DIFFERENT VIEWS OF BURNS.

Marlborough Express, Volume XXXVII, Issue 222, 19 September 1903, Page 5 (Supplement)

DIFFERENT VIEWS OF BURNS.

" Read the exquisite gongs of Burns," Tennyson exclaimed. "In shape each ot' them has the perfection of a berry, in light the radiance o£ a dewdrop : you forget for its satoe those stupid things, his serious pieces ! "

The same clay I met Wordsworth, and named Burns to him. Wordsworth praised him even more vehemently than Tennyson had done as the great genius that had brought ipoetry back to nature. "Of course, I refer to his .serious efforts, such as 'The Cottar's Saturday Nigh4;'i those foolish little amatory songs Of his one has to forget."

I told the tale to Henry Taylor that, evening, and his answer- wafr " Burns' exquisite songs and his'serious efforts are to ihe alike'tedious and disagreeable reading;! " So much for the infallibility, of,'poets in their own art.—Tennyson : A Memoir.

THE HOT-WATER CURE,

Hot water is not only a relief for. many ills, but from its quick appii-j cation many "cures are effected. It is so easy to obtain hot wa.t*r In. these days of gas ranges that m*»y a severe illness may be averted if the application is only given in time There is nothing that so promptly, cuts short, congestion of the lungs,* or sore throats as does hot water. The great thing is to apply it in time and then te be thorough in tb^ application. -F.br toothache or nw*.

ralgia hot water will often, affanl instant rolief.f A towel in Wed several times and dipped in to scalding, hot water, and then wrung out should be laid upon the f ninfill part. The same treatment acts like magic in applying the heated towel to the stomac for colic. ■ ■ . • <