New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-08-10

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came Sir Walter. ,, had sailed
r., LONG timc rs will he seen, his bark M" oring
smoothly both with wind ana suo" on y, length, in
hr,ezes continued to fan IL forward, u ,a,rne and
,sos a sudden and terrible storm VI ,rs constable
e,,,r h,,rst all M once upon him. Mess s,r,. =, |
a"''ol ,,s ministers failed hi1'n'"iS vi
:, -, ona Sir walter scott was iouh' w w ~
,,,,,rs Cor a72oDo Messrs Baia"''n0 w., "o
nrintcrs also failed, and, being h"'o s -. -,
in that housc, his Indebtedness wa" M >, A.. - 49,
III 'n' 90 HE wife died in Mayor the same dole
-, oo Tho Consideration md GRIEF OF such tline
iU - hro,en his spirit, and doubtless 1t would
- ao so had he not been man OF the true heroic
nd "If we lose everything ese,' he sMu' We
will NJ least keep our honor nhoiemisheu'
'I ,lI rather sell anything, or everything, than
-, - man a trnc man TO the world" Duty to
Goa and 70 my children must teach me patience" His
r1nct matched his words. lie gave uP his town
house in Edinburgh, TO be sold at auction and most OF
his personal property 10 he held In trust for his cret
or lie took modest lodgings in St. Davd'sst' in the
scottish capital, and he went to work, with hercuean
energy upon the last great labor OF his noble e Inc
fortitudc and perseverance which he displayed IN lhis
cruel crisis. and the superb success with when ths
manly labor rewarded have often been toid' HIS
tory does not record usriOus example OF deNo-
ton 10 duty than thus afforded by Sir walter scott
To keep his honor bemishcd and to save the estate
for which he had tocd long and so hard the grahu
old man laid down his life. Within the next four years
he had paid moro than 100000 and paved the way Tor
! payment of the residue
Towards the close Of 1890 his health began to fail Par
raySs,-hcredtaTy in his family and accelerated ny
these tremendous exertions,-OvertoOk him III the next
year Foreign travel advised with rest from Ill
| mental effort The Admiralty Of Great Britain FUR
nshed a ship the Barham, for his transportation 10
Italy, In that country ho met with the most oeho''o
attentions and the most signal honors But lie never
more found the vanished angel of health fa'lsue anu
heat brought on another stroke of disease ana he giant
| ,ln Of iimh v.
! and his one word was-AbbOtsfOrd The RAPID Journey
homoward, from Naples 10 London ana thence 10 Az
botford has described by Lockhart IN some Vi ''
| most simple and tender words in his adnirape pioei"
| nbv Scott reached his home on the nth OF 1uiy'
1891 When at the distance of mile, ne caught Slsh'
NJ his own towers he sprang up, in the carriage WITH
cry of delight when lifted into his diningroon y hls
doris assembled about his chair and began 10 lawn hpo
, him and lick his hand, and he alternately soopeu
| and smiled over them until sleep oppressed him.
II f. ptifu story of decline He had some intervals OF
consciousness and reason, but for the most part re-
manned in stupOr. The last scene however, was happy
brief Gods mercy relieved him by DEATH on the st Oh
September 1892. 4" 1t beautiful day., says Lock
hart so warm that every window wide opel-ahu
so perccty still that sound Of all others most de-
cous earthe gentle ripple OF the Tweed over It's
pcbblcswas distinctly audible, we knelt around the
bed and his eldest kissed and closed his eyes NO
| sculptor modelled more majestic Image OF re-
pose" His funeral took place on the 2Gth OF september
| and his IcluauS-lOllONcu by Il graf pIOVteeloH VI
monrners Of all claSses-were laid beneath an aisle in
Drybch Abbey. fat stone, Of polished red granite,
mark the SPOT inscribed with lis and the date of
Lis death.
sCoTT'S WoEKs-THE STORY OF HIS LABOR.
| EARLY
The early works of Scott should be viewed by them
selves in group They produced in what may he
called the experimental period OF his careerthat period
which was full Of filtration with Thespis, feldsports
research the legendary lore of his beloved Scotand
and rambes among the peasanry; that period IN which,
as one of companions said, in later years. lie was
| maxim himsel a the time; but lie didna KEN maybe,
what about till years had passed. At first he
thought O. little, dare say but the queerness and the
| Under the title of Early Works we comprehend
the following, which the fruits of the first eight
years OF Scotts literary life
Translation OF Goethe's Berlichingen 17g9
T3EeHy Of the House 81 AsRe1 Of
liinstrelsy OF the Scottish Border
SCOTS first book-the TRANSACTIONS of Burger-though
II was received with great favor by his friends attracted
no considerable share OF the public attention was
coldy by Strangers he afterward wrote, but
this failure did not operate in any unpleasant degree
either on my feelings spirits was more bent TO
show the world that neglected something worth
notice than affroned by its Indifference And TO
this remark he adds another. by way of qualification,
is strkingly significant OF his temperament ana
habit OF mnd-aways cheerful strong, sereliant, and
sensible: found pleasure" he says I'm the literary
labors in which had almost by accident, become en-
gagged and labored less in the hope Of pleasing others
though, certainly without despair of doing sO-tban in
pursuit of and agreeable amusement TO myself"
The Burger TRANSACTIONS proved dead loss" The first
money that Scott received for his writings the sum
of a25 for his contributions Monk Lcwiss Tales
Wonder"
SCOTS POEMS.
1.-THE Lay the Last Minstrel, like COwpers Task"
owed its origin to the wish of lady, the Countess of
Dalketh who enoined upon Scott that he should com
pose Border Ballad on the grOesque legend Of Gilpn
| HOrner. Had she asked me 10 write q ballad on
brOomstck," he subsequently said, must have at
tempted it." The first result Of the attempt few
verses called The Goblin Page" These were little
esteemed and were laid aside but some time afterwards
in 1902 when confined home, in consequence of the
kick of horse, scott resumed working upon them and
shortly produced the poem as IT now stands 1t was
written at the rate Of about canto week, and
when pubiishedln l8O5itmet with prodieous success
This result, az have embarked him fully and
finally in literature.
one OF the best OF modern critics OF literature Profess
sof 'rlK, OF Queens College, Belfast, makes, upon
SCOTS poetry the suhoined compendious and udicous
remarks His poems are all lays and romances of cv-
airy but infinitely finer than any mad ever before
been written. With all their irregularv and carAlesc
hessquales which III some sort characteristic nj
ana essential 10 this kind of poetrythat element of life
In all wrltihg whch comes of the excited feeling and
earnest belief Of the writer is never wanting this ami
nation, fervOr, enthusasm-cal it by what uame ro,
wiexsts in greater strength poetry than in tbot
OF Scout redeelihg thousand defects and triumphipg
over all the recamations of criticism II was this M
doubt more than anything else, which at once took the
public admiration by storm. All cultivated and nerfoo,
enjoyment OF poetry of any other Of the fine art, q
partly emotional, partly critical the enjoyment and an
probation only perfect when these two Qualities arc
bendcd but most OF the poetry that had been produced
among in modern times ihad aimed aordng chiefly,
if not exclusively, critical qualification. The Law of
the Minstrel surprised readers of degrees with
long and elaborate poem, which carried them onward