The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-03-14
lieve implicitly, as long as he is dealt fairl!

believe implicitly, as long as ne Is oesi' ialr'y
s:Yet. though st. George and the Dragon, Ali
Bahia and Robinson Crusoe, are in oae sense as true
to him as the history Of England, there are shades
and degrees of belief in his own mmd DOTH as re-
CARDS the domains Of TACT and neSion "mcn ne
sensible, yet on which he unconsciously acts; SET
tinr each narrative or story, tale or fable, romance
or Chronicle, in it's own due place, and giving to
each his OWE royal favor and approval as good, bad
satnblv curious, his thirst for fiction of one shape
or other is quenchless, and if he never asks ques-
tions. and cares nothing for Jack and the Bean.
stalk or the Lad who went to the North W!nd,
there is scrow loose somewhere or other; he ls IN
q morbid, unhealthy state of body OF mind, proba-
bly of both; his natural growth and tastes, as
child, are becoming stunted and diseased; forced
into some narrow, petty channel, where Ignorance
or bigotry will soon blot out the freshness grace
and LIGHT, that are chldhood's most precious pos
sessions.
Mr.. Henry Crabb Robinson, one Of the earliest
and most devoted Of Goethe's English admirers
The had mado the great po5ts acquaintance early
in the century, at Weimar), one Of the coterie OF
Cooridge, the attached friend Of Lamb died IN his
ninety-second year, at his residence, on Monday,
February 4. Ee was man Of great force Of pur-
pose and general vigor Of character. He was prob
ably the last survivor among the friends Of Goethe,
Schelling, and 8 host Of German celebrities; OF
Wordsworth, southey, coleridge, Charles Lamb,
was a native Of Bury ST.. Edmunds., He
was intended for the Bar, but he did not
begin to practice until he had passed many
years Of activity as a newspaper co!respon-
dent. He was Intimately connected with the
late Mr.. Walter, and was a special correspond
ent of the Times in this capacity he was with tne
army at Corrunna. Having independence, ne Qua
not continue at the Bar and for more than thrty
years he led literary life in London, among Q
host Of friends, who were attached by his kindness
| 6oftr ctaa " hJa or converse
ton and fund of knowledge. He was the living M
historian of the eminent nen with whom bus carrier
! life was passed Els Sunday breakfast parues ano
his bachelor dinners will long be remembered by
those who enjoyed his hospitality, as filing some Of
the most amusing hours OF their Ives: he was
grandy intolerant Of any literary slight upon hla
own great literary friends resenting q adepreclahon
of Lamb symptom Of moral dlsease ana p@Sala % y
| of Wordsworth, even from q lady, as the frue OF
natural depravity. No one stood up for hs friends
more ably, generously and constantly, or assaneo
what he thought worthy OF censure with more o. 8
open and cordial blows In hterature ana Art arr the ne
brought character of much more than the usua
I strength; Of considerable humor, and OF absolute
naturalness to bear upo1 subjects which are often
1 treated with the manne.lsm and fnesse OF sensl
wears an active member Of the Counci! Of Univer-
sity College. Here he WIS, SO long aa bus age per;
/ mitted, the connecting link between the Cou1cl
and the Professors He preserved bus faculhes, nus
memory, and his power CT applying II, almost up u
the last For some years he was infrm in walking "a
but even in this there was much the Last
wears of his life. friend who, during the last sum
mer. helped him in rearranging his library, found
that the work went on very slowly; every book hao
its history and suggested its anecdotes. Until three
days before bis deafh he was fit to open on any sub
! iect: on that day the lons Of strength occasoneo
by slight attack of sciatica began to show itsel
With decided effect; he soon became unconscious
and passed away ON Monday evening with hardly
any suffering. MIR. Robinson wrote very little tl?
CIarkson. in a controversy in which the Bishop o.
oxford and others took part. He will beiwen re-
membered as long as those are alive who enjoyed
his conversation but unless the diary which it il
understood that he left should be published he
he was man Of mark, not only BY his own talents
but by the close connection Of his name and Life
with tho career Of very large number Of his eele
! hro tod. .cntamnor8riesa - 'h. ~ 80.