The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-11-30


,he pGr and viva oolu's o hr genial ~.
msr'as Every quaint oa.iius, every IN lpw
tt, ts sc' 'a pe,slH GIVE thai leads tbs SIGHT ~
=, Ap,iqury he amusing still ne,
h,psn sitr,bnHk-a that sxUsey vonier symsIhy ssSi
ueT ineb b. pus rec'gnzo And prvssrvao, An slsst
al the SUNNY atmosphere VI kipdiy LeArt,
,sshDess OF natural zs, ANA Ans ss,racrso VI
s,odssi cia'sc,rr II Is "aiy tiss
lchiai philosophy, tho humane slsrt, The
ps,Loe of irvmE ~hcn hs wr,,,ngs s,,r-
them hsbtnxl Interest," but Il h Sfse rGroshlD
.Nordso by rscnrrebca 10 inc uns,ysd, npafct-i,
III ~ and h~Ms slye IN which he nva, ably
hiukeu 10 raL &c from tho SA.n X
di' I" The grand and scIiss winch
a,h,e,-n c,ansc ME VI Gun ous AMI ron tlo sn.,s
grit enbsn.ra In the Wno~ sop, " anaarvasi
funM o. the 81 ut Cent. man" oestrSks on,,
as' @ ~ saa.ss !. .s'. saS asa a.sa vs,uas 0s' s
bslittaliy shd ~nh The Same a. tho btUA VI tbo
r,mlea iuoicund pr b,scs tho valiant d. fsnS'
Hsab lsinn", sho The neuIe which the tssgguso " o0
n, omssi rhse os OH GuLppwaer; aud nhAl,Ng mag
.ttc sinaelh 70 Of sely Holbs, sssly give crsdM
the sypAI VI the II, a,hss Hossemsn,
deere Tepuoiae tbe Iskmg mps VI ,bs Duy WIS DADe
b amer
bss rDey fallen 70 the lot of an su,bor 70 gaahsr up
memorials ~ hrs fame and witness full rcsg
nasob; and happy, iSoeed, mnst no be ike Mr.
IRVING reures IN tho full maturity of his iae, with
ample competency, anil the pictI esque bainz VI
.hi,dlooc, chsered BY the compaDioosnip " oongsnin
reDcs nnssierei W BY ,hs haHHs anscsonSss
's o pass III qnss social snt, mont the csoss ysars
OF ss we'll ,pen', and his eyes uou tho ~orh
happier for nA having heo in mo nA.Du ,DourDs hs
DEATH and the nation nj do ons honor nssm1ry
HALF HOUR AT sUNNyslDB
We pubiisb. lset week . bghly interesting acooun,
IRON the p.n VI n r. Willis VI Dy nimseii
oueI well known literary gentlemen, hr. Kennedy ana
Lett WISE, ~ Mr.. L, ns Vt sunny side.
The jSdeps ndsn Of The 24lb gave account Of
more hI VISIT " Sannygd. II y fOlows-
han halt hour Gay iast ~v-k al sunny sds-the
Ics,utnce Of Washington Irving. such nan hour ough
have VI she peAsantssl Ou.s NE; and
lhe pk assure b~gan before reaching the step
or aAins she OH b4ua-in thousand ass0ci.
Tons VI th+ p'acsior visit " eunDysde equal "
pilgrimage 70 Abbvtsord.
iLe quaint gso,esqu- old Dwelling ~,sh ss old sasn,on
gabes, stuud so-mn si.spy among ahe
II II bau bs IN built pe ,nnts Oh RIP Van WMkie y
ms pap The grounds we're COVERED WIN own snd yei
.ow ksyes with here and o squirrel cunning
suing among them, ss II pretending " toe
obreas, Il a Ad the hav-s ov-r e babes in he ~ood
Tie ling Lad been aDy, aDd the aass showed
only sie~ n,smeniay openings u csear sky; 90 That
s.Dnysia without lhe sun But under she heavy
there something s~e-inspriNg The smbre
VI those grand hills, with their many coroj forests
.Id o. HrDdk Hudsoos ADsA,nI river still towing ~ t
7hr manson d Sunny side has been standing for twenty
three ars Dus when nrss ns angd wedged ts
w. among the b ranch VI The Od wOde, me region
= sO,tnde than NEW; for ~ that tIne
bury suiLoT hau udr0 himself from almost every boiy
but shbvr wh,ie bus witsAgy Gu
beIe0 aiUuBd bim a NH community " New YORK Ger
thaDss bose ek CANT cusry s~ats, opening INTO each
other by mutual nisrt~ins roas, for % snas looks hike
free slsIe, called the tune tables VI the
rsilIU By The honorary name " 6vmgtoO But
within the growing circle e hin many D.gbuors lhe &C.
