havt aJready partiuily lost tlie con-
LOf the MuJentf by appointing over the School of Pdnring a.
,vho» piaurv^f it b said, ore not equfilto it^u^eof !<omeof
He is A friend of t:otne of tliti Seotd; members, but chey
bins into thi; bady ; iliey mak^ him their prafcsiior ; he ifl
[h to tca<^ on the t'nituiioua syHlcro !
ik Jt the Royal Acadc^ny Hlcc C>td Sarum ? If one looks up ti^c
« of the antiquated times of the Reform iSilT, one fmd» an
UE pother about veiited rights, robbery, ^nd spoliation. Now it
aunnni^ then it was imixisdoned by party fetling. Some day-
look bock with a simihr difference of feeling on the i\mc
1
Sq2
Tht G^tUUma^Cx Magasint.
^H vhcn % 9ctf-«leciDd body d" fortjr moi bdd a wid upoo the boooti^
^H tbc cihtbMon ud sale of dw prodoctioiK of peraal impofun pi»
AadcDsy. S»d, b d^cfioc of die iiuyudoa, dui f^nrj eacmboi ■«
quite cfiCA^. bcopice u no odm tbould ve find n»rc than fonjroc*
lemponr)- anfeit who voidd s<) down to pccUfkr, ^nd iJ^ At
Acadeny wai an Av«¥Ii,t or Ho3KM;ie« and noihbg «lbc I ttil i
repeated to th« pro»t dir; wc hire heard ic
Bat, in the fim pbn. forty artkti mtct lircd fli ooe tinM
ttuno went dovn 10 poftitriiy; «t ibcmU hate to dindnUfc
TWfnbcr id R«gan and Gonvril did dkck £silier> following,
himictf k oolr nifmion.tble m the tdiort dittancc of lime u hiiii
been P.R-A-' "Ilie AtadciJij' »>ai i»uiltJt«d » in ct^ucniional
hi wtiLch it ha.« been in girat meouirv mpeneded ; now \\ \\ an
Utin^ body, and in ihi« way it is not aa Akftccnbly of Honour,.
» shop, a Tradk MoiforoLT. BcAdes. hov can it be our Ai
of Honour in Kngtish Art. when Wr, Wixjijitigion \% voted in.
5tcvcn« and Mr Jol-n Boll left ouc ; when XTr, J. G. ^orty \^
in, and— ivboni shall we *ty?'™Mr- Buroe Jones, or oven Mr,
who his been valung* cap In handi tome cinw now, kept out;
Crevwitik :uid V, Cok iire voEcd in, John l.mnQll kept out lUl Wj
seventy i Yeajnti vi.>tifd in, Holinaa Hunt kept out? Il W
assembly of the "cluUitih: min" who hAvcnot i^tnotism
nous erioug^h 10 6ee its ddVct!( and tn Aid thv itrofffs^ion in remt
them. It may bccanif^, perhaps has ^ilrcady become, an
of Duhonour !
I^t U£ h^ve lionoxiTs by all incjiis, but the Ittt^rt R.A. and
in the professLons of sculptor jLTid painter uedmiUr to degrees in 1
Icj^c bred profcisioti^ Suppois the LoTkdon College of Ph;
con^ibtcd of a limited numb^, 40, or ?oo if you like \\ better, and
an cichiRive iighi tu oward to lis members the title of M.D. tl
out the kingdom 1 Suppose t!ia! no man, however gfeat in
quolllietl byeduoiiion^able in tncdi<:iiie,coviTd havt* this stamp ofl
riiy after his name tf the Royal College did not choose, but
Stand on hi& otm meriu a£ ;Ln empiric — would it be fair to the
rousand leained ''oui&idtrs" whom we should all know then? The?
position M so monstrous that we cannot enienain it for n momttu;
thifl iA exactly pu^illel to Ehe present action of the Academy, cvpcci
vich the exhibition at iu command, Ouranahould be ab«o}A
fVce, wc repeat, iilce oiher trades, or our literalurct
The Academy makes the parallel ns complete a> it cint?^
recognising the degrees confeired t/ Olhtt bodies modelled i
C^lu Royai Academy and ExhiiUion* 193
Roftil ScoitUh or Royal Hibcmmn Acadcmk^. VVTicn
re of dicse bodict exhibit at Burlington Hdu^<pc, ihnr
h« bi ih« body of (be dintoguc arc dcau^iicil of the honorary
ibh. Lui Mty the Presidcm of ibc Koyal Scotlish Academy hftd
IV of bb pktuiea rcjccti:<l, aiiU utLcrs cxhibiicd u-iih his b«Te lutme
^CDdod.* Vet he i* one of the beti living ponrwi pnintcrfl, and
ce thai UEiic he baj» rvcciti^J ihc honour of kniglitl^ocK^H This
Bt of respect to Sir Daniel Macnee :md bodies exactly similar to
lie the vriter ukes it, juscifit;:: him in tlic r^cetlofn of hit
itskenc of the AcjdemfH
Afain. if it \% an Assembly of Honour, \x% learning, usic. and ^mius
M be above ibe avcrs^ Itvel of thai of the communiiy— muAt
kc iucif fell to be «o. Bui \\ has nai been ^o ; not in one InsuiDu;
ift •SLved u» Buy public diiplay of incompetence, nor attempted
euldvacc SI higher condition of the ans, Ni^r h^s it tried to aid
r IK' monifctaiiofi of gcirim ; tE hag, on the conCRir>', tried to
tff» Mch out; the only picnin: by MiilUr ever ndL pkced on its
Dl «ts a forgery .^Aer hJi dcnth. This foi^ory was cxccUcntly
ltftiU«d b^cau&cii waHi^entinbyfln influential collector! Theor;iy
B cvcf w«U «xhJbitoJ b> David Scott wj^ tti:iE seen lo^t winter ; he
■ imwibly denied eihibiuon whiEt; he livr:d, nnd we believe had
H Miy ptctuiv, ihe ua«lc dwaiipi-aranM; of a Duke of Gloucester
tttheWateri^xleof the IWcr, rejected I Jyhu Martin vrjB similarly
oicd \ uid, u to Blndcv. his wonderful and unobLiusive works nvre
nyt r«ie<cted ; he hat hod 10 wait till lineofthcj and vindicated by
I Buitxpgtua Clubn
We are sorry tos:iy that the level of the "Academic" to^te and
fluent *( »u lotf tlial a cerLain executive cleverness !s all it
B^ipreciate. Let u£ lake the Liic^t incident in its Idsioty 09 .1
nfcer proof of the fact. The Council has now, tlirough the wilt of
rF, ChantTcy coming iuto X^x^t:. two or three thousrond pounds a
m 10 tpcnd ioworIji the forraaEion of a *' Gallery of English
umcr^" What doe* lh« reader Uiink dit CuuuliI did ihi£ firei
■VQ 10 ioitiate thia fc«pon«ib]c underuking? Tlit; worst thing that
3D3d happen vrould be Lo hejp toiitcther another cuUecLion of odds
ad tiida. like those of Mr Vemun or Mr. Shtjtrjiiihaiiku* and the
■nr thiD^ to hap(jen would be the gradual formation of a conBtelia-
^^^■■^ tMi itilcmenl qiiilr rxBct, w? tim1 [iidUca-»iil]iB namtw arc Micrei]
I <k aiilagM ^ ittioiH i1ie mJiieh K.S.A. or K,K.A- TKck lEan irnlct sx Hic
B^Wvctu* lahemn. in «»nic tascs, LlicimLiala appear, 'HjbI |]ic tntmbtn \>l
AnAcBlrniifi tlmulil ilinjr in Lin? l^rge capiiitl !i?ife«, whctd^j the AcD^cmV
■-■-*: / r.- - -I: T,-.-t_- ;^_l ^Ll irt I'Si^— b^ --t^T- JTtWg-il^,
■_-.:„ V-, , .^ /.— r:^--. 1— ^ :i:zi^i; Ti-^jxjiz Sunt * '■U^d
-. - :.^_: ; \r:^.-\- "- . -1.:^' - - \t7J:z^ - T-j — ,. ' V' jIIi- j. ♦'Qana^
'■■- "■ : — '- _j7t:_:" -. -nn-zz. -"j:' ^- =±^^^-—--fsr-r-^ -nn j^^-^ar^ Sol
- ■- -■.-. :> .-^- - y..- -r — :.:rr: "^- fi"j;:r t iHctart U
---- ' -~ : -i ."'.IT V ^T_- - .^^ !^ r_~v: ~; Eei^ i»L :ii^iecijnJi
* .. -■-,.:-- -.:_^ ^lili^l "...11".^::—^: "'iT:.'- i;:; Urii— s ^ i^c^L^ M
.. ■--.-,' ■,.'.■.._ :;.. mij: j v,::f^ -litt- js-'t;. ^Tiir ti:iz^ re »irw:
, .. %'. ...•-. ,..-. v.T -.'.-rr_.: . L.:,r=i x:.;z. ^-zt «-r* -ft*
._ /...'-. '. '..1^,7-^ ii::" ::" :-■; ^ji* iLics cc pcibfe
,,,...-.> ., '. r..-- :-^T-.-^ vV; :■-;; ^:— > Ke:^s--^iu ik
-^ . ■ '.." V.': ;-:^r. W* — '.;s: "-^vi zo L=jce<;^Li:e rept-
.^ _, 'l - :;■'..- L*; fr-^-r — Sc^ t- i":^- 5^ c^v-I*:;- meet ■
, ..f,r'i.;>/ -.* liv; r/.T-^ o: ■>.-; <i^ ii:d the idicsjacoiT
,,1 . . . I
- .- - u t ,- r(.f-^i "''';''ti "jf the Ar.ademv, -^ thai ii tnay hj.vc to con-
^ , ,,^ ^ ^ I ,, , iL. A .iiriil/iy 'jf Honour, i:- lu^Lr.ess lur.ttiori beafl
f.- ir,[ l-viMi '[■ tLU \%i> i: iri"it he dlwjys iinjuit. but weaie
/ ffitti ''l'J':''^r*K ^" ^*'^*^^^'' ^►^^r^a P^^ to artists. Men tf
^A^ Royal Academy tind Exkilniion.
ircrcr,(bou!iiih;ixemfitichhonoun: mdec<^ariLais should
m ih« MAC ground wi:^ literary men and pocu, scientific
mloaopb^r^ \a% uft have an Onter of Merit, a Hriiish
pomoun a civic VictoriA Crogii, knighthoods and tiaronctcioe
liuiDCtoiis inincr honours ticstowed tjy the French Govern-
fe mofit viainunE vxhiLitooi ax the; S^lon sci-in lo bv judi'
» a lAinter'H best work^ llui arc ll^t^iv disiin^ishvd. aiiU
fat ts tiot ili?ri'b^ j^bctfd ih .1 ptjvlkgud cbuJE] removed
(Icnrs.
fiei hu tK)«' come [i^ariy to llic end of his paper, ir he
9 out a good deal in Uie action of the Royal Acadeitiy liir
bd Crighriully detettrjciui, he liiu tium; su lu u]idei;dre the
C vjiti the hope tliil any atlvkc or auggt'stiun would be
TBdorc the Ct>mn>itc^i of the House, whose Reports
ltS6j) arc full of Eirgumcntt for und a^nsi the ififtfiuiicm^
ic wen mmincd were manifwily int^rciicd parties.
[, or wanting co enjoy, proinotitjn and privilege. Such
non feft on ihc minds of ihe Comnntlee, who advl&cd
of ibc nLimUc;i of AidocJaLci. jJid oilier luca^urea to
Emorc aitiidt, But i^erliafih Lhc limt^ lu»i come when
t>c con^idcicd as l[)i|>ort»nt .~ui omamvnud an,' jind ns
for le^iiUtton u iipgllEn^- 1-I^d our cLcjgy aJid itieir
n educated insttratl of ignocant in iht arx&> (be rwival of
Pfrculd huvci have p1:^^'e^ell their n]iad!> in matters of
Kould rrstoratwn have been allowed 10 defUoy tiie
;our bUlory in ttone^
U then, which the writer would advise heing brought
[>r Coinmonii is not whether a few men more or le^
voted riglita ; it ic that the fine arts he in< orporaled with
l,tuideE the Council un KJucation 1 thiu Uie ciiniculum
not ActitiouSp AtaOeniii: nol gtinintons; and that, above
Kietit veutL^n and morbid .-iniieiy about cihibJiion should
end to hy the n^tioinal proviiiun of a vaht haJL fcji iliat
^The number of peECy locietiet Jnd speculaiiug ^IcrtL-s \&
to defcai their own end^. :ind wc have just ^ceji a uew
Kc eiiaUiihed and another uiuiooncud. Jftlic ^chooU
■awcTed to confer geti ificatei or degrees of ^luli^caiion, we
A mcuii of electing the juty for reception and hangiDf^.
dt^t on Muuunv af 5ciirnc« oni] Art iii thtf Home of
■7lh oik, Ur, I'/oit rinjf.iir ^ilvocACnl ihr i^tucin^ ot ^he
ibe K*1»aa] OtXiay vaJcr ihe uiiDdgcrmeUt of the M^^ti
OJ
I
19^
The Gmti^matis Magazine^
Yor the Salon in P^ris al] tortaci exhibitors vou in the coundl ^
hinging committee, and iipwArd:i of a hundred distinctions by medil
by ihc Order of ihc IxgioQ of Honour, ot by purchase, art *]wap
made hy the Admvniatraiion of the day- Exhibition, to the En^tiA
pointer, lui!< become a necessity; it ik his moinfi of nuking hicuzif
known and of selling h!& productions la the public the cxhlhiiioo
lA at once a festival of ia.^Ui nnd n nicjns of study ind rcftntrflcK
The tiicmbcr> of an irrcEpoimible society, which claims lo be caly
an AsscTiibly of Honour, with inadcL^uaic accommodation, hUitf
it« tyrinny and low standard of .iclcction^ almost shui the ikM^
againDE the highest clara of design, and b.^^ ctuscd twenty taut
abowft to start into existence. Lot our Government undcrtaJceriv
office of Nai'ion.m, ExHiBiTcm. and in a very fc*- years the Dfpin*
ment uf Art will havt: eomplutcd a system bc^or than tliatofdK
Eulon or any other. As to education in fine urti, it is identical vtf^
edULiition in the ornamental. Avast anniud cKhibitioti ttooU M
the completion uf the structure, ibc keystone of the nrdi. ^Vh
then, sliould be done with the Academy ? The Senate of Rome iw
exista, :ind the Council of Ten at Venice. Why should not the fttff,
continue to hold their meetings and elect ;i Fresidcnt as the Ci
electa I'opc?
I
COLONEL GORDON'S EXPBD/TfON
TO THE UPPER NILE REGIONS.
DURING the Ujt leu or (wtnty yean our kiiowitdgc of Ofltral
Affica tiA) bcm ^nLir|>^ fo an iminr^n^f: cxteni. It i£ but A
4*n lime Mgo finoc tbc m)t\n di t^ls womterTuJ conlmcnt ihowcd in
Ac bicDOC one vail baitcti bbnk— »*carc<^ly rdicvtd by ihc cvcr-
ikngiDg " Mania Lun»"*-wh«ic now they nrecovered vpjih moun-
nTcn, tokei;, cDUntrici, towns, und villages Dutihk IhU lime
M^uch hjivc pu«Icd the norld liticc the linic o' llcnailohis
bc«n findly mi al rest ; slitcti of wntcr rather dacning of the
of *ca« ih^n of lake* have been discovered Atid siin-cycd ; the
tUBS of lliv Ndc have been vittced, nUid couniriei recmmi; with
buBllblv n^iuinl rchUurcca \\xv<; At \AiX been opened to ihc
boNfiCiof commerce ^u;d civil^taiiun. In sxldiijon to thii, Iha inhu-
mflH: in itiLVcti v^ii^li hub hLtheriu i^rovei.^ such a cuT^e to the
,1m recmcd iUdiMlliblyw, Oflhe exjjlorJlioii of (hwc regions
1 b^r lli> means m^jgninc^inl }uirt has Lecu accom|ilished by cupcdi-
tiflCB orgBDiieid and de^paich^iJ by the Egyptian Goveminent. The
r of Ibe piefent Khedive, Mehemct At], onrc icni an ex-
wliich reached Ggndokoro ; the province's north f.f thai
town »crt nominally tubjugntcd, and from that linic ptobnbty djEc*
1^ idea of E^srp^*^^ ^^ "* equatorial Africa, the realisation of which
vafmrninjited m 1865 to Sir Samuel Baker. Bake/^ duties were
nocnt ukl extensive. In the Firnun ^hirl) eng^^ed him, he was
i&VDCtviI to aecuin}>li&h "the subju^jllon of (he coitntries 10 the
toinh cf Uoii^okoTO, the suppref>«ion of tlie slave-trade, the intro-
JncftDo of H i^-slcnk of regular coiuii)tn:e, thc^ opeaing up lo n^vlgft-
Ifcn of the gie*t lakes of ihc equator -, " and it ts not surprising that
•ina he retired from the service in 1871, the whole of the work sel
bdbte hon vuK by no means co^npleled, and luutrh remained 10 be
aocoinpfiihed by his succcsigr. LicutenaiU-ColoiicI CharJc? George
Ccsdon, who was appointed to the tn.ikt ^us nn oniLcr admiiably
toed fof the po4l» having previously greatly disiinguiihed himself in
the Crimean vid Chtnew wan. In the latter country also he had
I
The GeniUmans fifagatine^
commanded ihc fiunous '*Evcr Vidorioo* Army," amA h«d hesi
rmvinly inritriiint^ntal in suppressing the formiciifsle TAi'ping nbtiKiGa,
Colonel liorrlon, or Gordon Pnjt^ia, as he win now oflickUx cj114
nurted fconi Cairo on his scjuthumrd journey on the tjrd Fcbnutf
iSJhI- and ftn th^ lyih April reached Gondofcoro, 41 th*i (imr all
the seal of gnvtrnmcnt. The journey thus fcir waa acmmf-iiihol
tf ilh compafaiivc case, for the ohfltmciion in the rivcr^nhirh kjd
b;iAlcd the cfi^ns, of Sir Samuel Bakct, had been remove^! Ihtoufb
the encig)' of l&miiil Par-ha Eyiib, the eon-.ioeror of n*r Fur, aol
Btcamcr* were ahio to ftaccnd without hindtarce. Kinding lluM bb
government cnn^isicd ol" the three miliLuy intAtion^ Hoodohotf^
FAtilto, and Fotvcirai nnd that hiii troop« wtrc in vmnt of nany ^^a#,
and in arroixr»< of pay, he dcicnnific:^ to return lo K lurtoum to ohivS
more troops and to meet hia storotp Having done so, hcntanodmih
the same on June S 1 i)ul owing to htiivy rains .ind delays he didnt
a^in arrive at (iundokoco till teeptfiniber. It wan then seen thai G«i
dokoro was unfilled it^r ii suitton on aetount of its unh&ilthincw. \\
st;inds on an ctninencc of 30 or sj feci, the foot or nh^h waiv^
tnerly washed hy the wattri of the Nile, but owing 10 Ihc riwr hAi«|
shitted its Goutse westward, the river bed h^ become % flCAgnani tot
fev<^t'hteeding ni.-;rsh- It wo-s therefore decided to evacuate ii. i>d
to c^tdhti>ib two station!* at Lado and R^ecf or Rcgiai, the foma
twelve miles l>elow, and the Utier about the saine dii^tancc abavft
(jondokoro. This evacuation was not e&raplcted \\\\ ihc isl J*nuirT
in thi! following year,
Gordon w.ts aeeompanied, as the chief of hU ^tftfl", by C.'olW
C, Chaiik' Kong. Seven days after his arrival ai (Jondokoro, in tptt
of the miny reason, this officer had already atnned on d joumcy w
thi^ capital of Mtcsjt. or MT&i^, as he spells the name of lh*t poo
tate, \ic was ateompatued by two Egyptian soldiers onlj— Sa>'
n^igarrjh and Abd-cl-Rahman — a dragoma.n, and two s-nM*
The objects of the mission were to cstabliah friendly rclibcMu
wilh the king, who had not been visited by a European lincc ttf
days of Spekc and tirant, to explore the Victoria l^ke, and to nW
the Nile from its debouchurt' down to the Albeit Lake. He tfWi^
at die tapilal of Uganda in June, and met with a grand reccpitfi
wliich, howcvrr^ w^s marred by the saerjhte in h*? honour 01 thin jo
the king's subjects. Mle*,^ made many proleatations of fhcndf'*''^
and proitiised lo divert the ivory tradt- from the Zftmibai nw-
low^rds t_H:>ndokon* In his work entitled '^ Central Aftic«" Coto*^
Luii^i itijics thsi K-ing MCesa was brought into willing lubjcciioa <*
iht Egyptian Government, "and hi^ couniryt rich in ivory and p«ft*'
^
C»iim€l G&rvMs SAfedfiim h (h€ Upf^cr NiU. rgl
tMWcr, ire fvquire confirmaiion. Wi;h swrie dirtici*l[y CoJ<invl 1 -oiig
flbuiDcd p«nDiiwui from Mcc«a to rtrLum by water, iiiul ^iccofdin^ly
tflbflicd M Urondojpni, ijn ihv riv^r drairtltijc the Vktonu Xynji-u.
■faidh he foQiid fuciher uurlh nt^tJn miu u ]»r;^i: lukc. Tu iUi% lit!
p*r iW Kunt Ibnhim P^uha L^ke. U« tlitfn fuUcwvil llic riv«r tu
Unli, ilioi mlAblisliirii: itbcuiuiift^ciuii ;Lnd ii]i:rLUly witli Oiv WtiitT Nilt*.
IbJ ^drcJiIy been vnii^ by SpcVc, iimJ llie rtBiOciicu of Rioiiea.
(Kxapi«9E both vidci ^ ihu Nile dbovd F<iwcir4, where he wax
ircU receiixd- He Ixod a hohiiTc cncouiucr willx 500 ^ Kaba
I'l (Kizij of Unyoro) men, who tried u> imeKt|rt !um, but whom
TcpuUcd with iK heavy lot, liji^ joumuy occupied \\vm -ibout six
Afic siayinfi some montli* tn IChiUEoum to iccrult his
bnJiK Colonel f-ODg GUrieil<iS7S) ^'K '^ accoiul e>|jedilii>n.
)«I4kI of which wA?i to opOQ ^ riJ^i^ tlituu^h tbc Ijo^l^Ic Vurilmri
hftcBOlhc Miikrjka Ni^m-Niamiioimiry, Foi this juitrncy licf u-as
kocr ciijuiviicUi uifl LmJ 450 imked aoldiejs unili^r bih toniiiMnd-
ik ftiiiKd J coLupUte victory c>tcr Ui<^ VjJiUui, jirid [Jiuii (i[jt:nc:<l uji
tar ifv fifit iBiiu 3, tounlry ndi in ivury and hiihertu i*Ln:L-c64iblc Of
■Ottfif. Hh jeoj^;iiiplkii:il duttovtrin ^iv nol very jinporUnL, but hi;
IttxJiM [nueh 10 the knowlcd^ of the k'ibiLt; und cuslotut d" lh<}
m Ctintnl Africii, Hu i id precis lun^ of iJii; <:uuntiy and
aw unfnvuunble. Tlie couiniy be dcscnbe* as *' dejdiy
"—"1 plaguc-sijot " (CentrilAiiica, p, 309), and the ncgjo
"A miscnble wretch, often devoid of ill liodilioa or belief In a
DnQf * (f>rl^). The country jboutGoadokoro U ceit^nly |H;ttileiuial ;
bttthw <lc*cntKion by iitj me:in*i Applies to otber yMXi. of Africa,
NBC of whtch 4fv aJiiiuftl the ttsence of ftTiility jjid tiUubriiy. For
Intcrtko in iliis region Long wa^ afie r wards ni.ide by ihe thedivt
AM colonel. besidL'^ itu'ivin^ the Qiidtr of lUe Mt'djidi? {3rd
Chi*).
A sboct cxplonuory exj^editLon wati made during' tlic y^r
4}« to the wenward of Ijcb, ucidei die tw'ij Miiglish tnj(li^Offr
bAmi^ LMUlemnis Watson ami W, H, ClilpptJidall, RhE Wbihn
'^bwdl preparing to start for diu* Albert Nymiia, Ueut' Wiitsoii
IS ill and returned Lo F.ngl^indt where he -irrived :iboul ihe bc^iiming
llMay 1 8} 5' Lieut. Chi^'^kendJ] dien undertook llie t;Lsk which hi*
Wiiiti. troni ihc sUte of Xu^ huulih, uas unable to acfuiupli^li^ In
^Itvth 1S7 J he nuid^ a Jokimey sexeruy miles Lc!yond Ajiuddo toward*
Aftim I0 the iCoilii tiibv^ ^md conciliaied the tiibeh of the
tklewtiood, bui <IiiJ not eeucccciI in Evuching ihc lake itself.
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The CtniUnuitis Maj^amm^
Lieut, CIiippc;^dfvll was ihc Am European 10 crott ihc Bthr-d?'
between Dufli and the Albert Nyinu (Mvuan >r'cigc), nouFMbA
a vUlojEc or the Koftlu, H« osoenaincd from the luitivcs thute
NUc leaves the Albert Lako by two channels, trat not ivhtn dc
ifrcttem ^cnm flows. He states thai the rL[ilivc4 or Fsahodavflt
mostly imkod, but that a few wore iklas of goats round ^e loiv
Neatly everyone wore a ring in the upper lipn In the auiiunnU
also was sent home invalided, but returned to H^ypt to resomf lot
duties early in 1S76-
On December 31. TS741 Gc»rc!on wait joined at l^do by Bar
Kmst Momo. It appears that Gordon was ansions to pve hli apt
ditfon. the cho/aclcr of a nalion-il rather thin n mtb'i^uy iind^rtiLin^
and having secured re[>re5enialivea of England, France, the UniEcA
Slates, and Ttaly, he applied thtough the Austrian consul at XhuuM
Tot a namntlistofthatDationLtlitytojoin his party, promising to dcftlf
all expenses beyond Berber. For ibis post, on the rccommcnJjtJ»i
of the Vienna Geographical Society. Hen Mamo ^ras selected He
was well fitted for the vrork, as he spoke Arabic, knew the eoupttf
round Khirioum well, Jis well as the chancier of the naiivo^m
thorofijjhly accEim.'Lti&ed Ly r<^sidunc<.- in ihoEe partd, and
biiih Gcienlific qtutliQcatione. A ^um of 6.000 florins having bni
subscribed for his journey, he went by the Red Sea to Suakin, w
on buding, he wae provided by order of t^ie Vjcefoy with eanull
his journey to Berber, and with everything eli^c he required. Held
Hcrbcr November 19, nind five days' ste dm brought hitntoKhan
The iie.'Liner was one built by Eater in GondoJcoro for navtgBttng
Albert Nyau/a with. It was :'ery small and uncomfortable, and
cne>ne fires emmed sp.irks to a dangcroas extent, so thai meft
to be constantly on Ihe watch on board 10 enringuish Lncipieiit
At ChabaShombil (about 7' N". \\\.\ on the Bahr-el-Jebcl, M
was well received by HaEsan Ibrahim, a former fnoad of Poa
and invited by him to make an excursion into the country of
Dyur and Niam-Niam, as far as the home of the dwarf nation
Akkas, a young female of whom he brought for Herr Momo to
Some male representatives of this curious race had reached
tinder the custody of the late Signer Miani. but no females hid
been seen previously, even by Schweinfurtli, On December 5
met a steamer coming down with M. Cechi, one of Colonel
party, on board, and arrived at Lado on the 318I, having had
journey up the Bihr cljcbcl. owlr£ to the waters being iTiy
their height. Plans for exploring Eo the cast and west of the A
N/an£a were diaeuiiSGd, but they were never carried out. and \
returned lo Khancum, ^ificr he hud visaed only Rcgi;ii^ Mutola
Makxaiu. On July a6, 1S75. He again Icfi Khartoum, imenJIjma
penetrate mio Dar ?m, but on foiching El Obcid, the ut"^ •*
KofJofjji {Atigusc 5), tlK dtfAired pcrmisiiDn to continue hit pjimi^
w-^Ti refuHctl Jiim by the mudir of Ui-it provinct. He applied » iW
Khedive, and toe^inwhlle explored a. large i^onion of Koidobi^
Un veiling about i.ioo miles in iixty dayt. The nai,wcJiohv.2f^i^
tion IwLiift unfavouMbli^, he leturni^d to Khaitouin and l^uiopc, vi6
a TJcli liarv^i of gi?ogr:i^h{<;jtl icNulL^t bui the taain obje^jti of ts
jouinty — the explorsiiion of the All>trt Nyania anJ of Dm For-
unachii^ved. He Utis <Jeti?ni]inL^1 thi; geoj^^ujihlat |xwition of ^
Ob«Ldi ascerlaintad numerous jiltitudee. nv.ulc mvUot6\o^tcal oUc^
ip-atione. and carefully plotted his routvB, and adcl«d conftidcnUf ll
our kni»wl4^dge of Qiv diiatricL
Injiinuary 1875 Colonel Gurdon descended and impcctei ih
st^lLon^t Bo]ir ^ind the Sukii, ri-ujrnin^ to L^do Mar^zh 4. Iht
remninder of the month of March was spent in the lubjugiCotfl
Bedderi and other hoi^tile Sheikha near Kegiof: and now had u be
faced llie great work of eilaUlishing a safe tonmiunicition bcc»t»
LadtJ antd the bkti. Taking tt roughly at 250 mdct, ttic mtctvesuf
country wa« one devoid of supplicji unlei« taken from the nauvdi
force ; in the rainy season tlir numerous ^trcanu were torrents, vU
in the dry season UiEle water could be obtained. Tl^e naEitv*
friendly or hastily acuiidliig to one's force^ but may gei^eialTy h
£aid to be hostile.
A reconnaissance having shown the Nile to be nnvigskble conadtf;
ably further south than was supposed, C'olotiL^I {aordon drier
lo eslabiish a Ime of posts to preserve the tomiTmnfculioi]* bdl
the N, and S. of the province along the left bank of tht; riv«,
Dot to altcmpt the u^ual inljuid road- This portion of th^ Si
been stated by all previuLis tr;ivdlcrs to be uunavi^able on
of Cie nun:erou6 cataracts. The present operations, however.
that tJie supposed obstLicles were easily surmountable, with ibe
tion of the last or mo^l soutberlyi viz,^ the Falls of Makedo.
Ihesc LieuL Chipp<;ndall stalal before the British Association
tember 8, 1876} he thought would not prevent ** a Thjtmcs tug,
England, from mounting the Nile to Albert Nyan^a* if die
bei lime." The fall between Ajjuddo and A^ua. a ditumce
milci, is 37^ feel; beiffi:en Asua and Redden <So miles)
feet -, and between Bcddcn and Gondokoro (10 mile*), 75 feet
the sleep gradient uf 15 feel per mile in the fiist of ihese sccti
chiefly taken up in the caLiiact of Mijkedo, rendering the river
id cmlf OfRvXnft, f(jnntn^3.11 st^rli of edi^ict. bnckvitrrB, and
ob' Fnrai XcTgu/ to Hk inuuih v( ihc Kyji River (43
bv Ixd wj» luckjr and tin; buuk? steep. boiDjt covcit^d wilh
doiUw Burruunding cuuiittylx-ini; upon, rocky, and undulating,
ted by many mouniaiu awcitnt II was ihitkly popuJjilcd by
i Uibv. w!w ctildvated it U> a hr^ tituni, aiiJ uvrned tiuk
f CDtllc, which they objcLtwl to sell The (irst citarjci w^s
tntlcs from RcguJ, Aiid thi: tuicond at the nnjuch uf ihc iCy^f a
irer (70 to So yntdt wide) tlowiog from the wc«lf which the
rDfltivct ihUd took iu lihc in the Kuku Mountjiim. la the
iu depth wat from ^ to 4 feet, ajid in the rainy fcuon, in
pon 10 to 13 feet. Five m'tlvi from wlkert: k joined the Nile
lU 50 Of 60 feet higL Totiy iiiile^ S^ of &ya i^ Mount
on the ntA baUik of Lhe Nile, and 20 milc^ furtheE on ano^hcc
f bilU fchclvt^d dowix to the river^ On the west side the Kuku
BKhnlly ipprotKli die jlv^i to wilhiti a few injles. From ihis
Mf mowtUiru i;iu both sides of ihe tiwr run paraUd witti it
bttd of llie catatACCs, a di^Lonce of about 30 niiles. The
ra the cut bonk runs ^lt;tight down to the river ; that on die
MpiiratGd from it by n norroH-Etrip of Und, covered with high
nd prickly irccSi very rouky, uninhabiit^d^ and Lincultiv^icd.
ktivc« ttitcd lh;U thvr« was only one; \i^ili. At Dudi (on the
ik of th« Nde opposite to Ajniddo or Uir^iiuiya), the hilU on
in <Irop aljTaplly, the cLri]nD7 beyond being Jliit .uid oovcied
ilns SOO 4 few other \ai^e trees,
204 "^^^ Gfrtfl^tmnf AftJgasiHf.
in Apudrfo again with hia soldiers in goo<l health in August* aAct
having a fight an the road hctwccn Mtcsa's capitAl and Kil^vare with
KahA. Rr^i-'^ ]>fr:|ilc, near tlic pUce where (lotoncl Long hod hifL
hatllc- VVhcrj \\c liad t^carly fetched ihe sintion at Lado he was
Bttftchcd by the flari arifl m^K^cml, with ihirry-sTx of Kis foV
lovrcra* onJy four iioldjcra escaping, llic natives earned off all ihc
HAcsof hij party. The IcUirrs which had been ^vtiw to him by
Stcmk/ ivcrc afterwards found b>' a detachmtni of Colonel Gordon**
forces, ;ind forwarded tu their destination* This is the second ?on
thflc the vcncfLibli; linant Bey (a great irrigatioral engineer of
Mchcmct Ali and Ibrahim Pasha) has lost in that country. On
account of hts dcnth Gordon gnivc up his projected visit to the Albert
l^kcjn order lo go and punish ihc tribe that had aiucked the pany.
(A itjiu^lation of the repori mode by De Bcllcfonds to tiie Egyptian
Minister of War re3]>eciing his visiii \a King Mtesa's capital waa pub-
lished in full in the Daily Tflf^raphy January Ji, 1876.)
By January i, iSjft, the whole of the scetions of the 50-feci
steamer and two iron lifeboat? hjid pmved ai Hufli, nnd their eon-
stniction commLnccd, while Uoopa were massed al Foweira for an
advance auuih towards the Victoria LokL', On account of the raptd^
the steamer had tu be taken to pieces and carried, with nil the ba^-
ga^c and iiiipplies* to a [>oiQi above tlie lapids, ^shcre the ^'ctiooa
weie o^n put logL'ihcr and the voyage resumed. On February j
Gordon wa3 at Faliko. having returned froTn M'mtl on the frontiers of
Kaba Rcga'a kin^om. where he had been with a small force. On
hearing of Gordon's nrrival at l-oweEra, Kaba Rega, an old enemy of
Baker's, took- to flight, jnd Cordon appointed his co-regent Aufifui ot
AufuDifl, the son of Fowarka. hk successorj establishing a station tt
Masindi. the capital of Unyoro, and leaving the troops under his
command. Aufina entertained fricndlj' feelings towards Egypt, and
he, aa well as Rionga, the present chief of M'tuH, acknowledged him-
self a vttssai of Egypt- Cordon also established mDiiary gnjtiaons of
thirty men each at L'rondogpni Lind Magungo, taking formal posses-
sion of the twobkcsMciori.'iandAlbert. inihenameoflhe Khedive
In the early purl of this year (1676), *'Hi5 Excellency, Col-
Gordon, Governor- General of E^junlorial Africa" (for thus SIgnor
Gessi dc^scribes him), deputed Signor Komolo Gessi to examine and
circumnavigate the Albert Nyantn, heiides exploring the river between
DuUi and the bkc, and conveying stores to the sUtion Lit Magungo,
at the mouth of Spcke's Somerset River. He placed at his disposal
the two iron guuboaia and all that was ncceasary for Ihc accomplish-
meat of the mrsuon. With i& uilora and a soldiera he left Dufli
3
C^htul Gordof^s Expediiwit to i/u Upper NiU. 20$
Maveb 7ia^ reached the Ute on March iS, ac the tim* orcquindr,
having moike but alow progress, on accrount of the rnniTury wind*,
the isccuaot lolns, and ^le curroiL The dmance from Durti lo the
lake is 1^ niik«,^ and throughout chc: river is nA^gA(>l1^ d^rp^ ^ntj
bnwd| in srxnc p1a<cft c^ccfding 700 ynnU. Af tuo-Lliirdt of ihc
distance from [Jiifli there 1:^ ft large ht».ii«.'h which tli'iwM in a NNW.
direction, and prnbahly f!ow^ mwards Makrithd, iit cho countr/ of the
HuA-NifinL The country i>. very ri<:h ; the natives are clothed m the
fkiai of »ntelupc3 or goati ; ;ind ihc product? of the soil &rv vari<rd,
CMuisling of millclr the irhriU of thr country, ^C3a.mr. honey, lotacco,
b«anju« beana, &c. Cattle ve jtbLmd-int^ and comfort ^ud. pEcniy
appear to reign amorig the people. CJn Match jg^ after delay on
account of the storms ^eftsi started in tl^e diTcrtion of M,ig:uiigo,
bm was preventei'! from reaching the coast by a *Irong land bneeEC,
nrivCT) aJong liy the wind, chey were prc\cnTcd from shtltering Ihem-
sdres undei the shore by the thrcalening atliludc thf a pariy of
di&tanded suldicrf of K^b.! R-esa^ ^ho kepi pace wiih thetti on ibe
beach. After much dirticuky, they eluded their iroubksomc neighbours,
and anchored in a harbour having the shape of a hors^ihoc^ During
Uk nighc: one of the boati was dnvcn ashore by the gale, and riJled
With »Mter and 5in<l, ihui derttroying Ihe greater pari 0/ their pto-
Tinont ai well as their instnimenis. Having recxivercd the damaged
boat, they on March jo reached Mogunga/ and on April r* tiiey
»cre Jigain m n^uU- Piirming his course along the e-iJtcrn ihore of
the lake, past several islets, and three cataracii, c-TUed respectively
Ruima, Wahambia, anrt N,inia, proceeding from a large river, never
dry, called Tisi, which he idenirrics wirh SirS. Jialccr'i Kaiigiri, Gessi
on Apdl 16 anchored in n snuy hrtrbour, which he named I'ort
Sdtiil»a (the Vacovia of Sif S, UakerJ. Thb harbour is 250 yards
iride, and 600 or joo in ]eiL^, and ia suTToitnded by many villages.
Starling a^jn on the rSrli, h^ entered 3. httic further south a tiver
(Masisij, but seven mik? from its mouth was stopped by the growth
Of papyrus and other .iquitic vegetation. Here he saw a large water-
Ul^ much grander than the three prcviomly passed. Geasi waa
lalivnnfd by the natives ''that the walcrTtll nianie from waters which
iecuRiulate in the mountains and form a river during the season of
■ ColoDcl Gordon subicttucnlly hivcb di« Jiil*ncc u wme jo miles ]«l
* Gmi htic. ac(0(LJ>ng Ln i^ tclcgism Froib CuLqqcI Goniuji, hoL^Ed Lhe
Bjjptjffi Alu " un thf- li4iilk> of t^c Lflkf Albcn^ Jit Ehc |>EL:tcnix uf rhp afliL'eri^
MtGoit uul r^Iivs; and all the aiaeaibln£5 praypd fot lonjr lifr und contimiKl
lictmy fof hit lltglincift iht Khcd-vc, anJ ilw Princes his lom* iridttJA vVkvt
ffg^ani xjis\. [beir Witi^hlimSi c^me tijjiicr die rule vfthe tihalAVal Gf>'mun^4lY\,^
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Tfu GcHflfman^ Magazine.
i\\t rains, but dry up, togclhcf wi*h the river, in the dry toiaoii/' They
lE^o (old hrm IhM hr wu Then nil the end of thf hkf ; thatl^yonri (he
vatet Willi vrry *h.illoWp only flboiu the height of their kretf*; ind that
lit WAS filled wuh .1 dense growth of **anibatch" (a specie? of //rrmimVr^
also known 35 j-f-dtmitnt mirabiHi)^ a. pUni which only flounahe* in
|3 inches or 1 fed of water. Loiving the river, Gcssi endeavoured
to force his way through the-ambarch ; but witlioiit siiceets, the
gTOivlh being too dense .lod the ivater *cry ^haUow- fie therefore
sitirted tlie amhcLch fieUa, the hoat'^ keel toL>ching the bottom
rfrom lime lo lime, iin'l lints traversed the lake from e.ist lo wr«, >
bl>HUnce of 40 inilei, withuul finding any p^is;i^. Ge^i obberrcd
Itliat the water h.id everywJiere a blac^k colour, otting to ihe foreili of
ambat^rh, and wa-* undrinkible; there was no tinrcnt wh^ievcr, und
the bottom wm *indy. From the tnAst of the boat he s^w that the
ambntch ^itended ■' very far," and thii beyond it wa* a field of herb*
and vegelaiion citcnding to the foot of ihemoiinUmv tin thcweitera
shore the natives were too hoslile lo communiciUe ^vilh hitn, but a
little TurtheE nordi iht nativeTi g^vi; \\\%w ihc sanit Lnl<>Ti]iaI]on rcspect^^^H
t*ig Ihc end of the lake as he had reeeivcd on the easBem alwri ^^B
Having 50 *im:il1 an cscorl, he ».t* unable to viiidtrLakeii bind journey;
ajid therefore^ hi& etforls :il fmdiog a sonlhcrn nutlet lo Ihe lake being
ftui ties*, he at once proceeded on hi* northward journey along the
western coaiL He states ihnt the mouptains from Vacovia to the end
of the laic, and alio those on the western side, dciccnd direiily to
Ibe water's edge, and are destitute of large trees. l>einB elothed tti^
bnshcs only. On the return journey he pai?»fd three watetfallt, Iral
did not sec a single harbour or sheltering place on this side of the
lake. He was driven 40 miles out of his coune, and put in great
peril, by (cnjpeHtnoi.ii wcaiher. The wind becoming more favonmble,
he, on the 21st, came in sight of Ml M'Caroh, which had alrendy
been ?een by Ilakcr from the opposite side of the lake. Geiii pivc»
the length of the lake ^ 141 mile^, and the greatest wtdih Co milen,
and in hw map he makes it trend futlher north than, *tnd to the west
of, iheoitiletof the Nile, ft w thcrtforc mnch smaller than either
the Victoria or Ihe Tanganyika, and jiunihes the dcslgnntion given it
by Spelceof Ihe Uittf Lnta Nzige- Gordon thinks it very protjable that
thcTc may !>e "a chain ot likes and m.irshes leading from Lake Albert
to Tanganj'ika, for Gcssi distinctly says the ridge of mouniains on the
west coast dflrs nM jtiin those on rhc ca&t coast of tlie lake. Thus
there is a gap," The branch discovered flowing lo the north-west
irom the Nile some distance below iis exit from Ihc lake is joo yard*
%yidc, s.nd has a good current. IX TTinfl rovjarda the ]nie (Pethenek'*
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CoUmi:i C^rdou's Hxp^dtturn to ilu Upprr NiU, 307
Afvt), which has x course of Kvend hundred nnlei ncsriy psnUcl
10 ihc Nile foiniiig the main ttretun oppodlc Ihc commcnccmcni
of theOirafle Rivrt m N. Ui. j'. and E. long- 30° ao'(c;rcrJiwi<'h|.
Should \x nni join ihii river, \\ probably forms ihc Wcllc Rivet, wUich
Bow* iftio [Unh's Kubandn. In ihi> cue U would OiUMi^ Xit.
Sdiwcsoflanh^ theory t>uit ihc Albert Ny;inra \% drained by the WcUc
WhofiGcfi^ left Dufli 10 explore iht lakt, be was ncxompanicd as far
a* Hlguf^ by the well-known AlTir^n traveller, Signor Carlo Pi:iggia,
«ho turiKd otr at thi« point to .isc^nd ihc ^omer^vi Ntk. Piiit^ia
ttts oRifinaUy commistioncd by the Egypuan (lovemni^^ni eu uKplore
ibcSobot Ki^tr, th«»ourcc« of which he h.id olroady vibiicd in 1256;
but he oftcntotda itcctved orders to Join Cordon Fa^a. On hi*
uriTol 01 Duflj. hv wat iitBiruclvd to |:o in the dirtN^tlon of ihc MoT'
k^rnk. but hu firuU orders ^^Itf 10 ;L:f> b^utli (0 the .\lben nnd Victoria
I-ake^ TAingwithhim yiit small boat, twointn.andiRt'ia.htTirrived,
oficT A Journey of 35 milci up the fi%-cr, at the grand Murchlson cas-
Qdc. Huncc to Fowcini, a distance of 63 niik:^* the tivcr iii oil
npfrdt, compelling Pbf^gin ami hi« men to make their way (;n foot
lOOt* Ibresu and ravines, AAer »ome days' tciil at Fowcinit where
ihtj ircte hospiiably treated by the garrison^ they proceeded to M'ruli,
«htiv Pb|:i£i>i obuiincd soldiers. nniivfRt and dragomans from King
HbcA*, who with much dill^^^iihy labowred to ^pan the part of Ihc river
foU 4>f floating tbioad^ and brgc pap)!!]^. They ihco ca^c to 1 Like
csUtd Cspcchii (Long's L* Ibndiiiii)* in ihc cxploraiion of which
Piiggb fpeni ftix days, mi^asuring \\% lengths bic-adlb> and deptl:, and
o6tnfaun£ mineral^ plants and aheMs, He found iCh bELsin tobcrram
;> to 35 Ru](s in Ivittfth, and J 7 to j 5 iuUl-i^ in brcadlh, and dii(cOTi£r«d
a Mcond outlet tn a branch (lowing to tJiu nonh-eai^t, which, aAer a
sbon course, loses itself in a injtwoit of s'H'amjjs, and which he
accordingly named Masian^ii. H<j txpresstf. hie belief that it cvcn-
tuaUy diKchoi^s into the Sobal, or by the Makedo falls neai Dufli
tntothc Nile; but it is very probable that this apparent outlet is
bocbing more Uian a sott of sw^mtpy breakwater furmed during the
rainy Muon, and of no fircat extent. The sovuh-weaiem half of the
llkv tt tttfddcd with islands, "Kittle the opposlcc portion is iree Irom
ihcsL Pbc^tiatea that the surrounding coimtry was almost deserted
byrmiuiflhewainiortwond^hbuunng potentates having prevented the
ftitive* ^m arrtling. At ihia tmit', the rjin bcir^g incessant and the air
ttlcdvith rnaiari^L. and the men aulfering from fever, it became necessary
lo desoend the river. Leaving the soldiers and dragomans at M*ruli,
Ptoggia pushed on to Dutli. where he arrived on June 9- In the
wtunn he tetijtncd to li^p^ Ltki;}^ >vidi him a valuable Gcjtocacnn
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The GtniUmatii Magenim.
of cimfuiijir*, fhirWj' frortii Ihc tribes of Ihr Ba.n, Mftiii* M^, ftni!
UgundJL This i-ollccUoii hr t»iTcrtd to lie Briliih Muicum; bii«, Ihc
tkUthoiitLT* tiAi'i&g dwlinird it, it woi sold fbir ;£75, and placrd in ibc
Elhnolt^giEjJ Musevm ;lI Bcitin,
On Mj) io Mr. Lucj^ ^itxompaiiied Ijy Mt. Freeman, ariirrd at
l^do, liaving *?ntcfc<! t>n an cnjilufAtiunof (he civcr of ihc '* Gft*cll«.''
Hr w^a un.^btc 1o tcnt^h the D,khr-cl-CUi,trc1, A^d had ta nuke ^ long
d*?li>ut by l-idcs where bi: <iicl wuh a w:inM rccc(iUon from <rOrdon.
After coii^iidlirij^ LcujielhiT, Mr. Lv»<xLi ilttt'fmJncd Ui iTuinj^e hi* lOotc
and cx|>lore Ehc region of LjIu: All>cftt and thvncc to ircidcavoor XO
reach the Conii^u at NyiLD^e. Gordon accompufiicd him lo ihc
bordtre of itie lake, leaving him tticic la push oh lo the Njania of
Livingstone and beyond to (he we*l. His escort proving ioo weak
to allow him to penetrate further into the intenor, he rclunted t<*
Khaftoum en rtuife for Slici, intending to rtorganibc hit expedition,
uid proceed, by way uf Zau/Ibs-r, to the Congo. Alter repeated
a of fever, he kft Khartoum QcL s&^ and le^hed Sue', whcie
tcoTganisL'd his expedition. He then again &t;iiied I'ut the ac>tit1i.
bm did not prntted further than JcdOah, on the Red Sfa, where he
was struck doivn hy the hand of deadly in (he }6i\i jear uf hi» agA
His companion, Mr, Freeman, died at Khjrtoum Oct. 5>
In July the recoQslfucliQn of the lo-hone-power ffteomec above
the Makedo Fulls wat tgmpleted, and it made its first voyage from
Dufli 10 Mayiingo, reaching die latter place on the 15th of thm
month. Gordon then pro^wsed to &t4tl for Mtesi^s dpital, where he
would leave a gonison of i$<^ men, by special dctirc of the kin^.
At abuut twenty mlleu south of DM the rivei begins to widen out,
and the cunent bcconicf, iherefoie. less rjipid, l>ein^ only at tho ntt
of huir a mile an hour. The bed is \t idt:, soinutijn^ as much as Ivo
OT ihrce marine miles, and k filled with islands of papyrus, with
which aLso the Ixink** are frmged. The country is veiy j>0]mlgu:^— ^
much more so th.in any other portion of Afric-i dial Colund Goidon
had seen—and the n-itivci are well disposed. The sighi of ihc
steamboat naturally astoniihed them greatly- Thebanana cullivition
LS met with forty miles from Dufli, and euntinues iouihward fur
twenty miles, bill is not again to be seen tili within a short dibtanoc
rrom die lake. I'jfly nnde:^ soul h of Dulli the natives wear «kia« ;
those further to the soutli clothe themselves with tlie buk of a Xttt,
Colonel tk»rdon bthcvcd that a ttide dustriLed fiom RatatdiJUnbi!
a« a centre, wilh a radius extending to Fashoda, would include all the
tribes that go entirely naked ; a zone out&ide that circle would Includo
ihiMc half dad ; whiiit ouC^idc lba.1 at^un woM be iht; tribes which
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Mtj dMhc Ih^mKlvcs. He fbimd Sir SniniicE Bftkcr** mip quite
cofTMt for the northern ponton of ihc Ukc. Itisdtffimlttofind The
eiuct iiineturcof the river and ibc bUc, "the whole const bciTipTOwn
with pJLiTniA kUndfl,* 't'hf water ia nhillon- and has no pcrccpEible
oifrent From Mn^ungo to the Murrhivm Falls the curren t doa
imt«vowd one knot an hour, but fiom that point to thf Kamraft
fUpidftf nine miles below Foweira, the river is full of strong rapidn.
Ilw h*nkii were bordered by Wees, and the counby preitent&d a very
d«i^ie *ppe(itinre, hdng almoflt deserted by the native* on ai^count
oflhc w*rt tirrwffn K^ba Rrgi nnd AnJina, There U now every
roMOO I0 believe ihai Kaba Kcga will come to Icrm^^ and jicccpf ihe
half of )iit tinjiVlOTTi, RiongTE ^nd Aufina occupying the other two
L)auten^ Thcpc rcmnins the placing of a sTramcr ou the Vic-
toria Nifc lo ply between Fowdra, M'ndi, l.Tondogani and Ihe
Victoria Ljlie- 'J'he \ile may now be eoniiderfd to be known
thrDMithuLiE iu whole course, with the etreption of the branch flowing
iqwards iJie noiih-west fiom the Nile after it* isiue from the Albert
L^7, ;iLd alsi;' ^Hijthor bruoLh discovered flowing out of Lake IbrAhim
Paaha, which j.'rtjbnb])^ joins the? River Sobat or Rjvft A^iua. Sho^dd
the connection be ^rith the former river, Tt may provide givalcr faci-
lilica for coOJmuriication Ih^fn Ihe m^in rbannel Having accrjm*
ptiihicd the prificrpl object; be 1i'>d before him, Colon«] Gordon
Vttvmcd to Egypt in the autumn of 1S76, atiiving x\ Cairo wiih M.
Gcsti on December 1, his heaUh but little impaired by the marshy
h#ai of the tropics and the rronslflnt worry of hoiliic tril>ei. He was
COfdi*lly received by the Khedive, who presented him with ihe j^and
crors of the Order of the Medjidie, and on the 1 7ih he cnibflrkcd at
AloaadHa for Engbnd, He had wroufiUt immenic ehangcn in the
K^onK in Vihith he hiid l>ce«j cngiiftcd. Tnlie* ihal were hostile are
now fiiendly, order has iflkcn the place of disorder, and a line of
pOSUi 50 to 100 miles apstl, has l>een eitabhshcd from Khartoum to
the Albert and Victoria Lakes, ihu^ romplcting the communication
between the Mediterranean ^nd " the first giciil l;ikeof the Equator"
Chcrif Pash*, the Egyptian Foreign Minjatcr, in lumioing up the
rttuUs which Gordon has achieved, uys: "Ain^ est accompli
Vanorxion A IT.^ypte dc tons le-* tcrrilafr^s si* .luiour des grands Ijtcs
Mctoiia Ci Albert, qui, avec leun uffluents ei le (leuve Somerset,
oovrenl \ la fiavigaiion un vaste champ d'cxplora lions <jac Gordon
Puha 1 pr<.*|i»r^ iu^qt^^ prtwrnl." A good tesi of Ihe completeness
of this work i» afforded by the tad that ilie Colonel received his
Eagluh ncws^Hipers with fair regularity seven weeks after the ^\t
of blue, and he himself tr^JvcUed Jown to Cairo withviv Oma utr^e.
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There \% Ehcrefbric. in open rciod from Com lo Uie bkei
whctlicr k it A tcud whJch wUt be found nv^ibble for
yet remain* lo he proved, Tht tocJ jonrncy i* a^&oo miicn.
asccndrng ihc river from Cairo thdc is as I'.ir at Mmicli a chQ
of nil or river ^ fe>m Mmlch to Arnni^ jind Ihc ^r>i catAt
there 14 sieun ci^mmLmJcniionT and, with a ihori ianrl ir^iufcr
&VC mi)c9, ihcre U .ifl.'iin Ihc river \q Korosko, bcbw ihc sccc
catAracti Here, where the river iroid^ lowardn th^ wou auid ru^
for mi tc« over small c«uncu, a vide i^trcEch of doert ia eiot»cd, j
the livcTAgam resumed At Berbu, Thcr^cc for t,ooo oiLles or
put KhAitouJii to Gondokoro, 2nd on by Ihc Gi.urari At Uufli 10
kke, tlic rivci conimunication u a^n made lue of, A« the iropi
duUict 11 enlerf d the nvei become* choked up tn:h ma^tf^i of vc
tatiyn, which form into aulid islanJi and i>rcs«nT a tofal bar to p
grcs- In hi= work on the "Albvrt Nyftnta," Sit Siuoud Pa'
recounts his experience of thete donu. In one place, he uyi, *■ 1
river hod suddenly disappeared ; ihere woa appart^nily an end 10 I
While Nile, The dam wa& uboui ihree quartern of n mjfc wide
WW perfectly firm, and was already oicrgrown vfitli high iveds ji
fitas, thud forming a coniinaation of the j^urro^mding cotintry.
That is U pre^nt much difficulty in obuitnin^- food in the Upi
Nile regions- U wa* noceaary for the exploring I*"(y lo cany
il oil the supplies which would be required, l^he tuitvf« only
cnovigl: corn round (heir villages tor Uidr ovrn consumption ;
rest of Lhc couotry i& mere jungk, marsh, or forei^ -, and for
ycurti Culoni;] Gordon AJid his lucii auhsi&uJ ehic^y on beef 1
•ervvd itiKits, coffee, and luileavtneU hrtad. The prododi of
country, however, can be dt'velopcd i*j a wonderfi,U cxtont. TiatveH
Cell utt of the grain, sugar, coilon, coffee, gum, senna, daiesi, iv(
cbooy. aromatic wood^, dyes, poUih, gold, skins, and ositich feMli
10 be oLtained Iheici and intercourse with ihe natives will doubd
Boen result in Ihe esubliehinenc of a re^hr trade in cb
Articles- There is nodouU that the tap jbili ties of the country
aJmofit boundless, Ai pieiieiit ivotyisiln; sole product that is
polled, and in thi:^ Cobncl Gvidon hus Uoded with great &ucc«
Hiiprotics, indeed, were fiudi as 10 enable him 10 payallihecxiicB
of hift province, including the pay of his men, his official*, and hi
self, and to leave theii a surplus for ihc Eeypiian iTCda(iry,
revenue ts suted roujihly Km be aboui jC6o,aQo a year. The fii
bliHhmcnt of safe coinmunit^tion wiili the Victoria Nyanca is a wi
which remains yet to bcaccoini-fUthed, 'I'he distance fronubc Alb
Xj*eyjiiof i Jon^one;bulnavi4p[iun of the ViciorJaJiile or Soir
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Coi&rut GcrtUn's Expedition h fAr Upper NiU, an
Riv«r^ whirh cnnnfCis the two iilcei, is impossible, on accnLcnl of
ftlic nciBirroiiii m^Tihes and taUracts which occur in its cnumc. An
Ov^lAiid tivid \s ihercfote ncccsaaiy, and for Oils the moil dirctt
vouie Ln through liir Ee^itory ol~ Mtesji. He, hoiwcvrr, hciiatccJ to
9*7 penniM\on fi^r this yt^y lo be made U9c oil Coliinel Gordon
txlicvc* lEiJit hiH conHcnt ni;iy bt vjon by playing off ig-iiust him ihc
Itatdle pfiwcT of l-Kiga, whif.h offcfs an aitcmaEive foiitc between
Ibc t»o lokcK. The whole itvaibble force composing the eipcditinn
vis fjooo men; <iQd Ihesr h-id to t>c &o divided, in order lo protect
tiac post* in Ihe leir, ihal Gordon himself geneially .tdv^uiccd wilit a
marc liAnJful uf lucn. He h;Ls proved himself a good ruler, .ind feft
^v province in j (Utc of oidei ^nd tumpilliiy- The natives rcfeircd
to iibn for settlement nf dicir <^uaitcI«; j his own men, draughted tironr
ihe Hgyptiiin pnson» or enlisted from unfriendly trilws, are at! de-
voted to hinii iind lie \% i.ni:iwn Ihroughniit the Nile district as a
jt*t And fearle** luler. In his efforts for the aupprtision of the
tliT^-tradc he v^s only partly succe^ul, a& he h^id nor Ihe <xirdi;il
fUppOlt of the native ofiicidb, who i-»voiiT the slavc-ttadera wheri
fh^OUl, and only punish Ihem ivhen they nm.iEj ^nd he was th^te-
fare Able only to repress it in tho^c instances which came under his
* tmoediate notice- Whether the Fpgyptian Govcmmentitsclfi^ aincerdy
dttiroiift of annihilating the slave-tride i*^ vcrydoubtfuL In previous
' eupcditions equipped ^nd despatched with tliis avowed object —
flipeciaJly those of 1S57, 1B61, and that under Sir Samuel R^ke^
{1B69-1871) — link wo.* ^iccomplihhed beyond the (Icatniction of
ttme ^ the aid vu- hunters' sUtions» whilst the slaughti;! of the
WtTM, burning of their villngcs, and soiaure of their cattle do not
tend to confirm ihc humanitarian ptofcisions of the ralets of F-gyph
Xcrw thjil Colonel Gordon haa again been despatched to " the Pro-
tince of the Equator/' there is ground for hope that the death-knell
or thi'* tT,*fbc is sounded. In a letter from Cairo, dated February
t; of thi» ycjir, he lap ; '^Hia Highness to-day has signed the
firman, Hc eould not have given mc greater powers. He has given
tt:e over the Soudan, in addition to the Province of the RquiTtor and
the littoral of the Red Sea, absolute authority over the finjnce> &c.
I aiu -iitoundcd At the powera he has placed in t^y hiinds. With the
OovemOT'CcnctxIship of the Soudan, ic will he my fault if ihvcry
doei not cease, and if these vast countries are not open to Lhc world.
So there is on end of slavery if GolI wills, for the whole secret of
Ihc Tnatter U in the gavcmmcnt of the Soudaji, and if the man who
hold* that government is against it, it niust cease."
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3T2 Tit (hkiiemaH^s Magasine,
THE USE AND ABUSE OF FOOD.
FRANCIS BACON lias kid inlow-n i* au axiom that cipeHmcTil
ii the foundalioti of all real pra^'nrss in krigwlcUgT. " Man/'
he laid, " as the minuter and inccipnrlvr of nature, docs ind undcr-
sULOdii AH much is KiK (jbftcn';xcioni oa the crdcr of natuic i^nciit
htfUi and neither knows nor \\ tis^yiMc of more/' ' It would teem,
thvfi) 4S if ihcre could be no subject on which man should be bcUcr
infomn-'d than on the value of various articles of food, ftnd the
quantity in >shich fcidi should he uacd. On moit branchM of cxpcrv-
mental inquiryi a few men in cath age^perhaps hut for a f<fw jjigifNtn
succession— have pursued for a longer or Ehoricr portion of their
Ur^. ;v iyKiem of etperitnent ^md observaiLon, But on the subject of
food or diet ill meu m all a^■es have been piaLlital cxpt^tn»:nten>
and not for a Xt>^ y&u» only, but duiin|; their cniirc life- One would
expect, then, thai no questions could be niofe decisively sctded ihut
those which relate la ihc uii; or ihc abuse of food. Everyone ought
to know, it might be supposed, wliit kinJs of food are good for the
health, ill what quanlity each should be lakiTi, what changes of diet
tend to correct this or that kind of ill-healtli, ajid how long each change
should be continued.
Unfortunately, as we know, [his is far from being the case. Wc
nil eat many things which are bad for us, and omit to tat tnauv ihingi
which would be good for us. Wc change our dicc» too often, without
any consideration, or from lolse con^idt rations, of the wants of ihc
body. When wc have derived benefit from some th-inge of dici,
we are apt lo crtniinue the new diet after the neces^ty for ii hftS
passed away. Ai to quantity, aho. wc seldom follow welljudgcd
nilcs- Some Uke lcs% nmrimcnl (or less of sunie patiiciilar fonn of
nntrimcnt) ihan \s needed lo supplv the absolute requiremcntt of the
syalem ; others [wrsislcmly nverload the system, dctpilC all ihc
waminga which their own cupcrienceand thnt of oihcre should ificid
of fhc mischirf lilccly to follow that course.
* Cloacly followmn jii OiLt tc.fjccl his illustrkmi nfnin^iL? Ropar, who
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It ift mily of Ijite ycAn th^l sy^ttraalic eObrlA have bocn mode ti>
ihnMr lif^e on the aubJMl of the pri^pcr iiae of food, to distingiiibh
between if^ various lonns. and to anaJyac ihe tipccial office of each
Conn- I propose to tTihibit^ m a popular miinner, som*: of Ihe
noTc impiifUinT piaciical concluaions lo which m^n <if <4cienc«
luiTC been led by Ihf^ir invcsiigationa into ^^st questions.
The human body has btcn comparc-l 10 n ]?ut)|j in wb)<jh a flame
ii bviming. in Home respects the coTDparisori is ii nio^t a.pt oncj as
we shall we presently, Hut man doce more than iivf\ he xtorkt^
*kh hia hrsJn or with hia muickr*. And tbcrt^idrc iht human frame
vaj' be more justly compared to a steam-engLne iban to ihc flame of
a banp. Of mere life, the Utter llluMralion is ^iilTidenrly ajit, IhiI jc
kavea uniliufitTfttcd inan'A <:ai>acity for woik ; and Kince food is taken
*ilh iwo principal objects— the iiuintenLiritc of life aiid the rcuewal
of nutmul used up in bramwork jnd muiicular vrork— we shall f^ad
tkit the eumj^aii^n of nmo tu a machine afTurdb a tir bcitur iUua-
tiition of our subject than the more common coinporisoDs of the life
of man 10 a bumfftg flamr, and of foud to the fuel which serves to
IMiaUtn r-oml>u&Tian.
There «, however, one class of food, and, perhaps, on the whole, the
nkOA important, ibc opcradon of which in c<iualLy well illustraied by
dEh<T cotnparir.on. The sort of food to which 1 refer may be ierca£:d
^iai-mainSainitig food- I disiingui&h it thus fiom food which 5Crvc5
Olhn cnd^r hut of course it is not to be understood that any aiticle of
dkt Ktvet* ieidy the end of nuiTntaining heat. AccoTdrngiy^ we lind
duil hcat-nuint^ining substance e\i£ia in nearly all the ordinuy
iRklc« of food. Of ihe^ there are two — sugar and fat — ^vhich nmy
b* looked on JU special ** heat-givers,'* Siarclin also> which appears
ii All regcuibtcs, and ihas comes to form a large proportion of our
Ailly food, \% a heat-giver, )n face, this subaiance only enters the
9f»l?in in the form of sugar, the saliva havinglhepowcrof converting
luich (which is insoluhlc in water) into sugar, and thus rendering it
tolubk and digeBtibte,
Starch, OS I have said, appears in all vegetables, But it is found
iDorc freely in tome than in others. It constituies nearly the whole
mbsuncc of arrowroot, sago, and tapioca, and appears more or less
frcdy in poutocEii rice> wheal, barley, and oats. In the process of
vejctalion it it converted into sugar; and thus It happt'ns that vege-
table diet— whether pf eventing starch in Its natural fomi to be converted
LUio ngaj by the consumer, or cuntaining s^ugar whidi has rebutted
from a procCTj of dionge undergone by starch— is in general heat-
□uinuining, Sugar is used as a tou^cnient mcou^ of m&uwn^v^^
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\h^ hcil-sopply ; for m cjting sugjir wc ire savH the iTGuhtc of con*
vcTtmg slorrJi into sngirr- A love fof swc^t Ihtnjj^ ts the m^tinclive
CKpre^crn of the necrsstly for hf^-mAintAiniri^ food. We see ditl
liking itrorgly JrvdopC'J m thildrcn, who*c npicl growth iv Don-
liuujlly dmu'ing ug.ion Ll)4-ir h<^-4upp1y. So ^r an ndtiitt arc con-
Ciftficd, the tiste for sweet fowl i* found to prcviiJ more in temptnite
than m trofiicji] dime*, u mjghl be eicpecled - but, contrary to wliit
we mig^l it firrt e3fpect,"wc dond find any tncrtMt in the likiii{( for
sweei food in very told cUmjtei, ATif>ihrf and a more efTcctivc
way of securing tht requited hat-iupply prcviili in »uch couiitrles.
As starch \% converted into mgat, so by n fiiTthct process wi^r b
convrrted mtf> faL Tl is by the mnveriion of ^ugflT into fat that its
hcaE-supplying power (s made available This tnnvcnion iakr? plac^
in the vegetable as ivell a& in the animiil systpm^ a»d thiirfc f^t appeal)
jn a variety of forma — as butter, 5Uc(, oil, and so forth Now, precisely,
as sug:ir Ls ^ more cDnvenienr heat'supplirr Th;m \Tarch, so fat CJ>
ceed? sugar in ils powerof Tn.ijntaininj!;;inimal hej^T- llh;w.be^ calcu*"
lilted th^l one pound of ral-^whclhei in the furm of luel, butfer^ of
oil — will go 35 far towards the maintenance of animil heat oi twd
pounds of flrtgar, or as two pound* and a half of starch. Thus it
happen* that in very cold countries there is developed 3 Usic for
5uch articles of food a* eontain most fat, or even for pure £ji and in
analogues'— oil, butter, tillow, dripping, and Other foTms of^f^tif,
I have spoken of starch, sugar, and &t as heat-forming Articles of
foud; bwC I mu*l note ihffir influenee in the development of muscle*
and nerves. Without a certain proporitDn of fat in the food x.
wasting of the tissue* n'ill alwayfi take place ; for muscTte and nerves
cannot form >vithout fPt, And convcncJy, the best remedy for
wasting diseases is to be found in the supply of somcea^^ily-digcstibk
fonn of f.itty food. Well-latted meat, and esjiecially meat in which
the fat i' to be *cen dislribuli^il Ihrnugh the Heih, may be tjikcn
under such circumstances, Bulfer and snlad oif are then alio proper
articles of food. Cream is stdl better, and eream chceics may be
used with advantage. It is on accoudl of its heat-supplying and f^t-
forming qualitie?* that eod-Hvcr oil has taken it? place ai one of the
most valuable remedies for ^crofulou!? and consumptives patients
liut it must be noted that the formalion of (at is not the object
with Mhich heM-suppEying food It taken- !t is ^n indication of
derangement of the system when heat-giving food is too re-idily con-
verted into fat. And in so far as this process of r.onvcrsion tikes
place tieyond what is required for the formation of muaele* and
nerves, tftc body sutfcns in the loss of its just propoitioii of heat>
/"jfe Ust and /l^tsf t*/P'^d, 2 1 5
ipfif* Of cooTM, if too Urge (Ui amount o( hcAt-gTving food fa
tlk^n ihl^ 1bff79lcm> wc may cupcri !hjit ihc siir^ilii* will l>c dc-
pofl>t«d in ibc form of odipOAC im\.\<r. The do ponition of Tai in such
• cue will be fiir kw injurious to the ^y^tm ihan an CTctasivir httit-
nrppty wrnild l>c. Bue when only a jii^t amount oC hcat-pving food
11 takfn, and th plic^ or fuifilling it*i jtifit oHicfr this food is converted
into odipost tiuut;, it becomei nccc^rtory to in^iuiTc into the cause of
rC Tcchnicjilly, ihc evil may be dciaibed as rcrmlling
dcfid^^t oxygcnntion of the hcnr rapplying food- ThU
gmnilly arisen from defective circulaticxn, and mny often be ciiTcd by
■ TCiy modemEe but xysUmaf/^ inrrcnSsc in ihc iimotint of daily cxcr-
OM. or by the ti»e of Ihc spongcbnth, or, lastly, by soch change* in
ihedrcu — and cspctbHy in the irtides of ottire worn ncsr to the
fAin — as tend to cncounigc a ftccr circulation of the blood> The
tendency to accumubic fat may sometimes be tr^cd 10 the irae of
ovc^wMm covcnrigfl jlI night, and especially to the tiae of woollen
ilght*Ctothcs, By attending ro considcntionii of thin ^rt, more
Ntdily find ulcly than by ah undue diminuiion of the iimoTtat of
JiMt-wjppIying food, the tctidcney to ol>cscoc»s may frc<|«ently be
ccttiectcd-
In Tvnim weaihvr we should t^iminish the supply of hcat'giving
food, in ttidi weather the j^stcm docs not require Ihc siime daily
•Edition fo tu anirrml heat, and the cicc?i« is eonvertcd into fat, Es-
penmefiU hftvc shown thur despite fhc ircrea-icil rate at -which pcrspija-
tioDproccttiaduringiheFVirnmermonthsftjrniiiiifottnlylcdlhrouE^oxit
Ac ycAT increase in weight in summer and ^osc weight in winter
So far OS mere cxisrcnce is concerned, heot-fomiing food niay be
looked U|Hio ft« the rcjl fuel on which Ihc lamp 0I life i? susTjincd-
But man, considcfcd aa a vorkmg hcing, camtoi exist without rn^t^y*
fifman^ food- All wotk, wltciher of tht fiiain of of Ihc hmba,
taroWes Uie exhaustion of nervous and fnii?^rul.ir innt^cr ; and nnlcn
the e:<b»U8ted nuuer iie renewed, the work luiisc come to sn end.
The supply of bcai'giviog food mj^y be cumparcd to Che supply of
fiad for the fire of a stcani- engine 1 By tncansof thiii Hupply thcjfrr
k kept alive ; but if the lire have nothing to work upon, its energies
iie wmtcd or usL-d to tht: injury of the ntichinc ibclf> The supply
of witef,and iw contimin.1 use (in the form of steam) in the propnl-
sion of the engine, are the proccs^s rorreispnnding to the continual
ethou&ljon and renewal of the muscles lad nerves of the hum^n
fame. And the comparison may be cajried yet further We sec
that in ihc ea&e of the engine the amonrit of amoke, or rather of car-
bonic acid, tlifown out by il\c biosi-pipe is a measure of ^c \\>aX
I
I
eiie^(90 to»pcak)vithjn ihe canine ; but the amouni of work done
by the engine U measured W^^ by the quantity of tteua which i*
thrown out, Uccausc the ctMtic force of every panicle of sieam hju
'lietn CKcrtcO in the [iropul^ion of the cQ^nc before being iKr^wa out
through ihtf blfljrt'pipt In n manner precisely cotrcspondmji to ihU,
the amount of c4irbDnic acid ga> t^h^c:d byn man ia a measure of the
rate ai whi^^h tncrc uxiaicncc U proceeding ; but the amount of wott,
mental or muocular, ^v'hich tht man achieves, ia ine^LiiuJvd by ihv
amount of used up L>nin materuU and muHcle laJtierlAl which is d^lly
thro^vn off by the body. I shall presently show in whai way thU
amount is e^dmated-
In tlic compofiitton of the musdeii there iKaTnaEurial ci\\ts\i Ji^rmtt
and in the composition of the n«rvcft there is a inawrial called ir*u-
m^j, Thcie aic the subntaiicci^ which are eihauBled during; mrnUl
aiid bodily labour, and wliich have lo be Eeiicwed jf we axe lo con-
tinue wciflcing with our he:i4 or wJLh our ha.ndS' Kay more, tlTe
itself involves work; the he^rt, tltc lun£6> the liver, cadi intcrsmi
organ of the body, performs its sha[e of workf jua as a certain pro-
portion of the power of a stca-m-cngicie i^ <^xpcndcd in merely moving
1h( inadi(jicr>' which it ^eta in acdon. Jf the waste of mati:rUi in-
vulved in ttiis form of work is not compensated by a continual ajid
EuJricujDl supply of fibrint and albumen, ihe result will be a gradual
lott'cnny of all the powers of the system, until some one or othci
givet w^y— ihe heart ceases 10 beat, or the siomadi to digest, or the
liver 10 secrete bile — and so death ensues.
The tibrine and ;:lbumen in the animal frame .ire derived exdU'
sively from vegetables. For ,ilthougb we &eem to derive a povtion of
the supply from animal food, yet the fibnne and albumen thus sup-
plied ha^-c been derived in ihe beginniny from the vegetable kingdom.
■' It is the peculi:ir pToi^ctty of Eho plant," says Dr. J^ankesier, '' to be
able, in ihe niinoie cells of which ids composed, to convert the car-
bonic acid and ammoniiL which it get£ from the atmosphere into
fibrine und albumen, and by easy chemieal processes wc <^n sepamce
these substances from our vegetable foud. Wheat, barley, uata^ lye,
rice, all contain fibrine.and sfime of themalsoalbunienn PoliL[<jcs, cab*
boge. and asparagus contain albumen. It ia a wetl- ascertained fact that
those 5ub$un[:eii which contain most of these ' nutivtiouB seccctiooifl/
■ Ftbunt «nd klbiimcn atv Jdcntiul m cDuprntian. C^vvu. wbicli it the
COOguljiblc ^QTEjon <]f inilk. u cumpotcil in thr vtniC mnntia-. The chLef disltakC-
rma lyriHiFcn ilii- ilvme aub&Ianc» A-iiiaE«(« in ihrir moJc of ccd^dlntloa; fibriov
cooEulaiinE spontaoccu^y, tlUimen undci tbc ocUod of hcul, -ind camUu by tkt
Th^ Us€ and Ahuu: <tf Food. 217
48 they have been called, support Hfc the longesL" They chaogi;
llnle during the process of di)]fo»tic^n, cnicTing the blood in d pare
itttcaAd being directly cm J.J by *:d tofcni^w Mic ntrvoufl.ind muscular
tntier which hai»bF«n iisoi up dunngiroTk either TUcnialormiiAt-ulAT,
Tlunthc JUpply of lhc«: ?nib*tarrt» ift i^nTimiiilly |;ci-ig drawn upon.
The cubon, which foTmn ihcir pnncipil ^un^titucnT, is converted inio
caiboQic odd; and the nitrogen, which fonnn about a 9tMb |xtrt of
iheir suhfiUnce. rcj^ppcati m the nitrogtn of urea, a subsEonce which
lOTtoB ih;: ponctpil lolid r&nfltitiicnt of tho matltr doily thrown from
dw ftjrXctn through the aciian of tiic kid/^eys. Thus the Amount of
urea wtiich (h.ily p;aucs from the body affurda a lucasurr; of the kvork
doKo during the day, '* ThU i» not/' Mys Dr. l^nkcf^tcr, " the more
dMan of Lhe theorist; it hus been pracijcally demonacnttcd thnt
lucrvuc-d etr?s» upon the nervous system* vi^i brainwork, emoiiou.
or cxcilcnent from diiouu, incrc^UKS the quantity of urea and thu
dsraaod for nitrogenous food^ In the ^>tll^c nunner thv amount of
una u the rcpfe&enutivc of the imount ai muscular work done."
It hoA been cUculatcd that the average amount of urea daily
fbnntid in the body of a healthy man b about 470 gmins. To supply
ihU daily ujasujnpikjii of nitrogcuoa-t niallerp it is neiesury thui
■boot four ounc;tid of ilei^h- forming subslaut-v should be conifumed
daily, ll is impuiunu tbctcidre, to inciLilrc \x(yif thi& vub^tance may
be obtoiaedH 'Flic n-quLtite 4|uatiCiiy uf albuminous Lind fibtinou^
□attej ^^ is cvnUJned," «ays Dr. L=i.nkcite(. '^ in a pound of beef; in
two pounds of egga ; in tivo quurts gf milk; iu j pound of peas ;
in £tc pQUE^ds of rixe; iu fei^teeu pounds uf |M^utoes; in (wo pound*
of Ij3ctian lucnd ; in a pound and a half of oJlmc^ . -md in n pound
uid dirce-qUArlcrs of 6our." A con»Jcrj.tii;»n of (hit hit vnEI ihovr
tbe iinportJini;c of attending to the quality as well .^s [lie qua^nUty of
ocu Ibod- A man of oicliiiaiy appetite might satisfy hj« hunger on
poUUMi ov on nc«r without by any means supplying hii lyttem with a
■ttffident amount of f!esh'foiming food. On the other h^nd, if a man
were to live on bficad and bcrf alone, he would load his iystcni with
aa Amount of njtrogcnoi;s food. jiUhough not taking wh;ii could bo
considered an cxcwiJvr aniouni of tlaily nourishment We see, also,
bow it is poi^ible to continually v^iry the form in which we tate the
leqiiired supjiiy of nitrogenous food, without varying the amouut of
that supply from day to day.
