, 1870-10-08


4 letter from Geneva, in Switzerland, bs1ugs
til,nEs Of the death. At that city, Of Fisz
High LUDLOW, who il very veil known to all
cnlfivatoss Of our lighter literature as having
been one Of tue most viyactous and euccess-
frl contributators to American periodicals.
He was the son OF the Rev. Il. 6. Ludlow. =
coneregatinnalist clesgynao: settled for
m.nr sears at PougGkecpaie, and, subee-
qnently, At OsweEo, where he died si1 or
Fever: years $50. The first essays Of young
Ludlow acre published about 1885, in New
York newspapers. He contributed volucain-
ouslv to the Eren'"9 Post: and in more
ftfut Esy to other joutnals. These contribu-
tions we're, Of course, anonymous, but
they we're recognizable BY = certain random
cuicknesa Of fancy md felicity Of phrase,
which ehored him to be = leading. DIS
ci11s Of that school Of writing which Poe
funded, and in which Curtis and Wintnron
are the best known nauoee. The first literary
=. nturs to which bis name WIS attached Sss
tie - Hasbeesh Ester" published about 1857
A. its title indicates, be had fallen into th5
h4bt OF n4rco.izing himself with that potent
:, d perricicue drug, and the book u m at
a.,d the rsins Induced 81 il. Such . box
Qpiucey'u .s0ptun Eater" which. indeed. it
resembles, and the main fault OF *hler -
| weakness It conetruction-it ehs,es With
| uspy OF its inertia OF vivid description,
though, OF course, in leesei degree 4
series Of etnries arreared eoon a1teE*a!d
| in HoYptvs +Nc7ezine, Ut which, though Ill
! we're e1traraeant, the bcet are very pleasant
| readi1g e, Thore best are in h,ttnorous rein-
Thote which aim at seriens impresr'sentss arc
| equ.us extsavagapt, but By 60 ueana 30 sue
| ce=tiul. In the as1ne manner "a the stories
Of Poe, they attain only faint reminder Of
| his ualisr power. They sllou morbid fancy,
auicksned snd distorted By tie nesvsus taxa
| ton to VIII: h the a1ises has subjected himself
| E~at s,,& I'm ~ al nd tf$
ward, in that Of opium. Tho stories were
afterwara collected under the title o.
"Liitle Brother Soon alter the pub
1ic.sion Of these he took ) touEneT across
/ tiie p1ainf, in company with 4r. Aerstadt,
the artirt. The frnits Of ths. exp~altion, 80
fsr ~ be was concerned, appeared in . series
q entertaining papers 10 the atlantic Monthly.
His =: Ate uenta about the Aornobs, made III
ttoee r1rets, we're fatty denied, and his con.
clu.iops felce1y resented BY the represents
riycs Of that ss-t- Cpoa Asa return 70 NeH
York, lie wrote in Ge=n!tnsy w.y, and mostly
anonymously, for tnaly Journals and rerlodi
c.ir, ard prepared two books. The fret o.
these. .'Across the Continent" was coils
tton Of the magazine paperE and Lectures e he
had devired from bis trip: The second, "lnt
Opium Habit" was = recital OF bis e1peHenct
with opium. which attempted mach noit
eci. ntifc and less roman'ie treatment than q
had given 10 hz-heeeh. No constitution cnnit
stand tic dtaughts made upon It bT two fo:E:
| of mental anl bodily dissipation 90 waste
fn1 aud for some yeats. LIS heAlth tas oeeI
| utterly shattered, and the ca;2st1aphe Ntl:l
ba- row ended hipcareer has been eyiaenti
imminent Hia last public appearance WAS q
! witness 1t the trial OF li2cFarlstd, where b
vas engaged in an altercstion with the pros
> ecntirc COUNSEL
]. Mr. Ludlow WAS married. about ten yes1
$50; lut the uuion WAS not fortunate AMI
= after eome yessr, his wife ootaiaed divosr
q fror. him. and was subsequently m.r,iM to
a distinguished Artl.t.
0 ! Nr. Ludlow hsl 1n1ny fiae gifts. whie
. would hare made him deso1ysd di.tinctit
he hsd y, haa ,ta tao ,ss a.saness q shsFaf5
a death, At 20 early m age ~ So, puts peri
TO 3 life Of @hieh the actua} results are "a
evidently snd sadly short Q. the promises a
- possibilities.