, 1870-03-16

|" ! De no dSnEel of piracy In America. Perrin
: nobe dy sil1 think it worth stealing. Gi
3 veil st biz Cleopatrs, for Sou will: meet b
!. again in one OF the. chapters which Iiwri
: With most pleasure: II be DOES uot find hi1
seq famous heuceforth, the fault will be moi
tof mine Il, at least, have done my duty |
. him, whatever delinquency there may be
:: fha part Of other critics., ;
Smith l. Elder .psraist in calling the bot
characterization, which gives one the iden
; Harlequin in q pantomiue; but have sttic
" apjoinea upon Ticknor to call it THE Ma
:. bic Fsun Romance Of Monte Beni.'"
HAWTHORNE IN IRELAND.
When we arrived 1T Queenstown, writes II
Fields: the Captain nnuounced'to Us that,
the ehfp would wait there eix hours. we migE
50 ashore End Gee something Of our Ifie
fi1apde. SO We chartered several jAuntip(
cart, after much trlbulation and delay in a
ranging terms with the drivers thereof, an
9tasted 81 on merry exploring ezpeditio,
up and down;the bills Of Queenstown, niue
! shouting and laughing, and crowds Of bet
EaFs howlnG after us for pence and beaI
The Irish lsunting-car Ia peculiAr 1nstIt1
ton, and We aa sat with our leg
perilous way" Occasionally horse woul
g1vs out, for the animals we're SAD specimens
poorly fed and wofully driven We wero a
most deToured by the ragamufins that RI
BESIDE our wheels, and remember the tsa
cirility with which hawthorne regarded thsi
clanors. We had provided ourael7cs befor
starting with much email coin, which, how
ever, gave out durrg our first nile. Hsw
thotue attempted to explain our inability fuI
| ther to supfl5 their demands, having, as b
said to them, nothing lees than sovereign II
bis pocket, when voice from the crow
shouted, "Bedad, your honor, can chang
that for ve;n and the knaye actually did it q
the spat.
HAwTHuHSg OK THE sEA
| Hawtho1ne's love for the eea amounted to
! passionate worship; and while INhe wora
| sailor probably on this planet. rs you know
f1om yachting experiences with me, my dea
Jaek), was longing. spite Of the good compan.
Hawthorne was constantIy saying, in bii
| quiet, earnest way, II should like to sail OF
and on forever, and never touch tbs shore
sgain." He liked to staud alone in the bows
OF The ship, aud see the sun 90 down. aud h
night. I used TO watch bis dark, solitary 6g.
ure, under the stars, pacing up aud down
come unfrequented part OF the vessel, mus
ing and half melancholy. Sometimes be
would Lie down beside me, and commiserate
my unquiet condition. Sessickness, he de-
clared, he could not undeEatand, snd Was con
etanuy Recommending most extraordinary
di.hcs and drinks, t.ah mada out Of the ar
fists mnin," which he -aaid were sovereign
re1,eties for nautical itlnaas- I renasmbsr to
this day some Of the preparations which, in
tale, 1.rrago Of good things almost rival
1irE" Obe1on's Feast" spread out 80 dunti:y
in Henteks !" Hespe1ides.T He thonght, ii
dtst, Il could bear few roo'a eggs baAten
up BY mermaid on + dolphin's baoE might
be benefited He decided that Cruel made
ftota cheat Of Robin Hoods arrows would
be strengthening: When suffering pAin, -
cup II hemlock u tho socrstes
brard before retiring. he considered very
doee OF salts distilled from the tea1s Of Niobe,
but he dida't approve OF that remedy. He Oh
ssrFed that he had high opinion OF hearty
food, euck as potted owl, With MiuarvA sauce.
