, 1870-07-24

country he delighted to recall
md describe the pea!liaritiea, eecent5ic aud
otherwise, Of dead and gone as well n living
en.opbtI ahso Sos md n aaa md aoo s sn
Rogers seemed to live orer again in hi. vivid
reproductions, msde 90 impressive b. t'e
ma1Eellou. memory and imagination AZ he
walked rapidly along the road, he zppe1ed to
enjoy the keen xest OF lis companion IN tbs
numerous impersona:ionas with which hs vaa
He ataays hid much 10 Say Of animals as
well as OF men, andthcre wers certaiu doE and
horfes be had net and known intimately which
it was eiecisly Interesting 10 him to remember
and picture. There Haa 4 particular dog in
Washington which he ~as never tired Of Ge
i'neatlng., The frat night Dickens read in The
cspitai this dog attracted hin attention. :. He
came into the h.1l by hImself," ss,d hs, "got
good place place before the reading beean,
and paid strict attention throughout: He came
the eecoDd night, and rAa ignominonsly shown
out by one Of tho chcck-takera. On the third
night be appeared again with another dog.
,s rhieh he be-. had e7ident'y pro@lsed to ps:s u
upon the imposition being uunas55j,
the Other dog .pologized By hosl
and Withdrew. His intentions, no doubt,
were Of the best, hut he afterwards rose
10 explain outside. with such ineonveniant elo-
9uence to tie reader and his audience, .hss
In aletter written during his reading tour in
America, IN 1868, and dAted from Albany, hs
says: I'VE had III sorta OF adventures by the
way, among which two OF the most notkble
were: !. Picking, mp tso trains opt Of :ho
wate1, IL which tho passengers had been eam-
poeedly sitting Ill night, until relief should ~
rive. 2 Cupacking aud releasing into the open
had been In the w1ter don't know how long,
ard fiat had begun in their imprisoa-
uncnt 10 eat csca other. I ne-er could hare
realized the strong and dismal expressions Of
which the faces of ahoep a1e capable, hid I
not seen the hagga1d eountanances Of thia
Of their dens and picked themselves up, aud
mace od, 1eapiug wildly (uany With broken
leee) over = great mound Of frozen anow,
md over the worried body OF decessad
companion. Their misery WIS 50 very hu-
u1an that I wAs sorry to recognize several
Intimate aeqaaintances conaacsipg thnmsalyes
in this ,for!ornly synnastic manner" He
was such firm believer in the men
tai faculties Of animals that it would have
gone hArd with = companion With whom
be wss talking, if doubt were .hsowu,
howeser Inadvertently, On the mental intell-
genes Of any four-footed friend that CHANGED
TO be at the time tho subtect OF conversation.
Al animals which he took under his especial
patronage seeued to hare marked affection
Iean s "a. a fe.tara It Gsd:s mi ID When Dicfens
returned home from his last visit 10 Ame :ics,
these dogs we're frequently spoken Of in his
letters. In Aay, 1865, he writes: AS you
The two Newfoundland dogs coming to meet
ne, with the usual carriage and the usual dri-
yer, and bcholdiug me coming in my usual
drcss out at the usual door, it struck me that
their recollection OF my having been abseus
for ahY unusual time was It onco cancelled.
They behaved {they are both young doga) ex.
actly In their usu1 manner coming behind
the b.eket phAeton as We trotted Along. md
lifting their hrads TO hsye their care pulled
special attention which they receive from no
one else. but when drove into the stable-yas,i,
Linda Che ST. Dernatd1 was greatly excited,
weeping plofusely, and throwing herself ou
her back that abe might caress my foot witt
bouncer, batkcd in the gzratest hgitation, ou
being called do1n and asked, Who il this 7
tearing round and round me iko the dog in ths
Faust outliDea."
In many walks and talks with Dickens, hi.
conversation, nov, alas SO imperfectl5 recall
ed, frequently rkn On tho habits Of birds, Il.
rsven, OF course, interesting him particularly
He always liked to have raven hopping about
his grounds, and whoerar has read tho ne.
preface TO - ''Barnaby huage" must Remember
1 several Of his old friends in that line. He hat
! quite fund Of canary bird anecdotes, and the
pert wAya OF birds thAt picked up worms for I
living afforded him infinite amusement. II.
would give capital imitation Of tho way rob
! in-:t dbteaAtcocks hls headone ono aide prelul
inaC to daah forward in tho direction o
. wIigglln6 victim. There is small grave a
Gad's Hill 10 which Dickens would OCCASIONAL,
take a friend, and it was quito . privilege Z
etand with him beside tho burial-place Of littl'
Dick, the family's fayorite canary.
