New-York tribune., 1872-06-04
OBITUARY..
CHARLES JAMES LEVER.

A name that has long been the fruitful sUg-
gester OF mirth viii be spoken to-day with unaffected
sadness Every reader has youthful and cheerful asso
Citations connected with gay " Harry LorrequeT" and
dashng " Charles O'Malley :" and to every reader 1t
Will be sad that Charles LEVERS dead. The event
was reported yesterday afternoon, by Cable, from Lon
dom The eminent novelist and humorist has passed
away in the 6jth year OF his ageand therefore in the
rpeness OF time less than the funess OF fame He
was il seems cOmically needless 20 say an lrshInan
No person acquainted with his books could possibly mis-
take him for anything else. He was native OF Dublin
born there the 3st of August 1906 His parents were
wealthy and he received the advantages Of careful and
thorough education acquired in part at DdDln and IN
part at Gottngen. In youth he noted for personal
bravery and especially for daring and reckless spirit
as an equestrian This trait is often illustrated IN his
books For a tme at the beginning OF his
career, he practiced n physician; and II Is
recorded that when the cholera ragged in Ireland In 1882
he became member OF the medical council OF London
derry and manifested equal courage and skin in combat
ing that fearful and potent scourge At later period he
went TO Brussels as physician the English Embassy
in that place There he remained three years and there
he wrote "The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer, -
sounding therein the joyous keynote Of all the stories
that distnctyely his own, and by which he Will mold
place in British literature The quick invention, the
abundant incident the prodgality Of comic climax, the
fine flow Of animal spirits, and the ofhand, dashing
style OF this novel made IL and universally popu
lar and brought him a such might have con-
frmed less confident genius in the choice OF the voea
tion OF authorship After this came "Charles OMa-
lev" Jack Hinton" "Tom Burke OF Ours" "The
Odonoghue," est Patrcks Eve" and "The Knight Of
Gwynne" In Mr.. Lever became the editor OF The
Dublin University AagasiHe which periodical ne con-
ducted with most competent ability for three years
and 10 which he contributed, among other things
"Maurice Ternay," icon Cregan," and 1.-THE Diary
and Notes of Horace Templeton." In lSi5 be
fixed his residence at Florence, where he
has spent many industrious and pleasant
years. In addition to the works already mentioned
Lever wrote Tales OF the Trains" The Daltons,"
"The Nevilles of Garetstown," The Dodd Family
Abroad" " Arthur oLeary," Sir Jasper Carew" The
Commissioner" The Mystic VIAL" 1.-THE Heirs Of Ran
dolph Abbey" "The Martins OF Gro Martin and
eral other novels, in Of which his delightful anma
ton makes Summertime Of pleasure for his readers
and IN several Of which he makes good his caim-by
thoughtful studies Of human and careful pictures
OF social fe-to rank with the esteemed of those
novellss who have made themselves famous histo-
rians of manners in this busy and age 1t is for
the Irish heart and Irish wit Of his earlier and Off
hand works-written In period when as he himself
has recorded, he could reproduce from memory whole
novel c'Charles oMaley'D which had been burned up
in the form OF stereoyped pate-hat he has been most
beloved and will be longest remembered He was one
who scattered gadness and nghened the burden OF the
Of life. These workers not numerous, and the
world afford 20 treat them with ngratitude.