The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-09-09

I ne AuNtuE uA NOuNNEH
tIon with hIm about his American
Visit g-..r ..,e
\ London correspondent of the Tn
6ane thus gossips of Dickens aud Dick
ems prospective visit to America:
"Mr. Dickens is free to explain to
/ his own friends the extent oil his deal
ings with American publishers. He says
| il has been common for many years ior
people whom he never knew TO adver-
tIse that their pirated edition of his new
I books had been paid for at enormous
! rates These advertisements said Mr..
! Dickens, lit was useless for me notice.
| The fact is that | got to expecting
| nothing from America, and when,
\ therefore, now and then some fellow,
out of vanity or desire to get an auto
| graph or an interview, or lind out my
| earnings and habits, sent me fifty
pounds, put It all to the account of
conscience money. Oflate years, some
sensitiveness of American publishers,
| hitherto reckless even of appearances,
has been stimulated by what take to
be the growing scrupulousness of the
Americans at large. Some of them have
urged that should be grateful that
| they introduced me to the trans-Atlan-
| tic public. To enter into discussion
| with such impudence was preposterous.
| l know of one fellow who made nve or
six thousand pounds out Of my Amer
| icuu Notes and ChuZZlewit, and never
| gave me penny nor n compliment,
| but returned me letter OF re-
monstration that had misportrRyed
| his countrymen. A:ter all, says Mr..
! Dicken further, / have had no reason,
no encouragement, to be enthusiastic
| for the United States. do not speak
of your criticism, which, until of late,
has been so crude that an artist could
not feel tiattered even by its praises
| but of the way in which all melancholy
and unavoidable personal troubles OF
| British literary men have been hailed
there. / could make u scrap-book of
abuse OF me greater than all that i
have written. Nothing would have
| been easier and more untrue than for
me to indiscriminately praise what
had seen. But having satlriZed the fol-
| lies and many of the Institutions of ny
own country, was not unmiDdtul OF
the youthful errors of yours. Laying
claim to no gilt OF prophecy, | may say
| that many OF the faults satiriZed have
been admitted since by the American
sentiment. In common with all Eng
lishmen. confess my admiration of
the enterprise, courage, and growing
sense of Justice of the Americans. In
politics have always been a liberal.
| never said word for shareholders nor
uttered wish against the lawful cause
| in your war. AS TO being treated with
anything but civility on my next visit
| to America, that is absurd. The day OF
Macready riots is over there. II l
thought a dog would bark at me
| would not touch the shore. But a ma
ton is still not quite perfect in the
spirit of the century that would cast a
doubt in literary mans mind of his
safety in it. To ask us to surrender
opinion because we visit you-this is
the bigotry of n villagen
In this strong way MIR. Dickens CON
Yersed a short time ago with II gentle-
man OF fortune and leisure who had
been his correspondent. The author is
a sauputne somewhat restless person,
and, having projected this revisitation
of the Republic, he is already desitous
of setting out. All sorts of paragraphs
are afloat AS to his ulterior purposes.
1t has been printed that he means to
"lOcate" novel in New York at the
offer of IA prominent American publish
er, and also that he will write a ro-
nance OF the rebellion. AT any rate,
he will read in both sections of the Re-
public, and put the relative courtesy of
North and South to test.
Incidental TO this visit, which is a pri-
vnte speculation Of MIR. Dickens, may
tell you that he has been hunted down
! Tor ten years by all manner OF theatri
cal agents and persons OF an idea. A
man came out here last year 10 hire
John Bright, Spurgeon and Dickens TO
| give lectures. He meant TO yoke them
| together. and get each TO praise the sue
ceeding one at every performance. Un-
| fortunately, he called on Mr.. Bright,
who asked for his credentials, and
finding him minus, then showed him
the door.
A Philadelphia statinner offered Mr..
Dickens the sum of S20, 600 for 100 nights
during this year, and a Boston manager
offered him two.thirds of the gross re-
.r1V ~ fNf En a y
The character of Eugene Wrdy6uTH in
"Our Mutual Friend" is said to have
been suggested to Mr.. Dickens by an
| American journalist of plausible ad-
dress, who called upon him with such
handsome offers OF money for win
ter's readings that. the novelist WAS be-
wildered. Making inquiries, Mr.. Dick
ems found that the man had positively
no money, ana no hopes of any.
In sending Dickens over TO youI the
English people send the last and the
longest known favorite of their galaxy
| OF prose writer's Ofthis remarkable CEN
tury. II is not proba BILE that any OF the
same galaxy will visit you. The
compeers of Dickens are nearly all
either feeble men or authors, whose
worldly circumstances make lecturing
no object, and travel is hardship
| Dickens is spendthrif. and money is
always welcome TO him. Victor Hugo
was invaded at his retreat in Guernsey
! last year by New York gentleman,
and 6esOught to visit the United States.
The author asked him what for.
"A vow," he said, ''debars me from
visiting my own laud. live now only
| to strengthen the school OF literature 1
| have established"
When you come TO hear Mr.. Dickens
| read you will probably hear The most
| perfect drawing room artist in the world
| His voice has remarkable hexlbility and
sweetness, and the same may be said
OF his face, which Is capable OF every
expression, with dignity in them all.
| He would have made high comedi-
an OF the first rank. The 'Christmas
| Carol" is probably his best selection, as
it affords him brusder play of char
acter, and he has adapted 1t to an hours
entertainment SO well that 1t tells the
whole story. He will not be y disap.
pointment either in person or in art
! His body is full robustness and he is
cheerful, handsome, and conscientious
as ever.
Edwin Booths Head Somewhat
turned by the Women.
From an RGstern Letter IN 1is Cll. GGsens.
Edwin Booth has cottage here, and
when he drives out, usually alone,
looking as HamIet-like as possible, he