There were certain books OF which Dickan
liked to talk during his walkA. Among his es
pecla1 faTorites were the writings OF Cobhett
DeQuincey. the Lectures On Neral Phi'osoph,
By Sydney Smith, and Carlyle's French nayo
book OF all others which ho read pe1petuA1ly
and OF which he never tired-the book wIie'
always appeared more imaginative Il
proportion to the ttesh, imxginatio,
30 brought to 1t, book To-
ine1haust,blensss to be placed before ever!
Cities, he asked Carlyle Il ha might SOC QUO
Of the books to whi:h he referred in his histo
y; whe1eupon Carlyle packed up and Hent
dow 10 GAd's Hill ali his reference yolumss,
and Dickens read them faithfully. But thi
moro he read, the more ho Was astonished X
find how the facts had passed. through Ii,
alenbic Of Carly1e's brain and had como on
great rhole, making a compact result IN
found himself turning away from tho book
Of reference, and ze-r,esding with A
Lew growth. There we're certain book
particularly hateful 10 him, and Of which hs
never tpuke except in terms OF most 1udlcrou
rail1ery. Mr.. BARLOW, in "SandfoEd and Mer
tru," he said wIs the faYorite enemy Of hi
boyhood, and his first experience Of bore
He had an almost supernatural hatred for Dar
low, "bccause he was 80 Tety Instructive, AM
alwayn Mnting doubts with regasd to th
ve1acity Of 'sinbad the Sailor ind had nj
belief whatevor in The Wonderful Lamp. O.
The Enchanted Horse.'" Dickens rattlin
his mental cane over the head Of 1Ir. Bar
low WAS a. much bettor than any play as ca
be imagined. He g1oEied ii many o
Ode to Eae Wilson, and be woull gesticu1a:t
with fine fcryoz the lines,
"....the hypocrttes who ope Heavens door
obseQuious to the sln1ul man OF richea-
But p1f the wicked, nAkeI. arc-Ie4geti poor
In parish stocks inatcad OF tresches"
| One Of his favnr.te books WAS Pcpys' Diag
the curious discovery Of the key to which
| and tho odd characteristics OF its writer
| were never-failipg source Of interest An
| amusement to him. The vision OF Pepy
! hanging round tho door Of the theatre
hoping for an invitation to. 50 in, not bein
he Ind n.sde to himself that he woul
spend no more money foolishy, delghse
a, snihor sh e tue Elesg Sa' be ssa. pct o1s "
came walking down 10 posterity with 80 SEA
book under his arn." He preferred Smolle'
to 1sdng p2tti1S RS; Mse 70 sS9s
temporar,es be always spoke With warm con
mendasion, and t. Griffith Gsunt" ho though
production Of very high merit He v,
-hosp,tab.e to the Thought" " Of al write,
who were really IN earnest, but 1t the first ..
hib,tion Of floundcsing OF ine1actness be bs
came m unbe1iever. People with disloc1st
Ee WIS plss1cnately fond Of the theat.
loved the lights and Music and towers, Al
tho happy faces Of the audiences: he "
accustomed 10 Say that his lore Of the the
tre nevtz failed, md, no matter bow Or
the play, ho wAa Always careful while he 9
in the box to make no sound wh1ch cou
hozt the feelings OF tho Aetors, OF show N
for Mr.. Fechter'e acting Was uaost intereetin
He loved to describe seeing him first, qui
By accident, in pAriA, having ttxolied into
little sheasre thete one night He y
making love 10 WOMAN" Dickens saj
and lie 20 eleE.ted her, - we'll - hit
opcd her, that they tzod in pure< eths
and In another sphere, quite lifted oot Of t
present. By heavens : sAia 70 myself,
man whocsn do this can doan5thing. ney
sav two people more purely md instantly e
vsted bS the power ct love Tia uana,
also, he continued, !" in which be presses i
hen, Of the dzess OF Lucy in The Bride d l.,
| mrruoos Is eonething wondesiul- The N
has genius In him which il un1uiatAkahle."
Life behind the scenes was Always fascinl
ing study to DICKENS. g Ono Of tho odd.
sights green-rnon can present" he said o
. dry, In when thsy ars collecting children I
apAntoInine. For this purpose tho promp.
ealls together all the women in (
ballet, and beeinh giving out their names
| order, While they prcsa about him eager I
!, I the chance OF increasing their poor pay b! I
| extra pittAnce their children will reeA
Mrs. johnson. how manr7' Two. =
Whit Ageef ? tseven to ten.'' Nra. b, b
many ? and 10 %. until the required nua'
ID made up, The people who 50 upon
! stage. however poor theI ps. orh.rd their !