New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-08-17

be , expected, however, that the - me- ~
associations which be could not GEAR t"ont,
years before would be tolerable to MN now VIZ.
assions aggravated by the incidents OF the trai anu
has advanced age, and lodgings were at last iounu
for him in Florence where his brothers conulou'Yu
what was necessary for his support, ana HoDets
Browning held the purse, and looked careiuhy aS
all his wants There Is something ine4preesipy
toucbp0 IN the old mans decay, and it is pleasant
to feel that though most OF his dearest irenu9 no"
one after another passed away, no never outnVeu
aecton and there were still some few loving hands
70 smooth his couch. Besides the Brownlngs' lie
saw great deal of Mr.. Story and his family
"Landor has today" Mr. Browning wrote 70 me AT me
close of August "competed three. weeks stay WIN
Confederate gentle easily satisfied guest never entered
their house They declare his visit mas peen IN ~,
gcntemariness and simple habits and evident readt
ness be pleased with the least nd az sny s
cumstaDces. An Intelligent friend also on WISH 70
them bears witness to the same inegppes of
temper in him. bat they all agree tn ne o ay DC snn
always was Lander, when he would consent TO submit
himself TO friendly influences D., - 'e,o On ,no ,,h
of september Al present LsndOrs conduct faultess
His moderate his eyenness OF temper 80 re-
exemplary that 1t all seems too good as II some TOOK
must urk under such smooth water. ms hank eihess
almost affecting under all circumstances He leads life
Of the utmost simplicity"
He seems to have received Americans with especial
cordiality, and young people gavo him, as they
ALWAYS had DONE particular delight. From Miss
Kate Fields papers in The 1t0ntc Monthly on
Landors Last Days" Mr.. Forster makes liberal
citations He died on the 18th of September, 1894
OF the manner in which Mr. Forster has told the
story of this strange life with its beauties and its
faults its gentleness and its fury its wonderful gifts
and it's hardly less wonderful defects, we can speak
on the whole with hearty praise He was friend
who enjoyed Landor's confidence IN the fullest de-
gree aud acted for him in many OF his literary
transactions. The materials for such q work
were therefore easily within his reach, and he
has apparently spared pains TO collect whatever
was worth preserving. He is an impartial D'ogra-
pher who dares tell the truth even when II wounds
his heros reputation; but he tells it with no unne-
cessary harshness and with an evident tender
feeling of genuine affection. Ii is enough to say
that while some of Landors friends blame him
for telling too much, some who were not
the poets friends blame him for telling too little.
Upon the whole he has been kindly, truthful,
and discreet But the literary execution is not what
Mr. Forsters ability led us to expect The book iscum-
bersome, and clogged with too much criticism and
too much elaboration of unimportant details, while
the narrative, especially where it touches the deli
cate parts of Landors history, lacks simplicity and
directness.
Married against Reason, by Mrs. ADLLHEID
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Boston Loriugl. is tale OF mid
dle-class life in Germany well worth perusnG. II is
written simple and direct style, aud the incidents
are sufficiently natural and the plot interesting As
picture Of society quiet German town by one iam
liar with the theme 1t aso has especial value.
Hettty, by HENRY KINGSLEY Harper 81
IL 80
certain manness and vigorous hunor abort MI Kings
ley's books which atone for mRny email faults and
though there 10 little N the .cenery, and IN
this instance a good deal Of improbaby in the plot
Hetty can easily be read through without veariDess