Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-02-22

obtained some ftllti uut huobA NV
O'Clock on Friday morning he complained
again Of sever c suffering In the head, and
from that time there was little hope the
end at last, which occurred on the follow
Ing day, was DC tceful and painless. Lord
Lytton when he died was in his sixty
seventh year
Il Is 4 hedes blow when death thus
strikes in amidst the busy interchange OF
friendly or atlectionate communications
but to such Affections we have lived to be-
come accustomed, and can only bow to
them with submission when they come |
upon US. While under the Influence of .
such feeling, It is not our intention to |
attempt an estimate Of Lord Lylton's |
genius, or to give list of the works that |
have come from his pen. Such a list |
would be like the catalogue of library
and of library, too, of very high order. |
On sUmb future day VIC shall take oeca- |
sion 10 express deliberately what we think
of the man who for forty-iye years has
held foremost place in the literature Of
his country, and who has gone down at
last, undeniahly the fret mat for varied
gciilus and Literary power that his country
po sessld.
To ourselves, as to others Of our own
standing, Bulwer was a great name when
we were children, from the attraction pos
sessed by a series Of books written when
he was himself little more than boy aud
reading those books now in more mature
years, no one can refuse 10 say that his
fame was well deserved,
Ills reputation abfdddl and particularly
/ 10 q 'rnany, was always great and We
remember, when first going into hat
country in carly lie, being constantly
asked whether we knew the Beruhmte
Bulyar." The hold he thus earls rot on
the mind OF Germany was never lost, and
MS own love and appreciation of the best
German literature revealed a community
Of feeling that well explained this sym
pathy.
We shall venture at this time to say a
few words with regard to Lord Lytton's
cOnnec ion with the Magazine. As far as
we can remember, few short pieces of
poetry bad been sent from him before 1912
But In September of that year be began
lis TRANSACTIONS Of echlller's Ballads, which
we thought lieu, rs VIZ think them now,
the best rendering Of the great Germans
glorious lyrics. They read like English
ballads, which, with all our admiration
for the best translatons Of Goethe, the
7 / pieces OF the Cleer uact never d.. The
translation Of Schiller was accompanied
( by notice of his life, written Ia q genial,
Z deserving Of the subject. In the spring OF
} 1918, We remember with what delight we
a received and read the first Ms. volume OF
0 'The Cations The public did not know
, who was the writer; and, considering the
T. uoTelly Of It's oh ,ractsf, and It's unlikell-
ness to his previous books, this was moi
surprising. But the tale very soon made
. ITS way and it is unnecessary to recall tC
o our readers minds the names of its sue
e cessors, My Novel; and what will he dc
i with i'm
e The "Caxtoniana" were the next con
E tribulions made by him to "Backwood /;
and it will be very dllllcHlt to llnd serei
o. cs7ayn cohtainihg more wit and wisdom
mole Knowledge Of mankind, and greate
dignity and rettitude of sentiment.
L Long after this time he published in ou
pages his iranslatous from Horace, witt
J. the singularly able essay on that classic
: which introduced them. The amount o
e, labor which he bestowed upon this work
&c both on its llrst appearance in the Maya
zinc and on its subsequent publication a
e Il book, was almost uuexamplcd and ~
r one knew better than he that for sucl
C, labor on his part there could be no pecu
re niary return equal to what might hav
o been obtained in other fields of exertio
IL silll more easily within HE power Blu
"A. he worked with a heroic energy when hi
y heart was In his subject, and he neve
a worked negligeGtly. We have seen him a
re his own house, when he seemed to b
t, doing nothing, turn out in morning
,r mass Of elaborate letters ard Ms. that III
Dr. most active man of business could no
he have accomplished. Those who were MS
," soelatcd with him In the Colonial Ofllc
will, We think, fully bear rs out in wha
or We say Of the rover and precision of hi
m work. In matters of business he wa
ly most satisfactory. lie understood at one
re- what was meant, and there never was an
ne of the irritation that so often arises frol
'e. misconccpuoN. II was astonishing to Sc
ey him during the composition OF some grea
ev work descend from the height to whic
" hs imagination had borne him, and dei
he 40 once with complicated transactions a
easily us If he had b9eu bred and lived as
man Of business only.
In counsel he was singularly wise, an
about the best man to advise = ith that v
IN ever encountered. There arc many pei
sons, and, among others, some of on
'w leading statesmen, who, we are sure, vi
as confirm this opinion. II is needless to sa
we Of one in his high position that he wa
yn bssct With applications for sdvice and Of
to ii,tnnce Many of our most eminent me
ad Of letters have been distinguished for II
-ty generosity with which they would give O
Mt such occasion sympathy and aid but
III, il impossible that the warm and hone
70 feeling which inspires the wish TO i,
at true help to less gifted or less (Ortuna
ers brethren can ever have glowed more vi
10 failmgly Ia any heart than in Loi
nd LyitOn's. The readers Of these words wi
to know how true this is must be vel
ply numerous.
Inc Apart from his novels essays, al
, il poetry, Lord LyttOn bad the great mel
of of having written the only dramas whic
of during the last Thirty years have fair
pa kent the stnge. II We put together all h
lJ different attributes MS an aushor, we CT
PISS scarcely fail to consider him as a giant
the literature, in whose productions il is dit
cult 10 say whether we should most ADM
as the excellence or the versatility. Let
his add to this character the observation ho
i've rare 1t is TO ilnd these qualities combin
ter with the political sagacty, the Oratoric
.er power, and tie practical good sense Will
wn distinguished him as a statesman.
In the early part Of this notice we sa
at that our correspondence with Lord Lytt
tie. bad, during tue last six mouths, be
thy even more than usually busy; aud I
md cause may at once be explained. It
re- that tho tale now appearing in our pagi
Iter 'The PaTisians,' is from his pen and CO
TN. hNluthtig bNl itdNtln VIII KNOW luul
tor the same fertile and powerful hand we o.
in another tale, published by our house, IT
ich Coming Race which has achieved hi
the reputation, aud passed through seven G.
1 lions. Why he Insisted on keeping this
Idle secret we never could thoroughly und
Just stand. But any cause that existed
for secrecy is now, alas removed.
me II was only fortnight before his dea
c in that he sent us the concluding volume
gis- 'Kenelm Chillingly' another novel now
for the eve OF publication and early In /
am week Of his death, the hulk Of the foul
: to and last volume Of The Parisiaus' reach
! in us. He had been long engaged on tn
/ be two works. It is more than three yei
ing since We read large portion of 'Rene
rom Chillingly,' the Ms. being obviously Ii
of no recent date; and THE ParsiA
had, we know, occupied his mind fol
IDLY still longer time. From his letters to
apparently the few remaining pages Of