The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1849-09-20

SKETCH OF DIoKENs-We find in some Of our
exchanges the following sketch of Charles Dick
ems. No wonder q man of the character below
given should wIits such foolish book about
America as Dickens did.
Mr. Dickens, 10 private life, Is good tempered and
hospitahle; he has striking, face his hair Is dark
and long his eye, which IS the great iaet q HlS
cotntenance is hazel he is rather under the md"
/ die size is neatly made, and very active; his IA
| yorite time for composition is in the morning; he
writes till about one or TWO; lunches, t9en taxes
4 wak-foT couple Of hours, returns TO dinner ana
qives the evening 10 his own or friends hreslde.
| He Is a very CAV dresseF-eseheWs eOllars-Es-
ioioes in bright scarlet rolling faengs to bis waist
Coats as fond of rings and gold chains as a MO
| sale Jew. Indeed he dresses IN a manner Whler'
! If INDUCED in by another, would inevitably eau
| forth some of his genial banter He Is tond OF
1 country dances and similar amusementas BY MS
own fTeside he is as pleasant and companionanls
as his warInest admlrer could WISH; nus converse
ton. however is not what might be expected Of a
man SO Justly celebrated he tells story we'll,
| and with ever fresh variations or humorous exag-
| eerations. He is strong admlrer Oh IehpysoA
and Browning; we have heard nm gee i va
he would rather have written - Blot IN tne Se1toh
. | eon . shan any work of modern times. we nave
heard similar high admiration expressed on me
| ofbsr sida of the Atlantic. Taking this Tor what
il is WORTH it still shows how highly that nnp9p9
lar poet is esteemed by some OF the leading ihIsl-
ects of EDgland and America.
Il Mr. Dickens lives in good style IN the Regents
PARK and is reported to live not wisely bnt teo
: ,wenl Men Of quick feeling and ardent syihlssl-
thies are not expected to be Cookers Arltnme4c IN
the flesh, or to have the calculating mind Oh LUZ
I don or &. New York merchant. .,,-i,,
t. He abnninates argument; delights IN walAiiig
( the crowded thoroughfares of life. and noihs o
ID humOrs Of his fellow creatures ~ I n - re-
L; sympathy with all the oppressed classes gnu M
- INCARCERATION outhe msanthTOpe or the
d. sristocrst He now and then administers ntllo
gentle rebuks to ahectation, in pleasant pel uu-
F" 9,istakable manner. In general, however, ms nc
" ,l-s are mt bappV Notwithstanding this appa-
snt theoretical sympathy with the lower classes
al he psvs an absurd Difference TO men OF Ianks ahu
+ | thinks no dnnertable complete without loru' o'
: a very rich merchant or banker rms has peer
decidedly injurious 10 his writings i has era
n his hand " and checked the thunder IN mid V0lley
lie little anecdote viii illustrate this amlaose
Is weakness" better than heightened dlsqusltloh
"a An acquaintance Of his, calling one morning
upoHa celebrated writer distinguished for ms plain
speaking, was astonished by the latter saying, u
mr. his most paintive Scotch in the course Of CONVEX
i sation, Poor Dickens am sorry for him eouls
IA have better spared better mon! !" You ana1
IS me replied the other, why, saw him last Week
's- i'm good health. For Gods sake tell me all aooo
CHI itsstVhen did he die . I" DIE mon roaFed Ia
nhilosopher, 81 never said he was dead; NEAR
that twas all over with him as great author.
rs: ssWbat do You mean /" inquired the Vlsite
TO Vhv mean this he has dined with a real Inv
m. lord, aud il s in the newspaper! say again,
am truly sorry for poor Dickens"
- His most intimate companions are mr. NlActeaul
ms Forster, Rogers, LandOn, Harley and IalfoUrd
do his Acquaintance however, extends throughout Il
the whole range Of the literary circles.
80 Notwithstanding the attention he receives fro
a few Of the nobility, snch as Earl Carlisle, De
oou man and Ashley, he is unpopular with the fasho
DIR. able circles and is asked as they would inv
icre Tom Thumb, the Siamess Twins, or any 9th
will ls,s naro, merely TO increase the dramatic
fractions Of the evening; but the weakness
feeling hatteFed by the attentions Of rank or Weas
ibe is a common falling with most men, sspee
mad when they have sprung from humble Class " "
:; oiety, and where the mind s deficient n tne nlg
. - est qualities, not fortified By great ~
gan Of this latter requisite, Mr.. Dlekeus mas ie III
Aree most men so widely renowned \. :.
lays up his capabilities in z ew n TqIA 5S n
~ man, he is good tempered, vain heSle, WIZ
Erie ,,es Nm t r,ss appsar 70 Be insincere; on
e' other hand, it must Justice bs stated thaI e I
IA of gets with kindly facility an opsLe e ~ rs ~,
~ pFesslon on the minds Of those VINO naNs n2'
i u him isnSsst 4 ihai be Z detieiens N ~ lh
sasaa sgYiklne apslliies q We AleN NhleA seli4
J RsRlaiy q Hasi