Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1870-10-20


Professor FELTON, was often with him, and
some quiet evening walks about the me-
tropolis were taken by the two, in which
they doubtless visited some of the fashion
able restaurants of the city speaking of
the oyster-suppers, in his '.Notes," Mr..
Dickens alludesto his friend as the '.hcarti-
est" of Greek professors !'' 81;
Washington Irving came very often, and
the meeting of these kindred spirits was
such as might have been expected They
were greatly delighted with each other,
and at all hours Irving and FELTON, were
admitted. A great ball was given in hon
or of Mr.. Dickens and lady, a full account
of which was given in the papers of that
day.
Besides Irving and FELTON, came Bryant,
Willis. Halleck, Clark of the .sKnicker-
booker" and many others of the stars in
the literary armament; and on one occa-
sion Mr.. Dickens had to breakfast Irving,
Bryant, and Halleck, The clerk of the
Carleton was himself great lover of lit
erature, and remarked to me: ''Good
Heaven to think what the four walls of
that room now contain! Washington Ir-
wing, William c. Bryant, Fitz-Greene Hal
leck, and Charles Dickens 7"
But in New York came many others de-
termined to see the great author, and if
possible make him useful for their private
purposes-people who had literary and
other ''axcs" to grind but they were gen.
orally foiled in their plans
| recollect an Irish book-pedler who
was most impudent and perscvering. He
wanted Mr. Dickens to give him money to
set up bookstore; and had no small
trouble to keep him from intruding into
the very presence of Mr.. Dickens. He
claimed that Dickens owed much of his
American popularity to him, because he
had peddled large quantities of the Amer
lean editions of his works. Jc did not,
however. get the money he wanted, and
wrote Mr. Dickens letter, full of threats
and indignation.
| The correspondence poured in as at Bos-
ton; and while most of it was what it
should have been, some of it was very RI
diculous and amusing
NOluminous manuscripts came, whose
modest authors requested Mr.. Dickens to
| read them carefully, and note any altera-
tions or corrections be thought proper, and
requesting that he superintcnd their pub
lication in England, and receive percent
age on the salesi e8''
| One letter came from the South, asking
an original epitaph for the tombstone OF
an infant. Another came from a South
ern lady, soliciting an autograph copy OF
the lines by Mrs. Leo Hunter, to an ex-
piring frog
One lady from New jersey wrote that
many funny things had taken place i'll her
family, and many interesting and tragic
events also, and that she had all the re-
cords for hundred years past or more
She proposed to furnish this record, with
explanations, to Mr.. Dickens, that he
should arrange and re-write them and
have them published in England, and d.
vide equally with her the profits.
One man, a most disagreeable person,
came often. He brought for Mr.. Dickens
the Lords Prayer, written in twentyfour
languages. "Ah,'' said Mr.. Dickens
''twenty-four languages! One would be
sufficient, if men would only live that
prayer Prom Attn,tic Monttly .Jo'
! October.