Show EGOTISM the rise lot poet WA wai rally aware ef of 1114 e eminent the london academy ie reprints prints from charlls stew arts recently issued autobiography reminiscences of legal and social life in edinburgh and london 1830 1850 1900 the tol 01 ol owing rem cence of tennyson with alfred uran in bis his latter year years I 1 had fre luent opportunities of meeting both in london and at hia his country home per personal intimacy with great ati author thors ie to u Unar nuee roua erous experiment especially with great poets for W ir imaginative writings have stimulated ones ideas about their personality until one foolishly alf expects t to find their genius displaying itse f in every word and action of t their dally daily life u Teu nyron fulfilled juch an unreasonable ideal perhaps an well rs any man chuld for his per bonal 1 appearance with which every one ie Is familar wae wan of course mag M ag alfi cent and his manners and habits of life were dignified it if a little poetically eccentric but the adulation which be he received from his family and friends wae was somewhat sat satiating lating I 1 have seen mrs Gre Olle a woman herself of the most brilliant talent actually prostrate herself on the floor door before him JUKI as a I 1 have seen ladles ladies t f high rank literally sitting at the feet of sir 1 irving tennyson would have bave jeen more thin human if he lie bad had remitted resit ted tho effect of thie this hero bero worship A little niece of mine wae was one day standing beside hie his chair he lifted her up and placed tr on his knee and then put her down styling now you can eoy say you have oat on knee it wa was kinly biant but there wons a self conscious ness in tho the words and in the act which wa not infrequently Infrequent sy to be observed in tho poet |