The supply itself should of coui&e al&o vaty ffoni day to day as
the amouni of daily wort may vary. UTiat would be ample for &
pCMOn pcrlomking a moderate amount of work wuuld be in'iU^^cient
Ua one who underwent daily great bodily or menial excrtio
u8 T^ Cfntl^mitfCx Afti^asitu.
int^ be 100 much for one ^ho vcu ijlting hoUday. TC would
4|9flar, from the roeiTtti^ of Dr. tlmghUin, thai the ftmount
of urea dai]/ fonncd m the body of a hcolrhy man of xnrra^
wtight vaiici from 400 to 630 gnun«. Of thii ncight il ippnrs
Ihat 309 gnuii« results from the action of the intt^rt):)! orfan^
It *ould seem, therefore, ihai the amount of itcsh fnrmJnti:
food indicated in the preceding pamgraph may be diminithrd In
the proportion <*t 47 to 40 in the csl^c of a person tAkinfE the
minimum of cxcrcisT'-thjiE in, avoiding all movcmcnta «ivr tho^e
ibsoluicly mrcraaaiy for comfort or convenience. On the other
liand, that amount must be Increased in the [>ropottlon of 74 to
6j in tile case of a person (of average weight'; woritinu tip to his
full powi^ri- Il will be Been .« once, therefore, that a hard wrjrlctng
man, vhcthcrLibotiieror Ihrnker, must make j^dflesh-fomnin^food
eonstiluic a conaidcrahlc porlioti of Tms diet ; Otherwise he would
rtquire to take an amount of food nliich wouM ^eriouafy interfere
with his comfort and the due action of his digestive or^n^tn For
instance, if he lived on rice alone, he would re^iuire to in^^esl nearly
seven pounds of food daily ; if on j^iaioe*, he would nr^juire upwards
of iwent>- one pounds; whereas one pound and a ihird oif meat
would suffice 10 supply the Hime amount of fle^h fonning food
Men who have to work, quickly Find out what they require in the
way of food. Ihe Irishman who, while doing little wort, will li/c
contentedly on pouioes, asks for better flesh-forming food when
engaged in heavy labour. In fact, the employer of the working- man,
so far from feeling aj^cved when his men require an jmprovemeoi
in their diet, cither as respects quality or quantity, ought to look on
the want iis ovidenct that thc^- arc rcatly working hard in hia service,
and also that they Jiave a caparJiy for contmuous work. The m*n
who lives on less than the average share of lleiih-tbnninK food {a
doing less than an avcragu aTuounl of wotk ; the ui^n who ii unable
to eat an avtirage quantity of flesh form ing fuod, is nrtaM< io do on
average amount of work, '* * Qn what principle do you diiichargc
your men? ' I once said," relates Dr. L^nkester, " to a railway con-
tractor, * Oh/ he said, • it's according to their appeiitcu,' ' But,' I
said, * how do you judge of that i* ' • \VTiy,' he said, ' I send a clerk
round when they are getting their dinnerSi and tho^ who cnn't cat
he marks witli a bit of chalk, and we send them about their
business/ "
At a lecture delivered at Ihe Royal Museum of fhy«tC3 snd
Natural History at Florence, by Professor MantcgaEra, a few ycaa
5jfec<- the Prtt/cssor dwelt on Ihf? insufficient food which lloliAM are
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The Uu and Abuse &f Food. 319
io the luibii of talcing, u among ihc most important c^uftee or tht
imknca of the njiCion. ^ Tullans" he said, *' you should follow u
cloody as f cm f jn the citflmpte of the English in your siting and in
your drinlcing, in tfic choice of flah-mfai (in lojsing off bumpCrt «f
foar rich wine*),' in the qtialil? ti your cofiec, your Ijfc Cimrdi were ail mcnof family, ftcnemlly
Touiigerion», and wtrc oftidailyandonpnTadcaddtrssiedas"Gniik'
nm of the Life tluard^" 'I'o earh troop was iiltuJied a Iraop of
Heme ffitnadiet Guards, tompoHcd of mm of mfcriotiotiaf position,
Tt*e iroops of Horse (ircnodicr (luards — who wctt dngoom in-
tttkled on ofejiaion lo act on foot with hand gTen,ide<v slimX inutkctR
**«*, *ft*r A lime, virttially sepamtcd from the Lire Gu.irds. The
life&iATds—hreqiieaily colled >{or-ac Guards — were Afi highly prt-
li^}nl ihM the caplam won n roloncl, the two iLcutpna^nts hrutcn^tnt-
Wtoneb, and the comtt and the guidon major*. Th<?rc were also
turapi« with the Mnk of captain, brigfldi^rs — origtnaUy corporali—
»ifli the rank of lieutenant, and &ub- brigadiers — oiiginfllly stib-
fttfpOrtlij^who weri= comets. The duties of nou commi*iitc»ned officer*
•we performed by select private gentlemen, who nertr termed "righi-
^Wd men/' In 173G the four acnior "right-hand men " in ciieh
l^p were appointed w.itrant officers with the title of quArtermA^tcr,
W ^ ibc four junior "nyht-hand men" " coriiotaJs of Horsr_" In
i '1*3 the corps of Ufc Guards, someiimes called "Horse Gu-nriS,"
■ ttd the If orw? Grenadier Guards were com-encd into the first .md
■ *Kond rcgimcnci of Life Guards. L'p to that dale the gentlemen of
I 'l*c Life Guirdi had purchased thcii appoinimcnis^arLd Wiii\«a\i^
I
pT/
Tfu C^nilematis Magtutn^.
indenture. It mu ordcrtil that for tbc iilturt tX\ men of the life
GiumLt should be cnltited ind aUestcd- Being no longer fcqaitcd to
provide their own hoRica and forage, their pa/ was reduced. The
fcnilemcn of the life Guard* who irishcd to Icare Ar «cn-icc
wore pen*irtnci1- It may intcrtii some of our rcflrfcn to \rxn\ thai
Ihr I'orlniAn Street TUnxfkiy demoliihc^ ;dkont a tuire of yc&n Jtga,
was Tor some lime occupied hy the Hoi^ <;rcmutier GuArd^, The
origin of GoldMick JOidSilveraiickwflj the Rjt House Plot. After
that event, one of the CApt*inn, cjiiryitig an cliony 3116**1111 ft gold head,
a junior officer with A Ailvcr-htaded bUlT, and two brigadiers with
ivory^hudcd trunch^on^ renvtineil in immcdJAte AttrndaAr^ on the
ftOv^rcLgn from morning Till ni^ht- In the e^rty pnrC of \ht reign of
George 111. the sttcadiACO of the oiricen hearing the ivorf tnin*
cheons wii ^spenscd iviih, but on all state oceaaioni the Ooldirick
and Kilvcr^ititk— i.e. u culoni'l iind a ticutenanE-coloncl of the Houjic-
hold ravilry^rc still in aitendunct on the Queen, it i» « tndt rulc^
rarely departed from, thut tlie (^kjldatick must be t Peer. Formerly
there was only one gold and one silver »tidt, whieh were handed from
offiecr to officer OS ihc dmy changed h.inds, William IV,, however,
prQvidud three gold slic]E& for the three col cincU of Household cavalry.
The story od' the innovation \% related in the ''Memoirs of Field*-
Morahol Vt'icouni Combcmtcre." li appconi thni the Kin|; auininonod
the three coloocU — one of whom was the Oukt; of Curnhcrland— to
Windsor, and commenced with a complaint that, whcnev« thf gold
stictwrLS wanted, it was sure to hjivc been miAbid ornot to have been
hjjidcd over t»y the l.ist oHiecr w!io held it. After reprimanding hin
asionishL'd iioditora fgr ihL'ircjrelBBttne*. he laid: "Now, mj Loida, 1
understand etiquette buttcrthun anyon^and have provided a gold rtick
for eaeheolond.ao (hat there may be no more exctHe* on rhejtuhjceV
and with that ht- distribuicd thice batons among.il :hcin^ i'he House-
hold cavilry, now so imivcrscilly popular with the public, were at one
lime in great disfavour nith ihf lower dowea of Ijindoncrs on
accouni of the energetic mnnner m which ihey performed their
duly on iht: occasion of the arrest of Sir yranois Bnidett. In
conso'iT-icncc, they were for yerua afterwaida v^ilt'^ly called "Pic-
cadilly Bukhi^rs." The olSrcrj^ are now for the most part member*
of the t)cst families in the kingdt^m, hut at one period there wu a
large infusion of men connected with trade. I hey were in con-
sciiuence derisively spoken of by ihcJr comrades of the Foot (juardii
u ^'Chccsesp" Everyone in familiar with the appearanoe of the
cream-coTourt!d chirger ridden by the kettlc-dnimmer in each regi-
f of Life Tjunrd^i^ It may not» how<<vcr, be gentmUy known Ifcat
f horse is ^IwAvs presented by the CJiacerL.
R^tHffiftr-i DisiincHons, 12J
The Royil Hf>n£ CtUAnln Ulur^ or the "Blues," z^ ihcy nri;
dMOkrlf callc^i n'w form *ft -^oknowlcrtjicd portion of the Housc-
liOld Cavaliy Krigiifc, 'lljcy »ri-rf originnlly nftirialJy f^crracd the
*■ King'* Own Kegiment of Hortc Guarfts," hut more gcncrtJlylhe
"K*rt of Gxrord'i RfpiiTif^uL*' In 1690 they refet\'ed the natnc erf
"OxfonJ Bluf^"" to dirrtmgihih the rcginrint from a Dutch rpgimmt of
bante, likcwUf dothf^ iti biucwhicli ^efvert with it in IrtUtid. rroro
the fir»t they had a elcwc eonneeiion with the Court, ani^ ft'ere constUDtly
emp1o)-«l in ocortJn^thf novtrei^p uve (rom i76jtiUi8Q4, Mt.
CAnnetD, in hii offin^il hisinry of Ihe regiment, ronniders that it wai
Ai linl relieved Ifom (^imu* iliitirt in order to enable \i in rerniit urn!
rsflf After the Ittigiien i>\ ihr >iev(-r> Ve^Ys' War, .uidAftrrwjiriln UMlcrl
At mt eiTd)n«]r nmlry re^iinKnt rbmugti the inftut^niY of the \Mc
Gtuvdft* It ii certain, whatcvrt the o^iitic, th^t \x tta^ ^cl iTcni<-it, In
1S04 *l *** brovi|:ht \f> Windflm-p whore it rt-maincd nil tJ^ji, when
for the ^t time I'l rir«umed K) former duties in Londonr. and was
regululy im^rpOftHcd with the Household flngntJe. Kvt-n now,
hovrercr. ihert is ;i di^inclion betw^^n it nnd the other Iwo regimcnla.
IJn the Life CtUards the niajor is mnjor and licuicnant -colonel, ^hile
in tlic Bluet h[^ it only mnjor and ^/rrW HL'tilcnfmE-colonel,
George Hi., from his t-oiwtaQi rcitdenec at Windwir, hnrf Urcn
Nou^nraeh into contici with the Bhiea^and was for many yr.irn in
the h»bil of wearing its uniform. L^pon his dcnth the suit was pre-
tenied w the eflrps, tnd h*s been <nrcfuUy preserved by il, Thetc
wmt torg cnrrcril in the army a tradirion. whirh many not very old
ftOldien will perhaps rait to mind, that the Bhics were dq^nved «f
ihtSs gclrt Inec Tor hnving nin nwjty during the campftign in Flanders
in t*94' It h needless to say that the report was (juite without
femacUliori, 1hc faclr: of Ihe cjisc arc ^^ follows: Dminf the
abiJbcnce of four iroops of the regiment on service their nnv rlothing
- becttne due. A pamde uttiform being deemed unsuiicd for the field,
I A pUin one wna issued. On their return their colonel, in order to
add to hifi emolumentfi from clothing, esMbHshcd imiformity by
ordering the t;olil-tai:ecJ oo^ts of the home troop? lo bi: Liid oiidc,
Ajvd oooie of t?ie tuune pAlteni o,^ those of thi: other four to he worn
iftftcftd.
Th< i9 f"The King's ") Dragoon GuardB, styled by soldiers for
bivity the "K,D.G/s." was raistni in r6S5^ and given tbp titli: of
"Queen's Regirr»cni of Horse." On ihcacccasionorcieoTg^I. it was
rCfkuncd the" King's Repment of Horse," In hmreijfnit fnmi!ihed, in
Itfctn UTth nihcf fcginicms rT hnrsr. rfo'tarhrneut* to asufst the Life
The GtntlrmiXfis Afagasm*^
nbelHon of 17-15-4''. »^vcr»l rfKimcntt, and amongst olhcn
KiD^» Rcgiincnl of Hone, wcrt, tor cconoiny'a ulcc, converted
iolo doj^nx llioic fcgimenn wrrc, however, compcnuted «a
regards llicir feelings by being slyled DragoiMi Giurdi. In iSio, iho
GoloncU of the two legitneiits of IJfc Guard* being employed on ihe
wlflffT the colonel of the ut Drftgoon Guard* peifonncd the duty of
ColdiiitiLk in w:i.iting, nn bi>nour ncvci bcfoic or Jiftcr gsiuited to any
but [lie coJoncI uf Household cavtilTy,
Of the jnd Drai^uon ftUiirtIs, cjf llay*, wc aie jn poEseasion of no
I'urticubr IraJitions. It vrAb fftiicri in (685 Ml a rcgiEncnt of buret,
iiuti U»^ jilway^ ilialmguibhed it&elf-
The jnj Dnij^'icn tliwrd^ vufi rjiirtd nl tUis siinc lime. Perhaps
its moM fanoti^ iichievcmrnl u\w Ihe rapture of the sljndaul and
fccltle'drums of the Biivarian Horw GuaTd* at the battle of tUmilUcft.
It vfAf, on its being first r.iiHcd, a regiment of cuiraisietSf a£ were a]«Q
nint other legimctils besides the Life Guards. Tliey were ort^naUy
ealled " Armn's Cuirnssreni/' ihch first colonel being the Earl of Atran.
After the siipprewion of the rebellion of 1745 the ieginicni, whitb
hail been for ujiward* nf three- quflrters of a rcnitiry tin the Imh
es:abli5hmcnl, wj<i dcsignnlcd " The I'lnrt Jnsh Horse," and, from \ht
cgTour of tJie facing*, ffcfiuciitly spoken of as the " Bhic Horee." In
1764, tbe regiment bcin^ in DubliD, the following curious garrbon
order was iuued 1^
Lieu tenant- General Ki^wkci rcannmciuit la (lit offiGni of thv girriun thti
tli«y wviulJ not ^lay 4l ihc Ciutle whil^ on ilbly - and ibsil fTit afficm of clit
Hone Guarls will avoid miicliig with ih« ladlH In the dnwin^ room* ^n anomnt
of the iiiconvcm?nce af apurt (o the Ivlira^ hi>op fctiiutu.
(SiynnI) D. Gkxh r. Captain SJnrf E^»SiB«At,
for the Afajoi orBiigvilc.
In 1788 the regiment rertEvedflie appellation of ''4ihDfagoonGujjdi,''
The sth Pmgoon Gu-irdu, rawed in 1685, received ihc title of " jih
Horie" bvit wiis more rommonly cillcd *' Shrewibmyi CuimHi«i>"
At the forcing of the Frv^nth linen in Hiindcti hy the Duke of
Marlborough on July 18, 1705, the 7thf or Cadogan'i HoMc, a* they
were then trrmcil, chnrged the Bavarian Horse Grcnadiet Gitud*,
drove ll^em ftmn the field, and captured Four standards. In 174G
the title of the regiment was changed to ''and Ihah Horse," bu«
Imm thai day to ihi^ Ihc regiment has, fmm the colour of the facing
been familiarly known a* the "Green Hoist'' In 17S8 it waa
COuUituted the 5lh Dnigoon GuEirds. Iti iSc6 Prince Leopold of
S.ixe-Cobvrg, j/terK'ard* King of the BelgiAus, was appointed colonefl,
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and the regioieat received Ehc tilEe oftltc '* Princes Cluilottc
WaIm"* RrgimcQt of Drjtgoon Gusrdi.'*
tTtic 6th Dragoon CriiiiflA (Cin>l>inccn) w^ rdbcil in 16S5 as h
toiCLiitcni ofcuiiau^ien; rvccivcd thv lalv of ihu " Qu^eu Do^auer*!*
RcKiment," a:)ij r^nkcJ u^ lh« r^ili Hoi^^- At the conclusion of ihc-
nv in ItvlxmJ King Williuu rewunied the ragimcnl fcir its gooci
MTvIc^ TritU the tjllc of *' Car J4bi insert," \x tnu iic»[nctimi?« otficutljr
deii^iutvd tlie *'Kiu;bE'b C;LraLiiiitfen^" ll took roiik, liowv\?rt uft
»lbeSlJi R?g]m«m uf Hoi>c from 17^0, one uf ihc B«m^ le^imctils
luvtngbccndiib^iuit^JH In 1746 it beiuinv the 3rd Imh Hor^,
aod ia 17S8 the *lh Dragoon Guards, This tvginient has ^ Liilliant
IiGConl, At Blciiiieim it overthrew the French gcndoj'uics; vx
KamUlief it vjinquri^hed tlie Spanish Hoiie GiULrds and captured the
<oloun» of the French Royal Regiment of Bonibaidicrnj 3tMalpLu|acl
it beat Ihe Hous^choEd chivalry of Fr:Lncu. \\a euba»|uent iterviue^ ore
■ loo well known to need mention. There iva^, however, one curiuus
i&pddcnt in its c^trccr. In iXic ^lUck on Bui;nog Ayr^ii, undi^r Genera)
Wbttelocke, tlie Carabineere mhI thtf 9th Dragoons were diiHiouiHed
md vmployt'cj in ihi: ^E<nu)l. Thc^y fou^lit wll Jind lost ma^ny meii
b tbb tuiroTtuiiule jiJIiir, hhith endfd, u^ h known, in the c:LpLUi'
luion of the whole Briti^ furce.
The 7th or rrincetiK Royal* Regiment of Dragoon Guards owed
Lb origin to the following tiicumst^ince : When the Prince of Ornnge
landed in England in i638, the E4rl of Devonshire Joined him with
> number of yeomen and gemry. He was rewarded by an order
to Ai»e. f:om the ]>ariiunh of the Pnnce and the Piolc^unt ^uldieis
in Junvi^i di&bandeU tegimi-nts.A regnneEiE of cuira^iei^, uktng rank
«S the toth Horsi?- In 1710 Colonel Ligonicr >vju a^'potniud colonel
Of the teutincnt, and fur twcnly-ninu years '\i w.ih familiurly known as
'* Ljgonier'B Horst." In 1G93 ji& designation had bten diunged from
''ioth"lo *'SEh Horse." In 1746 its title was again duiuj^ed to "4th
Irish Hone," it being on the Frigh estabttahment ; cLnd from its facings
it ira* called t^e'^Blaitk Horse," In 17SS it was, with sev<?r;i] other
^vgimcnifi, reduced to :he rank and pay of a ilnigoon rtgiment ; but,
c%j on previous occa^sions of :i dmilur reduction, the blow was ^oAened
Ijy the title "Guards" being appendeJ. In the same year, on the
application of the colonel, the title of *' Princess Ro)'al's Dragoon
^Suards" was p-anted. This gallant corps has fought in mnny battles,
^ut in none did it obuifi more distinction thnn in the baitic of Deiitngcn.
^Qofiged with Ihe Household cavalry of France. LigonieKs Horse wert;
^t one time surrounded by an enormous mass of the enemy, and had to
*»^i desperately for existence end victory. Comcl R\tVv«^vwftj
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The GmiUman's Magamn^.
cnrryiDjC one ai the »»undAtdh, W3« iRoLLlgd Jn tlic throng Suicnoncd
to «LjrTvniJ(T, h;i sicrnly TrrL:ai:d, and nav At onct m^i tipon Ijy ^ ^lomi
qS FrcQcli lior^emcDH In ihc (.ouryc uf ;i fuw ^iLOiiiunm hu r«c:«tv«<J
upu^trdaof thirty ^abre-cuu un hibbodyu-i^U O^ro<ii;:b biif iJothv*.
HiB «iuii]ixrd and sLviidord seaffwere ako iniich liacked ahout Ti>e
very fury and number of liin aswUantSj howvv^■f^ ptticrvtd h\\x\ from
i;iHLu]t death; and when the Frcin;h tiividry were at Icn^td ^iiiv^n vff
ihtT^cld. ihc gallant conei. though lUlm ^txd <:uvv(td with blijvd, still
lii^Id ftut his iireciaus charge. Marvclbu$ x*^ rcbti^i hi: %urvivt^ hiv
nuKicrou* wounds- Araongihc cfophicE cav^wd by Lie<?iiitr'K Hinyt
w^Tc a t»air of kettle-drums, which wetc prcwnted to thciu ;kfler the
action, and were in iSjt)— perhaps still ore — uj«l by tlic bond- For
ihtr g'^lkutry dir^^ljycd by ll^e te^iiiionc, lib intrepid colonel, Gencrft]
T.Lgonier, who, though he had Tt;i:mvd (wu wounds, refused to quJi
liib V04t» was called to tile frum I'y ihc Ktii^ slihX cieaicd Ji knight
banneret At Fontenoy tlvc fiprii finorfj of LlgonJcr's Hprec was
cm-inplififd in a manner vuty f;tmliLjbk' to ali <ontenicd- At ihc
lic^j^imjini^ Cjflhe miction, Piivjtie Thomas Si eveiiuju's horse bctni^sb^:
iiud<7t Ixiui. hu did noL rejoin hii^ te^Lment till dit e^cnin|; of the (gU
lowing day. To U&C the words of Cannon, in hjs oflicial record
uf the rt^giment, " eveiy man was proud of bcuig 3 Ligunicr. and
ivhi^ri StcvtnsoQ joined his lioop his comrades accus^^d hiiii of un-
wofLhy '.unducl,:ind refvib^ to pctniubini to ri::inaui wjihiD the lincv^
The man demanded a triLtl, and a coutt niaitiiLl h^s assembl'^i i;ji the
following day to Invesii^iite his conduci, when Iil- prnduci^] LicuCunani
l*j)rd of i\\v Royal Welih Ftiiillers, who *u*t'ri thai, on ihc mutrdog
of the day of acLiun, the pritooei addressed him, acnuainltd him with
Ihe deulii of l\ii (the pritontr'*} horse, iind requested pcrmiuion to
cuny n firelock in tlic yri^adier company under him. The jjusamer'i
request wa* granted ; be behaved ihiouiihoul dit^djy with iincgintnoo
iiitErpidityr ajul was one of the nine grenaUieri whom he (the evi-
dence] brought out of tile actioiL Stevenson was unnaedialely
le^iEorcd to his Iroop with honour, .^ad wa& promoted on the foHowinfj
d,iy In a lieuleranLy in the Fuailitrii,"
The 1^1 01 RoyL^l Dragc^ons and the ?nd (Nonh Brimh) DrogooBB
(Scots GreytJ are both ^mung the oldest and t}Lc vnogl dibltnguiflticd
tif our cavalry tcgimtiit*- Eadi Irjn on it^ apjiointmcnts an cii^^te, 10
cumnitf mo ration of their exyloits at Waterloo, In iliat ^cat tojtlc
Capuiin Clirke of the Royals, and Scr^ciAiit Ewan of the tJreys, took
each an caHle afiec slaying the bear^jr. The Greys at RoniilUes c4[w
tured the liiandarU of the Rcyimeni dti Roi, The Royal;s were raiged
in t^HijiiRt^ iJie Greys in 167S — that is to say, two troo|ia wctc rsisol
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bi that ycAf , IftLi iht rrf^inifiiu werr nni rrpilntly fnnn^ (ill i68f.
liet]TmTtf4f«nrraL I )4lrid« ■ ^xm\X oIlI 4oldirr who lud fif^nrtl in \ht
Rtunin arifiy, wkh \hv fiM r^»!rmcl *if ihr iUry^ W*^ Wflj iilmont a*
ptat a Irnor In tht' O^vr^nanlfr^ at ClaiTrhoii^. 'ITii? rr^niml wn»
fin* mfiiinr^S i>n nhit? horw* in 1699 In 1701 ilicf were failed
^m "Cfty llrtgonni" xnd llw '* Scol* Ri?giracnl nf W*iJ(c? Horct*
In 1707 Ihcyrtctivcd Ihc litle of '* Rtjyal Kcgimtni of North fbiliah
Dn^OonV' and nunilifm] the fnd Ilra^ont in 1713. ThirywCTcin
iSfV atmoTt purdy Scotch. In tS6ithrrcwcrc^ jj J Scotf!h, J47 KnglUh.
and 55 Irish, The number of Scotch tn the f«gim<?nt has very much
CiUcn olf of \aiTf oninjE ro the pracEifp of rrfruiling eKlrn^ivrly in
LAndaiL The tlrcji ^treknotmrn the barni<i-room bythi? niclcnnrae
of "Bubbly Jocfci,"(i*m|ttnthfiritic«—*hvibblyjorlc" beingSctirch
for a turtey t^k- C>n April j, TR77, sn AnnriiincemenC -ippcjrcd m
the "fiA/frce" \hAX thrGnryn wcrf >n hirurc fo be ntylcd ihe " Royil
ScoU (^teyit."
'11b 3td Htis«in u^u ruitcd 10 16S5, .md rtylcd the "Qiiren Con-
Md'^ RcRiiTii^iil of Ilfagt^Otis,"' cpnvr;rt«d into ** l-i^hl llri^oni*" in
tZ7t>,itat\ a few yr on a^Q int(^ ''Husurs," 'V\\\- Trgmicnt.tknti .iii CTifly
prnod or ib history, tnj&yerf ! he piivileg*^ of kt'ttlf:-druni'( — nn honour
vdiith rtgmicntil ftndition declare* wai granted bi conic-iuence of
the CiptUTc by if of *t>mc kclttejlnim% from the enemy AI Aghrim.
Uf, Camion, however, Uit- htMuri.Hi of ihtMci^mienl. behcvcj. \hty were
tak«ii, not j^[ AKhrim, hLit ;ir Dellingcn. At ilie laitcr hitlle the jrd
Dru^ooni KUhUined :t tic^ce oonflii-r with niiiei^uAdrons of the French
Houtehi^ld t?iv;ilry, tntling lhrcny;h the btler ihree lime*. Of the
three ciimrEi ran-j-jn^ Ht;indrtrtl», iwo were wrjimdcd and ihc third had
tvo horv^ kilJed undci hicn. The standArd^ Iheni¥e1ve«i were totally
destroyed by shol und Hbre-Ctlte- One Wiw very neatly cajitiirrd.
The crimt'l, receiving s. wound in the wn«, drr»|*jied Ihc standnrd.
Primt« l'hoiiia<( Ikown, lEjeing wh:Lt h^nd huppened^ tiJed to dismount
to pick itupf butere he could quit ihe uiddle he \o>\ two fingers by &
ttbrccm, And hit hor*c rjn otf with him into the Trench lines. Re-
cowering eoniTol ovtf the ^nini;*!, l^e rode h,if k low.irdi his regiment
While doing *4) ]i*: i^iiiceived ihr sUiii1;ird being c-irried off by a
gendjumc- ^'Yivt, iii,ui he :£tiA4.vkcd ^nd jdetv, catching the «iUndmd
ft! it fdl frorH ihc dyiii>i f<x:ni,Ln'H \wK%\d. He then placed the ilandard
IjeC'^erTi hiH lf;j and the saddle* urid iiiJtdc ii d^iil^ at ilie encni)', who
rtrore to inu-nicpl him. He marixped I<j nil hi* way Uickj btit m
dooQg 10 rcedved wun wounds in the he^d, fare, and hndy, AnrI Iwt.
lul »js pierced by ihroe bullet*.
Tbii regiment WOK dt one tinic<aJlvd " BLind'% Dt^t^ooc^" ^4A\dift
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anecdoEc \% r«tM^ whfi^ VirooAV illaftinttei th« chiractnof the
niiltUuy chApbins of lh« auddlc of xhv i^i icnivay. The authoricict
thought tl^iit by a]fpoinEinje a cliupluin lo «Ach rcgimenl th? rohgkoui
And niL/r.Ll lonr of \\\t^ uiritxrt wuiild be tiu^ifovrd' It, however,
was found ih-xt, ifibt'^^d of liic cl];ip];un iraprovrng thf officcn^
the Iniccf nurrujiU'f] hrm, >iniJ tvc Ir-'ini ihiAt a chjipUin of I&Lind'A
Dugoons challtngcdt fuuglit, anJ killed *ti nHicer of Linothcr rcgi-
moiL Thjs and ^tnilar inddmb led to the abolition of regimetiul
TIt^ 4tli Hussais wjs laiwd in 1685, and atylcd the *' Princess of
Denmark's Rcgimcalof Drjfioom ;" in 1788 ii reccivi-d the d«ignft-
tion of the "Queen's Own Regiment of Drag^^om*," In iSrS ii vM
constituted a coqi* of light drAgoom ; »nd it was, a f^w year? back,
converted inio hLissiir*. Ac Sleinkiik and some othtt of its carixr
actioiu It w^ di&mounteiT, jijid fuught on foot with musket and ba/o-
nOL Thit rrgimmt v:l« uqlc ihc cAuae of a serious political cntift.
lb eolAncEcy having bttome vatunl m 17 id, Queen Anne wished to
confer it on Colond Hill, bruthcr of ht( NUjcil/i fivourite Mrs-
Maslum. Tln^ Dule of MarlLiorougli objected to Colonel Hill's
youth and» ftnilin^ the Queen rcso!vii<!, withdrew Irom the Court. So
gTi^P-t wjs the jinli|i(.,il iuniioil causc*l by this jct of the Dulce, that
the Qkiccn at length g^ve way. The rcgimi:m wore red cottt tUJ
iSi^jwhcn hlue coats u-ere subslituied. In 1^32 ii was supplied with
scarlet ctothinu, but blutwa* re^ncwed in 184*.
The i<}\ (Ruyiil Irish) I-aotcT* has betn to recently raised thai it
h^ no tmditioi^s.
The 6th (Inni&killingt) nai formed oui of the Protestant ycomcD
of Ulster, -ind firat tMted blood at the Jloyne, where they greatly
distinguished themselves
"ITic 7ih HiKi-ws was originally a coTyi* of heavy cavilry, formed
from indtpendcnl troops lAiicd m Scotland by the partntans of
William and Mary, Disbitnded in 171^, ir was raised Again the fol-
lowing ycatj andslyltd the "Priin.cwof W^liV* Own Rcpyal Regiment
of Dragoons." It was L-hi4!fly composed of two troops lakcn from the
Jtnya] Dragoons und tlirec from the Grc)'s, The rocmoTj' of ilt
Scotch origin is prt'io^^^:d by the priciicc of piaying "The Garb
*jf Old GauI" *ben mardjing pAbi at a walk, and *'Hiehnd
Laddie" when trotting pa^ii. fn 1737 it reci^ived the title nf the
"Queen's Own Regiment of Dragoons." In 17^3, being ccmveited
into lighl ilr:igoont;, blue tlolhiiiR w^^ adopled. In iSo; it was eon-
vcTt(?d imo a torjjB of hitesai^, and reci'iveJ tht^ titL of the " 7ih
ox ^uecn'j^ Onrn Regiment of Hussars/' In 1830 Kaikt ittiC wib-
Rfgitmn^l Distinctions,
niEucod far biuc polUses; the latter vcrc. however* netnel
jfi 1 34a.
The 8ih {Ro}-jI It^Bh) Hu£&an waa raided in IrcUadln 16^3^ *Ad
«a»at ^1 known a% ^' Cu anin^'haini Dra^om/' The rcsimcxit wa«
disbanded In 1714. but raised again in iht^foUtFwingycarand rcsiotcd
to ill former ranlt in ihc ami}'. It was ihcn known ;iji *' Pepper's
Dn^ooni'* In 1775 icwjfconatituicdn coqis of light drogoom, and
1iro>iear»]fUcrwas siylcd the'* King's Royal Irish Regiment of Light
Dngoonx." It was convertod into hussars in 1S24. Dunng the VVar
of Soccci^ion 1E overthrew and annihilated a coip^ of SpJtniah
Ckvllry. T!ie incn cquipucil ihctn^dvon with the c;m«In:U* of their
•dvttwriCT, Jind for tnjmy yearr* aJU-riviUds were ulloived, in oorn'
mecDonUioA of the event, to waar their «wurd.1)olca o^cr tfaeit right
ihouldcr, flic same as regiments of horse, instead of round the waiftl,
like dragooni In 181 j, at the siege of the foiljvsa of Callinger, a
iqittdron of the fith, contrary 10 the uviai practice of til valTy.furaiihcd
working pAtticx In the attack on the Goorkha foriresi of Kalunga
in rBr4, a portion of the flth were dismounted and taok pan in the
jMAdtf. There ia a traditinn in the regiment thai the drngoons were
employed on this service to ahamc ihc bocknardnesa of some of the
lobniij.
The 9th (Qxicen'i Royal) Lane^ ra was raised \r\ iTie aouih nf Kng*
Und in 1715 tnr Major-Ceneral Wynne, wlio gnvc hrs name to Ihc
Corj'fts Jn 17JJ3 tiic regiment was converted <r*MTi dragoons into light
di^oona, and in the following year the clothing was changed from
aorlet to bluci in tSiC it becante a corps of knct^r^ The loth
Hassan ha* for noiirty a century been one of the crack corps 0I
the scrvicO' It wa? rm3<!din 17 15 as a. r^^ment of dragoons, consti-
tuted a Te^iincni of light dr^oons with the title of "Prince of Wa1c»'9
Chm l-ight DTaj^oons" in fjZ^. and convened into hussars. In 1793
the Pfifice of Wales was appointed eommandant^ Owing to thb
drcumsianct the corps w^^ frequently quarteredai hrighlon, Hoims-
W, and other good siationa, and there was great competition for
commissions in the regiment. Among the officers who, at the dose
of ihe eighteenth and beginning of the nineteenth ecniurits, held
commjiiaiona in it, wcmay mention the Due deCrammont, whose son
aow commiinda the eamp at Chalons, and the notonous Beau
firummell. As may he imagined, the latrcr took WxiXe itouIjIo to
kam hit duties, 2nd it iii related thiit he only knew hjs troop by a
blue-nosed man on the right of it. One day this man was trons-
\vTTtd to anothCT troop, and BnmmeU, bein^ consequently misled,
look ufi a wrong position. Shouted at by the colonel to cQntt\ \w
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e looked rounds ixw tht blue-njoeBcd nun in Mi unral r^tiTC
ndnnddH hit hdd Ji much wtQwiy, " I knnv I wasrighL"
lie did not lonji rcmaLc in ihc cor|iii. A%zorf it told [hot thcd^ndy
O^ccn of ihc iolI] were tXrtt gr^At «<|UE^tea lo diuicc. Our cvcnii:ig
they vent lo >i Lull, and, louii^ng li&llcssly iilxjui us usu^l, were
by tli4; Iti-dv (jfthr Tiou^if to Aacl pattnci^ She w:i5j, hrrwcbvr^ TirlNJlTcd
(ritfa "Tbankij the lotii never dauicc," drawled tiui m (ht mo«
tistteas way imaguTAble. She mjid? go rcmoric aX the time, bui thm
supper ums annuuncrd addrtsscd Ihr d-mdict tA follows ; " The loih
never sup. GuoJ rvening, gentlrnicn-"
ll;e9rf dandies, hont-Vd* foui^hc tpbndidly, and vert Kt cpvdlouv
of gloiy ai t*> be curbed by nut being ;i]lowed on a t-cruin oocjt^ion
to di,iTj(c ilic enenfcy — al Ofthcs, *c think. They ncnC a round robin
tn Colonel ^^t. QutnlJn, ihcir coiiiimaxidi n^ offlccr, reproaching him
tf>t his bacfcwnrdncii- A court of inciutiy wni held. The colonel'i
rtpuution vol clcucd^ And the ol^cen dispened among differeot
regtmenis, 'I'heiT pbce* being supplied by oflifirs from vanous
CWp*, the lolJi received the name uf the '* Eleg^nl KaIiacU."
The lilh Hu^aan was lai^d »s a forps of dragoons in. 1715 ; in
■ 783 cnnverfed into hghl dr^gocRi« ; in tS4o honouTcd by the
appo)QtmL-nt of (Jic l.itc Prince Consort m thcTr colonel, on which
occasion ihcy were mnsfomicd into hiisi^r*, antl received the title
of'^ Prince Albtirl's Own Husi^ira-' Thtii imifoim— originitUy scaflet
— ^vas cliangcd lo blue m 17S4, cbringcd bnck to icailet in tS^
nd 3tgain changed to blue in 1S40, The noEunous Lord C'ardigaJi
wu for some time lieu ten ant-colonel of thi* regiment^ and made
hirriaekr obnoxious to his ofhcer« by hia ovtrbeanng detiie«nouK
On one otc^iiiion he fcprinwi-odcd explain Reynolds for causing hoek
to be pourtMJ out of a bLick IjolLle, nnd thai oHieer v/^ ever oJteT
known as " UlsLk" bottle Reyuolda," The setviues of the iilhill
Kgypt are commtio orated by Uie Sphinx and " E^ypt '" on the
appoinlmenls. This regiment 1* known as the " Cheny-[ncten,"
from the colour of their Irousers.
Thc iztli (the I'linte of W.ilcs's Royal) Litnccr^ was raised at
Reading in 1715 .15 a regiment of dragoons. In 176s it was ilyM
the " Trinccf of Wales's Regiment," -.itid converted into light dragoorui.
In 1784 lis uniform wai changed from tcadet to blue ; in 1815 it
xwDi toniututcd ^ corps of lancer*, and in rSr? received the title oE
*'rrinrcof Walei's Own Ijincer*;" in i8jo it reigned ncatlcl doth*
tng, which in 1U4? waa ;tgain changed to blue ; in 1794, part of the
regimcni being .11 Civiu Vecchia, thir Pope presented each OJ the
OtUcca with ii go}d jnedal tu cumuieinur.ite his opinion of the good
R^^cntal Disiiftciiotis.
tmiioa of tbc c<jr[]f. Ijoidms in Egypt in lSoi« 350 men of ihf
lacb a&d 16th lighi Dmgoons forc^ a French convoy^ cK>on«d by
5^ officers ind mt^^-iso hdongingio the Dromcdiry Corps— 10
cuiTCQcIcr. Ainong Qic liophic& uipiuicJ wcrv ont gnu ^ind ;t sLmiiirdi
Tbifl is the onlr rtgimcni b€^idc!» iho 1 11I1 Hu^uon which bean the
S|ih3ii3E and ■* Efc^r'* " <^" ^t^ apiiomiirn-nis.
The ijth Huasiirs, raised in the midland cwumics as a regimeal
of dra^cxins, vrcr<; coDsiiiuicJ light dragODna in 17S4, when theij
doibuig was dunged from scarlet to blue, with light giccn fodngs;
resumed i^failct clothing with bufl f^cing^ m t&ji ; received green
lacings in i3j6 ; resumed Uuc clothing with huff focbgs, and were
con^Yrtcil into husiiara a Tlw ytatu ngO' In the Pcnin&ula the 13th
ard 14th light DneooDfi were nicknamed the'* Rd^e^cdBngudu'Trom
ihc rough uaa^which their clothcB had undergone Tho great friend-
chap vdiich hod subsisted during (he Peiimsolar war bctwt^en these two
regiliienu ira* ceniented ufruih vvhcntlicy nict in 1^41 :it Canterbury,
The 14th were about 10 eniburk for India, and pr^acntcd thdr valuable
mcsi-tabTcsEO their old comrades Diatinguibhcd as have been the
■orriiCCt of the tjth HLis^rSn their fnmi; wa.^ som4^wh:LL ctoiidcd by
dn belwviour of ihp regiment In 1745 at Preston Pmie, where they
prrcipiutcly fled the field. A few gallant men and officers, however.
Stood by their brave commander. Colonel Ga-rdiner, and were almosi
all killefJ- wounded, orcaplured. The 13th redeemed their character
at Fillciik in the following year, covering the retreat of the infaniry
vith great sicadine^^ The old £;etil used by the regiment when a
regiment of he^iiy dngoons is still preserved.
The 14th Hustara, riuficd AS .t regiment ol draggona in 17)5, waa
IB t7j6 converted imo light dragoons* nnd in 1784 its uniform wm
changed from scaifei to dark blue- In I'jq^ it received the designa-
tion of the " Duchess 01' York's Own Light Dragoon*/' suid, na her
JUiyid Highness was a Princeae of Prussia, the badge of the Prussian
ta^ was granted. At tlie same time iEs facings were changed from
lemon yellow to orjmge. In iSjo it wns auihorised lo bear the title
of thr ^' King's Li^^hi Dragoon&," and ihe lacjings were changed from
orange tostarfeL In 183 j the King's treat was added to its appoint-
ments. Like the i jth, it behaved ill at Presion Fans* and hod the
further dl-Juck a little more than a century Later to incur much ob-
loquy for its conduct at ChillianwalljJiH This obloquy was not,
however, merited. The t4th was Advancing to chaise the enemyj
irhcn tome one shouted "Threes, about]" Thinking thiti an order, the
TCgimcnt retired, and the nre being heavy a panic set in, and tht 14th
duhcd in tliv utmost eotuu^ioit 10 Lbe rear, passing thiQ\x^\^ ^ W\'ux^
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of utilkry arid a field hospiEal in their m:id ntfh. Willi ihnr two
encepcioru the 14th has ever been an honour to the Briiish ax\\\y.
specially at Villn tic] Puerto in tSio, when ihcy cnarprd Ji French
square so home thai Lieu tenant Colonel Talbot and ejglu men fell
deftd do« to the bayon>:ts— iKc f<imitiT, indeed, on iheir very puinis.
The (5th [the King's) HussArs uwed lis origin to tlic followicfl
ciTfUTuatatices : Jn 1755 GtfOrj^e II,* iiL|>precJ^ting the value cf light
cavalry, yrd^^red a. h'ghl truojj 10 be addtd lo lun*; regi^icnt* of dra-
goona »tid hone. Tht^e nme iroo|js were united under ihe eoniiumd
of Colonel Geurge Eliol, af^erwordt cflebrated for liia defence of
Gibfaliaj. Tlicue piov^d tbemt^etvcs ^o useful in the expedLUons to
(be toast of France, that several entire regimt^nU of \\^h\ *Jragoons
were railed. The fir^^l of thc^c wai the J^th, of which Colonel Geotgo
Eliot WLii appointed colonel in 1759- Ii nerved in Gcnnany duriag
the Sc^^en Years' War, and several anecdotes gf its exploiw have been
preserved in the regimenL Quoting from Cantiun^srecord : "Onooc
occasion, after a re|>ulse and a march of aeventy milen in rftcnty-four
houra, when starcely a horse was nblc to walk. Major Emtiun; ww a
irgimeti] of Frendi infunt(y fijrmed widi a morast in its rear \ and
adv;uidng \iv called upon the commanding oflicvr lo surrender, 10
prevent liis men from btfng cut to [jief.es by a lajge body of cavalry
that was approachin|T. TbJh being refutied, (he major «aid: 'Your
blood miuit be upon your heiidb,' and liirned lound to ^o back
to the leginient ^ tlie French cdled u^tin him to stay, and laying
down Iheir arras surrendered IhemseKc^ prisoners of war.** Oil
every onasion, indeed, " Ehot's Light Horse'" distinjjuiihcd iheiii-
selvcs i and when, in 1766, ill e King iisked Geoer.'J Ehol how he
could recompense the regiment for it^ j^Uanciy in war and yood ton-
duel in 7ieace, the gciiefrd begged that it m[(^ht be called ihc " King's
RegimenL" Tlje lequest xviii granted. In 1784 Uie cloihmg u^is
changed from scarlet to blue, and the facings from bEue to scarleL
In iSofi it W.1S tonvertcd into a hussar reginieni. Tbe most dashing
feat pr^rformed during the campaign in Flandeis in 1794 was the
action of Vilbei^-en-Couthe- The Fremh had in£crcc|rted the Em-
peror of Germany on hit ivay from BiU'aeU to join ihc irmy, A
force of cavalry, of which tlkc van was composed of i$6 olBceis and
men of the J5tlL and izo of the Leopold Hubsars (Au&trian), w>s
sent out to drive utT the French. The kmet weie found in fon:e iw«
Vtlliers'cn-Couclie- The supports missed iheir way, and General
Oito, not withstanding that he bad only 306 men opposed to )o,ooo
of ihe enemy, detertnined (u aitatk at all hu^ards in order to uwthe
Emperor. The t5th were ordered to attack In front, and llie Leopold
R^mmial Disiin^iions. 337
Huitan to lum the lcf\ tlunk. A (nErongbodyof ^kinnijhqreAUemptcd
la vfiD Lo diffck th« ;idvLincj«. Onw^ Tiiwr^t our iiicei. T1i« French
cavihy oovpwtietilvO cuiworU ^rnd brokci unnuLsking a lin^ of infantry
md gun!(> Una[i)ml]cd. the i^ihilashud ^t ihc hne and rode through
i;. They ihcn sprang at a large square composed of six baunlions
ud dinned it. The French cavalry, who hod tried co ntUy in rear
of ihcir infantry-, aw dnc ijth swooping down on ihem and fled in
vtid confuKion, The Leopold Hiis^n* also nobly pcrioTmcd their
ptn, tnd ihc foe van pursued tJll the guns from Bouchoin and ihc
ipp4MiuiCo of A force from that city caitsed the victors first to hale
jftd th«n retire- On iluir r^-iuni they were Intercepted by some
ftfUed French infantry, l^Lii these were a^am ridden thraugh. not-
tirithslanding a htavy fire of musketry and cannon ; nnd, the supports
havii^ arrived, [he Evudacious band got clear off. The result of the
fl|hl wai& 1,300 of ihc enemy killed and wounded, and three
gms captured, and the safety of the Etnperoc. The 1 sih lost, ont of
titi men engaged. 17 men and 19 horses hilled, t ofticcr bayoneted
thmtigb the body, 12 men nnd iB horses wounded. Of tlit eight
flftcers present one wat ixoiinded -md f!\e had horses wounded under
them. For this exploit .ilJ the eight officers, among whom was Sir
Hobcrt Wilson^ received from ihc Emperor a gold medal, and alter-
mrdswerc cKaicd Knights of the Order of Maria Theresa. The
»ioTdB"VinierB'Cn-Couche"' are borne on the nppoininicnts of this
ftj^menti
The i6lh Clhc Queen's) Lancers was raised aa a regiment of light
dngoons In 1759 by Lieutenant -Colonel John Burgoyne, well known
U A politician and dramatist, bm still belter on nccount of the sur-
render of Saratoga, In 1766 it received the designation of the
'■Queen's Light Dragoons." In 17S4 its uniform waschangcd ffom
««ir1et 10 blue. Ic was constituted a regiment of lancers in iSrj.
4^jiid in 1S31 resumed its scarlet cloEhing- It hets ser%ed with dis-
^jpctioin all over ihevorld, but its most famous achievement was
K^teftlcing a Sikh square at Abwal Anoiher incident of which (tiB
S i»ttfied in feeling proud w.is an esploit in the Peninsula, When
^Maascna fell back from the lines of Torres Vedras, Sergcaju Baxter,
''^rith ia% men of the [6Lh, liuaded the advanced gxiard of the Briiiah,
^Suddenly he came on a party of fifty French infaniry cooking. The
%jiUer instantly eeised thci' arms, bu^ regardless of odds. Baxter
charged them, and, nith the aj^sistance of sume pu^ants, made pri-
soners one officer and forty-one men, ihe only casualty on his side
Ving one man killed
The I7di (the Duke of Cambridge's Own) Lancers were raised in
Thfi Gfnlt^mn*s Ma^astnt,
Hcitferdahiro as a rq^mcni of light ilTaitc>oiii in 1759 by Licutdinrrl-'
Colorii?! Jtihji Hole, This oflircihad sen ed with Wolfe, and, floiimm
fbAt hJiL men tboulii imilaiv the i^^oiioitb eiumple of ihal hcrot he
obtained Tor his regimejit a grant oftbc deithVhead — a akuTi and
cn>n-bonu^4nd "or glory*' to be bumc on the sppolninicdts-
jHCDCV tbv 17th to thi« t^!tJ S|jpak of IhcmaettfCs. ;uid atc i.iiTled b)'
ffJthtfn, llw "Death or Glory Hoys," and ihc "Skull and Crois-
'^^Iwnef."' Tfieir clothing was cEi^rt^rd from scaflet Id blap tn 1 784^
und in iSsj lliey WJ^te transfonncd into Unctn, The lille of "Dukc
of Catnbricige'i Own " wjs granted b^t ytiai lo c^onnint^niornle the fact
that his Royal H^Htic^'^ m the v^^\y p^rl of his career. <x>ninuinded
thifi rcgunent^ A most heroic act was pcrfotmed by t; tirajper of the
i7ih during the AnieHciin War of Independence- A despatch of
great importance was *ent off through a country mfesled by the
enemy. Tlie bearer of the despalclj w&5 accompanied by Corporal
Ol^vory of the iTth, who, fiom bis known courage and catperiencc,
had been selected for the duty. Aitjcked before iheyhud proceeded
far, they were both levcrcly wounded. Tlie l>eflier of die despatch
died in » few miTiiilc:* ; but ihe coqsoral i.n4tch<:d ihc dc^):*!!^ from
hj5 hnndf, and, noEwitlistanJmg his omi serious injuiies, roje on till,
from Jois of blood, he ftll from the saddle, Fcariiia that he tnigtit
fall into the h.inds of ilie enemy, he concealed the document by
tJmisting it into his wound. The nexl day he wm found by Eome of hfs
own dde* H^; could not speak, bul pointed to hi^ wound, in which.
on fieaicli being made, the papef w:ik foLind, The corporal died
shortly afier^ tl^e surgeon declaring that his injury had Xiol been ori-
giniilly nioitftli bui had been made so by ihe insertion of thedespau;h.
Lord Riiwdon, commanding the jjortion of the army to whidi
0*Lavery belongi^, conimemoiaietl ihe classical hcroiim of the cor-
poral by a monunieni tiected in the brnve soldier's native county^
Down, The Sih Hii^iais ind i 7th Ijincen; served much To^thcf
atld are great friends. They call ihcm^elvea " the twenty-fiveE."
The iStli, iglh, loih, and ?ist Husa^ts have no\ yet had an kt^
ponnnity of acquiring iioy fame, for though the 19111 has received
permifiaion to in^nbe " Assaye and Niai^n," and the aodi " PeiliQ-
aul*»" on their apjjoinliiienl%, those honours were won by legimenta
with whom they Ktve as cmly connection xw Identity of number. The
r^lh, loih.and »x&l were ritii^d during the Indian Mutiny, and at first
were composed of men so short that they could lurely groom Iheir
horses. For Oiiii rcaion they obtained in the amiy the nickname of
the " Dumpies-" Now in &i/e, appearance^ and eflicieney ihey vie
with finy of the uldet tegmenta. w, w. Ofm-LYA,
SEVERAL of ouf rivr^rs Iiax'c lud their histories lATJttcn. Who
toi ntji rcid with citrUKlit the "Book of the Tbami^s,^' hy
Mi. Aiul ySsi^ S. C^ H*JI P Derail Howujn ^jiil plhcrn liiive
bvifl^lf recorded toiny of ihv qua.int and noble ituncs llmt ruu'
dvtd "holy Dee "a icoaiiTicd nvrf from remotest ng«, dating back,
m tht cnUiuBUKtic: Wdih genc^ogisls would have u« bdicvc. to ihe
ipai Koachijn Deluge- The Dejwent of Cumberland, the U«k and
Wje of ^ViJ^*, and the Exe of Devonshire have each found hls-
VOriuH in the lAst ft^vr ye^irs. But« so far a± 1 Am ^w^re, no on* has
rwT wmien j mcuiO" of ihc I'jTJt? beyoad t}vs dry sialislics rind
bitcory of livr tnde and mjnufarrtuies, which^ in company with lFio&c
of Wear and TreSj appt'aied )n ;i noble vuliime hi few ytars agti. Yet
I Tcnnire lo lay thai no river in Engbod js more worthy of a carcM
dcm^Kivc ind lusioric treicijient 1 am nolf of course, m thece
pt^i aticmptina ^ history of this glorious Northumbmn smiain. but
BCTcEy thiowiny loK^riher a few njufili sketches Ut thaw what enight
b» done wc» the subjtcL fully followed up,
Ooly a few weeks ago, when iciTi:irkiiiB to a leJined friend the fact
Ihu cu:h of out livers, large and ^niaUi has sojue &ptci^] in^ll^IduAj
d^UactenttJc, making U ^tond out in some one or oilier mjiitvr
Iitrikicw^y prominent fnjni jU iti fdlowG, luy friend Uu^hed at uie;
^^DiBgnv driver eathuslastt and uying: " Ko doubi, eio doubt. Weal]
hstowt for fitaniple, how coaly the T>ne ia. Everyone will agree with
Vvu that ihefc IS rio need tu bring i_oaU to Newcastle ; thai riler, at
^iqr nte, h«t a chAixctriiatic of iLs rjwn— the filthifsti cmokiestT most
^^iitrcrnbif nver, nuL only in Knt;1andT but in ihi.' univer&e, I veHlf
*^>dttrvc Jt i«, Why^ the veij' vapour that risus frura it blasts the trees
^^JoDK it» l^utkf. ; and ihe grae«, I ^m tvUl, is wi|hcr(^d o^nd dead upon
*^»midei fur tnoic i^ian li*lf its course. 1 speak from some cuperiencc-
^^ was there «irly h*i spring, and 1 cannot conceive u drearier sight
^lian tlie country about Newt:istle. escepl Cw town itself ynd its
*ilihy sewer of a river/' As if rclcntinfl a little, he added : " The
%:iadc and rujuiLiikctutes of theTyne arc ^rand in their way, no doubt;
%>ut the saoke &nd ditt h&ag such a perpetual pall of depre^ion
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7f^ GcnlkfHans Magasim^
over cvGTyihing else thai might appeal lo iheiA£t^uf ihenon-mdung
,pu; of ihccoinmuniL}\ thai limagincAOAmouQlof endiu&uttm cauM
kvokc inicrcs: out of such a subject,"
Now, I have noi oanscribed one hfllf of ihe unjusi timde ulcered
against ihis noblest of salmon riverfn, wliich my friend chose lo desig-
nate aE a IrUhy &L'vrer \ I adnLtt I Hm -t iirei enLhuEuist, as he caUed
me; and would there wtre a ftfwmore uf the fnitemitj'. who, if banded
together, might cause sorne practice! movement to is^ue from that
nutae of evidarice on tlie poUution qLtcation, now reposing Ijfolvstly ia
;siuLy expensivtly cotni>ikd ijarUam^ntajT^ blu^-books* Anni:d wttb
thefittlsrecojtlcd in iho&o booth, and wUh n little tnihuEbsm where-
willi to burnish ^e wcajjon* and maki- kei^u il^cir edgcB> what A
"Crosadc ratghl be il^iCcd 4^jin:it the jircvaleot sordid self-inicrcsl,
trajice, ajid uegtirtt winch nuw combine to cast iQlolerable burdens
upon our rveni, only loo cffleii converting laige portions of them ilUO
a deplorabk coiidllion* roubng iheir bnght, Ijfe-tjiviiig wattrs until
they become lurbiJ, peatiktil ^in-'itnia, unlovely to look upon and
deidly to drink 1 AUhouKh Ihc Tynu to this day, as I shall gIiow,
holds its own without the help of the muc:h*needed cnis^de, bcticT
perh<tpt ihao any other rivet in the land, 1 know full well tliat (he
views (jf my Iciimcd friend already quoted would be re-echoed b^
ionunier^iblc hjtty visjlois or r^iilway paisenBers through Ncwcastl^^
who cany away with them a tonfuicd idea of a water-w-ay wholly
absorbed by its modem trade* and unpleasantly eavdoped in noise
and smote. It U noc many years since the present Inspeclorf ot
Salmon Fisheries advised that the two upper branches of the Tync^
because of the poHution^ existing therein, should be btfx:ked Against
the ascent of salmon- Happily the advke was disregarded ; bui ia
having been given will show how not only hasty vi^ituESi but eveo
thubC whose business it wa&eloseJy lo examine into the cundttionof the
river, were led. after making their iiispectiDn, to conclude that those
upper waters \m\ become unfit for the habitation of iish. Fifty, tiaj*
a hundred times and more, has it been reiterated to me : "A dirty,
iminteresting river la the Tyne-" In fact, thi; Tyne somehow seems
to have got a bad name for all save its coal mbtE and its trade.
Of course Tynesiders know the truth about their river, I do not
write for them* but for those ^vho tiiuw nothing at all about it, beyond
a vague idea as to :ts whereabouts on tlie map of EngLnd and its
wedihy irflJe productions.
Cradled in a district bounteously rich in geological fomutJonSt
die Tyne is composed of two great branches; and innumerable atien*
dant rivulets and tributaries. The two branches rise about forty roiled
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The River Tyue, 241
from each other, and uuicc ibovc IfcKham. Th^ touthriDmutti
utti Tyitc, h» ihc piat^^ cf hoiifmr, ils lopnigal atrMni being
th« source or hc;ui of ihc; hvcr It iJ^es in Cumberland,
|h« Hereto C^iupestuous mountain tieiglits uf Qjoa Fell,
ThrODVOf th* stonny winds^" ^ the wlkl Icge^id'h^tuuted ntDunt^iin
lu wcU bcrn felvTc-d. The noillicrn brandi is utlled eI^c Norlh
iyne> Miiity uf lU iiwy Mrra-rrtlcUatreieh iipliiiough hi^h mciotlfmds,
aCfOB ihe iKJK'l^-'f'ed {ijhc ToiciiLh uf a now almost Ucdc^i rcj^imEf to
Uv V0y CDi^fiiiu^ (jT iScoll.iud, w Kciicc they Uian their aburidanl wutcr
nipply fiuiii ihe dcn^c mbla iind heavy ia.Ln'ctouJ« ccn^UnUy |ja»i4ing
■long Iti^ni the iiorik La descciul in lofrciit!^ over the ChevloE HiEIa.
Fir down pn tht: m^Liti scream^ bebw ulieri; the iwo hcud Lranclfcs
unite, iuodicr considerable mbuiaiy-firtder, lliv Drrwcnt, comes in
bvax touihwArd, tsnying do imitll ^unount of W4ter from Durham,
Od« hiir of the main Ktieani, fiom Kyloii lo the scji* belongs,
loconjing to ripjut^n rules, to Durl^ani ; the Tyttc h^e, ;!l& the
Dtm^nii for mosi of lis course, forming die boundaiy-liu* bulweca
thg two couni[e$ ; Ijui the major pait uf the vratecs lie in Northumber-
lugl. The Tyne U etsenludly a Northimibrian river Iln length,
fri^mi Tyncf head to Ihe i&ea, is sljcly-eighl miles ; if, however, the
(iiiiidp^tl tribuUrie^ NorUi Tyne, Kecd, the two AUcn^ eu&t Jtid
mt^ DevilGWftbrr. and Derwcnt ure included, wc find a watetcoune
mramitLng in. all some 300 miles,
Tlic industries and cmdc of the river are, no doubt, her niosE
pranuncut features in the present day. Birthplace of :he locomotive
ct^ne, " coaly Tyne " has, ini'ieed, vast (x^bbc^ion^iH from source lo
>ei, in the laboHoLi^ reidessne^^ of mining operations, coal exporta-
tiont, iron foundries, world-^med gun facioiieK, pottery norks»
cbcinicil works, ^nd great ship-building y.jrds^ A most industrious
river, as jJl will &llo<i', \\ f^sureclLy Is; but, noCwithsl^jnding tlie ill
ibtngs si-id of it, and die evtiaordinury lurdships giv^n tt to bear an
Catiln Sipoti, the glory uf the nlfcjui consists in ihis : iiuUke its com-
f>evis in labour, the Tjrne has ni*l yet been, or ever, I trust, shall be,
^nkn^viTiM-d into Ji mere madiuie-inuving niot;ve power, a burdcn-
2:>eatcr of coinmodilies, or a fildiy sewer. This j± the mo^l distinctive
^bjJily of the river as tegurd^ itb modern lilstory, with ixW its
^^^uT^'ing of ihip^, bleamboaf^ and baige^* its f^clotie^ and forges, itb
*^iil-jams, its unJerfi^round water-ways, its sireaiii ceaselirssly busy at
lead mimng, coai mining, turning of mill-wheeb, printing of ni:Wh
^upen, Mid I kno^v not wJiat other wonderful work» its gru4C
hydraulic engm«f5 may hove ECtil to do. Working Irom its very head
Qtiieatns up among the mountoin^t down to where it flows into the
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sea,h piiiftimiB miimii«rableUbuuni,y«ti with ih«iaa]l, the Tyne still
naintiiiiit it* intunil viLiliiy. Us wmcri ate alive wiih prime salmon
an cictent thu: noin; other of oor wjlcr< can boa« in the prcwn;
day, yd Kuch a^ they olE held in ancient duj^^ The Mersey* the
Mcdwny, the Thnmc^i each Ikmed of old for an .innual, ever-rceurrin^
i^oUMoreyf feilimjn, no luniitr ^osjust a limbic; epecirnun Thteom-
mon brown uouUhey may have in lumeinocvfuvoute'lipots. oicfaut^
dace^modi, bar]>c1, jjerch, or ihotc Lc^ fdsudioui* £iihe« whii^h, unlike
the loiJly taLcTioQ. content thema^Lvej^ «]ih aitiAcially tpluggt«h and
miu^ fouled itream^ : Lui anglerb. who would cstre little to «pon
Vnon^ buch i^mall fry, know Tyn? river w^lL Rod in iLind. they wlio
liave iravtrkt'd ii l)iraLjghout its bieexy moorliifidH and nie^dows, «nd
lloQ^ ilt l)ia.nchLng LnLijUnes^ find have tested for iheiuselvev its
■vpQtti&E <|ualiljes, know w\vA t>nght ip^rUing waters. «-huL gnnd
uruuUied detjis, ^vti;iL glunuus rapids, jn fine, whiil a tit habiUL for
cuuntkbs Ifiousiiuds uf trout and salmotij it eonlinun to be, noiwilh-
tuudiiij^ the dfath-Aliicki^nt bUickeiicd pjtelies i)iihH|j^ily to be fuund
in tdttie pijirLu, ;tiid the Iuilb of fRjisonous sLufTb lu tut^ileBly oitt in
at leveiai |H>itiU ; and thut umnvilin^'looking, tirrbid itE^met'^uid-
b)irge<ljdeti slrr^^m the fisfi have to \w-\Vc thnr 4ay tlirouj^li, Ju it
ru»liet lullcniy by the ini|;Jity tindcr'licjpi- quiiys, and imoke-
hesrinted wjIU <jf Newcastle- Kor ii this f.ict re^^iuxling pitutory
pos»c^!«iuE]« only Lo be learned from tlic lipt of cQthusLj&itc angkn.
Even luoic definitely it nuy be read in the pnget of gmve oHLcixl
recoids, from the alatistics nf which we gnthcr th^t the Tyne yiddn
every yrui fmcii her bountiful boRom a Urger amoirnt of t:i.lmon tor
the fucid feUpE-ily uf the nation thnn Any two other of our Cngfith
Ti vera put tuf^ifther It t& vastly the mo^it productive utlmon^Urm in
Enj^land. Jt i& •eicW worth while lo ci-iH '*. little from bluc-bookK to
elLicjd^ttr tlit>i. In the olTidal reports pi.ibha!ifd jinotiiilty b/ tbv
Hliihc 0(fii:c, the Severn, in lish pToduciivcncss, slinds next to the
1*yne- Moreover, wh[:n comparing them, il must be rcmembcTcd thai
the Severn is four linii^ the Ijirger of the two rtvcrsn I'hc OLtchfneDt
biisin of the Severn extends over an aren ol 4,437 **j"^^ nule*,
■nhilc the catchment ba»m of the Tyne has an extent of but i^5J
square milefi, This» of course, make& the contrEtsi: the mure stTikini^
Ti^e mighty Severn yielded in the last hve ]econled yeiir^, i.e. froa>
J&71 to 18;^ iriciusrv^, 65.012 sabnoiiH while rliinng the &ime period
the comparative iy diminutive 'I'ynt yielded no fewer thflti 381^538
fisli^ L'his ii something to boost of m these days of nvcr deg^neidcy.
l&houid likewdlto dilate a little upon the rcasons why ire find lhi»6sh
vitAlity in the Tyne, but spJiec forbids to do more than give the Qcts.
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The Riva- Tyrtf,
HAvtn£ been to fiften ^[ilhoriuiivdy lolcl, until r\ length il bccimo
{cacnlly Adojjicd xs « crui^n:, ihM the gn^tcr iJiotridesntdc bj^
till aad >dciKC4 in drvcbping rivcr-«idc indnamcit the more eom-
Fddcljr imtst wo <-Tpcct ir> »cc The nnrunU Wk ot the ri(«r« succunab
lad ttlmun diup[>cnr frc>nn L^^Ei^h ivatcrs ii is rKif^unng to find the
i(iiul£ftctsisihiaca6T,3ttheprc«cnt moment, BO cinpliLtticAllydcripng
ite dknal proposition, Amid ;lI1 lKc^ miokc^ the nciK, the toil, the
i»mfciii Bwcat of Lrow and brain, the coimdesi ericlcncca of tliot
tionfullj dabonbled anil mof^ refined mvcnEive energy, the tnor-
^b^naly dateron^ applicaikin of waicr ai a motive powct, nn*I all
ik olbcr ^iist mt'diJinicil f»ff}blcni5 thought niii for the Ijcncfit of the
■bdc world, and trsi cirricd into prnctioc in thote grcAt workshops
vbich hdvc iiude the livcr fartous m nIL land^t inim>iindcd m fine by
ibc mo^t »<:iGiitiAc arii^oi^l .ippliancm of modem river indU5irtc5 in
full opcnuiorij nnrl Vnivwhig that, Added to thir work^ Already alluded
to.onc hjilf yf .ill iJiv- fhcrairal ptodueii (f:iiicrally cotvsii^errd die
aoM deadly of manufAc^mrcA to fish) of the rnt:rc kingdom arc m&nu-
fatored on the l^ne, the e^ubcr&nc Mimon life of the river is a
mOringlr pleasing feature to tontcmjjlute. It brings bdbri: tia. not
kt ibeoretic l>ut to a monl practical form, the |K>irsibility of aalmon
Bring and thriving abundantly as they do here, a[ons wiih the moal
«imnoti3 wcjlth 'producing river indiiatrics to be fojnd anywhere
K $n miieh for those two importnnt eonimLTei:il ai^peeti of the stream,
B But hju the Tyne no nccnk aitui:t]ons or stirring hi;stotic a.-jsocia-
H[]|fti of her own? The visitor to Nenca^Llc might perhaps, think die
^mtf hat not much to boast in the way of iccntry \ the stnokc hungg
lory at cime:i over the town, making the surroundings ^ for tho^e in
twch of naEurc'A lovclint^fis, dismal enough, 1 g^nni, TmveUers, hov-
(fW, who crotn the country by r^iil \o Carlisic can id! atiodicr story ;
theyratch Klimp^es of many bright and even grandly beautiful scenes-
Bw the Tynr rle^ierves a closia acquaintance than can be tiudi: from
L icwmdow of a riiiway-carria^o, tlot out, my friend, and walk those
■ 'toned bankfl ; make up your mind to spend a few weeks in these
r paiB, and 1 warranL you will speedily agree with me that England
WWttaefc no river moio worthy of adtntraiion and lo\ing ekidy ; no
rivtr thai can bctiei rep,iy a careful t'xploration into ia varied attrac-
^1, whether into Ub sc<?nic beauiifs or into it?* rjie uporting qujilitica —
^lifthcr into the marvellous ma/es ofitabuay work^ ofto day, or into
^ rdlci of its itmngc past history, or into the putsiiiis and thaiaciers
*^lhc tndusinoufl, mining, manufactuiing. agricuUnrallabouier^, ked-
^^ aai1o»T and fishing folks. A rough, brave, hard-working r:iec of
"^i with lender homclytouchcs in their natures, who seem to have
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7X^ Genikma^s Mttgasttu,
il m *on ftf indivirftialily of ihcir Q>*n from the rir« upon vhost
hoQkjt Aeir hardy, mnnful liv»irc lived. Along T^'ncsidc, ofjd up her
trilHitJiric.4, with the bn^ht lun md &«? iir of lirfl^vrt b1j)#ing Aboui you
—the only living sounds the diowsy huinmingof the bees, the t^^ltcr of
MiUdJ birdft within Ihe bushes, the cawtn^oflhcrookii jmongihc tre«,
thcdiititDt bnrkmg ursomeco(t?^watch-doj;,orthef^T-3way voice of
the huiibandnmn .ij> he tdlks to his horf««r cheering them on lo thdr
work, and, added fo all, the rippling music of the nver tlowinj^ swiftly
and tleLtt by your side ; the rising trotrl dimpling il over with tiny
wavelets, Ihe oenuionn.! spUi^h of the lordly Bilmon telling you he \%
there, although it may be you have not pcmiii»on to mak« nearer
acquaintjnec with him — still lo «e him in a pleasure, and in his pnj-
senec, if/oii c-irelodo no, yon may easily fcrrjjct ill the rough usjge the
spkndid wnlem do-ily imdergo. Look around; no ve$:ig< of imoke
Of turmoii lb in vicrf. Uackcd by the blitc oTitlinc of lofty moimtiin*,
l)ie pictures now before you are rcpLcte ^ith the ea!m of peaceful plenty
and gentle rural hcauty ; while strangely mingling with the English
Lindscipc eomc memories of Icnpcrial Rome, ns you cncounier
upon uplands Jnd among the fields, or cloac on the river-side,
the consLinily recnmng, Ixm I f-un earthed iraees of buried fowni, and
gajte with a sort of indefinable wonder Tipon the remnants of the
grcac old Komin wall whieh traverses the whole length of the ti>er,
Tync watenihed iii filled with Roman memories. Here, where you are
Standing, the wise and resolute Agrirnla may have riddon by often, to
cncounttT the wild hordea of the North or to overwc lh« erection of
the coflicKt Roman fortresses, some of which may fclUl bo traced ; or
the noble presence of the Emperor Hadrian probably atood upon this
Bpotj as, -ftilh the practifled eye or^igteaibmlderj he scanned the plans
and issued minute directions for the cflnslniction of that very wall you
arc looking It; or, some three generations later, bome on his Utter, the
re£tIe5S,3imbitiou&,dyingSevefu»,wiih hiAl>ad:sonCaniealkv,mu£thavt
pasBcd bock down ihia very road, Eroni thAt terrible Calcdonbn cun-
paign wherein perished so many thousands of the flower of the Roman
army. The uaurptng Caransitjs, the amialjlc half- Christian Conston-
liu9^ and even the ^reatCon?tantine himself, in their visits to Tj-neaidc,
may here have received the plaudits of asiembicd Komiin multiluilcs.
Kornan towns and Romrtn people^ for upwards of 300 years, thronged
these scenes, filling the broad valley with rcsllcss, foreign military Ufc.
while from himdreds of Roraau altars went tip the daily smoke ol
sacrifices, and ttbatiuns were ]joi]rcd out bcfoic the innumcmblegods
of the RomAn Pantheon. Hut now all h;].ve p.i»i£ed nway, and in
pbcc, ftifloni^ iJK- buried towns and broken altars, over moulcnn
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ml divtnU rinog grounds. cattTe- itul vlievf) ast ^zj^in^. and bright
com fifitdt and ploughed hndif lie' intf^nj^enicd wich nolilc maO'
0onj, wooded |>0rkF, vilhgcs, quiet littli: couotiy chuKhe«, and
coitaffc hotncticadfi, cnch In iu circlet af tntji. And rich and
vcfy comfombl« to Kne^iKh cyus U nil the ^>nadiiig landscape,
Offetdiinfl (or mile* and mHcn on cither side ;L]ona T)Te river;
wht\^ ever amd anon, aa yuu wjtnder ujj the streams, yon wiU corne
upon 8uch thidy Unc«. such ni^tic g^itc-wAys. such allies and vil-
UfEP pathvfAys, auch quaint biuof ih^^ old \v^i ^nd Ungled> fem-
dcck«d hcd^dow^ diAw-welU and pumps, And river-gidt; vignettes,
as tttta vich of them in their TiJtiT Ireslmess to be tht; vfjry counl^r-
pWU fiom which the B«>vick brothi^r^, more than hnlf'ii centnry ^Oi
drew tho«e inimiubld! wtxrilcuu we Ate all fa-uiilLur with, und which
*rere every one designed from Tyiiuside models. These utc the fiur-
roujidingi Uirough which you push along the Tj-ne'* lowUnd t-alleys.
It is not easy to connect sLKh scenes with the restless throbbing of
ihchydfanlic engines, the pluionic roar of the funuiet fiTcs, thebbcic,
gritny workmg of the co^l mines, the nohipu^ vaiiours and paison-
Ijidcn oiiti^ow of the nikal) works, and the cvcr-brooding cToLtd!; of
ottrhingin^ smok^> u>i i>art and iis&rcel of the same river- Vut so
tliey sac. Tynu revels in the itdmimble blending togeiher v( such
violent (^ontiasi£, and, c:Lrryiiig svidiin her much -enduring waters htt
Oobltt salmon fisheries, she lives the two lives wondrous wcU,
To know the river in ML its :i^ects you must follow the streams
up to their first beginnings, exchanging tlie milder softness of the
lowlands for the wild and nigged hills, where you muy wander for
dxy% over soHniTy moorhnds. And blftOt eno^jgh. and mlst-lod^
o4bcn,you wil! find them, bog^ and atreatns commingling, until, having
ntchcd the northern boundary of ihcT^ue, '* as heaven's water fulls,"
tilt uickling drops of the pasting shower, rlescendiiig on either side
of you. proclaim as ihcy run to the left hand thni chey are bound to
the Tweed and Kdinburgh. while those to the right pass down through
Tyne to Newcastle. Vou are, in fact, upon " the great divide," as
AznericanA would aiU it. where the water- partings form the boundary
\aic between Scotland and England, Rife around this tract live tales
of daring SconUh raidn and Border warfare, full of vivid inle rest
and incident, hud wc the lime to linger among them. But up here,
on thut noTihem branch, you ore as far from "the ^uroe of
Tyntt" ^ you arc from its final outflow into the sei beluw Newcastle.
Tyne head, .^* the cmw flics, lies some forty miles south a( those
northern bordec etreams ; yo\i can gel from here by rait to Alston
for Tyn* head i bm much more inteiesting and saiisfactor)' forhim
The Gcntltntani Magazine,
miio h&s the dmr arrd ^nrrg)- to rrxpfttd tm pcclfftruLn rxmnioni b it
to lortCT along rhctic iip[>rr watery make aoqu^UJici^ wiih thr people,
hoar tbnr Border stories vjatI their villagti* and explore ihcinnumrr'
abTr ancient mnAint^ Hriti^h .ind KoinAn, ihjt abound on ncfy dde.
Lttcky mtn if you Jia** i permit to fiih in the wntcTS of liiesc p«m,
for then you wiLl ha\^ good diutcc of tiomc Am^mtc spon. From
ihc bcink* of Rfcd waicr you caii pay yoOT respetti lo ihc Scotch
flnd Kngli.'h b-uilc'tidd of Oticrboiimc clnm- hy, -and sec ihc rffrmAnta
of MvenI nt^tcd RfrpmAn itiiirins. 1 he fnoKt mFemitmg Rni-naa rrmains
we have lie in the region fpf those upper vatera, P^hkiii^ donvn, Ulc«
Leave of fhc lovely North Tyne, cross tlic niuorldfid hiili lo lh« calm
NorthumhcEland lakes, ifiri csimioc the mostmarvdloiissUCTch »o#
ciiflting of the Roman wa^l ; foUovv its caursc to J'hirw&ll Caatie, on
the rattling Ifttle Tipalt ^^oob, and join i^outh Tj^^, of" which TiptJt
is a inhufary, und iht laii^s" feeders ai HaJtwhistk, from whence yoa
may arrjin^ji: maiiy (iiofc day* uf exciting cxploratjoni Among the
grcen'&ingcd Jii|;hljtnil vaHeys, the rich woods of Keathentone, the
mining [[iKtricLn. and^-ii \w^\ the wccnc ofthc mountain, where, upon die
giant 5idc*of Cross Fell, the river lakes it* lofty and firtinfi bcginmng.
What a panuratna it is to lool: down upon from the heights of
CroKn Fell l^a si^ of mountaini and moorlands, Jar a» the eye 4:a»
rcfteh, and hdow them the broad green valley. You cannot ac* Tjnc
water very 'distinctly, for many miles a hajc tills the vnllcy, but ycni
know that bentTith that ha^e lit some of all the cndic^s variety thJit
goc£ to moke up the matchless charm of English livci scenery ; %
charm that appeals not done lo the outward eye, but clings aroiUMl
those inaiiy landmarks, wiLh memori*^ of siirrin^ events in F>ng-
land's past history. W^iihifi the smoky towna, and among the
smiling fieMs, as we came up, were there not ruined i^asTlca, and ivj^^
covered lowere. empty monasteries ond temples, each with Kisioric
asaocijdoiis uf \\> own, mlngiing wiiJi ihe remains of RomEin towDSy
and that grand old Koman wall for & b^xckground, standing pxrts of
it. brsvcly in defiance of all those centuries thnt have beaten upon it
since Hadrian^fl lirgions raided [t to protect Roman Britain from the
Caledonian foe? Up here, ci the river's Toptnosi source, on the
rugged aides of Crofis Fell, and gating down upon ita winding rounr
to where we know, fl.jnkefl on either side by rocky promonionc*,
once siifmoLmk^i by alura lo the great t^od Jupiter, iJ low* iladf in
the »co ; th.il lengthened Roman oecupahon pres'^cs most strongly
upon your imaginaiion. muil yo(j almoKl seem to sec the phantom
gho£ti of the ^jttlant warrior^t clothed a^aLn in Living flesh and blood,
paAB and rcpats about th^ daily vooattons. ^Phoie ma^Tliecai
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vorld conquerors, witli ihcir vnx^i and children, ftodlioufit^holdjzocb,
■Cttlcd dcwn A^cin^ Tync river tn thuuc^md^ and ihoLiTianUt, as Hi^Y
setUcd d<T«n a]ciagno oih^rnvcrin Ent^Untf. Hltv, ckiBKriujc around
l&e «b11 sDUioiu and g^tti^n tovm^ they buiJc them^lvcs villas^ and
iQiLiJft ihcm^lvc^ homes, approximating ^ much a« might be to
KonwA tiomc^ during some thrc? or four centimes, much m our
tnecn. eoMicTs, And dviHa^^ now ^tiii?: ihem^clv^* over India,
'VUdS vrith ibcrn 01 dnwing u^tind them European Jiomfottt ajid
fdllllMliionr uid dispersing, ir jh ti> be hoped, A wholesome Icjlvgii
flUng th9 n&ttvu of ihat grcM Enstom ]an<.1, as undoubtedly ihc
ndfni Roman ocoip^lion di^p^-r^ed a most d^o^c-tome l^^vcn
dirou^houi our Weiicm islmd. Jndia. without ^ho Eii^sli, ivould
W stfunge to our Ihoughu— almoel Jmi>os%ib1e for us to ooiifvivo
lost DOW— and ret only nibout iso y«ars hav^ paseed bybiDCcthi'
fidcrics of CUve ^ve the English a foottng in India at all approach-
ing tBat ^hich the RomELns hetd in Britain for upw^^L of 300 yvan,
fhrn the vioonouE citmpaigns of Agricola (owords the close of the
fimi ceniufy until carJy in the fifth century, when the legions moved
outofihct^ind for cvtt. their Inat wordi^ to the Britons being the
brrwcll advice th:it they should matnoin vnliantty, ^ a defence
9pa!Ml the dreaded Caledonians, t^iat mighty ^!\\\ before na in the far
di&ttncc, thai then stood some eighteen feet high, with tts waich- cowers
nd cMClcfi nt stated intervals, crossing the cou r;liy from se.i lo sea
along the northern wniers of Tync and tlic Eden rivers Looking down
ftom the mountain, Vlliitley Casilc— ihc Alionis of the Romona — liea
si oar feci. Here, dose (o Ihe source of Tyne, the imperial legions
fixed 'LheEnneivcs in force, and, gathering iheJT i*omankind around
them, railed ramparts 10 defend this passage upon the Maiden Wn.y —
in>ad» as all the Roman roads were, finely choien and skilfully
pLmned, □ connecting link between the midland counties and Ihe
Noith- The -same road is still used hy ihc miners, anrl conaidcred
the b»t — indeed, the only safe road— for The conveyance of heavy
lodtds iu:roit the boggy turf of ihene piiru. And as yoti walk along
dib Tcnerable M^iiden Way votj may see cnlveris for carrying off the
Ririace water, carefully formed oF siont, lying »'* '''<* )^^t as the
imperial legionaries [laced ihcni, anJ ,uiin;j still as ihcy hiive acted
foriixiccn or icventeen centuries. And below you. right opposite the
ipoi where you are iiianding, was ihc midden heap of the station — the
icc-i:ini'-i]atcd oflal jnd sweepings of some 300 or 300 yeurs, There
it hii Utn fur -ig^s untouched by ihe ha.nd of nmn. until a few years
■go it turTied up at last, a most practicfllly v:ilua!>le " find " for the
ficrmv, who has had it gradually caned otT and spread over histields.
