New-York daily tribune., 1857-04-21

af the Rcdlence were I0Tuihk s~hNtNes INTO TWO
i;ss on each side Of the aisle down which they had
- nas- before reaching the door Aware tho, any de-
Law would only make the ordesi more trying, her
friend took Mi-s Brontes ann ~ nsLs, ana .hey Eent
along the avenue of eager and admiring iaces Dur
r his massage through the cream ot society, Miss
Rontes hand trem bed TO such degree 'a' her com
aron f,ar.d lest she should turn faint ana De una1e
- ,,ocs.d and .he dared not express her sympathy
ny inv 10 give her strength by any toucn " "o'u '
!, might bring on the crisis she die"ueu'
After seeing Rachel she gives Pungent cnt'
cnm: ,., .-o,.
a,I s;h, ,eIribe ns If the earth had cracked deeg
M your feet and revealed glimpse "i heu' ~ H
never forget H. She made me shudder 20 III. ii.'' ~
of nv bones in her fend has certainly 'ahen "P
an incarnaie home. she u MOI d "o''"' ~
snake; she il the.
In another letter she has more about Rachel;
"R.cbers acting transfxed ne with wonder, en-
chained me with interest aud thrilled me with horror
The ndous force with which she expresses the
very passions in their strongest esse nee 'ot gu
exhibition a. exciting a. the bul-hgh;s OF SPAN anu
the gladiatora combats OF old Rome, and NJ seeu'd
to mel not one whit more moral than those poisoned
s,mularts 10 popular ferocty IL Is scarcely human
nature that she shows YOU il something wilder ana
worse; the feelings and fury OF mend. Inc erya.
Gift of genius she undoubtedly has; but | fear she
rather abuses it than turns it To good account
Upon the publication Of " Esmond," she writes;
|
his hook. have read, enjoyed been Interested and
after ali feel full much ire and sorrow gratitude ana
adriration And still one can never lay down oooh
Of his without the last two feelings having heir part
be the subject or treatment what It may In the hrst
b,lf f the book what chiefly struck me was the won
dertul manner in which the writer throws himself INTO
the spirit and letters Of the times WHEREOF Ne reats
the alusions the illustrations the style aA sem 70 me
50 mastery in their exact keeping, their harmonious
consistency their nice natural truth, their pure eN-
empton from exaggeration. No secondFate iuhta'or
can write in that way, no coarse scehe'Paih'er cou
arm lis with an illusion so delicate ana perfect.
Bu what bitter satire, what relentless dissection o'
diseased subjects! Well, and this, too, is right or
would be right if the savage surgeon dd not seem 81
iercely pleased with his work. Ihackeray likes 10
disscct an ulcer aneurlsm; he has pleasure IN
putting his cruel knife probe INTO quNering H'ihg
flesh. Thackeray would not like oil the world 10 Dc
good no great .strt would ike society to be perfect
"As usual he is unjust TO women; quite unjust.
There is hardly any punishment he does not deserve
for making Lady Castewood peep through keynote,
listen at door, and be jealous OF a ooy ana
ujlkmaid Many other things noticed that ior my
part erieved and exasperated me as read out then
aoan came passages so true. SO deeply thought 80
ttnderlv felt one could not help forgvlng ana ad-
mirlng. Ill. or .,~.,;.,,
him the second writer of the day it just depends on
himself whether not these critics SHAH De Jus'ned
in their award He need not be the second. God
made him second 10 no man. IL were he, wouid
show my,elf as | am. not critics report me; at any
rnte | would do my best Mr. Thackeray is easy and
indolent and seldom cares to do his best
After the completion of Villette," in 1852,
the tragedy of Charlotte Brones life draws rapidly
IN close The final scenes become still more
gloomy as she approaches the last struggle with
the implacabe Fate that had haunted her days. In
| spite of her peculiar almost unearthly nature she
had inspired the curate Of her fathers parish with
| a profound passion The name Of this person~as
| Nichols: he was not MAN to be attracted by
| literary fame grave, reserved, CONSCIENTIOUS
soul. with O deep sense of religion and OF his
duties as its minister; he had seen her almost daily
| for years. seen her in the various relations ot life;
| watched her in silence and loved her long. Char
lotte had scarcely begun to suspect that she was
| the object of any peculiar regard, when one cold
| December evening he came to tea. "Atter tea
she returned from the study to her own
stting-room, as was her custom, leaving her
| father and bis curate together. Presently
she heard the study-door open, and expected
| TO hear the succeeding clash of the front
| door Instead, came tap; and, like lightning 1t
| flashed upon me what was coming. tie entered
| He stood before me. What his words were you
can imagine; his manner you can hardly realize,
nor can forget il. He made me for the first time
feel what it costs man to declare affection when
| be doubts response The spectacle of one, or
| dinsrily so statue-ke, thus trembling, stirred and
| overcome. gave me a strange shock. could only
entreat him TO leave me then, and promise reply
on the morrow. | asked if he had spoken 10
Papa. He said he dared not. think bali led,
| half put him out of the room
| As soon as Mr. Nichols had left her, she went at
cnce TO her father and told him all. The idea was
| by no means agreeable to the self-wiled old man.
| He was no friend to marriage at best and the at
! tachment of Mr.. Nichols to his daughter vas more
| than he could bear. Fearing the consequences oi
agitation in his precarOus state Of health, she pro-
missed that her sutor should be positively dismissed
| the next day. The result was the immediate reslg-
nation of his curacy. He left Haworth after faith
ful service of eight years, and all communication
with Miss Bronte was broken of. One year passed
away before there were any signs of brighter is.
sue AT length, the prejudices Of her father began
to soften; they finally yielded to the influence OF
time and by degrees he became reconciled to the
idea Of his daughters marriage. 1t Was decided
that Mr.. Nichols should resume the curacy, and IN
due course of time should become an inmate OF the
parsonage This last arrangement vas rendered
necessary BY Mr.. BrOnte's great age and failing
sight, which made it the duty of his daughter to
devote as much time as ever in attending to his
wants.
II was f,ed that the marriage to take place
the 29th Of June 1854. Her two friends arrived at
IT.., Tho a dly hatn nd long