, 1870-06-27

Ina EHbHbH papers Drought By tho Scott
Charles Dickens TEat event took ok IIan plaea i
tho evening Of the 9th Of June, and tho Scott
left Liverpool at noon. OF the llth, but moan
while the pens OF the journalists had bee,
busy in recording. the leading facts of Iii
fife-togetl.er with such personal 1uemorand,
as seemed most Likely to DO acceptable to th,
cucY. The criticisms Oh his genius and lit
eraEy characteristics arc Of littlo interest tt
| American readers, for eyery man il his OWL
| critic OF the great novelist; but the anecdotes
and sketches Of tho man himself present tht
materials for future biography that ma5
take its place by the side OF BosWells John
eon and Locklart's Scott.
The Netrs Of the 11th says: "eome particu.
lara arc supplied to US Of tho circumstances
| surrounding tle death Of Mr.. Charles Dickens
lie was at Rochester on Tuesday, the 7thinst.
on Wednesday ho WAS employed at his literary
lsbors until dinner-timo. When at dinner he
vas seized with violent pain in the head, and
was placed on sofa in the dining.room, IS it
vas not considered advisable to remove him uu
stairB. Mr. s. Steele Of Strood, his local meli.
cal adviser waa sent for, and found him labor
ing t1'nder seyere form of apoplexy, stertor
ous breathing had taken place, and tho extremi-
ties very soon became cold. h1r, Steele re-
NAMED with him until near midnight, when Mr.
F. Carr Beard, surgeon, OF Welbeck street,
London, an old personal friend OF Mr. Dickens,
arrived with Mrs. Collins and Miss Dickens.
daughters Of the great novelist. 1Ir. Beard
immediately consulted with Mr. Steele, but
they lad little hope. nIr. Dickens was still
unconscious, and remained in that state up to
the time OF bis death NJ. Beard remained ID
with him all night. DR.. J. Russell Reynold q
the eminent physician Of Grosvenor stree t
was telegraphed for, and arrived on Thurslav =
afternoon. He agreed with McsB1s Beard and
Steele IN considering the case hopeless one
from the first. His death took p1ace at 611
O'Clock. Nj. Dickens was well on the We'd
nesdaT, and wrote q great deal during tue
day. He lad fately had no premonitory
symptoms Of an affection Of the brain.' 4
post-nortenl examination is to be made
4 contemporary states thst when Mr.
Dickens sat down to dinner on Wednesday, lis
eister-in-law, Mics Hoga1th, observed an un-
usual appearance in his face, and became
alarmed. and said she feared he was i'll, PRO-
posing in the same breath to telegraph for
medical assistance. Mr. Dickens replied, "No,
no, no; have got the toothache, and shall
better presently He then asked that the
window might be shut; and almost inmedi-
which state be never recovered iii Tie mo- no
1nent OF his death. Mr. Charles Dickens, the
younger, was telegraphed for on Wednesday
evening, but the message did not reach Lon
don til Thursday morning. Ho started In
stantlY for Lis fathers residence, and waa
present at the death-bed, with two Of his sis-
ants.
HIS last LETTER.
4 correspondent writes to the Daily Ne1ps
with the initials 81. II. H." giving the cir
cumstances nnder which the last letter from
tho pen ot 4 Dickens d! came te b writte1, and q
day before his death. ~. II. H." had written
to tho novelist, suggesting that passage in
the tenth chapter Of edwin Drood'' was
likely to wound the religions senabiities Of /
many Of hiB admirers. The passage is not |
cited in the Ne.es, but it is undoubtedly the
in reference to Mr.. Criaparkle:
Into this herbaceous penitentiary, situa.ed i
On an upper staircase 1anding-a low and mar
row Whitewashed cell, where lunches Of dried |
leaves hung from rusty hooks in the ceiling, |
md were spread out upon shelres, in company
nth portentous bottles-would tho Reverend
Septimus subniss:vely be led, like the highly
popular lamb who has 80 long and unresistinE-
J been led to the slaughter, and there would |
ae, unlike that lamb, bore nobody but him.
Mr. Dickens letter, with reference to this
passage, is as follows;
"GAD's Hill PLACE,
"H1auAN, NJ ROCHESTER,, KENy,}
WEn.EmA1, the sth June, 1870.
DEAR sR: II would be quite inconceivable
9 ne-but for your 1etter-that any reasona-
'le reader could possibly attach scriptural
eference to passage in book OF mine, re-
much abused social figure OF
peech, impressed into all sorts Of service, on
u sorts Of inappropriate oecasions, without
ha faintcst connection Of it with it's original
ouEce. an truly shocked to find that any
eader can mike the mistake. I have always
ttlyen in my writings to express veneration
or the Life and lessons Of our Savior because
feel it and because I rewrote that history
or my children-cgcry one OF whom knew it |
rom having it Eepeated to them, long before
hoy could read, and almost Us soon az thew
ould speak. But have never msde procla-
nation Of this from tho houso.tops.
faithfully yours, CHARLES DICKENS"
THE LAsT BOOK UNFINISHED
Concerning his recent novel, and OF his hab-
ts OF composition, Is well as his invention Of
lhmes. writer IN the Meas says:
The Mystery Of Edwin brood, we sre told,
,aye its author more trouble than any Of his
orner works. He complained Of this, per-
laps with sad preBA9e of the truth. He had,
le thought, told too much Of the story in tho
ar]y numbers, and his thoughts did not dow
o freely as Of yore. It VIII remair incomplete
orever, and the fourth part Of the story al
eady given to the public, and another pazt in
manuscript, are al that will be known of the
ast set of original characters their author has
to the world
When Mr. Dickens complsined Of AA work
living him trocble, We may be sars that the |
1use prompting the remark Eaa not slight,
or no H1iter set before himself more lAbori-
susly Tho taat ot giving the puh6e biz va4Y
'esf. 4 great aztaat. yho seoe painted biz |