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Tht Gattltrntafts Ma^asim.
to the p-eat enrichment of hU oops. He mil lell you i^sn no
gathuHnjfouc of ini^dem stable-yards con cdrnpore in quality with
this mellow, feriillsing smfT, and I have been cold ihc ficlrfs drwscd
with il exceed in luxuriance all the other fields in the neigh bo luhood.
For my^iclf I can assure ynu that to stand by at ihe disturbance of one
of thoie old Ronun midden heaps — imd many of them have been
broken up in modem dnyi along ihe Tyne— and lo see the workman*!
lihovd loss a^idc out of the dark, rich mould bil& of broken poiccry,
leather sandali, wom-OTit RhocR. and various f/^^//and gi^s of ihc daily
household tife of ihoiic grand oLd herof^* \z an cx|>er;eiice not vasiky
to be fot^otten, taking yoii tiack at once as it does to their »odal
!;um>L]ndin}{^ and recalling vividly the petty^ IiouKehold careSi the
long nionotony of life £0 marjy of them must have lived wtjaiily
enough in the bitter sepafoticiii fruni loved rebdves and oativ^ londt.
J.ooking on. wt mu«e over the joys and soirows, hopes ^nd disap
poinini^is, ility tiiijM have suffered in the (ar-avp-ay coxuUry of our*,
altogether ** out of the world " as they Jecnicd it, ever coming heic
reluctantly, — so their historians lell us,
Truly it ik'!is uol all the brave battles and masterful domination, of
which history Is so full, thai formed tlic liv&j of the Ronianc and iheir
auxiliiiry cohorts here by Tyue wal^^rs. As we slood in the Roman
burial placet nigh sheltered sunny Ri^ingham, oa the tanks of Reied
river, ^ fvw days before* we seemed to sec before us thnl Roman
soldier of the Vangionian cohort nnd his grief-stricken wife, ^ho»
T,6oo years ago* hadi on perchance just such a bright morning 3tt
this, pasted out of the noisy garrtson town yonder to ih* quiet
giaieyard where w^ now stood, and here upon this very spot the two
parents con-iigned to her l^t rcsting-jilace in this foreign land their
baby- daughter, setting up a stone to mark her grave, antt carving on
it a rude figure of their heart's ireasure, under which the laiher in-
scribes ^ "BlesciuB Diovicujs consecrates this to the gods of the
departed souls for his daughter^ who lived one year and twentj-ooc
days.'' Close by at the same pbce stood a second stone, thai brought
up before our imaginings the figure of another young Roman soldierj
who also, far away from heme and kindred, had to Ikjw his manly head
in sorrow, as with filial love he erected his memorial over his motlicr,
and inscribed the sEone with such simple, lender words that we, rejid-
JQg them across ail those sixteen centuries, cannot but love the num
who wrote them : ■' Sacred to The divine manes of Aurelia Lupulo, lo a
mother moat affcciionaie, Dionysius Fortunacus, her son, erects thii.
May the earth lie light upon you," Let the creedfl of tho«« tender.
hearted^ mourning Roman sotdLers have been what they tnay — And
it two iB#rriptwn^ pnint lo liflicf* of very rtW^sp kin4>**tti? first
Ibrm hs% oftrn bcrn found in connection wtlh i^^rly ChiJitiAn buri-Us,
Ibe ttecondt of counr, nrvci^^but tet their creeds have been
vtat iTwy may, ihov few words rudely cut upon the sionefl by
Tynciidc cany down to us nJoiig the ogn (hat unemng "toudi of
otiurc that m4lEe& the wholr tvorld kin," sendirkg IhroLigh our
human hc^th ^ IhiiM of brothcrV y\ly for Iho&e unknown Itoubltd
touK who hj<vr [^u^st^J beyond Ih? Tr^ich of hiTmait [lily »o long .^a^ ^
I miKht iiivc numbtre t>f othef :i* toudiing examples of mcmotul
MODO Mt ifp by iMrcnu Lo thf^ir childrt^n aiid clLildren to Ihcir
pntntSt liiisbxnds to wives und wives to husbands brotherH to
liiten and vlslen to brotliers. ihal liave been found ut v:trious of the
Romui stations by I'jnc- Pity it i^ tint stones like ihse should
etn be moved from the spot where Roman hands first pTaccd them ;
bai itnfbrtuiuilcly^ if ihcy are to be pre!»cr\'ed at .ill, they must be
removed- Htmdrtjs, ncj doubt, have been lost, broken up for road
EDendaig and otherwise iltstruycJ ; and rnosl of those t?ial remain
ittve, in recent years, been Lanied ift musiiums and priviite coUec-
LioDfi. Tlie first stone, (he in^rripUonon wlildi I have quoted, is now
lodged in Trinity College, Cambridge Were it not for llie caieM
diKgence^fthelottil antiquaries, Dr, Brticc^ magnifRcni books on the
Romaji wjJI, and Hodgson's Korlhumbrian history, we should now 6nd
it an impoTuBible ta^k to tmnte tutreclly the Roman Lowiis, and locjalise
the iiiicribed stones und other Roman rtmnanis xhixl still abide with
tii. The Roman towns, most of which have preserved more or less
dtKttncI truces of their existence, some having considerable poriiofis
of (Jicir walls illfl standing, arc : Stgedimnm (Wallseiid), Pons -^lii
(Newcastle), Condcrcum (Bcnwcll). VindobaU (RuLcheslcr), Him-
mmi (Halton), Cilumum (Chesitrs). Procoliiia (Carrawbuigh),
Borc'iivicus (Houacsieads), Vtndolana (Chesterholm, or Little
Chesters), j^sica (Great Cheaters), Mayn^ fCarvoran), Bremenium
fHigh Rochester), Habit;inci]m (Risinghani), Coralopilum fCottlies-
ter^ Alionis (Whitley Castte). There arc also the remains of a Roman
town 111 Ebehcslcr, and remains of mihtaiy stations at Nonh and
South Shields, ai Juriow, and other places- The forte which con-
fiiDlly garriBoned the Tyue p^irtion of ihe wall and the adjoining
towns and stations may be computed ruughly to have amounted to
from 6fOoo to 8,000 fighting men; besides an unnumbered host of
civilians, women, and diildren. The tropes, although nil officered
by Italians, were composed of many nationalities. Inscriptions found
in profusion testify to the presence of legionary soldiers, along wilh
auxiliary alie of cavaliy and cohorts from all parts of Europe. There
were Didnns from the tmA^ (jauE!« i'tnin tlicwMi^ Bae^ivi^hji^ &om the
noith, V^rd^li froiu (h« auuiU. Tb^n? wita a cohort of Kn^r^ins from
llnlUnJ, and (lieri: iverr: tfto crjhorth of Nervi ffum Bi:l^'mn>. Then;
iKis a Cohort of Thmdan's fromRntiniirlr3,ind a tohofl of DjkiULliaas
Uoiii Lhe bordtf^re of tbe Hadmiic Js^u. Tli^ztf wetc Mgon iruro
Africi, Aiid Hnniian& fram Syrin^ And of SpLUiiih OLvdty there were
thrrc AsluriiMi alic, M^ny iiY«:ription* wc h-ivc prove ihjt not a
few ctf ihe aliovc-namocj troops were |JcrmjncQtIy totalised throujtb-
cut the entire Roman t>ccu|>aliou as the csuyithcd guordutrta of
thcEe pans: za, for example, the cohort of B^Uvtant. which fought in
die baLil? of {hn CranipiAds, iMidfr Agricola, h:Lve left uacei of
their <K:iji)j)uiiun 4-r FrocoIiiLu (CaTr-i«l>u:gh) for mori: ilun tlirvv
hundred ycar^. lo ihe beginning of Ihc lifth tciuo^, whcti thty arc
ictocUi^d in rbc -Vi'fi/iu as liein)^ NliH quartered in tins plj^in:. Tlic
same mty be s-tu\ of [he I'linf^riun Lohort^ iguurlcTed .il Bo[covic;m
(Houst'sleAds}, rind ofolhers. Of cutirw in (inici tfi ediefgency, wbeii
.4Ut C^ludoot^in^ Uiri^-ilLtieO ihf? Romui (otut^ in ovcrv/hi^lmtng
aumbenit ujid bore down upon them with indomititbli? counii^ »
they often did, ihe Tync and fcdcii troops would have lo b« largely
augmented from the mote southern paris of Uritami n^ also when all
iraji [iouc up heie. »nd di&LurLaiicrs broke out in other diieclLOlH,
portion! of th-e wall force* would probably be «nt south for a lime-
But as a nile the kgion^ or portions of legions, the oXx and cohoru
reniained pcrmiincEiiJy locali&cd, iudividijaL ^Idiers chaiij^tng m
llieir terms of inlliury servlt^ conditdcd, ;ind ihcy were nt liberty |o
KLiim home-
^Vlioever iindedakes lo wi'ite the meinoit of this river will hare to
imrjvel a. long and ch^xfueied ^tory, and one well worth Lhe tcluoy.
The Tynt has indeed witnessed roa.ny slattiJy, us welt us lerriUei
passages in England's history. Not only have Romiin em|ienjr* truJ
its bar»ks,S*ixon kint(% alfco have held ihcir courts inthm the wallN of it*
chief towns, and Danish ]e:idcr? Fi;kve suled up ils tidir, ^nd from
hence have CiUTJcd tire and sword and fearful de^olabon through aJI
die t'ountty round, citinguishing ullcrly, for a ttme, the calm, pure
lordi of Christian pieiy thiit had blessed tlie laud eiceediugly, havtnft
here doLibtleaa iirtt llickered into being in llio&e euly ngcs of tli«
RoLiUiii ijc^pation' Momian (juncjuetors followed, iind throughout
North II mberlaiid found tougher worlc to do than [)erchanc« they
found el&cwhcre in the whole of England ; and roughly and terribly
they did dieir work up lieie ; th& fertile lands Let'^tnie a huwling
wilderness; men, women, aud childien, driven from (heir homesk died
l>y hundreds and tliousauds in the dildies; in their itiifi«ry and bun^f
The Rwcr Tyne.
Evootd fc«d ciT«di]y on horiscf ;Lnd do^ and at la^t even prty
hiun&n ilcilt. 'IIk!!! die, ihoy would if d^c iticy muse— these man
ofSaxQii.DanEfth.aail Scandinavian blood— booncf iJian submit to be
tatd u stavifs by ihctr cnicl congvmors. If Tync nvcf could ooly
Tpfak> what homblc rccoma of suffering under Nonnin rule might
be disdmedr which row lie hicfden in thnt deep mournful bctsom of
Ac buiicd poll I Northumbcrliuid wc know ky in miju long d)cr
ibc COQflimt, uid Dnomsdiy Book has n^ughl to record of posscs-
liooit here. *Jivc a dreary ttcraiion of " VV-nate, wa^[f, wii^re 1 " The
miibeid countryt however, w/i^ not without some atron^H deicnnlned
Bcn* who clunf to it teiiAciously ; nor could the fierce NoTmaa« hold
Ihcirown a^iififtE thoae wild Northunilmnn npints until A,iv ro8o,
irbea A« proud coQqucroT^is sod act abttut the \a^, und reared the
Xew Cuttle cl09C by. Oi rather upon the old Ramon atEitinn of Pons
£lii upon Tyne, using in its commiction the virty atonea that were
cut uid fjuhioned Isy the impcriat troops of Rome eight ccniurie*
aefott And rhcrc itiil sUnds the New Casttcr joinr mtmorial of the
kotDoo >ladnan ^nd Ihc Norman Wilimm, now sLmv^utidci] by the
vcihhy, bu*y toflTL lo whu:h it has given n name. The %-nm old
donjon keep, firm ^'^ in the day^ when Robert Ciirlhous built if, is 3
itAtely t»»king']K>:4t> re-ircd jusl mid^-ay in mir isLind story. l)ur-
iJde^ roimd iu l)lack wa^IEb, rolls the vast strearn of trade* the bustling
knny of pmeni life; within, cstcfjTIy g:ithcTed Together, lie the most
iiahiafalc eoElection of Ilrilish Kom.tn anliqiiihc^i we possas, consist-
ing of alcnn to m»ny godit, fimcr^l memorials lo mdividu.i]!^ of mAoy
lutioris, inscribed slabs with historic name* thereon, a.nd allu5(ons to
coany dates and events ai deepest interest, broken pillajs, c*pHAi%
tiki, household hdonging* of fiottery, gLis5. iron, slioe^ trinkcr*.
money, &c- — a Viisl variety of matters galhcied out of the ruins o\
T)ritciide Roraiin towns. But after Roman^ And Saxon, and nAoej
and Homuin had swept along, leaving their varied traces by the
wtttrs of the Tync, however othiT pons of KnglamI may have more
or Icm leaCcd in quietness, up here, albeit the gleaming light of saintly
live* Afid righteous df eds glowed out bright and calm now and again,
the COramoncftt sights and sounds continued lo he trattle-cnes and
lllOOdabed, tinming homesteads and depopulated viLUgea^ and de-
vutalrd ficids, that lay often untilted thn:>ufth a whole generation by
reason of the anarchy that prevailed through all those centuries of
SeotCiih midft and Border titmiOJl that followed the Notman Conquest,
•flIietiogTynetidc bitterly down to the itign of George ill., when,
fur the firat lime, the sheriff of Northuraherlaud was able to rieculc
|>OCeu through the vallevs of Tyncdale. Even naw, it Nrwcasde,
M
The GtntUmafCs Magazittc.
when you hear Ihe great b«lt of SL Nicholu Churth mg out an
unAcconaU^le peal on the cvcmng prrcciling the horvc ;Lnri c^til^
ii\tt be \l known lo ;ill wh^ni ii may cpncTm thai the chijriJi is
Annouiicing thai while ihe &ir IfuU^ and undt, si its conclusion,
aJiochvr peal i& heard from the crowne<] sTceple, no inconv^cilt
C|ti^ionE Ehall \k aakcd of Lhoi^c wfm cmnc witli bcjt^la tot ai^ile ju to
how tho»e Ui^asts ca-me inltt Thtir pcjs^c^inn , neither ^haU any mftn
be asltfrtl why he pcesumes to come under the ami of the hiw hy
venturinjj' inlo the good town of Newcastle. In fme. the bell yoti
hear ts tli^ '^ Thief ;md reaver bell." without which jiuthohtaEive
guarantee being given as an amn^^d i\%\^-A cfobJiriyn, for the lime,
to cAtLle-lifleis, otillaws, uid the like* in *^ the good old timet," no
l^jr could iioseiUly hive been held m Netvc.istle, for no hoivci ot\
cattlu coiiM li^vt been procured — all the bca&E^ being ill-gotCeiit aad'
all who biou^ht th«n^ to the fjirs being to ^ nian only too well known
a^ oLittawb ; H.'^jiplly time!^ ^e ^ome^hat changed, though the bell
fitill no^j fur the old custum's ±ake-
253
TABLE-TALK.
IF Ihcrc iff qnc Mranger of Atnc^riun cxlrjictioii A'IiOkc rccepttpQ,
ihoufd he n-ur arrivr. tmglii inspirr joalouiy in the uiiod of
Ckneral Grani, it » the Colt^rsdo Ijcctlv. Atrcady, before he hu
vent nny direct intimjilioii of liia timing, the ceremonuil whkh
atttmh ihc progtci* of diitingiiiKlicd forcigncra is prepared, and Ihc
■rtub who lie in wait ro catch the lineaments of gfcntncis have in -i
Sfiint of wbllc flaitery dwcoimted pubtic enthufiiiiinx and tendered
111 iamniaj with hii ftppe.njincc in Avnttcipation of hi» visit. Whcilier
uc shall light mch hrt-» of welcome: as have blwtd in Germany
reituins lo be seen. Mcaniitnc, U seems Ukely that public cunoiiiy
miU tiot p^ovc to hj^vc been vAinly «timii]a1ed, hwx that the jiLgiiat
Kningcr, hke most df those whose recepiion at home haa been out of
keeping with their own cslinwite of thdt merits, wtII lake up pcrma*
nently his abode in our iTiii^^t Accoring to .1 rt^port, which has
lincc TCfcivfd oflicik:!! conliadiction, \\c ha^ already becii seen, a gen-
Uoinnn hhiving d«imcd to bave delected htm on one of Ihe DuWin
which he had rtichcd by means of a rope from a vessel,
unobtmsive appearance in that portion of the United Kingdom
best provided with hi* favourite esculent, would, had the report
been true, have spoken for his sagacity as well as his modesty.
According to a iitAtement of Mr. Andrew Mumy, F.L-S.^ read
bcJbre the Horticultural SQcicly,thc Colorado beetle is less reslricied
in LE& views upon food than is generally believed. Anyhow, it is well
10 diurmindtc widely the infomialion tb;x: Yat\a Greco mbicd with
i;jpAUiD or flour fliid duslcd over the Icjvcs of the planta it Affects,
\% htcly to prcvenE a too rapid propagation of its iarva^
ANV anecdote relating lo science is al*rtys wckome, and efiped-
ally if il is connected with the Elctltit Telegraph. Two
fticnd* of mine, A and B, were asked to dine wiU» C the other day»
but were not quite certain whether it was a bHchelor party or other-
wise- If Mm. C- wa,*at home, they would have to appear in evening
dotliei (which Ihey haled), and R deputed A to discover this. Ho
did 10, and Lclegmphcd to L ; " Von uau»t weal a tail coftL'' SCru
rudc^_
p
TTk CrmiUmmm's MagasM.
the bwT*fy «<■ ^ I iiaiimii iiiiiu, dhe foaa^ lodf m ^
^^,3^illoa(» nqiii'vii "I«tte«a;«r7- Iter A. who b vcrj
aU^vu btfitfed, rod bu% addot ""M^jMr utf^D-
fc RECEVr nttrranrr of pK^nac Rmkm mt Ife ktnt aiw|-
wortfa midX' CjuiBUiiiBif apoB ib« Rpon, be dectevd llttt
levodetr "li^Dot csdavovRd Milb,uiLl| lo paeniocc afl«ctioti
iMMOta'" 'i ludbrni "tooi^Klim the potin cDum, md not
[Mi^ in Hw Add ^icd cotu^ s^^iScil* A Mttl^r Kbitk« m^
ith Jnibce ba db«ce0d aipsA wn Ihao one lindrcd ocpnaauoa,
1tttbdfcope ^ <i''»< " di^ fc" o^"'fc^a«i'Q*^lhqiettgiW6iMh
pedtl BMBi f egia i ioQ is feovtuiei of ^dcDa, who. m tiicir aox^ty
> obl^ B dm li wg attt, arc ipi to coarcn inBo m$mvent* ciT
fipmto igoo» ■*>* -rrt c4ibfidk«d te pm^ lMmt>irtn
nBpOMi. Tte *" BOM of hamxAjr,' u Hood ctUj Ac imuactuu;
fe Hppoacd to b« BJccpewMlly prottc to "cdouoc foci^." A
ike ieDdnie7»caD»ioUrdCTelijped by the rw^wi oo al parvic oT
DCKT. Had Shatepeare lirc^ new, hr auoM lave Ibvad oiitoe to
jiulify hk ottcnion, tkit *' the quality of ncrcrtHMtMnined,'* At
ifty wte, in apptiortkm b soDMimei "itniacd" to rety «toc«
s
OME d*y» no doubly the history of ihc biiyiJc vtU be lu imercu-
iog, from Uic httforicjd poini of ticw, as ihe jjvuH of the oJd
coaching tim a now ate; but in ihe meannhilerctj litllu k kaoini <rf
L Eiccpi when a moiniler merttng of the tvo-whevicd sieeda and
heir riders tikea placCt a» *t Himpion CouH ihc other day, na
TuWic notice is taken of these s^ih ind noiscl^f machines^ «hkli
3n «5ily cover a hundred mile* in tl*e t^^cnty^our hoiii% and wiQ
ant day be an nrm of " the Sen-ice," The ptattit.'c of " keeping a
Mcycl* " ifi growing very common aiaou^ young men of the middle
'anhs* and fs at l&isi .is commendable as nuuiy cif the habits of their
lupcriois. A youny Scotclinmn of my aj-'qujinunw, who rejoice in
i very wt^El Lrcd animal of thi» description, with «k-cl bAckbon<-. uid
n epl^ndiil L^ndition, rnde to Dumfriesshire (frotn London) on H itt
I few day) loHt month, !\]\ went well vriih him tiU he rcj^hed hta
'SUi%'c heath," Tht' Ivnyliah pqmlaiion had everywhere soiBe
fiS^tifimtnncc wiih the nnimni, and at tlic bt-ai nnly stared and
\Uvt^\ (he natinnal ihibb^leEh ; but an my friend was aseending the
^^11, with thoughib fuU of the beloved villaf^ at die top of it a
I
I
I
Tabk-Talk. 155
•Well be had piHwl fc» infiiticy, nnd muimuring «»ne paehetk !fne»
&tkm Burnt, ht met ii fcHow twuniryiiinn driving lI tart with X Scotch
tec in it Ncitht^r of lh«m luLd ever si-en sui;h a spectacle. The
aun ihrcw himficlf out ;jf the vthicic willi u wild reference lo " Atild
Hornie," and ficd to ihe tnounttioa: ihe horse and cart charged
dvwn the hilt and tm^LthL-d die bicycle to smithereens My ^cnd is
itve, ami that i* all; ht plabiivc]y compafes hli txperiencu willi that
cf Uunfio Park, wfio, after CT^ploring " A&ic'& wtlijs " in safely, brtjktf
hii neck by HilUn^ ovor the drawmg-ioom mat at ]iumc> His
nstioDal feeling Err:Tei3l« him from ife^ng th;it hiaown f^tie was c^ctly
the revolt of M. P.'b.
Spooking of bicyckt, lei mc citract ihc follawiDg Ifrom the
£jc/Aafi^ aad Mart ];L3t mijiithi — '* £.^-\ji, Speciil Cbiiitlenge [I
fl^ipotc the name uf i-be ^tevd]. :l tno^nifiLeiit machine, niude ti> my
order thif tpring, cycile be'jruif(ii Curtt^r'^ putcnt buke, &c., &c-, coit
mc ^"6' Would iiccept ImndBome jiravestone, la be erected in
Lower Norwood Cenieten% "fi exchange. Short of cash only
nSMn," Thkj wuy b whith he linf'eis over his belnved bicycle
(thou^ I hftvc spared my reiders much of tl) Is reolTy mosi pathetic^
a&d ^UJbe cqu:t] lo anything ever uid (or sung) by Ar;ih on parting
with htt ^tccd' Nothing but dice nece^ity would induce hfm \o »cU
h: "ahort of c^^h only reoi^n." He h^ nothing Wiv \o hve upon^
InA Cndontly ^viahL-s to be interred miignificenUy, ^nd is vi;Ty p^rtl-
cubi lu 10 tbi^ localLty. Whni i^tiiket one as cuHouii i& liie L^j^tremely
liniied urc^ uf fios^ibti; exch^ni^t^fb 10 nitlch he :iddre>4^t^ hinbietf-
Who hai Avf a hjuid^onic grairalune in Lower NunvfXid cemetery
;o fpjue, and eipeci^ly lo eschang^ for 3 bitycle ?
THE vling of a nickname is likely to be entiacled «hen the
bc-uer i* content to assume il as a title af honour, and answer
it 01 Prince Hal answered the chailenge of Hotspur ; " Thou spejik'si
as if I would deny my niune/* In this spirit we seem to have ac-
cepted the name of a '* naiian of shopkeepers," tJiiown at U8 by
Napoleon, Mr. Glad?itune hu discovered thai our (^re for the
main chanoe diitei back to Ihe time of Caxlon* and piai^^eit the tirtt
0/ EoKtitth prLntei^ for n&glecting tlie cjcample of his foreign masters
Of rivftlit, und prtntinij works for which Uiere woa u popul^ demand
instead of bc^uiiful editions of the classics. It i:a possible thai
Coxlon's eiipericnce Jii a mctcer taught hJin tti recoDcde in his work
lh« tfadeiujiiu wilh Ihcjaitisi. It 15 difficult to imagine, however,
ihal he eould count upon any extensive saJe for such works as the
Reoieil dev HifWirtfr de Troyts, which is supposed to be Iu5 fiist
producUon, !ind which, under the pjTroTui^e of Mofgttrct, Oucheit
BurguitJy, m who^ household he wm«, he subsequently tnniilatcd.
Ouoidc I] I L' court »nd ihi: monM&tcry, thcrp co»l(j hitc t>ccii liulc
USW ft>f wcifk* of solid cnidttiort Tlie grctl ehim of CaxlOn is that
by the ir^LnsLiUOJu hv tfxccated, or ciui^ed to be cxpcLiteit, he contri-
buted 10 fonn a public ^uch a« could scuc^Tj li^vc crulcd to hia
hand.
Il i% not gencrany known that two Hnc CaMom were recently
dUcovcred in « smnU $hop louth of tbe 'Humes, jnd were obuined
by theii fine punhotet for the trnditioiul '' song.*'
WHAT things jH^ople do nidvertJic T In Ha^iiinri&vnith xhic
o(iicr day I ^w Lhls Jinnounccmenl : "* Chc*tp Tiip, The
Clinstian Mt^^ion H^tlduj^h Ruilw^iy i\ one of the (|UJck«t, chcapckt.
jmd bcbl roulPJ^ frijin the Deepest Dcplh:^ uJ~ Sui lo Ihc Highvit
Heiithia of GJory Buotinj^ tjflice in the Tvwn HalJ next Sunday.
Ti P^ Giay, tb^^ HAlIirlujjth Guard, and Bt^auprif, the H:ippy Eugine
Dtiver, will <D.V,) iu^lruLt puset^nj^ers how to obUin Through Tickets
vrithout jQOEiey ^cid without ^jricc" I ofien wundet whedier the chut
of persons who habitually u^e ilic letters D.V. are acquainted with
their [ncaning ; if ^h tlicy must be very egglittic lo inui^jiie their
proceedings to be of iiuch prr>found iniporun^^c as to nectEs&tucc
the quotation; if noE, they ;trc in tEie position of the excellent oU
l^y who wrote tu say bhe bhould come ;tnd dmo with her d^u^^htcr
on Wednesday, D, V., ami on T/iunrlnj ai all avnlt.
A SCHOONER-RIGGED BOAT, to feet long, has been '* spokon
widi " in tl^e Athtntic, and found to conuin a man a.tn} hiv
wife, bounJ Eo Falnionth from the United Sute&. They lud been
35 d:fcys ouL^ and h^ liud '' ^cver^l gales." So I should thLnlc
TiHi^jne a niju'^ being aEuiI up with Wis wife in u bc>at so firct Ions
for 35 days (it sounds like a nile-of-Chiee sum, bni it'* mudl harder)
vfi/liQvt a. gide f The jiewsjiapers call it a " Dating Adventure," U
well they may- One ^hip that " spuke" them supplied this intrepid
pair, T am ^Ltd \o say^ widj bnLndyn
t
THE vleaion was over. All ihe principal persons with whom ve
^i*: tofKccDt-U had come kick lo town, KccEon hail nearly
ttbptcd, for the time a: Icuc, into its ordinary' condition. The not,
aoisy and ftlannine >m it wu, h;td cost na life, not even ihAt ■i^ the
^oor poticcm-in who sccmod mott in danger. No doubt the scl^s of
« popuUr diflconccni w^^rc aov^ pretty liTocidly in the pbce. which will
bear Ihomjr |;rowlh some fututi- day ; tiitl Keeion just now ^cciua
«nly the sleeper for the n-autiin after it^ uiuvonltd tfJiciitTnent. The
ptnoni of this story who were concerned in ihc eieciion might he
aid to be in sotncwhat *imihr condition. They secined inut-h the
ttmc as hdbrc : hui the days in Keeton had town some seeds for
dicm, too, whit:h will probably grow into influence on all iheir Uves-
fjidy Limpcnny jwid a. vbh lo Mtsh Money. She had not sctii
her friends in Vidoria Street iince the election, and she was in great
^urio«iy to hear something alwut it, and about some turnouts indi-
■'^^clly comncclcd with it, which had teacheU hef ears. She went e:irly,
'n order that she might find Mt*. Monc)^ alone.
Mrv Money might be described lis alone, so tu as visitors were
^<mceTOed. OnlyheryonngerdaughtcfttMiwichher- Lucy n:is looking
^ cry pretty, but pale ; and^he lud a cenainresilesanesi of manner and
^uick hjilliancy of eyes wliich l^dy Limpenny observed, iltboiigh
Vsually :i w^man rather imaginative than actually obtervAnt- Lady Llra-
Vcnny tmiled iind nodded to herself, as it miftht seem ; after ihe fashion
t)lone whocun^Tatuhlc«berk«lf on having judged euneciiy,and who
vol- caxx. kol it&i. S
Tkf Gmilrman's AfagastKe,
%Xf% lo her own loul, '* Exictly ; it is just as 1 thought it would b&''
Bat the smile and nod might be taken as pottly intended for t!ie
general comiiany iit this tia^. l^dy Linifenuy appcucd ok if the
weic :^I[lirLg ih.it Mrs. Money arLt] livr dauglitvr should be taken, tn
ail ujijckiiou'kflgtrd jncl iiiod^i w.^y, into ilic co^ifidcncc of htf
Mi^' Mun^y ivcitt eagerly forn'^ijd lo nt^lLDinc \m^ old fiiend, ^rid
was cxirdially glad to see her, as, indeed, tl^c wjs uBually glad \*t sec
ino£t persons. Lucy^ ;ia A^t; know, dJd not grr^ily iiare for L^iJy
Litnpcnijy. She had now to submit lu a pecutijily tender cmbrate,
uhidi the did with a particularly bod grjce, luylting ail ihe tJunf away
from Lady lilmpc^nny, even while iJic lubnitucd to be ki&ftid by her.
Then hlic v^Itlidrcw lo ^ httle sofa of her o^nt ^^d was he^ud to cit-
l>rL'MJ a wihh That Ngla Crt;y would come ^oou. On hearing this
uueranoc Ijidy Llmi^enny looked round at her, and smiled And.
nodded ay;un juiirt bfnigrly than ever.
''And so wurdciirfritnd HtTon is in Parliament^" L»dy Lirapenrifi
said, in lier ioft, ihundtrous voice- '* He is aoiually an M.P, I I am]
SI* gUd ; and yoti hai'd all bad sucli delightful adventures I Vgur'l
ii;imea in ibe [jajjers \ 1 lead il iUl willi such envy. Ves ; I alwayii
loLigi^d lo be in :tn ;idveniure uiid to have my name ici tlje papcn. I
iricd to gi't Sir J ^meti |q listen to it, but hv docs not L-^tre fur tbese
llnngs. You wcr^ :lII near bci:3g killed ! And our friend, Lho hand-
some poet— now, do tell me agiun what his name is— lie wii loetn and
attually iup[xj&c<l to be killed, or taken prisoner, or Jiss-iulted, or
somethuig uf the kind. How deltghlful I 1 should so Like to
been with you."
"Oh! Mr. Blanchet was not much hurt," Lucy satd inar^dier
scornful tone- '* He only gi>i into ihe lighE someliow ; ! don'i knovr,
Tm sure, wh;i[ brought liJin Uitte ; and then lie went away to
London. I think sometbin^ must have ofTcaded him."
l.llcy h-id scL-n, and had not forgoUen or forgiven, ihe pDeC^S
conduct wlnt:n Mr, ShqijorJ was brouglil lo iht hotel durij^; die rioC>
and ^he li:id not i^een bi« suljsi^-queut da^ iiuo the stiile, and jiaid
but little Jllenlion lo what was told her about IL Jiut in any case
]joor Blanchcl had long ceiscd lo be a hero of hers. There was a
tinw wbeu he vr^^i her idol, and when she tried lo believe in all maTtntT
of quaint artl&lic iheories becaL:^^ theyuere hi$i and wlun, if lie had
expressed an x^tlieitc opinion that n lady ought to weu a oool-
scmuIc on her head. Liny u'ould have fought h:trd lo gel her uriotheffi
pcrml'^sion to nionnt Uieartide, It is Etninge, as the once popular
*ongu5cdlo wyjhowa womiui tanlhink themaoabore, she thought
Miss MisaK(hrop$, 259
ftgod before. At Icuc, u m siruigi::^ pcrhapo, that i^hcthoiiM make the
io «OOCL ; Off if li be coi^EcnJcd clut even tTut ik not ^itnngCj
tvill nircly be at^miuici] that it ii> ^irantte hhc couM not contrive ur
ancmpt to nuke iTic <hjingL- a litilv lct£ ^faringly .i]jfia.ri,-nt- Ono
mi];fhi luvc iWit^fit ihat this ;gi>o<1 Htlle Luvy lud .^iKMily rur^utCvii
'* MfT Hcn>^i ^>'S thai Nfr ElauJtitit vvns jn grciC il^mij^ri Lucy,
jny <JcAr/' her znuthvr mt^rpo^d in rPEi^un^li4ifL<:c ; ^' AiiU MlhoU
[ir>- fct^caWi vciy highly of liis cunJuct all The tioit/'
But nliy (tiO hi- d]«iE'pi:;ir 111 ibat abru]jt lott uf uny P why
diilo'l he itfU inyoLK- vh*;re he uiis yoiiij^?" the pcniiutiuut Lucy
kept on. "Wc were iU jlanned abcul him, and ill rgrnothiug; and
■^ had qulle enough 10 think ^Iwtil without that."
"But, my Ucjrcit dajling Lucy, Uou'l you look on a poet as
OiiTcitnt froni ordinafy iieople? I am »;uie /do. I should aot like
U> think of our dear fmnd— now, iiMell me jgain what fV hiu nnnie —
1 (liouldn'c like «i Lhink ofhU acting ju^t a^ everyone olw wodM do.
Oh, so \ \ hke ;t por^C 10 be a poeL 1 am so passionately fond of
pOvUy ; anj I h^ive lad Ui give k all up of late 1 d^rt; not reztd a
ptjeiii uow."
"For your uour* wki-, Lidy Umpeony?" lie irreverent Lucy
ukcd Aucily.
** DoHLn^ ye^ For my boul's i^ake, n& you £ay. I woa rorgcttint;
oil my higher diiucs in life, .and ol] Th^t I owe. denr^si, to the l\lture
life, in my lo^e fur the |HJi:tfy of itui ilcll^ihcfu! wnief — ah, tiov^,
what scj/ hii njinit;?— i^ho isTote that lovely pocnj Jii tbi: winter llut
evcT>'body wjs tiilking jtmur. My dc:jr, the doctrinL-ft Uuyht tn that
po«in ^vre wmtthint^ .iwfut^I do a&sme yu«, awful- No oue Lould
wjd them fon^i Lind Iil- ;ji^UTeil of suJcty in the hi^litf fcptiercn"
'' I think I rtmtinbu the hook," Mrs, Money said \ "I think you
kat it lo tnc. l^iura ; but it did not sirite in« rt^ coHtaining any
doctriiietufa dangerous kinij. It did» inJeeJ^ proli^vt lu powerful
accents a,K;iJriM the ^y«Leln miil^i nhich ihia countty ii rushiii|^ to hct
dotmction."
'^I date not read it. deaieU ThuieiJii I dare ny[, indeed: It
Wduld nnhinge my iniud. But I dare not read iiny pocins ngw/'
I^fldy LimpcTiny prvicntly foie lo go ; bui *?ie pLiuned <;ven in the
tict oi making hei adieux^ond, taking Lucy '> liaud in a manner of the
tendercic alTcction, f»he iukcd :
"Kui now, darliuij, what is this 1 hear about you? Th It true, thi»
very dtilli^hTfLtl pfece of news — at Icaeti deTightful ifit is Iru^; ? Do
teU Tax, dearevt ; Jl caQ't bu jlwaj's kqit a secrxt^ you know."
A
Tht G^nilffHsn^s Magazine.
Lucy tried to get her hind awiy; the unoonKious Lady
LLnpenny retained it or if the were a pri%'i1cgvd lover. I.ucy coiild
only look swiy and tn' to kcei^i ak Eompowd a£ pomble.
"Really, I don*iknon-wh:iEyouineaaI^d>'LLtT]pcnTiy- libnlknow
what the ncH^ U ; and ho C don't know^ wlicthirc it it delightful or noL°
"You very vory iin«i;Hty, nty llulc ihinflT So you won't tcU even
ttith aji old TritiiJ? ^V^'ll, yoHr iiianLLEin won't U' bO nain;hty, ! iun
turc. ril com* JTi Jiid ulk 10 her lo-nioTrow of ntii (Jay, vhcn I am
quite »uri; that you ^u not htr«. Oh, indtvd, t will 1 I am nirc now
it h true : ^nd 1 offer you my congraCubtbn^."
Mrt, Money seenied as if&he uould try lo interpose some proteM
flgQinst Lady Limpenny'c conclusions ; but there ^-aa no possibility
of stopping that lady, or *J co^«:tiIl^ any apprt^lnrmions she mjghi
have fonned- She gnihencd hci skirt* ;ibout liei and w-35 gonc^
chauering all the time, before anyone could put in a word of cupla-
.lation, and firmly convinced that she knew all the tniih about tvcry-
ihing, and that het *ay of eshlbiiing it must have been delightful lo
e *'L rybody,
Hoi display of kuowledge vras ceH^nly not pleasing to Lucy
Money in this instance. Sht ii;tmeJ tTv-atly annoyed, and, when
Ijuly Umpenny had gone, she left the room and hid herself away
somewhere, Mr. Money came horne almost immediaiely. and hb
wife took the opportunity ofcxpreBsing some of her fean to him about
liidy Limpcnny'a talk and Lucy's way of takinj; it.
"She*5 i|uiic put out by it. Money dear, I do aKSiirc you. I
never saw her so much hurt by anyihing of the kind Ix'fore."
'^I wish that silly old Laura Limpenny didn't talk in thixi way,"
Money said with more earnestness in his manner than the talk of
Lady Linipenny might have ftcemed to be worth, " It annoys Lucy,
of i;oni::e ; and lht<n, what bbi: said here she ^ill say in half a dezen
places bulore the Jay i* over/'
" But. Money dear, it can't always be kept a secret These things
always do get talked about. 1 really don't sec what hann \i docs
ct'cn if they were."
*' No, perhapa not ; in sin oidinazy case, perhaps not. Hut -^me-
how I don't Like it in thh CJJie. 1 wish nothing had been uid. Do
yoii think Lurdet la i^uite happy, Theresa?"
"Surely, detiirj 1 should think so— oh, yes, she mu*t be happy,
ver>' happy. Of euurse it is a trial— all girU feel It ao, especially i^hcn
they arc Ijrought up ao much ni home,"
Mr. Money seemed unuMially gravc^ He stoodand \km time oa
hh chin with hts fingers.
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■■ 1 don't know," he MnJ, "somehow; but 1 ihink pvcrylhmg \^
not quite li^c wiih Ihc litllcgirl. She *> fond t»f him?" he ii^kcd,
iiiming jbrii;nly to hit wife.
^Oh, yo. dcjii— fhc JiJores him."
'■ Va ? VoLi ihink lo * \\'c]l. I ani sli»c I thiok *o loo ; I was
quite ccrlam of tL Of course iihc ii yoiing, -ind girli oAc-n don't
L(M>w their cjwn mindi n bii — uq, ronfoitiid it, wot \n.iyi, cither, fai
iKit m.ittcr, J ihmk ^t (iric: Itiiic tlic uhtfl to li^; fuiirl of th-t( fcHow
Btmchcl ; ajiil liuiv tht' dues ik>1 cjic iu-opcii*;f sbtjut him. 1 ^y^
lli«iCMi if Lhi« thuuld hv Lliv suiiie vort of thin^?"
*' But, my dcnr, ii itn'i : j-ou in;iy Iw quiw »ure of ihat. 1 cau tell
that foi ccnaiii. Why. only luok it her eyes when he is near l
'and Ijicy h;i5 lold mc ajj^^ijn and jg^hiin that she never thought ^ibout
Mr. 8b[]chi:t in th.u aoit of wAy/'
" Vet, 3 have matched her, ThcresB» ait yoit tay. And T 1iivo
looked .n her eyes and all ih.ii ; !ind I did hehVvc, tvTlainlj% iluit it
wat <|ULtc n ditTcrunt |hi[ij£ Lh^ tiint;. If L hitcln't ihotJghi tt^my
good heavens I— hhoidd I hiive incUdlcd ur nmde in the t^ffitir?"
Mr. Money wLdked uneu»[y up ^nd duwn Oic room once urmiec
iliK wife looked 3t Mm anxtuuely, W she did nut ijuite ftjllow hl«
mcinit^t; or appredatc his alarms- She n:^ imleed, at the niomenc,
cngagG<l in thinkbg whether (something could not be done to nuikt
ihc life of poor Mr- lilnnchtt a little more happy Uiaii It fteetned at
prwcnt 10 be. She wjk convinced in her hcurt ihjit Rlanchci Diust
b« sulTcrini; keenly on accotmi of Lucy, -and, as the hel|jcr of utihappy
men, ahe burnc[.[ with a wii^h to do bOincthing for hiuL, Sht had so
compleldy made up hi^r mind thai Lucy viits having ^W her dusire in
Ufe, ancJt huving i;^ must be i^tisf^edn thiit -dl her anxiety on her
dauyhter'K Uchulf seamed to liave come to an end, and hei cares pro-
perly reverted to the outer world*
"Ves, I thought it was all right, " Mr, Money suddeiily came to
1110(1 in his walk. " I had not the lease idea that it waii noi allrf^ht;
Wthcn one doesn't kno^F— at l«ut, /don't— whether it isn't a pecu-
iiajxty of (ir]fl thsit when you get for them what they wanij ll^enj by
/^vft, [hey don't want \\ jny mote ; and I tell you, Theresa, I have
f*^n thinkioj; of Thi^ a good deal lately— in the l^sf few dayii-"
llicre arc, pcthape. women who inij^ht have been disposed to
■*'*mtk CO Mr. Money thu: anyhow the affair was pretty well fill his
*'*'fi drjing. There nre women who p05-'iib[y would have ^'ivcn him
''^ Wter comfort than the reminder that ihcy had not advised him
** ^o the things he had done; and that, perhaps, if he htid sought the
^*^icc of his wife a little more, the result might have been more satis
'
J
a6a Tkc Gentlona^s Moffisin^.
priory. Mrs. Money had no i<ic*» of the kinj. Even if in* h*d]
known miwe clenly ih.in rilit- diJ the iitcadnK of his aJirm. it Troul4'
never hivft occuircd to >^cr W Ooijbi Ihm hr had done the ycry hw^^
thlni; pciwiWc under *ny given iin-imntftflccv Ifthniss wcm WTftn|;
alter ihiit, ii muM be tlic faull of tlic ihiDj^* ; it could net be the iM\\t\
of Mr. Money.
ITic lAlk wns imcmipteU /or the prescnl by the arrival of visitors
for lhi*i was one of Mrs. Nf oney i <iay» of :t'i:eption. Prrtentiy I Jicy
hfndf tctnrncd. Mr. Money drew hvi i»de, and 3>kird her one or
Iwo cawftl qHCfiions. Then he wid tuddenly, and fuiny his eyes ou
hj« daughHT. without BJvfn;; h*:r any ilrac to ihlnt of h<^elf or to
concc:iI hcT fecUnftfi'
" Isn't Victor coming here W-Oiiyt Lvirclvl ? "
Thccy(r»orihcgirUjii'rkk-U;iKiiinas>licniiawered>and hisqts
irAlchctl her aiiawtr;
"* Oh, yes, papfl dear ; I c^pccf liim ever}- moment ; you dotii
think he is not cnming, do you ?''
The smiilc that aoiuctimes made Mr, Money's rough firt^ T<k>k
alnic^at handsome oiine over Ec Hft he saw tlic cxprti-sion in hia
dmifihter's eyes. He took I-iity phyfully by th« thbi
'' 1 jthouid think he waj coming indeed» Lutiekt : I rather iStiik
yon know more about hi;; movement;^ than I do- So Lium I-inipenny
\y.x^ l>ccn Liltting her nonsense I "
hucy coloured.
" Ohj yes, pnpji dcnr. I wish Thai dreadful womm diti not come
here: she taTks cf such ihings; it is hutniliatin^; to hear cmc^icLf
talked about in ihat way,"
'* Oh. thai'a all, is it ? dnn't you mind her Lilk, Luteki ; it cant
be helloed, anyhow; and renituibcr llun if you were u princess all
ihc yossijte of Europe would be t^lkin^' ahout you/'
Theit he left his daughter and weiit to talk (o wmi; one <"1w,
somewhat relieved in his mJnd for the moment He wntthcd his
Lutielci, huwe\'i.T, all the lime.
PresenLly he saw her eyes \\^m up anil her cheekn colour, and
then her eyes droo]] again -, nnd *ht looked wondorfully preliy, he
IhoLifihL— and so, indeed, might nnyonee3'*e have- rhonghl a^ n-fll ^vho
hiip|»e»ed to see her just \\\c\\ If any one of lis looting on mi^ht
hjive ;idniifed the cxpressidn on the pretty girVi erim^oning fAoe,
what ;idniiraiioii must he h,ivc felt for whom that brightening coToui,
came and ihote eyes sfwrkled ?— iht- king for whom— a* Ijidy
Casrk-wood so prettily s^iid— Ihsl red flag wjls displayed? For Mr.
knew, before he had wen any n<;w-comcr enter the room, thni
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Ihe visTtoT whose comini; cnuscri all fhAi tirighmci* veM tiic mcmlfcr
for \hc bofoufh of Kcccon, Victor Heron hut^ cmnrd the tootti,
and vas already talking to Li.i^y.
Victor, Ui*n. hftd won <rvcr>lhing for which he strove, and *oTne»
thing too for which he had not striven. He had won a bnlli^nt and
an iinrxpecied victory. Nctfcr before in Ihc mrtnorj' or man hid l!ie
bofOHfth of Kcclon been reprcscnred by * l.il>cr;il- There was
nothing clve cf ^iny pnriiailAr intereiT going cin In poliLiMj and (he
Altmitnn of the ciMmky h-id realty been mmed for nonic days very
keenly on Ret^ton Ihc rioi^ tUt: family qiiarrcJ, ihc (att rh-it JLcron
Saul 10 ri|;ht p^inM Ijimily influences, Tory inrtnences, and. Xhe
red rcjiuWirjtn"- jill Jt onrc, h.id made hi^ enierprise seem *o
dashing that, even if he had 1<nl, he would Ivavc got a certain
repute by it- Hut, when ir w.^b foi:nd thai he h;id |josiTivrly won. he
became the hero of ihc hour wiih the ])ul']ic, while wilh ]li^ ow-tt
party he wm a pernn to be made the very most of, «nd cipplauded
to the echo. No fear of hi^ not Rjidln^ men of mark to take up hi»
l^ncv^iince now.
The idvcniutou.t SL Paul had kept his word. Notliing Imt hi*
inlerventirirt eonid po55ibTy have rjirricd the plnee for Virlor, or kept
pofir SheppAid out of I 'ail in me nl, Coming jiint at the right moment,
Si. r*nl h,id eaiight rhc affeclicns of ihe fierce dcmorr^i^, the pro*
EdnLnalc with ihc rifl.'Ux of atheint in ir, ind hnd drawn the voiera
away fioni Hhcppard. Many of them had dctemimcd to f[ive their
vote* rafhrf Tor llir tnjin inhoni they tilled their outsipoten enemy—
the Tor), ihat ift to -,iy— tJun for rhc doubtful fiiend, jl5 every pro-
fessing Libcnd aecmcd 10 Ihcm to be who could rol go all the way
with the social revohition and ihcm. St, Paul aiptivaictl enough of
Ihcm (o leave Shep|wrd M>lcly ty the support of the tliorou^-h Tone*,
who had no ^Tieviirce nigninst the <1iical fatnily; and tlic remit wai
ihat Viclot Heron won the cferfion^ or had i1 Ihu^won for him without
hb knowledge or consent. Not the faintest suspicion of " a pui-up
thing* cxiited in any mind, h was perfectly wdl known in KecLon
and elsewhere thut Victor Heron had positively refused to have any-
thing lo do with St Paul, and thai they had all but quarrelled ; and,
indeed, the general opinion was that fit Paul had tmderiaken his
(•jmdidature for the sake of spoiling Victor's thance. He fanned,
people thought, that the e!(rrcme "rads" or "reds" might give their
voles to VJetor for lack of any strongLT Liberal, and he therefore rut
in between merely for ihc sake of destroying ihc gome of (he nnn
who would not acce;)t his aasisiancc. A greni many people were
amiued at hi« folly and his odd niiecatcuktion; and even Money
A
264 ^^'^ Gft/frwan's Ma^aztHf^
wondcTCf^ how he couTd have been iro badly advised, and how he
could have failed lo «ee time lh nhai he did he «u pLayiflg Vtclor'^
g^aic itnd not spoiling it-
Victor Ht^oiii ihen, ha.% won, and is 01; ihe high road to be a \^\i-
tic;4l uDc) A i^urjal success^ snd to liAve !ii^ grievsifice auX rijjht new, if
he cari's abuiit it iir li^kiL timr to Ihnik uIjoue it ^uy iiiotc- \\ if biij
that hi: is to be inanictl to Mr. Monty'* pn;U>' tUuKl'tcr, wlio will
h-LVC a ETcyt foTlun^, [icoptc Jic ccrl,*in ; lu si^i n«lbin)i of the litt
tliat Money hr?^ iiu ^on, and that ar bi* dc^lh iiHJhl of his prupcrty
il'lll prubiiWy go to his rising san-in-bw. Tnily dot^ young Hei^jn
BCciH to iJKiny jii'isons .* uifln who h;is dropjieij from ihc doudt to
ikll into fortune, A disappointed poliLidan or sitly who staitcd
rTVith splendid self-conceit, good abilities, and very fair chance*, and
with all has come to nolhinj^ draws the moral of hi* |>cfional Ikllure
Jrom the stoiy he htar^ of Victor Heron** success. " You mc, he
can do vhat 1 never coidd do/ lie says ; '*he can etiteiiain the
parly. I defy ^ny man to make his way ia i»gljticil life in a country
Jike tfiis if lie has not the menus to entertain hi^ p^uly, and this
fclloM' will be able to do that ^ilh Ihe girl's fariunt and w]iat Money
must l^ve him aomc tiEne."
Ji i& true, then, what the peo|^le say— wliat Lady Liiiipcn:iy hac
been so broadly biniinj^ ai? It w^.is, then, as Minola Urcy supposed?
See, she herself ha* Just tome iritJ^nd i« i.dV.jiig ^^ith Mc- Money oobt.
She Seems ful] of apirits ; ai lea^i, she is L.ilkiny i[) a veiy animated
way. A lady wlii> is prc^enl hus already rcmatfced, in a io*v tone, t<*
another lady, that ^he thinks Miss Grey talks too much, and is too
saicaaiic for a youn^^ person- Was ii as Minola gupixistd, and did
Ihe influence uf the mounlighi wnd ilxe w^ilk home tAaf night in Ihc
park al Keeton provu too much for the inflanimable heart of Victor
Heron? No ; that night had i*assed ovtr, and although Heron hid
fell the influence of the placei ific hour, and the ctrcurastLnccs, he
had not been able to understand his own feelings clearly enough to
give them expression in words or in acts. It was when he CJiinc m
fresh ftom the excitement of t]ie R^eton rioi, and when he saw that
l.ncy, who with all her love for hor lather had home up gallanily
against the sight of hia litirts, became faint the monitot she caught
a glimpse of Huron's wounded fiRL. and had to be taken from the room
^it was then that the truth was bomt in upo:t Heron for the first lime,
and he wa-S made aware that Lucy Money loved him. He wa*
almost overwhelmed by the discover)'. This was something of which
lie Jiad never thoiyjhl. It wa5ftl\ \TMcwhat he had said to Mtnoh
Ckj' thai long-past day in RegentS VaiV— Vt>ai t^^'^VaA^wrt
i
A/iss Mimnlhrfpt.
of gorfdr»i theory ahftut women. He h.ul lived *n murh cut of the
irotld nl fhihion, and of what wc cnl! life, thut Jic had no cIiauco
of hAving hm idol] fCrslToycd. If Ihe few Engh&hwomen wliom hr
mci in A tir f<ilony^lhr wiv« fthd cSAU^hlcr* of eMrrly, enperirii
AlltcuU, ktirl hurh hki^^— ^^^rr nol aI] that 1il::« linncy |i;nnted uum
be had alwiiyi ihc ronvjrtion to faJI Ixirk upon Ih-it these w
fiir iMuatEationa of the iiiaidri i^r Ihc m:itronH of i^erry ll^gbtd at
mr. ilc hod jil(va)'i thought of n worrmn ai ^ being whom a man
courted and served, and -il bst by immense exercise of devotion 4nd
.merit oi ;tJ] Jtind^T pcnuodcd to h&len ivhtlc tic told bn of bii tleci^
reverent love. It had not oceuircd to him to think ihai somo-
ic*, even Among Iht inaJd^ of mcrr)' Enji-l.miJ, the uomaii iruikrs
IC love, Aiid Ihc Diiin nnly put^ ti[> »tlh tl. Wlicn il Hashed upon
bis niind thai Liiry Money loved him, he wjs like one to whom
^&snt wholly new And nnetpccted <oniJJlEonK of life hive suddenly
led iJicmselves. He fell, in a strange sojl of Wniy, sirickcn
bumble by the thought that ^9 sweet jtid good a girl could love blm^
atid wliJl to xzxxiX hei life into hiE haud^. J^ (e any wond<:r if, in thv
ftudi of hi>> sIlj(ii)u iXkA hii* ^mutijUv, \\v ti^Id hlniscir ihfLl ht: rvo^ in
love with bci ?
CllAfTEB XXVI,
" LtTCJCLES^ love's rjJTEHPhETEk,"
TifH event in which so niuth success had fallt.-n to the share of
Vielor Heron had not, on the whole, turned out bnitiy for his rival,
Hr. Sh^ipard- The btter had lo3t the election, it ii true, bul be
hjid rrmdc a cennin rcjmic for himself as a Conservative candidnte.
>lc wna now before the eyes of his par^ and the cnnntry a.f one who
li-iil fought a good fight, who had made aacrifiees for hi* cjiusc^ and
Arho tbctctorc ought to be considered when another vacancy brought
An ojipOTtnnity of ehon^ing and supporting a candidato- Mt. Shep-
pard's name was in the political playbill, anil rhai was aomeihinfr
After the defeat k\S Movara, Count Cavour, then only a rising policieian,
Temarktxl thai Piciimont had gained enough to compensate for all
her losaei m having got the right to hoist The national flag. Mr.
Sheppard had got by his defeat the rieht to hoist the flag of his pirty,
to be one of its hearers, and thai was tiomctliing. He was now
looked upon everywhere ag a mnn sure to be seen in ParlLoment
before lon^
Mr, Shcppsrd rtJAdc armjigenicnts for iht carr^ii^ on rH \i.*
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266 Tk€ G^ntlonani M*xgazitu.
buiLTiF^aby oilier Kftncb dinn hii, And he mmc to five in London.
He i^hjIc hai;<lsoinc lod^ngii in a wdtcm ilrccL not fju from where
VicloT Hrfon lived, l!c was elected ft membcf of a new Cowerva-
tive duK and ajmaTenl^y he wcni nhoul the Uik of K^^^i'ifL in'o
KUL'jcu,at U'usl'mto the poliiicftl dmner-pLinic* and crowded drawing-
iiouiiH of ^i iely- [n titat wUidi he had set ou: tn himself as tlic |^at
pbjecl of hi? life lie was not, as we have seen, Ly any means
IdeiporidenL He saw Ihal he lud greaily risen in llie ^ood opinion
of Minohi Grey, She had never i^cen *o Itind ,ind respcrrtful to him
U diirinig the <:on[<^t -il Keelon_ Alway;* befifre ilie had treated him
with tonlcnipt, ivhith she look no trouhlt' Trt hiije ; then, for the finl
lime, she h:id •ihc»wn *i>ine rirnperl unH even reg.ird for htm. He
fteit!ed himwlf in l^sndon, a hopcfvil :ind iilmost a confident man
as regarded alike hifi nmbition and bis Irtvts He couM jfTord to wail,
he Slid lo him^icir lie cultiv>ite<^ as much 35 |>o3siblc the acquaint-
ance^hrp of Mr. Money and of Victor Heron, whom, it is needless
to «iy, be no longer regarded with any fecUngH of jealousy. Mr.
Money and everyone eT»e admitted that nothing eouJd be more
manly and rrediulile than Sbeppard's manner of taking hin defeat.
Minola seldom heard him spoken of bni with re*peet.
The women Ktz- not many nn whom the puhlie f>pinron of ihoa*
immediately nroiind them has no infliitnce in determining ihcir
esUinatc of fl man, Minoln began to sec that there were qualf^ie* in
her old lover for which she had not given him credit. This, indeed, she
had seen for herwlfdu ring (he contest fli Kcelon. He hrtd.-ttati event
a certain manly dignity, even if he was slow and formal, She may, too,
have been imprcs*ed in certain mooda with the strength and patience
of his fecUng?! for her. In some melancholy moments she felt a
sympathy for him, and foimd a sort of sad ateiiscmeni Ln admitting
lo herself that she and her old lover were alike in one part of Ihcir
destiny at iU eventt But she wa.-! sincerely glad to hear that Shcp'
]iiird w!is beginning to go out a good deal, and she had a simng hope
and conviction Ihoi in sGcicty he must very soon get over his old
feeling* for her- AH that was nalurai enough, she thought, when
Ihey bolh lived in Ihc country, and he knew very fcir women; but
here in Ijindon he mLSt meet with many giils a thousand (imei
nnwc allnictive— so she was honestly convinced— than she ronld
possibly appear even To the moirl prejudiced eye, and he wrn:ld soon
gel over the weakness that exalted a country girl into a heroine and
a goddei*. He would n^ect with women who kncvr the world — the
world of [loSitics and of society — who could assist a man in his public
cuecx and in hb natural ambition, and some one of wtiom ivould
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dovbtlctt he round ta ma.rry him. 'I'ht ihoi.\^i gave Minoh sinccic
gnlificationH
Some nf ihit U tnlj a tiEtll^ in nriEif^ij>niinn; (ur we .icc. u yet, in
ibe 6rsi fntw wcrit* tfi;ii followcil (he K<!ct>.in election. ITjcic i% one,
aaff Ibcffe are iwtt, of the pcnonagr* mo*! prooijnent to our cy» in
tkiteontot, ofwhom -ht Jt.ivi: ftomc account to render before ihe
fcloty rciumci in rtgiilzir marth.
Poor Hcrberi lllimchti foitncl ^l[m^cif a nLin tidly clunKcd in ]i»
OBtl qtlinwrc when the HVilaidcncc of the riol in the Kcrton MiecU
tcA him i>Er;indi!d hrgh ^nd rlry, md slill dllvc. Not OTily w^x he
alh-c* li"l lie WW ^ibiolMTply uninjicrcci. The dignity of the ^lijcli'^'^it
wottud "x^ "111 <>f'i liim to mj.kc him mtt^rcMiiiM, AU th-ii ruijuixjUvn
ihat hiid ^eetnrd 10 him no imihlc ihat hih nery witil shrank from It,
tinned OUT to V, •» fsri* he yt-.\% frtnccrnrd, more innocent nnd
'tuimlm thin 1 hi.hof*lhny gium' cA 'nrtntUiifi. Hr hid been fiditu-
boct» Bticn *1iTiHkinj( horn thr rini, and he now frit that he must ha^c
been riditHlimx wJim Jiy *hrri ltn:tx hr mrtKteteil htt quivering iiervct
iuid ihicw hitntrif lilmlly into it^ In thi: wty thick of the bailie,
d when he tsmc lo llfron'i iiitl, lie thought he raw an incHnAtion
jiood' humoured Kiughfer on Heron's faxie at the liglit of him and
ht» ve&pon. When the riol vrai over, and ihc crowd hcgan Eo dim-
pcr*c, and [lie Liberal leaden went inTo the hotel, nobody took nay
notice of htm- He teemed to beofnOicfOtint in the eye* of anyone.
Men wliux Lornpanion he haul been durinj^ hi^ iih-irc of the c^ni]aign
in Ket-'tun Jiamed him MpJdly hy .md did not'toc-ni lo terognise hmi ;
they wcn^ all thitikiuf; of ulhr:i thing? nn<] other [ier*hOtm, clearly,
£Tcn Heion, to wh<.[*e ht'lp b<.' hiid rnmc, lUd not think it worth hb
«hllc apparently to m^ke any inquiry .ntioul hhn.
Wc kno't of course, Lhat lieri^n did lind time jtnd tfiooght to ash
about <he ]3oct : but the ]XKi did not Ikioiv Ihiv The thought, how-
tTvr, which mo»t diiHirbed Blinchet't mind win not that Heron hod
liCi-n unjinaeful 10 him, but that dearly, in the mitid of men like
Hcrnn, the wholeaffiiirwata nipitterof no moment— an ordinal jy event
ai xx\ vlrttion, involvinj^ an .itncjimt of iimttcr such m men encoun-
ter in ihrii huntingi and Ihcir olher pastiinei of which HUnchct
knew btiJc, and noi enoitjuh lohcicriou^ly ihonj;hi of it moment after
iC ir.tH jMi^l' It wAA, Ihcn, for ijanj^er huch a* tins that Ilio poet had
t»iti? uiadchiniHelf ridtciiloiii mi the vye^ of Minob Grey, U was for
danger like ibii that he had evpOK'd himst'lf lo he^f from her the
biUcrot word* that man tan hear from woman. In tiulh, it is not
Ccttain that fxwr Llkuichet Wis really J coward. He had been
put fuddenly in front of a ton of trial entitdy new to him, And b'u
The Gentleman i Magazine.
physical nctvoA had ilirunk fivni \\ ul finl. He h^ noi n virile
nature; hehatj none of Lhc 6ir<ji)|; Aiiimul spiriib whidi cany £0 many
men througTi all manner of dangvr witlioul giving' Ihem time to tfiink
aljoui it. He h.id nut much, if v^- may say so, of ihu F.ii^jliEli nniufc
inhim^ <»f ihai *ool, strong, unimaginaiivc naiufc which tnkcM all
tulLs Rct 1o tl >vry much ok a nuitcr of course, and goeii sx ihcm
atconlinfe'ly to win or Swt \^^lcn K.trirrc was making Herbert
Bl.inchct. ihcrc w.i^ for ffl>m<: reason or oii^L-f .1 lutlc too muth of ihc
feminine m.iieriil put inio hU com;jo^itJonH We often hc<; Ihcjc
slight mifiKLkca on the part of N,i:yrc, We mtot wiU\ a tall and
tKStT<lcd crcitufc in >vhoma&LJiJer!ibiind,i.noc of the feminine is alwayi
ehovrine itself; wc find some t^rclty anti dchtalc beinj; in whom Ihc
Judement, the inclinations, the way of looking ni things, arc nil
unmistakably moscuhne- Bknchet hod not lived a manly life ; he
hadt indeed, not lived a life thai nould bt wholesome for man or
womiinH It was noi, be it understootl, IxnriTifuI or imtnaral, a.i live*
ore occounied on our fiomcwhat dwarfed and fornml |mneiplcs of
social good or harm; but \\ wna a life without bracing strength of any
kind. It w:i& a lifu of sickly aUcctations nnd debauching conceits*
I1 mode sham :is good n^ etton. In that sort of life \\ ?»ffii:cd to
think yourself .1 great person, and to &iiy to your friends that yo^
were w>, and there was no ocfjision for the long, healthy, noMe labour
tivit, with whatever genius. Is reeded to develop surte*. It was a
lire of gh:ist]y groping after orifinatity; ii Itfe in which otic beeamc
faiitfl&lit'k not out of superabundant ranry, bin of 6Ci ptirposo- The
moment an entirely new situiition was i^resenled 10 Jilanchel, and he
was tailed upon to aci under eireumstimtes not previously thought
out and reduced to tlieatrie fo^m^ all the shams were siidd^'aly blown
away, and the weakly, naked nature Vp-ns left shivering and ^mddentig
in the tough, unaccugiomcd air of reality,
IJtde Mury Blanchel was sitting alone the day after the riot nt
Keeion. It was drawing on towards evening, and she had hci books
ofmanuscript out on the table and was at work at h^^r poems. She
was very particular about the copying of her poems ; she bcgaft A
long poem in a hound volmne with ruled le.ives, and if, in copying,
she made any mijiiake, even of a word, she put that volume aside and
began another Therefore the one poem at which she was now engaged
had already produced several of th<:&c inanuscript books without iUelf
approaching mvieh UL'arer to completion. She *as seated before the
work with her pen in her mouth and her e)'e5 fixed on the ceiling.
and was in a little doubt between a rhyme which woe of excellent
sound but doubtful grammar, and one of which the grammar was all
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Miss Misanthropic 369
ngbU tmt ific luund w^lk upcti lo dutTrEif-c!. Her owri vymj^aihici:
went altugcd^ci witli thf: g^od rliymcp ^nd the w;it Kttvngly indmuLl
to nm the ritk of being 1 liiilc tupcrioT Ibr once let ihove nonxivr
gT^unmoticul mlci ^vhich offend ko riioiiy iKielcfsct* AVhile tbus, tike
die Achillea of Po|it:'ii Homer, ^'in^mgui^h of !^u^;icn&edebyed/Uic
irat lo!d ihdt her brother wUhed to %ec her.
Maiy simnfl up In excitemeitl, IcL \\\^ luL'ttecped ^len lall on her
Ik^oIc, ihm fvducing a new volLiitLc u> 4'orihlesbnvss, aiid, aca^ely
<lOf>p]nji evtn for a pUJmJVf miircuur, fuin oui and bf^jnglic Herbert
Ittwohei into the loom. Shi; wan ct^nvmced that be muM hiivi- some
imporUriE intelti^vni-W CouLd It be [h^i lit: hud i>ropu3E;d forMinob,
been JKTvpicd, -inJ h.id coinebuLk 10 London in .iU»i|jecd(oarran|;e
for the wedding? HU facej Jiowcver* did noL IooIl lile ihiit; [| was
h;igG;ml nnd iiiiiicr.iUle* ^ii>d iTiv potL had ciid^ntEy not ^tcpt the jio^t
night. Mary felt ber heiin liiik wiibin bet a^ she looked ut him,
Brohcbct ui down und p;i&£ed hia h;indfe wildly ihruugli bis un-
tcmpt hair— hair that, however, looked m beimtiful, Marj' thought.
" Wcll^ my sister/' he said, with a gloomy effort at being IJghl and
orelctfi of spcechi '* I have conic back, yoti see."
" U'h»( ha^ h;^p|)(,'ncd, Hurhcn dear?" the aflTiighlCLJ old maid
uJtcd; ^tnd ?he dcmbled all uvcr.
" Noihinj: pHirltcular, Mary; only tb;kl your bruiher ba« made a
foolofhirnieLf.'
Then he tmiled in u dismal wuy, wiib ghastly lip^ and livid fjuv j
and then he put hi^ hands |lj hit foitihe^dt nnd bur^ into tears.
Never wai a woiuaii luote friglnened itun poor Maty. She hnd
ncFcr fcen a mun in Eeart; bcfc're ; she remi^nibercd Iiaving read and
fehudd^ringly adtnlred 'a line in a potcn of Mrs. Hett»iUi!i"s. in ivhich
*hc, Mar> Dlainrhct. aiid all the world in general wereudviaed nol
to talk of ifTief until ihcy had seen the lecjrs of bearded men. Poor
Mofy a1«rays thought diat the tear^ of bearded men mtiBt be Komc-
thillg very dreadful to see ; Imc she never expected to see thcni. for
fth« did not ihiiik \\ ]iosbib]e ihi^T Eii^h^hmcn. the only race of men
ftiie knew, could shed U'ars under :inyiJtov(jcaiioii- Now she was com-
peted to look on the tears of a be.irded man whum fihe dearly loved ;
and she found thai Mrs. Hi'm.nns's Kuygpttions f^U far slion of the
dreadful reality. She tried all she could to comfort her Inok en -hearted
IrTOihcr; but comfort tK particulaxly unavailing when one does noi
even know the sour^^e of the trouble. It waj* sujne time before poor
Blanchct could give bi^ sister any coherent a4:c:onnE of his disire.'^.^
When the aioi^ w.is tolL.1, however, it did no: seem so bopeloea to
Miry a:; she h^d c:i|>ccted He had not Lcen refused by Mlnoh;
370 The Omfkm/tn's Magastm.
he hod not even proposed w her. She did not ntiach much
importjncc to the fnctihot Minola had ftippowd him— wTongfoU>%of
courw— to br A j^nward- \W rAuld cjinly j>rovc^ if indeed he hid
not fionc il nUtady, [hat ho w.it w hravf as *hc, M^rj*, knew her
brother m««f be. ft ivJi^ ^vrong nf Minala io Jii<ige 10 iliiirWy And
M harshly, mid very unljkc Minoh 1 but, aftct all, what did it prove
bLil the dccji inttrcal whu-h ^hc took in Hctlcrt? Shcwas disap-
point^ when she thought he wa« i^ot o\\ thM «hc liatl expected
\Kh.xi did that prove but that i life in idle
rc^et becaiue a girl like me did not marry him."
■' Ii'* all very well for you, Minoln," Mary *aSd, taiaing her head
and tlnowiny vometliing like downright an^cr inLo her voki.' ; "it's
all very wnM for you, who don*l have any of ihcEt' fvolings. You
don't care for anyone — in that way, I mmn. Von don't care for
amy niim. Other people can't ha^t- sudi btron^ f»:clin|rs/*
Minota broke du^Mi. Why slie did so, only the benign powers
thai understand htiman m\iX especially womanly weaknesses cm
tell ; certainly Mlnoh never could explain. She had gone through
ordeals, one ini>{ht have [hon^hi, f^r worse than this, and kept a
serene face and her secret safe- Bui there was aomeihlng in this
unjust reproach coming from the poor old friend whom ehe had known
ao longi and for whom she hud pcr^i&iently dom^ &o much, ih:^t quite
overcame her, The words found out the vt^ry heart of her wonum-
hood and her wenkne^s ; the place where her emotions had no stctfl
pktes of caniiotiready put on 10 proiett them, Half in tears, half
in hysterica! kughtcr, the h'rote away from Mary.
"Oh. you unjust, iilly, foolUh old Maf>- ! It's not true a word
that you are saying I ain «s jj^-cat a fool as Me, and aa you, uut ai4
&11 the rest, I suj^posc 1 Don't I know what such feeling* a« i Oh,
how! wiih 1 dkdn'll"
Mary footed op in utlct omaiemcnL
" Why, M iJ3oh darling, "u ca^/f bt ■"
Miss Misanihropc.
"But ] tell you it can be and it It, Muy— sind now do let me
■lone foi thr future. Oh, yes. I om in We— up to the roots of my
hA]r,<Uai, ifyoa Uke ihc W0rd&<— I (um't think of any oII;ut. There,
I hSiVe fnadu a fool cf myscLT and hunibl^il mysi:]f i;noiigh for one
day, I think I Ncsv go Jind ^oe j'om bnjihcr, like a good, dear
cJtdturCj iiiid leave me to my^^'lf for a litikv Don't !ib;L nie tv tell von
auy luoie ; if J evi^r du IcU you any idoitp it Uunn't be now. 1 bale
and deipTBe myself for all this ; but il'^ (rue* Muiy^ as cme a3 de^uh,
oc any otJier cerUm tlii^kg you likv."
Tlien Miuola tuniijd Lmuy, uliJ ii.-soluteLy a:U down to die pbno
and began to play. Mar>' kn*;w that Uiere wai nothing mote to be
got out of her juit thcD ; arid, indeed, the nas too much ovenvhcltncd
by what ihc hid heard to liave ^ny den pur^joxe of exloiting niote.
She tnadc hei preparaliona to go out in iikiice ; hut the very in:tnner
ID which «he tied her lionnet-vlrings rbvc exprciibion* fiomvhow, to a
iwind of wonder. She vent out with mo Q'Cii^r ^oad-byu to Minola
thjji wag coRvi?yed by a gentle pre&surc on her shouldez: as «hc
pftucd, niciini (o cxpre^ all a world of renewed syiJipaihy, fellow-
ihip. u^d devotion^
It fjouM hiLrJly bi- uid that Mary had yet had brcaLhing'time
rnougli tu allou^ her to begin fomiing any cotijeciuie js to Ihe
prraun ^vho tnuEt nei^di^ be invuEv^d in Mingh'i» bewildering confi-
dence. The re^^btioii itself fdled her tnind for a while, to the
evcltuiun of all other thoughts But, as she w.9£ g^ing alonff the
itreui, »hc WW coming towards her a fifiure whidi, e^eo with licr
«hort Bighl. the thonglit she recognised, ll was that of a man taller
than anyone else ihe knew, even than her brother, and ^^ho had
stooping Jiouldeis and a walk of lounging complacency — a walk as
of one who rather fancied that all the street belonged to hrni. When
thiA person canie neat he raked \\vb liat and made a bow of reeogni-
tioi^ to Maty, and then the poetess saw that »he wa& not wroiig in
%upv^^^i"t{ 'l^^l ^t was Mr. St- Paul- ITe was cvidendy going in the
difttlion of Minola's lodgings. A sudden thought fl^hcJ upon
Muy Btanchel's mind,
" Can it be Af ?" *ihe ihovtght "Ishould nevt-i have supposed
itich a tiling But he wa» veiy uticnli^c to heff certainly j and of
course he i^a m^tn of high family— not like poor Herbert, But 1
never should hase tlxoughl of him."
While Mary went her melancholy and meditative way, Mr. St.
^ul airived at Miui^ila^E door, :ind asiked to s^e her, addlnn^ ih'XL \\«
came Co take leave, and would not kee|j her long. TW ii;Vi"TiW.a as,
Uino/jViixtfn^^i^rdiTn ima^cnh^i awe and vcncmio^ tor ^V^, *^
i
Tht Gmlkman^i Afagasim,
Pail!. When he caU«l Lbcrv once befoieanil s*w MiiiofA,on the Jay
of ihe i]nlioI^t:wH]jai:t, Maiy, Tiavini^ heard of iheviiii, c<Ki1d nijtke^>
down ihe piiJ« fjfber htdttrbuC lei i>al the fact tli^it he wait a cIjWi
brulher Jn tliiit <|iiii:'t itjjion the brothers uf dtiles iire rarr vntiiom,
and it wai not liktly thai the fiict ariJ fonn of Mu* one i-OuUJ have
been forgotten- 'nieiefarc, even if Minob hivA laken the prw.iution
10 say that ihc would »« no one that diy, it b very douUlHf wheltcr
the ncrvanu would have understood this gcnerAt order to apply ^^
A duke's brother- Anyhow, it *fls intinuled h> Minola. in touts of
some awc« that the gentleman who aw a dukcS brother wanted very
particularly to st:e hcr-
Minulu w:is not in vpirits for enjoying the visits ufilukev, not Co
of ihe hroihers of dnkt5. But ^hc felt thai she really owtd some
^1« to Mr, St. Paul ; and she had []e^'e^ settj him iince the night
of the Keeton riot; and if he waareillygoiny awaj^n she did not ^Uh
him to go without z. H-ord of ;h.mks frrJm her It inny be toid, too,
that, in spite of all his defects and his odd wajs, Minola rather lifced*
hjm. There was ^ sort of reckless honesty about him ; and hin tall:
was not coinmonpbce. So iht? agreed i^i hetf him, not without a
dread that there might sHIl he iracL;^ ui' iht: soai» which had lat*l)'
betn in her eyes. " What doc^ \\ matter/' she a«kcd of hcnelT fai
scorn of her oati weaknesses, "even if be dots see? I suppose he
knows very well that women axe always in lenrs ;iIkiuI something.*
**Well, Miss Grey," he said as he eame in— and he seemed
positively to grow laller in the gathering dusk, like the getvic in che
story of Bedreddin Hassan — -"I haven't seen you since the night of
therow at Kteton. Wasn't it capital fun? The |>oeI ran away, I
hear: they say he never slopped until Eie readied l,ondon.'' Mi, St
Paul laughed his usual good-humoured lau^-h, and he held, as if un-
consciously, Minola's hand a momcni in his own- His inanner wm
never a love-maling one, and Minola hardly noticed this slight
famili^Lrity.
"Oh, there was no truth in all tliail" she ^rd hastily and ttot v^th->
out a half-smile, " Mr, Blanelictdid noticing of the ktnd; although,
like me, he does not lite noisy cirowda."
"Well, I kejit ray word, you see, Misa Cr^. I seni your man
la, in spite of them all/*
"You did indeed ; and I ought to feel very much obliged to you,
and I do feel oblij^d, Mr. St. Paul ; a1t}iouKh my conscience is still
sjidly dislrc^ised to know if I did anything very wrong in allowing ymi
to do jnyihing of the kind."
''Di/n'tyow mind that; it^ all right; it wfl« a much more
Miss Misanthrope
tiQiictt trick 1J1.-W fi^r ihi- dodjcci hf wliiOi d^rctions aic won, 1 cjtn
:tJtsiinf v<>i^' There at? jtivuys hlj(;(.-1« wjthin ^Ir'cIh in c^l-w a^ire,
}xiu tuot^, Vou lA'iTi- in >'uut ri^tuful yVx^.^ loo \ in ljII ibcbc tliliiKk
lbtfrt;is i(ur« tubca pctLkxut at ihc bottom. Il inj'ubl as well l>«
foo tu anyone else — as my viiier'in bw, f^ iiuuncv.**
" And you arc going away, Mr, 3l- Piul ? "
"I think 10 ; ycii. If thiiiffi <ton't lumotu as t w.mc ihcm tOn I
rIdII go away aj^^ini I Think, I don't ina ^\vx\ 1 want licrc : 1 have
done my duly ii^ ^ btx>lhcr, you Icnow. and kepi old Sho[>p:uid, iny
brother^ man, out of Kuetoii."
"Arc you jfiolntE back to Amtfrica ?"
" Jn the ifod, yes ; t uippoae «>. But not \\\^\ t\}\ the pre^ni.
