, 1873-01-19

And. misty Win the NItaAI7 VI EAAt&9
The hills Of Heaven arise. |
which has been recently published, has met with
yery different receptions from various critics.
some ad1niring it as the fervid outburst OF Po-
etic imagination; some denounoing It. ~: =. |
W. S. tells curious and true story OF toe'f
suthor which is known to very few:
After aoethes DEATH the gifted and eccentric au-
thor Bettina determined 10 publish Il ;hese letter.
and did so meeting with great success. IheS
euerdon of s7,ooo-n of which chg determined 70 d.
Soe to monument to her great Goethe ne aeegh a 81
terminated to pledge al in English translation and
eoa se V emplosea I two Engsh scholars oxford
and then Cambridge student to translate for aer.
But hcir terse abrupt sou cfssmined to
translate the book herself. .,.x., -
Having completed tho work to her satisfaction "a
BE hnd having spent all her 81 0oo IN tho pr1ntns,
binding and gliding lie edges Of her volumes, the
immense edition of 1o,olo espes was sent e n the
l@enen ppesoaa % a put 70
! tho receptou of .h!s curious freight.
ahe sent them eome half-lozea tnapectton copaee,
and two presentation copies, one for Prince Abefs "a
caryle but sthough ontne fe ahe 5er tens
fnon She wrote to Longmans, and to hsr nepnew P n
NJ whS ssgsRfe IL sr
Finally she put In the hands Of gentleman ' ~
going Berlin to London md eeeGsa3 3 e r. En- anG %
maui that The cases containing the 10000 volumes
bad been removed from ths s,tena g91'0m Io
1eoye remove .sem Mr nrentano 9et in receipt Of epy
moneys. from his romantic aunt with ~h1cn 10 pay no
On s as M
matter, aud probably wcnt back to 'he
Meantime she had given to tho vito Of her kindly
friend (h only one, It seems, who ever Interested
himself enough in her great work eren 70 inquire iof
il a copy, With autograph note on the outside.
which n now uerbaps' the only copy in this country Of
| this very remarkable book.
These friends have carefully kept it not alone from
the Affection they felt for her, but because they dis
cern in it something noble aud true nnd tenaes r. As
helf 1he deed vas tnirca m a hpa nnea
moment i"
ME. 8. gives extracts from this volume in
her posaession of s' Bettina's " own translation
doehee letters to sr Of ~ och ere e
inistakes. caueed by "Dcttina's" desperate
struggles to translate her German compound ds
into English equivalents, or, failing in that; &c
| create {FordH from her own consciousness Ere,
uuentiy she is befogged, and goea or INTO tota
obscuritv and intellectual snipwreck; sometimes
she hits on phrase Of great beauty, a. s1es. s
she snyH The trim towers Of Inc @ .as;n ,oi =
describing the suns power in opening bud ,s sh
avs. " II cannot again return to tho coos Close
Of unconscious darkness"
This is tho preface:
To zHE Fso1 ISL Bands: aEs1LEAEs !-1ne LOU
cup of your r'ehuous tongue So o1ten 9I.nne
With here ed WITH oda a. nnt t ne1g 2 en
felt, though not home born. bsfTSA aASAa"
One cannot but regret that such labor 6
love should perish ns waste paper we 1nas ~ !!
be out OF place to recall q few OF the cne1 Il
ciilents Of "Dettina's" history; ....
she was born Of wealthy Italian family whose =,
s HS sS Sre1sao sbe s1e len hsf IL
80 Goethe when ehe as 16 and ne eo ana n,s
cr terS now well known to readers Of ~ counties
RI "0oethe's Correspondence with Child" sne " "
born IL l7s5 aud married In 1871 Baron Joachim "
n Amin, himself distinguished poet snd renown ~
for his pe1so, al beauty He died IN 1881 leasng na
ne arne voI A1nl with three beautiful daughters, a.
s1 en- Of Tho af rnAn Court Encouraged by the spend
s1cccss Of Ter first literary effort, Bettana ~fote
called ~ s sgsn ID INC
~, young Gerp' an lady Of noblc family, who conns M
ne suicide bet Of her intense passion for dsst
~, nd tho y,ung German "girIs Of the period,
he yonnR and sentimental wives, the hA1en-hnred, OIL
sd sps sa
he Liter in life the yo1tat5o and restless BsttsnA
s's III. pdf ss Beieng. 50sd; to +. ling i f.ed
on n.lly 70 ri ase tie Ktns who withdrew the snnah
les of his fav' = which =hs had dcari, ps.ed Shs T
sor3, id~ of The ttnes called "Converbatsoos wit
LAY Deruou" but this also failure.
re She dic In 1852 after long, prosperous, ana
tincu,she career having always enjoyed good Ps
his sion In cety which she cunohle1 ~ her dc7os1on
10 iiteraiur, She Eee,ns to have been a~a3s his
go respccta. By her own eountrnen ~nos .. -! J..
een nAaous 'A1' N ~ -
nf "Th, Telegraph aud the Post Ohce /!
naper ftlich E. H. Derby writes in tAvof OF
+ IN sstun1 ,tion Of telegraph lines by Gore!nne
m Thcle are soTo1M other articles Which