New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-11-03

sarcasm. Many o; the Sketches are Of fSpee
and Shsdees-Types Of Classes, and Shadows d
Men. The rest have mere marked individuality
And now let ne give you a portrait or
two Of ny own. The 6rst is that Of Sydney
Dober author of the Romsn" and " Bladder"
All people SIRE Hero worsaippers, more or less,
and il /. always pleasant to get some idea though
FAINT sbd shadowy of their mortal hnesment',
whom We take special interest ia, aud whom
We MAY never see tsce ia face. A description 10
necessarily an unsatisfactory sort OF III NJ, and
the desired result is not much more nearly a.
tanned than it, in tyin to 1--WE you an idea OF au
oak tree, | sent you few of its leaves. merely
send few leaves from our English oak
Imagine person Of 81 years Of age fare yeu
A coed Judge of age y slight firm figure. . iees
9 inches in hight, sculptared against the light
cl.snIy and clearly, as q sculptor would say. The
head i large and high, and broade ming from tho
brovs inward, not because the perceptiye region
ia n,rr, w but because the imaginative ridge 10
sill 6rer IL appears more high than broad, tho
effective organs being very large. 1t is crowned
With a Lind of cloud If dark, waving hair, brown,
luxuiiaht, and thrown upward. Streng'n anu
calm are the main characteristics OF us srchi-
lecture The face ia thin and pale, but not salow,
intensely expressive OF power, but soitened oy
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bright. penetrating but full OF kindness and De-
neyoence. Tie brows are somewhat heavy
ard massive, the eyebrows strongly msrAeo
and pressing down ON the eyes. lhoso
same brows can look caustc, satricai ano
are c. able If frowns but such sweet spirtuai
nature l.oks out from beneath them. lie mas nos
had abundant health and this, united to great IN
t.yectual labor. has given delicate thinness 10
his face. The mouth is full and sensitive as SEN
sitiye leaf Muse handsome aud straight, not long,
rather round, but with piquant point, denotng
u II and GOOD nature. To sum up, the head ex-
presses great power aud msJesty-the lace, gen'
ilen.ss, tepderuess and spritualized nature--the
figure. IN upright spirit; aud altogether Nature
las fitted him cut generously and noniy'
No attempt ., portrait OF DIT; oydney Dove, '
could omit his roice-as completely representative
of himself as his face. Musical, but deep ana
rich: eminently expressive of the strength and
calm of the nature Miss Mulock said OF II, that
"ybep other peoples voices sounded IKE mix,
"Ms sounded like cresm'-sn epgrammatlc
sun mary Of much that it is nposslble TO denne ~
detail Colerisge and think Shelley, malntained
that the bong upper lip denoted great magnanon,
or was the essential representative feature oil ~,
as in the face If Sbakspere; and nlsgSes esPecia'
strength 10 the face % Sydney Dobeli.
should like 10 iot down an etching OF the hev.
Charles Kingsley, for he is one OF those men IN
whom bis readers feel personal interest oome
autl ors one would not give pm to see Others
We would give anything to get glimpse OIL one
would give a world TO see Ihackeray Charael
Lamb, TepDyson, and Shakspere. kmssle!
looks very unlike clergymen generally tie
fond of field sports, understands horse-iesh, e1
ults in pull acro,s the country, and believe ht
has en,rr,d the pulpit with bis cord-trousers on
Tie is tall ose-limbed, aud somewhat sportsman
Ike in axe He is as strong in the leg aud arm
as he is in the head, and could ride or wreste
with most His forehead Is Doblelo0Slng ahd
somew hat round; his hair Is brown and straight:
His head sDd face are study OF expression, aio
mn, BIZ divided into three sections, eac pecuhsfV
representative. The forehead is timely inteiieet
unl; the .yts and middle portion OF the lace rep
resent the affections; the mouth and chln give you
the animal passions. / know not when mas tho
preEmip.pce- they are all intensely vivid. The
face has a severe expression, and many harsh INES
are pulled all sOIts Oi ways. never saw Kingsley
sn lie. lie always wears look OF grim earnestness'
" neither preaching or talking, or playing with MS
children, be is always intent But his eyes are
very notice able; not noticeable large gray eyee,"
but soft gray mean soft ia color, not In express
sion, for that seems Of atar-away kind. Ihey are
MYSTICAL like those of man accustomed 70 look
within, or rapt % lite beyond the moment; and
while looking on everyday realities, they always
preserve their rtmOteness. Ills earnestness OF
manner seems 10 extend to his feet, for he cannot
stand still. He is DIS restless as those sea-anmals
out If their element which one sees at the Geo.
logical Gardens, that wander around and around
their prison increasingly, as though they carried
the motion OF the sea with them. When in con-
versatioh, be will keep walking backward and foS-
ward all the time, like thing OF perpetual mo-
ton suffering az he talks, like another Charles
Lamb, only more in earnest. The sea Of life
within him is seldom at rest; standing or sitting,
it lie for ever billowy, and he sways to its motion
Fancy this figure standing against wall, with
hands locked behind, singing that song Of his:
'1be day of the Lord is at hand" aud swaying
his body to and fro, the eyes closed, the eyelids
trembling with emotion, and you have the most
striking idea that can give you of Charles Kings
ly and mis- Hebrew Prophet.like intensity Of look
and manner and personal bearing