J feci iiivlined tu dkv jt rvn thr^juijh Thibet. 1 arn ti^M by «otJte
Tdlowi thjit the y.ik is the moBi evtmonUnuTv cn^tur? ; and the
|9j»<:v liun'l Let;!^ used up- Vou scij. Miss Crijy, 1 hvve cnoi^ij^li of
Boney <]iie w.xy and another ; ind t am iadini^ to cunvull Etiy own
wJimih Quw 3 litde, Cotne, what ore you tmiling fit? *'
" 1 don't fed inclined to expldn, Mr, St. Paul'*
" I'll do it for you^yon imile lit^aLuwe you think £ never did con-
sult aJiy whimi- but my own ; is not thiii it ? "
" Ve«; if 1 muat give an anhv^ef) thitt »iu iu"
"Of course; J knew \v What 1 meiiu waA ttiAt I don't intend to
boihcTaT;y RiorejLihi now a1>0Ltt th« mjikin^ of money > Vm I do
panktdaily o^nt to be alloivvU to conmU th« wImiiib of KOini; ont?
besides niyvt-lf,"
" Indeed?'*
" ^'ou luy thjt B^ititicLLlly, 1 know. Vou don't lliink nnueh of ub
men, il »ecnii ; at leist, yuu nay you don't."
"Dovou,Mr. Sl Taul?-
"Do I wliat?*
" Think much of men ? "
" OH, no, 1^ Jove 2 If you come 10 tl^att I never said I did, noi
woDkcn cither. But we ;ill likt? to Uclievc, I ^^uppoipe, t]iai you
women tliink uii fine fcHouii and greatly i^duiJri: \\^ — ifiut l^ %hcn you
are youn^. Anyhow, I don't inean to di9ej«K the defefis of the
huaAn race with you just now, Miks Grey. I have conie for n
iHfevmt pur|>ose. But Avon't you sit down?"
She had not asked him to be i^a^Ied ; and it seemed like a miM
rebuke of her ldx:k of hospitality when Mr. St, P:lu1 now handed her
9. dbir. But he had no such tneaning. He wjs poiiiirely a little
crabondBed, and did not well know for a momc^nt how to get on.
Even Mioob notii:ed the fact» .ind tnade a good-natured attempt to
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help him out of his difficulty, greaily amoacd 10 And tlui he could
have any hesitation aboai Anything,
" Voii ^vcfc Huyin^' thai you wAnt 10 consutE socoebody'* whimi,
Mn Si. Paul?"
'*Vcu. 30 t was ; ihai'i what t havt comt: about I ihottld like
to be nllowcd to contiiU yuur whimn, Mi=s Grey.'*
*' That'i v«ry kind: bui I don't know that I hav< any whim ju^l
at present. VVIien there is another election comixig off nOTncwhcre.
then, indeed '
St, Pftul laughed. He was holding a chdr. He lumcd it uid
balanced it on two of its legs, and Oien Ic:tncd on ihc top of it wiA
both his hands in «i)ch a way that Minoh bc^an to be Afrnid i4
would give way under his bulky pre^Ljre ^nd send birn proittratc it
herfecr, The odd attitude seemed, lio we ve^ to give hmju little more
sclfpossesdon.
" Look here. Mis Grey; let's come to the pmaL Will you nunjr
tnc?"
He now let go the chair an<l stood upright, looking lUui^C at
her, or mthen down upon her.
Minola felt her breath taken away. She octuiUly started..
" Tbot's what 1 urn hi:re for. Miss Grey, To come to the point
at cncc, will you many me ? "
"To come 10 the pciint at once, Mr Si, Paul, I will noi "
** Why not?'" He [Hit liis hatids into bb jJOJ-tcW, and roolly
wailKl for an answer.
-■* But there are so many reasons "
** All right ; tell me some of them.''
" But really 1 don't know where to begin."
"Weiljusl think it o-eti lew wait. Mayl takeo aciil?"
"Oh.ye*; pmy be ncnted."
He sat (Quietly ncrtr her. >Iis mannci was now once mote petw
fecily assLireflt bu^ with all his odd roughnt'ss, perfectly resjjetifuL
" Now wc ran talk Ihc rnatlcr regularly out, like sensible peoj^ei,"
he itaid,
The iitiiAtion was new, to say the least of it. Minola beg.in to
be A little amused now ihat she had rccoTcred from the firil shock of
Iitr cmbarrasMi^ent ; jind she %iiw that with hiic h .1 ^%ooei i; would be
far the wisest policy To \.s\W the matlcT out as he had pTopoicd, So
lihe began lo rick her brain, not for rea»nns d^m^f aecepting the
pro^vosal, bnl fur the reason which ought prtJjierly lo cOnlc first
"To begin Airli. Mr. St. P.itil, 1 am iiol sure thai you aie in
earnest in such an offer."
Miss Mhanihropi, 28 1
"Oh, if thats aJt, ] can easily raisfiunr yon, I Am CQofeLindcdly
ID cimcit, MiM Gfty\ Aa you viy, J have ^cncrAlIy been 111 the
habit of plcn&ing niy.*clf more U^an other people 1 und ibc irutJi ii,
thit Doihmg on earth iMxniJtt pl(:uii: mr now half ho much Jtb (or yoii
I0 lake; me u 1 offer myic^f^ Uiit 1 think J ahouMn't make half zl
had hiuhuidp after oJl ; and honestly, do you know, 1 don^t believe
you would be wjrry in the end?"
■* tliU why Aa you vmnt M irurry mc? why not *omc oiher
womaii ^ why noi «>me one in yniir own rlns* f" "
" My rLiw? Fiddlc-dc-dcc ! whiitS my chsjt? I jim a. caitic
p^wrr from 'J>«a ^ I am a Iftnd ^tpcLulalof from t lahfornia- If I hid
been dcpendiTig on whai you c^W my cUfis. I shouldn't ba.ve enough
noTir to girc agiri brcnd and rhtcsc, to wy nothijigof her milhner'a hilL
I have plenty of moiicy, ihank* to myself. I'm the aon of my own
works; I'm the son of Marengo« aa what's'hia'naine^Na|>okon^
Mid."
"But Ihere are so many women whoni you must haxt met and
»ho wouW be niited to yoii lo much better- "
" I,ook here, >f isn Clrcy ; eiji ih.n I Vou ,itc rhc only girl I ever
*aw— I menu, of course, «nrc I was it boy^thnt I tare a red cent
for. There's somcfhing jhout you ihat olher giilji don't hnve, Vou
hAve no non^rnsf in you, noi jl hit! A man tiri^cE not fed a^tiameJ of
caring nhawX j^'"\ or tiying to ^ilciie you, I s.iw thjl long ^^o. you
wc 1 n-oinAii \o do a ninn wiiir Kf**>d. You arc; iiol sjxiired by
nocicty, and all that rot. 1 suppose you never were in society — what
Ihey cili loeiety— 'iti your life?"
" No, Mr SL Paul ; I never was, I never wa* in any home in
Ijondon but Mr. Money's ; I suppose thai isn't society ? "
" Well. :hcre it U, you lee, I like a girl who ii not just the same
pjLlLcm as every other gid. Ixjolc herd I don'l wy thai I ;im
aiadly in love with you in Ihat ienumcnUl way , I snjipose tliAi *iorl
of thin^doci 1101 last ik\ my lime of lile with a man who has knoiked
abont the worlcl as 1 have ; but 1 tXa hay thar you am the plpa^anTe^t
irnmnn 1 know, and the cleverest, and I'm bltc tlie beat ; and you
arc the only woman I would many."
" Hut [ Am afraid, Mr. St. Pai^l, that we like io hf loved in Ihni
RrmimenMl \f^y, we foolish girls, I tlon't ihink I could be quite
|>IcA*cd wilh anything clac ; and 1 am ];|;id ynu arif so raudni .i* tn
tell nic the wholu iruili." MinnU now thought ^ti saw a way of
^cttinj: i;ood'humoutcdiy out of the affair without seeming to take it
loo »criously-
^ Not j^i bit of it \ you uc not that sort ; you have too much
T^f Gt^fieman't Magastnr.
love before I wa» quite twenty years old — I wonder, ■rh.it ajj;r wew'
Uicn P— and 1 wiu wild to be allowcil to irrorry » poor girl \he
djiiighter of the fellow who uught me French, Dida^ 1 g«l iiiEo iL
nice row al tmmc? and ilic poo* gir^ ihcy huot*d hct out oJ th«
pl.icc — ni) ptoplc did — a* if ihe and her old fjthcr had been mad
dogv 1 dare «y my people were r^ji^hl enough in oppoftinji tijch a
mornnge ; I date %xy I thoiitd have been iirt^d of her long a^ ; but
if you wJint lentimrnUl Invr »nd ^o forth, lliat kv,u my time for it,
Itnd ih^it wu wh:iC il .til c^rne lu,"
'* Vou are glad now you did i»Ot nwrry her," MiQol^i said ; " j'Oci
mill Iht gf:ul Huinr lime that >ou did not mamy nie> I fill bv gene*
witiH to >oTi. Mr. Si Pjul i I will [101 (ake yoo at your word."
'^ Xo, no [ ihal'» all nonteiue ; you don't undavUnd, I only
told you a-bcut th;Ll lo sho^ you Iiow Uvat sort of Kciuiuicnul love ifl
DolIunK al all I know wh^t I a;n aboiti now : I koow my own
mind, it wt^uld bettine for me, by Jovtr I Yes; 1 know my own mmd>'
"So do I i and I tan'i acccjJt your offer, Mf. St. Voxil."
*' UtU yoii ha\r not loid int a titij^le Eta^tOii vet- ^"
" [ dor/l want to nuny ; 1 bad much rather renuin an 1 Jon, 1
am iiuL a f^vut acIiTiir«r of nivii in i^encral, and 1 think \ aun morv
likely to be hap]>y living as I do^— '*
" It you marry me," he said, "you Ruy live in iitiy pan of ihc
world you like, jnd ^vt^ sueei you like, and any way you like."
Miin^lik sin]l«J> ^' How }iap]iily yon would i^fcAfl your life," die
Mid, "living in (he west centre of London wi^ me and Mwy
Jllanchct ! "
" \VtlKifthe wandering fit come on me, and I HwHed a rush half
nrrohs the worli.K ani.l you did not tare to conii: too, you mi^bt picnic
your^lf, and remain heri.' wiih old MniyiiMtil 1 came back. I raihcT
like old Mary ; 1 met her a few moments ago "
" I fi;!at it would not do, Mr. St, P;mL"'
" You bet it would— i mean, I ajii tuiile sure yuu and I tould hit
it offadmii^Uyj if you'll only KJve us Ihe chance and tol iik try,"
"But if we tried it, and did not hil it ofF, what then?"
" I know W(- should ; I know it- A^id do you know, Mi» Grey,
I have ofieii thought that you rjlhet liked me — I doii'l rneom die
RL-ntimcnul tilling in love, and all liial: you arc loo »en«Lbl« a \pt\
for that ; and I'm not c;uu:tly tlie txtti of fellow 1o nmke a wdruui
feel in Out way — but I often dxoiighi ihat yooj lathcr likei! me, and
Kked ui Ii^lk Eo MI4T, and did not luok sx ine with horror a» if I wore a
«Ort of oiKtatt, don't you know ?*
Minolft sxir the Ricit virtue of being ftanli and outspoken with
ihii ilr^tnge lover.
*' Vou Arc naite ri^il^ Mr. Si, f riiL ; 1 did luther like you, and 1
do ftill I (lid IiIlc lo l^lk ^itli you, .teQiI 1 did nol fed any |)aitJcLjlAt
sbmi vlicn you twc^ ^■.^chJ rniHiKit to lo^lk 1u nic, [ Otiivicd LhaC
you liked to tilk to rnc "*
*' VuU couldn't well a^'Oid thinkinw thaC' he said «ilh a smiki
"for whenever I saw yon in tlit rumcr r>f ji room I made for yoti «t
once, r l^ked ycu Trgm the fini mun^eni t »jtw yau- Do yourr-
nembcT the day I lim ^nw you?"
'^ Oh. yes. Mr. St, Paul ; periecdy wdL"
"Coine, then; icl) mc somttlimg ahnut il"
** It »fl* ai Mr*. Money** one: d;*y- 1 was there in the dmwing*
fOOm, and you x:x£i\t; in u JLh Mi, Money, It id nol w long Ago that
] should furji^el iu" Minub hail oihvr (ncnioric*, too, lonncdcd with
the day wliti-h she did noL djitclo^:; Ilt Mn Si- Fin-ul, but which bmught
a funE colour into hvr cheeks,
" Vt5, yeb ; lliat waa the dAV. I bad seen one uTotd Mone/a
ddU:gh1er>~ihcygU]igerone< the girl llial iigoiiig to be ma/ried lo lh»l
yotmg fool licron— And when 1 canic inio ihc dfjiwing-Foom I
thought you were Lhi; other diu^hler ; itnd I &J:id to myself thLLtn by
Jovt, Moneys tlder diui^httr wiw wortli sk do«n oi" the oLhcr, ind
llwt I thuuldn'l bt half lorry if she would iHiUry me. 1 hadn't
sjjuken i\ word to you then. So, you hkg, \\. is nut ilh idea taluii up
on thtr vpur of the moment.*'
" I oin ^pjiitly obhgt?d to you, Mr- St, Paul "
He nude a dep(ei::it[ng ((ciCiue, Minola wenl on:
*'Aad I do feel indeed that you have paldtnea coniplimiml. jnd
le ene :in honour. But vill you talce me it my word, aiid believe
indeed, indeed. I nev<jr could accept your oflcr? It U out of
thtqutttioit Mr Se, Paul— J may speak out williymi?— if I werc-
tn Jote *Wl you, I would not ma-rry you ■■ ■ -"
"Why not?" he iisked a!moi;i vehemently. a£ he cortfronled her,
'* Well, because we are not the sore of people to be martied ; wi*
have such dificreni ways, rmd such diffcrcoi friends "
* By the wfiy/' he struck in, "that reminds mc— your speaking
about fticndfi — of something 1 wanted lo say; I am (,'tad 1 have
ihouflhl of u before you made up your mind. It's this —J hear you
have money, or hotisea, or something of iJiat kind. WelL don't you
tec* if you marry mc, you can (jivt it all> whatever it is, to old Mary
what's-her-namc. J don't n-ant a dulltir of it ; I have plenty ; so jUEt
ipJic that into account before you decide,"
The Gentleman* s Ma^asint.
** Thank ygu, Mr St- Paul- I fihfluld hAvc opprJcd >o«ne
roaity from yoii "
" It isn't tfvciy fello^tf would do it, take my word for ihat*'
" No, I suppose not ; if t gnve iinyonc ihc chuice- But 1 don'l
mcin lo do so, Mr- Sl Paul. If 1 wished to marry I don't icilly
knovi- il^at I shoultt refuse your offer. I am sure you would be more
grncroiJt ifiiui mo*l men, and I do like you^ hut, indeed, Ihe thing i«
out of llir <.]ueitirjn- Wc have no Ustei ot habit* in common ; and
you woiiJd be titcd of me vcTy soon,"
" Nul J. bti of It y wc have l^tct in common. I don't know imy
woman who *:^n [iEu1eriI,md a joke to well .L!i yon cin ; fthd you
don't a] ways suppose evecybody is in earnest, as women ^-eneraHydo.
MoHl women .nre so dreadfully *ienouv— don'f you know?— th*l I
find it a trial to talk to ihcm. Vou arc not like that."
"No," said Minoh quirtly ; " I don't inswl on people alway*
bcmg in etimcst ; and so I shan'i treat you as \i yon were in earnest
now,"
" But I !Lm in eirnebt ; and I XtW yoLi what. Miss Grey^ you must
be in (uune^t too- 1 must li:ive a sfiiouA, ddibcratc answer fnOTa
you- I tell you on my honour, and on my oath, if you will &llow
Joe, that you are ihe only girl m the world 1 would marrj' ■ and I
must be irtated hlto a man in earnest, and have a serious -mswer. "
^' I have ^ivQji you my aa&wer already^ Mr- St- Paul, 1 can't say
cuiythini^ more/'
'* Then you won't have me V he ftsked, taking hi& hat from the
tablu ou which he had laid it.
"No, Mr. St Paul,"
*'And this is 4.]uitu svrious and for the very last lime? — 9& the
children say : " and he held out one hand loi^-ards hern
She put her hand frankly into his,
" It la quire serious and for the very veiy lost time,"
She fell a strong grip on her hand, so strong th,ii it hurt her keenly
for The moment- But she did not wince ax make any auempi to
dntw the hand :iway. He released it in an iDSiacir.
" Well, ["m aorry," he said, " and that's nJI about it, I had hopes
that I might have persuaded you, don"i you knov??— not that I
thought a fine girl like you wa& likely to be in love with a fellow like
me ; but that I f^iKied you could do with mt^, on ihe whole, bettor
than wtih Bomu others, Vou sc-e, I tvas not too selftonteited in the
mjjtler» Miss Grey, Well, thnl's all over, and thenr's on end of it.
Guod-bye ; I dare say 1 shanH see you soon aj^ain. 1 sliall be off
:
1
Ait^s Misantkrop€<.
^Ifkodurnin round the vrf^rid. On ihi? whole, I don't iro Jinythiiig
tado ju«1 now/'
He VIA going. ■
'' T nm bOrry if I hAvc diHapjToinlnJ you ; 1 am Ihtleed," ah? Mid,
And held QUI hct hind to hjm jugain.
Ilieboid bhje«ycs »howcH n gTeam of a lol^cr light in ihcm.
"Oh,newr rijnd aboui mc, Mist iJrcy; I *hall comt all Tight,
you needn't fear I told yaw, yoTi know, ihfll I h^d ooillived Ihe j^e
when men break their hearts ; andn by Jove, n year «ro I thould
luvc vaid 1 h^d outlived the «gc when ] could aik any woman on
Ctflh io mairy nie- Bui I'll <;mnc all right ; and I forgive you " Lie
added with a laugh , " although ai my umc of life wc doo'i like lo
make ftooK of ourselves before women. Good-bye. If ynu are in
London when I come here iiexl, I'l] look yOu up \ and if you want
ftnythuig done then in the electionefring way, I'm your man- — -
HuBo! here't old Maiy back : 1 ^w herpi»in^ Ihe window. Good
laomlng. Mis* Grey ; good morning."
He nodded in his old, familial, eaiy way,and was out ofihc room
somehow before Mar)' Ulanchct fiot into it Minok hArdly saw how
he got away. There w-ti .in odd moiitufe in her eyes and !i Shim-
uift^ in hcf bcjul which made %\ h.^rd for her all :l1 uvx^ to iaCl into
talk «ith little Mary.
(7^ U £Otttiitutti.)
T/U G^tUbmans Magasine.
BASQUE AND OTHER LEGENDS.
THI' lUniun ire Jin ancient people, the remnHiJit of a ihcc once
fDudi more u-tdely ipreivd- Tlic^ htvc some itrangly mailccd
LluinclCTiiviics of their ovn j and a nngular Uoj^uagCj which jLttiACE*
by iHc J"y«cfy lurmimding it — a« ihe Celtic id long Atlncivd^Ehf:
9)>ca)lAiion« nf ihc furiauit Aiid which ^ilill^ mn^l people ihink, ftwuis
aome l^tm Kcnu Eo unbe iu knot I'hc trtdiTioit!! of iocIia nee
might be rxpccteil 10 h^vc fcaiures Of pecuh*t (ntrreai : "hert,** *
recent wntrr (Mi. WebucT^j reinArk*, '' ihcrc k a eh:tJif< of fitidiaf
Icgciii)^ 1" ft purer and older form thAn nmong Any otI»ct Kuropcui
peoplr." Ifwc cxccpi itomt Lc^girnds published by Fr^uusquc Mkhcl,
.nlmoBt nothing «ccm» (o hitvc been known of Buque iradilioct
pre iHaiis 10 the puhlicfltion in 1875-76 of M- Ca-qnflnd'i Ijgen^i et
J^ttirt t'o^ultrim Jit F-iys lidjpte — a work which that wiiur ii iw>w
about 10 supplemcni Uy another of \\\c character The new cnUer^Uoa
in KngUnh, Irom which wc havejiial qooli'd, wi^rai to us 10 havcctin-
■iderabb v^Uicon stvcrfil aocouutsa-j widening thi? field of com paj-ihon
in thi^ kind t>riitCfaiure ; as showiuf^ whal soh of legend* iire current
in Hiscay ; and still n)o:c for what may ht calted \K% negHHve evidence,
fiK indicating to a ccrtaifi enieot whal isz/ff/tobcfoiindiniheiRidihon
of a people which acholare ^einzrally agree; to rKelndc rrftni ihe family
of nations known as .'Vryan. Some of the stories alwi fiffcr rnythu-
logical fragments, imd eiuunples of supcRliticms beliefs, of ^-rcater
Ic-^ value Yet, Fifter eaying so much, one must a^dd that th« u1
hardly pos&e&s the interest and novelty that might have been expected
from surh a tourctr, lnste:id of r<zw tradidona differing widely ftom
those of the rvst of E^iroi^e^ ihe great proportion turn out 10 be very
familiar stories, api>eanng in one form or other in all the wetl-known
European collecdone. Some, we Bhall presently sec, arc borroi^*d
from the French, and e^en from ihe fanciful later Contcs dea Ftc^ in
which old simple legcnde appear in masquerade. Others, a» in the
section of Mr. Webster's book headed the HcrenSuge, orscven-
hcnidcd icTpcnt, du wejf some native features, but r.i^ic and i\U
» Si^^t,^ U^Miii. ColJcciel, chiefly lo lUUbtmrJ, by ihtKe^'. W, Webster,
London, iSj7,
.
ffasftt^ and Oikfr L^^ids.
dcfioed. Ludy, ihu itorin, u fitorics, lobv much (though or course
the hul^ of ihc work inconveniently reduced) by being mor^tly prc^ntod
1b an curcRicly tyncopiLCcd form. They arc oficn mere: palcouilincsof
popttUr u1c», tvKilc the bctt of chuix is a grcii diDp frgm iiurh narrii.
fives as, »)-, Crokcr'a Legend of ItotTli; HtU, or ibomc of the None
laid tranAlitcd by Dr. Dascnv
Wc may jjftfb on to ^y^ word or two on n few of the more tmcr-
eating of thf Ic^cnda ihomeelve^ y)\t anti<|uicy nnd the curioun
aigniliontt of ;>opulAr ud«» ue illu&iratcd here, as in all simiUr ^xiU
lectonfl. One findft rtorios about destiny w^hidiluvcallbmrcriainly
travclicd lo Biscay froai the bcnka of the Gangei or Indtm ; " Jiuin
DdEOs" is, if wc adopt ihc cdkor^i ingenious conjecture, a B,i»<iuc
iramformniion of Jean d'Kcossc. a talc which he coi^Kidcn lo hnve
pavdicd to BtscAy from ihcKc Jslondt. by way of France : in another
place occuTK the imdmi Cinderella tiory, told hf Sirobo of QurcD
RhodopuofEg}'pt. The Buqucvcraonbcnn about Ltm^nytokcniof
itiJ;rcnch ori|pn, especially in ihcher^cV nunc*, Ai^s-fikinand Qr^»
IctDA'Klouflc. The fonucT is of cijune acninslaiion of Pt^U'd'Ane,
vhich scents to designate one and ihc ^nmc pctionn^ittt witl: Cendrillon ;
And " iJrof k-nmndouflc " is cJiplflincd to mean "Beiten-withllie-
slippei," the lo&i part of the compoLind being con-upied from /'ifQ'
A^^ Chatlc^ Fenault's " p«ntoullu dc i^errc" U Sy some ^uppriKt^l
lobe iiwlf a conuplion of "pamo^iflt-dc tfffr"— so ikit thrrNh|.j>ci
would not be ^ItiH at alli but vatr or squirrtl fur, oner miif li won^^
but no* OMnilUr rhidly nt. jin henddic th«|ce. However thit may
bCi popular lAditicm does, no doubtt often ttrangcly alter nAmcv,
cipeciaUy proper numcs, and ixinfound diMtinci pcnfmaget oiid iu-
ckknbt For e^impk', Grcgotiua on the Kork, whose hittory whn a
bvouritie mediKval vaI?, 1>C{:omcs the " Cnvoliu " of the fl5lh kA the
Si^ora l^nra Gon^cnbarhV Siciliaft tj^gends; and the hoimt
Rommi of the llorgo or TrAilcvcre Tn(k of Bernini's elcpfiaiit in the
Pia^ui ddla Mincrvi- which they confound wilh Uic Wulf of the
Cafalol, Ji "the porfo thai nuricd the tuo liu!<^ cmpcror*i/"» The
naio pfiople. who yet retain a vcncraiion for the I-atin IjuiRuage, and
in ntiny n«(CA would iieem to suppose ihcmiclves to irnder^tand it,
0/ abont i^mr very ohsnirc matter, '' )c inmorcdi^mlt Ihrin the
imitniliiitiuji bf kuutr^ a mm? ]tr,Tyipj> li' tLhi.- mipiMi: ilii- fm" of Llic 'MoH in
tin oihfp A tiMf oi kwiOd fi;jufdlD the [tii;ejx[iir jr uliuimLi of i\\x Ibund^I^uijj ^r
iiiMTCimdi*n i>]ic-^vin Ibc lEoi^ uf the vncm 4jf Vininflui, m NuiitDni.|rL>ini
by SimlU. S«>* III D-Tiu-I^ id nnvixaaX viliii^ Aiid inltml on Stifi Sairn/li J» M/
jtp4«fi Z^iiatef in Uw Art'ii;filf(c Xfi^fw for iSrf.
I
Th$ GmtUmans A/qga^m*
hviil or D:(vJd with thcSrbyl" H?r<^ ihe altuflloa U 10 tht
ver>e of ihv Dift Irn- 'I'h^l ivmafkJible liymii be^ini»
IDka Irv, Ai^ UIu.
Solvf t <scliLm in fitvtUt,
ThIc ImvM cum ^>by]l«>
Tbc -[ay of wntb, ih)i dmrlful <1iy,
bbnll Ehe world in fl>b» Uy,
At Jtevid Ahd the S'V7*' 'fy ■
as Roicommon imn^tatcd il, }?iit trtir (h witncftft} ftwnri (o thc
Tnitcvtiini to be plainly ont word will-i j!///fl, ind hence their
not unniUuTil bcwildennent it this tefereiice lo ihe Pjalroivt't head,
Wc m*y idd one other nolewgrOiy instance in whjcbn i* b the
Basque Cinderella iaIc. vre may dearly trace th* hiitofy of tradition
by the iniemal evidence it presents. Mori people hare heard of
that famou* Teiilonic joker, KiiJenspiegel, Tyli llowlet^asi, whose
once nimble hones, u Mr. Cjrlj-lc called Ihem, are Mtd lo have kin
ftl reit in Molien churchyard^ near Lubeck, **incc ihe year 1350.
One wouJd hardly expccl to (ind Tyll turning up in Ircbnd ; yei the
pfcscni writer has fc»und pretty ckor traces of him in the traditions
Df ihc connty of Limerick, where he figures fli mrc UUa, whoac
t:onfcOTon— lilce that of hi* prototype — ia yet a favourite tale ; and
forty ycare ago Mr. Thomn pomiod oiil that ihe Mme wA^iih
knave wns the original of the tM/£,yW of other traditions cuireni
in the same neighbourhood. 11^c c*planation \% however not far lo
«ek i for thcw tale* citculaic in a [larl of IteUnd where a number of
German ictilcr? front the Palaiidflte were imjjortcd, who, as com-
jiionty happcuN in such eauo^, brought tlidr native traditions with
them. According 10 one of Ihc IaJcs of these " t'alatincs " given by
Mr- Thoiin^;, there waii once ^ man xvho was married to a wuman
whom he wi^pccied of being u witch. Determined 10 Mtiify hi*
mind on the pomt, he be^an counting all hi* money before her, and
in answer to her enquiry a% to whflt he meant 10 do with so much
moncv, he i/iid thnr he had long wished to iiim soreerer, and
was flbmit lo pay old Nanny l^rethow in Icraeh him, Hi» upoosc
replied ihflt he might save hi* purse, since x/u. coitld instnirr him u
well a* old Nanny. At midiiieht she bade him follow her into the
gflidcn. They aiood oppt^sitc to each OThcr, his left leg tnurhing
hers, and the y-Mt, who hnd Ihc pitchfork in her left hand, held it aJoft
and sard, *'l deny all things holy, ind what Ik before me I strike."
With thew word^* nht siruch (he fork into Jhe groimd. She then
handed it to her husband, and hade him do just what she had rfone.
" Am 1 to fiay the siimc vords f* " In: asked. " Vcs, the very sune."
J
Basque and Oiksr Legends. aSg
H« lictd tip llic fork^ »nd «<:]AJnim^, *' \ acLnowIcUgc all tliingi
ho}y, jnd ivlui vi before iiT 1 faLrikt;," hi- ^tunl: (h? fork int9 lif^r head.
^r^i kitlciJ }tcr' Nowj this veiytnlt l& luld iiithe Otknwald gfHcKH:
jn;t. Ii ^^s howcivr, lo the miOdL^n that the witch liroiight her
hiubuiU, u^U hiic said,
Anl Jhiu Chrlil 1 Ja tlluiwn"'
ttid lie, miking her dovvci at the lEnpious wordA,* never io rue Si^in.
Wc need not dwell on ^ut-h Basque ulcs a* '' The Seipeni in the
Wood," 'ihich is but \ tnmcated version of the AgenaJte Peau-d'-Ane,
ag given hy M, Bladi? in his Ceniet Populatu^ rfcutiUh tn Agmaii,
publuhrd t^t'O ycfjr^ a^o ; <Jr " Emu tlic Madman," whicli appears in
Grtnini (The (Jiiuit and the Biavt Liule Tailor) and in many a
collection b«id(^. So in Ihc 5(ory of " The Taitaro -ind Peiil Pcrro-
i^uct '" wc h:Lve Ihe yiant ciyifig oii(, "" My son snidis the smdl of a
Climtlan a Icsigue off," as in tht.' fatniliaf English tiurs^iy vtory. Thtf
incident tsaTiij round in lush, Ru'asiLtn, and l^^txoji popular tales. "Ich
ricche Men*"'liirn|lci'irh f '* Ihc Devil oiei out, in one of the Austrian
Kinttft^ and iliUt^mitnhfn^ pulibshed at Vicirna in 1864 by Vcf-
nalckcn, who nolei thai there wais an ancient pJig-i" behef as lo the
wnell of liTiin-ni flesh. Tlic nHmc Pelil Pcm'iquei, Jind Jhe Petit
Voige (Gei>r5e) of a Tfjirml irnnicdizjlely rollowinit, Miffiirienlly tnaik
the Piendi ongm of lliese two florin. In "Athena the to*,'*
Rcynani promiics to lell a Biacayan fcrrymflai three trtitha tf he will
fetry hirn over the river. The man agree*!, and the fox solemnly aay*,
" People lay th>ii nuize bread i.i as ^xiA a^i v^heaten breatL That ii
a Ulichood. VVhe.itcn breiid is better. That is one truth." 'I'hc
lecond mjih ?fcas that ihe day is cleaner than the mghi ; though on a
bright niftM people will lay. It is juat as tlcJt as the day. He told
ihe third iri^ih as the boat wais n earing the hank- The ferryman's
tmw^eoi, the U>x said, were bad, but they would get worse unlcsa he
gcil more Troni others than kf intended to give htm. So baying, he
tprang ashore- It i* prol>able that Oriental beards have beeii set:
a^waggini^ hy this spologne also. It ocnirs m Ide fireirfc spiritimi
romance of Bailaam and JosaphaT^ writlen bySaint John DamaKcnus
' i#y* **rf Lfgfmii pf Vetin^ Hiti^ni! Itiiimd- By Wllliim J* Thowfc
London, 1S34.
' " Ich nJche hier auf itiocrn Mi*r,
Urn] verlkdifiw miKni Hctni Jems CliriiU"
— " Und icb ■dilafi' todt wu dc« Tcufdt bt,'^
—HevUclU SajF"- lly J- W, Wolf, Cutlinjftn ondLoipug, ISSJ, No, 105,
vol- CCXLX HUh I7l^ti IT
1
i
290
7^ CeniUman's Magasins.
in Ihe eighth ccniury, anJ avp*^'* "> >i>*"y ttxlUknown
coUectioitft of UtcT ^\t^. It ic uiuilV iLUi^tfvt^ ^i m^tiiingiltf, or
Komc other bird, which hATg^K Xq irapurt the fccrvU jia Uw pricv ^
IIE release. I^<dptc givci ao Englit^h vcnion of the UU, under Uk
title of The Chorlc and ihc Byrd,
Mr. Webitcr has nx ulcs ahoui the Bou-Jiijii* the Boti-Andn^
and lliv Laiiuj^^ik, three kinds of (jctjigi who o&en 6gurc in fijoquc
6torte&, I^Ltl fibout whom the tnfomuuoo is icaiity wd vrnguc. The
lirKi i& *' a kind of ut)iT, ut faun* a wood-ipntc," md die Bua-Andrc
U a \VcKHlAVoiiian, Tht-ie iv a \-aluabIc snidj- of Llie Lmdred Foreci-
S|jint& of the North' £11 roiJi^^n peoples in i wo rtcenl Germaci volumes,'
and 1^ thf linlil iiflutdtd by Ihcrn we may s.tfely tecogniie in (he Baa«-
J4ua one of (he Tfce-Men o( Wild-Meo of vanoixs old mythologies.
Basa-Andie is hts v^Fe i and in londy mountaiti disuiet* iXvc \%
ilonally seen by the wondering countiynun comlivng out litr
htiir with a^ t^omb of K^Id. Slic^ouM ihusappciiaf Lobe tiomclimi'i
cotifuundtnl wjtii thf.' MtrtuaJd, ;itid. iti point uf fatt, llivic are IvKcndi
of die ^ca-wumcn of u^her eounirici In w}]ieEi divftv beiti^ft P^^y -^
pan in some cu^x taken by the women of the furcst Such aie the
stories wbere ilie Memuid 3pr>eajs as tevcjling some medicuul
secret to men. The Mttldyyon Mjiddvai, renowned tu Welsh
l>o|mUT tradi^ioji, 1c:triTed their Iccchcraft of ttidc jnerinaid tuodtcr;
and-the deottislk Metiuaid told a cure ion coQi^umptioQ in the words,
Wid [livy tju! dfink nrttlfli (n Mojcti
.\nd muj^^iiu^ m -M<Ly.
W9<liia ^rg Till dny.
Now, lit many German legends ii is ihc Tree-Woman who freely
communicAtcs, or b cTisiisLrtd into TrllLtif;, the remedy a^init some
(]Js<.M«e. Once in timcof po^tilcnce the tlolzfrauldn came out of the
forcAt and ^aid,
IJit BirLicllfn und l^nlilriiuii
Vtrcriin cut and buEiirl-nKit ;
n^he Trce-Dwajf in the Gn\ons however «v;ia ofA Icm conuninu-
pallvc nature. \Vhen the [ilngne waa fflgin^ Thcf r, and sweeping off the
populanoti m gTCH\t nnmhcrs, it vjs iiolefl th^t no Tree-Wornen or
Ttcc' Mannikina died, JTid the i.ovnitry |)eopIetiime to the c^ncluiion
that the ^Mld'l'eoj'k nTUsi know a remedy. 'I'his ;i nihin reiulvcd to
,«it«/H Jty AVJIheljD Mftiihhaidc, Berlin, 1875-77- '
^ur
Basque and Ot/t^ Lfg^ds. 391
lom by rt li^rk from \ Trcp-i*wiMl «hcHi» ln' wrll Itncw to daily
Fcpait IQ a ccTtftin boUow alonv. rlis^jUyin^ ha hxiiy u^mzs^ in ihc
vunabinV' Filling the lioUuw wtlJi ^uod VaJte'lhria tvinc, tJicr country-
mBUKbew to K distance jiniJ h^d lumsrlf. H? li.td nL:>t n^tccl tonft
when h« >aw ihc hlllc Wild Mirn rcimr tip lo thc! r;ii'uurilc >poL He
ibowed iht gtcilcsi tok«Ti» of aii<^m<ihni<^rii when he founif ihr «Lonc
filled KTTih 4 atrLngc .HpHnkling ^otF; ri>okeii al it lon^ witli h\f, hcul
cm one »idc, inrf finally raised hii fore nngcr and cried, " No, you
orencftdi not mc!" {AWw. rfw ^bt-rhtrntiisi n^kA nititi). For all
due, he bene hU pug noie over- the wine, ind at tait ht&itxl ll 1'he
end of it wai Ihai he dntmed alt the lirjuot in theholLi>wof the^ioiie,
Uid grjidiially gcrt ti^ellnu ^nd (alk^live- When lii: bcgitn to chatter,
out CirK* thr <m.intrymiit) rrom hi^ hiding' pUcre, and a&ked nrlintt wa^i
good agfttnti the pl^iguct ''I kxiow it well," the ManDtkin uid,
^' Boftf'uxirl ' and PitfipemH ; butj" he added Irnowingly, " I'm not
going to Icll It you." People after this began to u*c the boar-wori
nnd the bumet, and nnhndy tisc dted of (he ]ic*ti1ciitir. It is easier
to undersittrid why ihe TftcJ'^Mfilf should ki^c i\v- kIl0^vJcdgc
of tlie virtues of pUnI and tree than why^ mch knowledge should be
attributed lo the Mermaid.
The iJdafjue Ijniiftak ate eonnccted by Mr, WebiEer,and by some
of hi* twiev^cis, with Ihe" yairio," Sui&eUtler va^c cuphuivfiu^
ntiich would seem lo have primarily been used for Ibc Spiris* uf the
Jj^aiid, covert vuiom k-indi of spirilti'i] bdiigh m niudem jiopiibr
icf^HiUer-iipirits, foresl'^pidU, fjtc-demon5, jnd many niote, To
rfelve« it A^em«i ptobable ihAl tlic J^minak, ^vhoAe dweUin^t arc
Bublemnir^n^.-Lnil who appear of diminutive Aire, -ind ^ {\vi po^tcJtuis
of bidden iTL'.'iiiirir, ^tniwcr lo ihc f^eiman ca^lh^^wa^f5 ,ind the iriih
JL^^ffr/ifin. no* Liiprarhim, literally " Liul<^- bodies"
TItcButiiyna story of "TlicPrrlty but Idle Girl," nhidi turns
mi tibc heroioe'v remcmbc^rifi;L: ^ wju hV iiLirue. n a diilgTEcd version
ofGriiiim'»"Rumpei*ii[ic:hcn ' flndChnnibcn'sWhiippUy Stootic; —
J^Ulf keni my (ttma m huno
The present nritcr hu heard the- aanie lalii^ or p^rt of it, in Donegal,
where a woman spinning within a rock is overheard crooning to her-
lelf, *'Thc woman of the house little knows that my name's Tridpaigh-
Traipigh." There is a trxdition more ani-'icni in fomi of King Olif
of Norway oitd the Giiini, where the liiitct petsonuge repbices ihc
w[h;h of the other stories. He had built a wonderful church for Olaf,
but ll\c condition wa£ that he ishoald have for p;iynic^nx *^c swn &vv^
* Either jomfttfrirttood or curltne i^hisUc,
292 TA^ GenU^nan's Ma^aane,
moon, 01 the King hlmwAii »nd dvc monarch, w ihc time drew
for the completion of th« coQitact. woi gicaily iroubtcil in mjfl!
Wjndurin^' cli»consohte over bill and dole, he suddenly heard a chiid
cjying within a hill, and a (giantess soothing it w"ith the wotdl^ HuA J
Hushl To morrow WiNUAjju Wt:j.THER,yoiirfiilhcr,willconoehoiiie,
and bring with him the «un and ihe moon, or $L Olaf hiniKlT.
*' Dclighictl with thitdiiicotcryf for with ihename of the evil Bpirit one
can dcscioy his power), Olaf lumcd and went home. The «ork was
^nished^cvcn to dip point of the fipire. Then uid Olaf, MVmd'anrf-
Wcicher ; you have *et ihc spire awry," At the word, down fdl Ihe
guiDi with a horrible ctttsh from the roof-ridge of the church, and hrohe
into a great many picf f** and ever}' piece a flint atone. " ' litic ihe
name of the giant plainly sho^vs his ^IcmeniaL characler ; and Whtip.
pity&Loorie, too, may have been originally but a pcrsonificittion «r
wi;id and stoim, for Chamber B^gjciously conjcciurcd thjt (he njime
is <,omic*:lcd with " the notion that fairies were always in the vrhirii
of du5t[s!oor] occasioned by the :md on roads and in streets.'''
These are but two out of many instances in which evidence of the
original mytholosical basis o{ iwpubr taJc* survivca in the namei
which occur in iliem- A Tyrolese fanner ivas once coming hotT>e
from Imsier market over the Pillerberg. He had got into the Bina
Wild, whciii as he plodded along, the yoke of the oxen which he had
sold liani^ing over his shoiildei, h? heard on a siaddcn some ln\td,
strange vuitx ftom the midst of ihe fbrc^l crying out. •' yoiLC-cjjncf,
Yoke'Carriur. say to Stumpyc^i that Hi^jhUark is dead 1" Then alt
was still cigaia Greatly nilarmed, the man hurried on, and on at
length reaching his ovi'ii house ht- toid his strange adventure to hii
wife and the servant ni:iid who sat opposite. When he got to the
wordSf **Sa6 der Stuukat^e die Hochrinde sei todt," up kupcd the
maid, screaming "Mymoiher! Mymoiherl" and nishcd out into
the forest- She '^as not ^een after ; but the news soon spread thai
Snit/kat;e hjd now laken up her ibode in the Bannwald, and was
sedulously following th? business of her late mother, stealing children
and devonring them. This is a typical example of a numerous «la9a
of lugendfi in most of whidi the Jrapuuij //rs^nte arc «ki4; —
Jobftiij RpM ! JoKnny Rod I
1411 Madam Motnfori
Th4l M.-illy riwin'mlf*^
is the meraaje in a well-known English nuraeiy lale. There sceniA
^ Cilsd Vy Kelly Tnmi Griinm. CntworiFus ff /tf^£Mitftam Thtrtn"i» oW
■ /y^^ar fikym/i o/ iitoefanJ (cfi^tion of )8^|. p. 74, not&
fftrs^u^ und cihr L^^irnds.
293
lobe liiilcdoubi ihit MAimhArdt'4 itiT^Tprct^tion of Micw aiorics—
vhkh \a nuinl)' 1»«cd on the i-h/inctCT of the namos in Ihcm -la
concct; md that, in many cakc^ at kjiit, ihcy urigiiviJty rcljited to
'rp«-»piril5. Aljwnbury, iifho gives thf 'I'yrokw \a\k rjjirr.uod iibovc,
hu another, ^hich, if authentic, goe« fur to t^vuMi^Ei this rondiiAion-
T«ro lU^D. vrhoflC buaincM led thr;m thioii^ tlic akirld of the 3Qci«rvc
bmuaicd forest of Urm^nlh^l, whartn temf trc^s futd iatdy brCH /fUfd,
ftorn nih:ckniinim|jiTiouftVoicc. "Tcll5ium|jyfir tUiil RoojEh-
is fdk"<5 iind dcaci/' They toM what thoy ^i:iird to ti ccitiin
farmer, n-ho, ui it h-iiJpentrd, had i^ncc found in the wood Et litlk
fcnulc child, lu bodv all t:ovcfrd from hc-id co foot with 9mir, h;td
bixiu^ht il honif, ;iiiU li;id iitterwiirds iiLLtdc uf the yLjuii|{ Wuod-
^VomuTi d %rrvant» the iK-^t in Ihr fm? iL Thii girl hcaid m the next
room the vordi of the tuvo men, fell tti once to loudly lomenimg,
nifthed out into the wdd, ^md tievct wa<t xeeti again.
'Hiere it a B^tijue icory in which ^ poi^ fellow dceejjtt w^lth on
cxmdition of hi« Idling the -ige of the Devil by a ccTuin dny. By
Kit wifc'« ^dm.e the ni4n cr>iwh tir^t into ^ barrel of honey And Lhcn
into a lififrvl uf fcatlKt*, ainl when (htj Devil flpjx-Jtfc he ^uc* ruund
him on Jill fjuit. I'hv iiAtoiiiihed demon tiiet th;it he iii nuw such
aod luclj an age, bui [ic never saw a bt;ist like this beforv. There Is
a well-known lii>h Ktory related to this, whete, however, a wbtned
changeling En the plnte of a toiuger'i healthy child la astonished by
tiie brewing vf biret ftom etTtthells 1 —
ThoLigh T am x% *M at the iJilnT tifw^
A l^rBurcry of fo^livllc I ficvtf lurfort rfid nk
VThen Wuotan'fi UMd Hoat» nko, kavcs one of th^ hounds br^hind,
an llQwelcomc guest in nonie Cicnmn collage, it can only be got rid
of by the «amc brew. It watches it intently, and miitlering at lAit,
Though nnw I am u cX'\ na xhc old Jjnhcmi/in vrold»
Vot thr hkf of eIiia, l h-ociv. in my Jifc 1 ne'er kivc seen.
it ^nflln out of tlic door. Mr, ^ebsler'i hnok rndiides another
CtW* "The WJtchei 3\ the Sabbat," in parf of which ra:iy be in,idp
Out the '^hl ^Inry oi thL' Two Hunchluck.s, i.mc af whnm cibligr^ Iho
taOOd People, n-nd is by them cured of hta deri>rmity, ^^hilc ihe othrf,
having the ilbhitk 10 offend thtiti, fjets hLs fiiendS hump in .iddttion
to his own. The kgcnd occur* in many jKirt^ ot" Western Kumpe,^
and, what \\ stronger, it may be roc:ogm<ied in one of Mr, Mitfoni^i
■ A y'\*:aMA ventan is to t<c foiin Jia At^tuAittt (on cKecLlcni ocw Krcjich periodicid
ilcTutel tu f^k'Luc} (or UjuUi 5.
Thf GtntUmnnt Mttgatiar.
'*Taics of Old Japan/' whcTf, hoTvever, wtns lake ihc place of the
tmmps. " Laur-Crnitofti" is 4 Biiwiuc variation of the old talc, the
tutaa of ShftkcspcAfc's CymitUrtft and o^ctirHng also tn liic Deci-
tncron> of a Tiuhbaritl *hi> lose* a foolish wager, and turn* xwxy hit
wife ihroiiKh an idfoti knave getting poiacisidn of her irinkctt, and
producing Ihcm as evidence of her infidelity, " The iJupwl Priew,"
aghiMi, whcTf? M prievi is tiickcd into believing in fl flfiele of fiTirep
bencjth the water, and fififlll/ ?jhovcd in to scclt them, in a tmg-
iTient-ify veraion of imolhcr old and favourite story, which in a l*ilin
metrical dress, and imdcr the name of Uniboa, ai^pcars in Gctmany
in ihe elevenrh or twelfth ccntufy, jnd oceura in Ireland in two fonaij
one of wjiich, '* Liitlc Fnirfy," is given byl^vcr. The last section ef
these I5asc]uc legends contains the '' Religiotas Talca" One of the
more rcm^rlEflHe is "The Saintly Orphan Girl" an ewamplc of ■
singular Hass of nanatives which .T|tpareQtly have for their purpose
10 reconcile die incvitahlc fulfilntcoi of destiny -ft-ilh ihc mercy ol
God.
Scvcial legends hiivc fl plainly m^ihobgieal bnnis, And this the
editor atccmpta in some places to irrorprttp Such an investigation h
ill gcncT^ rcfilly a diiricidc inaltcr, needing n^uch more Cjiulion and
patience than the int^:rpTetaiion of mj'ths like thai of Hcrmc*, tty,
or Achilles, or Hestia, which ^'c have in a fonn between two and
three thous,n\d years old. To have a chance of being niccesstbl,
the inhptiry needs to be conducted from ?ievenil starting-points, and
cspcdally by ihc aid of e^ttended comparison, and of philology.
The meiJiod of Mr, Wchstefj iiho does not avail liinLwlf of these
insitumenis, may be illustrjiicd from a passiige where, speatiijgof Ibc
incident of a. bride tvnd hfidcgrooni dressing each other, as they aiv
said to do in one of the tales, he iv&ks, "Could anything tell more
quttinily of th^^ ninrringe of the sun and dawn?— the sun decking the
morning cloudii with his light and beauty, and ihey jguln rolling him
in their ^oft and t^tider colouring,*' So he has no hesitniion in seeing
1 solar allegory (for he does not agree in the view of M. Bnfal that a
myth is an explanation) in ihe Taruro, "a huge one-eyed giant.
occasionally a cunnibaV who c;on'jtiiutes one of the disiinctivc fea-
tures of Baanue tndilioii, "The CycIopK myth/' he says, "i> an
occidental and nol an orienLj] one, u-iid is more strictly loe^ilised than
almost any other. This may be accounted for by wying thai the
6un's great fiery eye is rathf^r that of the sttiing than of the rising
suii i thm the red hot stake is the ruddy tnouniain peak, or the tall
Jlr tmiik, sctn ogainKt the western hotixon, and iUumbed liy hiA
descending r^yn/' And he goea on ua remMV. ^cax^^cJii, " the nio«
^
Sasqus and Other Legends* 295
cuterly hxbiLxtiQn of ibv B;i!;qucK ^'itliin historic umc^,^ is also ihe
abode of iht CytlopH of Thcocrilus and Ovid ; .md w fluggesi ihjii
the lalic mccis in M^i^nA Crnscia .ind SlcUy may h:iw borrowed fnjm
Ihe Basfines ihcJr special form of thU legend. Now ihe reader ia
leinptcd 10 exclaim— to Hoiirl Quntrc did of King Agesii:iU3 of
Sfuru — thsu he hae bcird of this sun-eye ber<>n^ ^Vilhelm Gnmm
wu ihe AriiE, xrt; btflivvci lo so unOei^iuittJ- tlic bt-L^in^ orb in the
Cyclops' forehvad, und to see i» ihcve giimU j whole ii^ion uf sunSn
But |;reai pro^TfifE hjs bi«-L'ii rnoJi; iji iho irii^n^reLidon of [iiyihs
>incc Grimm's Sa^ vi?n fWy/A^'j was wntitiu^ :iud the more recen!
learned and kboHous Gennoa ^cbolar already referred to above
tbowv weighty reaion for distrusting this explanation of the myth in
qncstJoti- Maziuhardi's view i:^ tli^il ilie Kyklop!^ V'W primarily a
bctug of ttie whHwin J jjid the thimdctstonn (i!it mimcii of ihe three
Cyclopes io Hcsiod— BfoQEci* Sieropes, and Aryes— coantct iheiu
■ith electiicjd ph^^omena);^ thai this peraijmlit'atiun i& dose akin 10
tiut of the whirlwind in totnt myiht ;ind Itgends us >i Ficty Wheel ;
and that light is thrown on ilic Creek myih by the [nodern Gernuui bc-
lid^ reported by Schonwerih from the Upper Palatinate, chat if 3 man
C3SU ^ Iini^e itilu the uhtrUtnd he iii:'y (of I'ut M/n^ vf die tleoion
who iit« Hjihin lU and «tup the florin, As the Hellenic Kyklijpg
CttEQO 10 be eonneeted with die fire-^od Heplui&Loai die flaming
Ibvehead eye:£ppcjr:j iu ordinary European tradition as a diaracter-
inicof fire demons; and we get an obvioufl reason for the association
of a race of giant fire-sxniths Mlh Sicily— Dante's kfond of Fire,
riwfa del Fuoco. Curiously eoough, the legend of the Cyclops was
fbund a few years ago by Dr, Pitrt, surviving m Sicily yet. For the
name " Tartaro," af.plicd to the one-eyed giant in BJ&cay. Mr. Web-
ster follows M. Cerrfuand in stj^e&tingan et^iDQEog}' from the French
7^rf4^f, Tartar. If we onrtclve^ were allowed Tihut schoolboyn call
A " shot," we ^lOtdd say thnt Taitar is a Romance form of Ttirfart/t,
a« Oreo (Ogre) is a Ronwircc fonn of OniJi ; and tbut both natnt*
titaply awociaCe Ihe firc-gijmi& with die Hery infi^murLi, It i« jusi
p9wn>le ftiiou^ there is another explanation) Ibai Ihe mountain
in which the Tartara dwcjh was originally a v^/iarto—n name, by
conuDg from an Iia!i:in tire god— and his ravenous: np]Jclile
ibty fin eltrnicntfll signiticanLe alio. " iJrigii p/M^ ^r^r
^fffatie"h the tide of a.n Iri^htire goddess in an ancient satirical laie.
Though Mr- Webster fails, a£ it seems to us. to rightly intcrpreC
what ftat^ents of mythology survive in these stories, we cannot help
' Froui Bftfr^, Sii'jn'im ertyor^. Ii£li1riny -, Ofr'"'* flftA>i^TVi£X»T\^^.\
d
The G€titUman^i Magaant,
HbUdng Ifut m intcrprcUtic>ii DliAht br ventiireil on in cetlAjQ
vttbout much litk iA <rTor. In the stury, i<a «xAiap1c, c»Uvd
'* Udbrook." hi hero steals Ji C^^w wiih l^olilea Homt Eiom the uiri*
of a malevoleni gmudian of the iciutt or mon^u'r it-pp. Now, ;Aput
from tliL' Ir^uent p^mjuiflcati^ri of the honitit nujOfi ^ ;l cow, 2« m
lh^ Kiory of lo, a clue doe* vrcm lo b? ^ven to iW tin^irml si|^ifi-
f'tncc uf ib« ihcfi in the Duqnie Ulc by \ti nJ>«cqucDl c^iravdc vhac
the uinc yCHing thief sieili "d mmw which tt|;hted for levcn koigucs
rouDfL** Conjecture, then, utiuhl noi, we think, go very wiiSc of the
mirk if it niAdf the Thier in this in»lAnce that Anomt co^'Ucaler
[|«mieii| the Cow ttie moon, it^ giLsrdbn or owner tbt contcnun of
the gbni Ar]i;os and a wonderful V lolin, Which alK> figure? ia ike tile*
the Kxrtic eTcmrnt u ib n^iiter. the pmornifted Wind- The Creek
Wind-Ciotl wu, ihe reider loiy remember, the int-enior of the lyv^
Mr. WclMicr hmudf notci the tcicmbiancc cA Mdbrouk to ]1enBe«.
Ttkt Ihett of the cow with the golden horns by " a ectoin A\-MriciaMfc
kjutve adlcd hletcury, vhoie ikiU in mizttc vis siii|BMk^'' Cocmi
ibc Wbjfn of one of Ihe hvitonM of the GcAA Roilim l
One b temptfd to rtcogOiftc MODC dint tiftca of la ukdent
■tooD-cultui in BUu>-, At lout, Scrabo <l!U iii) rccovds that the
Cdtiboun^ jtnd nci^^bouKng uibct were nkl lo ncnfioe «t ni^ to
ft DHikdesa (od A( et«iyfdl inooQ. befove their door», each hoDsclMld
^vfag n|» the ni^ht lo itaiidii^ ood fcttivoL The omie br God,
i§U», m Buqiac, jhMitfwMgii ionctmlPig whkh there b just r>ow Jt
MrMwUttaoogBuqucntlMUr^ — Km been ikoo^ to mean "the
Lotd^oon'^w" Lord of t>>e Moon,* ^ thon^-ibb seems to be a
dOttbtltal M the llieafT that the sune word, and not the tJo^c of
Srint GtiV^V^i^ '^^ entkhcd the EngU^ vocAbttUty vvfa mnoilKf
OMh. Ott IMCM «oia!i of the k)ci^ty a bofse b faffed* <vt Ur,
WcKter a. pcHu^ quite ngbt la coBAetn^ ^m mma^ wttk tltc
^^liilic U«n wbkAiitl^ejn in sonc of hb ttorio. Nov it b«t IcMt
• t^peMMn wwtb eoii«9deiia£, vbctbct the Vi^wit MtK mhot oac
«iid d>e tane mxtiMlo^xal beii« wkh llw Wlitoe Cov wawiodc d
above. In one fOxc iW MAtebrin^a atq u ttfal oCvatcrvhkk
pir-rri tbe q<aJi^ of mkittg the hcio^ bobd Jsd hacds Mm atkr
Uiii^ wnilrri in it It docfvcs reouik tkM a recCM Fnftdi werit
DB UytbokfT M Alt vKlv)ea a tervncAiaiiaa, fioao A ooB or B«M
of Diana Ladfceft Katcd oa a s>llof«nc horv aod ciOTytnf a torch.*
* Sse Ike kum •! fr-a ■««[""■ "^ *"- ^'*** ^ *■ ^*ft^ W
fkfcrwj ^ MKk iSn-
JUL
J
Bas^U€ and Otfur Lfgmds.
There are many oiJier suggestive maiii^is in Mr- Websler** book.
Wc fin[i tufmcrices in itll ^ppt^inritic u> fargottL^n cu^loms, such a^
jrLdi;;nitt«« ofTtsvd to the <:uq>se of an iitM>[vent (bbtor; oE ciilling A
ttrijj of skin off 3.iTULn\ back as a penalty t\jT the non-fulJilmcnc of a
conTiaci ; or nding at a diamond lin^ hun)- fruni a bell an ji ici^t of
homciuunihip, In tmt vlor/ a tbotoujjjily OrienUl f««(un: vcx.\ir^
whcit a »hip taplain, inccliii^ a I«^^" seiT^^nl, refinin* fruni huvtinn il»
u>in|;. "Gwd has given thy life lo ilict; live, (hen*' (p, loo). The
«Uilpr^c remarks, loo, on the chari*cteti*tic* of the fvnta tfhvfs. ami
their suitablene** for ihe sim|)le people among whom ihey citciibie,
*ioulrJ Iw very worthy of vjuo;»ition. Rue nJl ihc<e poiDls we musi
poit by, And devoic ihe remaining biuci? io a brief nouce of tlirce
OBI of many examples of Biscayan *uinTstilion.
(l> TlieTAlkin^SincOft 1« ihe lalc of "Tlw Lady Pificon and
Hec Comb" its heroine tpitt' before the doot of licr njom, bidding
the fcplltit antwer for her in Iiu^t abw:rnr4^. Now, in IrL-tLtnd ai Xeast^
s. child IK oftf [i deicribtd as rhi; very v^// of his father ; thu m^ig^jie
i* nid 10 have been bom of the Devil's spiit!e : boys in the north
of EngkLnd spit their saul [soul), us ihcy say, by way of solemn
aisevcrjiion ; ' and t^pitting is aii -ipiiroved chiirm -igainst the Kvil
Eye, oud ilMuck of ^31 kinds,' Tt k not hard, it auems lo us, to
dUoem thenotioiiof a f^'i^ff'^i-rtf/fCvf running through ^It the^^ lieliefs,
and in such on association is perhnp^ to be sought the key to the
amifasdnation powers of spictmg. Fur other practices intended to
protect from ni:ilignanc intEucnces point in the same direction. It
would seem that a squinti:ig or hunchbacked pen^onj or :i niadman>
Wiis :w*ui[icd to be in some way under the influence of evit spirits ;
that a white or piebald horse, as wtll as the piedm^^^fpie — the Duvil's
bird — woa aI&o ^s5oc]:LtQd with Euch spirits, and that they were suppUEed
to be about ladders, and to be present when one sneewd. The
popular mind may regard the spiritual presence in different ways.
Cotmnonly it* ;£ssumed purjiose is viewed as nuilignjui, :ind to avert
the threatened harm people in some porcsof England Kpit tvben they
pass tmder a laddefn or ^^e a single magpie, ormcetasquimin^' ma;3,
■ Actonllni- to cbc AliW L iSonifjcf, n c\\t<\ in ^f/.'iit''it for Mny 5, Xuiy^
* IL wu u tn Uic Lime of I'cj^ub : —
Kccp oTkii mn meitipn^ l^imim nuttrieriL ninJi
lUvinlt puerum, fi^initiinqur alquc uda htiellii
In/hm ^i^li/ ti tmraUhttj ititU- mJimJ
F-lpiBt, uniira ncu/"! iii1ti1>cif perit*. jSnl, IJ )
1 wMnen in Jirlanfl ytt i^iil oQ a ncw-bom mEint, uvd tti^l^jii, "O^
39^ Tkc Gffttleman's Magasirtt.
u did the Hrct^k when he net a. Tnadman or cpilcpcto— one, thai 1%
i«nmcd \a bt pos»c??i«I by a spirit. In l-'tantc, when jou mtet ^
Itunchlxicb, you must pA3& hitn sn sk to have him on yonir ngftt'
(rt form of the belief in the viniie of turning !«un'Wi»e, d/^ioif m
cammon in Cdlie eoinuiei^ whldi appears in a Chln^i* life of
UuddliA, derived aE a very .infjent daEe frtrm Indian ROUTDc«)t l»m
^oftTy round, and, unknown io him, loitrb his hump, i^hotild jcni
mret Mrfv fmsm. It in ui well toknoir, there ^HTI siircly he lain
hi-liitc night. Ln Ihc Minr nimifiy, find also tn t^ntml Kngbnd, jon
iiuiisl sjiil when yuu mert a pctvild h<:iJie^ iind imfp wlenrc: "until
you tnett >i white one/' Ititt there ia anoEhtrr safbgtiAfd bci^idc the
unplciUHint one m i^utKiOQj ^nd il* charaf tcr is pretty welt indii^led
in the line of Persius (naming tiiigethcr both the itifami3 dtgiiui ajul
Ihe ja/ir^ /jts/m/is) whieh we huvc italieiccd on the (irevjoi^s page.
The Koacommon countryman) according to Su^iiliiim Wildc* place*
hii thumb and finger* in a peculiar poailion when he passes the AW
(aneient caithcn fori) or oihtr well-known haunt of the Hood Peoples
K-Jng Fmiiciis I. of N'^iptei^ Mi. I'ytor somewhere notes, had the
hjbit of pulling hh h.md in h;\ p(x:ket for a tike purpov^ when hi*
eye cncouniered some sinister gajc in [he crowd of hJs riubjccti And
in Frante, instead of spitting wlicn going under a Inddcr, you miwl
hy ho]d HJth one hand on the indc\ linger 01' the Other. Hut theft
are u^age^ wliich su^cat Ihc exibtcncc of a belief that Ihc spirrtiuJ
pretence m^y he Mit Dcca&ionj not ofhatni, hut ofgood to the pcrsoji
toncemed. Snciving was undoulitcdiy vicwL-d .is an mJii-alTOH *ji(
iUch presence, and the modem Zulu aays when he .^nccj^esj *'Spil)U
of our people, give me atfllc," * So in Ireland the ancestral f^nriu
are not forgotten in the saying used when taking snuH, '*God'is
bleiMng with jour soulTiind the sou Is of the seven genciLiiions (kiuJiI
iimi*uor) that left you ; your tiilier, and your moihcr^ and with your
own soul in llie la&t &^yJ' It is for the nkc of such pjayers thil
many ^jluu^ peupic lliere keep a &[UilT'box ; and Is it in p^iTl for the
s.ime re.ison that ^nuff was origmally provided at wakes P As tljt
ivjjliT, iu the sajiu^ Ltuoied above^ seems lo recu^tse iii a fueere tl*
occastctn of oblainrng a Ltnefil from his SjilntB, sn in NDrihauiplcni*
shire and rUeivheie the aayiiig alwiul sneesing is, " Onee, it nw^ ;
twice, a ki» ; three limes, a journey lo go;" and Frentli people liaTie
a corresponding supctitilion, save that ihete Ihe third sneeie indicate*
a leltt-r. In Iddy people cry lo £i married woman sneeiirfi, **^ij^
jHiSii/iit'.'"' in France^ agEiin, une lia*i this ji^nirica.oi ]jrtvilege Of
» Mr. K. G. llii!il>iiitoji ti\ Tem/ic ffar i^ i875- P- 34*^
1
Basque and Otkrr L^ftds.
many of \hc cascs referred lo above, when pnssing under
Fa or meeting a hiinehboek, or /I pfbaTd horse In England
you muBt vi«h when you meci the picliold, and few riistic mothers
do noi ihAri? the bellcft reeC'rricJ hy Anchbinhop Whatdy in hin
" Miwelteneous Remain^' tb^' ibc rider of sneh a bensi can, by
virtiK of it. prescribe a ctirc for tho vrhoctpii^g cou;;li. To what boa
been Aaid above of bcLicfi ai-iocicLietl with ihe notion of the presence
of Hjjiriti we muit add \vro other rtra,irkiiMe IrEeb "survivala"
— rf we nmy employ' ihoE modem erjontcrp.-irt of ihe I^dn su/N^-sti4h.
In the enumy of riinfriek, when one has nn dttrnotditiafy run oflitclc
ftl <^uda, people will sny Xf> him, " K'/ir jK'/i J^^pU ort n^r jvn."
Modem Mv.igLrs make the ctoscst connenion liclwcen a man's name,
or even a portrait of bint, and hbi spirit In frcland it would acem
ihni The anccatrj] spirits of an al^Tn^nt pcrion were coneeived to aPeci,
by some »wie< influence, the eonvcr*,Hion of a company whi;re his
name ift pronoTineed, for in (ial way, when pcoi^le arc [.ilkir^ about
tCfiDf abunt person, and he imexjieeTedly arrives, instead of the
Roman "/<i/ftJ iitfabni(\' or the French "Speak of the wolf and you
see hi» tail," or the Ucnn-in, "I*ainc ifie devil on ihc wall jnd he
nnighrwiy appears," or Ihe Kngliih, "Speak of Ihe devil/' Ac.,
people »!\j, /f iiifine refts<t/^a/i hriit^ /, " He's a gcntlemnn, wiliiOHl.i
lie." No** a j[cntlcinti n u "a man thnt lias a grj-ndfarhcr," one,
thAt K wh<f has anecstrjl sptnK'
(IL) 'Ihi- ila^iquc^hLiv^ :^ belief in a certain diabohesil Toad witting
bj the cKurch porch, wlWch. accordins to Mr. Webster, appears in
De i'Anere. This may vet)' w^ll lie, thou^ the folio of ■* le terrible
eonadller,^ .-a Mtchel ralJihimj bes open l>efoten!i, entitled " A View
of the loconiuncy oflJjcl AnReUand ncmom, ^yhcieini* fully ireaied
of i^orccrcn and Soiccry, by Pierre dc Lancre, Councillcir to the
Kin^ At the PailMment of LVordenux- At Paii&, wilh Nicholas Duon,
Snect of S.iini Jacques, At the sign oF Sjiiol Claude and die Wdil
Man. MDCXin, With Privilege of the Kin^"; and we havc^tic
ihroir^ it withovil findmj; aii explitil refeience. Thenotion i5^ how-
ever, to be found ciisimg in later liiiici and nearer home. Woidd
know an unrniling wny of becoming a witch ? *' J-el a nian>'*
Uie Lite Ml- Hawker, in liu *' Footprini« of Former Men in F&r
' Ttw iiuOuKa of living Enfilidi, Irfih, arid Frendi >uper*tilion given In tW<
p«pvr hdve bccQ dcnvtfJaliiiaaE wiEliDiat exf^itjcn (wherq no auLhurily U'QBnwd)
The aiimiil iLilriti vould tftm to Lie askUdtcil li* lit nl^ik ['4ir4''nl wTien ptv^ple
^i7Gu [f tw> people chance t^^ yiiwa nl Ux tune liuic^ ihcy %n related {coimiy
of Cork, alio Limcnck).
300 ^^Mt Gentleman's Afagasmt.
ComwtUr* (LoTiJ- 1870}, " no ii> ilic cUancd Co sm&rDcnU aJid l«C
him hide and bring awjiy the broad fiam the handi of the priest ;
ihcn, next miiliii^bt tL*! him tuVc il :iiid mir)' h itjimd Ihc ctiiirchi
tdddenhins, ihut «» frtim *oulK lu nortlt, i.-iiii%L]i^by mt Ihrcc um«;
lite third lime ihcfc mil niccl him ii big, ugly. vca<inioiu tO(id«
Ripin^ and gjuplng,*" il will fcc«w ihe bread, breathe Uiricc " upon
ihc nun. and he aiU be made a strong vrildi for creimor?.''
(HI,) In ihc Pny^t BLuquCi urroulin^ to cmi; of the slono, th«
Drvil makci hit chalice of the puingi of nails cui on Sunday. Iq
NorthatnplonihiTe a child \% ttill loM th«t (f he cut his nuls oa
a Simd-iy he will have HI lii':fc or he will thieve lomctbin^ before the
There flfc ™pcr*litioni which analogy wonld wvirtjmi II* i[t \q<^.
inf; for drUDTig Ihc BiM^yans which do not occur in iJicsc Wgendjb
Of Ihc Fmimis Host, foT cxampte^ there di>w not Ap^iear to be a
trace in them. Yet nr> belief is mote widely i|irc,id in Europe — in
flennony [he Wulhcnde^ Iteefj in rnnor the Mesnic FuiieiiEc, in
KiiglflmI Aflhuf*sChA*c^inlreUnd ihcSlilj^gh SLIhc (theHo&tuf the
fmmurtnl S|iirits, the nwd)j in m«li-t:%-M Spain llic Huesta Antigua,
iJi itic trie m (.ire etc Ihc rh,»sc led hy Ch3nin"-nnrl fhc mper^tilion,
wc muy Kiispeclj wo^ild not be Itiiinil to lie whuMy Jtbscnt in Bisuy.
The*C discursive nolcs on poyiular lorr- >icnefivlly, and inon: psir-
tkularly on pajmbr tjitcn, m,iy he apjiropnaicly brunghl to a clow by
a reference to the curious vaiiiLlion« ot the mding* employed by th<
rtory-lellcrs of different rDiinlrie^, The lln-tfiuc natratoni t>f Mr.
Wcbiter's sloiic* generally dismisi their iirafnutii /fima with the
words t "And if they lived well, they died weU aJuo." 'Hit; arUtst
Sicilian nairalives of Pitt^ coriclude with Ihc worda :
Iddn BTTiymu 6Uci e cuamti,
E ciiii niiAlH seaet ricnti,
•■ She (or they} nanaina happy and toniented, and here nrc vc with*
oiit anything"; or, "h«c iru we picking our teeth"; or,
Fa«olA icrltiA. ftvokdliTii,
Didti h vost», C4 la ntk i dlttd ;
"Siflry vritten, story told: ttll me yours, for mine is toM." The
jiroicnl writer, when ft bo>'. often litard children in York end n talc
with the worda:
The rafOcn ^vu beniltd. an] my story't «wltd.
In Irel^d the legends rekled by the turf fire with feo jovial oJi
£a5^u< and Other Legends,
301
end nriouily^ Often the imna-tor, teCliiiK of the union of
hBeorofOrBngc JJidhis fjithrul hviic 4i latpi^Aiid liosv ihcy lived
'^Ini^ ^^'^ '>'^^'« ^^ cmphaiJcjily : " But if tlicy didn't, ffiat K'i
«(ic/^ Writicn Iris|> ^itoiiixt loinciiiJick end wiih Cthih ttvus Ambt
fihc End ;ind Amen). I» Nurtliiiai^ioiuhirc the vpcaker r^\\\ \\nv\
a\si\i\ii\y on one of the iiitdilory nnd cry: "Voit killed Cliapman'*
tow/ ** Ye*j 1 know ^rjt' did JT,** i* the knowing leply. Iri lrc;Und>
aUu, ihc Coniuu^EiE Uory^tcUer^ jftcf wtniimK the ii^f^llvc uji U*) a
poiol of tliiilljng LitLerr^E, suddenly imnn on wuic o]>e[u)jio^iLl)ciii
crODt;, jmd giving her a up on (he thouldcf, i rJc4 uul, " You're hit \
Miiiv t you'fE hit I " I'hc poor old cd-iUe^uh jumps from her stool
u if Ehoc, and thvTt; ivgre^it luujj;hicr lii the conipimy. The '^ Popular
Talcs' Wore rckrtrd to, " roil cried m ihc A^cnais" by M- Jcaii'
Fnm^b Blad^ (Piiris, 1874), somr of which, audi ■* Z'Ome a
hi hrni Hoitjcs (iTi* Man wilh Ihc Red Teeth] and Pfi-tfAie
(Pcaii-d'Ane)» arc among the teiy b<nl cJUimplcs of geuu:nc po^ubr
waditioa, gencr^dly cud with the following prcdous mtamk :
K trie. i^rU.
Mnun cduitIc a liml :
Moua OoiLDte « afAlj».
Amlif] Linn cuilli-rii iIc fjUi* 4111 iii'au {UhuiiiJ.
And eric, eric
AjkI cnc, crui
My laJc (» June ;
■\niH hci? ^t^ 1 Lhiuufb itiy inradoM',
All wJTh A prciau of IkAiii t^ a >poon>
^ yiSlT TO THE CHIEF
SECOC(ENL
TOWARDS the end of March^ I had Dcc^uion lo viait the
ftfljnim chief Sccococni, in hi^ nMivt' stronghold bgrcnuj Ihc
Lootu Bctk^jl rnigc to the notlh-on.<^l of Prctoii;:, about 250 fmlc»
awuy ; and js this joumoy waj lyj^kal of travdling in the wUdu of
South Afriai, nn account of it may prove inicrcaling.
It isptrhaps necessary to e.i plain, for the h<:ncAl of those who *«■
not atquaintLd with South African politics, thai Scr-oCimi t% ihc
chieftain whci ha:i btcn at war with the Lite Iransvafli KcpLiblir, and
who drove back its forces, cflpturiug aomc jooo head of caltic
It JH from (hit rjid that ihc present staU' of afliiirs has arisen ; so
Ihat ihi5 obsrjiTc fhk'f, with hi^ 7000 wamora, hjis materially aSectcd
iht fmute dc^linira of South Afric*- NcKOtlations of peace had
been set on foot) anrl it was in connection vinth these dcIu:al'^ matters
that the journey catnc lo hti undcrtikcn.
'* Going to Sccorccni at thi^ time of year ! Ah 1" "laid one gen-
ticman. *■ Wdl. look hc^rc, I scot five nalivta through that country
in this same month tMarch) last year; out of those five, three di*^
of the fever, and the other two just got through with iht-'ir livci*, i
onl/tdl yon, yon know, so that you nmy lake prtraiilions. This
is a bid fever year" However, fever or no fever, we had to go.
Ai it HMs ncr.csmr>' to travel rapidly, wc rould oiily i^ile four
riding hoi^ea, three for ourselves and the Jourth for a Zulu nanicd
^* [jakiboy," who also led a pack-horse, and carried an «iormou»
"knob'keny " or shillelagh stuck in his hutTon-holc, sb tlioiigh it *vqc
a wedding bouquet.
Bchmrt OUT r.ndrllc:' wi?rc fjsiened our saddk'-bag?, contaming ^
change of clothing, and m front xvc slrap]xrd a rug and'amackiniodL
Our comiiiiB^ariat conhisLcd of four tins of potted ham, and wir
medicine chest of six do-ttn bottle* of quinine, 5onic Cockle"* ^Sk,
and a roll of sticking planttr, which^ with a revolver and KuitiiQg
knife or two, completed our equipment,
^Vc knew little save that our destination lay due fwu so doc cut
A Visi'i to ike Chief Secocwnu 303
'AAef ridinif for alioat twenty mtlcfc, andcrOR^incthe MtL-
qChgi^ HtrcLchm;; atvay north for hundr«di^ of mil^e, wc
cuuc to * Boct'h house, wh;jj-c wc ofT-^adL^leJ (c feed ojr hones.
It must be uDdcTBLood thui t1>v Boors w-ca- the c^iie curlain dil!i-
oilty, oAd one of ihc ]JOH&iblu donj^eti, 10 be encountcxcd on
our read, for 4l co tim« nrv ihcy a plcAsunt peupl« Eo dtiul with, and
]U5t now ihe^ :irt: rcinjrluibly unpLc-u^ini towiirds EEi^litiEimcn,
F<ii mstuicf. ai this fint houKc. wc inaimycd to get romc fon^so
fo onr honc«t before our icowling hoM found out who wc were, but
not X bii ooold ipc gn w cnl. ■' Jtave you no brcid, myn Hc^f?"
" Wc have no bread lo spara'^ " Hivc you any eggs ? " " Wc hive
*0 ttf» " *' Can you let Wi. have ^ottic milk ? " " Susan, have you
got Uiy Gn:lk to give thi-sc eirlci^ fJVIlow*) ? " Fmally, w;; (i^ccecdcd
in bu>in|£ thrcti cu^if of mitk Tof a thtninB, "asa T^vour/ uid [hat f«
all we ^ot from ^LjTiri^if tosunse^t^
Riding, on empty 6iomadis,ffjranolhi'r aixlymiWi over the plnias,
wc came to a Boer's huuse where wc had lo fiktrp. Ju^it before wc
tcftchcd the door \ n-jliccd whai I have often teen since, a lot of
paves in ,1 roi\', with heaps of stones piled over ibctn. It appears
thai these people do not tare shouc being buried in coniicCTaiccl
pound, ihcit only cuijiict)^ being to be |>iii in a coEn; and ihcy arc
t^cncrally kiid to rest jus; in front of their doors- There i« neither
railing nor headstone, and no trees rn flowers, ihofte gtieen cmbleinatSc
gfliments wiili which civilised pcofilc rJoihc the bareness of their
dead; and I remember once seeing several pnvca within two or three
yaiidf of the pubHc ro^. so tlmt i^ !t ycjir or ^o the waggons will Uq
nunbltng over tlie ht;adii of tho^e ^^'ho lie benL'^itlii
When you ride ui) to a Boer's ?touse» the eiiciuetie is to wait until
some member of the family atka you lo off-uiddk-. and then you must
go in Andr.hEike hands with everyone, a most diengreenble custom.
Mone of the women— who arp about a?i ugly a lot ai ihp world
can produce, being all of an exaggcnted Dutch build, and vcrj'
heavy and fat — ri«e to meet one, dney j'ujtc hold out their hand^
Thtc house vtLii a fair specimen of ihe sort of habitation indulged
in by the higher clan of Boer. The main room w.ti nlx>ut iS feei
square, with iha* Itind rif door wliich allows the upper half to open
whilst the lower remaini* shut, surh as is used in arables in England,
The flooring is madt of cov^-dimg^ inio which pe^trh &iones arc
trodden at the thrcOioUlt in order \\t ptcvcn( \m, wearing xwaj-
Tlie fliruLlurv comii^Lb of :t dval Uibic and ^i>rjLc chairs, milier
neatly made of strips of hide fa&(i;jLud lu a wi>aden fraine^
There b no ceiling, but only beumE, to ivhich ure fitb^tenei] stiipa
1
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TAt Gmilanarts Mugtuinc*
" btlltonff," or gftmc'% flah, dried in Ihc %m\. Dui at ihU ro&m upon
one i;i iwo rnofc, in wliich the bvholc <^mi1y kkqi, ^i^hout much
Silli»^ Jiboitl ihr lOiim were Iwo c>r lluct yuLinj- UNwIioIctomc-
lookini; niolhet^) wEtliout «[QcLin|;s.t and nursiitg howling b»tbic£;
in liiv corner, on ii cliAir, made iwice ^v ht^i^v an my uf the oihcTi:^
xepuicd iiic niQlhcr of Ihc f^nily* a. \VQm:iQ uf Uic mote cm>imuub
hulkf whose object m life seemed lo be lo cnlch nnd ciuth thv raoths
OS they fle^v past (I hiv her kill eight in iJuee nunuie*), and to
Take v^t quanULies of inufT The whole houb,e wj« pvTvadt^d hf
a sickly odour, like thac of ;t vauh, ^hil«t the K'i^^^ ^^d Alth
ii bafHei dctcriptioo. And thia wj» the pkce ivc had to
in jjid sleep in. Howcvct^ there wm no hcJjj for il ; ihc
onTy tiling lu <lu w34 to lifthl one's pipe, and smuke. After an hour
Ct sOi supper V/3S put upon [he t^bte, (onsiiitlng i^r a boU''l-full of
btflled bonet, m^ small stack of bojied mrialii; cob^ Auid, be H ddded,
Bonie good br<rad and bnllei, 'IHie rating aiiiinyemenls of these
people aic LtrUiiiily very trying. The other d.iy v.'e Fiiid lu eat
gur dinner in a. II(Ki-'>i ho^Ae^ wLtli a recking ot-liidr, jLiSt loin from
the animfllr lying on Ihc Hcrnr bt-iidc na, together with potlioD* of
the pnor lic^l'^ head ivhost flesh He vvctt calmg Howcvi^r, un iliJs
Wciiiicn we wen.' spared the ox-hiile, and, licing vpty hungiy,
QUruLgrd to pul up with the other di^eomfoJU. AfUrr a. long gn^c^
our >tiippi^ts were K^rtvrd out to ub.. 1 Terneinber 1 got in cconuous
bonu witli but litde finish on ii, which, if i in^y fomi an opinion
from its fireat ^iiie and fiom a r-ipid .inaiomicjl survey, must h4ve
be^n Ihe tibia of an ox, A young Itoer ul opposite to me-^-
a woi^derful felloiv. He j^mi Lhrotigh twelve nluJt: nieali« ixibfi
{i\ (.lit fued for a hijriie) wfiklbE 1 WAS eaung half a one, Hin method
was peculiar, ^nd :?ilion« what practice can do. He shoved a
mealie t^iib iniu Ins iiLunth, g;tve it a bttc And a wrei^ch, jubl like
one of d>a*ie patent American tJiresltiii^ nuiictunei, brought (h« cob
out pfrfeclly clcnr of grain, and tnok anollier. After Ihe supper was
over we had another long grace ending with . " Boor spijze CO dnUkL
de Hetr ik datok " (For food and drink the l^rd I Ihink).
