The Ridpath library of universal literatureA biographical and bibliographical summary of the world's most eminent authors . evening at seven oclock the familiar gaspof the horn was heard. Instantly it was followed by thescreech of the violin, the spasmodic choking of the cor-net, the drone of the accordion, the wail of the flute,and the fierce uproar of the drum. In two minutes acrowd was collected in the street under the impressionthat a large orchestra was rehearsing Wagners Meis-tersinger, and the young man with the French hornwas lying on the floor of his room in strong convulsions. The cu
The Ridpath library of universal literatureA biographical and bibliographical summary of the world's most eminent authors . evening at seven oclock the familiar gaspof the horn was heard. Instantly it was followed by thescreech of the violin, the spasmodic choking of the cor-net, the drone of the accordion, the wail of the flute,and the fierce uproar of the drum. In two minutes acrowd was collected in the street under the impressionthat a large orchestra was rehearsing Wagners Meis-tersinger, and the young man with the French hornwas lying on the floor of his room in strong convulsions. The cure was complete. Early the next morning theFrench-horn player was removed to a lunatic asylum, WILLIAM LIVINGSTON ALDEN 267 where he still remains. He is quiet and harmless, buthe believes that he is a remnant of the wall of Jericho,which fell down under the assault of the Hebrew trum-pets, and constantly insists that Congress should makean appropriation to repair him and mount him with bar-bette guns. . His horn has vanished, and the in-mates of his former boarding-house are contented andhappy.—Shooting ALDRICH, Thomas Bailey, an American jour-nalist, poet, and novelist, born at Portsmouth, , November 11, 1836. He entered the counting-house of his uncle, a New York merchant, wherehe remained three years; began to write for va-rious periodicals, and subsequently acted as proof-reader in a printing-office. He became connectedwith the Boston Atlantic Monthly, of which he wasmade editor in 1883. His poems include: TheBells (1855); Baby Bell (1856); Cloth of Gold (1874);Floivcr and TJiorn (1876); Friar Jeromes BeautifulBook (1881); Mercedes and Later Lyrics; also ahousehold edition of his complete poems (1885);Wyndham Towers {i2>?,g); The Sister s Tragedy andOther Poems (1891), and Unguarded Gates andOther Poems. PRELUDE TO CLOTH OF GOLD.* You ask me if by rule or no Our many-colored songs are wrought?— Upon the cunning loom of weave our fancies so and
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