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intolerable   hour�察  �turned   her   head   my   way�察  �her   sobs   lifting   it。   She   was 

afraid that the man would throw himself under the train。                     She was afraid 

that he would be damned for his blasphemies�察�and as to this her fear was 

mortal fear。      It was horrible�察�too�察�that she was humpbacked and a dwarf。 

     Not until the train drew away from the station did we lose the clamour。 

No one had tried to silence the man or to soothe the woman's horror。                       But 

has any one who saw it forgotten her face�拭                �To me for the rest of the day 

it   was   a   sensible   rather   than   a   merely   mental   image。    Constantly   a   red 

blur   rose   before   my   eyes   for   a   background�察  �and   against   it   appeared   the 

dwarf's head�察�lifted with sobs�察�under the provincial black lace veil。                     And 

at night what emphasis it gained on the boundaries of sleep�                    �Close to my 

hotel there was a roofless theatre crammed with people�察�where they were 

giving   Offenbach。        The   operas   of   Offenbach   still   exist   in   Italy�察  �and   the 

little   town   was   placarded   with   announcements   of   La   Bella   Elena。   The 

peculiar vulgar   rhythm  of   the  music   jigged   audibly  through   half   the   hot 

night�察  �and   the   clapping   of   the   town's´folk   filled   all   its   pauses。 But   the 

persistent noise did but accompany�察�for me�察�the persistent vision of those 

three figures at the Via Reggio station in the profound sunshine of the day。 



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              POCKET VOCABULARIES 



     A serviceable substitute for style in literature has been found in such a 

collection   of   language   ready   for   use   as   may   be   likened   to   a   portable 

vocabulary。       It is suited to the manners of a day that has produced salad´ 

dressing   in   bottles�察  �and   many   other   devices   for   the   saving   of   processes。 

Fill me such a wallet full of 'graphic' things�察�of 'quaint' things and 'weird��' 

of 'crisp' or 'sturdy' Anglo´Saxon�察�of the material for 'word´painting' ��is not 

that the way of it�殖��察�and it will serve the turn。             Especially did the Teutonic 

fury     fill  full  these    common       little  hoards     of   language。      It   seemed�察�

doubtless�察  �to   the   professor   of   the   New   Literature   that   if   anything   could 

convince him of his own success it must be the energy of his Teutonisms 

and his avoidance of languid Latin derivatives�察�fit only for the pedants of 

the   eighteenth   century。       Literature   doubtless   is   made   of   words。        What 

then   is   needful�察  �he   seems   to   ask�察  �besides   a   knack   of   beautiful   words�拭�

Unluckily for him�察�he has   achieved�察�not style�察�but slang。                    Unluckily  for 

him�察  �words   are   not   style�察  �phrases   are   not   style。   'The   man   is   style。'   O 

good French language�察�cunning and good�察�that lets me read the sentence in 

obverse or converse as I will�             �And I read it as declaring that the whole 

man�察�the very whole of him�察�is his style。              The literature of a man of letters 

worthy   the   name   is   rooted   in   all   his   qualities�察  �with   little   fibres   running 

invisibly into the smallest qualities he has。 He who is not a man of letters�察�

simply is not one�察�it is not too audacious a paradox to affirm that doing 

will   not   avail   him   who   fails   in   being。   'Lay   your   deadly   doing   down��' 

sang once some old hymn known to Calvinists。                      Certain poets�察�a certain 

time ago�察�ransacked the language for words full of life and beauty�察�made a 

vocabulary   of   them�察  �and   out   of   wantonness   wrote   them   to   death。            To 

change somewhat the simile�察�they scented out a wordan earlyish word�察�

by preferenceran it to earth�察�unearthed it�察�dug it out�察�and killed it。                   And 

then   their   followers   bagged   it。       The   very   word   that   lives�察  �'new   every 

morning��'   miraculously   new�察  �in   the   literature   of   a   man   of   letters�察  �they 

killed   and   put   into   their   bag。    And�察  �in   like   manner�察  �the   emotion   that 

should   have   caused   the   word is dead   for  those�察 �and   for  those  only�察  �who 