Aftei supper wc went outride in ordet to escape tiic Icel-washiltf
ceTeniony (all in the lamc water) whtch this " aimple pasloral people'
indulge in. aiid which iheyeJtpect ihc barha-rous "uiilandei" (fitt^uger)
tu enter into wuh enthusia.stn- When werimc back wc fonnd that the
wunicii — who, by-ihc'by, do not cm till the men h.kvc finiihed— hid
done their mt:a1, ;iud gone (o hc:d, luving hr^t nude us up a lnturiotlV
couch oa the Hour, coEsintuig of s, hlthy feather-bed and iKa oqu^Uy
J
A yisit ia the Chkf SecoemtL
lUthy MAOkci- M)' hciri niifignvc mt' »*hcn I looked at Ihac bed.
Il CDij- have been Hincy, liuc onir^ or tviicc I thought it mo^^d.
However, ihtTC wM no choict". unk-s? wc cho»c lo sit up nil
nighl; lo ia w^ go(, looking for .ill Ihc world lite three bl^ sun-
btimed doll) put 10 bfd l>y mmf? link girl. 1, as ihc yovin^{?4t,
bJcir oui thr light, and then! — ftoni every side thty cunc- Up
one^ arm*, up noe'ji Icffi, down one's back ihcy smmpcrcil, Lll life
hecflme * burden. Sleep was impossible ; one cuxAA onJy lie Jiwake
jknd fali^ulatc ihc bites per minute, and the quantity of blood one
voiild lo*c before d.iybrcnk. Cold as it was, I would have turned
OHi and slept in the veldt, only my nig ww over my tfto companioaB
fU well ^^ myself, so J could not take iL I have ^lept In a good
rnany dincrent places and in vi:ry f^lily uncomfortable plocc^ but
I never had such jl night before.
At the first grey da^vn of morning the oU! " ffau " fame stumbling
out of the bedroom, and sat dotm wiihoiit rcrcmcny m htr big chairn
Watting till ihe thought that we had reached a fLViflidently advanced
4tagr in mir toilette — and her idea of what th:il was must have been
ti strangle one—she shouted out to her daughtcn. in a voice like
that of a jpcnking tmmiJei. iliai they tould " com," and in they all
came. Vciy glad were we when ive had paid our bill and were in the
Middle once more, ridirig through the c©ld morning mist that lay in
vnaraes oti all the ridge? of the hilU like anow on mountains.
]t tvos needful to start early, for wc h-id more than siity mJleji to
cover, and our ponies had done a good journey the day before. The
*«>Tk \\-\ai one Gin get out of these ponies is marvellous. There was
my pt'ny, *' Mettle, " who had my devcn stone to carry, to My nothing
of the saddle, heavy saddJe-bags, and d roll of rugs, who came in at
the end of hi* journey ns fresh as paint. We caaicrcd easily over the
great htgh'vcldt prajricj, now and then passing chimpa of tret-t, ont-
pcnt< of the bui^h'VL'td^ Th^M: enormous ptninSf uotwithAUmling
thcit dreary vosini^ss, have ^ wilJ beauty of their own. The grass is
what [s coiled BOur grass, and hA£ a peculiar blue trngc^ but stock do
not like it 10 well as the low-vcldt graas, which is sweeter, and
fhttena ihcm more quickly, though it does not put them in ^uch ^.'OoU
fettle- The rock here is otl white SiindsLone, and thii^ly overbjjs
an enormous bed of coal, cfoppini," up from beneath thi- wuLer-
waihed ^ifacc. At this time of year there arc very few beasts or birds
of any sort to be seen, though in the winter the veldt is one moving
mau of ** trek "or migratory game.
Our destination that day wo;^ Botsabelo. the tnost important mis-
flioti-UJiiion, and one of the very few successful ones, in South-east
rot. ccxu. HO. 17^1. X
306 Tk4 Gentleman s Magasme.
Africa. Afl ve awed it* the; country ^dually broke inio ItHU
peculkroadboaaiiflilfemution, whidi rendered the b^ iwo hours of
our ride, in ihe dsuk. ihrou^li an unknown eoiintty, raifajet a difto^l
Job. Howvver, we actimbli^d throuj^h airuftms, and o^r boulikiSv
ftnd about nine o'clock ncrc \^c\y ctjough to come right upon the
siacion. when* wv were mosi kintlly received by Dr. ^Icrcneky*
Tlic HUiion itMcirMindK on the brow of a hill surrounded by gankn»
:md (jrchordb : Lcuezith it lie slope and moutLUm. 5iTcain ;ind vaUc/,
ovtr wliith rirtf duu<;d numht^rs of kraals, to say nolhJng of tJ^rca
or fuur ]fub«t:uiUil hc^ur^cs t>cnipied by t^xc osi^l^iiil mtssioivw7 «iid
Gemum anituins. Near Dr Meremk/s house siojids the church, by
Gu the beat I have seen in thi: Transvaal, jind there isalsoastorc vi\\\\
some well-buih wark^ho^is :iiouad it. Atl Eho neighbouring couiitrj
belongs to ilic suiion, which ts, in f:Lci, like a smnll independent Siaftf,
40,000 acres in exient. On a hiU-lop eve nJiado wing the »iatioa,
arc pl-iced the fonificitionai ccnsistmg of thick walls mnnifig b
a c:irc1e wh ujisianding towers, in whicb auuiil one or two cannon;
but it all reminds one more Qf .m old Norraon keep, with kt
vjllagv clustered in iu proteciing shadow, than of a modvm miiwian
cbtubEiBhiiiint,
Dr, Mercnsky commenced his laboure Jn Secocceni's country, but
was forctfd to fly ftom thenee by night, sviih hia wife and ncw-bom
baby, to escape being murdered by that chiti s ordcTB, who, hkc xnofii
Kafir potcnwics, has an intense aversion to missionaries. Twelve
yenrn 4igo he established this station, i^nd, ^thcnng liit scattered
coovcru around him, defied Se-coc^eni to drive hmi thence. Twke
that chief h.is sent out a force to sweep him away, jtnd murder his
people, jind twice they hive cooie and looked, and, like faiav Senina,
turned L^ck again, i'he Boers, loo, have more than uncc threatened
to destroy him, for \\ Is unpleasant to thi:m to liavti so inte1lig«nta
wiine^ in their midit, Imi they have never dared to try. l*he place
IB reaily impregnable to Bosutus and Bocra ; Zulus might carry \U with
their ^^rand steady ruBhr but \% wo^jld be at a temble sacrifice of life.
In lhct» Dr. Meren^ky haa been forcej by Lhu pressure of ctrcum^
stances to teach bis men the tise of a rifle, n£ well as the truths of
ChriatianTty; to trust in God, but also to **keep their powder diy-"
At a few ininutcs' iiotke he c^ui turn out 300 well-armtrd Dfttiv^G,
ready fbr offence or defence; aud tJie existence of such a j^tiooghold
is of f^reat advant^e to the few En^liiih fn the neigh bo^trhood. fiLjr the
Buersknow well that should thuy :illack them they wo^ild draw down
the vengeance of Dr* Merenbky's fotjnidable body of Cliiutian soldiers,
W« only [ja^iied one uisbt at Bottabeb, :tnd next ^noming wmt
A Visit to tAr Chif/ Sfcocmii
on to Mtddlcburg or Nanarcih, ^liich U xn hoiit'i tide fiotn the
tiLUion. Hctc, Xtno, wc mcl with a w.im welcome from the biindful of
Qiogikh resident, but wc ucic ca^cf tci puih on ax rapidly ni jxm-
uhle, for our kind frirnJ^ tuld tie lliat it would be impcrMible lo
pioceciJ 10 ScfXHXKni's on hof*.-ljJu-]£, bctiiusc iff the clujJly natHrc of
the COUTH ty for ho(««s. So we luid lo hire an 0K-wflgg<?nt whi^h
they pTt>viftjoneii for us, iuid, much lo our diiftual (jw wc wew
preascd for itinej, we had lu tilt bai:k. on that dibtoiy metUod of
travcllirig.
Wc decided (hat we would tiJce the three eldest and tcisE v.iluabTe
boTteswidius, in Older loifroccud with ihctnfiom I-'orl Wtcbci, which
W4S out iiexi point, tt> Sccocwiii^ tc^wn^ wbilhcT waggons could not
TOLch. FcwEngluhrcadci^are -iwiiretbal iherciii mysterious disease
imongbonci in South Affkii, pcoulbj lo ibecountiyj called "horae-
lictncM." nuring ihe autumn seasyii \\ rjrrics otyihoUi.iudsof bor^c^
annually, ihuugh ^ome ar^ gouJ eluJ uiIicfk bod ycajj^a l>;td fever
year being gennally a b:id hurse^ickiuta yrai dLlio, AJid rov f^rj^.
A cuiious fotULitr ubout ii b, thai as ibc vcLdE gcti *' t^mcd,"
Ehat it, fed sAX by doineslktattrii jinimdl^^ Ihi- Hicknc^ji gtsdually
ctUappFiara. Ko cuit has iis yel bc:cn diacoi^eTcd for itj and \cty
few horses puU ihrouyTi — perhi*p», five per i:ent. ThciL- arc called
"sjJlcd hone^/' and :xrr veiy vjJoable ; a*, itUhough they arc not
proof flgJim St 1 1 te ducaiBe, Ibey are Tint »o hnbL? lo lake it A wiled hnr«e
nay be known by the peculiar loi^iicneu and roi]|;l^ne«« of In^i akLn^
uid ajAo by a c:eitALn uniniiilalExble :ur of dcprcvtion, a$ thDvigh \.yt
felt that the rciponitibililiu of Hie prewd very hrivily upon hira.
f)e is like A man ^ho has dc-irFy iH^iighl bii cxpericmce ; he can
nevcf forget the lemblr lewion Ijuj^bl in the buying.
tJn the foiinh diiy from our stjiI we left Micldlcburg, and,
taking A lionlvejsL ouur^c from thU uLLi^iObl of civiEisatLon, o^er-
t^k the wagj^on, :jnJ c^Mii^rd, uftcr :i l^i^nty miles (rek, ju»t on the
^dfle Of Ihf buih<vcfdL. Wc hail two yoiin^ ISocr^ ta drive our
mUPCNU — leniblc loul^ Willi ^ping niouibit juiii like cixt-fk^h»'-
llowct'cr, rhry i]nilei>lood lioiAr to drive .1 wjggon, srid whiUl ont nf
them drove, Ihe other would wi for hour^, with :t vacaiii i^lAre on hii
■ tanK, thinking It i* a solemn (act IhnI, from the time we left
MidtUeburg till the time wc returnedj neitlur ctf those fellows
Unichrd natCTf that is. to wa^li Ibcmnclvo. Borrs never da The
oml)' luxury in the slinpe cf comforLs of the toiler tc which they allowed
Ithcmsdvei was a comb with a bt^us back, carefully tied lo the roof
of the waggon with Iwo strips of ox-hide thick tnough to have heW
1 hundredweight of lead. I don't tlimk they cvcrnsed it— it w^too
Th€ G^fii/fm/in's Magtttinf.
great ?^ luxikty for ^cnCniJ uac — bur thty woitM oi:r.t<i]<ina]1y uritit it
And look at iL, Our ovm outfit in ihti wjggon wu necf vrarily vanty,
ironawtin^j of a few iron pow in:1 ]ilat*.'*, n kcltk, Mimr ^t**" bbnkcii,
a lanlcrn, .-ind .in oUI flnii-fritlion grpjt^-can u*cd for water, which
f^vt it a I'lnc iLtvonf oi w.tggon-whcdi We also had 4 "<iUlle,"
or wooden rrami"» flcxoas which were atrelchcd strips of hide fiwtA
iolo ihc waggon about two ftci above the floor, inrcndM to sleep on;
but the less luiid about ih^t the- bcCter,
After wc left ihc grwi high-vcklt pUina. ovrr wbirh the frrth
breeze wm sweeping, we dropped down thio x bmntifiil bu^h-clid
v;tHcy wilh mouniaina on dthcr «idr Tl wn^ like m.iking 4 Mdden
dcUfCTit inio the troiMCS. Not a breath of wind stirred the rrces, and
ihc sun *honc with a steady, burning heat. Scarcely a sonnil brok.*
the (itcncct ^VE the muT-nmr of the river we rro»*cd nnd reermied,
the oecaiinnal pipe of n bird, and t!ie mdancholy rrj\ h.iJf li^h,
half bark, of an old baboon, who wa.s iwinging himself alnn^ in*
dignant at our presence.
If Ihc sights atid sounds were beautiful, the iiin was hot^ and the
Toad fearful and wc were Indeed (jlad wlicu we riarlied " Whitehead^
Cobalt Mine." and were most kindly received by ihc genrlenien who
superintend ihc works. The house used to belong to wme Bocr^who
had dtRctted the place, but left behind him a beautiful orchard of
orange and pench ttepH. The pince is very feverish and unheaUhy,
and Mie white ants so Ironbksomc that everything bns to be stood
in sardine tins full of ashes.
On our way from die bousc wc wtnitosee Ihc cobiUminc, whtdi
» on a hill-side a mile ^i^^ay, It ha? only been csr^ibli^hed inbowc
three yc.irs, and his existed liilherfo under ihe gre.ire^t rfiffirnliic* a*
regards labour, transport, mjjthmcry, danger from surrounding native
tnbci^, itc. ; but it hrt? already, the proprietor informed me, reduced
the priee of eobair— the blue dye used to colour srtch things Ji* the
willow -pfll tern plates— by one-half in tile English mnrlict, bringing
it down from somewhere about ;£i40 to £^0 a ton. We were \-trf
much xsionished to see the amount of wftrk whirh Kid been done, 3«
we exiJC^led lo finil a jiit such a* the Kaftt^ w^ik for coppirr, but
instead of Ih^t there was a bri^ slanting shaft quitr a hundred yatxli
long, to siy nodiing of various opcninfj^i out of hf fnllowing branch
leads of ore- There in also n vertical shuft 100 feet deep, (brough
which the ore tomes np^ and by which one ran ascend and descend ill -j
a buctti- After we emerged from this awlril hole, wc went inlo-^
another, a drive running straight into the mounlain for more than— ^
300 feet, roUowJngn vein of bUt\ im&t 61 ccfca^i.,*«hi£h it mudi--^
i
Viiii io iki Chief Secoc^snu
ibtc th.in the ore; jint! [houfcli ihr vtm is twif more
'E'-BQl in lhirknc»i, ir pay* very *vcll, F^nving llit minv;. wc
rode <jn pa*t some old tCifii ro|ipci'Wurkiiiy*^lrcu]ar pii*i^ — which
niubl hjvc hcCTi alwndoncJ. to jwdgf froin ihfif iippearanc"j, a
hunOrvd yoanL aflo, till we cjimc to the Iwnt* of ihc greai "Oil-
fkM*V" <*f '' KIrjilmnK'" Tivei, 'V\\\\ iTw^mrKcnl Mrcani, thouaH il
b un^iivi^ibJc Cjwih^ Io rrc[|iictiE mpid^ hsis s1rcichi:i mclcK bng,
donn which Iwo nicn-uf-wimjuTd steam aide by ^idt, and after iu
juDCUon with Ihc KL-indii' River it grtFWs laiger and brucr llll,
punuing :i tiorth-eut cuur^i^, it at IctigUi fdU idUj the [nlflhiy
Limpopo. )l it n vcrry indjntic but somewhat iluggUh iiticuii, artd
ici «aler i» Eol vcrygo<?d. You caimot »« the rivci liU you arc right
upon il, owing In thc^Tc.iI ircci with whidi iii «tccp banks a.rc f(in|^ci],
uid in thtr early marniii^ ic it (]L]ite hidden from Lmnk Lo li^nk by a
deQsc nui& of bdlow^t of white [ni«»t| ij^desicnb^bly sb'-ingtr lo look
upon.
Hue, beAUhfulAt i« thi«i cotmLry, \\ f<i mofiL unhfullhy fur m-nn .ind
beHL Thf clow odour, the fong creeping line* of mist, llic lii h
nnk wfeUtion, the iCe-ody heal of diy and ni^ht, jiU say one
invd, "fever." and fever of the most vimlcnt lypc, 'Ihe travHEer
Ihroit^ thin «)ri of emmiryis ronscioua of 4 Ijtentfcir lc*t Hl' ihould
some dny begin tn feet hi>t ivher^ he oujiht to be cciifl, and cold when
he ou^hl to be hoi, And ao bo stricken down, lo ri>ic prenuiturely oid,
or petliapi m die, and he buried in a lonely grave tovcicd with
flonc^ to ketjj ofV r]"tc jiXckjjK We weie travelling in the very worst
fcvcr-month, Nfafch, whtn the aummcr vegetMion is commencing to
rot, a/kd fhio^' off ilK poisonoua sceam. What saved us here and
4ftetwatiTs at Sccocreni'Sj was ouf tcmpctmc living, hard eaercEset and
plcniy ofquinmct and trjb:Lcco, smolicd.
All the country through which wc were passing ia good game
Tchll, but wc AAw vcT)' litllc und killed nothing. This ^vas chiefly
owing lr> Uk fnct that wc did not dore go out of hearing of the
waggon-whceU, for fear of getung lost in the bush, und being
AUrvcil lo death, a thing very eiisily done- A few yi:ara back this
Tddl swanned with big gatne, with ulejihaiils and gir.iffes. and ihey
arc Ofn now ocTasionally seen. We managed nowandagriin lo gel a
glimpse of lome of iht bcauiiful '" loijnda "■ buuk, or of a srnall lot
ofblue wildcrliecsiCi* vanishing between ihclfecsj like a troop of wild
horic»- Thcrearc still plenty of lignsiiboui^ but we did noth^arany,
irhcihcr it wn* that they had gone lo the high-ye(dt after the eaillc,
Of dull they do not ronr no much in summer. I do not ktvuw.
P«ifaiji» it is m wcU rh^t hc did nod 'of ^c vsix ^ a. Vvcitv '^ ^"ts^
i
genc^riUy followKl by what ihc Dutch call a '^stirdi,'' After roajin|
oncv or twioc toivELkc the calllcu|>, and nuke Ihcm gcccmlly uncjEty,
the lion 9Ulhi)» hiniJ^cir about tircniy yaxda to windward of ibc
w^ggC^n T Tho oicn ^vt ^lail erf him and promptly "ikrrch^" diat
K brcik their rein* unrl run inadly inio llic vdd^ This is judi what
llic Uuik wuiU. fur now bu l3i) i>ick uiit a ThI ok Anil i)viei.1^
i^vproach htm* frvrti thi; othirr bitlv, till hu It within Jtpringinj
duitanc?. He ihtn jumpi upon him, ciurtht:-! his ti?ck with out
bile, and c^ils him :il In* kisurt.
And ?o we trekked on ihruugb tlieuuniiae, lliruugh itie burning
mid-day and gJoving sunsctSn steering by the tim and ninkuig out
own rood; now ihrouph rambouki prasi higher than the oxen, and
now through dcDsc hmh, till at len^th^ c«nc dny, wl- laid good-hyc to
the OlilUnts' ju&t where; iIic Ehndiij' RJvcr Sows into it^and tinned our
faces fiistward. This eounne soon broiiglit us on 10 hiffhci ffTound a&d
away from the mil noM. which lovei^ the luwj hoi vail cy*H into the rt^on
of tho bulbar bu^h, whkh thrlvfii ujujii th^: liill^idt-R, Thi* sugai buah
IE a very handjyanti; aitd iwculiai yi^tuX, with soft thick 1va^'C^ ttAndinp
About twenty f^-cE hi)j;h- It beiirsabmfih-like flower, k^ch of wbirh in
tiie Cape Colony coiilains half a ii^i^poonful of dd)ci<->U4 hone>': but.
curiously enougli, thougli in other tvupctU tbe irctf i» prtdiely
simihr, tins itt not the caw in the Tiansvaal or Natal. Al the proper
seaicn the Cupe fannu^rs j*o out with buckets iiid vhake the flowoi
till they have i:oI]ct-ti,"d sufficient h()ney to last Ihem for the winter, m
honey much more fragrani than that made by beefi.
After a long ride over the cipen^ which must once have been thickly
populated) to judge from themmtbt^r of remams of Kraals, wc came 91
length to Fon Weeher. The fort is very b;idly sttnalcd in the hollow
of jt j^lain^ and &o surroundi^d by line hilU thai it tb entirely com-
m^iiUt^dr Jt con^isL^ of a i^Ingii? sod wall ahoui two feet thick and five
high, capped with Ioogc stones, whiUt ?i \.\vo of iho corner* standi o<i
raised pbiibnoi») a Mx-|>ouiider and ;i three -pounder Whiiwurth gua
Inside the wall elt^ built rows ofraudhutfi, which arc oetupied by the
garrison, leaving an open E'juare. in the midst of whkh h phced the
magaiine. We found the gatriBon in a wrelchvd condition. They
have not received any pny excepi GDvermncnt "'Eood-fors" [pTO-
miasory notes, generally known as'*good-for-no:h[ngs"). lO they arc
in a sDie of abject poverty ; whilst they were completely cut off as
faras regards ofTensive optraiionSf by the death, (mm hor&e-sickscnt
of eiyhtj^'lwo of the ninety horstrs they owned. However, the officcn
and iptmson gave u& a veiygiajid reception. As we rodi^ up, theyl^red
a sslute of nvcWc guns, and then, altei wt ^^^A O^swi^^t^ and b«n
A Visit t& the Chkf Secdca:m.
TTCcivcc^ bj- ihc offij^crt. wc wrrr ukcn ihrcnigh a lane mtidc liy the
jUTisnntilfni^n up in a double iinc» and, jum m: wc 501 to the middlct
"ban^" wimt (he cii;hiy riflca o^■ct our hcode. Then an Addms
wn rcjid (l^c %o)iiniecr$ arc great people for a<SdTcwcR>, but a more
practical wclcomt soon Tollovrcd in ihc shape of a pood dinner.
Ntxl Tnorning ut; sUTTijd, a party of flevvn, incliidinfr (he inter-
pnttcr, to ride over the Loolu Bcr^* to Sta>etiMii'5. h1 distance of
about thin)' eight miles. Poor tin fon«nai«» wclittlc knew what wa*
bcfnriz Hi wt\cn wc ro<li" goily ivw^j '
For the lir*t five miles we passed through the most citriom
granite Ibrmation, n succession of snuTl hi1T<t entirely compo^ of
fttuidcd bonldcrs of granite, weighing from five Jo 1000 ions, and
Ifioking rx.ictly like piles of gigantic. anowh;i3k hurtcd together by some
mighty hand. Tlic granite Torm.ition prcwil* in fill this port of Ihc
cfltmlry, ^r\f\ individual boiiiden sometimes take very mnou? shape*;
in*tJ>Tif*, in ihc hiiaU'VcklT wc passed a great eolumii rowCTing
dT)i>vc llie Iffcs, toinjiOsciT of »^n boulders j^pttin^ \m»IlLT iind
Her fTiJiii the ktse tip, and eath arrnraTely baKuic^ *jn the one
^'b«i<Bth it. Then vrc croiscd the range oF hiTU which overlook*
^^tfic fort, an<l ['a^ing Secocreni'* old kr^inl where he uied (o live
bdbre he rt'lrcntc'l to his faatnc*sc*i, wc airivcd at a grcjt allLiTul
walley nine miles brood, on the other side of which rise* the Looly.
ft va« on this plain that the only real fight between the volimteera
and Secocccni*5 rncn took phce, when tht former managed to get
between the Hamulus anrf the hills^ anH shot them iJown like game,
killing o*'cr joo men. I.cavijig the bnttlc-ficld, where Ihc skclctona
atill lie, a little (o out right, wc crossed the pfain and came to the
fortt of the l.i^ohf, all along the base of winch sTintl neat villiget
mhabilcd by Sccocoeni'4 people. Some Of these villages hnive
birml by Ihc volunlcere, and the remamdcTiire entiicly dcftertcd^
their inkihirjint!! having butll fresh lial.4 ;HTiong the roLk* (ri a^moit
inacctflibic plarcs, Theappcflmnrc of ^^Cfle white hntt peeping out
iTI ovci the black rocks was very curious, and reminded one of the
Stmt chAleb.
By the siT^jm that nma along pnst the village! we off-4addled, as
both ourficlvei .ind our horse* were nearly eih^iiMed liy the burning
beat i bui ni there wa5, not miteh time to IosCh after a abort rest we
atiTtcd off agnini and rode on over a bed of magnetic iron lying on
the ground in great lumps of almost pure metal, tintH wc came to a
•tretehof whaMiMkcdrtrmarkablybkc gold-bearing vjnan/^nnd then ro
a limestone fcirm/Lhon: fiul the vi^olc country isevidcntlYnt'fx'at^emi
in minerals, .4Jn/i» lime wc were passij:igihTo*ii^ sr.
'^ew!^!
3"
The GmitatUin's Afag&sifU.
[□exprtsobly wild and grind, and when wt had arriTcd at thehjgl
»poi of iba pu&i U rcftdivd a climax of *4Lva^c Iwiiuty. About
i^a in Gront c^f lu tuwvtcd up anodier tro^Iikvru nu^'c of bltit^
liQi;ed rcouiiuun^ knuwn ^ the Blue Berg* wMUl .^t atgwd ic^ rca
grcU btuh-clad bills. opening lu-ay in «v«r>- dtrvctiOQ LOward« i
^ootoun.'d v^iUcys. The steiii; naa AugnuKlaadeolemD that I dooot'
tiiick il lies in the p^wei oftvonJitg desoibc it
Here WL- h-id lo dJsiTiguEil to doccnd a mon fcnrfLi] precipitous
path consisting of boiildcR piled togtthec in ihi' ivjldcsi con-
fusion, from one Eo iLnoiher of which wv h4d lo jump, driving Ihe
irefis before u«. Half-way doiwi) iv^c o? uddled to Ttfl our^clvc^ ajid
ta wc did so tk'G notict^d tlut the gall was running fhnn one of (he
hotBCS* iiOKCK* We kI1c^^ toi^ well v/hm w'^ the luatlcri juid «<> left hmi
then; to diu dunoy the nighi. This hoiw v^^ l^y br ilic &iii!Kl ire
had with \Vi, :md his ownt^r iihcd to buitst that Lbe ^>oor WcMl hod
often uLH'icd hiuit a heavy ziiaiii from his house to ]*reiuiio,a diotuicc
of nearly <)o iniks, in oil? d^Lv* Hu «'UJ« also a '^ «uUvd " lionc It u
a curiuus tliinfi; ih^iL ihv Bickncss gviieralty bills the bebt hontis Sm.
After a short rest we started on agnin, and at the end of another
hour readied tile boiioni of the passp Ffom \\x^i\K< we fudc along
a gulley. that a.ltc^nuiely narrowed and ^videned. till u length tc
biouyhl VIS right on to St<:octi;ni"ii beautiful, fevi!i-strit:ken home
All ihfce of us had secnagooddealof *t:eneryiii diffcrem parts Of
die world, and vne ofthe paily was intimatdy acijuainted with the finest
*pots in South Africa, but we wete forced to admit that wc had never
wen anything half so lovely as Setoctenl'* valley, Wc lisd lic^u gr juider
vicwK. indeed the scene fiom the top of the pass wa^i grander, but
never anything that ^o ne^ly ^pprojchcd pcrfcc:iion in dt^tatl Bcaii-
tiful it wju, beautiful beyond rncoibuTe. but it was the soit of beauty
undci whose veil are hidden fever and dcjlh- And so we pushed
on, through the still lioi eventide, till at length we came to the gates
of the town, where we found " M akurupiji," Secocceni's "mouth" or
prime minister, who had evidently been informed of our coming b^
his spies, waitinR lo receive u&
Condticied by this grandee, we went on past the cliiers knils,
down to the lowQ, whence floelted men, women, and children, to
look on ihe white loidsi all in a primiiivc state of dieKi, coninsting
of a Mnp uf 5kin lied roimd the middle^ and the women with their
hnir powdered with some preparation of iron, whidi gave il a metallic
blue lingc.
At lenj^li we stopped just opposite A beautiful fortified kopje
perforated by secrst c^elvcs where tlie Bmmiuittion of thtf tnbe i>
W Visit ii> /^f Chief Sgcoecmi. jtj
hiddeii. So strmfj^'r is allowed lo eonjr ihtac cavti. or even to
&icend the kopje, ihough they do noc objci;t to ones inapccUHg tome
of the <»thrT forufiaitiijnn> Diamouniing from ^ur weariud hone*, wc
|i:ks&cd thiough ^ t'liuiu krj^l andt^mc^ into the presence of ''Su^isi,"
ScooLxrni's untie, i h\. ulJ iVlloiv who n-js busily i^i(g^Lg(?d in braying
a «kin. Ncaily every lujilc BasiUlu one mceiN be Uv high or low, Is
bc&vlng abide of dome sjon, either by nibbing or by nuulictting iL
U it A cuiiout sighc la t:<jnie across -^uni^: twenty of the^e feUows,
I every one of ihem twisting or chewing awjy,
Swiui wa^ :i Rort of mofilcr of the houwhold ; hi« duiy il wo^ to
recdvv«tnn]jerb&nd acv thrit ibcy wcru |iropcr]y looked after; sOi
afler Kttukii^ huidji with uh ruriousty fhi; wa>i ji wondciful fetlow to
shake tandu}, he conduaed »» lo our hut. It hto^d in s. goud-
EJMd courtyard beiutifuLly prived with Asort orconcrcii^ of MmevLone
which looked very cleun Jind whiEtv ^md surrounded by ^ hedge of
TeediK and '^siick^ tightly tied t^jgctUcr, ioMdc whkh lan a slightly
imised bcnth, idso made of liniesiotiu^ Tlie hiil itself was neatly
ihatched, the thatch prujcetinu Kevc^r^ feet, ^ av lo fonn a covering
to a nairow vcnindoh that mn all round it^ Uvi\^^ it was com-
modious, and ornamented dter the Eg>'pliuJi atyte with stT3.ight and
t spiral lines, punEed on ivith some kind of red ochre, and iloored
with ft polished substance. Certainly^ these hu3 are as much
superior to those of the Zulus an those who dwell in them are infi^rior
to that grand rikoe, \\'h^\ Ihv ISjisntLiii ^jin in uct nind lin-ndincbs
they lofe in manlin^jEs and ^eniJemunl)' feding,
W'e had just bid ouraelves Aawn on the gr^us mats in the court-
yard — for it was too hot to go into the hut— ihoruLij^hly exhausted
^th our tlay'5 work, when in catnc two lutn, each of them dragging
a fine indigenous sheei). They were accompanied by Makurupiji,
yiho brotight u« a mwiage from Secocceni to the efTeet that he,
the chief, Vint lo greet U5, the great diii'fs; thut hescnmsalso a
monel tu eav, leiit wv should he hungry in hifi hou«e^ It was but a
inoncl— it should have been an ox. for great chiefs f^hould eat much
meat — bvit be himself w^ pinched with hunger, his belt ^vas drawn
very light by the Boersn He \^"^% ]Joor. and sio his gift vn\s jjoof;
fdtl, ho would tee if to^momrw he could ^nd a bea^t that had soeuc-
lhiii(E Wide« ihu skin on its bonc^, thjt lit mlHht oH't^ it tous. After
this iiktgnitoquL-ut addiu^ the poor animalu were trundled out by the
Other gate lo )uive Lheir throats (III.
AAer getting gome supiier and taking our quinine, we turned In and
dept thai night in the best way that ihe heat would let us« n£\t^\itftl
morning with the vajn hope of getting a bathe. Oi aW ^ivt &\»:^fffk
i
4
The GentUrtutns Afagashu.
forts tte cifpcrfcTiCcd at Sccncreni"*, ihc tirArcit)- ftnd 1iftdn«i t^ Oi*
irata »a* ihc wi>n?t. BiJ vaicr when yon art iti .^ hotbof! of fctci
» JL icrrit^Sr pnvAliorn. And <o vt-c h»d to ^o unwnshi'd. with the
ciiC^plioTi' of h,ivm4; a lilllc wntcr jioUTCtl over our h,inds oat of
gnurd^. Wc mH^t iiavc presented a curious sight aT l>Teak&st ihji
nioming. Before ua Imcit a SKrtly Kd&r holding a stick in cjich
hand, on uhich were Twpcctivcly sptarwl Lvk^^ and a aide of mutton,
from whirh wrc cut oflT great hiinks vvidi our hunling-knivc*, ;ind,
talcing them in our fingers, devoured Ihem like beanti of prej. If we
got ft bit wc did not Kkc, our mo<k of din^Offing of it w.is sample and
effective Wc threw it lo one of fhc natives sianding round in,
among whom wjLi fhc hc:r apparcntn who pnrwnpEly gobbled \\ up.
Bfonkla^l Eniahed^ a message utnie fmm Sccoerciu .lAkinf; for
spirits to drinle. Hut Tte were nor to he Taken m in this w*ir, for we
knev well rhat if ^vc sent ihc diief spirirs wc should get no bu5ine^
done Ihal Jay, and we did not care tn nin the risk of fi-ver by
ftfopl^mg longer than wc could help; so we wnt baek a Tnenage
to the cfletl thM buiine** must come fm^t nnd spiriti nltervardv
The head men, who brought this message, said that they couM
perfccily undumand our objection as far us Sccocceni and oursdvM
were concerned, since wc had to talk, but a^ they had only to «t KtiH
and listen there could be no possible objection to their hnving «omr-
thing to drink. This nrgumcm w:is ingenious, but tvc rlid not tr*
the force uf tt, as our stork of spirits, which wc had hmught mofr
for medicine than anything else, was very limited. SiiTI, we were
obliged to promise ihem a " tot " after the talking was over, in order
to keep Ihcm civiL
Our meaaagc had the desired effect, for prcscndy Sccocceni j^crit
to ^y that it was now licne to talk, and ihnt his bead men wotrld Lead
us to him. So we started Hpn accompanied by " Makurtipiji,*
" Swfl^i." and *' O^look," the gcni^ra! of his forces, a fat fellow with a
fnce cuacily like a pi^ The sun beat down with such tnemcndoui
force that, though we had only iltree-qunners of a mile to walk, we
fell quite tired by die lime we reached the chiefs trials. Passing
through several cattle kraals, wt came to a shed tinder which
Eat the heir itpparent dressed in a gorgeous bhnkci with his emm
around him. Leaving hiui, \v& entereii an inner tattle kraal, utiCTf^
in one corner, stood >i large, roughfy-buill shed, under the ahadc of*
which squatted over a hundrtd ftf the head men of the Iribe, gathered
together by Sccocojni to '^^-ilness/'
Opcnmg out of thfi kraal was the chiefs prfvnle enclosure,
stooi! hjs huis. j^s wedrew new, Setoccero , i»\v<i Wi Lu^iv^'Ed
, where I
^ BueJi 1
Visii Iq the Chkf Srco€wni,
terror into the bold fiurghctv of the Republic, ihc chief of seven
IhoLJund ^'axTioT^ die hiubuid of siity-four wives, the fiither of a
bunilred fldldrcmt i^hc from the ox-hidc on which he was «cal«if,
under the tftadc of A trcf, ut(] cume to the g;ito <o meci USh And a
queer sight thiepoiectHtewasa^huiftoodtli^iv abaklnghandatliiough
the ^tc- Of iiuddlt «Ui*i ibuut forl^-fivi^ yciu^ of siytr, rather Hit,
with A fljt noiic ^nd vmnll. twinklinj;) LhcV ryr^ U^ (irvumitfd an
entirely hideous and tit;mi'Te|ju]iive a|>]]tMiitnci;. Hik Un^^b cotitiiite^d
of a tvjttun blimktl over wliicJi was tlircnvn :i I^^r-ftkin karotv* uid
□n liiit hciid wj,5 iwck ;m cnurniouB old white felt hat, such as the
Boen wear, and known as n **wj1derbec*tc diaaer."
Aftcf wc had been duly intraduceJ, he ftftie^kJ to his ux-hide,
jind wc went and *quaucd down omimg tljc heud men. Sccocccni
look no active pair in the prpceedingii that followed ; he \Bl in hlri
enctoiLire and occasionally ^hgiileU out 9oni« inttructLonr tu Maku-
nipjji» who w^i litr^ully his '' niouch," s]>c^king for him zind making
i»e of the pfontnin *' I." During thr four horiT>i or ^o that wc were
there SecoctTni never ito|>jJcd chewinji :in intoxicating green leaf
Ttry much rcKmhling that of th<r pomcgrrLnatrr, of which he occs'
wofinlly *rm ui tome.
After ihc hcicneit of the CommiMion had came to an end, And
•oxnfi of our poTly started on Ihcir homeward joumeyj we were
dfCairLed by SeicoQceni, who wi^hi^d to **e iis privately. He aeni for
11% to hi.i priratc endosiircj and we sat down on his ox-hide with him
dind one or two hriid men. It wjs very curious to sec this wily o(d
*av»ge ihovii^ a handful of leu vcs into his mouth, ^nd giving hia hcud
A shake, and then making some shrewd remark which went straight
bo the bottom of whjtlcn'r question \\-?\s in hand. Al length we lade
Secotxeni HOod-bye, having promised to deliver all his rtspeclfnl
mesBgev to our chief, and^ thoroughly wcfiriedj arrived st our own
hcL 'Hred »s we were, we thought il wo»ild be belter to slart for the
i<irt Jil once, rilher ihiin risk the fever for another nighl. So we
e up our mind? to a long moonhght niJc, and, sa<tdling up, got
of SecocDsni'i town about 3.30 p.^r^, having looked our last on
diii benutifiil fever'tmp, which only wants WLitct scenery to make
it flbioltitely perfect Half'W.iy^ itp, we law ihc poor hopic wo had
Icit lick the day before, lying dead, with dry foam all round his
month, and half his fckin tnken olT by nome pMsing BasutiL A
roiipir of liiindfcd yani* fiirther on^ we found ninothcr dying, left
by the party wJio had ^tiried before us. It wm in truth a valley
of the *hadow of death. Luckily our horses lasted ua back. \q \t«
Koit, but one died tbrir, «nd Ciw other two are dcvd wv:c^
s%a\
ncAUtM &s y^v^.^ the jctnc by <1*y, in the liftlii vf the full m<ionlt
,^aft yci more surpassiftEly lovdy. It was ^ulciiin, u^inl. E^^t^
v;tnc)r became flTny$tcriou4jcqK Jind every hill, htonc. and trvcabonu
with ihDt <-"oIcI pale lu^irc whirh the moon nlonc <;in ihrov. SiU-ncc
fti(pic<I, the tilcnoc of Ihe dcwl, brokon only once gr twn;tr b}- the wild
whiutmg thallcnfe-e of one of Scccsctcni"* wamors .iaJic Lamcl>oimdiji{(
down thi; fwck*. to we who ^c wca- Ihat |>a.«L»t^. Hic effect of ihc
fires by the huB, perched .imong the rock* at tlie entrance lo die
paw, was very sirange and beautifi;!, reminding one of the midEt'vU
firci of the Gnomes in the fulry lalt^i,
And 10 we lode on, hour after hour* through the night, liU ff<
wcH-nisli ftll asleep in our saddle*, and ot Icngili, about two o'clock
in the mojftjiig. we reached ihc waggons to find tlic young Boer« Cut
flulccp in (iLir K'd, \Vc kiclitxl ihcm nur, and. alter 5w,iJloi*niK soiuc
biicuitJi, lutnhled inoursclvcjfcif tK' fcwhour^ rest which wc»i> sidly
needed
On the foHowingmiTimiogH Thiir^by, hvj of the \>\t\y bfldc fatertcli
to our ho8l* at tht:; Fori ^inj ptiiTtcd on cine of the qviickciit poiwblc
Ireks, leaving our companion to proceed aaoss country lo the for
established Ijy President BiirEers,or"rorocororo/'aa the Hasutv« uQ
bin>, AtSteclpon,
We rctiTmed to Middlcburgbyan cntirelydifocnt route from that
by which we came, giiided byonr trustworthy friends the tntt volunteer*-
Leaving the valley of the Qlifduts, to our right, wc trvklteil along the
hiyh-vtldt, and llius ;ivoided all the fevtr country. Roughly speaking;.
we hlid about uo miles of country \o gel <y\'tT lo tcacli MiddlcbuT]!;.
and we determined lo do this in three days and two ni^^hts, «o as to
get in an the Saturday night, js we were much pressed for linne.
Now, accurdiny lo English ideas, it is no great thing to travel i>o
miles in thrct days \ but it is *ix day*i' jOLirncy in an os-woggon over
bad eomiiry, and wc xvert ^^omg to do it in hall" tJiat time by doubling
the speedn
Ofcoorae, ludolijLswc hail lo trek night ^inddayn For instance,
on the litst day wcin>;panncd3r lo.jo a.m. and trekked till within an
hour of simdoivn ; at rundown we ins;)ann(:d. and with one oL]ts]4n
irtkkrd lill Minrifje: oiitsp;inned for two hour^. and on ai^n. Ircing
seventeen and a half ho-ii* mider ihc yoke out of the iwenty-fow.
and covering fifty-five miles. Of connc, one c^not do this son of
travelling for more thun two ur three days without killine the oxen ;
as n w^s, towards the eud, a? soon as the yokes were lifted off,
the poor bcosis dro|.pcd down ;is ihotigh they were shot, and most
of them we«c l^xic, Anothet ©eat diwdvanWfic i* ihai one
Visii to ihi Chief Sccomni.
3"7
ituflent vCTy much &om wani of slfcp^ The jolting of the iprin|[*
IcH nurfiine ai ii lambcTfd over rocki a foot high and through deep
K^ruiti or ttfumi, brought our hdd) down with luch a fcktful jfli on
jlhc s^dlc>tagTi th4twc u*cd for piilofti, Ihai nil i!tcp was *fion
jknock^d oiit oTthcm; or, cvtn if we were lucky enough to be cnjising
A iircldt iif lolembly smooth groitnd, thetcffhi* \ swnying motion tlut
Tabbed ones fare up and down fill the skin wm nearly vfom Through,
polisibing tlic udd)e-b[i|;« to fitieh ui exieni thjt wc mighl abnoil hjite
ihcui for lookifig'gl-iiics »a weM a* [jillows.
K\ Setoami's krajJ wc had Eng,?g<^d two boy^ to carry our parks
'ttVikTM thf Foti, who, on [heir Arrtval were «io well ftaturri'd with
the wayin which we treatei^ Ihem that ^vty rnjunted to be allowedl
. lo proceed wilhur ThciP young bjrliariins, who wrnt respectively by
the namci of*' Nojokc " and ** Sco^'l," as being the ncarp^ appro-icb
Jfl Eofiliih to Ihcir Si^utu ramc% were the greatest pocriblc lonrce of
■bnucraenl to iw, with thrir curiou* wayi, I never saw inch fellow*
fo tieep ; rt \% .1 po^ritive fiet that Ncijokc u»?d freqnenily to Like
his leit coiled \ip like a bon-con stridor in a box nl the end of the
waggon, in whidi bos stood three iron pois with their sharp legs
Slicking op- On Ihoie legs he pc/ircfuHy slumbered when the
Wft^on waa goirg over gronnd that [jrahibitetl our even stopping
in It. "Scowl * fcvas no( ;l nice boy to fook atj fnr bis njiked
,batk H'iiH iunply cvit to pierci anil cnvered ^Mlh huge wcaN, of
which c^^rybody, Oonbdc*'*, rhosight wc were Ihe cause. On in-
[quiring how he ir:ime to get *iich a ircmrndaii* thrtihing, it turned
I01H that these IlisnTu^ have a custom of sending ymmg men
[cf A certaiQ age out in cotrpk^, each armed with a good '^ «jam-
rt»ock" \\ whip cut from the hide of the sen-cow), to thrash one
I anothei till one gives in^ and that it was in one of thc^^c encounters
fthiit the inielligeoi Scowl got lo lacerated, but, as lie remarked with a
(grin, " My bndc is nothing, the chiefs should aec thiit of the other
We spent one night at Middlcbntg, and nest morning, bidding
iarfieu to our kind Enghsh friends, sififtcd for J^Vctona, Liking care
flo end our first day"*joumey at a house where rtn Engl ii^hmnn lived, ,10
AS to cniure a clean *lialce-do\vn. Here wt discovered thac the
liorse 1 was riding (fhc *oIe survivor of the five wc had stirtod with)
liad got the sitknete, and so we had to leave him and hire another.
This horse, by the by, recovered, which i* ihc only instance of an
«nifnflrs cnnqucTtng the disease which h;is yet come under my
observation. We hired this horrie fram a lloer, who, i.har^ed wa
«actly thic<; tiroes lire piopcr price, -ind Uit:^ yttzaxi^d >^ ^
I
Ti^ Gmiltma'is Magatme.
«crmon quite a qiHrtcr of -in hmir long on his haspiuJity, his
LindfLcu of bev^ ind h]« willingnru io help atmngeni. 1 raiut
icU you thul, JLul V «c wftc going to sti^ the nifi^t befcue,
A tcr^ukga hAd conic uid asked for A shntr-downj wluch wu
^ivcn lo hiiri in tlic iuii^ loorti. Wc li^d ri&en hcTorc duy-biiSJk.
and my i^oiiiiiajnun wh^ cicp.iitatiag to iiie, in t^lcai and TiiTdble
languaigie, vn the liypocri^y and scouadreiisni (rf this ikidt wbcD
suddenly a f^lcepy voice out of thr daEkDeai (mirnit^TM thickly,
^' 1 sity. iliangcT, ^utif you sliouldh't ]i»ic your temper^ gucn
Ihait 'etc Boer is aciing aftt-r ihe manner of himrAn twlui*." And
then Ihe owner of Ihe voice turnt-d over Jnd weni \ty akqi ngain
We bid over sixty milts lo ridt thai day, and it mu,%i hav* been
ahottt eight o'clock At ntfilifj on the sixtccnili day of ovir journey,
ttfhcn wc ^Glch^^l Prttoria nnd rortv ^iriiighl uji to our camp, whctie
wi^ were greeted as Ihoac who had come out of the jaws of dcaih. J
un rate that some of our friends must have felt i little diiflppomicd
at aecing ui arrive healthy and fat, without a sign of fever, aAcr a^
their nicluidioly prcdicrioUL It nouJd not have bcuii "human
natur' " if they hjid not. U'lien me got to the camp, \ laDed out 1v
Masooku, my boy, lo come iind take the horses- \c*: momenl
I hoard a ru^h and a stitttle in the tent like the smmmniftc lU a
tailibiC'l.toiri'JW when fine puK \i\ the fcirett, and Ma^noku shouted
out in Zulu, "He has cojni: Liiicfc ! by Chaka's head, I swear H!
It \s hiif voLte, hii own voitc that calh me; my father**, my chirf^l"
And then, jJlerwards, he look me and showed how he had keiit
everything ?,ccure in my tent, ami ^aid solemnly in hii broken
I'jtgli*h : " I very glad you tome back, sir; I no like to live iritbout
you, (nkoie," Poor Mi'iGoku 1 he hadlwcn dreadfully dbappoimed Jil
not being allowed to come with me. ■* :^urdy," he said. ■■ where my
chief goei, there I should go too," There is sometljing very louclw
ing in the flffeciion these fellows bear one.
And HO cndeci one of the hiird^t ,ind most inlcresiing joome>'»
imaginable ~,i joumoy m whi^h the risk only added In the iileasurcL
Still, I should not c.^rc to make it again ax the ^amic time ofycAr.
Kh r. il
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^JLARCON.
\% «unbci in a varm summer cv<;n)ri^ of Augun i6ai> The
deponiii); lijjbt tloodA the u|>tun]vd foccb of tlic Ajjcctators. «<ated
vn the raik bvncliev of the TvAtro dd Principe, llie riril ;]walii; uf
Midrul. Bui tlie stflge is nothing iiiorv than a couriyiirdj o^rraK '"
ibc Mrcct chilled frifidpc^ ihtj [lii cjr piUia is noUiiii^ iHuta lliy.ii
woodcti fomts in tlitt open jilr, ihc bo:(e£ atg nothing more ikin the
windows of the houac to which the courty-ird ljelt>ng=. There U no
dunce of r.Lin ou ihiH wami August c^^enin^', but a kind (if light
^IRinlng i^ al^Ay^ tcady fur prcittxtion .against indtmcnt Rkio-. The
lOvatC JCCVsHOnuH arc 'jf ihc uiutl ^Hmkivi;oti,tiaU(;rrx)[)cuivab1c:. In
(hit ToLtru Jcl rrinctpcr it id niudi thi; s^a^e ;(0 lE was tn Shake ii[ii:Are'c
.the GUjbtfn Thcrt our forvrithcrs kiitw the /.sW* of
^ niurdrr, and thiU of the lovco and di^jrhs i>r Romc:»
And Juliel, by a big Loard in l]i<; buckgruunU UbdlLsd "VeinctV o(
A coittedy u U:ing playtd In iheTuiiUo del Principe, suoh a pfcc^c
ax we ahuuld uot call ;t vonicdv iio\\ad^}'S' A Spuniah
of the s^emecntli cenluiy was a tuirndivc of eicub, moum-
dicrou*. oocunlug lo private persona. Wlien ^ king ^^a^
ihtf play wafi vailed a tra^fdy- A ttii^i-cumedy wiia the
tu a Uunia \\\. ivliitli ihc horo oi firsi^w/^rt dial. A
cwnedy iiuft dica the geueiic name for any dr^inaiic fable- Tm^
and comic play*, historical plaji, and plays detapa y eipii<h^ mythic
player and play» Jc tuifumlffi, puc:ms in di.Uoguc, and inch ckLofaie
cDDipo^itionji a)i .^ j>/r^?d at CantuFQ and ZlJ Vitfafia i/e Valletas^
■II, |irovtdtfd dicy conLiined thrive acts, were u^ll^^d comL'dicfi. A
pivcc containing bat oue act ^/ms m\ miifi as die aui*> su^r^mmtalw
^1141} ion play-
Tlic particulai Lot»4fdy played this Augu&I evcniugt niort; than
Uro ei£ntuiie» and a half agv, hj£ a noble end, a vrelUdrspooed
plot, a mine of doquence, ^nd ext^elCent leadiiig character^- Its
lubject ii ihnt of ihe wi^e Preoclier who tried ail things, ind
I found that all Ehingt ^cre vaniiy. luveniie is the court* in which
I adiool this truth is leamt the soonest i iu lime the middle of the
Tkt G^rUiftnan's Alaffiam^
I5lh caitECfr vt^'^ ^^ prince Don Rnn'qiic had pou^r in SpM^
H very wcnujm in lltc vvtimk-rful inconftUnry uf liiv wiU. G^rui'Rcm
4« Abucoti, u, yoiiOi iinknuwn, and ^oar, ha^ conic to Madnd lu
flnilui onviny- Hi: hlxv h\\\\ utklriK loa Luiy of idc^Tbc«utr> bcr
nauiiv AnurU^ Thi^y I'luh'^ ^"^^ G;4i<:]'Ruu iv hLoliI to bill Pm
Juan^ whtn ll)*^ fjUlcr invukff* I he aiJ uf llir Virjpii. "1 will nol be
didcouflcwoH lo 'ii-il lady," fciy* Iuh iidvcTB.iry, '^ Ri*c \ " Thii (occe
or polite piciy TiTids grtal fivour among the moi^tt^ftvSr thtnc UcfB
censora b/ whoiir vint-f a play livrd or liipri- AnaidJi c^m««K
Garci^Ruiz to b« dH^inerd^;! tlrvice of nnicmt lovc^Jcd lie i*
brouf;hi before Don bltinL[ue, ton ofthckmg Dan Juan H., of CwtlDe^
He eJipliim to tkii prince the came of hli quarrel Don Jian had.
gi\cn hint the He— an insull which men ron«der mo*! diamcrul^
bccjujc fjNehood ia most commori ; Gard-Unij? had jilUckud hiia-
The dijcl w.u intctrupled^ ind Ihcy do nol ice cfi^h other JirJtfB
till they nieel on the 1mnk« nf (he Mukioinjir^^. The piinvc^ ]ileuvei^
with thi^ noLilily of ihjirTicter of Gjirci-Ruijt, itiikct him 1m?i fric^iiL
Tn the ineantinitr, M.tiiric{t>, a despised suilor of AnanU^ \h [)gAi\A\\a^
ahoul 1i(.-i li^liirony. He is ^ent fiway by Ines, hrr AeriMoL Guii'
Ruie J:ikes lii** placL-, enveloped and ifreeagniMiblc in hif cbok^
'ind hehii> IiIr riv^l siimmLihly diamisaed by Annrda, w?]o moiBkeiS
C^rd'Rui^ for Mjiuricio. " ShaU we kill hitii?*' viyi the K|uirc oT
Mauricio, wKo lias just appealed on ihc scene j;nd iicaiJ AlurdA*^
l.-Lst words, " >Jo, " rehrnis his ni:ister; "let firm live, iincc he is noF^
3oved." So ends the first flt-L
Thescrond act introduces The tpeetator toihe AloLuruf MaJriiL
Gorei-Ruir ift now high in the prince's favour He occomfinniL-a hiio
^y^\ .1 nighl c5:|iedition lo the lady of the royol lovc. Thai lady i»
^Tiard.i, White he U -ftatching, he i* atUfked by MAniitio, uhtimhtf^
wounds*- The prince has a s,irisfacTor>' interview with Iije iniviTcn*
but reproache:^ Garci-Km/ for wounding his rival, '* Unhjppy that %.
am,'' SI thic»[|uiaC5 the prince's friend, " a Javoiiritt' niu*!, like an asiTk>'
loger. hi? able to inttrprel aJl the a*])ecr«t nf hU prince 1 I risk my^
life lo please hhn, and he ts offended. In one day I ha.ve loved unA
lost Anardit- So run* ilic world I " He rciolvc* Ig <fuit Maxirjd, ani^
informs Anarda of his re^toldtion- Ananf.i combati tt« tcH* him •f!i^P=i
h:ilt* MauTiciti. ;ind a?.k* hfm to soli- it the printe, who 'vi too hi ^l^"*
for any honourable asi>iratiori on her jwirt, to choobc a hnabond fiM ^'
hi^r fTum among his best fncnds, tiArci-Ruii undt-rmtiinds her, is 1(^^
heaven, and the second act cb!ies, A
The nhird art showi* Ihe prince's displeasure at Anarda'* rrrr'niffr,*
//f iCiouiuvid^ [he recipiCTit of hu ^oil-Uveii tivgut to quit Mldrirf, "j
Atari on.
he goei he h.it\ an inlcrvirw with Jnlia, Annrda's friend,
|hc persuade* him thai Anards t» rtitHy in love with the prince, but
bat Ihcrc i« a womdn, ir he had Gnly ryesi to »ee, at CiJr di ahc, and
ifhf> bve* him ftr betkr. GarxH-Ruii is at last made to comprehend
hat tlui woman is Jub>, After *eveu»l devicca pf hcti lo bwei hef
ticnd'« rhatacier in the tycs of Clarci-Ruix, the prince command*
ICT 10 mwTy Don Juan, -ind Anarda lo many Mauncio. On the
troioftttnncci of Garci-Rui/, the prince linriqueciffera hi* friendship
it ihc wuiTun he leva to that cavoJier, Garci-Rui* chooses (.he
Iktter, lakiLif; Aidrda in preFetcnee to aU chances of worldly ^gj^ran-
linemeJiL Hy ihi« time the eyes of the ipeclaion are soniewhitt
ted unJer iheli lowered lombfera, the on\y covering between
i\nd heavcrif for it has been a long comedy, Rul when the
Uhei of the brieve ASk^ pardon according to Spanish uittom for
Fu impetfedions, then from steps and railings, fmm window* and
larret^r froin every leat nnd standtng- place, but cspccmlly the stals
Bf the mgp^afttivxt T.ho5c arbiters of the fidfia, bum* forth, amidst
poisy clipping of h^nd?^ anJ stamping of Fef^t^ one long, [gud, unani-
GQOUK cry of adtnimlion and aj^jilanse. Wns not Ihc author Alarcon,
Uid the play " The Kivouis of this World " ?
'*The ravoiiffl of this World" is eoni^idered by Spanish critic*
^e of the bert, if not rhc best, of our aiilhor's comedies. Therefore
thU short analysis of the plot Has been given. l]iit iti chief eiccl-
lentc lies in the diction. IC is the words of Afarcon'a plays nillier
thin iljcir con^irijction which have made his name fdmous. Of theie
Hnd ihcii eloquence initanccti will be produced hereafter.
Dnn Jiran RiiiT dc Alorcon f Mcndoia wa^ a nnan born under
in unlucky siar. \Miiil little good fortune should have fallen to \\it
Bharc wa* suffered for hira byothcn licarioualy. His best f>lay3Were
Ittnhuled to hi% rivals. Tn the prologue to the edition of the second
ttatof hiH works published in Barcelon^i the author him«;If com-
P&ts;, in icmis of modest simplicity worthy of all praiac, thai nifiiiy
iofhb children had been affiliated on other parents. ■*n>e reader
ioiw know," he says, " that the eight comedies of my fir^t pan, and
Ae twelve of this second, arc all mine, although $orac of them have
erved to feather other birds- This is ihe fault of the printcn, who
teign them to whomsoever they i^ill, not of the authors to whom they
te lo aligned, whose grcstest carelessness gives more lustre than
^ greatctt cure. I apeak, therefore, more for iheii iionour than for
t»ic, font is unjust that their reputation should suffer from my errors
^r3 fgnomnce^''
It icems itj^Tige tbjtt Comeillej one of IhC comfjat wto, ^^
d
Tk€ GeniUfHafis MagaziH€.
Alircon Slid, ivas fcilhcrcd inth his plumes, ahould have Al fint
Attributed IjA Scspech&tif Vtrdad to L^pf dtr Vc^ A wider reading
Df SpAniab comedy would hiivc ahown him that iE4 fliylf wu £&r moiv
nciLrly allied m ihnt of Morcto ihon to that of the '* prince of poets."
Moreto attached himself, like out author, b preference to raonl
thcrae^i anU In boLh theii^ Ik the sanicsut'crityof ir^Emcnt- Nothing
could show better tin: difference fif Lo[ic :inJ Alafcon Ihiii Uicir
rcapcrlivc treatment of standil in "JIil- Ktwanl of tood Siic-jTctn^j"
and *' Walls hear, " In the first the ntoihw js nearly loBl iii a rius*» o-F
comic incident ^ in Uie second Ihe doriin,uit nidody of t}jr; theme
is siipiKjrt<^d by every variation zn^ /imituta of morals mtjodll^;^
The carelessness of his conlempoiaiies and the mxn's own
tiLude&ty have left us little biographic^ VnoH^fcdge of him vrhoic
name b now written on the walU of the world wjth those of Lope,
Ciilderon, Rpjas, Mid Morclo, He scemi* to liave been born in
Ta^co, a province of Mexico, but we know not in what year, dot of
Vhai family, though it wlis UlustTJou* probably, from the internal
evidence of his name- He ptoclised ihe bw in Sjjain in i5ti ;
about itiafi WAS a species of Commifitioiiei of dii^ Indi^-u Council,
and died in 1639, Such are Ihc liarc dr^ bones L>f his biogiaphy,
wUh no sinews or tlesh to come upon them, nor a^y sLin to cover
thetn above, ov^r which, in al[ probabiliiy. no breaill ffom the foUf
winds wiD ever breathe, that thty niiiy live-
Ahfcon, like ^sop and Socraivs, muted a me mind with an
ungainly txlerioi. An unfortunate huniij on bis hack, for which
Nature, fullowing her favourite fa&rluon, had com petj gated with
a i^rotii be ranee in bi^i stomadi) gave employment to his nvab^
wit. But his writings teem with moral exanipEesas wdlas intellectual
entenainment. He has niiied the oiefd wiili the pleasant, and
would, were he more kno^^Ti, ^^m yulden opinions from all sons of
people, and from all agies, by deliglititig his reader if wit cAn delight
him, and 01 the same time improving luni if he id lo be improttd
In the " Suspicious Ttuthn" a young man endowed by nature and ai
with many engaging advantages of mind nnd body> negatives them
rearly all with a monstrous habit of lying by wholesale liU he mafcett
even "TnilhBUspicious" inhia lips, without any other profit otrnMife
than the aimpte gratification of liis pec passion. If, in the net whii^li »
through his folly, is gradually woven round liim in the dcvdoprocax
of the plot, one part becomes unravelled^ he quickly knits it tip i^tttn
by his favourite cmft i if one knot is undone by the devTce* of hi=*
friendSf he is sure to reconstnict twenty in its pkce, and at bsl he i«
to h<^eics^^ entangled as to Lose for ever the lad/ whose \9^^^
I
I
It (he comedy )ic hut ci>nijtnntly dvaitedj apU ii'ould have
for ]\h gfciiter love *jt leasing.
In ihe compotilion entitle J '^WalU heir," in which ihc lender
Don Jvan dc Mendots^^ bvurmg oi he cfoeE ivo of hh names, may
pcihaps be tikcn for Alarcon himself, ihc moral failing Eiignuclsed ifi
that of evil>&])«aking ; and it i« to be noticed that, a« m the comedy
)ust qu;>tec)| io In thirf, i!w hLibit is nut ^riatn^ <jut of u n^alicbus but
solely A cotflleBK chamclvi— iri buth cav^s tliat Evibt of epi^akin^ i^ the
object of censure, ^vhich, woTk^^r tl^on nut indut^'c it»ctf» would mdign
itie ionocent witliout jiroHi, ha it wuuld di"ic<:r,tte mith wiEhout
reward. The hero of this play loses his bve by evil Hptakiiig and
slandcTkng, ob the hero of the last Joi^t hia by lying-
It seems scarcely credible that hit '*SuRpidoui Trwih" should
have been retranj-Uted from *'I.c Metitcut" and [jlayed lo an ap-
plauding audience hi Spuiii ivho had nut the ^lighten concc^ition thac
the author was their counttyman. Thst Avini of reptJiacJon which is
the resuU of injo merit was certainty the lot of AIar<x>n in ,t measvire
brimfoinK over. Neither Schtci^cl, Eoutcnvek, ncrT Sismondi, in their
ligbl tLTtHSiu on ihc somewhat deep and wide theme of Spfinish
litcroiure. have ever mentioned his name — the nanie oi perhaps
the greatett poet and dranutisit fio^ e^Lcpting C^lJeEon, of that
Spooi^h htcraikirc of whkh ihuse gentk-iueit profeistd to iR'aL Tliece
15 a itory in ^'Ktop of a buy who, with hh hand dii^tended with
tnbins in a narrow mouthed Jiir, hiiffwrcd iht piings of unsatisfied
gluttony sooner than allow a few nidm to fall from bet^veen his
fingers It it as well, pi^rh^pb, to lieat ^l little »ubjeci correctly as
a large one incorrectly. To foim an idea of an author »f comedies,
it k not ^ufHcient to have read two or perhaps iliree, and then
without more to conr;trnci -i system, Ii Is trtic you gain a Tepu>
totiOD for vast reading, but what kind of riding wns U which
induced SchlcEcl to call the •' Misanthrope " a disseriaijon in dialogue
leading to no rc^.nllT with a dragging i>lot, an J ihc "Toriufe*' rio
comedy with ihc exccpUon of it scene hcie nnd there^
"Vnijfce Caldeion and Lope, Alaicon seldom copies himself;
''"like Morelo. who imitated Molina, he never copies another," Such
" tlic opinion of n Siuni.-ih critic of high authority. More than half
^'* comedies arc tfV iVifuHiirei or rf? niracf^u. They contain q code
^ pr^LCticAl philosophy, in which the Mexican dramatist teaches lls
^^l (o do Jind ivlut to leave undone— otir duties to ourselves and
^ Our nLT^hboura. To prevent our surprise at succcasful vilhmy, he
■^^WAII ia Luckn" In ** Iaduatr>' and Fortune" he shovf^ ha« 'Crv^
^^ner may comjucr or nct^fnUwe the latter. He viams ns, pa-^^
y i
^^jM
J24 Tk£ Cmiknmfts Maptsini,
luTc >]rtddy Mcf^ cbM pocpcntj !»» bvc to 1 iimc, 3od thai wirrov
iiidhApptacM grow BpfJik by side oeth« field of this C3nh.b "The
WovU'i Patoui." Still, to prtvctn tsm dcifKndIfi& *« maty read
"Kn^T An It] v^lbout % Good." Modch Of nuiy virtues rue before
in in the prDCjfOiuW c£ "Hovtogsia Frkftds.''&«l '^Tlic Locdof
Ihe Stan*'' ami n those tvo aoUe rivili in " Look bcTore yon Many."
-' Crime leekxPmibhmeM'" ocil "He who foes III ^jdAa in nr
lell thdr own stofkt of the comcqoaic«s of vice >nd guttr. There
uv d few com<d]c« "of doak aed Tvord,* in vhieh miTi^r h&s
marked .\Urcon fiar h<r ovn. In these wc hurc Uic iiMil ni^i
Kxnn and balcony- vSEcAttd duels, sprciUrd witb the ItnfUfif^ of
Gonfoo. ConpxKm is horerer, so rare thai iu prcsenec in tfte
fimpAnof "TbcWcAitroTScsovia* ban ftddibonal evidence tk)t
tkit conei]^' iTM never vrriuen by Al«con. A couple or honei ore
here described thus:—
H* nJ« 1b10 ihc mcu BoenCed «ii bii Andaluaa ^ttdiAall, i ■btaocr of
Ck. a( am iimr a likte, >t vk^Iicv & ctovd - Ihe liitJeJ ipte aton oa wa iJc t eJ
bin >liippAGtM'9 ThrHFi h*i(ear»l lo hit itniiie. Il« r^vjtA ife ^v^Ep*
c^ ■ hinl 1(1 llie air. )t» liit ■«« 4 ^sprnl, bit ibah? uTnr Afigicr. U* InBt
aMMUWln: b »U mpccli he via Itte » potL Tbewlnc! ■loAfcd tobapofMit
Ibi «ted, bui qjch a chv]^, Not the Moor omc, fcininc 1° T^ Kimfl of «
l^lilBj chiicf>itf« OD the Icf? of i r.f^ck (ttUirf— oaf iliittjUr— like a nwi
MrriODUii^ cvrr ihc c^oond Th? mue m^ ■ jvonin.
This is exTrctnely like no^^senae, but \\ is hy no means aa ex^go
oted reprcsctiLti^on of the Gon^on^in of thni [•enod- Compare wMi
iialiiilesong of a diM^rdixl lo^^r ina piceo which bejvnd aU doubt
is Akrcon's very' o»-n, "'The Proorof Pn^miscs" ^-
Cbt more I dccpAif cJ cvivjiiaiac Lhai Jenmrencs which it yoijj bfttvt/k riral !
Irt™ I Acc^aluie's custora chjwi^nL Thai vhjch ^IfJAU all <lu ^iipla^M
T^' pEi^vr nuLn you tss ^ififul, *«ri-Lii^ lOiVc^jfti BiUK luM, lon tUDiyaV
Divmc tmitytiuuk >ifv ; I kiiQW it but too ircll, Ih I wonhip^vv^Aive;
but toby abokllii such pfrfeclion brrak dovrci >^aEdiv'iiL«lijlT4^
1ft luYcliccn thi^iUrenrjunT U)VElJimi— tf T hiimour you, mjtrifilidjMwndi
4nil love jrmt. inj-wtr unloved ^whii Emr ^l4Wi KjU VoAM« mc 414 >
Had not "The SuspKiou* TnUh* been wriuen, Moli^ Bi^
never have been known. Such, at least, is ihc opinion of a critic rf
aume weighs of VoltAire. In the mid»E of a time ^hich del^^lted
in adventure, ii.n\iancc. and hirlupinaiirt, Comeille dited to bricg
TUQMlity on Ibc sra^F, ll is ixivsible he haJ nc^ei done Llii^ bad he
notfCAd " LaSosjuchoKiVcrdad/'of whichT*^: knLPwbis "'Menteu'''
h tsnh more or less than a trannblfoit. Had Mk>lihc not teen
this pjccCf he would pcihaps txe\cT ba^ve Xjc^t^ s.'o'atV «^ ibe grvi
I
\
I
mpcriority of this jfwv of drama over othcrt, find ho, by devoting
hinuclf in it solely, cflmcd for himself an immofUlit)-.
Ii ii niHoiii. 4-1 hjii been before mentioned, thu-tCi^rncilEc thought
himself indebted lo l/>pc for hia origindl^ ihaugh written only about
iwenly ycsin hefatt, while Voluirc wys it is unccrum whether l^pc
or KoJSA wnH ih author. Poor Alorconl Af UorticiDe Md gone
to Scncc^i for all iTiaI w.a i-xcclk-nt in hn '^ Mcdcft," lo liuiLUrn dc
Cfutro fur Jttl Ih^t vt^h grand in hin "Lid," »o he came to An
ijnkTH>wn fountain for nil that wan entcrtilning in )iis "Mcntcur,"
foltowing Hrjrarc'aprccqjt, uhogiv^^spErrmiuion luporuancE |>aintcr3
of d^Ting aU thtngf). '* Whether it be a robbery or a loan I csrc not}''
Biiyi th(^ g'*^^ I'trcr, '* They arc our enemies; it in |>crTnitle[I to
■poil ihcm, and I shall do it agaia" He kept his ward in " La Suite
du Mentcur/' from the " Amar ain saber 1 quien '^ of Lope, which,
from rhe IJcklcncM of puMic favour, though wlih an inirigiic more
irticffiiing ihjin That of " Lo Mcntcur, " met irtjth hut Yitilc succcn.
]t bxK bcf^n v-iid thai " Lc Mcntcur" ii little dsc than a translation.
The chief lijflcrcnrcs between it and Alaienn's comedy aro driiercnces
of KUptalion, T'or example, Hon Garcia looter his lies in Peru
and the Indio*; Dorante. hi? French antitj'[te, ha^ made himself
Ccarrd lilte a iliurdcrholt in the wan in Germany, and so on. The
diflercncci are precisely those between the siffge *^ldaplationB " of
the present day and thrir I'renrb oKginal^.
VVc turn wirh sorrow to a fungous ^:»rowth of literature, a huge
imu of envenomed nbiidry, whidi gicw ^nd flourished on the
bodily deforniitie*, tfr which we have before alluded, of Alnreon,
Far from keeping silence on this subjiirt, grateful to God who hud
made thera oihcrwisc, the writcrj of hi^ day, aJiis ! even the best of
Ihem^ jmmued the lucklesii poet with the nio*it virttlent and caustic
diairjhct, ** Deformity, " fay« J]acon, '* iaan the matter an advantage
t<3 fiMnj^," Ic may have been io with Alarcon, for hui fiiends
never anoiii^d him for a moment (o forget bis humps. Don Juan
>'cmandc«> othcrwwc unknown, hjis left it on rerord in verso thjii the
ciM^rmoui swellings on tith^ r side of thi^ (infortunitlc mrui rendered
it ittpossiblc to say wjicther he wa9 appn^nehing or retrograding,
The play of words
O c ttande Ic cunu-viui.
cannot be wdl reproduced in Kngliih.
In. the National Library ai M:tdTid ate some twenty s^i^uiilii/as in
M&* in wliieh Alarcon is made lo promise to !-a^c dc Vtii»^"*i^w
niflster of poets," not So mate any more ver^W, laiviiCT ^am cS ^
vluppittg' He IK then coitt|)cl)cd to cantpouc Ktrac farewell tinet
ViKziinBt bimsclf. lu Llieni he sa^^ : '^ 1 w\]\ noi ylcM ro »ny hump-
back living, for I have ii hump on my iiliuut<ltfi' ami xtmthrt on my
brea»U Jfiutt^'huth It^fifh mtt" TMs jn ifie tcWxm of liiii song.
"'Hkc^ jpitcor hke tliT ixitinierb ufa f;iUti (lilgr jn. A fiirnd in^l vnc
and said : * I caift *ec wliclhci you come l»flrknandft fir forw.trd^,'
IJidL« divert Iht-msdvi^s wiTh tnp as uHth a dotfbloon ibiuiped on
boih )idn. Beiwcri'ii hill ^ind bill pecp» uut my fn.cc over tbe hoiriron
of my humps, /ems/ what it if wttA mtJ I leerm to onyKir 4
lortolbe. the mould of a butlel-itulEer* iind ihow a bjain on dcfi
Ride of me in which lo ihave nipclf. I -inj ihc Mtivc itid panjvc
voLcrmoTic; 1 te^ch gr:iiinnjt with my two biirnp^, I bevriboui
niy life in a Liitlc XaXi^ ^i a giil hrr brcjiUf.iKt bL^lwten her frodc and
lier .iproTi. JfSUi/ ivhut I's it vritA met \ urn Ulce two bowU of clay
out ofwhicli I drinl;- My pcnon is a J^nus, biillocV* before and >
mpiuie bcUmd ; W\a\ Avhich s^hoi^ld be lichind IicIotc, And my ttonrueh
al tlie baiclc of my iifck. J Aiu » good svrimmc^r, a« J iilvnyt have ft
cotjpleof goufda *%ilh -a\v- - V/hun 1 lcrt.ve my huute 1 fear iMnic one
will call for niissic. Jftns/ lofral is it H'tfh met These twocymbjUof
mine plcii.se ^h*l pttipfc. Oiic pul cuppinjjg; losses on Tny ><honlilen
and breast, an^l rcriu-iving Ihcm Ihc Utile humps roac. My J;»rr thAn
owl'^ face, n.iy body Ih^l of a frog. Jntts / T^y^fii m //' with irrr_ IhM
all men hol^l mc ii* llieir *pr)ri ? They wy T am nn f»*tnrh, hc-einuM
1 can dignl the iron oi' their hiwes lor my vcrc^. Comc^ l,f>pc dc
Vega, ^d grant me a talent like yourit-"
In k /r/rrJ/a .ittn"l>ined to Quevcdo, hut as likely to have been
written by Gongon, Al.irron i* cjUcd -i l.-L»t for fooK * sliejf of
pLiTcnthc^cfi, A collection of knots, a i;Lddle inm^d "p before and
behind. He hns a £ice remindinR one of a dirge, and yet presence
to 5mg hAllrUijAhi (vcrse5 for the roy.il feitiv.i!, ^hich Ahrcon h«d
been .ippoinlcd to write, AvW i//te hoy/n'^ ') He ii a knave with A
r.hignon (mono) of bnnches, and Has hLi breAKl TAiscd like fjUiQ
witness; a bugliear for the dcvfl himself; A dotl madi^ up of ris) ;
a dw.irrcainc'l on h^jtoe : ii head of g^trlic with The rcsil«;sncss of a
squirrel ; who^ie 1eti)>lh is that of a spur-rowel ; who, with the help of
bifih-hcHed iboe*, may iuca*nrc hirawlf wiUi a, weevil; who, half
bidden in a bide hiit, presume* to con^|wrc liimwlf with imotber
>tpccit>b of vernnn. His father was nrver it plmighman who dfDve
utriight forrows. but a /toii/fr. delighting in e nrvcts ; his soul inhabit*
An aleove apail from the outtT wortd. He is a pamgmpbi a comnu,
n et7t& {-) ; he ii the rhild of a Ix^nrdcd chilblain, a I>on Cnbv «i
Ash Wednesday {AI/fTa'/ri Corrilh, oiv -wVftcV ftw^ toct^ ^w them-
he keeps (*in Inwn < ovcrt"d uiih red duilk Kkc a ihrcp. He is tlw
6jrtire oJ 5 tiut fhe *aJiir of «ro; the nhape of a knucklv bonci x
bagcrboneii, ani3lhcl>e]lcrf"ahennitage- Butlhc fe^of "Ohc, jara
••ti«!*' prevents * «*:»nii«"ation of this caOlogue of inveclivti.
Alarcon could and lA-orild ccrt,imly have rqJiJ^d with seven Umcs
hated dialribei to hrga^rds i.w<!h 3s those irhlch were hkiricd against
him on oil side*, had nol UMge permitfed ind somewhai bliEotcd the
edge of Ehtsc weapons of llic^cVu^ faiisttrd- Dhinurs jnd epigr^unff
iUvoUTcd with ail the delitMCy of Aiistophano, Vfjamenes, or goads,
A* 1}ie Sfkuij^ndft cull tbcui, were ca«t agunsi hiiTi by &Lith mtn 3«
Gongom, MoiiUJli.^n, OLtev^ri, CciUeho, 41u1 j ho»l nf uthurs, many
of Ihcm ht4 fficnii*^ iT two oi ,h, tnde can cvi^r agree If is stmngc
whjil a wreath oF ini;igcry Ids disloilcd figure called up— and thotc
revtLLn vrnic*of hU whk-h wcrp written foT themyal festival: i cause of
invective which i« tnote easily imdcrstoud. I'hes? iur said on ^U
hsndi, though ai>parvntly with'TUt a gEuJEi of truth, of so little v^ue is
public consent, to have been plapariimH. Alafton had jewels enough
of hit own without borrowing from hii netghboun. He was in this
re*pect much sinned ftgainsi. as wc have already seen, bot without
»in. IfoHcvcT. for ihcsc he \^ called a tailor mther than a poet , he
he if I maker of |>;uchwotk, .ii>d it \% eniel to abuKe him for verier
«bich art- Oic wort of so nuny. He is s crow covered with pci-
<:x>ck'* reiilheit His vmses arc<jf vurioiis phuiugc^ but all marked
" humpbufikcd/' and ?o oil
]lird words, however, act m to have met with considerable discount
in his liine, and iiobudy even now Like* Ihem at ihcir fiill value.
