, 1873-01-19
LONDON.
Men Of the Day.
lord Lytton---N1r. -DaryrI11---4aill-
lais, tho Paintcr---Robcrt
Browning.
cnsfa7e Dore...1Yiliiain 5Iorris...STtn"
burnc.-.profcssor 0Wen---Hollin5s-
.-.BelleW---Readc
= ...pIanchc.

From Our O,en Corres:1on5eat.
Lospos, Dee. d, 1873.
Among the Christmas books ia handsomely
,c,nd volume. containing cartoon Portraits md
n;o1,,.as;csl Sketches of Men OF tho Day." Most
- The port7aita, at all events, arc extremely
eo,d and one il tempted i'll seeing some OF tho
lumber, to .1ito u few lines from personal ac~
on,iutance aud observation.
Lo7o LI12o:s.
rhe likeness in profile OF Lord LFtton,-tnSes
.-antr wears off his ese,-but then all artists,
r,o s1e not. photographers, seem to treat his
1nraship IN thGt way. 1.ehall not soon forget
r,v first Impressions on seeing the portrait OF
H.. sathor of "Pelham," which hangs up in the
tc,c oak dining-roo at Kuebworth. The novel
1t thero Is the very type OF physical beauty.
pi5 soft, silky hair, his dreamy eyes, his ro-
aned. spir;tucI expression, delight you; but in
~, nom st the time Nas his Lordship himself,
ar.sed in blue frock coat, high ehirt collar,
md stiff stock, with 3 heavy stoop in his shoul-
aa1 with long beard, and hook nose, with
.v.s neither dreamy nor bright, and with
mind d-eecIuded look which Deafness Usually
,fes. LII. Dickens WIS there, remember, md
H. John Forster and many moro. We Ill
Iooked at the painting, and certainly some OF us
rr;led But nv seniors assure me that Macliso
,1scce1nted very slightly indeed the good looks
Of tbe author, and that, when Dulwer gave tho
rorld " Falkland (his first noyel), he was the
dsrling Of women. He married very young, and
M author could discourse moro bitterly upon
tho uncertainties of natrimony. He won the
Cb.Dcellor's medal at Cambridge in 1926, and in
1921 he w.s married MAJ. He published q
zlo when Is years old, and In 1928 came " Pei
..rn." He was then popular writer for over
'o,ty years, and has produced over one hundred
rolumes. At the present moment ne are wait
nc work from his pen which is said to be
,ca.thing OF m autobiography: tsinco the
bora Was placed in type, cable despatch an-
aoances the dezth Of the subject OF tbs fore
rolnz paragraph-Ep.l Lady Lytton Ivesatill,
pas Of tie oldest ladies in the Peerage. The son,
"oEen Meredith" will worthily eustain tho
:.nilr honors, and, both in literature and public
Sfe, will keep high the name which he boars.
MH- DARWIN.
The strangely massive he'd and orerhanging
forehead OF Mr. Darwin lend themselves readily
to the caricaturist; and the peculiar line Of his
skrdes naturally induces those who would
p.rody him to place him among tho initiative
1pscies from whom, it is the popular notion, he
sup2oses US to have last proceeded. Mr.. Dar-
v;a Just now is the horror Of popular theolo-
giaos; but his theories are colorlng the science
Ct the time. I, for one, hare been amused, in
zetdng his last work, to notice how freely he
relsrs to his own children, and to his expert
nents With md upon them, in substantiation Of
bis views.
represented in the cartoon riding upon a pal
s:>, hia brushes acting as his steeds. The sun,
tez.inG the words Nuskin" In its ccntre, il
marked i'Genius." After Mr.. Ruskin defended
tie school Of artists which nIr. Millais founded,
Lie Two became intimate. Mrs. Ruskln
ot:ained divorce under circumstances
which obtained general symPathy for her
husband, and then married Mr.. Ml1lais.
flress those maternal joys which, she contend
N could never, with her former partner, be her
H. r. MiIlais, in society, is full Of confidence
"a cheerful, positive nature His features and
ls manner indicate sanguine temperament,
lad it is right to say that be uees the influence
.hich he has gained in tho art world with con-
sieniio1sness.
ROBERT E1owSSG, 49,.
+ The portrait, is dressed in long Scotch plaid
toat. while in his hand is lutte In fact, he ap-
rsls es the ''Pied Pipe" But Robert Brown
fg isI.r from being "tall and thin" he is
Ero1g burly,. gray-hcaded man, as Ittle Like
Se schoolgirls ilnaginir IS OF q Poet Rs q man
ril could be.
htepicted BY the artist as swinging high in the
trpr1ean Of "public fancy" His high, con-
tFe1ous forehead IS easily caught by portrait
painters. The critics arc still differing widely
o.s; his last books,-aone, Ike tho Spectator,
rsunnnnrinr fhnrr 3iyirn AfhprH der1DT1np the
t's:e which takes them without protest.
GCsrAyE DoRE
ess recovered from the dt of gloom and des-
Fadency into which he was thrown by the dis
as:erB Of the F:r.nco-German war. He is 40
!ears old, but he looks much lees. He wears a
1nEstache, but is whiskerless and beardless.
ha hsiz is brushed back from his forehead, and
slong and dark. He has bright eye ana
teAtless look. Though Trench by birth, he WAS
so'n 1t stzasburg. lie is almost an English-
~ b adoption, md is perfectly conyersant
snh English places and people.
WILLIAM MORRIS,
1aonng cigar and reading newspnper,-s
a's, e4ghtly, tly,Jewish-looking man with rough,
iooee hair,-docs not suggest anything to care
e "a leadars bnt the author OF ''The Earthly
:s'adse" is poet, and very good tradesmnn
70. Some folk may think tire two incompati-
III, but it is otherwise.
Mr. 4. c. sWSBC1SE,
:oa Eton and Oxford, has not touched trudc,
q. s he is marvellously democratic in his opin-
10 I am constantly told that he is in con-
H1ptloo, and that his career is just ending;
IT ~ his dea:hly pale face, black hair, and small
Lsns hgute, are still seen in London drawing
hal1s.
PROFESSOR OWEN i
seats On his face perpetual emile, but tho
sasts rsrely succeed In catching it. As a rule,
e a.e probably wise il you distrust tho man
70 ~ q Always smiling. Ho may be "a villain
ssa," and dare eay is. Men must be rufI1ed
s..,: sssae lines, and systematic concealment Of
sns.insR n Ia not q accommodation to confidence.
Ea Professor Owen is always liked, and never
tsad tessd anybody declare that his smile lad
~ naGo to .nswer its promise. His biographoz, in
= - oook before me, says that tho Professor is
Spe seen, At about 10 o'clock on most morn
T. IN one or other Of the streets leading in 4
snss sstsss hae from Waterloo Bridge to the British
Sssxeau. g. on his way to his fayorite studies at
NM museum, where he is Superintendent ct the
a''aSal History Department.
l.. JOHN HoLLdSosHEAD
na nass M q ny " "disappointments." In him is lost
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