A. NAME.
What is a name worth ? A contemporary asks, and remarks, " A good deal, apparently, in tho case of Alfred Tennyßon, who is so fully alivo to tho magic charm of his patronymic that he has declined to become the heir of certain estates in Lincolnshire, rather than exchange it for that of Turner. Tho laureate's elder brother inherited Grasby Hall and come neighbouring farms many years baok, and for tho sake of the £1000 or £2000 a year which they yielded he entirely dropped the Tennyson, and became the Eev Charles Turner, a name which stands on the title-page of his book of sonnets. He died a few months ago, leaving no issue, and his wife followed him to
the grave within a few weeks. The next heir is the laureate, but he will not accept the condition which rigorously enforces the entire (suppression of the Tennyson. Doubtless ithere will be found a brother, or a nephew, if jnot a son, willirg to forego the prestige Httached to Uie family name for the sake of a (comfortable inherit mce, but tho succession is jStill,. we believe, unsoltled." We scarcely admire- the laureate's taste in the matter. Tin iwriteir of "In Memoriam" could not be [hidden beneath the plebian name of Tumor.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 3609, 4 November 1879, Page 3
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213A. NAME. Star (Christchurch), Issue 3609, 4 November 1879, Page 3
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