The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-01-06
Adelaide Anne procteY.
CHARLES DICKENS ACCOUNT OF HER EARLY LIT.

from the London AthenDun1, Dec. r.
The following tribute 10 the memory Of Barry Corn.
wallis gifted daughter, the late Adelaide Anne Proctor,
is nreixcd TO the newly published illustrated edition of
her Lyrics aud is IRON the pen OF Mr. Charles Dick
ems
In the spring of the year 1853 observed conductor
Of the weekly journal Household Words, Short poem
among the profered contributions, very different, as
thought from the shoal OF verses perpetoaly setting
through the Office OF such periodical, and possessing
me. She was Miss Mary Berwick whom had never
heard Of and she TO be addressed by letter. ad
dressed at ALL at circulating library in the western dis
trct OF London Through this channel Miss Berwick
was informed that her poem was accepted and
invited TO send another. She complied, and
became regular and frequent contributor Many letters
passed between the journal Miss Berwick, but Miss
Berwick herself WAS never seem How we came gradu-
ally to establish. at the Office Of Household Words that
We knew all about Miss Berwick, have never dis.
covered. But we settled somehow, TO our complete
satisfaction, that she governess in family; that
that she had long been in the same family. We really
knew nothing whatever Of her. except that she was re-
markably businesslke, punctual self-reant and re-
liable; SO suppose we insensibly invented the rest.
For myself my mother was not a more real parsonage
TO me than Miss Berwick the governess became
This went on until December 1854 when the Christ
number, entitled The Seven Poor Travel
Iers,' sent to press. Happening TO be going to
dine that day with an old and 1ear ,o, if end
me early proof of that number and remarked, as
laid 1t the drawing room table, that II contained
very pretty poem written by certain Miss Berwick
Next day brought the disclosure that had spoken
OF the poem TO the mother OF its writer in its writer's
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