New-York tribune., 1871-09-13
CHARLES REIDE IN SELEDEFENSB.

NhdhILS hEIIE IN I'M h-'Hh'
Under the lcajin. "Fact, Mast I've FaCcd,'
The london Times the is nit publishes the following
letter from Charles Reddc reply to its recent review
OF that work:
SIR: The Times of The oath of August contains NOTICE
0f "A Terrible I,mptat!'a' drc ni"n new pan IL
story. ouiy MY a1ldccr ha> d,cst,'l tcm of every
charm II rather hard my name should h htach'n 10
eoodi~h with the same materials; Int !
process a5nlicd 10 Howrr'> "Ihad" would prove II
contemplate work Tcr, j. something more Srrl"4N' w.
urtunT ON me '"th asa writer anu man WIN, VIII rs
YOURS Ny allits'r las sail that Lave v,itfcn about
about Aindine ~ any sketch OF Kh"Jt Hnn'ou u ,rb
tiat hn"cn; girls onsn rot Il" hr imrr' % 90 WI v n"
forbid my NOnuIc to their unmarried d'ucnWI@.
You must admit sir this ia II very serlons thiIg
to saw IN rrt Tni yery cruel fo writer of my age;
then do please ~" me fair play for once nd Cl , wv we
rot nNcucd hy rc, hut copied from maNie hand ~
yOu who first introduced her ponies ana a; !" M ,
punc on the 81 day of July. lsG?: in an admirable cs
cus>ed the whole SUBJECT day after day M ee % r"nns
vast ccIrcS"onderc" 50 that for one s{ wv wmD Great
s|p} r t %( ~ %aF f"md f my mi. lose yon the esteem
my ahridser. permit me tO offer yol, aN s"i" sun
sttdie, the thanks of "a better judge" =, ,se, a
YOU mO" hsd S1 dcn E" %"S it @ pSforr and rH.
to your o"n in inahle ma aN'mi T,S "mTt Innr
nal y"m conduc 50 ably has iny ptcr and the
man source of my w"Iks-at all "NGHS g, thr mos aI
IT, t"ncicd nv icari ulamcd NY mllrinaion: and
VS. ne e'In OF @l hr, nnr"dtaH W"%, m II f If Sr
M u, ,, "" and ""irlii>h,S the work it had inspired
some Years later you put forth an able and c!o-
qun, leader on pvatc asynn>. and detailed The sun r
root in me- AMI brought forth its fruit in the second
volume uf "II5rd ash Later Stl yOuI hearty and able,
hut trIurrac leader, upon trades Unions and trade out
RACES iuciird ample study o that great subject,
m for Cion OF the li!her order. though not adaIutd
10 hr raiow minds bread and hnt;cr isscs. of
I
tIon hni - limits and tbnt Put Yourself IN HIS PlaGe
Wa> wu't,,. OF a Terrible Temptation" ihc leading
idea to me from The iiocSrl from the r port OF
certain trla with the comments of counsel, ani hc
lrmdkahlc JGd&lnrlt delivered by lr' Justcc ByIrs.
The character of RhOda somerset cuIcd from your
pages aud having observed with what ilrLnrs''
krp y"ul thod in view. and II at "vcnt hd I" mn
tate t. Whatever warmth rave Shown i III the scenes
{" Ntu"uS love; III thv somerset .crL' IN '.u an "1
sarcastic. Ipto the period OF hci Repentance now Il"
treat tins characters DO whiicwaSH tac hu>>I. or maze
her wcHhtd dciicdtc h,i1td woman, as yoIT ,un
and immoral WrtClS wUuidl Ircs' nj her llhttrate'
coar.c VAIN, with good impulses bad temper. and
Blne>ghtc tongue lhcl"c contrast 10 th'N uhatlirNe
rhOtosarn am careful t' place my portrait OF an Ing
II>h IN. drawn IN the sweetest C"N my rudt Az
can command that every honest lr"icl may eor on
which sd, my ynpthlcS lie, I'd De attracted 10 Vr'u'
hy the rolG Of comparison. Believe me, Sir, thou
sand inuoc,n girls lh- moment being corrutcd
10y writ - If their own Sex with n0NciS ilSh,tN.y
and her of pOprcty These wrii, rs. hclnS w"ntn
know how To ~olt on r f"rurt "i',H"t Al niilf Ins
pcrit,ltv. they reconcile then 1cac readers To- lIict
1Ir ami tftG a u!,l Iu>cr over adatcly u-cf Y,;sO
dc>tac Of the ,:;tica ftcy are the crlticastcrs
o tie GIr ; The - calAy corlnptrrs of tlnalc yOnh
escape &, 7>.lr: il has ron' .,>tldy after winter III
" nose Ianis vice startIs and o,id-. not captvatcs
My pen has never corrupted >"'l; II never Will, IL
never can. MI water snail run mp mn
should lhi, argument fan iiio ahl,r HANDS than an
ahud-cr'. cAl ct TO Oc told not tt ii is the duty OF
all wrlcs 10 ignore certain Wees ana 20 do htlr ps'
To cIuaje tncm bU hat many stiets, open to the
"dIurI, ar closed 10 td' h",rn1' i"S - , aIu" anu
rca."rahc. The d>W'F Is !EiIN must Oh heceSsiii'
report m >Inal! typ SOM crimes and vices quite
uudt 10 mentioned N n0vc. 'ut that Il journalist
Ea~ dny rIch 10 pu iiu' hiN 'aicd Type ana TO amp!