ALucon himself indulges in -i somewhat frcr preface in his works,
oddreised to what he is pleased to cill '^ The Rabble." " It is to
you I oddreu royBclf, oh savage beast I for the nobility know how to
behAvc themschcfc better than I c-in idl themn" The preface ii
preceded by ix k-ttcr to ibe most e«ellcnt Scftor Don TLimiro
Felipe de Unifiian, dulkC, marqtiiSf count, chjincellor, trenisurer,
eaptain, &c. Sec,, (the superscription alone occupying a doien linci),
his pitron^ It is painful to think of the humiliation the mind of
Alarcon must hauc nndfrgonc fn composing this letter of adulation
for hi* flaily bread, but it in one which most wise men seem to have
been saddled with, and which induced even ihe pure-goulcd Addison
10 say in one of his prcfjctrs, that tht! portrait of the griping and
ilUlcrate fhike of ^tulhorough would be of more value lo tnankind
than all the moral treatises clHilered together under the ^\\\*i«C""W'i
SpectAtor," " U is to you I speak/' continuci \\ncot\, '^ O ^M»3gt
i
328
Tht GmtUntans, Magattne.
btMt I H«jri;iare my comedi«i Ircat them atcofiling to your
Cdi us is juAt, but 05 your whims inov< you, Thcf regard fou
contempt and T^iciinut fear is having otr^ody p^^cd Ibc peril of
hi^^ct* And CAn no^vbt^ in danger only rroai iufccELoti in faufdco*-
]f th^ displease you^ I shall delight myself prith the conviction thu
. they nre good ; if they please yoii, I sh^ll console myself wilh the idet
llui being bad ihey hnve at least cost yo^s money.'* He «ould be a
bardy writer tvho should address the pubUi: of to-day in such vrorilfl
jL^ these. They Arc tioi, hou'i:vcr, witliout a parallel About the urac
time Desmarets wrote at ihc head of his comedy, "Lea Vbion-
nAiree/' the following quainm: —
J'*«ni puur In ftolilri^]Hlls —
Je acnii nwrri dt la pUirc,
This it iihort, wttXy and to ihc point. Bui it it ft qucsiion, or
perhaps beyond a question, whether the comedy was, if pkycd AfUr
it, ascicte^.
If the work^ of jxn author are a.ny criterion of his disposition.
which, however, it is pretty certain iheyarenot, Alarcon must have had
aheari exceedingly well-iempercdH The deformed mitn wasnot,tn
Bacon's l;ingu.ige» '* even with nAtvtre." The chamjuon of »itlcer^ty in
" La Vcrdad Sospechosa," and of honest speaking in " I-as PArcdci
oyen,* he at one time insists on the eactcI natiiru ofa jiromisc, as in
"Gana.rAmigos," at-onothLThcshowsthenobk-sU^ampleofa friend.
as in the "Exdmen de Maridos," and at all he efihilJiti^ bcntimenu of
delicacy, generosity, and honour. His thoughts are grcal, his pUna
well concocted, his versificniion smooth, lacile, sonorous, without alfec
lAcion, a rare quAlity in his dAys, and histrous in the white robei of
simplicity and nature Assertion is little without proof. The bcaniy
and excellence of the words he chooses, and iheir harmony, cAn
only be Appreciated by one Acquainted ts-ilh his native tongue, bot
evidences abound in all his plays of the other items of our pioicgyric.
In "Ganar Amigos," Don Fernando has kJlledihc brother of Don
Fadri que —justice is on his iraclt, he asks assistance from the LattoTi
ivho olTers it him without knowing to whom he offers tl Don Fadriquc
afienrards finds out he has promised shelter to his brother's murderer,
but he keeps his wordj and when Fernando, surprised at ihi& magnani'
mity, says, '* The earth on which you stand shall ser^c my mouth aa
an altar," he answers, "Sir, arise! No thanks for what 1 do for
myself, more than for you. Have I no: given you ray word^ 1
gbligej you when J gave it, but in keeping it I oblige you notr but
I
ty my own obllgailoa. and none oblige* by limplc pnymcnt Tlwl*^
fonr, 1 iiii'} to you. ■ Do not ctcusc younclf.' for without any tstusfl
of your injury, above ^11 miti^tlon of your olTcncc, ii h incumbent
oomelokccpiry^rctrL]," .^ficrwardsi Fndriquc fighu wiih Fernando,
and conquers him. and when Fernando prefers dcadi to (tific1o»ing hia.|
Ud/i secrvt, Fadriquc vxcblms:
TUtC* ihm. RLEe runiplr i'( \ir:avfTy and buEio^r ! ufiuulltt^l fiilfTor of Int
vObUliy t |jT( f ]leDAi:ii lorliMt a hlinrt vnrconim cf ihlfu thculd quench (he
Ufht ifhifh jiiiir nlniir ^pirA'U nn-iiind you, i am uiivliirl ; fbr thtUEh ytiit
lunirynii kkHnl my birrib^. you Innw ilio 1 cfiiigiiPTtvl .'ii>it rmili} }\i\f iillfi:]
jofl ; but that [n fijTgiviog yon f hove Mifii]uer«i myicJf^ Nono Wiow [hni you
killfdmy IjrolhtT, llicfcfoic I 4U) noT bomul in honoat n'h^*^P*'^'*'' liunuuf,
Ihb •htiloir 4f A ahndf. mntialjly Lumoi in Iu>i]H>i[ ilic bcit piecuuf i-!^ Htittnuh
drumaiiU, II h n <j[i«t)on itfciptti^r AJjircon hibl no( Tm frmf a miml ttr hc»iv
clovn Kiir, and onlypui fr ti ij proiilti«e tb« vuTgB,r|— in Knnour tn LLII jmi. If,
howtvtr, th« nuiLcr ?v<r bccnmi: kno^vn, Uii^i; m> honour niuit be laiteticcL wILh
grout iloitli. Su Eniig oh it i* irnl, yuL ntz uai ^mly |ijinlgnc(t, Imt 1 tindl tic
ubll^nl fu yoj if j<iii wilJ c'Lihtld^r ms as yowl fnsml-
>5tjmi1i/a I trffpr yod my hanrt in Blffn of an clpmal iml^y,
>^i>Ttffev, (.<o 1 Slucf he ithiJiiL J laved moTc thftn mytc\i it no nan, 1 thank
my lot whiih. la^vpjiAit^ ui<; gf hlimltivrp lv& picwnlcJ me wttbtucha friend.
Iti the " \'crda<l Sospcchoan," Don Bcimn, the faihcr of ihc hero,
Don Gancia, admlnlstcTK (o liim a ri^bukc on his favourite vice—
JTAlnvv. A.rv you & ^<A[Icrnan?
G^rrfy, I lake layicir lo be yuur Hon.
ffti&afi. Ami i» 111* ^nnn^iTi, iSinV ytm ?
iSfA^tt. A mikukt. To b? « aent1«in0n itUtaOitt OM. V/hn mukcn huiua
Boblrl 7h« Qobk d«Ji of ihcif foMmJcri,
CiriM. Adiaru i^ivc nulqEilj. bul biiih alMipvct lE vriifaoul (hent
PfUttw. K\ [■lLl^ wliu ik t»om wilhmiL hannur inny j^imu iN nuiy iiol one bwn
ttrith hontjm Ihv ii ^
Cartia, TnilyH
Attfpuf. l^hrr ir yi>ij acl UiiihuiiLrtiriihTy fou iLir m lungtf ■ e^nlli^m^n,
lhiM|{|i my MD, OM btocO t« noaijhE 9)$3iii«l «vil liabitb, li j'^ur »VL>nJ tf^ir;;
enough ti> punbh ill i)i« pdupl4 of Salamanca, who call you "ttiLli unv lo^ui.! a
Itir ? How can ynu bn A ^)nvc to 4 vice »o d«liCiU« bnlh of plcn^urr adJ oi
pn^l? Coirfiniiinr*4 ?tu1i»in [he f*>»rr nf ii)riii<:y ; gbniony jn ihc food** swrct
viitiMrr j jpmlna lr> llii? hupe vf Rain ; ihv rubber in li]% buuij ; ihe nu>n1«rti in
hit rt¥an[t E^ct^ vice hfli lornc plca^i-rl fmU bui lyiHg. whith nuvit only wilb
Uhftinir lohl eontcuijiT.
Combined with these moral heights of our dramatist, there is a.
low jp-thund of ivitty repartee and comic situMion, if not as teen .is
lh»i of Tintx at least more delic.iie- Don C^cJa describefl to his
vervjint Tristan a bloody fight, the chief particulars of which existed,
like iIkbc oJan encounter with men in buckram suic? referred to by
fill 111 itiii MuMlT 1 imiiiiTiT V«airI«"«'*l«4(i'n>^T««
iL TWbbC
IfdtnH. Den Omsm^ a !<■*<
/«0. iter. t«M fad AalMUr. "Sa la^ u tU luccu plact Im wlfl
vfilrl 4&Ih ipctt fbb tkil»t ud t* biog H bkfl p/mnhkl i*^ iDcnac ■? t^»>T
eff> '" TV mu unut \k nuiI. «r ■ pott- Stifte Un cvt. ud |<U " |ah[
mn " ppporiii hb naaic. Now efw bpiI.
raiuon mA In j«n.
/iW' I tlk« the mirorpd mKm, bui tbr (nKlDrrt] yran in a InuJand dtm'l
plgiH mc '[ultc vj well-
Jltitritn- Don llurtJUlodt McftdoHU Clcvtr
/4», Ami inEKPJlnl-
Jliltmn. I'tMif, Inn hu n|vt(AlEnnpiL
/v/f, Hopvi uf the 41(41 h of anotTicr. TliBl'i 9 mnUcrotil rjf Tiit pows oC
ukvlnri^jn, lie mciy die hthit him whcK 4caih he deuns.
/««. l^flh T Slmlhiiy himliirtJ ijoaboQl alwggai?
JIAtrtiH. Ilv t>ME ina rldect.
/vj. What ^
PtiitAn^ A lnul (?in|>Fr.
/■*/. 'I"lui1 ii[hhIii bH.
it/ttr4H. \i\\iiMv\ 1- vM^n ov». LI1icv«<?1, n \[\t,T\ hhil nH itnldopji^
iuti. Ah 1 InH iinp|i"iHc liff wca* Ui ituuw meoui ofwiiulo* In thafirilhat£
df If hftL u>a tfmjld iKv tJilmncm af rcpenuincc bc then '
/awp I'm. I wonl » liiwUm\ I mBi^ftlwi^\we,TwAraw\wM*al"«Y* ^'-
Alar con.
Afrfvr. Han Oiilllvti, a ni«n of Ec>oi1 ihifc uml L'imn^, IIha v T»r-
■BlL
/iK*. A Uw-iuiL Vaoi wrekh I
/ivir. Uood, ki he lia>n*t 14 oiAkf hu livinc l>y H.
/P0- Gootllii a bichelwr, If lie doet ii wltbi>m iw much abking, ami w(1L
)cav« fiff*hcn j-^u woni hLm-
/M/rjn Wbni »lijill Wf tay of him ?
Sr/rram. Von JuAn, nn AndalucLan. U.ii\ of n^ bitdnra, bbi fond of
/Mrr, A fnilinc which time and ocpcrktuice wlU wr«i He miut moR^ ud
InCOmp lanM! cimfrr thr yoke.
Atf*vit- He (s ulrcuFl^ 1 w^ilovtr
/iH. OuL Kiih him tmmedkielrH He who mirrln iwLc« hoi leftmt hvn 10
hminf > WLcfn^icr. nr »■ (vA-
jS/JercH. Coiim Carlos e mMi of boni>vir, hobltft ri(*,K»H>iiT, (DiKl'tflniptwd,
And Adanol ivtib c^ory cmcc.
/mct. lid lioj Uii unr loulL
Jiti&iiM, Ami lliAi U?
/■ffi, I dim'L IJkr htrn-
JMmth Oniy the Muiuli Don Fodriquc rcnmlni. Vou Atked me Eo tiiquir^
jktiAtil tliic ilcfccih ilul yuu vrrc Uild ijL IIlcj luc jilL true.
/«n, All tnjt>
/ha '[ hai l>lol liiLn i}ui, Uul, DO I what UK blolttnc him out Of the booli.
wfccd ] mLQUl b[u| him uul fjf my iinirt !
AlarcoQ has a defect c^ommon to hiii tcnnpofrioU- Uc show:),
with other Spaaiih pticKthiit want of mcUnchol)' aSTir.Tction which
cwaicd A Hamlet nnd 4 I\niM- Thrsc children nf north winrii ami
flttisi And pine treei seem impo.^inbLc eontcpimn^ under the dear
Kf-arm sunny slcici of Ciiinic find Andalu^f^. I^vc and hrtnoiir iire
ihetwocliordaof his lyrc^ continually moved by the breath of paasinn,
ans>ix!ring each other in notes of exuberant and cxecsnvc sound.
No loi'cr'i heart is there, bm an .4i]tna or a Wcry furnace. The: object
of hb adoration is no mere morral womnn, " not lott g«r>d for human
nature'* dail^ fond,' but she ii^ ri scr-iph, a goddess; her favours nre a
heaven, her "hale a purgatory, her Tndifiercncc a hciL Nay. even in
itic AffdinAry fornix of SpiiniTth talk, Es not the lady of whom you pur-
chASCA yianl ofgliued ealko her grace? and dfi you not kbs her
feet €m leaving her august prewticc ? This cxnggetation, which is a
tMHii^ £ifi*iiiii and of it* e^senec, Alojcon, howt-ver, fails ivAa\c?a\yi
far than other writer?. There is noi that anio\n\l oi tiXood'^tA ^"wXv
33^
Tk€ Gtnittman's Magatim.
went far loiruds Qic favour in which Coldcron wu bctd ; Cor ih«j
S^iamah people lovt a play btc ^Titsi Andronkut," or a
ttigcdy ai the Vktaru^ full oF ksivei, gUD% d^;gcr\ nod all ini
mcnr^ of dcalli- A proverb siyi ihcy want cvtrj-body to die — kat^
/f'j a^atttat^trts — cvtn m the ptompier. Soil AUroon coiild tuhdue
hit hand 10 \\>c blood whirh js the liri% or the de^h, ibhen u
ner<»^ry to work in ihai colour; witncu the wci^er, I'edro \\<stitcf.
vho i» «ki»pir[DuaIy like the K^ Mohi qV Srhiller'ii *' Kol>bcva";
witncsii x\w '^ AnFidirtstf " ^ |>Uy in whjch iberc is a long thcoJofpi
r)i«^iJK4[r»n tictTveien the firot-tgoni^ And KJja^ .tnd irhirik m niori
of An iftfJVi nuTitiri^MiirS Uian ;t fitm/iiW, its oonrln«ion it rurtout.
Thc Antichrisl brrtunrs enainoiired of a yotin^ ^rl, Holla, In thr
last sfcne a boiiitihil lacing is bn^ugf^t lo him, nrhly' »domed, her
walk intovioiiing, her cyc^ TirL\ Bi^l she U not Sofia, though wii
SoFia's ouEwjird and visible grace. Sh^ in a demon ! The Anu-]
chriat caE]&c« her to Att by his side. The other odoli^ucs Ate
wiih Jealousy. Then conii^ ihe prophc^i Etins* and explains to
the Aniidiiiat that he is cnjLracirg an empty shcidow, " You lie,
fahe pruphot.'* atid he orders him to be led to instant cxccvition.
Bm ii fifin fx miifMina ^iirives i« the person of an suigcl with 4i
rtftming sword. >\bo lirLn^* the rcfll Sofia jind a host of Chrisiiafis to
the riscuL'. The Antichrist falls. Sofifi pTaces her foot on tho nape
his ncc^k, and announces ihc end of pcrsecuLirja and the ctcnul'
kiiij^dom of OMiatianity.
The gfpat f«ilc in Alarcon's |>Ecces, fiom a mechanical point
view, is the litile variety of seenefj. He seems Itkc a cai
manager, anxious lo utilise nld properties nnd save the cxpcn&eof
ncVt btii it Vk-as the fiLUlt of his epoch. In ovrr flays it ts just the
contrary; any amount of rh^ngc of scene, mechanical conirivanrcv
flies, flats, and floats, whrch would do honour to the Wizard of the
North, — but as to moral end, philo^iophical analj^ia, thotightful sub-
stance, and poetical expression— too often realms of unoccupied
space. Alarcon's vcts(.'S are written chiefly in the metre oF Tennyson's
"In Menioriamn" Nearly all Spanish plays are» Et is well known, com-
posed in a poetical fonn* All his women are praiseworthy — ihcjr
present, like Shakespeare's, types. They arc more vaiicd at Icut, if
not mote tender, than those of l^pe. The sprightly Leonora of
" Change lor the Better " is far different from the devoted Theodora of
the "Weaver;" the amiable Flor of "How toGatn Friends,"and the
cofjuctic Inc^ in the " Trial of Husban'li," arc unlike as the sunshine
flinl tho polar star, What a famoua Apology for women i« placed in
the mouth of one of his servants — not mere echoes of their *ftattftT,
aj \n many Spmish pieces — in " All is Luck 1 "
Aiftnon, 333
tvtioh Ic (la i^pm, lxv# nf none)':'— t^ himwhu ii. wLihoui ihu fAiiLc crM thafini
Mooe. Ucu>|;»«ilr vonl— tlui how Llmcn hcfamc nrcd i»( waoinf m a week 7
Hani III be won; — Art tJiey i>tjl Iiiu^tI 1i^ ui lo tc <aijUi>(i» P Wehiire iIktiii fluj
Iwinf clifTiLull, wc^Jptij^bciliciri iflh^ fticFniy. I^liI If ii)nL4rwuiiker^tii]iiAi?F^iiii(l
if withnuE wnmpiL aLI plEaiuraluiUEfvir uvrjur. antvil Ci^htltrtil 1>e Lhulrt whoiliina
or injuir p^ fauan ftnunel. :inif hii jlIea ^vtincver «ap niit Antm ! I<iihitinypr9)«r>
In ihc '' Cli;uUtcmcm of Fneiidihrp " ihctc i* j channuis diarjcier
laticUcd Aurom, Shc» :tnU her lovrr PhUi]), in a <lialogiic i>f wJlcl^ing
tjcauly, di>icovcT lo e^ich otltcr their mutuul love. ThiK vlcciion,
living, ii is :o be hoped, a lait stveet Eusie In the Tnuuih of ihv
rcatliTT, muM ct^nctuJc a rclice, jlie^dy |Jvrh j|j!i too long, of u dramatic
\niex.. y,\\o h;i« enhchrd Ibc wunid with Jil Icittl iweniy |>Lr>r('Sof nlmubl
Diuiiyi>m»i [a f\\on i^relAcc ii^ ncce«t.iry Id Ihc fu^l nndcrsUnding
ofouf ftel^ciio")" (yr-jnl of Syrjiriiic^ i^ in lovf *iih his tiiccv Aurura,
and iiei^iuidcs philiii, one of his tuuniefs, lo obtain u btcret ia-
tvrriicw tvitli Ikti: und |j1cAd hig |ia!i>iiDn- Aurcir:i rebukei Philip
OitcnuLly on llie ^rimnd tif Iioiir^Lr and profiricty, (tidly ihraiigh
a riling loVi.- for hiinscir, of which nhc i* however lioidly coh-
sciou*, Phdip fiiHic*. u stcond tinic : lie has ^wom to gain what *lic
tcfuwd ti> Ilia nin&tcr ; 1ii« love at the mo^t. Itc *«£Ly4, can but cott him
hti life. In Ihe mean time Atirorii hjni ewtilved ouC of ft vpcqlen of
ttclf-coinmunion the Lnowicd^fr L>f her nwn juTn^jon for ?luli]j, and it
u her object through the rollciwing dia]ot;(]f^ to make him declare
himnclf. ^Hisplc^tdingof anoiher'* liJve," slic (ohloqmjeB, "inu-i-
pECU'd liJA own " :^
/"fifJ^- 1 Aiit CDOie A tecond Um^ fair Auianir «■ tn unfcfilirikrilc riic»rfl|^r,
TTw Kip[ "ill iiTfwerfijl. Fi>njtvp mc if I --ifTiT-I ycu in wiping mj. Fur hi wb&
«fn iVvOI oLivdlvncv i^ luM wLlIluVI ckc-UkL- fur hit cmjc
Anrrra. I'liilip 1 1 know ikjI wUai \o luitwer,
Pkiti/ Tl i> 4 w^fl^^jcnt 4ti*wCi" To wr you arc no loPfttr *nyiy
Atirera, ll I* no crlint tu lovr , J| {« a. mfiml flnii^r} w}ij'i!)i ptsuAt itti, U
I eannr>i iriuni hin tarn, 1 miyal IcuE bc^micfiiK So bd nut turpriivd it, ihuuifh
■r^ry Mic lir>l innf. J hivo on rcllactir>n loam! it ia no crim? lo Inve, 5i|lcc love iii
s lul^r'l nnTtTij wliL^ti pWv^nEI,
Tlic wotOk rcpc^Ltcd by Aurora ire those lUtid by Philip {n a;i
earlier p*iTt of (he play.
/^iiV (dii^''}' Alut I »ni im<loti«^
Xnrppd. lliil why i!o 1 TaWr ibit liuiililc (4 etniK myHlf fordutng \\aX w^ich
faa «imf hppv tx|nt»»ly lif nukr me <lu f Tdl hit Mjijoty — -
i^Mif xa/itf/). Ah t
Autor^ 'I lut 1 am htcMy hoDOorAd
Phiti^ >Vlm dm ymt wy?
ifftiwa- V«u u« piQvcO, It «vtni«k
4
334
7>t< GiH/Iemoj^s Magacim,
rkHifi. (yfjiiErT leant cnnonl ITT jcoUiur.l XatmJI,m)rltt1}r. tfjkfr;
{■ ItTT Jdlli.) T v.'tt (ci ]ilt««r>1 wi[h ihr i^ithl nroft 1 un In Wm ti> bU ^CljtiC^]
Aun-rn. {^friV-f- ^n you chui^ cblovir w^ih fiWtnrr. Sq( h bit of t£ I H
nrnkc yiw Mi^fw « in ihe nek. if ynv ^^-fin'V bj i»UiCT Tnfli«, I Tell hi», lheo»
»liiL.'i? yv'M wi- \Mi i\ef[i}y inEcir^ilii] ill h» wclfAtTi Uikt 1 wUL bor him tloA ivif
ni0Ji picoii hit own ouia
/*/iiJifl. [Att^r- 1 cuinui itimm^il^ [ fnutl k4v« h«r ^LboW TTtrklBd or
fear mj' ward* ■*il! ipit rtiy lip'p an<1 How out u twn ffom my cycL) Ji
^ufrJTu, Dn vfiu lu>t^ mc thiia^ Hlsj-it ilklfi^F Dican wTut 1 Udi jbil ndW-
PAilif. YiTD liirln'l mnn —
Atirvr^. Say noLlilne Ii> the kinj:- 1 wuonJy prateadlii£<—
Aurvnt. Vdu cloh't fcceiiT [u Ijc w inlrrchrot in lii» Majcilj ■* jou irac jibI
dcaVp Wh^, yau should ww|>.
i^ip. YonATvnMdtgiplwMd to««ODa happy?
d^wnrrtL A woman jj never dijplcued vhca the hu aiUlneJ her oUJE^d,
^upiw, Simply ihf knawlgili^ gFa ucni which you ihodchL tehidffraaii
Philip. Willi irtrcl^
^HRfTi. Oif? jnjdr Fyc« TiiivF Told iiic in iptc uf your tnoiillL
Pki^if. Wlm! liive you icfu in my eyet whMi i^an OUl on my Kpi>
-^urf^B- hormw for the kiti^'a 'iiiccc«i,
/'fiifij*. Uut if my rytt hAVc idoit credit v^iUt yen ihan mj ti^^» why did jiuu
Arii^ti fitlaelj' the Uvi ol my ifiouth, kk^tcaJ iA Ibtcuiii^ Ui tile iungoa^c uf m/
<yH?
vf iiirvni. [ hAvB read y»ur «yn cnmelly, Ihftn I
/il*/j>. Would yon UU mt to uy " V»7"
At**'*^*- Can joii aritWH- ■■ No?"
/tttfrA J will tnv wtiflt yoL plefl«.
Auivm. Will full tct Die be the fm( (o declare mytdf ^
/■iSi/^^fl, Von iiT (ly mji mc. 1 tnw can I TKi[tc to d«ei*e jou !
Anrvm- You hafr Mule wnTirViice in ytiuE i«uia^,
/'^j/r/. But wUo ii worthy of vi>u ?
Ai'ff'it- iic wtiLim 1 uk, ifJic will iniuIoD mTbdiig the fint IouIl if t un
Woi'lliy iif [lira.
^H^rAA So v-e nifty jpeftk plainly then. Oh I dcOf Autotb, I ailorc you,
Annfit- Thnak liM\«nJ we'vcjjol Ihcrc at [«l-
PMiiJ\ ^oft hii t"rn), Froui llic y-tty firsL niumrnE I mw yon, Sc. &l"-
Bul the phy <loc?i not end welL Philip^ afraid of the ^ttig, who
ihrtal^Tn tn employ force in his amour, disdoics everything to
AuTOia's father. By a ^eric? of circiiinslBUCcs Ihc king is deposed
and Aurora's fatlier rti^^ in his sle^d, Pliili|> comts for his tewirj
— the hand of his daiighlrr. " Noj" says the new momudi, •'ywi
deceived your m!kst<!r- Von revealed what yau iwoTe to kcejj secret.
You are iin unfailhiiil vassal. Off inLo ciilel I j.m ihelcmgl"
It ia the hilf absurd, half melancholy dhiodtntttt of this pi«cv
which JTihlifies its title of "The Chasliscmenl of Fru'iidship/'
JpVMES UEW.
335
ON C/ANTS.
OSE of Ote moal inLeitistui^ studies fur tTie p^yslotogUt h
that of cndc^Lvounng La d^Lerminc Ihr hws m virtue
of which Uie sg-called "freaks of Niture" are productjU- The
popular opiiiton reigurilmy the prgduction (jf curi^jiiLUcs und nbnor-
malitic* iii hv'mg iMjint-s unhcsiutingly poiiils to a bdiuf Uut I>auie
Nncurcp \i\ »oni(; fit of caprkiou&tif-bs, occusion:!!!^ gh'Vh the i>;Iii U>
hcF £mcy* with Ihc i^fsult <jf ptoduting tome ctraiurc which di0er»
widely from iti^ n^re?^ kin, and which becomett n true /f^r rurfurw,
PTKPniing a (ubjcct foi ihc Wonder and awe of the isnorani, and for
the somc**lut more re%'eicni investigation of the man of iticnce. A
Lhcle contuleration, howeveif tbows us th^t from a builti nequAmuncc
wilh the condiiioQS of life, we ti\^y \<ity reasonably rgfuac to believe
in any such iOeiis of ihe '*a|)orti"of Nature. So f:u from abnor-
malitit^ in aQiraals and pluJiU belny produced as tht r<:sult of un-
determined " fr^ka ^on theparCofKaturv, these unwonted cgndirioua
can be shown to rv^ult from the operation of laws :\s binding and iS
iiiexoMble in Iheir sway iis ihose which rxile the physical universe at
lajf^e- We may nol, it is tiue, be alwayti ec;ual \o the elucidation uf
every problem which may be presented to us in tbew-jyofexphuning
the unujuil working of the lawn ©nift and growth; but the imperfection
of out knowledge alTords no ojgunient agaia^iC 3 dtm hcYxtii in the idea
ihai the reign of Uw is both universal and well-directed. Pope's
dictum, itiAl
A tl naluK u but Art, anknown 1& lh^ ;
AU chnnu, dincrion, whicli ihoD aniL not M«,
enptcsses after all the trtic sentiment of the scicntilic observer when
cngBj^cti in considering some oiriosily whjdi, lo the ordirifliy
mind, h\mp\y nuggats m tncODgnuty of ihc moat typical kind. By
^he man of wJence^ Uic case is regarded as one wherein some law of
nonnal development h^ been InFrin^ed, and in which Ihe operation
of some Other md sccnndory law has prevailed to bring atwut the
development of the ifO'catled '* freak of Kaiure." The betiefmJjibu*
Tife Gtniltnmns Magatin^.
Unis i^^riiiim may hr^ tr;iccd to the ImplidE reliance pbced of old m
iliF<-LpricJouKncuof Ndlun-- irNatuTcmndc^foublc-hauledini^nntoi^
:ind Joined noriruilly 4q>Einic individnAla in closest Einion, why couil
vhe not pmdii^ crcjitEirt-s hnlf men iind half fi»h, and cv«n more
■Uftliog fnrms? Ani3, na ?V(rr)- imdccit of in)'thoTog]r nuy unngiTie,
the belief in the dcvdopracntof L^niiuireand like bcmp romtd a
oatunl uqucncc of a hlind rcliaT^cc on die power of Natumoprockicc
trcAtiirct of any form, and of :hc mosi wondrour* kind- Thnt lhi«
belief tn the t3]iTitio»% spirit of Njviurc pcr^iisicd in comj^mively
recent tJETici nuy he proved by anyone who will Uke ihc trc>uble to
invtBtigule the opinions that iveic held in the ifith anct 17th cennmei
regarrhng the production of " fossil 3/* The diiCovcryof petrified
aniino-ln and pl^ls in the rock-£i/ stems of the e^lh was rcguded
by the primiiive geologtsis as a-^otdln^ the cEe^irvet evidence of
the mintculoiiB in the history of creation. 'J^hc mediajval phiToAopherA
tau^'ht ihai fo&sils were mere " frea.k£ of Nature," and Ihe prodnei* of
what they termed .in unknown fonnative instinct Of power — the " ninm
formalivu^ " tend '* ^ls filsisika " of che old wiiiers ; whiUl there wcrr
not wanting certain sage spec^ilaicis who gravely declared thefi helicl
that th^ indolence of the hi^^vuniy boJieii had much todo^^'iih thcpro^
duuion of thL'Eefosaili&cdreiiiainji, Wu now explain ihe hi^rory of f<Jtui
organieniB, as every i>nc knoivs, tii x ^nuch ^nore ncJiural ftad aintplcr
fashion ; and. regarding' the production of true aUnormftlJlics in living
pkinis and animaU, w may be tiolcd that science le las: rcvolutioni^ng
the old idcixs of their origin, by subitituling for a belief in the vague -wd
mysteiioiis. tlie knowledge of the operation or viukuion of nmural \XHi^
From the earliest inwK^. inan huEi taJcen 1 deep inierest in the
marvellouft, and o^jiecially in that aspect which rcbics to the pro-
duction of abnormal beings uf Itis own kiiid. References ui andent
literature to the existence of gianti^ aj^d dnarfs an^ by no rucona tvrt^
and c^'en in the rect^id^ of the sacred historians we find mention nuule
of beings of abnonnid stature, since ive are informed that "ihcw
were giants in tlie earlli " in pairiardial tim^s. Henrion, a Mctnhcr
of the French Academy uf Sciences, published in 1718 a work in
which ho :trsued for the grtai decrtase in stature and physical coft-
fonnation generally whitli had uken fjlace in die human race between
the Creation and (he advent of the Christian era. In this curious
treatise, the learned but somewhat credulous audior infonns us that
Adam was ] j j feel 9 inches in height, whilst Eve's stature is Jificncd
to havt been iiS feet 9 inches and 9 hncs. The eiaciitudc of the
Academician's calciilationa foinis a noticeable point in the rcciul ;
whiisi no less lemaikabLe is his a^bcition of the inexplicable degcnentcj
Ort Ciff^nfs^ 337
which iKc tacc nccms to have undergone within Q<^mpantivGlyshort
period- N"Ofth. «c arc told, attained a height t>f only i; feci ;
'Abnhnm wnn iKiTcly fo feet ii^ r^turia : whilst Mother: is allc^c/t 10
have measured only i j feet in height Hcrmon takes cvrc to add
thtt in his □pinion the advent of ihe Chriotian era prevented ihc
iCCDtinuoui^ deaco&c which had hitherto prevailed, and records hia
ttunkfulne^s that humanity wa& not permitted to becon^e represenied
tbj infinitesimal or mictoscopic tpcck^. The ancien^t and modijtval
accounts of human gionii ore imermingled with much th^t ifi piobletn-
atic- and in some cases absoiutcly fiibulous. We aie assured,
rbowcver, that the height of FunnoiPp 3 Swi^tt^h gi^t who lived in the
[time of l*o[ic Eugene 11. — this pontlCTs di^dtli liaving occurred in ihe
[jtarSv7— wah 11 feet ; whiUtm 1 ^09 there were di&coveet^at Roudi
tvmnina oJ tlw Chevalier Rin^on, ^vhc^e bkull y,i*s alLi^^ed 11:^ hnvc
(lapable of Iioldm;^ a bushel cif^ whe^t, whitfit the length uf hi«
shin bone ia ^uied at 4 feiru In 1705, ihi: akddon of a hero nonied
Bucart wa^ disinterred at Valence, the remains inc.isuring some 93
f«et in length, These cobcii of huge develojiment may very appro-
priately be Ciipf>cd by the Sicilian &tory of a human liLeleton which
was lively mainUincd to nico^uie 300 feel in length ; whilst, with the
appaicnt ^.^bject of giving additional vcraijiy to th^ recital, this
pant's walktuj^'itick wb& alleged Eo have adso beea fgund. the length
ctf this appumUagu being given at jo fe«-
We muBt natufally allow iiiudi fuf iTie ciedulity of Iheoge in which
these ondiimil^ inMAncci ufhumiLn giants were notunly related, but
•i1m> believed in. But again wt find that ignctfance of natural objects,
and the then infantile stage of natunil science, may to^^cthet be
credited with inducing mi implicit faith in SLch legends. Sir Hans
Sloane. of BfilJih Museum celebrity, was one of the first to exptew
hk opinion that the remain* described jis those of human belngh of
innnensc stature, w^rc not those of tnen, but of some huge e^iingt
aaimoli -, Sir Hans' idi-jft being met, in the spirit of the age, with ft
fierce op(x>!ii[ion of a pwudo' religious kind He was thnrycd,
through the enpieision of his opinions, with impugning the Huthi-n.
tidty of the ScripiurcB, an(1 with heresies of hke kmd, *Iiii thosij
who (hufc had their belir^ " nail'd wi' StriptUT' " were rather djscon-
cerled a Hltlc later by the announcement that Cuvicr, through the
eicrcisc of hii talents in the investigation of fo*<iil remains, had de-
clared the remains of ihc ^uppoacd human giftnts ii>be ihoae ol eKiinct
Ardmais, which were no duubt jlIso gianti in their way^ eqiecjjljy
wtien «MTipar«l taith then ciisting reprcicnt;itivcs. Thus fossil aloOis
and elephi^nih of large 3;£e hod been d»m^ duly for giants of the
VOU 0<;3tM. >^ IT^i- 2
i
r
Tk^ Genik mmi s Ma^a2in€~
EBce, and ibv t«vtii of fattaa paflU, whx^ ued CO b« ko 000-
'■ploiai^ dispb)red in tnuicnBs, vrcn vek^ted co ibctr pnpr
atflieK mk1<t the deacripdon of <tie argiaac rf rlfyifm'i lm>
The coMicUralKn of «ome of 1^ be>t-Aitb«Ai»cu«d tmm «f
niftnkind hai^ atutiM^I ID nodem t[in«« A T«7 bix« ftinn Dttf U
fitif pifcfticed bf > brief account of levfcal po>p« of tovcr ■niaih
ih wtakfa individtub «i^ kvown do ocovkmxltr oihiliit gipitic pn>-
ponidniL tinoe sachsMndv^if coaipami«ieiSr*«laiiiDtat«iDiBkias
in obuininii M>m« cleu id«u ni^jrdio^ th« pcfvjioiicc of gpntt in
lover life In vomc of the b«ti4 ipoupa of ibe aariiBJ vcridK* pun
■pcci«t> or ncmbim uf species uiiich are cvJinarily of annll an,
vuy iofncamet be devcloprd^ Moit rcadcn kmnr loincdiihg'cf the
EOOptiyin — ifaofc cuiicui pbuil'Uke animab. which wc v> rreqqtf%
cost Kip on our Khom, and wluch inm>' be obtained in Krent quantitNi
by dredging ^1 Tw^"<1 ourcoatlv These organiBnt ordinBr9y tacawnt
3 Cpw inchoa in lcn|[th, but o.-iLunlf (he higeiit of ihcn imi»t (brink
bio in^fgniAcanc<: when coiDpcLrcd ^^ili the giAai foofiliytt obtaked
by the dredge of the " Chailiengcr * o? the ooeui of Jafgm, and ipin
off Honohilif- Thu oi^ni^m mroj^Lrc^ 7 feet 4 inched ia height.
\\% ^tcm haa 1 dianicln of h»lf-3n'fnc ti, u:nd the moiiihii and tecillidec
of KiiTK or itt ini.hided sininnls inenhiiK <j inches JUirou. Tha tndf
itan trxamplr of .L veritable giant'i^io: ; ;ind \\ fonu'i not the \vaXL
curiouK fcaiiiEt of Ml' li '-L liein}{ tij cuntider Ihil h-ratv rhus pn:(cnted
with ^T^ TA*m(>]e of a literal iiniiiul tree, tonsnting of nvMOOUA
^nimAl fornif, which* however, unlike the vast mAJoHty of thcfr
neighbours, grow \\\\ in ihc iintngc similruidc of a plant.
Panning by, with ^ mrre mention, ihe in^Lir)ce£of w>in« put M^
worniv, Kontc? of ^vhich-^iuuh as the N€fn€Jiti of the xooTogist— nH^
aicnin it length of fotty feet or more, we may not« onuin eictft-
ordinaiy wnA laitructivc cues of targe developi&ents anon|U
fTiolliiM oils ninnmli. Shdii inay vary greaily m siW| tM the vmior (ft
*ny Uqjir rnii»(rt)m may observe, but probably the lur^^i knonv
shells nrc tho?n.- of llic nifint VAwtx^{TritUima j^f^ntttt) ^ iJ^^ IndiV
OeeJin, (h<r shclli of whu^h mniy nititsuic a yard and 4 hn3f Oi leHgA
and weigh 50o1l>?i- 'Hic conuineil auiinal may iittab ft H-elghl <f
(olba.^ nnd forms a dc*icri]j(ion ni Dysicr of tough but pcdjtiAblc kind
In the chuPfh of St, Siilpiee At IWia, br^t s|iccinicn» of thrHr sheCi
lire to be wen* thr vnlvc^ hnng usi^i for furie, Un<Tii<"^tion*ljIv.
however, the r[]tticfi*hc-'i conalitntc fl gtonp, jirnund which our inicroi
nuflt centre in regard to the huge development of m^ny of tftoe
fomis, atift to the t^uriois historical and IcfrendJiry aspt-ctt with vhidi
the ^trcttiOR h^ become invtaCed. The aludcnt of daiisicnl lotv inD
«t no loB for msUuccs of giant developments of culLtcR»hc«t
fitice Pliny ^nd other tvrilert pvc full accouotft of tome mon^tvre
ithidi weic ;Uleged lo exiKt in tlicnc euly day^t ^<^^ C-o cause fear and
'rjTVT c« reign supreme In man: th:ui one cujuidme KUtC- Ptiny^
hts Natural Hutoryr r(r]a:i?s the history of oae "polypus," of
which cnhibitL^ a iin^u]ai liking for ultcd lunmcA, Kinuu it
to cnicrj^c ;il n(|;hl fVoTii the scj, and turry off iLs ?>LKjly frujii
tht' curcr&' aturtr^ Anodi':r r:iiLtft''t^h is dc^tnbcd a^ h;Lvijj|^ hJLUitcd
tfie coasts of Spain, and dcva.i>t3k'd the fLsherit^^ 'Thh < n^iiture was
ficuUy CJptuivd, and, :ls the iutidtm is told by Pliny, xhu body
Bvightd T^oJht, tlie *rrni surrounding thr hcud iiicinHinng len yards
ID Icai;^^]. ^li;An, ^s•]w%c periud datVH from a.u- }?o U> 150, febic«
Ihe hi&tory of a cuitle, which resembled PUoy's mon^lcr In iu oifinlty
fbr cured fish, (ince it alto muiTe mids on the fikh-curcrs* storeA^ :^iid
pbtuncd iu booty by cnithing the bjLrrels in which the prcs^'rvvd
liicits ^ere combine J>
The natufiilists of ihe Rer.iissancc.- were certunly not behind
(licir classic prfdct.esEoii in thtir ntUnls of yi:int LutUcfithcit. and it
bcconws tf^ietfdmgly diffiruil, or even impo&sdilti to stTitmilc out tbu
tr-i) fcURi the fabulou:^ in deaUni,- wjtli the records of »uLiie of the
^leJi'^eviil wTiteis. The IcKvndn of Nott^icrn Europe* for ciamplv,
i>ng ciedittd iht Northern Stas with iflbrdinj; refuge to a litrjie
iter of lUldeSuh' nature, to which the nunie of ilii: ''Kmkcn " has
applied A worthy but credulous ecdcBiastlc, Erie Ponioppidm
pfoame, and binhop of Bergen by office, propagated — no doubr with
0ie best lutcntiontf and with x fLrm belief in hk rectl^U^^muny
^tonlthing ideas and theories rL^;^din^ the existence of the tCrakf n.
his "Natural History of Norway/' publiiJved about 1754, he
Uh that ihifa Kiakcn vrni^
BiggeiCa tliat the itppt^irj-ntc ot
bctged 11 the ivater, |urt;d nnw;try mariners to a dreaj/ul fate, these
perstiDs bnding on a movinij; ni^i^a ijistead of an a. firm Island. Such
Ui inddeut it E>ar3]1el4fd in the ^'Arabian Niglitt^/' in which it Is
E^lcd, if we temcinber arighc. Iliat Sinbjtd dte SulIoi and hi^ com-
panions itteinplcd to hold a picnic g»n the back of a wliale. undt-r ihc
onbukcn idea th;Lt the cet-Jcean w;t£ &o1id land> F]o;tting ibhnd& and
lea-monslers ^gatc largely in rouioppidan's work, but we caimot be
inclined tndcalh,irdly with thclearnc-l bishop, sin^e he was animated
lE we mtiKi believe, and a» he him^If telU us, by ** a desire to
mteJid the poptd.'ir knowledge of the glorious works of i heneficeitt
Creator. "
Another writer and ghurchujan, Olaus Magiws, tn \va " \U5\Dua.
'Miker an IsUnd than a bejE^l," and
thi: animal, as It l.^y alnioat sub-
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Tk$ GintUmans Ma^azim.
WJ1
dv Gvnttbui Scf>t^^ti'ioi^J^libu:i," dicing fr&m 15^5. ^bo relates nmy
curioLit Ldcv urtlic Knikcndud ether gigantic fomvb; And inUie
cir th« Utter n-rittt, ii \% even mom «1irEailt than ia the ttudy
Foiiti>i)pldiin'i ivoT-lt M »epjifftic facii; rrnm 5ctian. But of All the
muUiuval «titr7T< who drew Urgely iijiaiv imn^inAtion, [>cn)rt d^
Monlfurt WM probably iKe mnsl notable. This wnter b.id inhTiitd;^'
lew f icuic than his contemporiiie* I'oi perpe(uatiiig ciTOn, wee
wjw one of ihi^ a^sKlsnt^ iu the Natural HislCiry Maacuin of
d ihut cbmicd tillr fo pnswrsi Acii^ntilt*: kiir.wlcdgc anfl accu
CutwiUiiUndin^ his ^iticTiufic jifc ten -.ions, ho^cvcT, lie Motitfort,
I:i« "Hi«loiT« Naturclk Cdndrftlc ct Pvdculi^c dn Mottu«que».*
prop4i{Aicd man^ idca.4 of crron^tLi^i*. not to My ludicrous, Vind
T^giifding Ihcoaurrcncc ,ind power of gUnt cutilcfishcii, Thu*,
boMly awcrta ihc esialcncc of a giajil " poulpc" 01 nciopws wrhi*
as dnronsi rated by a niost »CDialionnl engraving, he nllegcd 10 be
t,ip,ilj)(! of dwfro)-iiig ships wbolculct by dmgEiTig them beneath the
wjvc* with its arms. A thrcc-maaicil bnirquc of cotiiider-^tiic diimm.
sion* 15 thui rcprcacntcd as being dcYa-HlnteJ by a ■* poulpe" of guinc
size, ullhoLigh it is related thai the crew managed to eacApi^ dcitme-
tion by severing the monster's arms with hntchett. Nor wa* Oe
Momforl conienicd with this endeivour (c* dcrcive his rc^deiv Re*
port says that this worthy deehrcd his inientjon to make Ihc poulpv
destroy A whole flLrer, if tlie story of h\^ one enLuigIrd ship »^s
aecf pted ; -nnd rc]wrt appeara to have Sfioken tndy in this inst^wce.
since, in the ^eirond volume of thi:: work referred io. he infurms hi»
readers tliiit si^ Frunuh i;ien-of war, (;apturcd by Admiral Rodney on
April 12. t7fi»i were cngiilfcd by giint eintlcfishefi, along with (gar
Brihsh ships which atlcd as convoy to the pri(c,v The actiMl locii
of the lativr incident, as ofliciaHy rccordcrin show Dc htoDtfori^
asscrtionb to b« utterly faJse- The rix prtuci arrived safely ai
Jarrwiia, but on ihtir stibse^iieni voyage (o England were gicatly
damaged by a violtnt sit>rm, in which it is needless to remark tlie
*' colofsii poulpe& '^ of Dc Momfort played no part.
As a last example of a talc of giant <;ultlL'fishcs, in which cTeiLienls
of diricrtpnncy and cxj^ggcraiion iirc plainly diaccmibic, we imy
select the recital alleged by Dc Monifnrc to have been obUJncd &Ofn
llie hps of Captain Jean Magnus Dena, a ivorlhy nstvi^tor who
hailed from 7>uhkirk, and who made voyages to ihe Chinese Sca&
Biing becalmed on one occasion mmid-oee^n, Taptain Hen^ l&e
ai energetic: master marEncr.set his crew to work to wrjpc and (>aiai
the aides of hia ship. During the |n:ifomiiincc of this operapUoOi A
gifLFit cuttlefish wa? allpfied to have risen from the depihs doac to the
On Giants.
of ihe vf^»d, and to have cairieit o^ Iwo of the Railot^t wliil^i ii
rU a tlKTiJ with oiie of fis afnia ; ihc startled cri!W| howeier, by M
halthetK and prayers lo St Thomas* Iheir tutelary aiiint. succeeded
in releasing ihcir comcudc by cmting off ihc inirudiog racmbrr The
kngdi of the arm thus severed it Elated by Dc Monifori at 95 icau
«hiUl it& thjcknef^ i<} said to liuvc c^ii^lcd Ifi^t of Den»' mij;en<
yitd, it« aiKker:* Iicull; as big as «Auce|jan \U\^. I^ob^ibly Dent dJd
oiCtua% encounter !X cuidcl^^li, and it it posiiLblc he niay have engaged
in liAClle wtih LL The sequd vrill show iIhli diU «j|j|>06)tion va both
^■iiranicJ aiiJ lei^onable 1 biilj on the olher hand, there <:ui be
little duul/L that grei^L allowa^icc must l>e ikiade for De Montfort't
pioclivtttct for enaygtration, and a consJdtiablt n^Uiction in the ^iie
of ihc aggiMHvc poivlpc may be safely bargained for.
1[ u fortijmtLe thai Ln scieniihc records^ wiitttn uf LinnipilcJ by
men who«c ifiJtHClrr as obscivtis sn<\ s^ faiEliTul rcLoniccs aX what
they luiw hi above SLtspiciun, we possess i^videnct' Lo !»how ihaL icunEs
of the cutlloft^h rac^e du uni.|ui:«tjan3bly occur in varivviB auati ; wliibtl,
SI u^ll yrcitntly l^e rclaleJ, (hi= euminalioD, wtdim dii' few past
yean, of the r<^ni,iins of ievctal imgc roldcfisb-formi Lib pl;iccd
their ocijurreiice \viibm ibt: donuim of %obcr zoological HicL I'ur
cmoiple, Peron, a cclebrnied French natiitalist ^uid explorer^ relates,
in hi»'" Voyage of Diiicovery.'^ iIkii hc saw in the yeaf iSoi, off Van
Diemcn's Land, a cultlcfl^l1 which |>ni&e'i%cd a bcdy uf the si^e of a
bjircel ; the length of the amw being estimated at 6 01 j feel, and
ihcTF largest diainelrr ai 6 or 7 inches^ Qtioy and C^imard, whoM
reputation ai ohicrvcn and travellers of a past generation is world*
^'tde, Aucri thai in the All^iniic ihcy fell in withlhr mutilated rrrnain.^
erf a gi^nlic nqiiid or caLimarj- — .1 kind of cuttleJiih rcpiesented in
our own hens by specimen* atuining .1 maximum length of \\ feet
or so^Uic original weight of this specimen being ranghly cftliinided
7X 300 lbs, JTie learned Profc*5or Steensimp, of Copenhagen, rtlatet
that many years ;ijjo a large tdamary was cast upon the Danish coast,
the length of this ipctimcn being set dovm at ii feel, the tentjclat
addiD|; on additional 18 feel to the lalteT meai^uremenL In 1854
Mr«ustiup met willi u second t.iscof like kmd in the shapcr of a large
CUtde whit-h was thrown a*ih ore on the coast of Jutbnd ; the length
of thii spe^-imen being at least fully equal to that of the prcvioti*
vmUnciL
A lingular and intcrcalmg incib-Icnt in the voyat'"^ of the Vrenrh
Wii'Sieimer " Alecton " was afford4!d by the discovery, on the ^nlh
November iSGi,of a gianle4lam,iry, between Madeira nrul Tcncriffe,
The body of this specimen WhU said to attain a length ot 16 or 17
Thi GsnUemans Mtiga::itu,
r««t, minus i)lc orma. 'illi; Anicnal wa$ met ^th ^qjUiq^ Istlisttly on
thcr surfjtc< of the ^ea, und, .u btf<::ini^ j^ }^^jjiI &aIIor, CommAodei
Buuycr, of th« "Alecion," jjuve the ccijJuilojioti bollJc ; the taf-
poons. however* tore throu^li tlie soft Rush cjf Like aniin;J, «h3vt itic
bolkla fired at it dmply imbt^dded tlierost^lvi.'^ m ihc mA£S «lhouC
doling iiiudi itppurtRl (l^iniiigt; \*j till? i:re::aLurc. 'file cmr ^t tfiu
•* Alccion '* succeeded in piissing i nywne aioand ihc Lul&i <tf the
monster— ibis fin being shaped somewkit like in jiro«»head — so that
the rope was firmEy retained by the fin, and con&idcrablc prcGSOre
could be thus made on ihe animati iwdy by pulling .tt the itjpc.
UflfortuJiatL'lyj the softness of the body, logether with its dead wdght,
d^ftKtted Ihe iniE^ndutia of the crew, for they sueceedcd in puUIni;
on buard ihu tail lin md tip of the body. Eeaimi; the maimed panti
minus bis uil* lo dlbappear in the deep, Tl;i; purtii>ii thus captured
weighed about 40 Jbs,, and the French consul at Tenaiflt. in tut
repon of the ntatlcr sect to the French Ac;idemy of Scienccjs, relates
that he inspected the captured portion two days after the occiErretkcc:
Some of the most mieresting coses tn which huge cephalopoda
have been met with, howevcTj are recorded in the narratives of BKiuh
science. On the 25lh of April 1 S75 a Urge cutlkAsh was met nith
Msking on the surface of Lhe sea of Bollin Isliind. Connemjua, b?
the crew of a ''corragh," this hlier being a boac consimcied ofboopc
and tarred canvas, and somewhat resembling the " coraele" of euly
days. The ttshermen, knowing the value of eutlle-Ash but, atuckcci
the jnintal. and, after a hard chase, lupi>ed ofT several urma, tOgeChCr
with the head, the body being allowed tu sink. It v^ due to t3:te
bilelligence and care of Sergeant O^Connur, of the Koyal IriLb Coo-
slabulaiy. tliat portions of the lenlaclts and the beak were truu-
micted to Dublin for preservation in tlie museum of the RoyaJ Dublift
Society, and from the description of these valuable relics by Mr.
Hore. assistant naturalist in ihe above museum, we extract the fol-
loving pa ruculars. This specimen. like all odier speties of £qiiidfl»
hftd ten arms, two of th&^e, named tentacles, l^eing very much lon^
than the others, and possessing suckers ai ilieir excremitjes oidy-
■*A fiood part of both tentLcIc*, one short arm» and the great beik
entire" sa>'s Mr. More. "Ilivc reached Dublin, and there remains
very little douin that we have now to deal with a seeond example of
the famous Anhiteaihis i/«.v of Steenstrup:" this biter being Ihc
at^pellaiion dtai the Daniah naturalist gave to the specimen which,
^ already recmirked, wja cjlsi ashore on Jutland in 1854. Tfic fol-
lotving jMrnVuhirt arc given of the dimensions of the Irish spcei-
mcn >^" TchUcIct 30 fcct long whcT\h<:^t^A wA\i Wsi <fi& aJIi
be tnaCi up from the |ii;;lded j^ivE-esj. A kvf di&tuic. small, and
nearly Eaenilv (unaulkod) euckcn oucur at Viinf* mttrviUt along ihc
ijiMT suriaci; of clit: p<sUuiclt/' Of stalk of the tentacle. The expanded
tcrminjiiiqii of the sTickerr^, '* mta^iuiing j fp^i g inchn iti ils present
^mnkcn state, is occupied in the ccniic of the pclm by two row*
of large sulked Kuckcri ncAfly t inch m diameter, 14 in each tomi
ftU altemAting TOW cl' 14 im;iUcr wckcn (half an mch in dj.uiietof]
CKCU|>ic«thcniafgtnone:ichRidcof thcpalm . . . Thc:.^(.nikTsuf:kei»
ire «ach aivtod with a denii^JuLitcd (or loothad) bony rm^ of aamc
}S lecth, poinLfii; inwarUi^, . . . I'lic slioit jTin is quiiv B])C[k-d for
cicuninACion : all tho homy rings art* gone, and the suckcra ihcm-
Mliru an: snrctly rcprttL-ntod. This ami Tiwoiunjii S Uct in kngth
and 15 inches round tlie Iwsc when (tvsti. The L>e*k ha*i a atrong.
wide tooih about the mUtdJe cf the edge of the ihner mandible {or
jKw), nndanuach niLrrower uou^h on the outer maiuliblc on each side^
The head and eyes weft- unfcirtunatel)' Icftl." , We hftvc Aw aufllricni
dctdiU oSbtded even b^' the impiirfect and cursory cxominarion 6t
ihctc remain^ Lfr assure us tliat a cuctldi^, which might well be
Kimcd a Toiicable giani of na kind when ctimpircd with us ordinary
neighbours, vin^ actually captured and despoiled. At Dinglei in
Kerry, some 200 yctxts .igo» a gigimtk 1. uLtle^h wjls stranded. This
laClcr ia described .as hiving t>ef n 79 feet Jn toi-tl length, whilEt the
sine of thf a/nni,il is ywicd \o havo c^iuiiUed ihoE of a larKL' horse
In Oaobci i&;3 two fmlKTmcn mci wiih a brge cuttlefish whidl
vn* ttoatifi^ quietly near the eastern cxnemity of Belle Isk* Concep-
tion Bay. about nine iniles from ^t. john'&t Newfoundland, l^hinkuii;
the Soiling mass wm the rc^mains of a wreck, the men f^rappled it
irilh a. boathook. the fimneriy inert mass ot once waUng up into life,
and^^>caring ai a huge cuuletish, which threw its two long tLrms
ncrou the born* ihc5c nrmri, however, being at once severed with on
axci The animal then mo^cd off into deep ^ater* ejecting in Iti;
T«trc3Lt a iinantity of the inky liuid which Ehejw creatures el-iborote by
frajrofa protcciive aecretion* capable of bcii;g quickly diiTuaed in ibc
tOffAUndini: M'ntcr, and ot thu& serving as ci cloak nf darkness under
fitridi escape may be s^ifectcd. A [lortion of onf of the oinpuutcd
aiwa Is prcitcrvcd in ihc raui^un:! it ^l John's^ and Pfofc^wr Vcrrill,
Of Yale College^ U.l^>i e^iimate:^ av; a[jproxiTnate oi^d comparative
meoauten^'rts. the length of the bo:lyfl.L loteei, iJs diameter at a fwi
5 inches, whilst ihu length uf the long itnu*tles h itt down at 3:*
feel, and thai of the he,;d at a f«tt Anuihi?r ajKciu^ti uus c:ipturcd
jn Logie Bay* NdwfoLmdland, in Nu^'cmbvr l^i^ '<\ \ibk^iVi^>^c&\^\ *^
Ihe heftd And AfTUj iiavmg been t^ken of &v3 cu\iV:^^^ ^^(jn^
c&*tffl
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The GmiUman's Magasitte^
lUlion of ihis cuuIcOih ivc may H^b an idu of iu gigaAt^
llCi 913d (he Actu;Ll mva«iifC(n«nL& fully coTiliriu die o|»nicni fbnn«d
l^MgArduig iu U'«ai dtmf-nKionii. Hil- \>\-«Ay caccciIcU 7 feet in lcn|ctlv
-ths ttU^a was la incliea bioad, ilic tno long tciiudci were bu^ 34
liKt in 1«Q^ti, (htf ciglil &I)OiL arm:^ wt^rc eodi 6 fee! buK Uid lo
inchvv in citcutiifcEt^nLv al ibe ba%; whilst llic number uf mcktn
w^ computed nt ^LoOf ;uid the ^itM cyvi{ mmsured 4 iochtk in
dumerier- Frufessor Vvrrill has also given details of ilic «trandingof
UiOlher giant of lhjf> dass al Gr^tiid B^il:, Fortune Bay. Nrw^nd-
Und, in December 1^74, this localiLy beiug a|jpazcAtly itpecuUy
lavgiin;d m inspect of it« cuitlefish vititors; the aibuiuLiiii:i; of codnd
gthcr f«he4 adapted f*jr tuilklish dicuiy aiTofding a ready rxpluu-
tion of the Uttet feci. The tt»Ul lenglh ©f this hut visitor lo ibe
NcwfouudhLnd chores i» given at 40 feet* the long zmu inaJcing
■bout -i(t feet of \\ixb mtra^juremeni, whilbt the largest Bucken v^vrc
nbout I ineh tn duum^ic:!.
It would tTiu* appeiir to be not only a settled fati (hat cutlJefiih
giants are atiLLally developedi but ih^C the»ie moii^er« belong to twv
anfl di&hncl species, jnd may therefore be rega/ded, in ihe opanign of
many n4tuia.U5t5, as prt'sendng kis iivith literal races of giuils; II
muat nol be focgotten th»t tlie diniensions of ordinaiy gutUefikbci
<Mn\iX have ^fibnted no grounds for the suppoeilion that sucii gigastic
beings attually txistedi and the discoverj'^ of tl le iiion^teis in c|U^on
fonnt^d, thereH^jTe. Ihe only and aure^l test of ihc u^irectnets of liicnc
oiiinioDs which held that a Eubstraluni of probability and liuth by
concealed beneath the eKaggrrated talc« of the otdcT natur^liati, Jffld
of the mariners of bygone days.
From the ciuilefishes lo the true fishes is a ttansition of an ea*y
naUirc both m a populai and ia a xoological sense. Amongst the
GsfaeK very large individualE are developed in a noimat and natund
fashion — 'iuth dimcnMonii a& so or even 30 fcev in leni^th being
common in many sharks, Hm i^ith othei ^^ronpi of fithcs, gigantic
individual* Iwlonging to spcties the member* of whith are ordinarily
of small dimensions arc frequently developed, these latter instances
being typical cjscs of gi-mts arisinj;; fiom .imonftst thciT nunnal-
fXicd brethren. Tor c\amplc, ainonKht ihc flat fishe* ^|:ict:iti:icos of
very large sije arc by no means of unfrequcnt otcurrcnce. The tuibo),
po&aessing an avci^gc weight of 6 or 7 lbs., has been Imuwn 10
weigh 70 lbs., whilst the hatiUut. which altjtins an Drdmity Imgih of
4 or 5 fcct^ has been found lo measure 7 ffct in length. A specimen
of this fish was captured on the coast of Caithness in Febmafy '877,
whifh measured 7 feet in lengtli^ 3^ feet m breadth, and 1 foot in
On Giants.
^idtncu, tU vrdght bcinn 131 1b)k Even the familbt cod may
»atuia very large proporlionk^ Al Lochiel Hc^d, on the wot costtl
ofScotUnd, nyft a correvpondcni of the " Oban Tlmcc/* a I^URC cod
wiu nrcenrly d|j|uicd, tite length of thi: fi^h being 9 feel i\ ind}c<i,
and Lis drcumfcii^ruje j fceE 3 J Incheii. One cni\ wcU undcrhUiLcl tike
■ tiuth \ii the rcui:ii1c appciidi^d tu the sULeiiienL^ tliut some of ihe oldeaL
fi:(hcnii(^ dtfL^l'ii'eLl thiiE (hfy hsd never wen fucti a muTi*ttc7 tAken
licfbre. The (xinf^er eel^ ntay aomelmii:^ be (Jevi^loijed tu :i &i£e in
whub iheyapj^joacii ihc iliineiiiiun& uf ver^ iKr^e tn.ikes^wlitlM tlioic
clwi|tCXLcd libim, tJie " Upe " or '* itbbon r)%he?»/' attain » JkOijnol k-iix*^
of io» 1 1, or evrni 13 feel : and tiie writer liji!! recently put on recyrU
9 coie in whic^h a spccttnen atiaiiieU the cnonuouv length uf 60
fe«t.
Rc^jdles fiequently .ituin Iar]ge diinenjiLDns, but more commonly
3tt Ji rcfiuU of normal growth th:iri of tpoiiuineouii and ununLial
diCYe]o[jmt:nl ; antJ ^ome extUKt bitdi, jiich at (he dlnornik of New
ZtaLmd, mutt h^xvt ext^eedni tlieir neighbourg in %\zc 10 a>j great an
extent a& the rei'orLf^d human l;ui)U uf old oveitO|>ped their ueare«l
relations- This v> rjarticularly ihi- c^q witli one specieii of dnioruis,
the Icj; bocic^ of which, found in a fussil sUte. arc d^cnbed by Owen
fts t>eLng equ^kL to those of the elephant in si^c, u'LiEliit tlie loLil height
of tJie bird must have exceeded ten feet Ei.tinct Epedes cf gIoUu
uid LUULLLdillot bvdi <t sijiiilar relation to theJr living nei^^bbours.
The Iii*h elL of letent deposits overtops the statdiest living deet ;
ind itie eititiLt mamniglh, iri respect of Its <B,iz)e and bulk, might
foiilj- rant fit3t amonguL the elephant kind.
ALin, It the hcud of the aninul leiiej^, presents lu with tiot a few
inieie«ltng euunptes of huge or even t^tniorduury pliy<^ical develop-
QkcnL. »hilit the lubjeU of humiin overgrowth ;u&umea an addition^
intiCTe^ in the light of an inquiry into the peculiarities of character
vhich a-tuch them^lvea to rariuei^ In die $1tapeufgijinti of the human
ra«r Of sulIi Lnll peisons tl is noticeable that by fji the gre;iler
iiurt]1>er tjcloiig tu tlie nkde v:i^ Gi^ntesses^ In fact, lUe but nirtly met
uitli in propDflion to ihe number of giants of whom due record hai>
bnren prcierveil. In die teign of Edwurd HI,, Long More, or Mores,
an Irisli giant, allairied the height of 6 fee: icj inches. Queen
EUtobeth had a Fk-mi5U porter who Qti:iined the heiglit of 7 feet 6
inches; this height being e^eeded by John Middlcton, or the "Child
of Hale," ai he was <^tlled, who was bom in 1578, and who measured
O ^t 3 incht^s. C, Munster, a yeoman of th^^ H:inover]an Guards
who died in 1676. attained a height of 3 fieet 6 inches; CajanuE, the
Swedish giant, who wa^i exhibited in London in 174?, attained a
Tite Gtnttemdi^s Magasine.
height or9 r^ec. The most cdcWaud of livbg gmfiU iJ^ the bnoQui
CiLpniLi Batei, 4i n«ttivu of K^aiucky. who alutri« a height of B feet ;
bii wife, n^ Mli£ Anna Swoo, nhn wu bom la Nova fjcmi^ also
measuriciE S feci in height. Mnny of cur Teaders wi:! remember Ibc
exhibuion of the iwd latter persons a few yean ago in l,oihlcMi<
Chnng-wU'gon, the Chinese giant, is alfpo i^titl aUve ; this till C«k«ti&l
m^«ure£ 7 teet 9 inches in ^taturc^
The detail of gi.ini-lite txhibi: many rurioua feature*, Contmry
to L^vpccuition, and ngninst the spldt of the old Icf^ds, our
modern ^ant» ;Lrc for the tnotiC port, pcrtions of ,1 singolirly mil^
dl&posiiioti, and exhibit, vki a rule, ihe moat Amiable of towpcrt.
Nature in this respect, indeed, appuars to prcscne a irondef&!
and admiahle balance of power in imbuing persons of great phy-
sical devetopment with on equable temperament; whilst, the
dwnrfi; and pigmies of our race are Uiiunlty inclined to exhibit >
diapoiition the reverse of benevolent or miki, Prohahly the otiljr
giants of pajit dayg concerning whom details of a thotoughlj
auihcntic chaidcter h^vc been preserved arc Patrick Colter, ^it$
Patrick CoitCT O'BriL'n, and CliarltA Byrne, both ittdividuali
kftiliog from the airier i^bnd. Curiously enough, there ifpvesiervfd
lii the museutn of Trinity CoIli^gCi Dublin, the skeleton of a third
Irishman, nairnjd Magracli, tt-hos*: ease nltoined tlon^c notorieiy
in consequence of a Doctor Cam^jbtH's sLaieraent, in hi« wort
cntilli^d " A Phibaophicnl Survey of Ireland ," thai Ma.^th*fi growth
WHS catised by Bii^op Berkeley's experitnent of feeding the bd
There exists littler or no foundation for thi% nuiTemcnt. which probably
aro«e from the fuct thai Mo^Tath, having at the age of 16 attained a
fttat^irc of nver 6 feet, and bdng |K)or!y fed, presented a f\X case for
ihr? cJicrcisc of thckinilly bishop's charity. He accordingly caused
Magiath ]o receive 3. fibcra.] dice for about a momh, ilii^ treaiiBeni
restoring the nvcrgroft-n lad to health. At hia death Magrathmcisuitd
7 feet 3 inches.
In the *' British Magazine" for 1733, the death of Charlci Byrne. .
one of the giants just mentioned, i^ duly chronicled. From ihii 4
source we learn that Byrne measured exactly 8 feet in height in m
August lyfioi whibt *' in 17S3 his stature had ^ined two inchci ^
and when dead hi^ full length was X feet 4 inchen," His deaih^ nd Ji
to tclaie, is alleged to have been caus^^d by cxccasive drinking, "to «
which," sji}-?! the writer in the " British Mngaiini;," '* he was ahcayn^^
addicted, i>ut more ponicularly since his late loss of all hifi property,
vAvth he had simply invested in a single bank-note of^700L I
his last moment!*/' continues the nairtAot, *\>t i^^w^Md that
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347
might be thrown info the ?ca, in order that hi<i bonn might
iVniovc<l fiw oul of the rc%wh of the chirurgioil ffatcraity ; in con-
sequence of which ■ wc arc fimhcf informed, " the body was put on
board a vcBcl, conveyed to the I3own», and »imlc in twenty fathoms
ffiler" llyrnc died, it U hecctutry lo add, i)^ Cockspur :?trcci,
'Oianng Croi*« ai ihc ii^ of t*cniy-lwo. The atatcmttit that the
r^flttaiiift of the i^nt were buried nt xca is quite errtmctiUfi, 4rnce^
aAtr alt the '* chinirgicnl futemiryj" re}>resenled by the Fatnous
John ?[unler, totUfived, aAcr much trouble and the expenditure of 3i
considerable lUm of nioucy — *taled at ^£500— lo obtain possession
<if tbtf botly, AEul the viiittoi lu the mjgnilicent Mu^^Ljm m Lli'tcolnV
lon^FiL'Td)^ may ha*e the pleasure of behoIJins the ^telcion of ll»c
uitte f4i»uuii Byiue occupying! ;i pUte of honour in the osieological
*Iet«mnieiiL ll \% inieretting 10 note that Byrae ippeaced on tJie
itajie «n 178^; at the Huymorkcl ThcjUe, in the suninier j>antoJHuutf
flf " H^rlt^quin Tettguc, or ihc Giant's Causcw;iy"— a title slrou^^ly
suggeilive of Byme'» prominence in the production.
The liiilory of Patritlt Cotter, who wjis bom at Kinsak in 17*^'-
shows th^i gi^imt are hy no nicani exempted from the carts and
wotriei uhkb beset oidinaiy ext&iL-nce- Wh pucnt& wiM'e poor per-
sons, of ordinuiy «tAturc ; and hi!i father Ei^a^d lilm for lixhtbmon to a
shownun at eighteen years of aye, for a. period of ihret ^eajs, at the
TxVe of J/J50 per annum. Arriving at Bri^toE, Cotter dcniandLd &ouic
citia remuneration for himself; aad thi^ shovrman being disinclined
to grant his request, Cotter refund to allow himself to be tslilbiied,
with the result of being iucarccrated as a debtor. His casCj howtrwci,
being made Lnywn to some benevolent pi^iion. Colter was liberated,
by the contract between his fiLiber ajid the sliowmun being dcthired
10 be iltu^l ; and* proiecding thereafter to exhibit on his own
aecuuui, he realibed (he ^uju of^30 tn tlirec d:iys.
Colter atlopted the name of O'Brien in order to strengthen the
fiction^ set forth in the bills, that he was '* a lineal dtfscendanl of the
old puissant King firien Boreau/* and Lhat he puhAuh^ed* " in person
and appe;uance, all llje simililudi^ of that great and grand ]x>[en-
late," Hit height was stated at "* ntar niiit feet,'* alilumgh a mcmo-
rkd tablet in iheTrenchard Street Roman Catholic Chapel, Eristol,
infornis us more inily Lhai hj& stature only ticeeded " tight feet
three inches.'* Cotter died at Clifton on Seplembcr 8, 1804^ having
ICsJised a modest competence by exhibiting himself, and having
wcuicd, we are told, the r^pect of the eniire cijmmunny by his
well-regulated conduct Like hjs countrynvan B^iue, CqXV^ '•ra^
eiccedjn^/y aiujoi;* thai his remains should not, taW 'w\i> ^iw \%«ni4
I
of ihc uuLtomi^t^ and gave dircciions ihat his gmre should be haHh
in with bridts and secured with iron bar^.
At wc write* xhv nc^vspspcr^ concain the inteUiicicncc of the dearth
◦r ihe ** Buckinghamshire GLoni." a person named WitHani StcVcnSi
who merlEed his .ip^iclladon of giant nther from his immcn^
wiri^hi i)uin from his unii^LLal tuiuri;. Mc UicJ At the cnJ of M^ich,
1S77, ^t the^tgt of 49 ytiiri,uL ihu " FIvu Arrow V Wadd«»doa> Dear
Ayl^bviry. He went lo mide at ihis uvern some Tour yca.re u^ ac
which time he welglied iS atont^. The account TcLatc^ that from
thuL time hii Eife iva« ^'i^nt m t^zLiiJig and diinLing, und iri f^c^itbiling
hi^ incri^using ^vci^hl 10 intuirvstt^d ohscncn^- At hia death hv
weighed 35 HloneSt »nd me:ii!Lured G fevt S inches in height. Most
(caders will express surjirise lh;it ihe faul itsui^ «-Js so long deL^rU
in IhJE nihcr mdjuthoty cj^is, in wkich an ahnumulity in plipimL
development hnd oper^lr^d fjcLJdcdlv to [he prejudice ^ukd uijuiy of
ihe unfommate ^ubJetL The tase in i>oint well dhisltnie*, in fjcl,
wluil Oie reporter terms the ** (::\tri4onlinary Uste " of a section of the
public in seijkjn^ for Ihe alinonnal through a ^Lmte of men-, ind
ceciainly not ^ltKi\y cumtnendablr, curioMt^, And. despite ibc
intercit whh wliich the physir>logi5L rnusl regJird such ca^es, it c^nuoi
be denied that ihcy prcient 1 tevpTK' aspeict whkh ulTcrs by no
means pU'aiant food for teJlcttion to the student of poor Ijum^uiiE/
; ITS "FONDj^CI," ITS BRI-
GANDAGE. Ai\D ITS " camorra:'
I ATTEMPTED iho other day to give in thcfrc pagia such an
ncrount of ihc Afdjia and ihc JAyft'j/ of Sicily nii should cnahic
:in EnjflLsh rc:idoT \a forni gnmc fAlrly nccurjic nocind of a sulc of
society M different from inyihinit ihai c^iflts, or indeed that haa
CvcT existed in thew rcahns, .la arc ihc ways .ind custom* of savage
txito. /\nd 1 now pur^xxsv; to do m much fjr Naplcfii its Camorra
■nd CamitrriaU
In England our liirgctt cities Arc those fn which the results of an
odvancvd civilisation seem to he found in the moei notable propor-
tion ; ind pcojilc are apt hence- lo bt impn,"ssed with on idea that
in the iiiiturd] connie of iliin^'s tti* biggest tiiy wUt be Uic most
civiliKid. But the rule, ifony ivitih rule can be supposed lo exist at alT,
lA t^ry sigmdly tcvcr&rd in the case of Naples, Naples is by vciy f^r
ihc UrgcKt city of Italy, with Ic^ population of ncju-ly half a iriillian \
but in point of civJUiition, \vhcther the leading dements of the com-
plex idea fto named be i^ought iiv moul or in phy&ical characierisiicftp
K^ipIcA mufiE beyond otl question be held to stand at the tKittom of
lh< llfL That Milr.n and N'aplcs should be two cities belonging to
Ihe s&m« cotmtty, and inhabited by men of the same nationality, is
Inily turjirisiniT. and must strike any observer as a somewhat dia-
hcartcnln^ mcwure of ihe amount of upbilJ work to be done before
luly can 10 any good pLkrpose be spoken of as an at[ialgamaEe and
hoino^nuou^ nholtr. The fiici i^, that in luEy on«; travels from
civiIisatiOEi to barbari&iLi, a^ oni: goi^s from the north :>DLithnards.
Each «b|,'e of the way brings (he traveller among a less ^ucated,
less wdl governed, less well-to-do, le';<? thrifty, moie ignorant, more
idle, more dirty, more shiftless populaiion-
Nftples has been said by someone to be a paradise inhabited by
dcvilft: and some other observer. >ir, Tor^iyth. I believe, remarks
ihal, if it be so, they are assuredly very merry devils. And he
adds : " Even the lowest diss enjoy every bics&ine thai Ci.^ wnitt
the ammal happj^— v( d*'//ciou5 clitnaic, high spm\s, tv ^\\Wj "A
m
The GinikmaAS Magaziju.
Aadslyini' «very appetite, anil a coiiscicncc \v'h]ch gives no p«ift.
Here," he continuw, '* taitere arc not mtacry. for the dimatc requires
liHlc covering ; filth is not misery to those who ore bom to it; vaA a
TcMT f^ngcring^ of maccojoni can ;vmd up the rattling mAchine for the
dAy." This po^^e, from the pen of one who U no mean observer,
an<^ which is quoted to Murray's hand-booi; as sperially oilcuUted
(0 give the atrivtng stmnger an ;iccuraie idea of the people hch^
come amongst. \s, a airiDUa inEtJUicc of the degree in which ti&vtllcis
may be deceived by assuming that v^^hat mf«ts their eyOt or the
surface of the scene presented to them, may be Jirceinedosa genuine
aftio]>lc of the life n^nd dvilisatiori around ihcm- "Kvcn thelowoi
du3 enjoy every bles^ng thni can n>a.1ec tite j>nitnal happy ! " How
'little the writer koew^ what lie was lalkliiji;^ about, and Tiow littTc the
holiday visitor to Napka. tu whom this rose -coloured iccouni is fire-
sented by the ^ide-book^is i^cniiint infonnaiionrcspeLiinB thcpr-pu-
ktionotnong which heis sojourning, dreams of the truth, will be seen
by the following siitements made l:y an obeerver of a very different
calibre; one well-known to the present writer, and for the conscietitioua
accuracy of whose descriptions he can venture to pledge hia own
lailh. The statements in ciuestion, it should be obi^rved, ha\'e not
been compiled from Infonnation more or less carefully gathered from
other obnervei6, official or non-officiJ, but ate the result of personal
examination on the^pot. and give facis which the relator oT them
witnessed with his own cyc&.
*' The population jj«^m^' which the vJwtor Is soiouriiing," I vnoiie
in the last sentence, but the phrase i& scajciely u cpaect one; **«AiJtv
which he is sojournlne" would describe more aceurately the state of
Ihe case- The populations En question— tens of thousands of them —
afe batteneddown beneath the surface life which the visitoi sees- They
are undi^r foot. Like the soil from which these owamiing ihousandi
spring, and lo which they speedily return in quickly ccmsunied gcne<
ralioaa, the social snbsoU is honeycombed ! like that also, it is votconk.
There are eruptive and explosive forces beneath- absoluleiy, phy-
Hically beneath the feet of lliose strolling in the bughing sunshine
among the "merry devils" above, even as there Arc beneath ih«
vineyard-clothed slopca of Vesuvius,
" To imdcrsland aright ihe tnith of this malTcr," say^i the obiciwr
1 have referred to, " it is absolutely necessary to go axsA iee with
one's ciwii eyes the places the prforesl families inhabit, and the manner
of their live*. The people in question form ^nenormoiw popuUiion.
which Ls divided into vanou* categories, each of which has characw-
isttn^, customs, and miseries of its own. The 'ibndoci/ a\ tJiey are
called, in ^vhid) ihc^ people Live ;trc the abodci nf a dJin
miMrmblCt ^^t the women of ihe people, when quarrelling
insull^nircidi other, throw in ihcinccth ihcappcllAlicTn yunn^ji'ni t*
iidiAiuni of ihc TomLid/ a>. ihc <tcJdlic»c inntlc that r^ br
tuttrcd' These 'fandnci' hnvc moslljr ft pflsmjc, wilhoul rtny rfcior
ci>inmifnicalii^g with the sircci, and a Irtttc v;it(I. botJi in a hnrriblc
■tjte of filih, which Iwd to a visi ruimbci of hahitntioav lar woni?
IhAiT dog-ltCTinds, alJ of which, .incl more c*pcdftlly chose below, Ji«
viihoui lir^rlighunnd reeking wirh fianip. In ihwc dons thousand*
of jittions dwell. *\> tmtifietl hy miwr>'. ihat they are more like
than men. Iii these hornblc iibocfl, vrliieh it it almost iro*
ribic to mier by rta«oti of the £tcuch produced by filth occu*
ilfltcd immcmonally, there is generally noititng to be lecn but a
of stmw dcsTioed to E^ervf^ ;i= the bed of an cntirt tamJl/. mnlet
jmd fcmnles Jill hc^ipcd logcth«T. Ai to nny ncccssftry ftrft:'mmo-
dadon, thert- m no question of nnything of the sort ; the ttrccc and
the y«<l ftiiFfi'-c for ff>e purpose," JrstAncc* have been cited to me,
in »hk'h lh^'^l.■ rt-omcn hjivc not Immvn their o^n lamc^ or die
number or niimc* of their children ]
In two or three of Ihc "Ibndwrf" visiiol, the women ply the
mincfxble tmdc of ma.king mattitig or mending ^ttmw chain. In the
olhert one src.i nobndy nt work of nny kind, bt]t omly nakrd .md
urn>ccuiiied. *pcr.trei- In m;my of Ihc " fondnci " I saw women
»Aiintenng about the ynrds with rorhmg on them btiF 9. ahili, which
was falling Tmm fhein in fatlcrs. Fmm no one of rhciie place* \%
th^rff absent some horrible den of the mn*l abject And Toathsome
prestiHilioTi. The wont of thcic " Hmdaci " arc in the wards called
"Pendino," of rtic '< Port.'' mid of the " Market" They have all
of them some nam*^— **IiimTttiri " *'Te<itcllV "^T- Crispin/
" SiUf^njMOrci " (kil!-mt), " Divino Amorc'' (the Ihvinc I^vc !X
•■ AbAic." *' t-'foccfi^o," '^ Degli Scbi-ivi," cir.
