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Show Anecdotes of the Famous Wordsworth once called on Miss w Harriot Martineau at Ambleside, where she had built a house. There -was a gathering of neighbors present, pres-ent, and Wordsworth stood for a." long tlmo at tho window contemplating contem-plating the beautiful landscape out- . side. Then ho turned to the party and said: "Miss Martineau, I congratulate yoTi on your beautiful little domain. The views arc wonderful, and this will turn out to bo the wisest thing you ever did in your life." ' He paused for a moment, and the gnosis expected Vomtj comment on tlie uplifting effects of communion with Nature; but Wordsworth, with a fine gesture, went on: "Your property will certainly be trebled In value within the next ten years!" Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson tells this story of William Tcrriss, the handsomest actor of his day: "Irving was very fond of Tcrriss and was mightily amused by the unconscious impertinence with which Tcrriss treated him. Irving had a grill-room just off the stage at tho Lyceum, In London, near his own dressing-room. One night Tor- r riss smelled the savory odor of appetizing ap-petizing cooking. ""Fine smell, that!" he said to Irving, during a wait In the wings. 'Yes. very good!' agreed Irving, and added, 'You must come along some time and havo supper with me, my boy!' "'X'othing would please me bct-lei'.' bct-lei'.' said Tcrriss, to which Irving rtpllcd: "'Well, when would you llko lo eome?' " 'To-night'.' responded Torriss promptly. "Irving- wag delighted with tho ht'sinessllko acceptance of his Invitation." In-vitation." . . N . A friend of Lord Rosobory once asked Jilni. "What Is memory?" "Memory," Lord -Rosebery replied re-plied "memory Is the feeling that stoala over u.s when we listen to our friends' original stories'." President Lincoln was once condemning con-demning a Greek -history as being too tcdloiisC when a friend said, "Tho author of Jhat history. Mr. President, is ono of tho profound-est profound-est scholars of the age. Indeed", it may bo doubted whether any man of our gonorition has plunged more deeply In the sacred fount of learning." learn-ing." "Yes, or come up drier!" said Lincoln. |