, 1870-09-25
RecollecsIons OF Thackeray.

4 couein OF Thacketny, who associated nth
the novelist during his life. and know hin in
tmAtelv, Is publishing in Cas*slFs Mdq1zine,
some Of hia reccolIectioas Of his gifted Iela-
tive From these papers We take the follow
ing uost interesting paragraphs:
The mother CT Ttacke1aJ was very tai, Tesy
R1scefnl, and decidedly sarcastic. She WAS
xourn OF warm affeesitur, and devoted to her
son She never had any other child Thack-
erAy's mother wrote hcrself, but nm not
be confided to me his conviction that his
daughter "cou1d turn bis mother round her
finger" But he greaay admired hia mothers
beauty.
His habit xae to write in bed-so he told
me-and to put Of the work that he had IN
high pressure urged him to his best speed. l
asked him why be called that work Pendennis.
~ don't know" he replied. Il wish I had
called it Smith, but / didn't thlnk Of it,
He added that he thought Pendennis fail
ure.
Jetrold, Of whom ThAckeray said to me-,
tsHe IL the 7.:tttest man ever knsw," had
not ha1f EiA knowledge of mauners and
society; Eeiihel hsd he hia rscy hu-
NOR nor quAint shEewdness OF re-
marx Thaefery was also tne czitie,
and net IN ungeneruus one. He
| was a man Of fasidious taHte and delicacy.
! Speaking on the subject Of pAthos TO me, he
l said he did not think it shonld be excluded
| from book, but that it should be used very
/ s1,aHngly- How e1quiBite IL th8t touch OF hia
| 1an.ty For: "AIolher is the name Of God
in the hearts Of young children, and this
poor, benighted little heAthen wozahipped =
stouer
Tbs artistic excellence of Thacker.y WAS
not percelycd to any extent when he wAs but
| magazine contributor. He soon desplsed sone
| genial, and graphic that they will lways afford
! pleasure. OF the 1eloto- plush Papers, when
4 1 told him did not Ike them 80 much As his
| other works, hs ssid, t. They are hor1id rub
bish but I g.. well p.id fos them. 4 man
paid nobly,~r and the :. Fat Contributor was
doubtless Of very great service to the facasious
satitist and showmAn: but suspect that he
never intended to re1u2ip. On the sta1 of
Punch he told me that he wished ons day
to be ranked Hith " classical writera-n
He expressed himself very warnly when he
liked man. 4 gallant reteran-the original
Isuspeet, Of Colonel Nescome--he greatly es-
teemed. always thought that the vile Of
that eame Colonel inspired him with the idea
Of his Laura. Fendennis, doubtless, was him.
UT like your cousin. Mr.. Thackoray, resy
/ .r1uch, :" said the authoress Of John Hail ja1 10
ME. He came with Mira Proctor the other
| day to cAI upon me. He's not at al Whist
fancied he was" OF Miss Mulock, Thacke-
ny said to me, not dispaz.Etngly, ~ think I
had = charm for him. whether he thought
highly Of the feminine mind do not under
take to Say. He was convinced that man
ought TO be superior in intellect to his wifo-
I mentioned some persons related to Us.
where the lady had most h1.lns, aud who had
lived hsppily together. ~ don't know how
that wAs," he replied; 'but depend upon
it. at one time tie old gentleman ran
some riga We were also talking Of
Capt. - and his wife, and he BAid
he had heard that they did not always agree
t'but, ," he added, ! MAN shouldn't be much
at home. He's eure to quarrel with woman
if he it," Yet was told By lady, WHO lived
iur years under the same roof with him, thai
l,liam had the sweetest possible temper.
She also said that the want Ut money, when hf
was a Soung fellow, did not seem to weigl
u1on his mind; for in Ta1is he would come te
her and ear, IS Polly, cat you lend me franc
I want eome ciglrs-" Tlose were his a1tts
days, and probably his happiest.
l used to meet Thacleray frequently at th,
reading-1oom OF 11e Blttirh Museum, whithe
i,u hid aoviscd me to go, and ahere be was
dlli;ent student ! DON'T think hia rcadinl
Was imneuse, but he had n,Auy things At hi
ingeI' ends. He shook his head il ls foun
me with dramatic vorks-wllich cared 10
Eoet-in my hand. Even il l tried hard +
fathnm the mysteries Of Gcrtnau thought,
| animated that wns "doing no good.