Show AUTHORS NOT OF KIN sir edwin and matthew arnold little in common john dellson champlin ln pehsi aa amusing story of matthew arnold and the lato sir edwin arnold some twenty years apo he says when walking with matthew arnold on thai banks of the little river test near bomsey abbey conversation turned on edwin arnold and the light of asia published four or alve years previously it la not necessary to enter into mr arnold s opinion of th poem during the conversation I 1 took occasion to ask him if he were related to sir edwin he paused a moment as it shocked at the suggestion and then said no we are not of kin indeed I 1 doubt if he bad any right to the name of arnold I 1 have been told that he Is of jewish descent A few weeks later I 1 happened to meet bir edwin at a dinner in london and prompted by I 1 hope a abot unpardonable curiosity propounded a similar query to him no he replied quickly with what seemed a shade of asperity in his tone I 1 am not related to matthew arnold we are of wholly different families then his face breaking into his peculiar smile he added matthew arnold Is an in tel dyspeptic his brain doe not digest properly |