The Ohio organ, of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, [Ohio]) 1853-1854, 1853-04-22

SemNE ..--Daurence Sterns WAS theson ofhn
iiiph ltientenant. This gentleman SEEM to have
oeen q sort Of military nOmad, and 10 have
wandered abontin the service az ,his sovereign
Sulte Ssl too much Tor the good Of his family
by ~ enlldFen were born aa follows. q Rifl in
hlqnd ders, q boytl Laurence at Clonmels Ira.
laad, boy at plymouth, tdied yopnc.}a eirj
~ the Isle Of Wight Oiled Young. \ e, 6os "a,
wicklow, Ireland, (died youn9:la a rirl Al 1srs
riektefgus, ireland, (died yoahR: j and another
at londonderry, who survived, Sferne was borr.
10 lII5, and after having been carried fro,a
place to place. with his family, and weleoms1
into the world last Of his various brothers and
sisters misplaced At schOOlih Halifax, al the
age Of nine. g
From school he was sent to Cambridge.
by his cousin. in l739. bis father having dEedi
IN March OF that year, After leaving here, in
lT36, be took holy orders, and was presented
BY his uncle, who was diQnitary IN tbh cbaTeS.
with a living at Sutton, in Yorkshire, He
lived az this place about twenty years. marry
Ing Yorkshire lady in l74l, hy whom he,
had daughter. From his marriage he OBJ.
tanned second living in Yorkshire. His
uncle also gained for him the prebend Of York.,
During the twenty at Sutton he lived rather q
gay lie, and qlarFeled with the neighboring,
clergymen. "Boeks, +" he informs rs, 'paint.I
ting, ilddlng and shooting were my amuse,
ments." A Charity Sermon, his first lubi.
cation, appeared in 'l747 followed By another
sermon IL 1850.
From Sutton he moved to York, and print
cd there, in 1853, the first two volumes Of
Tristram Shandy. Tristram made "a great
snr. The public were divided in their opinion
o. ITS merits, but eyerybod read it. He
welcomed ~ London on going there in 1850,
with great distinction. His brother minister's,
NIah IS L.. "a
seem to have prosecuted him. 2 Their condefi.
nation be bore with philosophy, reflectinR that
II would at least make him better known .--
Inc way to tames" be muses., sis like the
way to Heaven, through much tribulation, and
till shall have the honor to be as much. NAL.
treated, as Rabelas and Swift were, | must
continue humble, for have not filled up the
measure Of half their persecutions.' Az
London he published in 1860, while his pom
ularity was fresh, two volumes Of Sermons.
which thc publicswallOwed with keen re-.
lish. 1t has been said Of them, with equivocal
praise, that they maintained the character Of
the author for wit, genius, and eccentricity."
Gray said Sf Sterne's Sermons, ''they show d
strong Imagination, and.a sensible heart, but
you often see their author tottering on the
verge OF laughter, and ready tothrow his peril
wig in the face Of his audience"
AIVAN INV pIShpubOu DbGfu6
with the cgracy Of Coxweuld. Two more vol
umes Of Tristram Shandy appeared in 1851,
aud two more in l762, ,-a all received with great
applause. This year our author went, to
France, andleft his wife and daughter there
several years. In 1854, he sent forth iour
volumes more Of sermons, and the lsame year
made another continental tour going as far as
Italy. In the year following he published
volumes seven and eight, Of Trislram Shandy,
ann two years later, volume ninth, his last
He was employed duringthe summer in writ
ing the Sentimental Journey at CoXwoald
his "sweet retirement. Towards the end Of
the year, he left his residence at York, and
went to London. Here he published, The
Sentimental Journey" early in I76S, and died
at his boarding place in March. -
After his death, his letters were published.
Those to his daughter are said to be extremeg
ly touchins. But in general, his writings
showed more tenderness than his life, and he
is classed by Moore among those literary men
with whom the seat Of sensibility has been
transferred from the heart to the brain. E