New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-12-03
NETWORK DAILY TRIBUNE, SATURDAY. DECEMBER s. 1864

" sqa del 49, has ever been attributed to her friend
Nicc0lini.
II was as poctess that Mrs. Troopc, then Miss Gar.
row. began to write-and indeed she may be called
pro,egee OF Walter Savage Landor Tor through Ls en-
couragcrnent and ins,rnmcntalty she first made her
appearance in print contributor to Lady bie'Sihg
tons " Book of Beauty"
Here is fine old English gentleman obviously
drawn TO the life:
II was at yilino Troiope that we first shook hands
with Col Peard-" IRsies, Gartbddi, as the lti'
ians used TO call hin-about whose exports IN srp
shooting the newspapers manufactured such marVeous
stories Col Peard assured us that he never did keep
Written account OF tho Men he killed for we were par
tcular In orr inluiIes this interesting subject our
we know that ns volunteer he fought under Garibadi
throughout the Lombard campaign. and followed MS
General into S. y, where, flcng the enemy most unn'
fully Garibadi promoted Lin rom the rank OF capan
to that Of eutenaDt-coloncl 1t IS good 10 meet pea
son like Col Pealdt0 Il man between my and SIX
~ years Of age. with noble head and cray mar. anu
beard that any patriarch might envy = .l
OF fine pr0po lions, cudON cd Wfh all t roDu''n5
OF healthy DatulitvtO intelligence ana years anu
line appearance allied 70 great auiabhy Gnd q YOUTH
fa enthusiasm for noble deeisi an enthusiasm
ready to give blood and treasure TO the cause !.
esnOusel from love. Such reality u most e2hITut'p
and dclightil iict that makes us take much nor
hopol view Of humanity. We Valnc orr photosIapH W
Coz. Pcard almost highly 80 though the picturesque
poHci0 and its owner had seen service IN America
instead Of Italy. HIS batte-cry is ouIs-" Liberty
Tho s'fong-mIded woman who translated Strauss
and Fcuerbach into English, and wrote adam
Bcde - Is introduced to rs in her transformed con-
dition IRON Marian Evans into Mrs. Lewes lby
what authority of Church State we arc not told,
and is made the subject Of progressing dcsenp-
ton.
IL was at Villino Troopc that first saw tie won
ieliGly clever author George Eliot. she IL woman
0i tOry perhaps, Of large frame and fair Saxon color
ing In heIyiEess Cf jaw and hight oi cheek Done SIC
resenihese German nor arr her features thAs dH.se
II l.. tprfn ma fr9fl
PRESTON OF her face is gentle and amilbc whie her
manner is particularly ilmid and retiring. In CONVEX
saion Mrs Lewes 10 most entertaining ana ne. Interest
IN young writers Is uai which eda.ey taxes cap
tive al persons Of ths class We shall not Forget Win
what Kindness and earpesness sbc addressed young
giri Who lad Just begun to handle pen how frankly
She related her own literary experience. ana now gent
IL she sa9zeSed advice. True genius always anied
to humiiity and IL seeing Mrs Lewes do the wore OF !.
good Samaritan 20 unobt.usyey. elelrnee ofespee
the woman much we had over admired tlt "Elter'
For yeats" said she u.s. - wrote reviews because
knew 100 little Of humanity In The maturity oi hex
wisdom this gifted woman has startled the word WIN
such moves is "Scenes from Clerical Life, Adam
Dele" MIN un the Floss aud " S!ias Manner,
making an e.a IA English fiction and raising hersel
above rivalry. Experience has boon much a. her; ner
men are men, her women women, and long dld EnShSh
readers rack their brains 20 discover he sex ot George
Eliot We do not aver that Mrs. Lewes has actuhliy
encountered the character TO vyldy poFFaye4 oy he1
Genius looks upon Nature and then create The scene
IN the pot.louse in Sles Manner Is - perfect as
Dutch painting yet the sutLor never entered po.-
house Her Strong physique has enabled eF 10 D.usn
naaips the world aud IN thus brushing she has sttl
cred m The dust line and coarse out vi which human
beings grcat and small made. IL Is poWefini ar
sgmeut M he " w oman Question ihat-wlthout gong
10 France FOR George sand Aam b,rs ,r' a ,ne
wonderfully unique conception "Paul reIToh' are
women. work and yet real Men cannot know women
by knowing men; and discriminating public VI soon
admit ii IL has rot done already tiat women are
0n- as c,pabe ofdrawing male portraits as men are OF
drawing female. Half n century ago woman maui
tanned that genius had the dawn OF thiS uiA -
only flashing upon the world. til, WI,
coa fsfr:one yct il almost seams as though k0Ilo
were The product OF that toItnghss soJonrn IL eo'd
scarce have been written by Que whose eye "as Ilui'
militia with the tore of Fio.entne localities AS novel,
Iomolan il not likely TO be popular however exon
siy,y II may be read but viewed as sketch OF Soyc'
srola and his times, II rs most InIerest.n u, ~,
The deep research and knowledge 81 meduVni ne enu
Manners q splaycd ol wondernent 70 eruute
Togcuines ho have lived 10 learn fIom "A foreigner
" son fimasi,' to use their own phTaseoiogt. nc
eouLeyr Ioca is uarye ons nothing coud be- more de.
