Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-03-19

Evansss the .pubhshersl spf the Englisfl
Charivari. The propesalwas made nv tbt M
without his solicitation, and the price was
named at fifteen guinness letter. He asl =
ed the permissiep to duplicate the arrang.-
ment with some New York periodical, so { g
to, secure his copyright at home. Thi.,
however, they Tetused. "Our aim" said
they,:rrip making tile engagement, has ref
ere.Jfe7 to our OWN, circplation in America,
which exceeds 27,090 copies, weekly."",-
suggested to Ward that be enter his book,
fArtemns in, ,Lqpdor,Tn r. in advance, and he
did writeto Oakley Hall to tlls teffi ct. Be
fore he received an. answer from III ii, he
got CarIeton's, advertisement announcing
the booky7 Considering this piratieal de-
sign on the part of Carleton, he y rote that
enterprising publisher very savage letter,
but the matter was soon, cleared up to his,
entire satisfaction, for be said, just hefore
we parted, SIT wasall mistake about Garlic
ton. j dill him great injustice, and mean
to ask his, pardon. He has behaved very
handsomely TO me- This was more than
his English publisher, Hotton, a very low
fellow, did, or proposed to do. Meanwhile
the.letters appeared in Punch, and what,
ever may be said of them on this side Of
the tlantic. their success in England was
positive They Were,emOre remarked in
literary circles than, any other current mat
ter.1 There was hardly a.club meeting or
dmnerlpaFty in which they were not dis
eHssed, There was something so grotesql e
in the ideaiot this Ruthless Yankee poking
in among the reYered antiquities of Britain,
that the beef eating = British themselves
could not restrain, their laughter, and took
hisJ9ke. IN excellent part. The letters on
the f'TnweF'' and 'sChawsir'' were palpable
hits and; it was generally argued that
Punch had contained nothing better since
the days of Yellowplush. This opinion
was not confined to- the cdndiUe. Itwas
shared by the greatest buffers of the re-
. fl,,.r1
had Intended to remain in London while
his welcome lasted, and when he perceived
a falling off in his audience, meant to close
his season and go to the, Continent. His
receipts averaged about sixty guineas
$4,000 "A night, and his expenses were not
500. This mind you,ifheTused to say, eis
in very hard cash. an aFticlelsuperior even
to that of my friend, Mr.. Charles Reade.'
His ideaiwaS to lay aside out of bis earL-
ingsienough to make him independent ar
then to give up .'this mOuntebank business,
ashe called it! He had a great respect for
culture and literary respectability, and |
thought that if he could get time and free
dom from anxiety, he might do something !
Tin the high comedy line.n He had hu-
moroUs novel in view, and aseries of mo g
aspiring comic essays than any hehad ever
attempted. Very often be alluded to the |
opening for an American magazine, mot |
quite so recondite as the Atlantic, nor so
loose as Harper's.n In a word, his mind |
was beginning to soar above the mere show |
man and merry-maker. But not his man |
ners. Excepting the nervous worry of ILL |
health. he was the same careless, kind |
hearted, unaffected gentleman of old. loving |
as girl and liberal as noble. He showed
me his little day book, in which were noted |
down! over, a ahundred pounds ($500) lent
out In small sums to INDECENT Americans. |
''Why," said. /, ,'tyou will never get half of
it baekIn ?HOf course not he said, '.buJ do |
gou think | can afford to have a lot of loose |
fellows Safeguarding me at home because |
1 wouldn't let them haYea. sovereign or so |
to run on ?" 7ff aff6 r-r.t. -.,.-..- ~
He received many lucrative offers from
book publishers in London, Several of this |
years annuals contain sketches, some of |
them anonymous, written by him, for all |
of which he WasA handsomely paid. He |
wrote for Fun, the editor of which, Mr.. |
Tom Hood, son of the great humorist, was |
an intimate friend; as well as tor Punch, but |
ed without his signature. His receipts |
from his lectures were not less than a thou
sand dollars (insgold) u week, and his out
side earnings amounted to quite consider
able sum in addition. II he had been per-
mtted to remain until the close of the
spring, he would have netted enough, with
what he had already, to make him inde-
pendent. His best friends in London were
Mr.. Charles Reade, Mr.. Tom Hood, Mr.
Robertson. tine dramatist), Mr.. Charles
Matthews, Mr.: Tom Taylor and Mr., Ar
thur Sketchly, a popular humorist recently
come in vogue. He did not meet Mr.. Dick
ems; believe, though Mr.. Andrew Halliday,
Dickens right bower, was also an intimate /
friend of his.tpHe was dreadfully perseeu-
ted by lion-hunters, and had to keep his |
lodgings pretty much of mystery,