Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1860-06-30
From The ~ Y. Time
Death Of G. 2 Il. James, The Novelist.

By the arrival III the Europa. we have theiuiel
liyence of he ieat Of NJ K james, the
celebrated novelist. We arr noi informed where
the went took rince hui it was probably at Neuice
where he was filling consular SITUATION to which
h. was transferred 10y the H., iish G"vernment.
irom his consulate in this county. Mt Richmond.
Va. Cergs phlip R,inf,'th Janes was born n
George street. hanover Squire. London, in lsol.
II received lbs curly educntien III sch" | n
Greenwich KEPT by "A french rn,i rant and WI
afterwards placed under thu rrisale tniipn Rev.
~, Ca,mnlt. with wh"m h. temained uuti his
.ixteenth vrnt. when lie was SUI Ia frnrrc. where
he remained .cvcral YEAR. Ia very early boy.
h,oi he commenced 10 ia ~ his arinc-s for litcrn.
~ comp .-i,ion. aud became an Anonymous con-
T. ibuf, r % the naraz,ros. Ala later period, but
While h. VA. s'til ayuu'h, hr wfote .eNrrl short
stories for tho amusement Of LIS hend- some al
which .,raying unt 4 the enc lc they were intend
ell for cam. 20 Tho notice al u Arlington living
who advised tim l. attcmrt work II some i'm
tartanre. Tho LIE 4 Edrnrl ,tr Black Prince"
n book he di not care afterwards Ia urkuowlcdye.
WI. tie result II this counsel but shor'ly after
ward. appeared "Richcleu," published IN tis
twen:y-sixth year the suc'c.- It winch confirmed
him in his resolution Ia lufsur II lietHry caieer
Tho manuscript Il tins novel Ill he"u eu' m tled
to Sir altcr 1T l"ife l's publication, md thai
great soul, in whom II" thpughi al literary envy
ever exs'ed, seconded the a Isiee / our "wn illns
tff
III - fultl"r and better cf ~ TIE death Il
liz Ear ii Liverpool. freud al bi- lnihrr, irrm
" hom lac had trn~on to expect GovrJumrut MP
ppln'uIeui, made II necessary rhiin tn hc indus
tfiansnpd the iaxcntion IT bi- ir-t success add
Ell srur>. whirh hc WIS too Wiling To werr.tn that
rre-,.--rv Thchcrlorwuri hr "lotr iurcssiniv
No>el nj or novel. romance ni cr rnmnurr, tum-
bed f. his Zen Thee seine sc,c IS It
them in all &C various merit. / course, but nil
above the average liz Imagination was n fer
rile M tha,"i L4pc 10 VEGA nul he produced
his works ain =, raIUjly. = long period
he weull not WRIT htu-clI hn' dictated to nma.
,nuenscS, and sometimes c.u,bc'l II the rpu~Iruc.
,on # two uooeis al one tue. walking FROM ne
room Ia another and giving each ~,f,h" n sentence
~ convey To paper. THU. theush he din not
write MI h,s novels. they were It'll hi- own com
POSITION aud Were not merely aignlfcl hv his
name IN The nile pngr like ninuY al the irtions
ID AK indcr pamas. WIhauf appr' aching the
standard of the grrnt master, tn works oi Jimes
ha,, been almost IA widely read IL the rumances
If Scott. and while they " II Tt main" IN nuy
euen irg popularity, there are line among them
whrh Wnl not suit lie imc tt.n. Taey have been
tla0sia'eI int mn>t Enr"l,ear languages AMI ure
! II lin' lonuiar IA t;ermnny II this country. they
have been ,ercral limos rcpu ishe.. and some =
the --latest ones written here, made their first np-
pearance from tie pres "f ttc liarrer~'. IN this
civ. Mr.. Jane also tie author II several his
'tattes and blrelaf h1e~. Including the lives Of
Cbnrcu, goe Il Ichnrd Crur lie Lin, IIrpv "
Fnpnrr. nnd l. us XIV. These are less known
than hi prhcr work.. ard have npendy attended
Tie parularly that thetr ur. Fur n biei
,reiad I've lcld the I'll c d lllstotigralhcr al
Great Il liain. hy appointment If ilimW ".
In 1881 he removed To- this ruuntry with his fami-
Is nnd tn"k up his residence in Storkhtilge,
lirrksh,e country. Ma~s. IT, lsi2, he was nppoin-
ted British Consul IN \ tIck ln.. IN which post
h. remained till. in 1853. be MS transferred II
ithe British Consulate AT .Nruser, where lie hrs
since remand Mr. james VIZ ii gentleman Of
winning manners. good conventional powers and
ugiailing oour,e,y. During his residence in this
country he commended himself IL the regard and
esteem of all with vii I'm he came in contact
ani there nrc very many soca circles where. in
i.plie Of the iact,hat he come here stranger and
remained hut II law wears, Fis death will be mn-
.urneI as that Of personal iretds