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The Literary Experiences Of A Young Man With A Future.
Sometimes , when in a good humour , and wishing to be , as Her Majesty woidd say , " friendly" with all powers , I would write in a delicate and humorous manner , such as , "I shall be glad to hear from you in reference to my article . You win readily understand , between such distinguished individuals as ourselves , that I shoidd be glad , as our friends the de Rothschilds would say , ' to turn over some coin , ' etc . Well do I remember the first time an MS . of mine was accepted . With what
wonder and awe did I not revise the proof . How strange it seemed to see what I had written in print , and to think it was being read all over the world ! My -writings began to get talked about , as blue wilting generally does make itself known and felt , and what I wrote was the bluest of the blue . The " Commons" began to eye me with respect , alertness , and watchfulness . Two or three of the " Lords " wrote me nice , friendly , complimentary , gracefully giving-in sort of letters . The Prince of Wales began to nod
to me genially and confidentially , as if he had known me all his life . The Princess of Wales and the Duchess of Eclinburgh evidently seemed to think that if that dear , delightful Lady Ooutts would make over to me that £ 70 , 000 she has just come into , and the Duke of Connaught , say , would present me , how nice it would be , and what an acquisition I shoidd be at their dances aud dinners , for you coidd tell at a glance I waltzed beautifully , and my blood grew richer on a good dinner . A young litterateur , who had written a book on Arabs , grasped me enthusiasticallv bv the hand : " Let us
go , " said he , "to the Turks , Afghans , Zidus , and Cypriotes , and make them into , brothers . " " Alas ! " said I , " we shoidd have to dine when we got there , and I have no money . " You see I am eminently practical . I have tasted the sweets and bitters of being an author . I studiously refrain from all mention of my effusions in society . I write my articles in the sanctity of my sanctum , and drop them , at odd hours , into the editors ' boxes . I live in hopes , though , although I am eminently practical , that Lord
Beaconsfield has some pleasant romantic surprise in store for me , and will shortly say , " Here , my dear young friend , I have long been edified , amused , charmed , ancl instructed by your distinguished abdities . I quite understand that you require a ' vote of credit , ' and I have , like Monte Christo , placed so much to your credit at my bankers , and I have every reason to believe I shall be credited with you and you will be a credit to your country . "
In the meantime I have to practise horrible little economies , that nothing short , I am persuaded , but genius could combat ; and in case I shoidd be likened to the Duke of . Edinburgh , I beg most emphatically to state that I haven't his allowance , but that if I had , I should know how to spend it wisely , generously , and sensibly . I hope most " religiously I shall not have to become " a mercenary hireling . Still , shoidd a profitable appointment for a Governor-General , Lord-Lieutenant , or Viceroy become vacant , I think I should be strongly induced to send in an application , and—and—and—I shouldn't be at all surprised if I were to be unanimously elected .
Hermes Trismegistus.
HERMES TRISMEGISTUS .
From the " Freemason ' s Reporter . "
TN Masonic speech and literature frequent mention is made of the Hermetic Philosophy x and Brotherhood , and of _ their assumed bearings upon and relations to the Masonic Institution . Perhaps there is not always a very clear understanding of the import of these terms on the part of those who press them into service ; at any rate they are phrases of doubtful meaning to the majority of Brethren . Definitions are always in order . It is always well to put the stamp of clear meaning on words ancl phrases frequently referred to , both for the actual gain iu knowledge , and , also , to prevent those
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The Literary Experiences Of A Young Man With A Future.
Sometimes , when in a good humour , and wishing to be , as Her Majesty woidd say , " friendly" with all powers , I would write in a delicate and humorous manner , such as , "I shall be glad to hear from you in reference to my article . You win readily understand , between such distinguished individuals as ourselves , that I shoidd be glad , as our friends the de Rothschilds would say , ' to turn over some coin , ' etc . Well do I remember the first time an MS . of mine was accepted . With what
wonder and awe did I not revise the proof . How strange it seemed to see what I had written in print , and to think it was being read all over the world ! My -writings began to get talked about , as blue wilting generally does make itself known and felt , and what I wrote was the bluest of the blue . The " Commons" began to eye me with respect , alertness , and watchfulness . Two or three of the " Lords " wrote me nice , friendly , complimentary , gracefully giving-in sort of letters . The Prince of Wales began to nod
to me genially and confidentially , as if he had known me all his life . The Princess of Wales and the Duchess of Eclinburgh evidently seemed to think that if that dear , delightful Lady Ooutts would make over to me that £ 70 , 000 she has just come into , and the Duke of Connaught , say , would present me , how nice it would be , and what an acquisition I shoidd be at their dances aud dinners , for you coidd tell at a glance I waltzed beautifully , and my blood grew richer on a good dinner . A young litterateur , who had written a book on Arabs , grasped me enthusiasticallv bv the hand : " Let us
go , " said he , "to the Turks , Afghans , Zidus , and Cypriotes , and make them into , brothers . " " Alas ! " said I , " we shoidd have to dine when we got there , and I have no money . " You see I am eminently practical . I have tasted the sweets and bitters of being an author . I studiously refrain from all mention of my effusions in society . I write my articles in the sanctity of my sanctum , and drop them , at odd hours , into the editors ' boxes . I live in hopes , though , although I am eminently practical , that Lord
Beaconsfield has some pleasant romantic surprise in store for me , and will shortly say , " Here , my dear young friend , I have long been edified , amused , charmed , ancl instructed by your distinguished abdities . I quite understand that you require a ' vote of credit , ' and I have , like Monte Christo , placed so much to your credit at my bankers , and I have every reason to believe I shall be credited with you and you will be a credit to your country . "
In the meantime I have to practise horrible little economies , that nothing short , I am persuaded , but genius could combat ; and in case I shoidd be likened to the Duke of . Edinburgh , I beg most emphatically to state that I haven't his allowance , but that if I had , I should know how to spend it wisely , generously , and sensibly . I hope most " religiously I shall not have to become " a mercenary hireling . Still , shoidd a profitable appointment for a Governor-General , Lord-Lieutenant , or Viceroy become vacant , I think I should be strongly induced to send in an application , and—and—and—I shouldn't be at all surprised if I were to be unanimously elected .
Hermes Trismegistus.
HERMES TRISMEGISTUS .
From the " Freemason ' s Reporter . "
TN Masonic speech and literature frequent mention is made of the Hermetic Philosophy x and Brotherhood , and of _ their assumed bearings upon and relations to the Masonic Institution . Perhaps there is not always a very clear understanding of the import of these terms on the part of those who press them into service ; at any rate they are phrases of doubtful meaning to the majority of Brethren . Definitions are always in order . It is always well to put the stamp of clear meaning on words ancl phrases frequently referred to , both for the actual gain iu knowledge , and , also , to prevent those