Then* is another flcfiaraic and weli-defined cli»s known ,it NapU-*
a\ tbr '* Si^ipan," ot makers of acrini-, workci^ in hcnip. Many oi
the cjivem* m nhich thcsr people liv^^d wrre shut Up ly tiic Aulhori-
liM when Ihr choTetn waa raging flt Naples. But the ohwrver to
H'hoiTi I hftve fcfmred wHi<r* ihus - — " Vesierday I found one of ihe
^^xtXk^ i^ritii&r\ nf" ihc 'a^ngaii-' 'Ihc entrance does not -innoiincc
the haifotTbtbM arc foiind within. 'J'hc ptnce is like the cfllhtc/>mb'i of
St. Janujriu!!, Mve tliat it is smaller and more horrible. One has to
carry a hghi: and only here and IhtTc. At long diMjinrc*, There ate
apCTturci opening, two into the Trani^avilla gflrdtna, the otbm into
iJamp yii^ All this cavern is thickly sucwcd with bod>9i a htiJc
\
i
Th^ Gaitlentan X Afaj^amn^^
more diaumt one from the other than in a hospltiU. For the most
part the)^ ate big beds, efvpable of eeniaining ^cvcml peruni. It ii
impossible to desciibe ihe miiseiy and the filthinc^i of the pbce.
Th^ darksome kennels* the hombEe cavemand it; brutoliftcd inhA^Hf-
anti, qJI lecm to arcord with each other and to fomt a world apvt
which rjui go on no othenviie than it doe?. There is* however, a
ceruin &cale of better ^d worse among the inhnibiunts. Near the
few windows where some ray of light enters the degree of misery is a
mflc less. But in :he further lemoteness, where no Ughl comets
where it is impoEsiWc to move without a liglu. the dreadful misery h%
beyond the powcf of woids to describe. And ili^singuUr to observe
that, even here, those who are a little better off look down upon the
more complT'Ltly wrelt:ho<L In the j;roC in t^LitMtion twvntyAve
foctiUes* about one hundn^d persoiiFi* live. In the iimnediaie vicinity
of the windows the rent paid is ten lire a month. Wlierc there h no
light tt goes down to twenty-five soueh The inhabltonU of ihU p)ju:<
have not so much the appenrance of wTeichuclnes'i ^& of hclnf ilImo-
lutely bruuUscA When the sun shines they all tnwl out* like OAtfl^
and stretch themselves in the sun-
** All the iwpuUtion of the (ilice thronged ;ibDi.u me," «ays my
observer, "begging for piiy, L-omplaining that ihcy were obliged
to feinain there without light, without ait, .ind without any medical
assi&tanee, ^Vlieii the> ate III they art' uUcily .lUttidvJied, and die
or gel carried to the hospital Oflen the cavern is flooded by the
rain. I have been assured that no priest ever thinks of penetr^iing
these horrible abodes of misery and despair," This, it mu^t be
owned, is very unlike wliat evct^body testifies as to the conduct of
the clergy of the Church of Rome elsewhere Save at Xaplec* I
never heard of any haunt of human misery so (oul, ao repulsivoi 90
dangerous,, thut ilie Romai:i Catholic pri^&c did not Imd his w^y and
czLTiy his minlsiraiions thither. It is, I am asi^urcd, not so at NapleiL
The miserable thousands who tlius live and biced below the Kurftce
at Naples eetrn lo be utterly ab^ndonrd by the nttnistcrs of religion
a^ well as by eiII oihers !
" I visited another plate," sayb tliu same observer, ''a vault bdotr
the CoT^o Villorlo EniaDuelc, wilb waUs which shut in the sides, and
form thus a sttanyc place of refuge. Many persons wcie there, wott-
ing at making twine, mostly thr daughttx^ of futemenof the cnft,
who did not hlt^ep tliere. The terrible and most ^iteoLiK nuMry of
ibiJi place moved me to the very bottom of my heart. There wu a
poor widow of little over thirty, who had tracts still of wlmt once had
been good looks, and who liad Tive children, of whom llic tldttt wu
NapUs.
twelve And the youngME tbrce. All of ihcm wcrv lumdMiiie. Oncfl
thi« £iinily had l^rcn in comfciruble circijni(ULnc«>« fvr the &lhcr had
been a vorkman who ro^ivcd go«t wj)t(c%; lul hi; hjd been killed
hf hftinj a wnghi loo ptti for his Hrengrh. Hi» widow, who hod
bfen A 'ffpagira' in hei youth Jiad rctunti^d ig h« dd nade, bj
B-hich she gained livfpraicc a day, cirrpi ittit'n ihc wcaihct v. so cold
that ihe cannot Tnovp nimbly enough her iiifTifin^d iiQgctj, and ihua
£ul« to ciimplctc ft Tiilt dAy'i wnrk, Tht rlnldrrn lum the whceta Tor
oiher irtimrn, aiii1 tlnm n^in ^.irh of them a iirilf|M?nii>', wjih wliich
they bHy drii-r1rhc»lniirt,,ind lima JUfijiort Ihcmselvei llll the uvt-nint',
when ihc fen mthi*! earned by the itiotliet *ir leccived, imd ihey pro-
c^vrr miiic odier fooJ- "I'hry aN *lcrp tn a romt^r oF IhU place on a
(cir dried leairei. They do ml drc jm even oF having iny cQveirni;
to throw over chem. At nighi they huddle up in a hcflp tgj(ciher,
^ one on the othei, ind tremble with cold. Light they h*vc none
I The woman !ihowed me the nypi which covered theia, ftruwtd in
^^B>n>- placci by the mice and rata, which in the <Iead of the ni^ihi mn
^^^BftT their bodici- Then the Icrrified thildrcn icreiiii J.nd ny; aiid
V the mnihcr, h»tiEi)( with a Ktonr agiin^t the wall, striven \u fHf^Uten
' MmKf the rau whirh *hc rAnnot *ec. Thai woman " wys the visitor
to Ihi* i^rrihle i^icc, in ton* lii!)if>n, " muM be (jond and hunctl, for
the thoiii^M that moiT tomirntrd hor was the fuiiire of her <:hildren.
She fear^ that the 4;WtAt, now tivclve ycara old, tjn hardly fail very
ihortly to bet onre J irimina!"
'l"hr miserable bctng*, who ihui live in 3 condiiion *hich ii vmply
a disgrace at well a.*! an cvcr^prescTit danger to this htige over-grown
city, do not, ai it would seem, furnish (he niaicrkaJ from whieh the
hardii of brigands, which infect the Nejpoltran di^trictv :i\ badty ah
those of S^mWy, ate formed and recruttcd, The abounding rank* of
town cTimiruUit draw rheir recmitR, no dmibt, from the '* fondaci " and
Ihc "firoitoe»,"and the vaiiUi; hut it maybe »iippo*cd IhiH ihv liaJf-
•rar^^ And brctic popuEatfon of %\\fX\ pbrcs d^i not [in&tcss eiihtr
the physical tiipmr or the coungt-ous energy needed tor the life and
calling of* briipirKj- The N'capolium hrigand— by the word Nea-
politan it "i]J be understood the kingdom and not tlie oEy iti here
intended^-lhe S'e,t|*ulitan briK^nd is a mjio of tl^e country. And the
cau»ci whicf] piodute Sinliitn brigandage arc not allogethct the siiinc
with thoite that give n»e to the Rsme phenomenon in ihc Nca|fo]iUu
ptfonncta. In the bttcr, hopcksiwrv^tdvcdncflAwotdil seem to be the
pncdupohtniE c*i»c. The Nea|>olitaii brtgand bos not the kihk* seduc-
tive caien before him that his fellow on the other eidt of the Straits
piajr piouu%c hiiiD^li^ The frequent demand fot the »crviee« of 1h^
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354
The G^n(l€K^an*s Magtvitu.
httrr fl« ^n aMudn, whose ASHSUnrc is rcqiurrd in «vippmt th«
tbums and racial ittairta nf " gcnjl*nicn," lia^ tbr rflrfl Of Hf-Mtlng
his pQution, not only in llie cy» of (fic world in which he liv««i, but
in hi>t own. iilrnott Eo thr Wcl of oni; of the tncdiwal ** coneto tt i ci i,"
or explains vf furr bnr» £ful flic NcapgliUn briguid is but n
highwjy robber, who puwupi hw Tocation in gtofft And there
appcAEft to ti« luthdcni ground for coining lo the conclunon l)ut
want and tnitrry nre the ^jiuct of the ^iloplion of d criminjil life t>y
ino*i. of ihcni. Those whf^ thus iiioiildcr thr rillCr and late ift ihc
woodi and Uie mounLilnt, ire dciU,bUe^ nol moce desliuile md
miscr^ihle (lun thousands of Ihelr fellow ]>efls«iitf. ^nfoT tfxnine
diCferntt [cmpcvanicnT* ,ue diJTtTcntly .incJ M|ion by the ftiim-
ciPCumiTinces. The mote liniid and mnrc easily covrrd nun con-
tinues to endure the death in !tfc of tonstftni h.ilf starviticm, Aftd to
lill, with the smoJI rcradning airenglh he hus, the fields he wjl* bom
on, till he i5 Inid hcncath the surfiu^c of them. The holder spiru, he
in whom Ihc powci of tcje.tion and rcscnimcni is mciit «iron;.
lirromc.* .1 brigand- SftVc in thai Ihc doing of deeds of hlood
hnitelise^ there '\% Ititle icaaon in ihinW thnt the wrceWi who takcE 10
Ihe mountain is a woree man nt all ihan he who rcnuiins in the field.
Both arc devout followers of n religion whirh not only has aa Utile
TOoraJwJuji: clTect or capability a^ Thuggee, but is actively miBchievoui
in providing k^x the total oxiinchon of all natiinil sentiment of right
and wTi^ng, iSoth arc ignnmru of ;d] things mvc the a.nin>a] require
merits of their daily lives-
Hcre arc a few notes aa to the manntf of lift led by the NnipAlicvi
peasant, taken mamly from returns made 10 Partiamcot ai diD'<:rrnt
timca -. for if nothing has bccnjT^fl^-for the healing of fhocmcijl eviU,
there h.is been an immense quantity of talking about ihcm. .Some
pBHn of the practice of Parliamentary institution,i h4& b<%n tound
difficult of imitniion hy the Italians, but the art of getting rid of vif
diffii^U and di^:igrceable timiter by naming a comnii^^pion to inquiiv
into It has been Icomcd with the mmosi perfection. A report pracnted
in 18^3, as the result of personal inquiry into the toojiI condition of
the Neapolitan provinces, tells us that the explanation of biigiuidi]^
must be soughl in the predisposing causes, and ?ipecially in the tociid
condition and economic circumstances of the i>cJiMtn try, which ut
found to be wont exactly in those districts where bri^nda^ i* CiM
most co[nmon. The proponioii between the two phenccn^ttm ii
found to be consum. Thus, in the Abruiri— the rorthrrnow»<
provinces of the former kiiit'doni of Naples— ^bri'gandftftr haa bccQOc
very much Icafi prevalent, from no other cause whatever tluo lluit ibe
NuplGS.
p4UKat ha« there thu oj poriiLniiy of goin^ la fmA worb
not too A'iDuie ftonuLit Gafti^u^no. Hv \>un^^ Xjaxik rt;vcr
wjih him, if \\e does not, a* is ffc^ucnrly tbt. case, )c»v« hiH boiiM on
tho«v fatil fiHdq; but he fioOfe hPtsaS thi^tcl And ihiB posHibikiyv ,
Ihn yr<Ajly ciui^nitiun lu the tieiidl)' Catitpai^ruL, tUL4 nufTicad Co kc9p'
The fjct thjtt th« lid? of a henlun^D, or kh«ipfa?rd m^rv ;>robii1j1y.
€D die EUxnan CAiUfUi^ruL i» benight foi Aiid a<:crptvd ;i» a LtHJi)) a^tid
UAmouufot c»c^ping from greater evils and frutn the home liic
oAnd ihem b>' their ou-n provlno:;, it a Hunii:iently eloiiueni tnti-
RKmy lo the miwry of ihc laucr to those who have uny kn^jwledgc,
howrvcr vofcnc. cpf the oondiiionK of ihc tbmicr mode of cKt^tcn^e.
'flic ^t bt that in ilkeir hom^^ (he steady, r>urftiji(criti anil lurd
labour of ft long day — Ibrthf iHrai^ims of Uic»? nicnnujii ];rovinces
aM not charactcruod by the Luirtc^ whicti i» ui 4c» iiriiLarkjblc ;;
dtff^nw \h^ baw of TnoT« foHuiuU-tv drcLmmunctid di^uiUh of luily ;
md the Abr(]?ii lAbouTi-T t-nii^luyud -^ x uavxy iii workfi fjr from iii«
native mounttuns hia oftt^n beuu fijiiiv^l u mo^^t effic^iunt bboufvi—
die scirre Ubgur. J m^y of ^i LuiLg duy in the tieLd» rujt only is in*ulli-
dcDt to give them anythinK bnt 6vy bread lo cat, bai ^\yt% iJieni Mdf
of a quality whidi the unie I^iiliAmeotaiy Commissi uji tepociA to be
^'titch a» a dog would not etLt." and of thb wret(;hed uUtneitt ou
bsufficictil qujjitity.
Another incmbet of the Coinoiivaian tcitiftei his; nsioniBhinrni oi
ftndin^ in ihe populous dliea of ihe Ne:LpG[iznn provinLC^ ivo
idnic of persons only — ilic propiietois of the toil. axi\\ the MUcriy
[ule culliv.iiors of it : the " s-ilantuonirni/' aw the fommr (Uu«
f^ftHtdi with m nuoliii^ly «ii;uilic;i.ni tyniviikm. and (he '* cufoni."
''the mlftrfablo >erl4 ajv (em^i^ l)y iheo)^t;Kcfi uj\d Ljv ihcir iiiEibCcm.
the h^ured btL»e*it the itiro cjI;4am;« (t dc^aibcd tu profound, as.
Itfecd* how sbotild it be othtnvifcc t " k is, " extkiirns a mc(ubcr of
Ihc tome Con vDi Virion, '* juijoiinu-Kiunof the middle ^i^vibf^nL-Lithouc
Vycfi J" '*Itiiiwithasloniirhjnenc/'a*i anotlicr very abK' tJiquirvr writ<»,
who hu euunined these lOthJ uLiyMts lunstKiidouily .ind wiih an
cflfTMil determinaiion lo bbour fur ilK-ir aiTieboiatitjn— TrofeKor
Vtllui, niio H wcU known umon^- ourselves at ihe author of the best
rxiKtinElifcoifSELvoBijtob — -li is with uBlonuihtncni thai ihtf stranger
ob-sfTvcs in these soiKhctn pro\'in»» in:iny brge ^iiits inhabited by
the familie** of a fevridi proprietors, for (he mo^t pjK cunnvtjted
Bog«tlieT by internuLrriaf^i^, :knd % ninliitudc of pi^^sLtnta pos^-ssing
nothiDf;^ Wiih the c.tception of ot^c or iwg Government ofTici^^,
Hiere are no other dauea of citi<«m. Th« oouutry is wlthoui
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j56 The GanilamoA^s MagaHne*
inhabitants^ Thv tiUon of it fomi ikc ]>op<uliu(m8 of the dtio.
There is no town industry ; there ii no dibcn dau ; there b no
puhli(^*optnion to'^ci oa a rcinrAint on ihoi? ftropn^on. nho i«c
the aMolutc m.vtcri of ih:tt miiltitndc whirJi <}eiviub coi ihcmfec
bread, und whirh, if abnndi'jncfl hy thcin. Hm Ab»ohitel}- iio mcMU of
cxiatcftcc."
The jumc author TcmorksclKewherCp with a prafoimd perc«piion
of the conditions und«r which aocmL phenomena eiitt, ihax it noil
noi be forgotten thac i^'hcm a society has ftcnimed * ceruuo dicvction,
ittA no longi^r in ihc pnux-r of i few generous nnd good nx-n to ahcr
An amio-^hcrc is fcirmL^d which at! breathe; intcrcatB ttroi^
up tO}:cthcr .ire (rcniM whirh violently Ani^ ikOwerfuHf revist
bK thtnge. Nor \y \x an tmfirri»cni taw to sec thojc very chMes in
whoip intfTcsl \{ i^ jiropmrH to institute ft rhnnp:, rcbitc « fron
ignoranrr and from nii4(TV4r» and mnkc CJ>f(imon CMi«c B-ith theti
tynnt» Against tho^ who wovilj ffiin be their bcnerActon It b 3
phenomenon wtiirh octtith every iby, »ncl ft i* necenary to remeBibcf
itn Nor nnitt the inquirer fin^i.-! to Wkc vrito ,i':count the refuUspUiU
coniinumg thrir evil (lorial inHciciiL-cs in lho»c vast but remote pro-
vintcs, which nrinc From the fact that the L-omdition of things desriihcd
wa* deaired, *nrl fostered for many e*"^"^^''^' '^X **'*^ *^^^ Hourkin
Govemmcnf:. " whu'h rcdurcd thin dnss nnt-igonivn tn Ji ly^irm, j^imI
made it thd ba?c H.nd ionndRtion of its power >ind authority," A iilltr
coniidciiiCian of the nccesury results cf sueh a system will not fjul
[0 iiLiggesI to the inquirer " Iht moTfll and socfid disorder," hi Signnr
VilLui *!<>■*, that must ]>c the consequences of it. He speaks further
of having had varioui f:A3i:^ brought 10 hift knowledge m which
persons of the ruling fasfc had ^hot down pcJisants, Jind had had no
dlfficuhy in ^iiranging the maTter wtth the Government *thc Uk
Bourbfin Government, of c:onr?eT i^ meant), which in truth did aTl ih«
in it lay lijftimcni the hairrd of class against clara. It wUtindccd,u
Sitnor Vnitiri rcniaiks, ilic nr^tion of tiod and nf ixll mor^ilj I
N'o^ it will be vcri ixX oni:c rhAL bngandagCf which han osiictt OUl
of» and is mainuincd by, sn:h .t state of things as this^ nm*t b« mudi
c.iiticr to dciil with ihini the brigaiiHage of Sicily. Of fourmr Uic evil
cannchl be exiiniated wilhnul ^u<:h brgc Jind derp-rc^thing ibodxl
Tcforms as must nccessirily be uF slow and gradual opPTiiHoti- Bu: it
wouid not be difficuU to indicate tho dirccJioii in whii:h improvenitfit
must be sau^hL Obligatory by education ; a judicion*ly triAiugicd
proi^onon and encouni^cmenc m ceriain di'^trirti of emigration, from
^^.\^^' h the people are by no mc-ms nvcrw» and a wdl jilflnncd poor
;;iiv.irjds_vflicin of pooc lelict, would domuch iOffardsihcdc*ifc<JcotL
The nuin difficulTy aitending the latter mcaaurc would arist from lliu
all but impossibility of ptcvcnung the workhouse liciimcni from
bong superior to that to which iti inmnicb were aci:unloincd in their
hornet Hitch aJflo might dotibilcss be done by a aptcm of loans
from the StAEG ro prfipneiora for ilic purpose of improving their lands,
aod miToducLng A better, more pnxLuetive.and at ihc same time more
cosily, ay stem of cutlivACion. But it ia ab&uUueSy nccessaiy in the
meui iJmc thic the enbijng brigandA^e ahould bo roi^r^^cd with an
eufLCBC imemion and deiennination which no lE.ilian CiOvernmcnt
hai hitherto showTi in dealing with it. At prijsoni the dtitt-mny tflcct
of puniahmcnc rr^ay be said not to have been tried at ilJ ! When a
brigind band ccinies to a (air Jighl with the foreen of the Governmctit,
wie or two of the ^itng maybe killed, and it i^ probable that the
HBb of one or two uf ihc Aoldier^ will ai^ he T^itcrilircd. But, except
^^Bldcr sueh circum^tanncSH no punishmeni is in mith ^nd in fact
mflicted on the captured brigand- lam not alluding now EO difficulty
of coaviction. That ia of more special applicariori to Hioily- The
brigand with half n ai.ori: of murders i-in hih record in duly r onvietcd.
Mid condemned to impri^omnent* perhaps for Lift. Ijui nathlng b
fiv^re certain than thai ftioh a senienco has nff dt:terTf ui i^fTcci what-
ever In Oie firai place the brigand h^i no bvllcf— and be is abuu-
dfuitly jujLtifiGd in having no belief— in ilie perpetuity, or even in the
vtfiy long deration, of his incarctraiion. And wi the second place, if
he were perfectly woti a&dtired that he ahould be kq^I in priaon for
tJie remainder of hi» Jifc, the |jrob]>ect would in no wise seem vety
terrible to hioL To estimuLe, to rtjlise, to feel the terrors of such a
l>rtwpeet, a very ^.uniidemble degree of Ihc power of imagination is
needed- But of this the Neapolitan brigand has not the slightest
spark. He has Iklu kadinga very hard and fiUiguint; Itfe.suflcring
much from weather and bomelessnesa. hunted by the troqjs from
one covert to another, often in imminent danger of starvation, and he
is tired of it. To be housed and lodg^dindeecntcomfottfora whde,
TO deep in imnquil a.'c:uriiy, undisturbed by iho necessity of being
ready to spring ;o hi^ feet to defend his life at any moment, to be
EU|ipUcd Without thought DT care on his pari with food which is
luxurious and abundant in compari&on to die Neapohtan peasanta
fare to which he has been accueiomed, uecms to him a by no means
undetirable cppartunity of rest. It has no terrors for him, na deter-
HDK force a'Ant^rr.
There isonly one ihreauhai society could hold out to him that would
havtf— rfto-fl- Natuie ha'^ taken care that he should undtratand the
tenon of that! And he woiUd be very atron^j iiilcnt4&0tni^\E%
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that which would, with con«i<1mtble probabi^y^ «xpoac bnm to thcK.
Bui this ihe linlunOovetmncnl will not inllic-t. *rh« present Govcn*
m*ni, ^^■hnc aimct of blood^Mci^ art multiplying njouod ii m ft tndy
abmimji; propcmion, is camTly (brcMig <m the ccnmtry ii bili foe ihc
fbraul ftbolition of the punishnicnt oJ dcith ; xhe cnty i^)t!c1 of %tikh
b« togivi; ilieizriinLiijUcUssct A^t more comfot^blcatsunkficc
nn tfa«y l^^vc ^xratUy, tliJt t)Ei;y lun no dinger to thvir OVQ *fe"w
ingivinglhrrem loihtir in^Lincu of vindicTivcnchtindbrutility, The
only objflijl^for a* to cfft-ttiny atij- oilwt ch^n^c in i>r«SGm pncticc
k w ijuite iieirfleBs, Kht i>(;"-ilty i^r dfaih Lemg wnvr- inflidtd. It U
^Aifierttd th^t lh« '^ fcvliiig of tho i-xiuiiLrv " ix lou Kirong o^ftinit llu?
inAxtioQ Qf capita pumshmeut. Bui ihcrv wui. oiUy thcoiherdiv,
& GUriouft indication of the incuctnude uf tiich .in Aucoion. A man,
guilty of a niurdL-r pt^wuDlvd rnidcr cErcuniitniKcs of vs.pecm] Imi-
ts\\i)\ii^i ^i^nEcnccd (o deadi (there Unut the aiuiUcu chance Of the
aeaicncv beinft curicd inio effect) ; and tb<f luigc nnmber of people
of Ehc Toivet clohsefi i^ho throned ihv court on hearing the sentence
UoLtf out ]iitt> vtflifiutfnt ap[>Uu«e anil ihumo^i vioknt dcmonttn^
liune (^ wLEi^ctLon. But di? trulh is thai '^ thv fuirling of the public "
is not tlie guide by which kgibbton ^lould idupe thcjr decisions m
such matters, t'nqueiitionalily there a^e cases in which it is tmwiv,
and ifOEneiime^ even impnu:iicQ,b1e. to onfortc legfitlaiion irt nirong
oppnfiiilon to thi: A^i^hcs and convictionsof the grcnt majonty of the
pc^pulntion^ Birt the cnw in quE^?:ion hy no means belongs tAaftj
<nich citegory, Italy, in Loilh* has not yei acqmred the cApihiti'y of
uUuhn^ or in iLny way manifesting any re^d ev|mr'^iun of the opinion
of the country on nny subject whatever. It ie a copability only
arquired hy vory much more Jidvanccd communities, and needs nnl
only orgjtna educated to the depression of opinion, but cars — vs to
speiik— trained lo the usk of hL-aring auth uttcrnnccs without error.
There is one oihtr pMnishmeni. which wouk^ in its degree K*Te a
deterrent eftcoi on criminals of the cIibb in q\icstion— flogging, ftnl
the " reeling of the conntiy " — tktt iT( to saj-. of a few donrinaim
wiih pet iheoiics. barked by the outcry of the browlinfj dly popoli-
tions, who dislike wiyihing Ihar tends lo eierdse the coercive powci
of law — wovild be equnilly ay^iinai any snch form Cii pLininhmeol.
Xow, from ivhat hiis hren iaid of the state of the low«t sooal
StWtnm in the city or N:\plc4. it will be ca-^ily understood that iTw
now famous "CAmotra'' would readily ■opting up and Hourish in locb
a iF-late of things, The " Cnmorm/' as a syflcmatised inibtituiion, ij
oeariy, if nni entirely, confined to the city of Nipks, It k u miftak«
^ iupposc that any otaoniacd «>cietY ^jf the name, or for th* pir
poset tcrvc^ byi:, haa ever dtiRicd li i% in this respect like in
ccmgcncr Ihe "Mafia" in Sidly. Ukc ihc "MiAoai," ihc "Cft-
iQon»ii" on thoKc whose auflodty, vhosc uiiacrupulousnc«», whoee
ovcrbf.incg in«otcncc, and whose addfcas enable them to impow on
And tjmnnisc over ihcir feUow-ciiiccns. Though any daj^crouv
aoaouDt<)f Tctibunco to iubehc^^, nnd G]>cct(illy ^ny trtuson lo its
nca^riucfd lavvti on llitf i?art of t]iose immediately Hubject to lliem,
m«|ht probably be puniulied by Ihe knife, the "Camorra" is noi mi
iiMimatdyor to frectuencLy connected ^vith deeds of violence and
mtirder u the Sicilian "Mafia." Tbiii even uncotudoiis rebellion
i^infil iL<i uitwntti:^ <:o^z ni:iy, however, ^ometittiett meet with
to^tal punishment, may h^ gathered from a curious iiittiuice u-htdi
occurred within ihc present writer's knowledge, Rome years ago now^
and «hen ihe Bourbon Ciovemmcni vt-ita sdU outraging mankind.
Ther^ was an AmtTitju yeniieniaii vlsning Nai-les wlio, like other
vlnn^rs, had had his pocUH-huidkerdiicffreciLjenil/ stolen' fioin his
pDckeL Being bent on Ending some reinc<ly fur this evil, uhich he
kncv well it was Jo vain to seek frotn any of the agents of the Govern-
ment, he ingeniously sewed a huge and strong finhhook Into his
uut ijockci iJt ^utjh fi^i^jhion that my ):iand r^^idiy vnthdniAvt) front
il wat i^urc (obe hooki^d. And he<^ughl hib thi«f accordin^^ly. llic
Jbhhook did tu ^uty; the Amuncu^n fdl the iL^gaL his cont ij^tl, and
iwnioft ^^ i^uiU; aK hghcnini; sii^cd and held the pickpuckut by tho
writt- Hcw^v very jjtouJ of (he exploit \ and weaU bc^^n Lu think of
Mvrini; liBhliook:^ into oiir pockt;ts, liuL when that American, within
a week fofler success, was killed one ni^bt in the street by a knif<;
wtisticJly driveu to ita hii: into his heart, ivc changed our inin<I& !
Fdt my own part^ after losing ^ome three or four silk h^ndke^-
<3lidi^ I adopted the plan of ctLrrylog a very cheoii cotton one ; and
toy |>ocket was no more picked. And this I suppose was considered
to come faiily within the rights of propeft>' \ for 1 continued to walk
Uie streets of Naples despised probably, but uiimundercd \
The Jundamenul coni.oj'tJon of the ^* Cjajoifj " scemi^ to rt^t on
a caieful and wcll-i^oniidered application ijf the Krtfich dictum,
" Dans le sifede oh noub ioiitnics. on nt: donne rici: |A>ur rien," to
iKC whole body politic, and to every Jetail of humjtn life^ If it is in
my power to beneiit you in any wny dtt(;ctly or indiTecdy» it is right
lint you should pay for iu A further i>ositiun, which t-nom^ously
incrcaws the 5elc] of a4.iio:i, vi by strivt process of logic evolved
lium the first. If it ia m my power to injure you, ^uid I iib^uin fioni
dcring 10, 1 in fact cunfer el benefit on you by ^u uLbstaining, and it is
dfllU thax I should be paid foi that/
You recommend a Ktvunt The value uf your rcoommcndtiM
is cal^^uhtcd hy the unouni \e> be given in the service in i|Dctti«^
and yovi mu^l be paid bj- the person rcc^mmcndc<j »ocorOii^lj. V
nrc t\yvnsK. TliAl A fterv^tni hai bec^n cmjitofed, eir \% abotit to be <iii
ployed* on thr strength of 4 Cnlsc cbomcccr, Vou AhuiAin rrom fl^vuig
Ihc employer any intimoiion of the fact, and arc entiikd lo tcconu
perifie cjlctilntct^ as above. Or you jltc an-nirc of ^tnr Cbct wkidi
wuuld prevent the man from being employed, or are in u so^UI i^ub^
lion which woLtM enable you to destroy his chance ot obumifiK vim-
ployment, And abst.im from exercising your power; pajmenf c^u-
lated on the i^ine ba^is mui^t be mndcn It ^11 be fircn thiil the
flppUc:uion of the principle aJmiB of almosi indefinite exicnhivn.
For example, it would be almost if not quite impossible for ^ny
person 10 keep a sLill, eay, in a vegetable market or h Huh nurlcri, if
all thf otlicr sEnll-holder& x/cre determined to ircjil ihc indi>idiuiJ m
quealion ai a black bheep. and impede him or her from eurciaing
the trade in (petition by all possible mcantn If. therefore, 1 *nd my
friends con by a word cauac all the people using the market in i|iiec-
lion 30 10 behave towordt; you> it is 1 ttho by absUiining from Maying
that word enable you to get your living, iind t muai be paid flCc:ord*
ingly- A very small and easily following development of the coou-
dcrrtiions governing the position will sliow ihnt a penon who depends
on my word fi ir the [jossjbility of e^tming \\\^ hving, cannot afford id
disTcgJird my viishcs in nny htilc matter respecting which 1 may
manifcw ihcin to him.
Still the poor hfih or vegtuble stall-keeper— 10 COniLnuc ihc lue
of the example cited — does not fjil to profii in tome d€£FCC by the
" Cnmorra/' which compels him to pay for lease to live, aj oiJovc
dcarnbed. If I permit— or abstain from prevcming—A. P. to bob|
ft sull m the m^Trkct, he must pay me for the pn.^mium. But the
amount of Ihc payment in all juatite mubT depend on the value of the
profits derived Trom the stall in question. Il bccome» my intcrr^
therefore, that such profits shell be as large on may be^ Eul Prince
Montimagnifjei's house steward, who nukes nn enomvoua profit 1^
Tobhing the Prince xis^v. and Jef^, know-s very well ;hat a word of
mine could cause that great man's valet to open hii^ muster'* eye* lo
thai circiimsiancc, and must thetefore, besides pajing me for not so
acting on the vatci, LiVc care tlmt tlic coot goes for his fish or hi*
vcgeiabks to the stall in question.
Here is another case in which a stranger at Naples was itnroduced
in an amusing manner to the mysterious " Camofrj/' The siranEer,
^/oun^- Italmn fiojn the north, hud ordered a fuit ol clothes, The
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tiilof dcbycd lo long id sending rhcm, that ^omc unfortunATc iIicta-
don in the posflion oTthc cmtomcr mode him fcor that when M. \^i
ihe clothes should be broughl home he would noi have the meiiiB of
pl^iig far ihcm, !n thw cmhamissmcm Iht young man confidtshis
tnnble toa MiMpoltton friend. The laiter, hnving heard the caw,
ityfi tlui tie thinks there will be no djificiilty in arrjnifin^ the matter,
AAd will sfc to it, An hour rarer ho ramc t>ai.k and faid, " Now nil
you have to do u to tell the t^iilor lliat K^ haii uiadc mi \>>.\\\ w Jon^,
you on wAtt no more ; the thincs must bv sent within the twenty-
fbtir hcfUt% or ihc cluthc!! will not be rt:i::L-ived. I know tht^y cati'I trc
1itti±hc(l in the- tim*;.*' This <:oun<id was acted on^ The doth ts were
not K«nt. The Htnn^r w^ri freed frain hi^ barj^inn A t^^y or i;vO
afterwards, bowtfvcT, hia Neapolitan friend returned, '' Well, ii was
■U right aboni the clothea? " " Oh, ye\ ail right \ T\\t fdlow never
sent them. 1 urn bo moch obliged to you,'* " Well ! " " Oh I I
mu»t maktf my old suit [use a little tonger, that's all I " " But . . - <
you would hav*- had to pay a hundred nnd twenty francs I " " Yes,
I suppose DO. " " Well, then, hand over my share : * *' Your share?"
"Yea. to be sure ; yoti awe me forty francs I" - . . , And in nword,
the frietid in need being a ntf^f-^am'i/rHstJ, the money had lo be paid,
and the nonhemer wo^ ma4e to undcrsund thnt at Naples, at loaatf
dam it likU i^rJ ni>ut i//mmeSy c/r nt dotinp ritrtfouf rimt This i&
another of the ihcuisand modes of action of ihi- " CamoTTO.*'
Here i^ojiother. Kcing oian horel at Naples— one of the first it
the ciiy, wc will say— you desire to vifitt the celebrated San Carlo
Theitrr- You take U|} the pttpei, and seu that the advertised pnce of
Ui««t»1l4 if, «ayt eifihi fra/ics, Yo;i go lo the box offito, :wk for a
vtftll, and are told [hat therg ari^ none to be had — all «old ! Vou
rvttini tu your inn and mention your difiappointment- Whereupon
you utf told that the porter can get you a ticket, but that the price
wiJI be ten fiance If you make judicious Jn<iuiries, you will Icam
Uuu thii alto 15 " tamorra,"
The Kngli^h public will, p^hap;;, have not quiie forgotten the
CA£e of Mr- Hind, the English flower-grower ai Naples, who sold
better and cheaper tlowcrs than his rivals in like trade — ho^v he was
murdcnd — how great the difficulty of discovcrlttg any clue in the
perpetrator of the CTimc— how almost impossible* when hewasdis-
co«-cKd. to obtain his conviction, or justice of any sort. All this
ogain was dur lo '* camomi.."
It is not too much to say that the whole aorf&l life of Naplesi
from top to bottom, is honeycombed by " camona." h is everr«Vtf3^,
oad Cffjwrrfffi' in drew costs and white kid ijVci'its, vi>LO ai^ >j^
I
J
6fa
The GefUUnutfCs M^gaang.
The Ii
kUKBlbki
f ofiht; gaol
Jotown 10 be fiurh, nbound, and wtUlt ihc succta iriih no \t9x tntolrnt
B BVOCger, or FAlhcr, with a more asbured inMlcncc di roAitae,
becaiiM of thsc knowledge. Like the tnink af ihc ^cphMitihc
"Caniona"iBcquiilWfilto<l lo grapple with the biggest thingi vsd
perBona. and ti^ citiui with tlic lovi^jt and snrnMat. 'Inhere ii not a
Wfeichcd piiboner in ihu sivar nuiig guok of Naples who docs noi uvc
some portion of hJe; scanty oUuw^mtc of food, dcstiiii^d io be tumnl
mid money for the benclit of faomc Camffrnsta Hoxncirfaat higtier
in the griuJe of i^ocbl scuundrellsm and tinivenal pillage Lbon
himself
The krgcdt -ind most importam munidpal instihition* atv as
to the kw3 of ihc unseen, but everywhere- fch^ tynatk »
ttiacrdlle wrclch^a in ihG/fNifU'Ti or the Icaa minciMble jxipalatioo
oflhe gaols, Thwe exiata ai Nai>li'» (i ma^;nifiocur'AlbcTgo <lci Pot^t^**
a.tyLum for pauperis It ii^ jlu tnomioua building in n ntiprrb positsoo
on a hill above the dl/n II ia uJmcnl impoatibk to have been ai
Naplesvithout having obsctrcd it. The fumU l^clonf^mj; lo U xe
very lai^e jndced, Ihc condition of the ivio^t miteiMbJe doscsof
tJie vast city— of ihoac who Uic ia thc^v^fliiJiiaiid the "groitoe*"^
ha* been described. Surely some of this profouivl md hopvte
ini«fry at least ik relieved by ihc itmpte mean) vrhieh dunly hu
provided for the pur(H>se P lk;t it will be fmind, if the cxcceffing
diPicnlties in the way of obtaining uny Irufrtn'orthy infonnation on the
fiubjeet be avcreome, thai tho inmale^of the jl^/vt^ i//i /Snvn^tliae
ftfc, J believe^ two ihou«nd of ihcm — do not come fruni those
cIhIbscs at all. They will be foutid tfl belong To a considcraljly highef
grnde in the sonal smIc— the children of gonrlcmcn'a ncri-ants, of
5ni;ill trjidcrs, nnil the like. In shorty they arc children placed ibcfe
by fflvour, the price of which favour haa been paid in every cjue CO
some Camoff'iifft oi other, in some form or other- TbJs, howcvicr,iV
but one of the modes in which ihi» cnamious rharily is tiutde to
alTorJ iiAbulnm for the jdl-dovoiiriny miiw of the "Camorr*," The
children are very Iwidly kepi, A \tcnny squcc/cd daily out of the
Juod of each of them would amount to some seventy-three thouumJ
fianca a year — n goodly wim for '* carnona," Hnt the eitr(iordn»jy
care oflhe nwrnagtri of Ihi^ vast establish rncni for the eduoLiiou of
the inmaWii miLy bt: cslitnalctl from the fact thai thmy-iwo luuAt.
raoirtei's are provjdi^d for tbeit inatrucEJon in that ingeniioua art,
which, it ib [o l>c hoped, is Iniind To '' aoflcn their n-ianncrb and not
let diein be fierce-" In a word, the "Camorva." 14 ihc undisputed
iltitit^Ks, uttsler, and iiroprii'lcir of iheestablishjneni.
r Titjfci thiwg.piobaUVitViiV w'v\\s\.TiVji7LuEn^iHhm>in mreading
NapUs,
IH
of this horrible and airocious aysrom is that U could exist only &mong
a population of coworrls ; ua. indeed, may be nid or the cxitccncc
of dJl buliiea. It 13 LriLC- Sut It may be urged that the constant
conacioxisncMof WfsJklDgtlirough liff imdrrth^r uniccn menacr of a
dft^grr wAitlng for you rournl every comer of crfry wall la apt to
have thifl property in common with conscience, thai it makes cowards
of us nil. Ordinary fortittidc is htavc only dgnintit seen d[mgcr%
which may be met and iim&glcd *ith, Biit ihc "Camom" icposc*
tax ihe well'iindcpstood tonstant projwncr of the iinncfm dnggi^. It
may be obtmvcd ftirthcr That Mich a popnUtion m the mhabilams of
the /ffndtia and the '■ groltoc^ " hni* bctjn nh&wn to be, .ire f«r loo
mucmbtc. too dcprcu^d, too much sFfirvcd lo ht; others i&e Ihait
cownrds. It i^i quite an Ab^oktrc maLicr ofcfMirsc ttuii they ^ouldbc
>o ; uid iE iivnpon ihcopprosnion of ihc^e classes Ihat the "Qamon^^
hoi Jct riTEC and bcrEtommost fou&diiLion. It \?, a. Jipcclahy of this
bidcau^ canecr. iliai, as all j^ocial good things come from above
downwards, ko this works from below upwards in the iqocial i^calc, and
JmU for its Aj^(.rijd tendency Ti> draw e^c di:ni£f^ns of hi^hcj social
livelii, with constfini mdrau^ht, into the evcr-eiiendtng niicshcTi of mm
influence, and lu as^imibti- '-hi; mcralLly of tlic highest to \\xa\ gene-
fated by The misery of the lowest,
*i i'Tobably. therefore* Signer Vilkri, the patrtotjc observer whom
1 have tio often fjuoicd. i^ right in thi: opir^ion he cxpressi^s, thai tbd
Oflily hope of rrmcdy fur an ^vtl wZiJi::h makc^ Nijiles Dot only a ma^
o^Aoeial roLttnntJi>. fatal lo ilsclt but also a very prcpiauc source of
domer to Itily i^ciivrrnlly, iiULSt Iji: suiight in 3Uch nico^itrcs Mi. ntay
have die «iroi t of gr^iduully improving o.i\^ ItnLiUy rt^niuviMg the
£pSMtiiM jnd horrible mafis of e?ctrvinv misery, ]jriili>ihiios&, and
Igaonnee which lies rottin^r and fe^leni:;^ at the foundation of the;
'N«ipolit«n «ocial %y%izia..
•W Al>OLI*UUS THOLLUPE,
■
^6^ Tbt C€Hif€man*s Afagazisu.
H^NS HOLBE/N AT HIS EASEL.
HANS HOLBEiM is in an whnt Sir Rkhord Steele 13 m liicM-"
cure \ he fa s. scapegrace. Perhapi, over a boiEle of Rh^
i«h wine, the bbfFftnJ^niAl licnnnn, ^who^ i\ill liliiccyc sEiii «mi]ei
upon U4 Erom hiH portmiH f'\\h all its old frc«hnct> ftnd vjviLca^, Tiuf
have been otio of the pEc^iwnti^st ormen;iuidtlmtBeciiiatohavcboes
hia reputation al Augsburg, ai Basic, and in London. Hia red hat
hid long grey coai, and hia juWal fticc were fa wcUknowoin the
SUceta and taverns of Augiburg and Basic as the figure of Ben /onvoQ
ivai known at the McrmaJil, 01 ns ihcl cf Dryden in hia hbck Telrei
suit was known in the f orfce-houss of Covcni Ciardcn. He wa* the
fiist or almosi the firfit of Ihc race of Bohemians, and he woa a Boh^
mian htz^ui and souL
Vou con aeo thai hy a ^lanee at his portraits. Ilic moAt mrikin^
jind apparently rhc moat i^haraxtcriatir of these is that which hang? in
the muwiiin ai K-tsIe. It is a skt-tch of Holhein stfive'anfl-lwcnty.
Tfie Hgurc is tall nind Matcly, the forehead is brood and liigh, the brow
ptoji:c[s slightly over the cyo5, — a proof, if any proof were needed, oa
those strongly developed power* of olfiervation which made Holbcii»
the keenest and most cliaractcriatic porirai I- painter of his lime, Hi»
eye sees everything and sees ihrongh everything, Il*parki»mth
good humour, although there is a «hght sugge.^tjnn of uroum in lis
gbnccj and that suggestion is def^pcncd by the expteraion of irony
which plays about his month. 1 he lips arc full, and there is aboM
the whole fac:e an exprc'i^ion of frankne^H and iiudacity that marked
Ihccharaeier ofihc man all through his life.
This expression comes out *tjll more distinctly in the miniature
in the possession of the fhike of Jhieclengh^ taken probably ai the
height of Holbein's fame in Ixjndon. This miniature is the ponrail
of a man appartnlly abonl live -;ind- forty. The smooth nut-brown
hair of fjve-and- twenty ii now sprinkkd with grey; the round chin
is covered with a short thick-set beardf the neck is like a bullX hot
the eye is still the same. It ia an eye that still takes in everything,
an cyt that stiU betokens the rare powers of observation and the
calm self-confidcncc of the man who was equally at home in a pct>
Hans H<flhm at Ais Etufi %6$
boiue or a palace. It is sftid (hat Holbein at thi^ (imr^ wa>« distin*
gdaheil in hts drese by a.i'Dt and velvet, find by on^ of tKosc Flsndm
hua with a plume which hift own pottraii of Henry ihc Eighth has
hofldcd dou'n to us with so much gmcv /tnd vigour. ^ti(ihc|>or-
tnil docs noi ^\vc ua HoJbcin in liis full drc^s, in the dnrsi which
najtled the quiet people of Biilc when Holbein vm on his way to
take thcpomair of :hat youthful Duchess of Milan who, when Henry
offered her his hand, and as much of his heart n^ ht had lo offci
alter A third inArmgc And a Ihinl divorce. ?a\6 in Sir Hf i^ Woilon^
"Ala*' whitl nm I ti^ say to the King of England? Ht^ docimcioo
much honour, ^nd if I only had twn hcrid*), ont- of them should cet-
uinlybc at hi* Highncu'a atr^icc" "Silk and vehcr" «id r^ncof
Holhcin'i frii'nds in theslreds of Bfl3lc;"l recollect when he went
lo the tnp for n pint jf wine!" Thw portmit of ihu Thikp of
BucclCTtgh's given us Holhcm withoni hh silk and velvei. He a
apparenily frc»h from his ca^el, in Km working dress, a pfjtin hlftcfc
9l\ltt with n Kkulka; I, and hi>i pfncit in his hnnd, The T^rr is ihc liiice
of it iri:in who know* wLil life is in Ihc rough, who t-ikes it, howcvef,
Sks it comes, makes the htst of ii. and enjoy? it with the rclisli of x
rich wd hjtrdy eonstiiution.
But there is iitil the slightest touch of domo^ticrty nbouJ the nmn.
You liaveOTiIy to loot M his portrait once to *ee thni, if Holbein aniA
luK ^fe (quarrelled now and then, ihe fnuli y/m not ;i11 on the «ide
of hit wife, illhoii^h she nmy not have been aH that an artjst'G wife
ought to he. When il!us.lraltng the " Ptiok of FoHy," Hnlbeirij find-
ilijt on one p^ge the ii;jine gf its aiuhor, sketched Erssmus on the
mirgin, sitlirig in his «udy, and sketched him so cleverly that
Ew^mus, looking through the proofs, 3i once recognised his portralr,
laughed aiihcjrAe^ and exclaimfd, with a sly hit at Inther. " AhFif
Efumurs still looted like ihis, he too might ;et lake h wjfe.^' Turn-
ing over the page wilh a kugh, Erasmus found bylhe^ideof acouplcc
frcni Horace :—
M« piiijfLirin rl naidurr, bccv cwls cUtc viscr^
Can riclerw vole^, Epifuri <lc ^n^ |«fELiii,
A ikelth of a wild-loo'ting fcTIow siuinu at ii w'cll'i[]ie;id honrd,
drinkmg a goblcl of wine, with one of hU arm^ around thi- nrck of a
si ultish- looking girl The author w-us equal with the artial. He
wtoic imder ihc sketch, " Holbein," and iliat sketch seems io have
hit o!T Holbein as chmacteristicaUy as Holbein had. on Ihc previous
p»ge» hit off Erasmus, in hi^ long rol^e and his high hat, poring over
a bUct-lctlcr folio or a recently found Greek MS.
TAi Gmittmam's Magasitu.
It u ^d by «)tDC of Ifolbcin'i hid^phrn ihftt thr «xtitc ia IhiE
tfcctch it loo coiuvf Pcfhain iX 15- B«t Uolbdo adopted the
sketch; il «a5 published »vit stands in thr " Uook of FoUy.^&nd tiii
too much in keeping with tht? IndjIioDi of HuTbciEu and with hJI
poi^Ua-ils tlurnktiielvei, to be pul Jlitide to-fUy. 'I'lv-ri: u gcoiiut uid
^ood ff^Howship in ev^ty line o! his lacc- b»t HoIbcin, with all bu
geoiiu and good fdlowth^p^ wju one of the but men rn the woHd tp
fit into iny system ci\ doiaifstic lilc, except pcrha^ that of the Ept'
mrrani. ind <^vcti the Epieureana might h«ve found il h&rd 1^ At hia
into Ihcira.
Holbein. in thii rci|>cclt itands in marked contnui to his cott-
ttmpomry and fivd — Albert iJiircr. iJiirtr wai 4 grave, rdiglous
nmn, with A. lol'ty idea of duty oi a man and 'a dtijea, a nua of
domestic habits and eulliviicd tastes, a man without a aingle vics^
except perhapA a p.-iSKiAn for phy, nnd «ven Ihat paAion «aa
kept v/e\\ in tlicflc aJtcr his rcnim from Vcnitc. The onltf
virtue llollicm poaKsscd was that of good lutuiYr— a virtue which U
fakl lo lie in itself a vice Perbapt in his hcdii IlolLiem loved Aftas
mueh as the thoughtful and piisKLODTcAs recluse of Nurcmbuti;, liincd
as high, and wcirkcd as hard. But aft ivirh Durcr Wii nrU(iioiv It
was only part of Holbein's life, and Holbein, with all hih iniciui^
and industry, wns aJwftys ready at a moment's notice to Oirow down
hifc chalkji or his gmvcr, [o pwt on his grey do.\k and hi* ttd lui, and
lo sii under the hmes for an hour with a friend and a pint of wine.
He y<^ a Bohemian all the days of hi>i life, a vagabond and i
wandcn^r upon the earth, seldom knawiug where to turn for a
sovcTc^gni jind even when at the court of Henry the Eighth, tccei^iy
a salary which wfis equal to the iof-ome of most oi" the *quires inth*
commission of the peace, he wfls gcncTpil ly over headand cjis in debt.
He died in a foreign Luid, far from his wile and < hildrcn,lciivmg ndltODf
for their provisioti but his paint- 1 rushes ^nd \\h palcUe, and DOihu^
for ihc illegitimaie children he hrid in l^ndon but his Mddlc-honc
and iu bridle. Dnrer WJS buried m the cemetery oS St Jofca iritfi
all tht liououri that his countrymen coutd «how to one of the gf tc i Ct
of German arii.sts, and his grave is to thi*. day a pilgrimage for citty
lover of an in Germany, His sultti? stands in the gfeai aqu-UC of
Nuremburg, his house is jiublic property, and i;v(^ soap of p*F<r
Ihat hia pendl has touched is treasured us a holy rdic. Of HolbeJR
Iher? Vb no nittnorial, not even a itone with his name upon ii^atid
'antiquaries dispute still a5 to the date of hiv de^tli. He isfotppojted,
&nd fiupp'LW'od 1 lliink wiLh goijd reason, to have died of the pljigue
in TS4S, Axid to have bcea bviiieOi W\i.\\ ft*\j\ijfal oC 9. dog in oat d
Hitns HMein at kh Easel
IP pils of WhitcchaptI ; bul a few ytirfl ftft« his Jrtth on*
-Qie irtoit diitinguiihfd nnd ^ihuaiiutiic of hit admirer^ the K-trl
of Anindd, oct^lA not dtsc^vcr thf ilightt^it mc? of a mac tc whoi^
genius, ncU tothat of Alhot Diirefs, Germany *tj!l ove* no »lighi
tpATt of iu rhaniictet for art
Yet if, in^leftd of distinguish] ng the man (roiti the arti&t, ve diA-
tinguish Ihe jartisl from the man, I do no! ihmk (here cjm he two opi-
QioiiftAX to which ought lo uke the hntpoajtion — Holbein or Durer.
IDJrer, of course, tn his Own line Jsinromparahle. He iras itirom-
poiafal^ 3k4 a designer, rtK jin cnji;™ I'cr, and n^* b j^aitiler of Sj<mts^
HvloAiiiitk, and Sffvioirrf, Hiit l>iirrr i^ an tdraliHt ; Holbein is a
reolbt ■' Diirer'fi imogiiiAtion in its range ajid vigour "n^m inferior only
to Djmte*4 ; it loved in its loftiest flighli lo dn^ell on ihe (riilei thnt
jtii/e lilie and colour lo its vixioni. IlolbHn had »imp[yno imogi-
Dftioti at aU , and you may look through hift works wiihout finding
■ay lncc« of the facully which shine* through every confcpli on of
hitttival. He creAlcd nothing. 'H» Christ 14 token from Durer,
all \\\i Sainih jjrc taken ftom Durer; and when he wished \o piii^L tJie
Holy Mother Ami her Child without reproducing the form^i which
Durer had made his own, he simply called his wife inin his ^Jtudio
:uid sketched with her Ihc first iif hiB own boy*, who h^jipened lo
be playing :it hi^ mother's knee. Sr. Anne is the porlr^iit of hia
own tnoth^^f. 'Jlic influence of l>iirei is to be traced in ]llo^t of bis
Wttll painimgii in his Apt>»lJe^, ami in many of hi? picliucs nf Death,
TbeiuggestionformarLy of ihc^enes in his Dance of De«th is to be
foivtnd in fiurgkmair. HiA l^st Supper ts taken from Leonardo da
Vinei, atid hi« TriuinphaJ Procession on Ihe facade at lAiccme from
ManCegna. Holbein ha^ Teft nothmg like Durer'$ pietures of the
Passion, otf thi^se of the Revelation of St. John, and he could not bnve
luimedeither nl them tu save hi* hfe without the inspiration of l.hircr.
l*ai Hotbein rrude up for his Uck of imaginnlioii by lii^ [juntfts
irf observation. These were of the highest order, and ht knew
how ti> iiise Ihccn. Clb^rvation is not f>erh3pA the higher gift
ao artist rJn havt, aud il forms hul apoorrnnipensalion forimngina-
live po»er< like Ihosc whidi inspired the virions of the ApocrtJypsc
and the J^lmIoo; but Holbein's powers of observation w^re combined
wtth lOch a kt:cn percepTion of character, and witli so mueh fjractidl
akill, ihat we shall probaljly ^ee i dozen Diiicr* Ijcforc we see
wkoiher l^o](>cm-
Durer's *u(icriori(y [o Holbein Tiiy in two things anJ in two
Ihingt o»ly, 1 believe— in his knowledge of anaLorn^ aai \ti \At
moraJ puiity, Diirc/'s fsncy, m f£s iWldest flights. A3 as p\a^g^sNfiiXia\Cv,
A
Thi Gtnilemans Magaxitu.
Holbvtfi's is ofEm as foul u SnolkU'i, aod ii« knew noihmg u ati
Df iQatomy. But D^rec lud one fault at aJt jjUsi^ H« «w twt u
mtemational min. Holbcb v-u. ^d the coiucqutDC« b ihjj
to-day his worlui urc «vcr>'wl]crc- Vou coinc ^icrow thtiu in c\^
pftlacc of Europe. They «e in ihc galloy of ibe Louvrie, at Munich
St Flotcncc, ii Venice, at FtAnkfon; and there U hardly aa old
manoT- house in F-nglaiid thai does aoi conuiti itJi Holbein. No
collection of huioiiod poitraits is complete wiihgm its dmter of
Holhcinf^i even if ihc genuine portraits ba\« to be ckcd oui with a
few spurious daubs th;it were patinted twenty years aiici Holbcb'*
death ; nnd widioui Holbein one of iJie mwi inEeresitng penods nf
Engtith history wuuM be a blank, oi w^jtbc than a bluik— a hiilory
of Pupal pteiensLons and Protount scbinns, of inCGrnationAJ And
leligioMn ft'ui.JS) and of the bLuicne?^! of jU conirovenlc^ Iheologkal
canttovcTEiy — conCKivtfRj' upon origiiLa] sin, upun the mystery of
grace, of predeBtinfltian^ and of juslifiGitioo, upon the qucAtioD
■(vhtlher the mass is a sacrifice or ihe commemoration of a aacfinrc,
whether the power assumed by the Pope and the Bishops h*d any
fo^mdRtion in Scripiute. whether the worship of images is auihoHscd
by Scripture, or whether it is siioileK^ to smofih a saint.
HoLbeln'c life covers ihe period of the Refnniuijon and thr
puiod of those gre^it geogr-iphiiMl discoveries whicih nimulatcrt the
lAttUcci of Europe as it hud never been stimulated before and a« it
has never been stimulated since- He wa& bora in 14W' ^^ y«** in
which Columbus returned to Spain with the spoils of the New Wotid,
was received by Ferdinand and Isabella like a general retumitigirom
the conqneiLt of a kingdom, and entered Valladolid in triumph amid
the acckcnationfi of a nniion which then held the proudest pmitioc
in Europe, He died in 1543. and in ihc&e forty eight ycajs he had
witnessed the conquests of Cortei and Pitarro, the achicvrmeniU of
Vosco dc Gama, the exploration of the ?acJ6c, the esLibltKhmeni of
a VAE;t empire of Furopcin merchants in Arabia, alonfi: the coaiIs
of Malabar, ^nd in Indijt, the diversion of all those strcarnit of rMn-
mcrcc which had lined Liic shorcsof the Adriatic, of llic vl'i^rAn, and
of the Mediterranean \s-ith mriits, temples, and palaces that are^till,
even in their decay and ruin, the admiration of the world ; the o^xr-
throw of the Papal authority in all the northern pam of Enrope. ,ind
the iransktion of the Bil^lc into a language und^Tstanded of the
people who have since taken the lend in all that d i^tingnidiea
modem from mediaeval Etiropc in arl5, arms, liteniEurc, and science
But when Holbein was born ihcTL* was not the alighim s^gn dot
xhc world was on the eve of one of the greatest rcvoluiioni in
The Pope ruled Europe mft^ *. t^ C)^ "mwv\ icwS^ Uthou^
f the Fo\
Hans Holttiii fit hh Easii. 36^
Fo^e wju 3 profligate pricsi whoiic handj^ were dyed in every
vice? and crimi^ hi^^ ^iiuhoriiy was unasriJiTlcd .tnii App;trcnt1y UD&a-
_ ittilflWe. Pcrli.ipu a few acholflrii hcri! ami there still remembered
P the protcr^ thill Wj-cliffo hnfl made sgainsi iht' I'iipM auprcmacy,
jgjinst the vitos of ihc drrgy, and againsi the trifllc in indoIij;tDc<s.
The memory of Hufis was still chcriiKcd by a handful of liwdy and
ignoRtnt mountaintKra in BohctniA. Due neither the name of Hiua
nor ihe name of Wycliffe wn.i anything more than, a recollection-
II wrt* no! an iniipiration, Ihc princt's and rulers of Lliiro(ie hated
■ the ilii^Uo[i i\\ Komir: because he \f&% the most eKACling of taK>
' gatherer*, anit the people hjtcd his cardin*h .ind pricjilB hccauae
thdr live* wcrir a satire upon all the preccjii* of the rdi^ion whieh
Ilhejr wctc<omniisaioncd to preaclt. IJiit Iherc u-as no one. iipparenlly,
with the coungc OT (lie learning Eo combat Ehc crrort o: to denounce
the vLccft of the Churrh. Savonarola might have done it ; but Savo-
narola had htcw !icnt to the stake before his voire had been heard
north of the Alps, Krasmus was m the tirst bloom of hb splendid
nunhood; but Eraanmi woi private secretary to the Bishop of
Cambray, njid a« devout a Catholie as a man of hi« wit and lenming
cciuTd be. Luther and Zwinglc were «h]l at ^choc'l thMmbing a Ijitin
griunmar; Rncer was in \vix nurse's arms; neilhcT falvm nor Knox
hdd been born ; and Tyndale was flyiry hauler in the Vale of
Gloucester- ^Volscy, a paritih priest, was in rTic slocks in Somerset-
shine; aiid Craiuwcll wat perhaps birdsntsting iu the lane* around
Putney HcAlh, witfiout a ihauglil of llic part he was to play ak '' the
Hammer of the Monkn" in oneofthcgrralestof PCrglii-h revolmiorvi,
Ttie tmly copy of thL' Bible ih^thnd then Iwen printed was the i^itin
Vulgate, and that was so rare and cn!itly thai U was a present for
princes. Uut this edition of the liible h.id fonnd its ^vay into some
of the monasteries, and especially into those of the Au^islinei,
probably jt that lime the purest and most Ihouglitff] of the
Ronijin Catholir orders l-uthcr found it in the Augustine convent
At Erfurt \ Melanchthon found it a^ Tiibin^en \ and when hlrasinus Ln
J516 published hi* first edition of ihc Greek Testament, that work
^V soon in the hands of e^ery pnc»t and tnunk who knew Creek
ttiough lo rcjd It- Perhaps djcrc were not many of thei«, for at
(luU time the mass of prje^Cs knew little Latin and lv«& Grvck. But
Luther. Zwingle, Mclanchlh^jn, Coverdale, and Tyndalc could read
Ofeek alinctsi ns well Us Eiasitniiij and ihey read (l lo sn<:h efftci that
when in 1517 the question arose as to the sale of indulgences, they
were able lo confound the ablest of the Ugflics and Mcais-genirral oi
Jlomc by Appealing lo the won! and to llic te^tLmony.
TOL. CCXLI. MO. 1761. It U
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1
The Gcntifmofis Mogasme.
k
Holbctfi thrc« liimsdf into the fife, ihouj^t, luid politic* of bis
iJjLy with all ih* vigoui of \C\% nuurc. llu u-^St in Cut* one of Ifce
Rfiformon, and diiJ >-vonunV f^crvtcc tn th« cau»v. Porfaaps the Re
formcn tfii-imcKt^s "^ tJioie whom wc look upon 38 tvtphattaiSy di«
lUfomii^n, might not always cire to conf«8« th( faci, or to nccicnlK
ihe man who :^'tnt ic» the ta;j for whe sis ont of thcnuelrcs. Bo!
Oj:li Uoci noT alter tlic ftct that HoHn;m was ihc second Lather of
the Refurnuition- Look at his cart^jon rcpiescming tlic ule of Id-
dulgcEiCtfx : It U Lutht;r*5 Ecrnn^n in miniature, and tnorc nJ^etlKc
llum AduKensermDns: andthe spiril which m^-rk;; this: cutoondk'
tinfiuishcs equally hit illu^iniions in the "B<K)k of Folly," hfa pktun^
of Dcacli.iLnd thai hnlliant series of woodcuts which caMc^ iho name
of Hotbcin aa an anist all through Euroj>e- Vou can trace Ihe Gtman
and the Prot^Atant tn uvery touch of hi% pencrt. In his pit'tun; of the
Tcinpt-ilioii of JoEcph. for Jnatance, the IJlioF of Fnunv art cm-
Ittoidervd on the ccjuch of Potiiih;jr*s wife; and trntchert of tbb kind
occur again and again, showing the m^ tt-iih which he oitcrcd inio
the spirit of the time. He repre^vnls devils ^Ttflin^; for the Pope'fi
aouljandall his sketches of priests are full of suggestion* of hypocri^j",
covetouaiess, mipidity, and profligacy. Pahapa. however, tJie bttt
proof of his sympathy with the Refonnation it lo be found in tl\c bet
thiit he was selected to design the iide-page of Luihcf'i; lirst imnhUtion
of iJic New TeM-imi^r, aflenv.irds lo illustrate Coverdak's tranKlaiion
of the JJfbIc into English, and, when thie tranfilarion n-a? ordered to he
prinlodand pLiccd in every church throughout the Brftiih I*Ies- to
dcBLgn and ^'ngmvc the poriniit of Henry the EJ^hth aa the Supreme
Head of the English Chtin^h-
This was Holbein's work ai pjsle, iNustiaiiri); books; almost his
sole work, that and wall-pninting, T^-ilh an altar piece now and then
like the Ljist Supper, or the Betrothal of St. Catherine with the Infant
Chri-sl, and that superb specimen of his skill in the church ne«r
Soloihum, the Virgin between Stn Uraus and St Martin, He is sajd
to have worked for tbc silvtrsiiiiihs and lo have designed for Che
ghss-slftincrs, tn hiivc painted the wnlU of many private bouKiri,a«
well as ihofic of the Rath.h«iifi; and among his decorative wmk iti^
fagjdc of a house In the £iscngasse» pniintcd frnm top to bottom "'in
the fashion nf the rich architccTural kickgrounds whTch at .i ktff
time distinguished ihc pictures of Pjii I Vcrotiifsc.'* !Je [tinted porinnli
at Au^Kbnrg, and he painted ]iorErair>i, again, En London. Ihif Jt
Basle very few portrait* froni hin easel arc in evi^tencc^ and l»«e
worrh bpc^king of cicept ihow of Frohen. IlonifaciuB AmvftacK
and Uf^Lim^ Basle at that time A^as the he&dqu:inera of tlie Re-
IJaus H^lbnn at kis Basel. 371
itaiKuncc, All the worki of ICiAfiinuft, of fXcolampadus, of J^ilhcr,
of McUnchlhan, .tnij (he rri^t of Uii? KrruTiTierrs, (vrrc priitlecl a^wil
jH^bli^cd [Jicu't wU'* iiii«t of the cJiiioris of RiHriLin uiittrs, .iiij llic
tiAnnl^liortv fiom Hicvk .iliEIilhm th^ic wcti' then in ointl^lLOlu Jl xvxi|
Id Uitf l]iii« of Holbi^jit J. Kiiy of ^hol;ir«t of Jiri»L>, jjid cf i)iint«n».
Knamui cilkd il Ihr: most cumforubLe^ «e^t cf the mu!te«. "Th^rc
is ao OTIC.'' h? uytp ia one of I11& Icitcr^, '' who da<:!& hoe know L^iin
and who docs iloE know Greek, Moit of ihtm know Hebrew- One
Is adi^tiiiHuihhed hUtonun* another a xealous theologi^m, a dkini on
cxpcncncuU raaihemau^Jiun. Tine |>ui!»iiea iht; «,iucly of AiMUjiucyi
^jtnothcr of la^t; >\'heie else d^ '^i? find unylhini^ liLc Ehib ? I at ]i;^1|
until nniv,ha^f iioi Ii;id Ehc h3p|im(r4& lo Wd ^ucli an a^iccible lift:."
Ilic Frobcns, Ihc Feins, ynd ll^c Wolfly haj Uiii'ii prinling'OfiJct* at
£mICi and HoIIjc'ui iv^ aLtracieJ to tht; city brLUUi;^ it pfeKtr>ti;d so
mny op]>ur1 unities to 1 m;iii of hit> itiH to (iiukt; i\t\ c:i4^ aiid a sur?
incxinic in tliv oriuunenuiion of buoks und in making devigna for
The Rcft)tni;ii!oti cjincn and the Reformation, the work in a grcoi
meuurc of L^adcf wms the ruin of Jil, It put .^n end to all ordera for
nlui-pkcct. for Nfadonnsii) C61 Saints, Lind even fot ihoA;^ uul1-T>^]niing$
which, in CcTTn;tny as m Italy, j^^ivv aittsu ol" the hj^h^^H i;;eriiua ;in
opportuinty lo sho* the world whiii th^-y coald do i\K ih^ir licii, *■ I
prtif»i,am| p^irii whh iv[l diliii<;n(.v " Kiid Diirtr, ^'buL nothing' come*
of il> and I iii^^an thi/rcfure to lall b.ick uj>on my vngiavin^'n Hod J
dohv vo ^ouner. I nhoiEtJ have htftri richt^r by lome thousand tlorinii
;<t thii djy"' Bnt Holbein could iioi do this, for the ptinicris uf Busle,
like ActJJoii. w'l^rtf devouied by ihcit own dog^. They bad jjubliahed
ftti tmuiy work:: ajfaiosi idubtiy and Mipt^rvtitlot). and ag;on£t vt a>
tiw handmaid of aupcr*iiii'jn, thai ihey dL-irt: not [hcniselveis now pub-
lish a copy of the Stripnires with the Virgin ^^^ Hpj Child, Tlie
claisie* wtrc tabooed by the Reformer as profane,and Holbein soon
Ibund ihnt if he was I0 Uvc by his {Jc-nLtl he mu£| take uji bU '[iiLirtets
'^here an livid a very difTfrent jm^iuon from Lhat wliith it hdd in
IBwk. In thtf year in which Diirer complL'tcd bi'i pantis with I^S.
Pctvr and John, SS. Mark and Pawl^ and threw nsidt' his l>n.isb, with
tliat unfiniKhcd head of Ihv Saviour upon hlif eauel. Holbcirt Inmod
his back itpun Gctmany. (.fosatHl tbt- KnjfUah Chanriul wilh a leuvr of
imroduciron to Sir Tliomas More froLn trasmvis, and tliO grc.it
colmmst of [he North Wft5 lost lo German art for ever
This was in the ye^r 1536, and Sir Thomas Mure wat then at {\t
height of hff gfentnesg — Clianccllor of the F.xchcqncr, ChanceUoi t
Ihc Duchy of l^ncMter^" England's only genius," and lh« dostt
IE H 3
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373
The GtnitcmatLS Msgazinf.
pprtonal fricnrl of thi^ King. U is «id ihat Henry wi* on
tamtlhr tcrnis vith hii Uh.inrcllor ihat he ft;»s m thr h.ihil of
ihc roynt hArgc from \Vhitchnlt ^uirs^rornhgdovrn ihc 'iltAinc* to thr
flhflsoa mrjulowij where More XwtA with his l-imiTy .ind XCw bookB.
hinrhjn); or chmni; wilh him t^i faiuiilr, and atEcrw^inlk wnTkiog up
flnd <f('i*ri hifl yorttcfii iftjlh his arm around hin ncrk, bilking of
Ihfolog)-, gcomt^liy, arul ntLiato ^ t>r» if it waa ^l brtght moonlighi
evening, npflling out the mysicfios of thr starii or [icrhiips ntiing
by the firc-siilf lo U^f" lo it lirshly-wntttn pAf^c of " UtO{nJ^"
Eh ib argiunfnb in tdvoiir of frocriom ol" CLinscicncc^ ilenry hftd
the reputation It that time of being the mosi polished And diiTOJroLit
kn[ghl in Kiirope, ;tnd his Court ^&% the home of alJ ihe muses, of
science, of painting, of archili^tturc. and of ^Ui iftirti. He had an
JtaliAH AtchitccC in his service — John of J'aduA — And if money could
have lempted RiflacUc to cmss the Alps, the Cartoons, whirli foon
one of Lhc chitf giurics of the Vnticjn, wuuld ha»c adomtU the
Suie apartments of Windsor .tnd Whitchjill Nrithrr Kjiffactlc nor
'i'jiian was to be lured from the sunny skies of luly -, \i\iX KaI^Dc
painted a Sr> George for the Uefcndcr of the tViitli, And that St
ticorgc Formed the nucleu* of the gallery which Hcn^ waa so fond
of showing la his viaitota, He set the cxiiiii[i]e ofcollci^ing works of
■rt in this country, and the clioictttt present that you could mtke
him wais a picture, a sEatiie, n piece of tapestry, or n bcautiliiUy.
chaacd suit of Armour lo da/idc the tyts of Ihi' knights and ladies of
hia Court at the toumanicntTi whi< h formed such n conspicuous
feature in the life of his Court, An artist Uko Hotbcln woa to Henry
whM a ull gren^ier vui lo Frederick of Prussia : he wds the brvi
prcseni you rould offer him; and Sir Thomas More, kjiowing ihia,
took Hollicin into his household, set him to work to juint a eoiJec-
lion of portraits, and then iSiaplaying them in his hall, invited the
King to an entertainment. Henry admirc<I the pictures, jskcd after
the artist, and wna iutroducod to him there and then. Sir ITiom^
M^Orc otfercd the pictures to his Highness ; but, as Henry ^id, when
he had ihe urtiiit he did not rei^utte ihe pictures- Ai\ ajartmeol
was at ooee httcd up in the palncc for Holbein; he was f^ujutctcd
«n the civil list for aoo florins a y^^i ^i^d was known hcnccfocth &i
the King's painter.
■i'hal, however, was a title which in the time of Holbein iiaplicd a
great dcjil more than it implied in the time of Vandyke, or than U
might be supposed to imply now ; for a Louri painter had then lo do
everything thai could be done willi a brush ; to p-iint cvetyUiing that
mjuircd i>ainting — ;i w^dl, a coat of arms^ a shield, a pottralt, or a
//ans /M&ttn ai iis Easel.
"batlJC' piece, a *ccnc like thai tn ihe V^ll<^y of Ihc Clolh of Holrf, the
BallTr r>f the S|iun, or Ihc Kvpcdition lo Boulogne ; and Holhdn,
like most of [hif 4li:Ktin^j>ihi^(! pnintm i^f h» titn^t wa» a man of
infinrc varicly ^nd Tcadmcifi- He could turn hi* hand lo every-
thing : ccFiiId pjinl 4 poitiaii or dccor^rc a w.UI, dcti^ii a ji^tcway
like Ihni nt Wilron, or lakr^ -i ekcirh of the Durlifca of MiUn ur
Anne ft( Clcvca, for Henry lr> fjll in love with, [ininr^n 3Ujif-pi«:e, cjt
illu*tTate the " liook of l-olly -/' crnbnss in w,!?: for tint br-mlics of the
Ccmrl. Of (rfklour a «^mI of atm* for (he koighte of the Tournament ;
de^n adrinkinji'nip for Jane Se)Tnrnjr, or ji sword-hitl for the King;
or un an eiiier>:e"L^T.ikrv]i hiH g ravin g-knifc nrtd vwX W\t ovrn dcil^fn*
for " Utopia." or a new etliiioti of the Bible. Hollicin gets creilit
for Ji prtit deaf more Ihan he did or than he could Jiave done, llie
ocdii foT work done at Basle Jor instanec, before he knew the place;
the credit for work done year* nftcr he left the cilj, the credit for
work done here in Kngi;ind as tnie >i* 1554 ; and now nnd Ihen the
ovdit foi work done even m 1579. Biii making every Allovfjnce for
thi*, It i>. 31U11U that f[olbein*« hands mu^t have been *uffiuiently fiiU
of work during the time he spent in KnglflT^d. ifi^ portr^iiK are
everywhere ■ in every palace, in everj ^allciy. and in neJTly every
cOLUitiy-hou^e of historir^l nnle_ '"rh[:ic is and atw.iys hiifi tiecn a
great demand for porlrail* in this cnunlty, and this \v:\i |nartK'u!arly
the case in the feigii tif the Tudor*. There wfv* a denh-ind ftii por-
tfait* then when there was ;^ demajid for n<rthing else, and Holbein's
jgcnius was the true getiiut for a ponrail- painter.
He was pre-eminently Imthhi I, He had a stem nde to be tnie
to nature whatever the ronncnuenreii might he, and to ilmt ruli: he
jdhercdall through life, Itwafcthcmleof Uurcr, liut Holbein wjstmcr
10 Ihenilc tlian Hiirer himself wjs. Unfe, and once only, he departed
from it-^in the case ofAnne of Cleves. He is said to have Jdeali^d
Anne at the ^uegcstion of Cromwell, in order lo pfntnole the ProLcs-
t^Uit cause. But if he did» all f c^n »ay is thai Henry had some
Ci[eu«e to plead for his divorce, and that we have in Holbcrn"^ portrait
m ample eipliination of Anne's resigniilion when she w^is jKicketl off
bag and baggage to the pa lace :iE Ilirhmond to await the forrnaliFifis
of a divoree. llic portrait is the purtr^it of a woman whom even
Vandyke tould not have made preseniablc i^ the *ui:ee*sor of Jane
SeymoL^r kind Anne Holeyn. It ii the inrtrari of a woman witliout a
tingle groee of feature or ciprewion ; and if Holbein flairercd her, the
oxiginol muftt have been all that Henry said nhe wns. The mrprise
tome is thai Holbein did not lose his hefid with CromweU. But
IfcTiry seerLis to h:tve held his poriTAit-paJnter in mope cstim;ttion
i
3?4
7"^ Gmileman's Magaxittt,
t}iiui iDOst (»f ihe men of 2iia cmft s^crc hdd:it ih^t timo. "VouhiTe]
not to do with Ham/' >atd The King io a nobUm^ ^vho wrni lo
coaniilaiii ih^X Hottwia hcuJ kicked him out of hU studio «fica
he wiu poiQibg the jJOTliaitof A lady*; ''you h;ivc not lAdawkh'
Hanft, but with mO- Of ucvcu pciBsaTilB £ can tnakc seven Kju-Ih, boti
of Acvcn Eulii I uinDOt make one Jlanfi Holbein." And Holbciiti
after th^t never flittered anycnic with his bnnih. Kvcn OUvcr
Cromwell Ticcd not have troubled hlnuclf about hi:t \rta\% M ho had
Lt to Hiirry'r^ punter. The wnrEi woiitd have hccn ihc prmcipoli
lings in hih portraJL Hia fnrc would hfivc bwT> known by its wut^
Atl hi« ch^micUT would have bi^m dUtinguithed by ihem, aU hi*
a^tuteiicss, rcsolutioi], and fonragc, Vandyke painicd mcri iiul
womL'ii us Lhi^ wished ttt he, as he ww thrm i\i hi» oim dinner-tobir,
nil grace, vivftciry, ^nd dignity. 'I'ltinn jKiintctl them » they oug^;
Io bc^— ill hcnuty, \n\\\ and rhivAlTy^ tl w:it Holbdn'% dittlQClMHI
Io p;Lint them tis they i^rc^ to condense into a single eiLprEstiOia ill
the charttcieiislic emotions of their aoul and nlJ die hioory of their
li\es» to show tliem as they were in conirudistinction from whai they
wished tn be, *■ He makes faxes," said Pfa/ettn, slandiiiy before Uic
McifT M,tdonna, " where we oaly make inasksn" And it is this ImX
which gives Holbein's portraits aU iJieir talue. They are not poT-
iraiUi. They arc the men themselves — tlie men m-iUi Ihcrr hisiory
writteti in their Eices, the men u'itli aJl thc-Ir ^su[:[itioTi&, %nth all their
vices, and witli all tlie liaits of djaractcr which redeemed thow need,
Rafl^Glle i^ the only man who approaches Holbein in truth; and
RafTaeUe^s l>ortiiuIs combine the utmost imlirldiiai diiUnctnc&a with
the most delfcate LuLe, Durer ijaints [i4.)r[raits, ^s he paints every-
thing eJse, with ex(|ui$itt: akUl. Butyoj en see Diirer in e*erylhing*
Ho k like Shetidin in bis comedieG. All his characters talk alDic,
and all taTk hkc iahcridan. Hulbein is like Shakespeare, He \^ as
full of vaiJtrty as Nature herself He takes his men nnd womm
from every class, and paints iheni all exactly as he sees ihenn — tho
king in his robes, ttie siatesnun with public core upon his brow, the
beauty in her tressis, the sportsman with his falcon on his wrist, the
scholar with his book and MSS> on Ins desk, and the fi:iol wiih his
cap and bells^ Yon r^n always tell Holbein by the truth and life ot
his portraits, by his grand st)'le and masterly drawing. Ix>ak al
Henry. Every line in his face reveals the king, cold, heartless, haugbly,
accustomed to rule, and to rule, when necessary, with n rod of iron ;
a man, as Mote said, who would send his best friend to the bloek if
his head could gain him one cosde in France. The dramatic power
of the picture ismnrvcUous; and yet that w only one of iiaehantc-
flans HQibnn al his BastL
t^KiicA. The whole liiiitofy of Itcnry't reifp^ i» condensed into iliit
iliUK,ai(J Honry ]iccm!« |u huve Ik;cii i^^rticitUrly prcrnd ufu. 'Iliu
^tudyfui H*;n*yS lit'^id i^ ijl ihe C;iliiiicl of KriK^viii^* iiL Mimidi. Il
i£ uii ydlu^vLah red paper, in bb(:k chuJk witti u uiikluu' uf rtd, ;Liid
ihc dTca u Mid U> be tnurc iiupotdng ifion it wuk in llit^ liicivuDh In
tbc »1udy Hcnry^t face it Uilctn aI ilircc'^uulcrui ; but in the cjrtoon
we lutvc the King id Holbciu'& fjvounle pgiiiilun, with his cpunEL'
&aiKC AS much j;l£ ijos^iIjIc; in the fitU l^fthi. ThU ii^ the caAc with
Cfomwvir^ potttalt- He is dnt^vn in hia robes cif «iAte, wiih his /ur
,coUir, hid i>en a»d his papers, nnd ^i richly 'bound book lying on hia
table. Hibh^ad rvsu on a Etront^ liJuU-Iike LhroaU;tnd hJM Lir^i; no&e,
thin compreised lips, piercing eyes, and cold eiprcssion ni^rk the
Bismottk of ilic Refornrniiun. Anne Boleyn it hindcd down ;u uk
in all die boauiy in which she presented herself lo ihc ciiizent of
Ixtndon upon her nii^niage with ihi^ l^iT^gr '^ ^^^ GC'Idcn bjddaehin
with tinging silver bcll^, arr>iyed in >t while robe, with her thick hair
flowing overhershoiddtTS^andjL diadem ofgoJdand dinmomlson hct
brow, Tht Rin^fi jULronomcrholdaApnirofcompasftOfi in one hand,
and his rukr, hia proifui:torttii^adESDrs.hi&ha[nm(;r,3nd hib polyht^dron
[bang on the wall or liQ upon the l^iblC' Erasmus sits ^it his de&k. pi^n
in handi incdit;iting a sentence of his ^' Adagia." The golJsntiih iti in
his leithem apron, the merchant in his counting-house, with ti freslily
ojjcncd letter on his tabk', and with his invoices and ordtrs fastened
on the Tail. This i» one of tht characteriatics of Holliein's work.
