The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-12-06
Sa.. yten,s about Charles l,aciseras--
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wRsT DICKENS rneUGnT or TIE Law q W.
nv feeling about the ---iss the feeling
common, = suppose, TO HHeeioGftos OF Wy
rejecting part of the community N on. nag-
p;cst of MI possible countries, ana thas u
that It Is lcttes to- suffer q fssest wrong Iuan
to have recourse to the much greater wrong
of the law. shall not easily icrsct tue tea-
,,ense aud anxiety aid norrinls in'us.ce ~
the g Carol case, wherein ~ asssriing tas
rlainest right on earth, ! was really tfeatsa
IA If I were ti,es,robber instead OF The lfen-
NOD 50. Il Is s,seless to affect that
,in,,,t snosy 1 have o morbid susceptibi billy oil
txasneration. to which the ineanness ana the
Badness of the, law In such a ulattesWil De
singing 10 the last degree. as
THE HEaolss or "A STORY --srG cEsTED sY MS
sIsrER-Is-LaW. vi
Mr. Forster sass .
elm 4 notebook Begun by him In January,
1856. where for the first time in his i,!e ne
iotted down hints and fa2cies pfeposeui 10 DC
irada available In future writings, ING 3
Character sgefchct which, i the whole was
not suggested by his sisteT.ln-laW, the mos,
part was applicable to her. she--sacrincea
60 children, and sufficiently rewarded:
From child herself, always the chiiarehs
tof somebody clsel 80 ensross ilef. Anu SO
il comes 70 pass That she Is never Ils.iEieu
nsyor herself has Il child; IS always devoted
~ t,p. children fof somebody elseG ana
i.oy lover her; aud she has always youth
tienende,lt on her till after Der death-and
dies quito happiiy.'n
The writing of this piece bad nm extra
ordinary effect upon Dickens, Whlcn y mus
described by himself i,
sense or not / cannot say, but certainly tue
literal opel has made my face white IN
fon:gn land. Ny cheeks, which were be
Ginning to I'LL out, have sunk agalD !; my
eyes have grown immensely large my hair
il yeyv Iank, and the head inside the hair Is
he. and gidiy. Read the scene at the emu OF
the third part twice. Wouldn't write IL
twice for something. - You VIII see
that have substituted the name OF Lillian
for Jessie. Il is prettier in sound, ana suns
nv music better. ] mention this lest You
should wonder who and what / mean by
fiat name. - = Il hope yon Will IKE
the little book. Since conceived at the be-
ginning Of the second part what must happen
IN the third, have undergone us much sor-
ROW aud agitation as If the thing were real;
and have Weakened up with it at night. i was
obliged to lock myself IN when finished II
Yesterday, for my face was swollen Tor tne
time to twice its proper size, and was hugely
ridiculous. I am going fora long
walk to clear my head. j feel that ] am very
shasy from work, and throw down my pen
for The dry. There Chats where IL feis)
COMPLETING scoprERFIELD."
Dickens wrote to Forster on completing
''CopperfeidD ,>,,....-s
II have been 15th Of September tremen-
<ously at work these two days; eight hours
at stretch Yesterday, and six hours and
half toby, with the Ham and Sieertorth
cl,aptcr, which has completely knocked me
oYcr--,itterly defeated mel / am (2lst OF
Cctoberl within three pages OF the shore,
and am strangely divided, as usual in such
caseS. between sorrow and joy. On, my
dear Forster, II I were to say half Of what
.Co,Derficla' makes me feel tonight, how
strangely. even to you, / should lie turned
inside out! seem to be sending some part
oil myself into the Shadowy World!
ABOUT HIS THEATRICAL PRoCLylTIEs.
"Whcn was about twenty, and knew
three or four successive years OF MatbeWss
At Homes from sitting in the pit to hear
them, / wrote TO Barley, who was stage
manager at Coyent Garden, and tod MN
hcw Young was, and exactly what thought
] could do; and that l believed l llad q
strong perception of character and oduity,
aud natural power Of reproducing 10 my
own person what | observed i'll others.
There must have been something IN the let
Ter That struck the authorities, Tor Dartley
wrote to me almost immediately to say that
they were busy in getting up the 'Hunch,
back $50 they Were), but that they wouid
communicate with me again IN a fortnight.
launctual to the time another letter came,
with an appointment to do anything OF
NIathews's / pleased before him ana
Charles kemble OH certain day al
the theatre. My sister Fanny was i'll the
secret, and was to 90 with me to play the
songs. was laid up when the day came
with Il terrible bad cold and an Inflammation
OF the tace the beginning, by the by, OF
that annoyance in one ear to which am
subject 20 this day. / wrote to say SO, ana
added that / would resume my application
next season. / made n great splash IN the
gallery soon afterwards; the Chfotacte
opened to me; had distinction IN the
little world Of the newspaper, winch mace
me like it; began TO write; didn't want mo-
,icy: had never thought Of the stage but as
a means OF getting it; gradually leitofl Turn
in, my thoughts that way, and never re-
sAtlet! tue idea. - Ihis was III Tue
tlae when was at Doctors Commons as q
shorthand writer for the proctors. AND
TecollectrI wrote the letter from little once
/ had there, where the answer came also. IL
wasn't avery good living Enough not very
bad onel.and was YEARLY uncertain, which
made me think of the theatre in quite busl'
= "a
every night, with u very few exceptions,
for ut least three years, really studying the
bills first, and going to where there was the
best acting. and always to see Mathews when
ever he played. Ipracticed immensely (even
such things as walking in and out and sit
ting down in a chair), often four, five, six
hours a. day, shut up in my own room or
walking about 10 the fields. ] prescribed to
myself, too, sort of Hamiltonian system to1
learning parts, and learnt a great number !
haven't even lost the habit now.
must have done q good deal, for just as Ma
cready found me out they used to challenge
me at Barham's and Yates, who was know
ing enough In these things, wasn't to be
panied at NIL. 1t was just the same that day
1T Keeey's, when they were getting up the
"Chuzzlewit.s last June. Ibad an
odd fancy, when was reading the uDfortu-
nate little farce at Copent Gardens TINT Bart
ley locked rs If some struggling recollection
and connection were strung UP within him !;
but it may only have been his. doubts Of that
humorous composition. +
In reply to Il letter written by Senator
Palmer to Mr. Greeley after the Cincinnati
Convention, in which Mr.. Palmeralluded to
the fact that he had called upon Mr.. Greeley