Swinburne, in the
columns of the SPECTATOR. Indeed there was nothing in which men
take interest, in which he took not some; and yet always most in
the strong human bonds, ancient as the race and woven of delights
and duties.
He was even an anxious father; perhaps that is the part where
optimism is hardest tested. He was eager for his sons; eager for
their health, whether of mind or body; eager for their education;
in that, I should have thought, too eager. But he kept a pleasant
face upon all things, believed in play, loved it himself, shared
boyishly in theirs, and knew how to put a face of entertainment
upon business and a spirit of education into entertainment. If he
was to test the progress of the three boys, this advertisement
would appear in their little manuscript paper:- 'Notice: The
Professor of Engineering in the University of Edinburgh intends at
the close of the scholastic year to hold examinations in the
following subjects: (1) For boys in the fourth class of the
Academy - Geometry and Algebra; (2) For boys at Mr.
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