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Show AUTHORS NOT OF KIN. j H Sir Edwin and Matthew Arnold Had 11 Little In Common. isl John Donlson Chnmplln tells an i, H amusing story of Matthow Arnold and i H tho Into Sir Edwin Arnold. "Somo L H twenty yoars nf;o,""ho says, "when v ! walking with Matthow Arnold on ths Li"aal banks of tho Uttlo River Test, near rH Itomsoy abbey, conversation turned on ' H Sir Edwin Arnold and 'The Light ot H Asln,' published tour or flvo years H previously. It Is not necessary to H enter Into Mr. Arnold's opinion of tha H poem. During tho conversation I took H occasion to ask him If bo wero related H to Sir Edwin. Ho paused a momont, H ns If shockoa at tbo suggostlon, and H then said: 'No, wo nro not ot kin. H Indeed, I doubt If ho had any right to tho namo of Arnold. I havo been told H thnt ho Is of Jowlsh descent' A few H weeks later I happened to meet Sir H Edwin at a dlnnor In London and, H prompted by, I hopo, a not unpardon- H ablo curiosity, propounded a similar H quory to him. 'No,' ho replied quick- H ly, with what seemed a shade ot pH asperity In his tone, 'I am not related H to Matthow Arnold. Wo aro ot wholly M different families.' Then, his face M breaking Into his peculiar smile, ha H added: 'Matthow Arnold Is an In- . H tellcctual dyspeptic. His brain doe M not digest properly.' " U |