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R. F. Murray-His Poems with a Memoir-Part5_ANDREW LANG(1844-1912)_English Literature(文学名著)-第2页

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than the turning out of epigrams. Indeed there was other work of

some more or less mechanical kind, and the manufacture of `leader



notes' was the least part of Murray's industry. At the end of two

years there was `the prospect of a very fair salary.' But there was



`night-work and everlasting hurry.' `The interviewing of a half-

bred Town-Councillor on the subject of gas and paving' did not



exhilarate Murray. Again, he had to compile a column of Literary

News, from the Athenaeum, the Academy, and so on, `with comments and



enlargements where possible.' This might have been made extremely

amusing, it sounds like a delightful task,--the making of comments



on `Mr. - has finished a sonnet:' `Mr. -`s poems are in their

fiftieth thousand:' `Miss - has gone on a tour of health to the



banks of the Yang-tse-kiang:' `Mrs. - is engaged on a novel about

the Pilchard Fishery.' One could make comments (if permitted) on



these topics for love, and they might not be unpopular. But perhaps

Murray was shackled a little by human respect, or the prejudices of



his editor. At all events he calls it `not very inspiring

employment.' The bare idea, I confess, inspirits me extremely.



But the literary follet, who delights in mild mischief, did not

haunt Murray. He found an opportunity to write on the Canongate



Churchyard, where Fergusson lies, under the monument erected by

Burns to the boy of genius whom he called his master. Of course the



part of the article which dealt with Fergusson, himself a poet of

the Scarlet Gown, was cut out. The Scotch do not care to hear about



Fergusson, in spite of their `myriad mutchkined enthusiasm' for his

more illustrious imitator and successor, Burns.



At this time Edinburgh was honouring itself, and Mr. Parnell, by

conferring its citizenship on that patriot. Murray was actually



told off `to stand at a given point of the line on which the hero

marched,' and to write some lines of `picturesque description.'



This kind of thing could not go on. It was at Nelson's Monument

that he stood: his enthusiasm was more for Nelson than for Mr.



Parnell; and he caught a severe cold on this noble occasion.

Murray's opinions clashed with those of the Scottish Leader, and he



withdrew from its service.

Just a week passed between the Parnellian triumph and Murray's



retreat from daily journalism" target="_blank" title="n.新闻业；新闻工作">journalism. `On a newspaper one must have no

opinions except those which are favourable to the sale of the paper



and the filling of its advertisementcolumns.' That is not

precisely an accurate theory. Without knowing anything of the



circumstances, one may imagine that Murray was rather impracticable.

Of course he could not write against his own opinions, but it is



unusual to expect any one to do that, or to find any one who will do

it. `Incompatibility of temper' probably caused this secession from



the newspaper.

After various attempts to find occupation, he did some proof-reading



for Messrs. Constable. Among other things he `read' the journal of

Lady Mary Coke, privately printed for Lord Home. Lady Mary, who



appears as a lively child in The Heart of Midlothian, `had a taste

for loo, gossip, and gardening, but the greatest of these is



gossip.' The best part of the book is Lady Louisa Stuart's

inimitable introduction. Early in October he decided to give up



proof-reading: the confinement had already told on his health. In

the letter which announces this determination he describes a sermon






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