Show WHO SHALL SUCCEED TENNYSON the question of ef who shall wear the official mantle left by alfred tennyson ten ny eon la 18 oue one that takes up a good deal of space apace in the of his country and not a little iu those on this side the post of poet laureate is in at any time a difficult one tu to fill satisfactorily because I 1 of the vast divergence of opinion as aa to worthiness new merit etc but just at the he present juncture we tanoy fancy that the task possess additional features fea turea of difficulty the selection is made by the national premier and while no one can properly question the propriety of a choice made by a man with the patriotic purpose knowledge of men anil and things and reat intellectual attain moma of mr gladstone still it to is as aa aured aureo in advance that hat no matter upon whom the honor bonor may fall there will be D greater discontent dr content than when the premier announced his hia cabinet th it Is claimed in some qu barters artera that i ebors ere are am no posts left I 1 in D england who yen approximate to the eminence emine nue oi 01 tennyson lenny aon and those best belt known are not lot 01 ol the bout bent by eith either 1 in ila enot or training to undertake tak and sue Cesa lullY accomplish the trying task of K praises of the royal family ai bo 40 that some borne others othera who have the cecca ry temperament are not fit sub BUU jota for the appointment A horary Po declares declarer that it is high me now that the place has been sue Ceen fullY filled by two of the greatest grea teat ato out mi of the century to allow it to pass tho ot existence out of ot to a e who have n made it more since bous fatuous than at any time m lt it was waa created supplementing this thie suggestion with the wh pathetic ath conclusion to bearil eylders however wever the majority ol of sadera will fully BubB oribe I 1 be that this lot a poetical pa tile th age ber bem poet laureate reate in ie an official mema if as w the loe royal household and hence alefi t 1081 bously suggested must be in ter socially and on good 4 ot tad with aluth the queen and her numerous descendants nd anta and appendages the office under the name of verae maker to the king 10 has baa been traced back as far as the reign of henry henrj VIII over years ago it lie la also recorded of henry that be kept minstrels jesters and dwarfs all of which places nave have long since given way to the pres ure sure brought to bear by modern dignity decorum and enlightenment so that the regis regie alone remains the place has baa been held by some illustrious men such guch as aa in the reign of queen elizabeth elixabeth old ben ban jonson john dryden a and wordsworth the most promis ing candidates at the present time seem to be buchanah Bu Buc banau and of whom it is said its bestowal bea towal would not make the former any greater as an a poet nor the withholding of it irom from the latter estter any the less a poet but the mention of either in close connection conn estion with the names previously given is apt to make the judicious grieve the office has evidently outlived its usefulness it if it ever had any aud and might as well go at a time when there are some other reasons for not filling ailing it |