It i* in«tinct wi:h lifc^ Everything is in action, and generally in
action thai uat once apparent to the eye- Hegivts life and frcbhne¥»
l<j 3 poniftLt sometimes by the slightest touch of colcjuc, and Ihc biil'
liancy of hi> <xIoiir is rivalled by nothing but its owti delicacy. He
Slid lo h^ve touched his work& till not a toi.]ch remained diBccrn-
juul in the Berlin cotkctiun of sketches we gel a glin^psc into
Uu vvy atclici of his mind. That collection is full of rovigh drafts,
fltiulitft of figures, studies of hands, studies of children for Madonna
ipicEurca* Kludies of ornaments, armour, birds , and bits of scenery.
TlnJ rcpnjtentation of ih*j plague- sitic ken beggars in the picture of
St EUtnbeih and St Barbara is so true to nature thac Professor
Virchow has traced in their portmlt^ lepro^ in both its forme, exactly
ȣ \l i.ppcars in Norway at ihc present day, alihough mediciil hislor)-
U Udking in the slightest AcientiAo exiiUnaiion of the diseaee :
«lld you cannot IocjIc through .1 ccUcction of Holbein's portmits
in any gallery uiihout noticing that in all of them the compkxion
vahes with the ntmost deh'cacy. according to the sex^ a^e» and cbss*
ftedly two coniplc^ionB arc alike in their tint \ and there is tiie some
Th£ Gfnt!f^ian% Mn^fJ^JU.
variety in the fom end movem^l f)f ihc hukdiL The hniA, ni
Holbein, ttxt sA^xy* fh.intctcriftticj nnrl ymi iwvy gtnCTally Best (he
>ii.Tihcnticiry nf a poftrait by thiit, \\\\ hanrti are a miidj' in th««a<
*clws, for hflrdly iiny two sci* of hands jgrff. "I'hoM of Kni«nn» and
Jane Seymour >rc ptruliaTly beavilrrul, aiuI the Sjianinh trort of thr
ftiff froin which Ihc Qutcn'? emtrrge ia bmught oul as dfariy jjid
distmrtly as Ihc ring on the hand of the ichohr.
Vet tlolbein did not lormcTit people with tong rittingi^ *Vhe
ordinfljy Gennan plnn of ihai day was lo make a eomret draviog
from the life and lo paint from ihar. This w.is Diirei's pLin. Hi*
sIceTfhpi in thnlt of the |)roplc he metal Ihc Court at Angsbutg and
painted in the paUre shll c*isl; and the Windsor ^Velchc* prot-e thjit
Trolbem acted nn thcsnmc ]iliin. Tlic braids are drawn on |wper«ith
chareoai aniE rolotiTcd <:hi|ts ; soineliine* Inred over with llie tminb,
and nccHsionfln)' by a *1ighl shading of Indian mlc Almost all Ihf
heaj^ii jirif on the wme *cale as iJie pflintin^r, and some ofthfm arc
pricked witJi pin-|iolc5 as if they had been u^d for tiacing. The
more delicate part of the work is in m,iny cases mbbcd off, and ihe
harmony of ihe original colouring is spoilt. Bui it i« manifest lluE,
eieept in vciy few caa^, these ^ketdhe^ were intended only as studies
for pictures ; ihey were not caniplelc wort* in iheniseKTs, And the
shadmg ,ind coloming were probably done after the sittijig. It wM
so in the case of Iht Duchess of Modena's portrait, and I haTC Bo
doubt it was so in all, That portrait of the Duchess was taken in a
single Mtlfng of two or three hour*, and finished by the arlisi alia'
wards^ and many of the Windsor sheets contain memoranda upon
the colour of Ihe hair or bt^ird, upon the material* of the dfos. aiul
upon the accesjoriea piopei lo the poirtiail, books, ntatbemaEJul
GT mti^ical instruments, amis, or llie trinkets of a boudoir. Hollfcin'i
eye look everything in ^t a glance with the fidehlj- nnd compleleur**
of a photograph, and these sketches »eem to have been afictwirrf'
sufficient for the paiiiiuig, Tliey were occasionally made to do dirtv
fur the paituings themselves, wilih the aid of a coal of vamifih wA
colour. One ofthe pariraits of Erasmus in the museum al llwfc ii
appareollv the oriipnaJ sketch on parchment pasted upon an M*
panel; and Mr. Baling ha.d a portrafl of Holbem's taken upon jupc*
;n this way. spread upon wood, with the bands aaid dress addeJ, nn*
a o'ayon thus, with ^ little v^inish and jiaini, turned inco «a ol
painting ! Holbein at first drew upon plain paper. All his skttcJa*
ofSir Thomas More were taken upon a white ground- But alV^
wards he seems to have spreEid a sort of salmon -coloured w»*h owt
hi5 sheet before he act to work with hts chalkt, and these fieih>tial<
Ham Hatbiin aikh EmtL 577
distinguish aJmc^t allthc sketches ia ihc Windsor portfolio, tht mort
interesting ind chamcl{;ri!&tic oollec^tion of Bulbdn's works nf>nr kit
These dcawiiiga ati^ principally known to the public hy llartnlof.^i't
engmnngs: but the engravings, lUlliongh vtry beftutiful in iheir wny,
pve « betli^i idea of liartoloiai than they do of Holbein ; and il vvould
be A graceful nci on the part of the Queen for her 10 ptrni! ihtm to
be itni inio the coimny, as the Turner sketches rirrcntly ^vere, for
the inapeclion and siiidy of those who hove no means of sUidying
tlicra in the portfolios at Windsor, It ia impossible for nnjr t-ngravcr
to do complete justice lo thcac cnyons, partly tiei^u&e no engrJivmg
can reproduce the touches of colour which givt life nnd fre»hnew to
the original, and partly bLicjtusc many of ihem arc; so worn by time
and friction that hitlc is left cxeepi the Indian ink touches. The
colour is gone in many plates, and the shading i^ h.irdly dintingiti*h-
■blc. Vet even in their present stnii- the sketches are marvctlouJi
works of art, fit for a TOypI collcriionj and the protiabihiy seems to
be, from the finish which roarka many of them, that they were in-
tended to he rirmsfemcd lo p.incls and used 35 the grouddwnik of
the painting- "Iho n-holc character is hit off in two or three bold
fcouf^es, and the likcich of the Duehe^a of Modena, now at Anindel
Castlef aithou^ the work of leia th.in three hour*, is perhaps the
naoit perfect portrait ever paTnted even by llolbein. There is noihing
hoiCy or slipshod -ihout his VptoA; it is perfeet in its fmish. Yet
till; labour by which this peifeclion i!i utUJntil js, us all true blxiur
owghl to be, only distingutshalile when you come tn Ifiok into the
details of a picture with jl glass, and to see how caiefulJyj and
apparendy how lovingly^ evtiy det.ntl J4 wrought- Take the picture
of the Aml.»Jsvidorsj for instance, at lx>ngfcifd C^?tle, the mo*l im-
portant of Holbein's work* in En^l.ind ; or ?till bclTcr, perhaps^ that
of GcoTg <jyie, one of the nierchiinls of the Sleclyiird. Thi^ picture
is now at Berlin. It is the portrait of a merchant sealed at a table in
|)iEi oEBce- lie is dressed in a red coat, and wcnr» a black cap and
'^vctcoat; a glass offloweis sUnd* on hi* table, and he hold* a letter
io his hand, "Every ;icceiiiory i^ perfected with a ftnc perfection:
the cafTiation« in the gla^ vase by hts iihde, the ball of ^okl tltosed
until blue cniimel su*Hpendcd on the w^ll, the booki, the steelyard,
the pajfcts on the uIjTc, the r^cilring \y\\\\ ilb qu-jrleted benirings—
aU intensely there, and there in beauty of whif h no one could have
dreamed that even flowers or gold were c^pable^ tar less parchment
or «(eeL }Jui every change of shudei is ftlt, every rich and rubied
line of petal foltowed^ tvery subtlued ^leam in the soft bkie of the
enamel and bcndicig of the gnld, touched with a hand whose patience
TAe G^fttleman's Magasnm^
<i TC^itd UtSKB nihct than paints. The jewel ifAclf vrta qoc «o
ptcdoos M the ny« of cnduriog li^ht which form it bcnuth thu
ciTOirlcsfl tian<L TKi: man himricir, what he wna^ nr>i more ; bvil to ^1
c<inc:rivAb1c proof oi' sighc, in all aspect of life or thoujcbt, noi Uch
He iilx Alone in his acr-u:iiomcd riKiin, hi^ common v^<iTk laid out
bvfoR lunii he fa conceious cf no presence, Assumes no dignity, b«n
.no Auddcn or superficial look of caic or inicrcaiu ll»a only as he
liT«d»but ftw ever Ii J^ incxh.iuaiiblc ; cvcrj douil of it wins;
I, ttvrntdb ihc aiiennon with a, coniinujllyincivAsing ^mcof
idcrfulna*/" Thcsi: ate Mr- Ru^kin's wortis, and ihcy mighi
aund an i dcacripiion of tlio Am]>Bfiflsdor^ of the WliiichoU ^iMxtt*,
or of llic; Windaof 6kctchce, ai well aa for the Stctlyird meidiini.
They use tmv cf Ltlt Holbuui'ti work, for he siw cverylhini; and re-
produced everything. There was nothing desultory In Holbcia'*
nature. He never grew wenry of bli work, nocr laid ii ondc la
begin something fre^. Hi;; intL-r^^imwhai he hi^gon never ccMcil till
it v^as finished, and thus every sketch, ^cry pjuuiing from hiA hAnd lA
marked liy the camcstrcssH care^ find spirit which (iiftFin^tiiah all
woik done under the inspiniion of the hour or while the im:L|;inition
is stlU wnrin and cle^.
There is a irodirion ihat Holbc^in paixitcd with his left hand, bat
there is. I btflicve, no authority for this, except an engraving of Vor*
sleminn'H, Holbt^in, in liis portrnit in the Anuidd colltction, holdi
his brush in his right hitndj and ihh is the case also in the FJukc of
tiuccleugh'^ miniature- That ought to be conclusive evidence upon
ft |)oint of thii! kind ; but it is quite poA^ible. of course, thai Holbein
Quy have practised with both bauds and painted occAaionalLy with
bis left hand to 9haw his mastery of his looh. AiURt^ are very often
martyrs lo traditions of this kind^ aj^d HoLbc;in jsos one of lliosc tncn
fl bout whom men invtnt sinrita- One of tho-sc inventions 15 lh*I
whidi represents him 03 a man who rould ntilhcr read norwrvtc.
There is one ticl which gives an alt of pbufiibiiiiy lo this tradition—
the fact that not a single letter of Holbein's to his wife, family, or
fricnd.s is c\unt- But the best proof that Holbein was not illitcnre
ii to be lound in his illustrations of the "Book of Folly." <rf Sir
Thomas More's " Utopia," and of other works of that deicriptitax
These were not the work of an illiterate man. They were the woA
of an artisl who hnd read the works of the gtcatcai scholars of hi*
time, read them with thought ai:d diiicTimination, and entered into
the sjiirit of Xhi\ writers with n critical appreciation which h di^
ringaishabli: in every touch of hh pencil. It la possible, of courw,
that Holbein may have been ab.\c Vt finClftVCTe *\V ^hc»t iriumphj
I
I
hy wme lort of mAgif iflcr ponng in bbnk ignountc ovet
piigct whidi, upon Ihii hj'pollicii*^ were to him mere jvhracjxdiihrft.
But thit Ihcory m^kct JL gTc;iTc( demand upon out un^^nMloti thu-a
the n^LimM c]Lj>UnjtrLun iti.it lie pu^^iiL'&hcfi ^l tc;;^l KulliLit^ni know-
Icd^c of I-^un to ^iJcIL oijl iht; |Wj{n he >vju cjillcd tiiian l4j ilJu^-
ttatc i »rj|l It involve* n smfi^c incongniUy lo sujiposc XhM XIk mm
whijw jiein.il hji* aflijm(?(l all the (Xil.ire^ of Biircnn^ with wojk* of
ih*; JiLghrtl stt, whi> w.is in -ijchiln.l a?( wdl as an fltdsl, who toiild
enter tn 4J1 ippreeijtiive spirit into the ^pecuUtlon^ .ind fAncies od
men ?ibe Krasmu^t und Murr, wiis. .tOer :iM, «o rgnorjinl in literary
nuiil?n th^H lie tuulJ only conlnve to inark his pif^turei witli his
raDHogram " H. H." and to scrawl a fc* hii-roglyphiu on the bade
of hisikclche* t^ assiM his mfmiary in |Kiintins- PtrhapTi it nfty
he utd th.tl he iriumphrni over still ^ciler diHrcuUie* in painting
the l>ajicc of [)cjth vvilhout knowing anything of inatomy; Ax>d
i\ut, of eonne^ ii the fact- Ulti in Ihii insiance he contrucd to con-
ceal hh ignoiAna: by n cinie study of rorm, and by the exercise of
those [>ov/ct% of ot:h5C[V4l;iin which with him atoned ao oRcn tbr bick
of neietinfic knowlcilgf,
Tndiiion, jii.stly or iinjusily, has hopcJcssly ntincd IIi»lbcin'B
jier^onjil chjiracler, and if it vkic nii^l lha.1 his works ihemsetves
reiTiAiii) Jt wculd fong aj^o have Itff him wUhotil ii repiituion worth
prewTving even ii* an -irlisl- Itnl his [lOrlritit? irm^m, and those
poftiaits, even by ilicnisclvea, form one of the inoet ptetioui heir-
looms of Engliih Olid German ixt; heicloorHii Ihal invest with inlerert
rvat the pertorul character of a man who had no rharaclcr at all
cio^t a% a Doliemian, and make Holhctn a» mtcmscing, with jUL hii
6kult«, Jtt Uurcr oi L^onAido (U Vinci.
CHAKLCfi TEnJOOV
The GsniUmatis Magasim,
TABLE-TALK.
IN '^'^\\< of ihc vi-rscs which are inserted in his grtai riomAnce,
Rabelais has wox, y^tx been counted among pAcEs. He hft» woic
daitn, however, to prophecy, which hfls alwa>s been included Amor^
the poetic: luncnons. Those who read the hiaiory of the qiisncl
between PiCTocholc and Grandgniuicr will find 40me <indctpataoDi^
sniiricjti. ef coune — of the prngrcs^fif the present war. The imi^gnwij
conijuests of the army of King Picrochole ari; not unltWc the p»-
gramme inapi>c<l out far the Cxar. "Sliall wi? we," aaid Picnchole,
"Bnbj'lon and Mount Sinfti?" 'H'hcre ia no need," ^dlhcj (hit
counsellors), '^ at thh ttm^. Have we not hurried up And dnwf^
travelled and loitcd enough, in having tmnsfretcd and past nver the
Hircanian tea, marched along tlie two Armenias and the ihfec
Arabias?" "Ay, by my faith," said he, *' we have phiycd Ihc fWli
and are undone." So much for the Asiatic side of the campaiga
As regards Europe. Picrocholc is more sanguine. He has inade ww.
it Bhoiild be remerobcrcd, upon Crandgousicr bemuse KKne of the
ahcpheids in the dominions of the latter hcxvo compelled hisctfte-
bearcn to seU tficni some caWca i^ettacti) at a renaonahlc prc&
" Shall wc not kill," he asks, "all these dogs, Turks and MahoTnetan*-^
■*What a devil should we do else?" said they. "And you shall gi«
their goods and lajids to such as shall have served you honettiy*
"Reason," said he. "will have ii 50; that is but jusL 1 iprtt miio y«
Caramania, Suria, and all Palestine/" "Ha! sir," said they, "ilu
out of your goodness ; grammercie, we thank you, God gnuit jou
may akays prosper [" There was ihcrc preficntat thaE tirae vi oU
gentleman well expi^rienced in the wnrs, a stern soldier (pTtt^ nwAvr
de^uirte), and who had tieen in many great hfirjirds, n.imed ^hephm
who, hcarmg this discourse, said, '^ I do greatly doubt that all iw
cntcrprine will he like the tiile or interlude of the pitcher full of ffitti
whcreuith .1 Bliocm;;kcr m.ide him'^t^lf rich in conceit : but wfien d"
pitcher was broken he h,id not whereupon to dim:. \Vhat do jw
pretend by these large conqucits? What shall be the end of <o
tnany labours and ernsiies?" "Thu-^ ^hall ii be," iiid Picrociofc
"that when we arc relumed, wc shall sit down, re«, And l>e tcenj''
■'ifuE/' said Echephron, " if by chance you should never coae ^K*-
foT ths voyage 15 long and dal^l^f:To^lft-, ^CTe.\\ not beiLer fcff a* I*
ukc oirr rsfcl now tl>an uuncQcss:"v\'v Xo cfi^^ist waT^-i^^ ^ flii\
T^i^TalL
dangers?" "O/'Kaid Swashbucklci, " by Cod, here isa good dourd;
comet £0 hide oucidvcc In the corner of a chimney, and there ler us
tpcnd ihe whole time of our liri- nmonpit Udioi, in iTircudin^- of pi^.irl^,
orspinnEiig likeSonJanApalue. ' He ibat nothing ventures, h^LThnt^iihcr
horse nor mule/ aaith Soiomon." *' He who adventures too much,"
ULid EchcphroD- "loscth both horse and mule/' It n^ould not be
didkult 1o e^tabliBh the rebembUncc between Pichrocholc and the
CsUi :Litd between General Ignaiieffand Swiiahbuckler. The other
characters in this comedy might be easily diiiribuie*!- I have been
driven to u«c the version of Urquhort mtd Moticux, which hiiA
provoked BO loiul outcry of Ulc in Puritan circles, since ihc French
of RibckiB is not always intelligible to English readers.
THERE are some folks of n mo£i practical and ingenious (urn
of raind, who fail m the ipplicadon of ibeir principles throLigh
ignommic of the prejudices of their feUow-cre^iiures, Infipired, theni-
sdvca, with schemes of general wtilit)' and even Ijenevolence, they do
not roake ALlow^vnce for little miners of detail, such %% birch, racff.
And education: or, bdng jiersonally troubled with no tiich hindmncet
to dcvolopmenli they ^^^re unable to understand them. Uui; of these,
heiring a Ritualist clergyman of my acquiintance com^^laining of the
expctis« of altar candles, vennired co explain to him that the fact of
the proximity of his church [whicli was in the country) to a railway
»UElon would enabte him to stibsticute gaa for candles at a great re-
of expenditure, Upto that moment (forfli*^heknow5)hc was
inaware of the enormous relieious importance of wax tapers.
Another person of the liame cla^s had a favourite adienii; for
" vetting the Church of England OJi its legs ayaln," as ho
natV<jly termed it, by ihe import.iuon of tobacco in congrogaiiona.
If men might smoke, he argued, ihey would stand almost anything,
even ftcrmonft; and if n)en could be got to church, why, of coiifse
there could be no doubt about .iiiniciing the womcnn h w^s in vain
to attempt to explain tohim ih,it there was a tirong initial objection
to ihtt luc of tobaccon '* Why, bles^ your heart, " be would answer,
"it is the very thing to promote tulmncsa, thought, devotion, and pre-
vents all chattering." SirWaltcr Scott, however, speaks of the Scotch
f*ctOT» *' abune the pass '* in the Highlands, smokmg thejr pipea in
church without ecclesiastical reproof; so thai (hi;* gentleman had more
practical ground forhii theory than he was probablyhima elf aware of.
But the mo^ naWe suggc^stion thnt I have- yet heard from any
per^ori of this dcBcriplion, ir^ a plan for d<:iing awniy with th^ evils of
auricular confession, whiic rct^ning its advatitagca. " \*QoVfc««,TKi
good fcUotTy why sftou/dn'c the women confers Iq ^Qtr«^'( — 'CcanX
The Gfnilmtnns Ma^a^tu.
wi>iJd'Mii»fy ollpinksand^WydoDo ham/' 1 im sfeiSdiivonU
not sahtTjr itl panics, and especially ihow mo« cotKcrncd. F«i
quite ApAtt fVom the ihooiy af ab^ludon, no woman could ctct p(r-
fiude henclftu eonfc» ^lEijihrn^ to one or her own acx; and iT^hf
could, the other one oould never keep the stcoct,
Tl ] R iccidentn which ir the coiine of i Hummer setuon luppen to
men viiiiing spoin of romoLniic interest or beauty amovni Co %
not inconsidtmble dcitli rait ATrcady* in Uie prrarnt m^uoq, M:
Adderlcy, *onof the Prwidcnt of the Board of Tridc,and Dr. [Ir>«t.
the fminrnt geologiil. have lost Ihdr live!! m Sr_otlawl alone. ioJ
Irom Swirj^crlw^d and oU^cr poinb come news pf ^iTmbr c^amiuei.
It in, of fOHrsc, hopdcK to preach caution to yo\\\\ or to aitcmpi 10
check or to regulate ihat entcrpfifli: and love of ^venture which
have made Kiigland what she is- [ feci oficn diapo»cd, 1* /ri^ of
such mallen, lo quote Coleridge's magnilircnt illuftraiion, that
*Eipericncc, like the stern-lights of n ship, cax\)^ light only on the
inick that has been past/ I should he glad, ho4«irer, to vccotnR)aid
yooih going on c)[cur4iQn<i to cutltvaie the quickness of apprcdimoon
and rc.idincs'^ of mind in which the civiliicd man \% mm leldocn Cu
behind the sava^. In a case of accident of thi^ kind, in whidi I w^i
to a certain extent roncpmed, a man wa* contempt ting, in pedea
safety, 3 cataract from the sitmmir, when a aurliicn guM of ttind
di^wn (he fnviiic citighi hia hat and whirled it olf liin licad. He
raiide an cfSirt to clutch it, Icwl Ixis balance, and in a moment wai
lyjng a mnngTed corpse at the bottom ; whilst a companion »as to
shocked at the spectacic. thai month* cUpscd before he reco*i'rc*! bii
mental bahnce. Now, a man who lilted hrintelf for an ^(tmsioa V
s]i)^ht ttainini^ woi»ld be |>fepared forarh^nce lilieThii, and wunlj have
more conirol over these .intomatic movemenis which, uhili? intendtil
for hiimiin tafrty, kad in eirccptionnl caics to human dfitiuciion-
AMONO Tttfiny odd propMali for centenory conMnemoralioai
thr: dtollc^t is a scheme for celebrating, by .a congrea of
Celtic scholiirs. lo be held nl Tmm nr Pciir-ince, the demi); id
17J& of Doll r^jiitTailli- Ignorance i onceining this old lady i^
pardonable, sLjcing thiit her lule claim to distinction conMets in ih'
fact thnt iihe w^s iht? la^t ]icrsoii -iWe to speak the now ciliiKt
Comish longue- llirce huodrod yean, ago Cornish wa< bc^nioS
to disappear as a apoki-n lani^ua^e, and C:i.f(^', m 1602, meutioiiit '^
his " Surrey nf Cornwall " that many oftln^ inEiabitants can s^ieainD
word of it. A fate simitaT to tktl undergone by llic Combh x*jepc
is aowbeinii experienced by l^c ^<*iVi1^, \t^ ikviki ^w^w3» x Ma^
diai]«cL 1 remembf r, two oi three years ago^ speaking in La VencWe
1o a Breton sailoi^ who told jnc EhaC three goiCTalion* of his tkmilj
iTCTc »livc— his father, who ■poise BicIdti, and no Trench; himidf,
yi\\s> t|x>kc lifctoLi *n<l tVcnch; nnd hj>i ion, who ipoke FtPiich, jnd
DO £ii;(on. A^nie mlcrcjihig Tcnmins in l!'.c Uomiih hnj^uflgc xtt
pmervccl THmp arc principally in mamiscnp:, though a sckciion
from ihcC*^msh Mindc-phys nnd Interlude has been jiubliahed.
The tombstone of fJolly rcnirenlh m,iy fltilL be seen in Cornwall,
with an inscription in the languvigc %^'iLh which her name hftn l>ccn
Ihiu lAstingly and ^tmrigcly /i^sociotcd.
AT one f>f out grcai hospitals Ihc oihrr djiyj "rrork" aiiT^c*^n
wn* Ecctiirtng in the Lbcalrc ilc had begun a scjeiUiJic nnpt-
dotc to which he perceived rliat nnc membcf al Icaat of liis audienoc
wafl not ijayfng due utrention. The heal of Ihc room wa<t great, and
Uie poor yOTinK mfto may jmsvilily have %at Up half tbe prcvioiu night
digged in itudy, Ijvit tht *' rrack " surgron wa.* naiurallj annoyed.
He kepi hi9 eye iipon Mr. 5., And determined to be down upon him
in half a mimitc. He continuetT the veientiAc anr^doTe. "This
person, aa ! said, wai bitten by a dog which was iiispcrted of being
mhid— — Mr. S., are you favanting inc with your -iliention f Then,
what did I aay last ? " Mr, & had but a ha;^ view of what the crack
doctor hjd been saying from (he beginning, nnd he had only about
half hl^ rtit* about him to meet ihecmergcncy. His fcllow-slodeTiis,
however, h<i^w to pmmpl him, "You were saying, mt, that ihc
gentleman wfl» bitten bya dog, wliorn ht: s(i*pecTect of being ira.hbit."
THAT tondne^'* for sfiort on the part of EngJishmcn which ha*
mcuTTcd Ibc reproach of foreign iiationn, and cTicitcd ihe sneer
of Heine, lb.it thf sight of naniral beauty niwake* in the young
Rri;Eh&h[nii]i no inipul^e biit that of BLiughter. ha!t been aecnmpanied
httheao by n dislike lo useless desinnrtion, and by j protection
accorded lo wild animalit during ccrijin se,ison;, in which defenders
of field-»portH have found their vindication. This cylcnuatiOTi
ivc ihall not lonji be able fo pk'acL A feelm^ of humibalion
it aromcd iu icadmg how tht practice has sprerid of krlling fidi in
our KlT«amK and along our *ea-awst tiy means of dynamne, D^
stmction so winton will soon defe-it llie ends cf Ibove uho l>ring it
about, and will Iciid to whjl ciin imly be reg-mled as^i rLiHOujI caJani*
ity. Fish, like other .inimals, h^ve nienns of eomnuniicaiing their
UDpnrMLon^j wjtl -iic not without power of olrtcrvafion. Thej wiH
leant that ipt^diil il:in|ELT« attend tpccial routet^ ^nd ttui f^tiaA. ii:n.t>vwi\
exodu* of certain cJasw* of fish will in liiuc \jcd\%«\^ o-Vjci^ ofCwrt
.
The Gtntlgfttan % Magazine^
chitnncis- U'e h;tvc alr&uly driven a^ay vnih gun« balf the species
of birdfi Engknd roi^ld once boaKE ; wc have, by paisontug our
livcnt rcfluccd io a frjcdon of lis formcif propariion our tupplj^ of
fuh. If some tufaiurc In not passed ii> chixk Ihc dc«lru^tivc gzccd
Of thi:rAc wTio indudL^ si! i!tss«(]^ and i:i^cs of liah in i>nc comTHOTi £ltCi
our river? will Ih: EeiLintlLSs jind our fbliing grocm^A dcKcrtcd. No
chccrrfbl prospect this foracourtryihat cannot yield ccreaU enough
for half its own conaviTnption I
THE unveiling at Waniagc, by the Prince and Princew &f \Val«,
of a staluiT to King Alfrtid, is in itself a nudcr of mtnest
which funnoi well be paired over withoul notice in The GerttJ^maifs,
Its chief vabe from a acnlimental sundpomt 1% that il seems to give
something like a deAnlte sanction tn a portion of post history, and
affords a vantage-groLind from which modem criticUm may be com-
bnied. After having had tclactonily to nurrcndcf fakh in King
Anhui and the Roimd Table. 1 feel an nhsoluie wrorig in bdng :ijikcd
to forego King Alfred iindihc calces, and am disposed to try plague on
these historical critics who will leave iimoMclied nothing ih;tt i^ picinr-
csque Of altr;Klivc in post history, Li^ttheni haveiheir wyiy,and tw»t
as mythical wh.it pious Asser chronicled aniil sceptical Hvimoacccpirfp
and I shall have to give up next my buUef in Kti^ Riclurd uid
Blondcl, and may hiivc :a LindLi^o o\;imination .is to Ihc reasons foe
my faith in Whltttngion- Gay doings havo, iiowcvcT> been socn at
Wanla^— formerly W^jiadin^i— "hioti was a ToyaHown in the day*
of Alfred. Some traveller* on the Great Western line will v^xtif.
now, find time to stop and bc^ a statue to ;i king who mib-bt daim
lo escape llie fate allotted all monarchs in the wonderfiU satire of
Qiicvcdo. A visitor to the infernal reyions, in iliit j^Tim piece oif
humovtr, was shown ihe portion of Hade? assigned to monojchs.
Expressing an opinion that \i^ inmates appeared to be few, he drcv
from his guide the indignant response that " ihey were a!J who hod
ever reigned.'^ 1 li^ht upun a iell«r on tlic subject of King Alfnd.
addre^^ed to Mr- Urban, which appears in ihe number of Hr
Gmttfmaft's for December iSoo, In this the writer, evidently a
Scotchman, monnges, in expressing his admitaticn for Alfred, lo air
his national prjiudices. He states accordingly that " The King, the
glory of his ige and country, civilised England from baibonim a»d
devastation in the sl^ort space of thicty ycarSn" He then addi, " In
five hundred years ihe It^gislaiors of Ireland have not performed ilic
task of reformation on their sav.igc r.ounir>'men." As a red ngto*
bitUf 11-^ an Irishman to a Scotchman in the beginning of thiiccmui^
Af/SS MISANTHROPE.
BY JUSTIN M*CARTHV.
CllALlEn XXVIII,
THE member for Kccton I " How strange it seemed to Miooh
(hot Victor Heron should thus have come lobe 4^ onnecied in ihc
nuod of everyone with the old home of her youth I On the djy. ncil to
bcfOtgOTUn hyhff.vhcn she saw him for the first time at Mr. Money's
dooTi nho coitld have ihtiught th.it auch a thing a.s thai \r!i5 tikcly to
cDtne to pas*? Ah, who couM have thought Thar othtr things ycl
more ^f^:^"^ a^nccnimg htT wert IJkcly to come to pass? We ma/
be ill excused if sometimes under the? pressure of some (jecutEar
pdn. Of in the exaiiution of some peculiar joy, we tell ourselves that
there is ;t ipcciJl fole in the things that concern us, and that the
lieiunici have our lives cTtprcsaly in their care to gladden or to punish
ns. It 13 «>methif)£ of a consolation apparently to think that this trial,
which we find it hard to bear, w not such as fells to the chance lot of
otdinaty tnortala, but is set out by some special destiny for us alone.
To Minolfl there seemed soincthing fateful in the way in which Victor
Heron had been so often and strangely made to ctosa her path.
" The member for Kee ton :"— and she had, it would seem, made htm
member for Kec(on- In her brighter teomenta she was sometimes
Amaicd and amused to thmk of the extraordmary part she had been
nude to play in the political affairs of her native town. Jf she had
been inclined to vanity, she might have found some conflation for
any disappointment cf her own in tho homage that had been paid to
herbytuch diffcrcnc admircrap But it gave her ncithw ^Tvic r-i^rt
pleftture to know thai some men admired her wHom ^Vie c.^>^\^ v^c^A.
i
TA^ GirttUmatt's Ma^itsinc.
386
rtdmif* in turn. '*\a*tA. whil ffioli ih«t mortnb bfl" was die
ihou^hl thai oflrn filled her , and ihe cordi.Uly ipplicd it la benelf
as >tell :Lh to tJilict^^ !n truth, hcri^ccrd Tove would in anytaM hare
kept bcr [>uic uf viinily. Hit ^jjiuti g^vt^ her ^^yiiipAlhy and ihmIc hcf
ME^tiiwhiTc ihe mgnih^ wr^nl on. und she s!iw \\i\.\c t>x ficJlftittg uf
mcinticT for Kecton— »hcr nicn^bifc b a doubk- ntwe : ilw rrpre-
Etivc of her borough, and returned by heisdl'. The lime of the
ible ij-ciillcmun nas Dow pretty fulty ^ngjgcd- Ite had do
&eehour*kri for iliollsm Regent's Park, evt-n if lichad Uccaatallln-
dinedtogo in tlut dirtrction- He fvuud htniKcIf ni&re and (nortr doftdf
occupied by day mid ntghl. Victor Heron wiis Auccvuful In a
doublr scnfCj he v^% a fiolltiCAl .tnil n loirial ^iK'T^r*^, Mi: h;id VL^ukrn
in Ui(? HoiiM of Commons, anJ he ha<l, by imivrrhHl aiLnvwIvd];'
Tiicnl, tiindc H hit There is hardly an/ uLhrr ^Licccti su delijEbtfuI, »u
lich in immediate rMett, left in out modern EngUli li6r. HiiinanHer
W3« fre^h, enji^y, ^nd ^iniinjtedH "willi ni:iw aut! Lheii a iilTOitfler djith of
somcthiiij; than wcnl a« ueat lo cloqvEcncc as otir Hunsc cif Commoui
will 49oduie in Ihe^e day& He knt^w his ^ubj^t^-jii question of
foreign policy^thoroughly, And Ke was never dry or heavy. Then
he bcoim« a social suct?^ as well, jLiid ut one?. He wa* invited
everywhere. He was envied foi many things : for his politicd dunoe*,
for his pioihpect^ as unc i^vho ^ould probably be ^blc Xo " enlcnaiD 1
his jJiirty," ami for the pruspt-ciive pos>eisiou of tJ^e very |;jrcuy jpri
wlio W4J ieen so oftca wirh him, who wa* known to be the owner of
ft Ifttgc forlitnc, aiid wfiom he *vas, everybody mid, alxmt Lo ^aigkiiy,
HfTon never knew yt)\ax. an inipotlant |>et5on he had btfCOSW
until he ^aw itie ditiftireiLCC ivhich \\\% alEcted [■i:f&ilioi; made In li<?
iiunibi^ and kiud uf the letters which he fouiid oj) hit l^ble evoy
inornlr^ They lay ihere in pile^ ; Iclleru uii all manner ofpoUtiCBX
fiocfa.1, indtistrial, educational ijue«iioni« ; letters fiom in^cniorE, Ircv
tln^tivl^j from mcn^oh, how wvxny of tlie»e there were l-^fro«n meo
witli grievances ; nor ^ feu- from women wjili giievances- He sotm
found that even To look into half the questions of ihii kind »l»ch
he wa» besuugbl lo investigate for himself wuuld tike up iv\9 vliflk
lime every day and night, making wo ^iJowjiLcc foV foo'l orpiln^i Ae
lir&t, remembering his own grii^vanee, he used to nnike a d^pCiVf
e^ort to grappld with thi» hu^^e bulk of oompUiat. Then he oDod
in the aid of a secrttaiy, and tried in thib way lO 4t.Compl[*h li*
task, and to be member for [be aggrieved generally. But even lli*
had to be given up. A slafl" of secreUtits *ould liavc bntl sW"
wry to s^i llirotigh Uie mi;w ie'*din^ and answering of I«ief»"
Miss Misanthrope 387
I vhtdi, wbea he hid mn^tcTod ihtir dcitita, ho QAually bund
do absolutely noiMntr- Thiaw^ in iteolf adiappomt-
mcnt and n pdn U» our yovLne Qui;coic. He round that the luk of
rodret«ine .ill or half iho supposed h^iman wrong iluit thrust ilsctf
qiicniloualy i^pon hia notice vi-ovild huvc bcc'ii beyond his power, cvrn
thon^h his tummerA 10 such I^n^th of years ^uuLd come as tho^c i^f
tt« mmy- wintered crow himself.
He w;t* approaching, and wiih every prospect of 3Uc«iii, ihc grMi
busine** *'hic;h had brought him back 10 England, He had giv<^n
notice of a motion !□ call the ^ucniion of the Koukc of Commoii!?
10 ihc whote subject coniiecicd wLtU bin adminiAtnkiion of ihc St^
XAvicKj S<ti1cmcni"» And to move n resolution on it - .ind he had
obldned a day for the dcboie> and .1 ver>' Animated and Lntert^tuig
discussion wita OKpccted, ti h.id been hinted lo hiin that if he
merely wmilet! another .tppumiment, und a much better one. the
GoTcrnmt-'nt uould be only 100 delighted lo Jiviil themselves nf hin
fervied* tnd it was gently snggcsicd that there never was any
intention to lisit Ills former adminiHtr.irion with any tcnsnrc wfint-
ever. Bui Victor remained, it is needless to siy, absolutely dc&r to
all KUch suggcslioni as this. He desired 10 vindicate a primiplf, he
anid, and noi to ^ati^fy ony personut lotorcaL It ia n^cijle^^^ p(.Th;i])i4,
obo to nay that Ihe ^iTgigestion was made to him In the mo»t cautious
and nnoffirial way. Ii *aa made hy a medmtor, who, if Heron had
sfao«m any disiwnilion ro aceqit if> ivonid si^on bftve put him in the
■ay of Tceeivmg nin ofiinal ofitT, bi:t tvho The momcntil watdeelined
wax able to ipciik of it n-i a pcrT^onal nuggcition or conjecture,
<iD)y offered in the beaten way of friend.ihip. and binding nobody to
fttjyihinp.
All thii made a change in the poKitinn of Mr. H^ron vniv the
lin^r, not «o long ago^ when he came to London almost unkTionn,
and for a whde haunted \ain!y ihe nntc-chambcm of great oFficiab,
and couM not even p^\ to s[ireili of ihcni. Victor was modest
cmotigh, and often thought withn kind of wonder and humilmlion of the
chance he once so neaily ran of sinking down to be the mere poiaetior
of a gnevanccT or one po>4>je!ised by it, gtnng round thr world of
Lottdon pestering people with the talc ci" a Mong in which they felt
no manner of intcrcil. He coiiJd not but feel proud and happy at
•otne munirnlt when he Thought of the change a nhort time hod
^loughl sboiit icr liim. He was well aware thai he o^'cd threc-
itelTMOf his *ncie«totJiejidviceandihe tnergy of Mr Mfincy. If
h* hud not Rlqjpcd out on the balcony ot the louvre HoielvoV^w
Ihfll memorable tipghtj he mj^ht never have tncl Mt. t\<jTvcs;^ aiL^
J
3^8 TIu GeKtkmrtns Magaintu.
things might have been so different^ tn nil hi? pride ixA hlfl flifi-
tiidc, were there ever momcnt^L when he was inclined to nriah Uut he
\i^i\ not stepped out on thut balcony, and thAt ihin^s tad been dif-
Wu» out ^oun^ Qui voce iin^rfiicful or hard 10 utisCy^ wu he
TDurbidly^ disco iiU'iltcdi Or laCim. or iiUoLcnibl)' fickle or abiurdty
sdf-;:<jncciicd? No; hc was nol any o£ these thmga- Vet it mi
certain that \xt was nol happy. He had won atirtcw; he warmed
H likely tA win tnuch more, and he w^s already looking bark nft«Qy a
^^f |imc> And ^ith genuine biltcmi^Tis of rt^*, to tUc tiri^ht da^ whea
F he d^tpfMred lo Lc aii a failure. Excppt in rnomrnti of cufilieiiieot,
B Vielnr Heron w^s unh,ip[iy. lie made hU TnoiLifiif^ oE Cicilcnicni
I as niAny ^Ti he rould, ;md he droadcd ivlion Llicy were ot'Cr. He
■ cimdfd to be done ; und eveh tlnM TiX'A not thf wor«t. for there ttis
^^^ society which gave hiin more pun than any soLiLude. ^Vhen he
^^B came home of nights he someEimes «it in hia ehAtr ojid leaned hU
1^^ ehin on his hjnd, and remained there for an hour thinking. Any-
F one who hod seen bim at such time* would have wiicly said thai the
kce hours of the >[ouAe of Commons were CeHing heavily on Itira
already, he looked so haggard.
He: was indeed \w a luiiieTable dilemma, if Ihat could by Any poft-
sibtliiy be chilled a dilemmji which seemed to bave no nllnnaCive ol
Gecund Wdy to i£ ijr out of iL He hadtnadeu feAiAd miiuke, and found
It out too Ule^ In f^n impulse of gratitude, regard, suqjnse, generous
humiliation, he had believed hiiiLielf in love with Lucy Money— * when htr
saw beyond imsUke IIiliI she Aras in love with him. I'ora moment that
lijjht scemt^d to iiLirrouud hci m which a ti^onnec^ the chosen one*— lli«
Otity one, the loved The uiomtiit he saw th;it the iweet, gouj giil
w^ tfl love wiLh him, it secerned its if Heaven, and gi^Utude, and
fate ordered him to mu.rry h^r, iiod for tlLi? hoDf il was caty for lum
to believe liut he loved her N(jr did the gUmouf ^3^a &way all at
once. For some time yet he continued to believe (hat he had
all he desired in life ; that he loved ;Lnd Wiis hnppy, and bad indeed
found mea&urele&s content. There may have been even then a accic
of unsatisiied cmving in bis heart, as of someihing niissing vrhich he
had cince hoped to find and posi^et^ But he shut all such vaLgue
emotions down, and pressed Lhe Ltd of wh^it he totd himself were hii
real conviciions strongly do^vn upon U^em, He told himself that he
was hfcppy. It has come fat on the way to^v^rds unhappincss when
a young man has to tell himself that he is happy in the woma^ he is
W manr- Victor Heron caught himself arguing the question some-
timcs, axid stiincd ond lurned hia avoufeia^s iuoiher wfsy, as soaae
Miss Misanthrope.
fOOdpfrsott might >)avc done in elder ^fi if he found a diabolical
tonptaiion inducing him to bbt^ihcTnc a fiainc or qucttJon hig own
fatlh,
Thi^ horiMn only bcjan to grow daritor a? his knowledge of him-
■t!f and hi> stntc <rf mind grew clearer, Then there followed an
int^fvnl during ivhich he felt tike one eonEciencc-atrickcn- It seemed
to him thjit, in jidmilting to himself ^vhaT he fcU, he was dolrg a nrong
to |>oor I'licy vhirh no kindne!;& and no devotion on his port could
.itnnc for Nnw ramc fits of di? voted attention to her, when the poor
litttc maid Iboij^'hl that never had there been lover like hen, and her
soul floated softly in a gotden ha^e of affection and jcmtlfiide- Then
cunr whjit we may r.ill Ihc rommon-'tf n^e anti worltlly mood, when
Victor Heron strove to get hiinaelf to re^iard his cngA^cm^nt a>f «ii
ordinary young man of sense would doubilese h:ive rv^-ardcd it He
told himnelf that, flfterall, he ought to Ijc one of the happiest of men;
ih.il he wan going lo have a charming yoimg wife, ni iwcct a womim
Mn rtny m the world. He Temcmhctcd how Coleridge had saJd th*l
a Ueidemona \\ the i^iff that m his heart every mnn Iwoulil hkc to
linveb He ar^ed with himself about the impoMlbility of having
everything eiiarity is one wouM appoint it for himself ; and he some-
time! mar%"cfled how so awect a girJ jiii Lnry ever could have eared
about him. On the whole he reamncd ^^1th himself as a. lensitive
jiad unworldly young man like him mij^hl be Fiupposed to do.whohai
id ■ moment of impulse commicted himf^elf to a rciponsibihty which
he cannot any longer even wish to avoid. In truth, it w.is his
grievanee and not himnclf thai was to blamt His grievance h:id so
posscMcd and nhnorbcd htm thnt he had not had time or thcnght for
AH) Thing else. He had never a^ked of hi^ heart what it would have
until the hour for such a questmn had gone by. There was left lo
him one geneiHl rrank rEsnlvF^ to <1o liis duty ^ndriiiike the very bcit
of everything, and makCj above all, those happy who^c happincw io
any way def>ended on him. After all, pcrbcips, mnrhage is nni vciy
often undertaken in much (letter iiurit. A man'^ life, he had always
hcnd fcnm wise people^ lie* for the most part outside home and
love.
Bnl the member for Kee ton kept clenj orMinola Grev. He did so
txthcr ill obedience to an undefined msLinct Ib^m to 3.ny ddibeialL'
r«M>lve. He liad rut stfarched JnLo his own feelings— rather^, jndeedj hv
had wwTutely kepi from all such search. But he avoided MinoU Grey,
Their sudden iod sincere friendship hnd suddenly conic to an end
somehow. He thoug}u that for some reason ahe hod UiaVj boevL
difiplcaiied \?ith hirfi, and on ihc whole he was nol s«ny. \\WT&>3^»«t
Sgo The CttiUfftfiun's Afagitsim,
la lie heard oT her a RTcat deal fro^n Lucy aod ftom otben^bul be
MW licr very «dUom.
One aficriHMi, i-iirl)-, Miiioh wi oiitlop^yuviatto I^c/ Monc/.
Lucy lud uTtUcn hrr ji rcpio^Lc^hfLiI IvUci booiuie she hod not cxkmc
mora often latdy, &nd jriHi»uiit£ tkii tihe muat see *'ijcftr, dcrlinc
Nola Ej/ t^flrr, <!/ 1!^^,*' beuLuiii: of ^omeihutg man ptnkntar on which
_ ^c tA^jilcd hi^r advice " ho much, oh, so much I " HnioU h^d Dot
^Bgrcac faith* prrh^ps ui the imporuince of the nutter in huid, but the
^"^wcnt prt>mpt)yto >cc her friend. When she got to the housv in
I Viciorii Street alic ivaa shown at once imn the dr4mng-rDo^, And
I sat (lo^vfin expecting cvt:r>- moment to hear Ihc light *icp of I-occlrl-
1 But Iniiciclei hftd frnnr out fnr a ^hoit iimr, >7ii<E hnd only h:ft injimc-
liot^R thni if Mi^ Crcy c^mc ^hc ivas to lu- shown into the drawing-
room without a i^'Orcl, Je»t shr might go juvay if ihc were loW m the
firit insUncc th^^t fihCj I^ucy, was not at boine- Whik Miiaola w«
vniticg, the mfmbcr for Keeton called ; and the mecnbcr fgr Kceton
now was Ixardly supposed to oat any niiemon. but to go )uid oonic
in tlie hon^v us thoo^b i[ were h\% own. If Liity wm not at home,
ftome olher meiiiticr of tile f^iuly w;ig likely to UC| and, if onj^iw
was there, it was assumed that Mr. Heron woiiid comc m dud talk*
flnd wa.it-
MinoU ixi dowQ to the piano to beguile the limei and l>«i;^n lo
smg nnd jjby to henelf in her iioft, puri?, low tocea. She stag tbc
Bonit of tbt loverV farewell lo Nortlimaven, anJ tu thv maid «^Dwag
to look ovtT ihu wild w^vei inv:u[i for the skiff of him who came not
jigaio — the toiig from '^ The Pirait;," whit h sh<; JuU hericif adapted
to the rauBicofan old ballad. Wlieu Victor approachtd the dtnwitig*
room, and heard the sound of the pijjio, he tliought At &m that
Lucy WAS the perfoimct. and he paused a. moment to liEten, nithoat
interrupting her Bin .ib the voice reached bis cars, he knew its tooeft
iuid he knew the aong, and rcmemlsered when he had he»rdit losi —
when hi! had henrd \x first. The l>lood rushed into his face, and kte
literally started back. His sensitive lips trumbli^d ; his hands CAig^
at his moasLiche in his old way when something excited or ootwr.
raaaed him; and .t sound almost like a groan m voluntarily broke
from him- Oh» how unhappy, how HTeCched he felt thai moniientl
and how like some one guilty of a crime or a deceit, merely bcouise
of the pain that he could not concea! from himself any more I At fr«
he drew back ^ind wa3 »ibout to go away. Rut hi: recovered hinnd4
and asked of himsi^lf what possible cxcuec he could give to l^ocy
vvhen ^^ heard that he had actually been in the house, as ahe muil
h<^r ftotn the ^crvinls, andt'h:v\\\i^b^^<«tv«aw-^y witfaooit secii^ber.
Miss Misanthrope.
,^91
He uaumcd th&t Lucy wu in the drawins-room with Mtnoh, and 1I
tbni vcr>' momcflt liicy niijjht oome oui a-nd sec him retreating as if
he ver? i<lcti;t'tr<d robWi. He fdt ailiAmcd new of the nuddcn,
absurd Inslinct offli|;ht ajid ihf i^oblc, guilty suggcnuons ic bfoiighl
with it " In Hmvcn'i nnmCn" he ihouBhl. '' why shmtld I Isock oui ?
IVhy lihiould I not set Mia Grey cit anybndy else? Am I a fool or
ft boy ? " He wpoi on and oror^cd the ihrpihold ; and then for the
ilUvi lime he an^v thni Mii^ (irey avas nionci H wn.^ tOi) Inic lo
rctrcAl, even though she wjls Silone, for lAc had hciird hi« foot^cpe^
ftnd stopped her hong And roae from the- jnano, and wsttnl 10 receive
him,
" Oh — Misn Grey — I hope you are well ! " wn* the rntiiiTkablc
obiervaliovi with wliich Victor br^Miip
" Quite wdl, thank ymi/' ww thtt appropriaic reply-
There wii rniteh cmhamissmcnl on both aide*. Naturally the
man ww the more cmkirrLtMed cf the two. On him fell in all duty
the rcipon*ibiIity of conducting the ronvcrMtion. Vet, having got
thin (or, he did not icrm inrlinM to try any Tarther,
" I thoiighr I ihoiild (m»i l-ufy in,'* Minnl.t wd, smr^ it scfmrd
dear th^t she mast ><;i/ something, or Ice silence settle down npon
" I thought she would be hete loo," he na^d. " 1 suppose she
has gone out/*
'th\% vfAs «D obviout an inference that il harcJIy ealled for
addition or luppTement of any kind, Minolu MJd, ** 1 ^Lippoac ^/'
And that attempt appeared likely to come to au end,
" 1 hope ynu iiltc the House of Commons," Minok began
again.
'•Oh» ye*, certninly j very much ; thai i*^ I like it very well
indeed. Rivf you tieveT£Dnetohear a deli*le?"
"No, ncvrr."
" Vou mtiitgo. Oh, yes, you ought lo go 1 You could go wme
Aighl with Mi^ Money."
"With Lucy?''
"Vet, with Lucy I nifttn, of coi-iise-'*
H^ *poke in a sort of Amlutcd way, very unlike the old inHnncf of
the chivilroui mun with a gntrvance-
" I tthould like bo go very inudi/' MiooEa Mid ; " I should like to
heu yuu *pcak,^
"Oh, I ihon't Gpc^ak odcEi ^ 1 shan^t »peakp perliaps* more than
COCe AflaiE) ; I don't ^aie lu be one of the talkcn ; I haven't vhc
gift 10 mftku much uf that aoit of thii^"
d
m.
"WlwloU jroa 10?' Hc pWt (hc qTlntioO ttith Mme of M&
old fiitctoCM. but not with !hr kiiKl of bop^ &ieiidiin*»» ib«i
uiod to »i*kr h« liraplc «mii*itforw*rdncs» seem sirect and gouiL
Kow )us Ionic wundcd alcnoM hAr»h. MmoU bccui to think tlui
liie DuniuTTs wtc noi rnij^rcim^ in hit putiEUncatUy cftn^r. E^ h
poMiblc, (he thought, thjl siirccn u atttaid)' spoUjjig him ?
"Several pertom told mc," she uiswrred quicll; ; ■-ju^ I rc«J ii
in ^f lupm. I un fond or reading the jupcrt,"
''Scvnil v*^'*'^!* lold jou lo ? \Vhi:> wae they?"
■*Wcn, kt Kjc »« " MinoU become all die tnorv compow^
AOd raistiess of btmclf m proporrion m hi« m^uneT (ccificd to ptm
OK brusque and uld, " Mr. Money told n«r, lot otic : orhJ of
course Lucy lold mc ; but iJie i» pTcjodiced, auid cotmtK for fiothingj
and Mr- Shq>^^rd told me^"
•*Doyou tv*t'Mni often— Shcppwd?"
"Not very oftenn"
" \Vhcn i£ he trying for Par^iancni -igain?"
"l don't know.''
** But you vfish him sHccess, surely } "
" I shall wisli him sviccc&s if \X doe; him any good, or mnkes huD
"Yon think it dcies not nlw'aya improve people lo be in the
House of Commons ? " Victor said, with a somewhat forced sinil& I
" Not .iJwjiy*, perhaps ; but I have hid so little oppottunity erf
judging."
There wa* a moment of silenre.
" I don't think I ran watt any longer/* Victor raid. " Ate jou
^^■alling to sec Lu^^y. Miss Grey ? " I
If Minoh had spoken out itie plain Inith, ^e wotdd have nld
thftt if he was going to wait she was Jiot, and that if he was going
flwny she would BUy- ?*^thaps, if he had spokcti out ihu plain iruiK
he for hift part would havt said mudi the 5;imc thing, As he wOfi
evidently going, she snid—
"Vcg^l bIhU atay until she cornea in; I shall lake up a book tad
lead ; she will not be very long away, [ should think-*
"Will you be kind enough to tell her that I waa hert, and
wailed for her some time ? "
''Certainly \ with jjlcflsurc."
H(." scemtd 10 l»e going, and yet he did not go ; In Iriilli, he wvi
onfy thinking whtllicr he ought to sh^fcc hands ivi(h her in
■t all happy— OT impro^'cs him in any way/' Miw Mi«nthioi
said demurely.
in ofdinn^i
Mhs Misanikr&pff. 593
fricotlly fashion, or whether be had hvxitx make n bow, wid so ukc
himr^clf off". Not a mntiCT of gicat moment, JE might .ipprar, and yei
h WMK enough 10 torment Horon jtnt then. If he secme4 cold and
diitAnt and unfricnftly. wr>uM noi Mi^^ ilrcy wonJcr at his numner,
■nd pnhapa think him mrlf and nnHvtl ; or ihinlt him changed, and
begin to conjcciurc what the rca^^on of Ihc change might be ? If he
tbcwod himittlf friendly in the old way, wou!d ^hc hcrome also
friendly in the old way? and ^rnnld not thni prrhaps br Tflthrr more
of itn ordeal than he foiild i^fcly hc.ir? Wv\. a% he grAnccd lowardu
her he thought h^ «* n holt nf niqin^c on her frtce,*nd this sclTled
Ih* matter Uti toidri not alloiv her to IhinW hini eold or Tude; and
why nhnuM hr not try tfi isliow himwlf -is a friend?
Minoh «!U KCAtcd, and h:td :ilTOJdy taken up a hook- He went
«p to her And held oi^r hi*, hand. Thct^ he notrefd for the first
time how pale she ^VJl^ Jookingn
" Good -morn In jf, Mi» ^rey," he said ; " I am sorry f h«v« 10
go »o won i it icrms so long *inee rrc erehanged a word."
With thin liappiTy-rhoHeti speech he came to a pause.
A (:iint tcloLir eame over the pilcncis of her fjsrt
" Vou have become a pubhc man now," *hc *aid. with desperate
ea*e, "and your time is occitpitd. But wo shall meet snmclimcft, I
hope, I shn.ll he ilwrtys dciightrd,"
There arc ineidcntu of martyrdom, perhaps, with which it is leas
diflieiilt for the sufferer to deal than ii was for MmoU lo a^ume the
CKpresiionof sniiling friendly ease that accompnied these wprds.
Even at slie s^wke them the wai thinking of how often ^he had
warmty disputed the Inith of Thackeray't conMant LiMrrtion, thit
llijp™^ are itl tkilled hy nature in hypocrisy. She fell that she was
Qiai plaj^g the hypocrite with a *ki]] winch she would oucz have
liclicved ir impoBible for her to attain, and with a skill, too, whith
once fche would have despised hertelf foi ]>osicssing-
" Lki yon Mill u'aJk in Regent'?, I'ark someLimet? " he asked,
"Yo, ver>- often."
" I have not been there thw long time."
" Oh, 00 ; you have no time for thai sort of thing now, 1 am glad
to think. That U for idlere."
>lejTtwhiIu the ceremony of sliaking hands had been duly
cxc^ciitetl. Vit^lor was going, when his c)'cs fell on the book ilie had
"t h^'t luLod, He &toi>pcil jigflin-
*'"nJJl ia BUnchef* volume of pocma, isn't ili*" he asked.
*"l* it? Oh. yes, of eoHt^e it i^l I had only just ulieii il up^ a.™J
f HaJo't mjticed," SIic coltwjjtfd a little, a v«ty \\\\\e, ^V^ «aA
i
d
Tlu GifUlcmaxi Magaamt.
•OtKvhU d&tttrraucd by fab diion«i]r of ike ba ite Ae M Ht
knovB i»!ui hool: ihc held in her bukd.
" IM f nu kiuni. Mitt Greyr ihat 1 jAmtuft fed aoiBe RBone rf
cctttcicfvc abtttt iluc book ? lE v«j a «h«mc tta yaa iImbU bm
bc<ttallo««d loptf kU ihu money ;fOii<NiglK to hNvcAJlowcdiDtt
one 10 fJurr ihe £0«t vidi |fa At leftXL*
" Hul I cirplsined bo jvu *t tbe bmc ftll About ihu ; I couU BM
jillow tmy Mvj BUnchct to be tmklKed 10 «iyo«kc bat nw to
■Ay kin^IacM. ThcEC w&« mcdc *elMnc» in thai, 1 kfrovi bat 1
could tM< help the frchn^ And in uiy <xk I «a Mre &U17 iwdA
bftve bcicn wmched at Ific idea of anyone ilotn^ 11 but me. Sa k
njta ooc ilJ ■clfiihneiH on my pan.'
" Tlie \dtA of your doin^ anything selfidi 1 1 don't bcUevc ]ta
ever thought of youncif ut ill year life^ Wdl^ yow were veqr
l^neroiiit tn poor ttUnrhn ; I hope at k^sc he will tu>1 prove hnud
" Oh, J dOft'l vani him 10 he i^otdnl i 1 dtt« My he wtwU be v
f7AttfL»1 Ai ukyonc cihe — aay otJier cnMi, 1 mcui, of coone— if 1
miitrd Mm to be/'
Victor smiled ihc mo«t r^tuml acd gcnuiiw mile be luod yet
•hown duniig thdr conversation.
** Now you w.int to become the MiuMiiinHirope jsaan," heiaiil
" Buc it doesn't dfccivc i» who know you. Mitt Gtcy. It ««« ] vbo
called you Mi» Mivimhrope, wun't it — who nqt|gie*ied th« tUAie^J
mou\?"
" Ycii, I believe it wm ; I atn x'rry well content with the OMM,
Wld I Ihink myM^lffjiHy entitled lo bear it"
" Not yoiip" hcs^id- " I knew it didn't apply Uieo, and I biavff
fur better now,'*
" Bui to be ,1 Miss MiKinUuope isn't lo be a crimriiaL"
'^ No ; b^ii you couldn't hv a misanthrope, unlctt in sonk cn»f
when there wai no pottibtllty left of trying lo prove that you loK^
the hitiii.in liif C-"
*' Whicii, however^ I can assure yo" 1 do not."
" AM the '63JT1C, you try xn litlp people. Well, i^oud^iaoniinf; "
" Here is Lucy/' uid Minol^ luoking up ; '^1 am »o glad J^
d:d not ^ ai once,"
Luty run into die room drci»ed ^ ^m: had-juit come lo tXQ^ t^'
uirriage. She ru»hcd al MmoU and cmtintccd hur.
"So you were not Roinn to wj,it fui me^" ^he lUid btcAlhlev*^
jjointiiig [0 thu lut whidi Vli-tor held in his hanil, " Ytb^ I liw**
y^u WKit intpACiuui, liku all iiii:iit and you w(;re foi durticj; uwjyiOCLly
Mm MiSuH/Arvfie. 395
d(U Noln kepi y<m and would not !el you go I Now thai wm vj
hind ot yon^ SqI\."
*■ Hut, Jcu, t 'An': Mkc ihc compllincni or the liiaoLs ; JL hu no
d<^Ug of minv ; Ur. Hcion was jii^t ^oiiiKi onlyllMlyoucumcmdmc
uid ttppped him."
•*I *lid nol tnui* wlu'ii >oh were i-vniing hjck, ot whcihcryou
««« coining il jli." Victcir miJ, *'->t I jhcruldn't lmv« thouK^tt oT
going awiLy ; bul I rcnlly have loU of things to do."
" WcH, I Am flLui 10 IxrjLi that you WKtv growing tmpAticiit," Lucy
uid wnih ii hinik, '' fi>r it ItwWii as if you iois8e<l mv, Victor; and I
like you to miu mc wKcn I Jun away. It ivas Theresa who would
hiVG mc to ^o out with her ; Jiiid ahc lajd cb^t llirr^ wa:: tomu com-
miltcv or boiiicltiini;, ;iud Ibat yoa ^uuTd fiut he hcri; lo day, Victof-^
Mttwbody told her."
Lucy looked vciy pTtflty. There was a light of surprise and
gratiliGidon on tier fiict btM:3uic of ih« unr^ptrt-ied commff o( Vjcior,
which almost aupplicil the plate yf ttiL- tiprcHton ihal higtt initUi-
gcricc cam lend. Minola took?<1 at hct with sincere ■'tdroiratioD, usd
could no[ wonder thii ehc had found a lover even in a mnn i^4ia
paigbt be suppuBod to tcek Batundly for a L-vc^l of intellectual com-
ponloofthip bgher xUaa her»- But Victor w;i^ fyr the moment sJcnt,
nur did he and Miiioh i\'&ik \o cmc^ other jgiLr; until Victor rose 10
go, Mying he had only looked in to ti;c Lut^y for a moment, and ihAl
he hod an nppomtmcnt.
"Yon arc oominp to lUnncr?" Lucy oskwl, vdih a colour of
Moiety and hopo on her pretty face.
Hcflhook hia head.
" I iun afraiil not," he s;ud ; " I fonry your Tiiihor and I muBI put
up with a hasiy dinner ^t anyhow thi» ocnin^^ Lucy."
He waa bowing to Miaa drey, and about to go, when Lucy MJd —
* Have you two been quorrclimg, might 1 okL f Victor, do you
rrally take leavu of Nub in (hai cool son of way? Why, you used
to \k such friends,"
" I am sure I hopt: wt ar^ ' £^.ich fritnds' still" Minola b<^an,
with a strenuous cifort to be at case-
" Ae good friends as ever," Victor rather awkwardly added.
" TTicn, why don't you 5hakc hands?" ini^uircd the pcrrinri^^iouK
litllc Lucy. "Give me thy hand, tcrreatrial— so," she said, Kcizing
^Victor'shanditTnricf?, andconiinmngoncofih'.^ ^hakcspcdrbn
vhich she had caxii^ht up from Mmola, and \y,is raAt^r
proud to duqiljiy. " Give me Ihy hand, celestial— yea, Nola dwUrs^,
yon dwcmc to be called ccleifial, I thinV — ^vc tnt *ri^ \lla^^
The GmtUma^s Afagaxinr,
r^lctri-*!— **o i" nnd with prttty «nd jpTirJoTi* ff^mpiilKion »^t liip*
Minoi:! And Vidcir EogcOllT. nnd pUtctl MiinjU'i kuKl in >iri and
nutde them dup.
The friendly flasp was over in a moment Bi« in lli*s ihon
momenl xlit eye* of Minolu and of Victor met uoaiwidjljlir, suddcrO}',
for the f\fy\ lime \\\\i A^y. .ind \\ic\i were u mcfdenly withdnvn ^
cath kncff Tor ihe fi^t titiir. Hfiil now to ihc ful], whrila nrtiifonunt
Titlcn mi ilif^in all ; MvtX Lucy louLcd fiom one (hce lu Uie otiicr,
anii fell hvr ]i«ain stand slilL
ClfAPTER XXIX-
A LOUSCE 1*? THE pARJL
It i« true that this msirt iind worran Imcw by one *ingTe mevtin^
of the tfyc?( that nectrt wJiith fie had never IcT^nwn before, and which
fthe hnd never dre^uncd of. Kiit vach, ai we h^ve >«en, tvu fjbHf
pr^ared for the diicoicry. VacW Kud for *ome time— one of the uro
for A long limc^hecn lirooding ovrt ihL' ihmighT which TcprrsenltJ
onc'lmlf of the ftcrjcl, V-Ath heart was prcpkirrd to receive The
impre&iion of The other. The two tmrute* vttc rejidy to silftfci cwh
other as two ^u bounces art— its flint and *ter^ art, a* the buming-^btt
and ific darkened paiiet- If ^inyone cuilM have asked Minola Cny
whciher she thought Vrrtor Heron loved her, ^hc woidd bn*
answered, ifshc thought audi a fjHeniion worth ans^^triny .it .ill^ tfiU
he did not; that he never hud cired aboiij her cxce^it jfnltApf tiAl
frif Tld. If VicLoT were asked whclhL'T he thniighl Mmn^a r jurd jTjOUt
hitn, he would have answered, in all goodftuth, thathf believed ofliitt
she rather disliked him than ntherwiee. Vet it 1* cerfnin lh*t each
learned the secret of [he other in the same mOTOtftt ajt each |(lanCC
betrayed itn own sc<^rct- Come vh:tl would, from that Tnoirteni thp*
t^vo were isolated frotn .aU others by their common fcnowlrdgc of the
truth.
That v^'34 a Trying hour for Minola which she spent in Viciorii
Street after Heron Kid pone. It w.is not pcrhapi ]e** Cyirijc fof
Lucy J ImT Minob i\M\ not then know that. Forlumitcly for lioifc of
them, Luey and her mother had an engiLgemcT^t that eveninji wTtidi
made tt ImpoaatbL' fur Mrs. Money to prc^s Minola to Ainy ^cjn^ vidi
them- Ic wna lucky, loo, that visitors eame in, and that wh.lt Mm*ls
was there she and Luc)- wtTi? not left alone. If Minola had been lc«
dtsiracied than she was ^hc n^\lst have wen how very difTerent Lu^
I
inuiiicr WM FrorDtliAt wUirli wjq u^uivl Ui her ; And how ^c ^(u in alier-
tiAlion of «iW. tiighJy spirits und iirangc, shy, shrink ing despondency.
But in luLih MinoLt'*! tuitj ivat all ciigtu»od in \\\c tctrcir of ili« did'
tovety she hud macICi and thv netosiiy «E" hidiiig it. vtX bui)'ln|£ it, nl
aU mk^ She Vp'oi h> little u«cd lo c-jnccilmi-iit or vtiiplcion of 4ny
kind tlul il never otairred Uj licr i<j thliiL tlut perhaps Lucy mj^^ht
Uavc Kien \vh^ nhc had lecn. Hod the iwo giiU been tcft idouc fur
ft moment, «ojnc EcvcLation, Knite cipt;uulio», mutt pcrU^i»t have
Comc^ But conLmry ut hei u^u^ way Lucy did not try tu get lier
friend iniQ a hctumcc coiner or a keparace (OQin wtt!i hcitand Minola
w:ifi otily tilled \y^ ihc oiil' de^iru lr> j^rt decxntly :iM-jy, ijut uf the
buui»i% Jjuj E]>ir] tilt! u|.]en ;tjr. ^Iir fell like ^omt; unc ahamed and
giulty, like HOnie tn;ai:hcroiutj deceitful friend wlio luid no rtgl^i 10
itxnd beoeiidi that roof Any mocv. T?ierc were momcnlv ivheu the
■ hole hon2un of her hope «cciE>ed boiindird by Ihi? momeut when 8h<
oould ante mon- be in the open street, ikjid &ee of Uie house itlijch
h^ 111 way* given her w kind a wekome.
Vkcor Hciofi H':ilkcd slowly along ViclorJa Sireei, TI10 d^ty wu
unims and tunny ; the i|jrin^ w^ growing rapidly low^LrdK fiummer.
EvcD ihc wnibrc Iinc« \.\i Victori.k S^Ucel wL^rc; dit:?cred und gladdimed
by the bright ^ind youthful WaiiEy of the «?jAon iind of Ibe day. The
tense iind ii]j;ht uf aH dnii ^pritij^ U^velinesa, (antalL«mg often even lo
hA|fpy Uw Jlert in ihc lown^ bfcvitisc it luld tlitm uf the delights of the
coimtry they tguld not teach jurf then, sent a new pang into the
heart of the diiiTjaca'd Hcrun. lie had sume appomtmema to kee|>,
some pefaonv to see, bui he wjik unable to tliiak of anything then but
hiimtclf and hu niisfonuntr. He sauntered slowly with dragging; steps,
almost like aJi invalid, inlo St, J,inics'B i'sirk, and va\ down iliere --uid
looked on the ground, and appejired for the time to be engrossed in
di&wing lines on the dust of the walk beneath him with the ^oiiit of
hUcane^
He knev tt all now. For Kome time back he had known only too
well die iLiEe of hi& own fcet[ng<;- He hod known it alihcu^'h he
khrank, *a fjr aa he could, fnjm any search into hj'i heaJt tu lind what
nkred it so» holding it a sort of treason to his engagement und to the
girl who loved him to jnak any question of himbdf which must be
Ji secret from her. But des]jiie of lKl^ \\ had become known to him
on}y too well that he had m^idt^ :l tcnible mi&take so for as his own
iate WM concerned. Vet what was that compared with what he now
Imcw? Thii rnoming his course was clear. He had noiliiny greatly
to repent of- He believed that he could not poisiUy lia\e had
the wgouji he loved and would h^ve chosen j itw^ \f^ nv^O^^'l
i
CWWI
Miss MisatUhrQp^, 399
^hc wmpHcil^ »Tth K-hich Lucy Jiad brouftlu ihcit li.indi toflcchcr «Mii
n new pain. She tcemcti to innoccnii uid hv iiccm^l h) u^i^-ln'rouA
Jnhis miesiy hognevoit&ly ^-taggur^tcil his 0^1 hwK and ihuught
cifhii impulvlvL' error a& if iiwtri; u irvuon .ind » i^rimi;-
Wlut Hrlulii/ fatfiti Kjm tnio that plitce tu rviiuin tht-re; <o long?
'Why did Kv nut shake olTall the brooding thuc wan k> futile, jlc Icut
until hi« hour* of work were over, and he ivns free to brood ntid Iw
mucnbh; alone ? Wlmi hai J. Ijusv man. for uhom ;ill Bt»rcfl of per
iion« ami affLiin :ire ^vjitiu^'. (o <io w-iih »<jtitiineiLml regrcis iind (he
hBiciitatloni^fa ruined Im'er— at le^i.^vhac \\as he \o do with them
inthie dayiinie ? He w:u muting Uicre in a liruad ^'^Lk, ncir (he
Hlilc l^ke ; ;inU the se.^i iie ^C on Axm^ jus^t ncu* it (iini of ihe w;ilk. acr
that ^ny ^romenjuicT mighi come oin him vmthinking, luxl rtco^mw
hUn bdbre be had time either lo ri«c sJid flo away or to compose
himwlf intoatthudc and demeanour ]<;tiN IiLcly to atEmct attention,
Fl3or Victor thought iiothmtl of all thi«^ He h:id forgoiEL-n for the
all biHini^y, and apfiuint mentis, and coiiMitui^ntb, and cuiIy knen-
hid luippetied that niuriiiiJi;, and that he '^^.a very unhappy and
hdwl made ochcn wj^ Hut, if hi,' cuimnitted a Ijre^Leh of iluty ax a
public man in thus idlii^ Jway liiti time, his eiior did not go un-
pimuhcd. for a ?;ierj cime near him* and he looked up. axid he caw
Uinola Grey. He had just b?en saying to himself dgain and agnin,
as one who is sL-impirg a resolve dowti into his; mind— "Come
wh^ti wIU, Lci anyorii; i^iispi^ci whai he tik^rh, I iiiusi not hec^ licr any
more;" He wa? ihinkiny vriih a ceriain ]^\m Ertiihfaction of the
proibabilily of hisso^jci j-tUlnt; somv colynial ap|homimcnu and of I he
quiekjieiB w:th whith he would k-iive Eiiytand ; iind \^hen he could
not help asking himself how poor Tiiili. frnv ^vuuld hke Mich e\ile
&T>in her romily and her friend?, }il- ,Ln:wi:KJ f^noly thjit anyLhing
would be better thin tht; ehance c^f befin^ MinoKi Grey. And now
he looked up aiid Minola Grtiy wai tlicre bi^fori; bloi, and ^.^whim.
He had «:tyed loo long in that phice, For Mitiola. leaving Lucy
vnth fl heart tmr^ning to be relieved from the restruint that was on i^
had remembered just .IS she wa^ in tlie street th.it if she ivcnt any
way in the direction of the Hot^se of Commons she might very
pOSHbly meet Victor Herun. or at li^ast Mr. Money. So she turrii-d
away, and made up ht^r n;md to go through [he Park and out into
Waterloo ?hice, and home to the west ceuue by that way.
She was close up^n Vktor before j,he snh him, End they saw
each other at tlie samt? moiiieuL So miidi change Imd been made;
for boih of them by thai one ^\ax^^^ from each in the mornings diat
it did not teem possible to I^linola 10 inaVc ^lia^ ;o.^ii;vi\vv&VTcveve
1
ixiag Heron vrithouc a rngfc vxji4, <
'aunlod look.
An insULnt 1)cforc, VLCtor hid niAdc up hit mtnd tfaic, cocne wkxt
lid, he mujt not meet her any moK^ Yet, by ft ttnife iTrmwi
rocy, he woi madr: angry hy \vst Attempt to pus htm nihoai at
He veAcoteditu though it were a c*«tiiigofdcHbenteflcora on him.
IT the momerLt he fdmost looked on Mvnola m otic >night look on
aotompllrr who lunt^ aw.iy Irrim hh friend tn tofnc hour of truL
He Jc-jpcd Irom hi» waI And went towAEiia hci, anA |>rvTemcd hci
from going any fxrtlier.
" Ate you not going to ipeak Co me ? " he a^keiL
She Mopped :iiid looked down, and cried lo teem compOMd* A
woLiiuk tcldom «o Jokcs her xcniPiT of the propiiei^ of tlMiii^ wt not
lokecp in mind tlic ThU Oi^t iheic :tn.- people t^k<ly to jjaas by and
take ^COiint u( iM^u^UaI dcitieafiiJiir, Miilob b4W, tw>, that VictcT
Heron wu iiol in a mugd Eu rcnjcmber (hsti or aisything c!9c jtiat
thcn^ «nd that r^^r his wke .ind hcr» «hc <au$t give mme wiy to hU
humour- She wu trying to compoEc hcraclf to ihii, when he repented
hlf question.
'*Whai i\n\] I say, Mr. HtJTon?" «he askd i^ntly, and in Ji
tone of HubdueU rLmoDBtranc?. *' I i^an'c see any use in aayihing 1
can aay -, it is all so very unhap]^,'
It wi!! strange how they hoih awumed the rcdiry of the discoirty
that each had made. It was curious how each iLSfUmed that in ibv
other's tnind was a dear understanding of the meaning of cv^ word.
Tlieiu wjv no luppo^ed need of exp1:LnatLun. Bet^^'eeIl xw9 Datum
alike w ciE^did there was not the faintest attempt at any fescia^ otf
the reality-
Victor turned the way she was going and walked by her side-
She hud nu power to prevent hzm, and ^'as only EOmewhat relieved
to find thai they were g^ing ou-
Therc Avas silence for a moment or two ; then Victor spoke-
"We ore very unfortunate,*' he awd ; and there scctnerf to
Minola somediiny almost terrible in ihe simple acknowledgment ot
companionship invulved in the UnEe monosyllable " we."
"WearejDdeed"ahe said, iccepting the componionsliipw an
acknowledged reality.
"It was all my fault,'* he said ; "] was ct fool— a blind And
foolish tdioL. I only wish ihat I alone had to suffer for lt> ldo»
Indeed."
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<^ T am auTC foo do." Mvnola saiiJ. She kncv him 100 vdL to
<ioubt that it munt be an ar]<Icd pain to him, ihingis bcin^ m (hey
were, that sbt should feci for him aa he kit far her,
"Vou blunc mcfornlL this* MiM Grey?
"Oh, w> I I don't blame anyone ; ye*, I blame my«lf, but only
allowing inyonc to kno*— it woald not Juve been so lixd, only fof
She stopped j iht: fL\ir<:d she had taiil too much-
Hovr long hjve you known of ihia?" Victor wkcd. If c walked
sHovriy by her sidt, itncl looked* not ai her* but down dt the dusty
puh. It W13 curious how both S]Joke wiihouL any distinct reference
lo the matter of which ihe>' Talked. All (hat was aswmcd between
them. Between ihetn now, as bciwctn the brother and dialer in
Coethc'i migedy, was to be the simple tnilh. That was the ncec;s;iity
of their condiiionn
"This long cime ; I don't know how long, but very long," she
ojuwtred. There was something peculiarly pathetic in ihc simple
liumiliiy of her answer
A groan ccrae from Victor, A long lime— and he hnd never
known anything or thought of anything uniil htety, but rushed head-
long on like a blind fooL
''Then all might hive been well tf I hadn't been :i fool and a
madman '-" He atnick ihe point of hU walking-oinc flcrcelyi at
the ground, as if he were scabbing at some enemy— himself, per-
haps.
Minola plucked up heart 10 »ay something, which shi^ thought she
ought to i^y.
" I don't know, Mr. Heron ; I am afraid it would not have been
much better— somebody would have had to tuRer. There is— there
is Luey, you know ; we must not Forgti her."
*' Yea, ytj,'* he said, '* we must not forget her ; it is not any fault
oThm.*'
"Oh, no!"
*' But when you Icnew this," he Hid, suddenly looMng into Minola's
ftcc for the first lime dniing this cunoiLs promenade, " why did yoti
go on as if you never could tike anyone in the world? How was I
let know ? Good Cod 1 it never occL!rrcd to me to think that a woman
like yciu eould care for n man like mc^in that sort of way. Do you
refnembcT when [ told ynii one day, long ago, thai I had a goddi-sv-
CbcOry abftu! wom^n? Do yo 
