, 1870-06-27

> Of forms IN which be wouId write down
thought before he lit out the one win
seemed to his fastidious fancy the best, and
, the comparative 1nallness Of ths amount
produced. Those, too, who hsre seen Il
original manuscript Of hawRks, mai
Of which he hid bound and Kept 1
bis residence at G1d's Hill, descrit
! them IS fun of interhneafms and alter,
tons; while it Is wel1-known that the q1asr
su1namea Of his characte1u, concerning Whic
easays have been written, we're the result {
asp %pipfens pttnsB WitB genius wbic1. might Ia,
justified his trusting it implicitly and sole3J
placed bis chief reliance on his Own haz
labor. 1t is said that when be saw strsng
or odd name On shop board, OF n w1Ikiin
through village or country town, hs entere
it in his pocket book and added it to his re
serve LIST. Then, runs tho story, when b
wanted striking surname for new cha1
acter, he had but to take the arst half OF on
real name, and 70 add it to the second half 0
another, to produce the exact effect upon th
eye and ear OF the reader he desired"
DICKENS As An AcroK-
| OF Mr. Dickens connection With the ocsinI
drama as an amateur, the same writer tell
"Twenty-fve years ago sEvery Man in HI
Humor' was plsyed at Miss Kelly's Theatre,
now the Royal Solo, with Mr. Charles Dick
ems al Captain Bobadi1, Mr. Mark Lemon a
Drainworn, Mr. join Leech as Master Mat
thew, Mr. Frank Stone aa Justice Clement, Mr.
Gilbert a'Becket as William, Mr. Douglal
Jer1old as Master Stephen, Mr. FtedeTicl
Dickens as Edward klowell, III. Aired Dick
ems as Thomas Cash. and AZ. Dufl}ey Costc1il
as Downrieht. All Head III .fohn Forstar
AIr. Horace Mayhew, Mr. Blanchayd Jenold
and Mr. Evans are the sole survivors Of the
men OF letters whose brilliant amateur per.
formance was the towns talk than. and nov
that tho life and Boul OF tho enterprise
man OF business, the stago-manager. tbe
ruling spixit-les cold, men may well asl
when We shall see such aconjunction OF varied
talent again; Charles Dickens was eminent,
dramatic Ii hls genius and his tastes.
Some OF bus dearest and closest friendt
were acto1s, and from the time Of Mr. Macread,
to that of h1r. Fechter, his chosen intinatei
| lncluueu many OF the chief Lights OF the DEit
lsh stage. AS an amateur actor ho himself
was unsurpassed and unaurpazsable. Thost
Mho remember enc me performances on behalf o!
the Gulld Of Literature md Art; those giVeE
privately at IaEistock House about q dozer
years ago; and those held On behalf OF the
| Donelas Jeffold Memorial Fund. know thAt
tue dramatic readings which took the world By
| stofm OF !ate years we're the npened fruit OF a
long anu intense admiration for aud leaning
@ tho stage
q 2lT, ,,; p1cEeha mPefa9natlons-FaGan, the
oen3Dnt ~ nlhes, tne 1nuEuefet, anu hla victim
had their germ in the dellneation Of tht
| n9nt4g9ihe 31!!ii keeper, IN tue drama written By
III ~; an. mnSao Cdnins expressly foE his friend
and eome OF the most competent judges hsve
declafed tAat the Engthh stage lost an orna-
7aent, "n1em "otnd navc revived lts brightest
daye, BY Charles Dickens succeeding as an
| authoF a9a MAKING literature hls profession.
| But NJ dickens earnestness was such that be
not only took upon hls Own shoulderB the most
aruuous taskH connected with the amateur
DG1IC1mAOc28 will
| "men he SO o!ten assoclatod himself, but su-
PeHntendea 10 m1nutest detail, and often
Wofkeo Win MS o"n hands to insure Whit he
neia % pe Tue necessary enect.
inefe arc men living who remember his
occupying hlmsen for whole day with ham.
| mef and nahs On the stage Of Miss Ke1leya
iheatfe, Whlle 1t Was matter Tor playful jocu-
!af1ty among brave spirits who have gone be-
1ore, that Dickens had converted himself into
an amateur caeck-taker, and sat in the receipt
~ q cnst9m gt3' WITH A1thnr Smith all day long At
me gallery OF Hlut tratIon, when the Je1Eold
PERFORMANCES were ABOUT to be gwen. This IL
hot the pace 70 sPeak OF the intense and Ia
porous care he bestowed upon tho perform
ances given 1t bis London house, Of Of the
Gays he devoted to the superintendence Of
| s1age enects. Inc only place at which there
@ vas e.; enanee o. seeing DICKENS At thus time,
and there, absorbed in the subject Of the hour,
he would be found, resting one arm on the
/ hand OF the other, looking at the drops and
cogi.ating upon their effect for the coming
night, or working like any scene- -shffter at the
properties"
DICKENS AND LEIGH HUNT.
The same paper contains the following
In your obituary notice Of LII. Dickens you
mention that Some Of the e1te1nal character
istics Of skimpole were taken from Leigh
hunt Ibis is true; but it should be added
that the character in its totality was never
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