hghifully real for example, than the scenes WHICH
rauspre in NelOs 5arbcrs.shop Her GTdnafs pers0sd
are not English men and women In fancy dress but true
Iuscans VINO express themselves after the manner Of
natives II would De- difficult 10 hnd greater contrast
than exists between RomOa' and the previous noy els
ofGcorgc Eliot: they have little III common but genius
aud genus we begin 10 think bas hot only 10 sex but
no nationality "Ronola has peopled the streets OF
Florence still more densely to our memory.
The writer breaks lance and does chivalrous
battle in behalf Of the mother Of all the Irolopes
who is best known in this country by her unfraG
structures on American society and manners
Judging by her book, that notorious lady must be
set down as u flssy, meddlesome and ycr- disagree
able personage. with ,ruculent features ana shr
voice, but he possibly became rcgcncrate in th'
benign atmosphere OF Florence. AZ any rate, ie
us listen TO her champion, who makes out plausi
bic case in her defense:
Eut ere turning away, pause before one face. nov
NO loer OF the u, inc that of Mrs. Frances Irollole
! Know Ing low thoroughly erroneous an estimate la
been put upon Mrs. Iroopes character nthls COUNT!
desire to give glimpse o: the real womal nov ina
I her death has removed the seal Of silence -
Frances Troopc daughter OF the Reverend william
Milton fellow Of New College. Oxford was bonn II
Stapeion near Bristol where her fIihor had cutacy
~, died ia Florence the 9Th OF October, 1865 at m
B advanced age OF eighty.throe In 1899 she marie,
Thomas Anthony 1rolope, harristeratlaw. by whoii
she had six children: Thomas Adophus, now o
Florence Henry. who died unmarried OF Brugcs. II
Flanders. in ls1i,-Arthur who died under age
! Anthony. the wellknown novelst,-Ceellia WHO mar
rieG onn Tilley, Assistant Secretary Of the Gcbera
! Post Ollce London Emily. who died under age
/ llr Thomas Anthony Irulopa married and becam'
the father of family presumpye heir TO the gou'
estate OF an uncle. The latter however on bceomltl
widower. unexpectedly married u second time Lh'
In his old age himseia father. Tie sudden chnrE
thus caused in the position and fortune Of Mr.. Iroop'
so materially deranced his affairs as 10 necessitaie t
breaking up OF his establishment at Harrow I'M
near London. 1t ut this time that Miss Fam,
Wright whom Mr. aud Mrs. Troopc met ut tie ooun
TRY house OF LAFAYETTE when visiting the General IL
Franco persuaded MIS- Iroopc Ia proceed TO Ameret
with the hope of pro, idnB career Tor her second son
Henry. Miss Wright was then bent on founding an es
! tabshment IA accordance wnn her cherished primer
PIES at Nushaba Memphis; and the career marked
out for Henry 1rolope was in connection with this
scheme, the irut of which was disappointment to al
the parties concerned Mrs. Irollopc at:erward en-
desyorc establish her son IN Cincinnati but these
attempts were -managed, ard consequently proved
futile. Both mother ana son then returned TO England
the former taking with her mass of memoranda aud
which she had made during her residence IN The
llinIN iufa.a Ehp.a Nror az In Ras