Part 6 (1/1)

NOTE 7, PAGE 101

Legouve, in his 'L'Art de la lecture,' chap vii, 'Les vers libres,'

says: les vers libres out un rhythme comme les vers alexandrins, comme les vers des strophes, seulele mysterieuse, mais reelle, que vous ne trouverez dans aucun traite de rhetorique, ination de tous les poetes de genie Voila pourquoi les vers libres du dix-septieme siecle sont excellents, et ceux du dix-huitieme, sauf quelques pieces de Voltaire, mediocres; les poetes n'ont pas devine le secret

NOTE 8, PAGE 114

_Socrates_ I cannot help feeling, Phaedrus, that writing is unfortunately like painting; for the creations of the painter have the attitude of life, and yet if you ask them a question they preserve a solemn silence And the saine that they had intelligence, but if you want to know anything, and put a question to one of the answer

And when they have been once written down, they are tu those who may or may not understand them, and know not to whom they should reply, to whom not; and if they are maltreated or abused, they have no parent to protect them; and they cannot protect or defend theain is most true _Socrates_ Is there not another kind of word or speech far better than this, and having far greater power--a son of the saotten? _Phaedrus_ Whoin?

_Socrates_ I raven in the soul of the learner, which can defend itself, and knohen to speak and when to be silent _Phaedrus_ You e which has a soul, and of which the written word is properly no e?

_Socrates_ Yes, of course, that is what I mean--_Plato, Phaedrus, 275 D, 276, Dr Jowett's translation_

NOTE 9, PAGE 121

He refers probably to articles in Punch, contained in the 2d volume for the year 1887, pp 25, 37, 64, _et al_