New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-12-14

dspcsiiicn satTist scoffer, truculont and vim
6csive enemy. Ills management Of The Quarterly
Reriec marked by the absence Of literary con
Righteousness, hercenoss Of pr iioo often tinscd
,dh msliguity, and cynical contempt Of every oobo
and gep erous sentiment In notice of the dec eased,
one OF tho leading London Journals remarks
"Ali the world always aware Of the SINS Of The
Ovn-serly under Iockharts management AMI the
as. Informed had cause to view them the m ,st Sc
,rrel Everybody knows what Cookers polite Il
articles were like. Everybody knOs s how tho pub
U,her was now and then compelled to republish, as
Anew he'd originally stood, articles which had been
hter oleted, by Croker and Lockhar,, whose ma mes
vsrs always associated in regard to the review
9Th libtls and malicious jokes. In their reckless
nau tn drew upon themselves an amount Of rep
vobsioo in literary circles which thin skinned men
eou,d never have endured. Now, the young author
AZ fs,her's biography was invited by the cd tor
"A and BIN early proof Sheets for the benefit Of
msedy review; and the review did what it could
a damn the book before it fairly in the hands
A he public and now, the vanity of somo second
Ar hjrd rate author was Aattered aud drawn out in
p,;vsss Intercourse TO obtain material for carca.
| iure In the next Quarterly. As able man, a
4 sYea. admirer OF the literary merits Of the Re-
ssopsscted and vigorous and successful have moth
ing to opprehend from The Quarterly; but, as
ssurs as they are old or blind, or deaf, or absent
tsn fher travels or superannuated bankrupt, or
sdesd- Tie Qaarterlyis upon them
| The cherries gloom which sbrouded the close of
hIs life is alluded to by the same writer, showing
picture Of desoation, sufficiently somber to crafty
/ As most vindictive enemy. " The good will which
abe did not seek in his happy days, was won for him
aby the deep end anold Of his latter years.
The extraordinary sweep made by death 10 his
q wife family is world wide wonder and sorrow.
LADY Scott went frst and the beloved child
/ " Lcckbsrts intelligent boy, 60 well known unde-
thename Of Hugh Httlcjohn died when the grand
l Gathers mind was dim and olouded. Soon after
"Dcotts death, bis younger daughter and WORKOUT
q nurse followed him; and in four years more, Mrs.
"Loclbart. The young Sir Walter died childless in
India, and his brother Charles unmarried, 10 Persia.
" Lockhart was left with a son and daughter. AS
"yess and griefs began to press heavily upon him,
new SORROW arose in his narrow domestic circle His
"son was never any CON fort to him, and died
| I" IN early manhood. The only remaining descend
can't Of Scott, Lockhart's daughter, was married,
"and became so fervent aud Obedent a Catholic
D@ TO render all intimate intercourse be-
"tween the forlorn father and his only child
impossible. He now opulent An estate bad
descended to him through an elder brother AMI
be held en- ofice-ihat of Auditor Of the Duchy of
"Cornw all-whch yielded him $500 year. He had
"given up the labor of editing The Qurterly but
" what were opulence and leisure to him now Those
who saw him in his daily walk in London, his hand.
"seme countenanoe-always with lowering aud sar
"donic expresson-now darkened with sadness, and
"the thin lips compressed than ever by pain
"of mind forgave, in respectful compassion for one
80 visited all of quarrel, however Just, and
threw themselves it were into his mind seeing
"sgain the early pranks with Christopher North, the
"dnings by the brook at Chiefs the glories of
"the Abbotsford sporting parties, the travels with
"Scott leo like ovation in Ireland, and the home
sin Regents spark with the gentle Sophia presiding
Accompanying these with the actual forlo
"of his last years. there heart that could not
"pty and forgive, and carefully award him his due,
"ss a writer who has given much pleasure in bis day
"and left precious bequest to posterty in his life of
sthe great novelist purged, as we hope it will be- of
Il whatever is untrue and unknd, aud rendered as
safe as it is beautiful"