New-York tribune., 1870-08-18
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
T1Fp OF CUARLES DICKENS.

inc the life and career Of Charles Dickens with at
least advantage in which Others who have adj
Ventured the same work seem to have been lacking.
He had coed previous knowledge of the authors
history. and personal acquaintance with the author
himself DIR. Mackenzie moreover is a facile and
rracticed writer, long famous as collector Of lit
erary anecdotes and biographical gossip. We find,
therefore, in this book, as we expected that we
should, great deal Of interesting matter which we
have never in print before and the Compilation
from published records is bnth oor,rlete and judi
eious. Of the n'-' emily tbe Doctor gives
>sS:T -.~Aens family INV ,sl,ans the au- |
So, many particulars Mr.. John DICKENS s =.
shors father, clerk in the pay dep"''" 'oo
navy. and afterward journalist IN L.-idon,
No. eno epecimen OF tha ssini-shoridan class OF gen
tiemen who dressed we'll were very liberal M %n o 3sa m s
forks money s9pySa Ses Sh eaTS f that giving
note at hand accepting prfnssoiS no,e acI 'i in
cu debt Interest @ Sn 1nq cSs sSsesctsd Ed y tEose who
knew hm that Mr. Turveydrop In Biedk Bo,'se, was n
Department aaS He had lived in London during the Re
een'S Hs vas TIC sscare.i svceie., young rsfnee
Geigh Hunts Adonis Of ay considered the Pnee 1,e
If FORM" ana dressed after the prncely attire te de
lighted IN tall collar Sn choke, White yost' anu
n newest tashioH, He wore belt, SO tights bueked,
threw the blood into his face The old seneman
who kaw the late Capt James Leonard of THE NewYork
police, and remembered Dickens senior affirm ihSe,
segtjapce Of asnre feature and flush complexion was
& lie rST %s1 SSy sens his WARES His face was
ALWAYS eleanshay and rRddy LatcIiy, II was w W.
Gsndsome face for man advanced in years. His wn3
eclaTed fhs, none of the boys half handsome
as their father" Had he inherited IoItune hs 49,
always have been regarded as PSlect' WehTVoA'e'
well-manrcred gentleman.
Mr. Join Dickens was married in The early par, et me
present century. and his wife, Mr. Elizabeth HcEens'
Nekeiy. Of happy memory tl- charming inaecTracy
Of her gnemory and the curious % he con
versaton In later she tall and tina, VAN
wasps waist, of which she was fery vain and vas what
Is called "dressy She was good we, very y M o.
her husband devoted to her children, ana XCemeiy
proua of her Charles, WIZ was kind and liberal 10
htE from the time ~ was wa I'm N ~ "g 0%SF SreS 20 f s
1 Fanny Dickens, who Was Inuslc-teacher 19c some
tire before her marriage with Mr.. Bennett@ sawyer
. Charles Dickens vrd's heir Of fame, born at
Lendpott suburb OF Portsmouth, on the 7th et FehTu-
Gro 1872; Gads Hill the old Catheerai city
of Rochester Kent Thursday, the 9th of june $50
ond inferred in WestminstE Abbey on Iueso thc 4a'n
of June, 1870 l. ~, ,.., ,,.oiroor
and architect in London She is the only surviving men
Frederic William picsens who through the infu-
ence Of Lord John Rnsst an old ana warm @ rre1 M %
NhafUs l'chthr' oli"iitoN
ace London, but after years received hnt that"
from certain Irregularities his resignation wdd be ae
repted On the 53d of October, 1868 he died of absces
on the lungs at Darlington where he had been stationed
during the preceding twdrc months lie hah suhcrti IRE
greatly during the laSi three weeks OF his ahess &
newspaper obituary which mentions this aGds Ine
Cenality-it something more TO those whe could -
below the surfaoe-of M FreGerlc Dlcseil,e @ natU.
and his ready fund Of hlpeior and anee711te, VIII hl
liked him best" Ne Eiederic Dickens Infy best be
characcrizcd perhaps, aslonging 10 tka numerous
ont much regaTd tS health NObodys enemy but Ms
is the general conversational epiiarh sal man OF
s. Alfred Dickens was or architect or ergneer,psr-
maps little Of both upOn the Nation Railroad, anu Is
g. Augustus Dekens was drought up in the counting
.honsc o John Chapman Co.. No Leadenlzlls st, Lon
don, and came 10 This country some ten or twelve yers
TsT e aSd Osi Se in es - aye S years ago His second
wife ss Bertha Philips ias shteF Of the late Charles
hero and married died on Christmas Eye 1858 al en-,
when Charles Dickens Last IN America, but none
M the family had recognized beI. and he thought not
kaoWn TO be his sser-iIaw he did not visit Chicago
4 is stated that heaIipg of her distressed eireum
ellstus was the original boaes.
AR John Dickens, the father. was superannuated in
ItI6. while yet in the prime of te and allowed & pen
as a general reduction Of the naval and military estab
at the Close 81 H. te rSa wa an ana uIsTey pSI
haRi round ana clear as perceive py note OF ms
renying his household goods 30 London succeeded in
Obtaing enga cement as reporter upop me morning
Of energy and a remarkable aptitude for work, John
Dickens useu Journalist st. he eolSned ed on dhe
Ished. u January 1876 when Charles Dickens ems placed
and believe he remained on to the last 1t was
constant eEe among newspaer-nen that Charles DieA-
hc was writing David CoPPerfsld and put him into
that story Micawber nut though there was great deal
of waiting until something should turn up, IN much
tba John Dickens did nd did not, man who had kept
pon the e. newspaper press With only single change
and that for the BETTER was considerably ADORE the MI
CaWber scale.
Several interesting particulars connected with
1.-The Pickwick Papers are mentioned. The cele-
brated debate at the Club, at the end of whiclM Mr.
Piekwiek and Mr.. Blotton declared that they had
used abusive language only in q Pckwickian
sensen referred to scene that had just occurred in
the House Of Commons, when the disputants excused
themselves by admitting that they had backguarded
each other only in Parliamentary sense" and the
hit was duly appreciated.
Ibelieve that old Weller was drawn from an original
who used TO work stage-cOaeh between London and
Portsmouth, and had brother on the same line. They
nassed by each OTHER every day for many years. without
any opportunity Of exchanging wOrds-a mutual smile
snd knowing elevation of the whipebow being their
only salute When one Of these rotund brothers of the
whip died. the other took it to heart and followed him
In a month. This last was Dickens's man. Perhaps
became Omnpotent Mrs Warner the tragic actress,
perieneed OF kindness from this eoachman, which
have Influenced MS eoachman in PieA'oiek.
& ef 70 gf @ S d soe % s %ac ss gsd & 9fs S
dart very much respected on and OF the boards Her
slvays Travelled under his escort He was known along
the road as The Captan,' and she was familarly
was travelling with her father, begin short star
season at Portsmouth or Plymouth. Every oa that
when he saw their names his way bnl," he took
that the ayOre boxseat portion Of his own vehic-
apt TO get sick when an inside passenger and was aceps
toned by special favor to take her seat on the outside,
This lady always was and extremely handsome in these
distant days she had become an especial fayore with
on the TO- when stage, say 10
reached il was discovered that Capt Huddat had sud
denly died ia the coach his daughter then being it,
and the corpse taken into the inn 10 await inquiry
from coroner's inquest Poor Miss Huddart sitting
the great palOr Of the country inn almost parayzed
Oy the sad and sudden shock when the old coacIDan