New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-07-23

| aud hn1 bet known it," He eat down aad
had q delightful hours chat with him. Que secs
the mau 80 plainly in HE works that HE readers
may almost be said 70 know him personsy. He
| j. thoroughly simple and natural, and those who
call him cgotstlcal forget that his esotsm il only
naive and unhnkipg sincerity, like that Of chl.d.
In fact he is the youngest msD for hi, years taat
ever knew, when was SIXTEEN" said he, II
used TO think 10 lily self, when AN twenty four,
then will l be old ibdeed'-but now AIN if:y.
two. ard | have just the same feeling Of youth
no at twenty" He was greatly delighted when
Braistsd, who was in the room with Inc, spoke of
having read his " Improyisatore" in the Sandwich
I.lauds. "Wby, is it possiblel" he exclaiaed
when hear Of my books going far around the
earth, sometimes wonder if it can be really true
that have written them" He explained to ms
the Mot of bis new novel; "To Be, or Not To 3d."
and ended by presenting me- with the Illustrated
edition Of bis stories. Nov, don't forget me-
said he with delightful enereaty in hu voice, ~
be rose to leave, for we shall meet again. We're
and who knows but / may come, in spite of it :"
God bless you, Andersen! said, in my thoughts.
II ia 80 cheering to meet q man whose very weak
nesses are made attractive through the perfect
dor Of bis nature!
Go.dschlnidt, the author of "The Jew" whose
scouaintal ce made, is himself Jew, and man
Of great earnestness and enthusiasm. He is ire
editor of the "North and South, monthly peri
odcal, and has just completed, as he informed me,
a second romance, which will shortly be published.
Like most of the authors and editors in Northern
Europe, he is well acquainted with American Lit
erature. He called my attention to a small book
which has just been published by Danish naval
officer, from the dictation Of Petersen DR.. Kane's
Esaujmaux Interpreter. The latter charges DIR.
X. with cruelty and bad management, and I was
clad to be sble to defend the memory of Of the
noblest-hearted men l ever knew from charges
which in all probability originated in personal
malice.
Professor Rafu, the distinguished archeOlogist Of
Northern lore, is still active ever, notwith'
standing he is well advanced in years. After going
up an innumerable number Of steps, found hum at
Me very top of high old building in the Krosprsx-
s1nspade, in study crammed with old Norsk aud
Ieelandic volumes. He s a slender old man, with
thin face and high, narrow head, clear, gray eyes,
and hale red on his cheeks The dust Of antiquity
does not lie very heavily on his gray locks; his
enthusiasm for his studies is Of that fresh and lively
character which meOws the whole nature Of the
man. / admired and enjoyed it, when, after being
fairly started on his favorte topic, he opened one of
bis own spt Ddid foliOs, and read me some ringing
stanzas of Icelandic poetry. He spoke much OF Mr..
George p Marth, whose proficiency IN the Northern
languages he considered very remarkable.
We Travelled by railroad across Zealand to Kor.
seer, in the Great Belt, where We took steamer,
and awoke in the morning at KEEL. In Hamburg
we were enabled, for the first time, to lay aside
our oyercoats, and thence, on our way to this
place, came plump into the summer, changing eli
mates in the space Of Il rec or four days. For the
pas. three weeks, have been enjoying the splen-
did change, in my German HOme-nOw more than
ever home, since brother and two listers have
been awaiting me here. Our friends have taken US
again int the Tbiringan Hills, where the enerald
glory of the beechen woods and the daised turf of
the meadows drives away recollections of Arctic
snow. We have again climbed to the Kings
House, (the scene of last years camp fire, you re-
menber), where the old Forester came to meet us,
and was overoyed to find that had brought him
rindeer's skin from Lapland. Schmidt, who had
received, unknown to mo, present of pig 10 my
name, came, hat in hand, to astonish me with an
account Of its growth and good condition; and in
the village below, was heartily greeted by the
father of the strong Elizabeth, who danced me to
death last October. In a word, it has been
hone.lile jubilee, with 80 many festivals Of well
come that have, unavoidably, been little remiss
in my correspondence. But the "piping times"
will soon be over. leave m week for England,
on my return to Norway. BIT.