New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-06-11

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Iarndyce and the great Guppy with the singing satire
nm Cbanoery practice, the model detective. and the
Emaweed family, we hold TO be the last Of his great
or II we except "The Tale of Two Cities which some
critics rate above even David Copperied" In all the
ober novels since Bleak House we trace growth OF
,annerism in STYLE increasing tendency towards the
.sotionol and crotcsque, and falling of not In the
onalitv but in the abundance of the humor. Little
,rorritt however will be immortazed by the Crcumio
r,,ion Office Hard Times" by Its noble appears TOT
,bo rights OF the working classes against the tyranny o
Genital. "Great Expectations" by Joe EafSery anu
,-ncle PumhlechOok. "0ur Mutual filend apPearcu
On 1854, and despite many characteristic eAce.on'o'
caused general disappointment Inc Mystery VI -
Drood" begun after a six years eessa'ioh Ho i1
to,s literary labor promised revival OF tie ou
49, NOW, alas 10 be felt more, though the paoAes'
oor, broods over Il from the opening scene III III opium
hcu ~ the significant, almost prophetic cioSns "V'''
NJ the last chapter published In hr@S Sd'a"ug
eTbere there there GEL to bed poor man. anu ',aS.
4. iabhcrr With that he exingushed his hgh'' puieo
up the bedclOthes around hIh anu WIZ" INV
shut out the world" . 49,, -,
We must mass over briefly the miscellaneous aDors OF
she last twenty years, though trey were In"e1u nv
l,gbt The weekly periodical Household bords' was
conducted by Mr.. Dickens from It's founuauoh III low
mil through some disagreement with the publisher
after several years he established All the Year Round OF
which he remained really nOmnally editor up TO the
fine NJ his death He wrote for these periodicals. the
sketches entitled "The Uncommereal Traveller, anu
began, about a year and half ago, series Oh Nc"
Monumental Samples" Of which, however, he coui-
pleted only five six. For many years II was MS Gus
tom to ISSUE in connection with these periodicals.
Christmas budget Of stories and sketches by hve OF SIX
~ bs contributors with connecting thread, or taie
or something happy, from his own hand; ana IL is W
these that we owe some of the peasantest OF his hgh'er
charaoters-such Mrs LrTiper, Chops the DWari ana
the Cheap Jack. No complete collection OF tneSe noi
papers has ever been made.
DurnR the last few years Mr.. Dickens has been WIN
ming almost as much fame and money as reader 81 nus
own writings as he ever won by his books. There had
long been runors Of his extraordinary abilities as an ac
tor and the favored few who obtained admission 10 the
private hcaricas at TavstOck House were loud IN then
praises of his hstriOnic talent When he gave OCCASION
ally reading Of the Christmas Carol or the Chmes ior
a charitable object, the hall was always thronged' IL
was not until 1858 began read regularly for his
own benefit From that time until his farewell to the
Iostrum few months ago, wherever he went III LII
Gland and America he moved TO laughter and to tears
all who could come within reach OF his voice. Cr1ucs
differed about the merits Of his performance as critics
fer about the merits Of his books but the people never
tired of either the one the other 1t was for the pur
pose of giving readings that Mr.. Dickens made his
second visit to the United States I'm 1861 He landed at
Boston and gave his first reading there before hlghy
distinguished audience the I'd Of December "heh ne
came upon the platform at the fremont Ieinpe'-
changed indeed
whom we had known twentyOdd years before, but Win
rnddy face beamng behind that gzzled beard and eyes
flashing with humOr" while cheer after cheer broke
forth" says THE TRIBUSRs account OF the scene, ana
cries Of welcome and clapping Of innumerable Kids,
Dickens and fell and rose again in friendly roar
tried 70 speak and defeated and returned CALAMITY
TO the charge again. but had scarcely got as far as
Ladies' when he was obliged to succumb made another
dash at Gentlemen, and gave it up and at last saw
that one Englishman was nothing TO so many
Yankees, and waited smiling and bowling until
they had had their will and ready TO let him have
his" But later in the evening there was still heartier
scene The Pckwick Trial was one Of the selections read
that night, and when thelCourt said Call Samuel Wei
ler such cheers and confusion arose that the whole
audience speak, seemed rushing to shake hands
with that old friend 1t nearly the same when MI
Dickens appeared at stenway Hall in this city lust
week later And how the people Of New-York fought
and quaeed to get tickets for that course of readings
will not soon forgotten. amount of hard study
always preceded the readers appearance In pubic
Every tone and gesture carefully weighed The
text ian abrdgent of the printed story or an extracted
rhapter was arranged with the utmost pains, and fire.
nuenty amended II partly on account Of his habit
of such constant toll, partly through falling health
that Mr. Dickens accepted very few Of the Inequalities
offered him in NewYork and Boston by his personal
friends or distinguished men who felt entitled to seek
his acquaintance In Boston he lodged quietly at Park
nr and visited at few houses except those Of Mr. James
T. Fields LongfellOw and Lowell. Mr.. Fields was his
principal companion and joined him sometimes in the
long brisk walks which had been his daily exercise since
boyhOod. An evenings reading exhausted him terribly,
but he found walk Of twelve or fifteen miles next morn
ing wonderful refresher. In NewYOrk he occupied
handsome suite Of rooms at the Westminster. His
principal friends here were Mr.. Bryant and Mr.. and
Mrs John Bigelow Just before he sailed for home he
accepted from the press of the United States the only
public dinner which he attended in America. The enter
anmen given DelmonicOs in this city on the 18th OF
April 1868 attended by about two hundred journal
lists from all parts Of the United States and at 1t Mr.
Dickens made the excellent address 10 which we have
before alluded.
OF his private life at home quiet and uneventful it
was there is not much to be told In town he had apart
ments in WengtOn-st Strand over the Office OF Az he
Year Round but lived chiefly at the Garrick Club His
residence proper at Gads Hill IN Kent, on the ROAD
20 Canterbury and about hours ride from London by
railway spot celebrated in Shakespeare tho scene OF
Jack Falstad's encounter with the men in buckram.
Early in fe-iust after the publication Of Pickwick-
M Dickens married the daughter of Mr. George Hogarth
the author and critic He separated from her in 1885, and
the called forth great deal Of inatured COM
men the following letter written for the purpose of
being shown to the public:
MY DEAR -: Mrs. Dickens and have lived un-
happily together for many years Hardly any one who
has known intimately can fail to have known that we
derfuy unsuited 10 each Other suppose that no two
people not vicious in themselves joined To-
gether who had greater difficulty i'll understanding
another or who had less in common. An attached
woman servant more friend to both OF than sery
anti who lived with MS l6 years. and is married and
who and still is in Mrs. Dickenss confidence and
mine, who had the closest familiar experience Of this
unhappness in London, in the country in France, in
Italy, wherever we have been, year after year. month
after month, week after week, day after day, will bear
testimony 10 this
Nothing has on many occasions, stood between and
separation, but Mrs Dckens's sister,
From o. Of IS she has devoted herself house
and children. She has been their playmate nurse in
siructres friend prOtectTess adviser and companion
ID the manly consideration toward Mrs Dickens which
owe 70 my wife, will merely remark Of her that the pc