mai KI ICke, bscksr stA rsurem.ni, en-
tI,.iIipy hN guests wah,n echo assos Of Sleepy Ho
low, without thought aDd almost wnbout knowledge-
-how 'hs great word
10 prai9lDg him lar on
He withdrew J, sy0 ifUm Nil literary labor and s
sp tbe close Of hH le IN well ca<Dcd and lung
Mr. living d no, 30 old hooking as one would expect Who
knew bis rye ] ixhcsed him IN The winter VI he;
o.hd him only lnd,an sumnsrr. Hs caane dosD
walked through tho hall the lxOk pArior
w,th II N Ana lively step thai mlshs cell have maio
whether he bal truly attained hH seventy 30
y.Dh y-sJ. hs suffering hon asthma, and was
uun~o aga,nss the damp ~l.h SCOTCH shawl, wrap
like u scarf SOuut hts neck; but
as s.. y sns % no aaS asss 1S
vertatoD he nsoe mo almost forget that ~as te gues,
IN O'd man Sng past hN shres scce years and ssn"
But what thotld talk 40 ,us whO IA only nau aI
hour With Washington lrvwgf vsntared tne qsestsoo
kow ths, SOS have asc ASIDE your pep, wscn oi you
He nnsusssiy repit~d:l scarcsy lok full salts
fsction any; Tor they whAs tDsy mgh
have been, often wish THAI could have twenty Year.
MORE " ,aks Them down The shell. ons by one and
Write tbt n over"
mace H. ,ssolu,on 10 write no more HIS usual nours
literary work from morning un But,
although be had generally found h mind most vigorous
10 AND capcs and oouh tell, when be took
b- pm, how MANY hours would psss before he would
.But" said he sthese caprcous periods Of the heat
glow comp0siiiUn have been the hsppest hours Of
my ME- have never found an, sn,os Of the
walls my study any epjoymeDt equal enung n
my writing o.sk with cka page, new theme, and
nino skc.'
be. more IKE ente isnno,eDts than tasks
"some WRITER'S, sa,d h-, appear 70 have been inde
ptnoent mo0ds SIR Waller Scott, for instance, had
great power VI writing, work almost any
ume couo a0be bot with this difference: scott Al
ways, and CTabbe seldom wrote WELL 4 remember, -
tsiu he, "king breakfast one MOI nis with Rogers,
Moore u aObe; conversation iurned Lord By
ion's moods Crabbe ssid t'at might be
with Lmd Byron, for hilnsel could write well
one Tune ano,h.r. But," said Irving, twink.
Ing of hunUr ~ recalling The ncidept "CraDbe has writ
nD great deal thai nobody can read"
h. nthped that while living in pRrs he went long
p~00 without being able " WI te sat down repeat
edy, sa,d he, "with pen and INK, but Gould invent
Trend Tom Moore, who dropped in morning, that
now, after long wsuDg had the mood and would hol
H. Ala work out as hong ss II would Last until had
WI, Dg my BRAIN ory began write shortly after
breakfast, aid continued without nocng how the tune
passing until Moore came IN again at foir In the
had completely covered he table with
freshly written sh-eis. kept the mood almost without
interruption Tor BIZ weeks"
ssked which u bs books was the result OF this frenzy
he Iepi,ed, "BracebrIdge Hail."
"Nune u your works. remarked, care more charm
ing than the Biography Of Goldsmith
"Yet that was written, sa,d he, seven more rapidly
than the Otber.'' He then added
"Wh.n have been engaged OH contnuous work,
have been obng.d in the middle Of the
light my lamp and write an hour or two, to relieve my
mind; ano now that write no more, am sometimes
compelled 70 get up IN the tsme way u read"
sometimes, aso, the last 1dlewild letter mentions,
he gets up 10 shave
"WheD l III Span,' he remarked, s'searchng the
old chi oncks eng aged the Life Of Columbus
often wotc fIteeb hours Of tho twenty
iour."
He said that whenever he had forced his mind un
willingly to work the product worthless, ana he in
vxrisbly threw away ana began again. "for1 ~ as hc
we'd, eesay chapter that has been only ham
meIcd out, 10 s,ldon goou tor anything. An authors
right uDe 70 work s vixen bis mind is aglow-when his
mag Rindled. These his precious moments
LIT him wait Until they comc but when they have
let IN make Ibe mOSt OF them"
lrtierred " last aod greatest work. the "Ife Of
Washington, asked # he felt, finishing It, any euch
bbob is said 70 have experienced the
ast sheet u the "Dtcne FAM He replied that the
work had his mind TO such degree that
before he aware he had hnsef into feeble
health that be feared in tho miost Of his labor
that would b. eak him down before he could end IT, that
when Att the tna pages written, he gave the
manuscript 10 LIS nephew 10 be conducted through the
piees, threw bnssii back upon hs red cushioned
lounge with Dde6cribable feeling Of relief He added
that the 81 fatigue o nni throughout the whole task
hAo resulted icm the and pans required IN the
etructun arrangement Of materials and not IN the