airy tongues Of airens, atewed ibis, Iyers OF
Roman Capitol geese, the wings Of phGalz,
not too much done, loye-lorn nighhngales
piss made Of fowls raised By Mrs. Carey, nau-
titus chowder, and the ike. Fruit, by ali
means, should a1wAys be taken by an uneasy
victim at eeh, especially Atalanta pippi1s and
f:-:'lo grapes raised By Baechus & Co. Ex-
smininog NY garments ons day rs lay on the
deck, be Thought WAS not warmly enough
clad, end be recommended before took an
other voyage, sh1t should fit myself cut in
Liverpool with good Harm ehirt from the
shop OF Nesaus 4 Co., in Bold street, where
could also find stout aeyeu-league boots to
Afep Jul LUG dhup. da Knew aHptner anop,
he said. where could buy raven-down stock
nGs, and cable clouds with silver-lining,
nCst warm and comfortable for Bea voyage.
HAWTHORNE on LINCOLN.
One OF the moBt interesting features OF
this article is an account By HAwthorne Of
President Linco'n-an. account which hes
not hitherto been in print. Mr.. Fields
writes:
~ After his return home from Washington,
Hawthorne sent to me-, during the month Of
May, IN article for the atlantic Monthly,
which be entitled Chiefly About War Matters
The paper, e1cellently well done throughout,
Of conrae, contained : peEsonai description OF
President Lincoln, which thought, conaider-
cd as portrait OF = living nku, End drawn by
HhV thnrDe, it would not be wise or tastefulto
print. Tho Office OF An editor, dear Jack, 10 q |
one sometimee, and the csse Of
Hawthorne On Lincoln disturbed me not i lit I
tie. After reading the manuscript, wrote to !
the author, and asked his permission to omit !
his description OF the Presidents peraounI
Appearance. Is usual, for he was the kind
eet and sweetest OF contributors, the uoRt I
sood-uatured and the most amsnAhle man to |
advice 7 eva5 knew, he consented
print the article with the alterations. Il you
tu1n to the paper, dear Jack (you will find it |
in tho number for July, 1862, you will OBJ |
serve there are several notes; all Of these |
Eete written By Hawthorne himself. He COM
Piled with my request without murmur, but !
as always thought waa wrong in my decision. I
He said the Whole description Of the inter-
'iew and the Presidents personal appearance |
Fere, to his mind, the only parts Of the arsi- !
:le worth pnblishing; What terrible
hing he complained, 1T is to try to Let of |
. little bit Of truth into this miserable hmm
oug Of EoIld-' Plesident Lincoln is dead,
.age omitted haa an historical value
Ei1l read to sou, rerbatin,, what
advisad my friend, both On biz oHn
recount and the Presidents, not to print nine
'eafs ago. Hawthorne and his party had
le eaye, "a Bnpernume1aries to deputktion |
rom Massachusetts whip factory, with
! present Of q splendid whip to the Chief
fagistIate;
dsDy and by there wss Little stir on the
taircase and in the passage-way, and In
ggerated Yankee port and demeAnor, whom
IS being about the home meliest man ever saE,
et by no means repuleira or dle-Srseable).
was impossible not te recognize 81 Uncle
lba. -
g 'usalsshonab1y. Western man though
70 be, and kentuckian by birth, Preaident Lin
oln is the eesentlAl resentatiye OF al Yam
ees, And The veritsble specimen, physically. Of
init the world seems determined to regard As
ur characteristic guAlitieH.- It is- the etrang-
st and YET the htteat thing IN the Jnmpie OF
uman m Flcashtudas, thss he, cut o. 20 many
l3ii.ons, ~ nnlooked,fot, unse!ected 9y any ~
eligible process that conld be baaed upon hs
enulEe Qualities, unknown to those VINO
aents may adapt him for his tremendous re-
poneioihty, should have found the WAY open
Or him to fling hs link personality into the
hAir Of State where, presume, It Was his
ret impulse to throw hiB legs on the couu-
tab nd fafI fha ~ aS |
tory. There is no describing his lengthy
wkwardnsss, nor tbs uucouthness Of his
1oTenneut and Jet It seemed as Il had bsen |
! the habit Of seeing him daily, and had
haken hands With BIN q thousand hmea IN