New-York tribune., 1866-04-26
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
lIAVFN'S TRAVELS.

will he DO disappointed in this when he comes to It's
perusal. Mr.. Haven is evidently man of excellent
disposition, Of respectable powers Of observation and
hscerumcnt and certain degree Of literary culture.
His curiosity is always on the alcrhe takes kindly
the inevitable annoyances Of trayel-he keeps his
eyes open and sees whatever is to be seen-and he
loves to tell good story, and very possibly can tell
one well in the freedom of conversation; but in his
book he mounts high horse and is never content to
say plain thing in plain way. This is a sad draw
back to the pleasure which We might otherwise find
In his lively and genial narrative He seems never to
lose Sg h ofhmself to he always thinking of the i'm
preston be is about to make, and when be has said
something good to look round for applause. Still his
"wallet" contains many sayory "scraps," and if not
precisely meal to invite person to, they may be
tasted here and there with pleasant relish on the
lips.
The account of the writer's visit to the English
lakes is one of the best chapters in the volume. At
hmblesde he saw the house in which Kit North
lived for many years, and describes the locality as
follows;
Being near the early and long home Of the enthusiastic Pro
fcssor turned aside 10 it, II high hill overlook
ing the lake. His old gardener and bodyscyant who lived
the cottage whore he wrote most Of his brilliant editorials
1T was on humble house OF two low stories n,sng unae1
lust before g. Here was Lis fivorte scat on which he
spend whole nights in the Summer months when getting up his
papers for "Eockwood' Those nights were therefore
wardy well inwa1dy omlrosia lie wrote noinog on
these occasions bat set all night in this 1on study This Sc
cured but once twice month when the pressure for
copy crowded him While in this state he would not bear
being addressed approached but the brain being delivered
Of ia burden be wls as merry ana playful as kitten
lie a wild fellow ia those days and the NoceS' are
probably more literal than anc in some OF Their scenes
beard some good stories Of him tie aSrLoon that stopped
at The door of the church at Grasmee Tie rude old church.
built far back in Saxon times, undergoing s animal
cleaning Some Of the yestyDen overseeing the work
about the told him. with the usual uowiSdom Of
tSs houn se1 cn sg I hv rooS in minute if
they beod that coomng Why in the old with
Napoleon ordered oot but only got far as Ken
dali (about Is miles souihI when Nap heerd that r were
coomn and instantly surrendered Professor Wilson wos IN
sweek piece Of bread and meat and two Toms lses Of
grogl week Once Wilson put hs bread and meat on hs
your wife said she; Tre doOt she has plenty of oc
receyreS ~ Win roar nb,r % nv W. tba nrTonn5iD rntrs
told how Professor Wilson had long rcd locks hanging
For soid the oaieer wbea We we black coort on We
be gentemen bat III red eoort We re mac better than
He said Wilson was famous for jumping wrestling and all
athletic games and Wien he could get 10 jump with
him on wager be would bet against himself.
lie altered very much in later life for bis gardener told me
for the last Is years bis lie he ate bu, two meals day and
drank nothing stronger than soda water Like most men,
in its cosy TOO cramped for his improving fame
not frNnes 50 he undertakes to build stylish house
lake But one thar build
economical aud his liberal his income were
not equal to lis ways So he stayed in The ie cottage III
his children up He occupied the new home but
few years leaving it for tAe LdinbWGh CDNesiy The
last night spent with him. said his gardener we owed
all the night past house then just built the opposite
shore Of the lake in imitation OF castle Back and forward
we Piled the till morning under the walls Of the castle
saving nothing, except aui then murmurng
'Egad. it looks ii IT had been built for centuries"
At Rydal Mount the last abode of Wordsworth, he
learned many interesting details concerning the habits
and manners of the grand ethical poet The old house
in which be lived is oftwo stories, pastered andyclow
washed, with diamond windows, roomy though not
spacious and has very snug and comfortable aspect
The walls wind around it. lined with laurel, inter-
mingled with trees and flowers. On the lawn, was
old raking the grass and sweeping the walks.
tie proved to be the personal servant Of Wordsworth
for twenty years and retained by the present
proprietor for the benefit Of visitors. 1.-The servant
said Master used to pace up and down these walks,
talking to himself and rubbing his hand upon his
breast inside of his shirt and directly his heart
That was his habit when composing. SO violent and
so constant was this exercise that his buttons
rubbed of almost daily and when on his travels, the
servant had TO lay in an extra stock to replace the
poetic waste"
Mrs. Wordsworth, it seems was not so handsome as
she is represented in the "Phantom of Delight"
"OTertaking on this walk above Mary De Qaincey's |
home an oldish whose hut, like GoOdy Bake's,
was the cold hillside and who for aught know,
was the Ieal descendent of that successful prayer,
she told me Of the beauty of Mary Simpson. asked |
her. if Mrs. Wordsworth handsome. Very |
Urinary, sir And Mr.. Wordsworth Very |
or'nary, too sir His servant, on my saying he
thought her handsome quietly answered. She might
have been to his eyes, SIR So the perfect woman
was all in his eye He would probably say that his
was poets eye, that could detect what never on
sea and land; and as all join in commencing her good
sense and kind heart perhaps her real beauty was
none the less than that Of her Outwardly loyelier
neighbOr"
The early residence of Wordsworth at Grasmere is
story a-haf cottage, mOrtared and whitewashed,
looking no better than many of the rude houses |
around it. A room used as his study is now huck- |
sters shop. In this cottage of two small he |
lived with his sister before he was married, and here
he brought his
Perfect woman noby planned.
To TO comfort 70 command"
Behind this cottage he had enwaed little plat Of
rising ground, with shrubbery, grass, tiny rocks and
trees aud from its topmost point outlook to the
grand scenery that surrounded it. Here penned,
or rather uttered Of his tenderest ballads and
sublimest musings of philosophy divine. He re-
moved hence to the rectory, comfortable house near
the church. and thence to an elegant residence called
Allan Bank at the northern extremity of the valley
and on high slope under protecting crags and that
took in all the sweep of the hills from its windows
little above tho center Of the vale stands the old
church Of Grasmere, most venerable pile, having
been built many centuries-a quaint homely struc-