The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-09-02


Ne Tavnostone frightened into look of almost
contemptnous surprise and answered quickly.
sNot the least in the world-not for an instantly
,nostone residence. and were invited to enter by
the host In q few moments
vounr sdI recenty married appeared and were
introduced, ana the two ladies frightened up to
the lveliest point Of interest Immediately on be-
view. In ive minutes there was deeply interested
group IN Mr.. Lyingstone's cosey parlor, and the
Of n the entire rs 1 then IL
Thursday last OF the HERALD and SUM- from the
outset OF the present controversy, was handed to
Mr.. Livingstone to be read by him at his leisure.
then explained to Mr. Livingstone that nv de-
sire was, first to learn all the views he had to ex.
press In reference to his own convictions regarding
the 40
GENUNENEss OF THE LETTERS
from his brother, and next to obtain from him one
letters received prior to his present exploring tour
80 that the chirography OF period antedating this
script the Originality Of which has been questioned.
Mr.. Livingstone replied that he would be pleased
to furnish both his views and the letters but stated
that he was somewhat in doubt as to where he
might just then be able to lay his hands upon them.
Mr. Livingstone then left the room search for the
letters and Mrs. Livingstone adrOity filed the
interim by displaying to her visitors
PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAITS,
treasured as heirl0Oms, OF DR.. Livingstone and Of
his daughter Of his brother, Rev. Charles Living
stone, a curious and beautiful shell brought by the
Doctor from the African Coast, and an ebony walk
ing cane with an ivory head.
"This stck,n said Mrs. Livingstone, twas given
by the Doctor to my husband, and that ivory handle
is made OF the tusk Of a hppopotamus which was
shot by the Doctor in the Zambesi River"
"The Doctors daughter suggested, appears
to be fne-looking young lady and has an inteln-
gent and expressive face.n .-
very fine young woman and the Doctor has paid d
good deal Of attention TO her education as well as
to that 81 his SONS. She was educated In Paris and
Is now making tour through Europe"
Mr.. Livingstone shortly returned to the room,
p pavtrs Which he handed to me WITH the @
"Ths Ia the only one can find just now. We
have had good many Of them from time to time,
but they get mlslaid and then we have given away
q number OF them to friends who desired to keep
them as curiosities or mementoes OF the Doctor"
yon win perceive, is dated on board steamship
Thule, at sea, January IL, 1861 and was written
by the Doctor while
to Zanzibar to embark on the exploring tour in
which lie is still engaged. 1t the last letter
brother until the receipt recently of the letter
brought from the Doctor by Stanley. This last let.
e naSs sa S e % IN as a ad S
be thence transmitted to you. It is addressed
simply "John livingstone, Listowell Canada,
mond from DR.. Livingstone, )" Hammond being the
Brit,sh Under secretary lor Foreign Affairs. The
words "From Dr. IiynrstOnen are in the Doctors
we.known handwriting, and the Under Secretary,s
signature Is Immediately over these three words.
The envelope was postmarked at Cnaring cross,
Hpon comparn9 the letter which Mr. Livingstone
had lust handed me With the thographic Jsc.siiile
Of the two tSs In
that any man could have preserved the sam ,
eriod of over ak Years and Under such CHANGED
circumstances and associations.
tionately YOURS. David Liyingstone.' Was It Gus.
tomary FOR the Doctor to subscribe himself to you
in that Mr. fn.t reneo
Mr. Liylncstone "At least. of late wears / think
he has. really never noticed much about that"
crit,cs ~ were loud in their assertions that "no
warm-hearted scotchman ever ould sign a letter
t. M S95s n way tss xSn tSa e
Mr.. livingstone smiled an incredulous smile,
and laushnsly replied I s, tlat & n, about % his
SUN ConREsPoNpENT-Mr. Livingstone, there
was one peculier circumstance which gave rise In
ness Of these letters, and that was the nterecton
ofpecular wittclsms. and apparently idiosyncratic
foreign to the Doctors style. Was the Doctor
given to such expressionss
quent in his letters always, and he uses them very
frequently in conversation. He Is very fond OF
that dry, Scotch kind OF humor, and that Is an OBJ
lection not worth considering.
Mrs. LIyINesToNE-The Doctor was always fond
Of cracking jokes about everything, and we never
Ss % him wtas Of hs
M. LiviNosroNE-Yes; in this letter / received
from him lately there Is O good deal Ia 1t Of that
frivolous kind. It's just his humorous way In this
letter he says q good many things OF a purely
private nature which l had left out OF the
copies of that letter when 1t was published In
the papers. did not want II should ap-
pear in print, because IL was written for the
family and it might hurt my brothers. feelings to
public He speaks In one part of little child that
he saw fall into "a sheuchh or what you would call
q gutter and of the remark woman made In refer
ence to the child being spanked. Then he speaks
OF Sarah, my wife, and says he does not think 1t
would be worth her while to visit scotland, as she
had Intended, for everything about the old home is
90 changed that when he was last home he found
very few that he recognized and some few whom
he did not recall their faced thew passed him by and
thou0ht ne was nrond: Int ne saws he really
had eforootten than and it was not that
he ala NOT want to sneak * them.
Then TOO he sayd annhathin5 shont tho did