New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-02-13
OBITUA AIRY.
ALICE CARY.

an he productions
and loved her-and their number Is very i'i -,
,u 10 o, irrcnarobc loss At the late houi II. WIN"
che news of this sad event has reaehou 'H,S
cannot do better than copy the iolo"inS ,,,,.,a
life nrepared by the editor OF TINS Jo'iN" CIV - ;,
e. ,ho work entitled Eminent women o Aiuoii'"'
Al VIZ -, ,, uortford publishing Company in 1868;
So 90 a fuI score az lcast-tho readers OF some
,oys and those many rural newspapers hr't ho'e"
enc etf appearance. the poets corner OF their repec
- royettes of verses by Alice Cary. Two or three
80 other such--ike, and yet dhercnt-also ir-
sia,ed from time to tme the aforesaid corner pur-
=, no from the pen Of Phebe Cary. Inquiry at
porths iitel the fact that the writer's were young
sisters. the HaU vltc lis own coody hut not snpera
ouu' T-riyesaist u faith aud they grew up the same
va ,i9g o'ieucr for the periodicals OF Their own DC
utapnrourh other, into which they were copied
Tene3 tnow hut presume. that Alice had written ex-
fe1slyf srsa or bten prnfarcd any other cOusdcra-
ron therefor than he privilege OF beng read ana Heard
The family of Carys claim kindred with sir Robert
CaTV s0n English k,i slt, who, in the reign Of Henry
" vanquisbcd, after long ana plo0dy s5rngse,
bongbtv cleyaler OF ArlagOn, who challenged any En-
Sis6r,sn ~ gentle blood ia pasSaceat-arms which
took place in smitlf.d London ana Is chroncied IN
bear the arms ~ ms vanquiShcd antagonist and the
crest is sill worn by certain branches Of the family
mo rercology is al hest uuVcricd. docs il matcr
From Water CaTya French Huguonot, cOmpellcd 10 nee
reSt HnTis Elc Of Nntcs and who with his wife
and son settled in gland, where his son, likewise
named walter, was educated az ,amnfluge-to uSsC ~
Of the Carys bows il mQuestioned The younger Water
emgTated America very soon after landing OF the NAY
dover Pilgrims scttied az hlluseWatcI, MASS oIy
is miles from Plymouth Rock where he opened gram
school claimed o. have 9een the earliest IN hiSr
John settled Windham. Conn., and OF his tve sons the
S1d Fhete Cary Of our day samuel educated Yale
becoming a physician settled and pracuGed
son Christopher, who at Is years of
entered the armies Of inc TSVoHoh [ ya S o
With homestead in Hamilton County OHIO whereon
hprr Robert,
wife who bore him son. VINO ded Aouns'
iers have since passed away, and three
remain OF whom the two who have not married are the
rahsn is a widow andlve in Cincinnati Two brothers
sterling thrifty farmers, live near the spot Where ey
in 1920 and early called to mourn the
loS Of mother her Was English SO deceR woman Of
superior intellect and OF good, wellordored hie In
purer doing more aud living better than any other
woman" Phebe was born in 1875; and there were two
loved and lamented. new weeks before her departure
and while she was st IN tar health she appeared Tor
20 the whole family, across little raVlne nom
house they then building though she actually
asleep at that moment in bed lamher OF their old
house utterly unconscious Of this counterfeit pre-
sentiment" at some distance from her bodily presence
This appearance naturally connected user win her
forth The any have lent 6e9dy ear TO- nITS9aS OF
which TO many II not most persons, are simply ncred-
woman Of signal heart OF mind ana person whose poetic
well DER general capacities were OF great promise
hut she married. while yet young; MI swift Cinein-
natl merchant and thenceforward, absorbed in other
cares gave little attention to nTaLg6e 5ae s was early
this life, with many other families and yielded up
her life while still in the bloom of early WOmanhood,
three years since believe her marriage ana
the consequent loss OF her society hau sa,g IN M
mining the elder sisters TO remove to New-Hork which
they did in 1880 - NIL, .,-
years OF age. Their father married second TINE, ana
thence nv cd e9ar FROM though near the cottage ween
was reduced TO two by the secession of Emira Alice ard
Phebe mcdtated and finally resolved on removal to
Let none rashy conclude to follow their example who
have not nir securities against adverse tort ne TLey
were in TIE flush of youth and strength; they were
tboroug inaeuably devoted TO each other they had
property to the value think Of some thoqssnas
Of Sau5rj and fTlsqrty; ana they had NOS
(which many mistakenly imagined suficenl but they
had throug the last ten or twelve years been slowly but
steadily winning attention and appreciation by thelr
voluntary contributions to The journals IheSe, though
though others equal intrinsic merit bus whose writer's
public might pass unread and unconsdered
Being already acquaintance called on The sisters
US and fnet tcn at intervals thereafter at their home
the houses Of mutual friends Treir paror was MOI
so4arge Others bat quite Is neat and cheerful;
1d eI ir Normal invitation 10 discus with them \
cup Of tea and the books, poems and events,
might have found many more prcenuens, but few |
enjoyable gatherings. have dim recollec- |
tiOn that the first OF these little tea-partcs was |
held UP two flights OF stairs, OF the less fashion
able sections Of the cy hut good Things were sdthere
that recall with pleasure yet; Wine OF some OF the
company, whom have not since SET eyes cherish
pleasant and grateful euennIance' As ther cCuhl-
stances gradually though slowly improved 10y amt OF
digent industry and judicous economy, they occupied
more eligible quarters; ana the modest dwelling they
have for years owned and improved, in the very
literary guild combining Of the best private libra
res, with the sunnest craving even by gaslghp
Their first decided literary venture-a Joint volume Of
poems most OF which had already appeared in sundry
mi n
before they Lad abandoned "Cloyernook" their rural
western home, for the brlck-a1dnortar warl of the
MIGRATE eastward though il is a safe guess that no
direct pecuuary advantage accrued to them from It's
HCoInng Ont out Of Ace's first series of Clovernook
Papcrs' prose sketches Of characters and incidents
observation and experience, which won i'm
recognized their fresh simplicity and originality while
the public bought, read, and admired several goodly
editions were sold IN this country, and at least in
Great Britain, where their merits generously APP
Is,q %~as eGuay successf 'The Governor Chidren@
issued in 1854 by Tcknor Fields, adore ssed more
has been hardly less commended or less popular.
"Lyra and other Poems published by Redheld in |
challenged the Judgment Of critics Independently OF her
sister Tat IT was decided success Is s,inclenuy ind
All The contents Of Rcdhed's, with much more,
iSsu~d nv TcIuor & Fields in 1855. The Maiden Of
Tascala narrative poem Of y pages. was first given
to the pubic in this Boston edition
written for and appeared in The Cincinnati Commercial,
appearing in "a book form in 1852. Married not Mated
followed In 1856 and The shops SON." her last, was
issued 10y Carleton in 1861 Each OF these has hd good
reception alike from critics aud readers, thonEh ter
pecnnay success has, perhaps been less decleu '"ah
that OF her poems and shorter sketches 49,. =,
OF her Pictures Of Country Life brought OUT ny
Derby Jackson in 1859, The Ltr0Ty Gazetfe lLondon
which il not accustomed 10 atter American authors
said Every tale N tbs hook might DC Seieca ~ o,
nothing feeble, nothing vulgar and; above all hom-
Ing unnatural or ucO-dIamauc. To the analytical sun
ueiy and marvellous naturainess 1 inc FfehGh scnoo
81 romance she las added Tie purity ana ldtItho4 OF