dSCii->, aid dive upon any >U,cc Whatever, ana tlt
the poet the u,N, lit has Lo al tqua! rShl 10 drd
VITA tAM >u.Jr hcii,A. th.~ IL monel"us ana the
mere dc,u~"H -, ra'Hi '-'ti>;n
hand, A,>c pr, cnfcd h'r i'll no Noptuo4s secncs'
and have mad hcr IcpulSiEe chalarter nhtli sr Ir
enter Iivde Pal H. aud Tie Times to enter her
room and has locked up every BOic on ncr lncmi>'s.
have the horor TO be, sr v"ur ohi'"nt >"rNani and
49, ?. AlDcr. terrace. KmiyLt,br;dgc, Aug. 70.
The Londoh fiHoS says in reply
We really did rot know tnut Mr. R'adc had hecn
=, - y had so, III mat lo tcn ne would not only have
written ct;"r LOvcls lu' better letters lnnotmns docs
hr IL, re -.IlN sAU that he l. IL" pupil than III his
rarirrc, ~ Vel ncrii,d icrropf. We thought We had
1oaG 9 'INiHG "a iS GET Inr ~ T }csdr in t M
tciInrt lis with which TIE bu"A Is IIrd iiHd we
severe thc hundl,dN OF pages devoted to
lundtic IT,, uIn. and on the eccentric diagram
Which illustrates them. No wrtr Of fiction has night
to throw l"nc lit ~ luuatc cases AT the heads OF hls
rcaics. and t.u to call Ia, novel good story lnt
conSi1rlcd !nit!c a,' Iins one "l mr. % Kadc e.
crOtchetS, spared hln crlcI>n on That point had we
been. t. his -iaiEict WGId, "trtfaHtTs, ne
would not have Hlc.i l-ht! On another Sullrct
We wCr more stNIc Lol hac MI Rcadc III tins letter
iudu. ed ur teI opinion. No writer OF hClOn Is
jIsiitcd, "a VOL W.hh IT. W'N knows VIII ma
It's way innncct IIH circles. Ill describing scenes
and l.rIIc zach ltr'- mn! !,d young IrrSOI OF
tl:l 81 ought tcr Ia imagine EoI 10 Know Mncn
MI L,Adc admits t!a one O The principal characters III
Ia bph ''i ~-N. AIT tiai s' i IIttrdt'. coarse
Nafu tId tC1niCr. HHd Billings
lar Tongue Lc up tir point even without men
tu.. - ar .~-u ~ +. a,i'E, "HI'h lee J. careful 10
omit Il j, no x,u that o,l,r writers -rcater eiI
n.r> IA tins ,c Ihe h!d, ks can never make Rhuda
" Mlttt Np
fc notion that tie tll-Hdl Oi that NCloHS
woman existed ~ the columns OF He
IimeS: bat were the iulWtaiiun truc, It would add
nOth- io Nj. Ea :c ours ate public his private,
tuilcs. The Co.lliS o. newspaper ntCoS>dIly con
tip tact -" v.tIk dA 80 winch lur, La mare tn
d .cnGrG ~ 'Cirr' Il pN, drlr-. hut they do not
,Ontair Tc'i>ps lk Mi I3.ics. rhc public must have
fact iust ts tn,y must nave their EIurs. Tncy
WILL hope, cOEtluu, L" rad T. Cr wpapCrs spite
of Ui the winch OCCdslOLdliy
frcttd ia tie VI The Pes>; and trust th,v
VIII read their Binc>, which MI Rcide appcncnsiyc
may hc ocd up Ud tcy "Ii not continue 10 read our
COrItSpoHIcut~ WOrh> - th'N' uauI each IsaVOry stLi
a. Is t. ur ,ot,iJ io a lcri.n, Tomrlatlon.'
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