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abuse     its  expression。      For    the   maker    of   a  portable    vocabulary   is     not 

content      to  turn   his   words     up    there�此  �he   turns    up   his   feelings    also�察�

alphabetically or otherwise。 Wonderful how much sensibility is at hand in 

such round words as the New Literature loves。                    Do you want a generous 

emotion�拭      �Pull   forth   the   little   language。   Find   out   moonshine�察  �find   out 

moonshine� �

     Take�察�as an instance�察�Mr。 Swinburne's 'hell。'               There is�察�I fear�察�no doubt 

whatever that Mr。 Swinburne has put his 'hell' into a vocabulary�察�with the 

inevitable   consequences   to   the   word。         And   when   the   minor   men   of   his 

school   have   occasion   for   a   'hell'   ��which   may   very   well   happen   to   any 

young man practising authorship���察�I must not be accused of phantasy if I 

say that they put their hands into Mr。 Swinburne's vocabulary and pick it。 

These vocabularies are made out of vigorous and blunt language。                          'What 

hempen        homespuns        have     we    swaggering        here��'     Alas�察     �they    are 

homespuns         from    the    factory�察   �machine´made         in   uncostly     quantities。 

Obviously�察�power needs to make use of no such storage。                      The property of 

power is to use phrases�察�whether strange or familiar�察�as though it created 

them。     But even more than lack of power is lack of humour the cause of 

all the rankness and the staleness�察�of all the Anglo´Saxon of commerce�察�of 

all   the   weary    'quaintness'that      quaintness     of   which     one   is  moved     to 

exclaim   with   Cassio�此       �'Hither   comes   the   bauble��'       Lack   of   a   sense   of 

humour   betrays   a   man   into   that   perpetual   too´much   whereby   he   tries   to 

make   amends   for   a   currency   debased。          No   more   than   any   other   can   a 

witty     writer   dispense     with    a  sense    of   humour。      In    his  moments       of 

sentiment   the   lack   is   distressing�察  �in   his   moments   of   wit   it   is   at   least 

perceptible。       A   sense   of   humour   cannot   be   always   present�察  �it   may   be 

urged。      Why�察�no�察�it is the lack of it that isimportunate。 Other absences�察�

such   as   the   absence   of passion�察  �the   absence   of delicacy�察  �are�察  �if   grievous 

negatives�察�still mere negatives。            These qualities may or may not be there 

at   call�察  �ready   for   a   summons�察  �we   are   not   obliged   to   know�察  �we   are   not 

momentarily aware�察�unless they ought to be in action�察�whether their action 

is   possible。    But   want   of   power   and   want   of   a   sense   of   the   ridiculous�此�

these are lacks wherefrom there is no escaping�察�deficiencies that are all´ 

influential�察     �defects    that    assert   themselves�察      �vacancies      that   proclaim 



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themselves�察�absences from the presence whereof there is no flying�察�what 

other   paradoxes   can   I   adventure�拭     �Without   powerno   style。   Without   a 

possible humour��no style。          The weakling has no confidence in himself 

to keep him from grasping at words that he fancies hold within them the 

true passions of the race�察�ready for the uses of his egoism。                  And with a 

sense of humour a man will not steal from a shelf the precious treasure of 

the language and put it in his pocket。 



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                                      PATHOS 



     A   fugitive   writer   wrote   but   lately   on   the   fugitive   page   of   a   minor 

magazine�此      �'For our part�察�the drunken tinker ��Christopher Sly�А�is the most 

real personage of the piece�察�and not without some hints of the pathos that 

is   worked     out   more    fully�察 �though     by   different   ways�察   �in  Bottom     and 

Malvolio。'      Has     it  indeed   come    to   this�拭  �Have     the  Zeitgeist    and   the 

Weltschmerz and the other things compared to which 'le spleen' was gay�察�

done so much for us�拭         �Is there to be no laughter left in literature free from 

the   preoccupation   of   a   sham   real´life�拭    �So   it   would   seem。    Even   what 

the great master has not shown us in his work�察�that your critic convinced 

of   pathos   is   resolved   to   see   in   it。 By   the   penetration   of   his   intrusive 

sympathy he will come at it。            It is of little use now to explain Snug the 

joiner to the audience�此       �why�察�it is precisely Snug who stirs their emotions 

so painfully。      Not the lion�察�they can see through that�此�but the Snug within�察�

the human Snug。          And Master Shallow has the Weltschmerz in that latent 

form which is the more appealing�察�and discouraging questions arise as to 

the end   of   old   Double�察  �and Argan   in his nightcap   is the   tragic   figure   of 

Monomania�察�and human nature shudders at the petrifaction of the intellect 

of Mr。 F。's aunt。      Et patati�察�et patata。 

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