Show I TENNYSON U TWO LETTERS I I II I I oi N t 1Ildo Ohcoi Urrilllil Ill Inrntlrhliw I I Tod I iinx tel read a syllable of Tenny1 I c on IMt Mllnei nhowed hits lack n it l > Mall Din ClysM1 and the pen Ion of ann w AI ItnnitdUtel granted e js Temple liar And now on the I death of Wadsworth another prima dn iilnlner bat to admit that he know imhlrg whatever about Tennyson Uird John Kuisell wrote to Uogera As you would not WIT the laurel rourtclf I have mentioned to the queen i how whom I thought must worthy of t he honor Her majesty Is I Inclined to jostow i it on Mr Tennyson but I u tumid wish before the offer Is made tog know somethng of his chaactcr 50 I g wi II as of hto literary merits I know > oiir opinion of the Inn by > our dIre t d-Ire to Mir llobert IVel but I should bo clad If you rnnld let 1 10f know some thins h of his character and puiltlon This is I Indeed quaint but no doubt l Itoxcrs was equal to the situation More than iK month puaeh 1 after Wordsworth ileath lfore the office was filled up but she offer came to Tenn > < on at last Mr has hlmtalf It III teen a rtirlous aceount of the way In whlih he received It lie tuld his friend Mr Knowloa The nlaht before be-fore I ws aked to tHkp the laurvale > hip which was offered to I me through Ill lie lberf liking for my In Memorlam I dreamed Hint he came to nie unil kUised me on the cheek I s nld In nip dreinr Very kind but very Ctrman In the mornlnn the letter About tho laurmtesblp will brought lo mo and lild upon my bed I thought about throiiKh the lay but rould not make up I my mind wnelhor hash ha-sh II or refuse II amid nt Lint I I Stole two letter one acrept l ns and one declining ind 1 threw them on the table and aeltled to decide I which I would Mmd otter m > dlnnir and n Untie of port It 1 Is I rather c urlom Hint TeniDHin In his first ap liearance l ut court exiclly fullowod 1 Wordsworth prcndent lie dreiweil 1 at lloiem and wore the old poet court soil Jim uc Wordiwurlh had done I well remember says Hlr Henry Tdjlor a dinner In 81 lame place when tbe question nro p whether Bamii cis I suit was spacious pnnugb for Alfred Al-fred Hut the laureate mamigoil In make It do Of Tcnn on inerol as i auurs tile there Is I fortunate little tow to-w > He did not write much In his nlllrlal ipnclly The Ode on Iho Death h of Ihcl lithe of Wellington would 1 pnibibl halo teen written even If Trnnfou had never had nnthlng to do with tho lord chamberlain It was not became he woo a 1uireita that Tennion was n patriot Ills other pieces on royal wedding nnd so forth I arc slight nnd unimportant |