, 1874-08-17

.. c!ninot, 'yliat terms f,lty guitloas nigilt
WY, shouldn't lago received o:o-haf tha
sum for nartio!o III Fraser fow yonrH ago.
"AB WIZ travelling entirely III m otIicia
= character, .nd waB not responsible to MIR
r Tllackolay,t studiouAy avoided forcing r,yHol
oii iis comrny, but always took cspcclnl cnro l.
select catTiage llc did not occupy, and to plan
1nyAolf in nj l,ote1 l,o did not pdttor,Ixo. 1iono
If may Hpoalt rnrattox1oaily--wo pu,led 70
mnrkably voll together; md although tho nr
Judgements Tor public reading every nyonuru II
O'clock lat little opportunity for Hocial enjoy
mentLtliatls to say, at time whom II would b
Illackaray n occasionally asked mo to dine viii
him. 'Ths IL nico room,' ho would nav. If tlt
apartment allotted to him chanced to hayo {
rural aspccI with treoa and flowers bobbing /,
wlnfo was t. 1t fnay DO asked Tint l,o could moi moi
write; t"r ale twenty-five hRntlsomo ynlnmoB OF
his works Atcly issued boar sufficient ples,,n,p.
i've esluctro that lis labor WIS done Ii, various
nafea a'la !itmes. May il not be fairly sappoaod
Sept. =. 1871, and published In Fraser's Wd0a,
zine, wan wilton on the Identical spot whore hc
"aa visited by tho aud pecnninfy misfortune
Wlich lo 70 li1a1noronsly doploreB in tho rofrain
Of the bnll.d?
Ss1i :ss ss Ss'!y If " @yss sGsss cones
l!a'e no monoy lie ih pawn,
| A'trangcr In tlio town uf Ido.'
a. tho timo of tho publication OF VANITY
Fair Thadscray'H great contemporary, Cmrlss
dickens (fsr III ADite Of all remo1latranco It has
| always beo1 tho fashion to place tho two writp1s
III the sanlt category. md ofton to sacrifice ono
A. the shrl'o Of tllo ohor, according to tho par-
liclar taata OF tho pcrson addressing 4.imsojf to
tho a,1b1ocO, was producing, III tho accustomed
monthly lorm--the green covor in tho Quo in
Stance, against tho yellow cover IN the other
'ia story OF Don,bey aud Son, alsd 1t wns back
a osays aaght :, t9 load each number with easor-
beon hea,sl to speak Of tho work in torn,s Of
tho hlgLcat praise. When 1t had rpachad il.
| nth humber, whorein Mr.. Charlcs DioKena
doscribod the ond Of littlo Paul with laptil of
Eath9B WHICH produced a vib,atosy on,oton in
tho hoalts Of oil WHO read 1t, Srr. Tllackoray
seemed electrified a. the thought that there was
one mnn living who could exsrclso SO cunDinte n
! control over him: Putting No. Of 'Domboy
aiu go 500 i'll big pocket, ho hastencd down to
ar: Iuuchs printing Office, and entering te et]i-
tor's ronnl, where CHANGED TO 10 tho only Der
Aon piesont except Alr. Mark Lemun himself liz
nal'ed it OH tho table with startling vcl,en1oi,cc.
n.la oxca!metl' There's no writing nsui,lst sncl,
~ thiH-0llo lins no u!,atlcnt Head tint cn ,tnr
f'a.o'1bng yong l'anl'a death; 1t iH uuH..,passcl
1t 10 etupendons!"
Long aftcr this, md during tho period that
acted nj his an'ar.s1otlBs, l wert into hls clun-
her ono morning.. A. Usual, mud found MIN iu bed
lor, Lust 1t should be considered TINT Alr. Thack
Gray was wElht 'B co,ntnun1y called lnto riser.
should Htao ut once that my visits to him were
somewhat carly. that ia to say before 0 o'clock]
little pot Of toa aud sonlo dry toaHt on q table
~ his side; theref're remained at a distance
from him, but alr. Thackeray called mo forward.
a'1d dlscoSolod that ho had passed very rest
less night. u atn Horry,' enid T. that you do
not seem very we'll tins morning. 'WolI,' 10
mllrlnsrcd. mo, I am not we'll. hayo got to
immediately fecolcctad that lie wus to nro-
sldo at tho ant.llni dinner Of Tho Genoral The.
atrtcal Fund d,-an undertaking Which / wall
knew wNs entirely, ropuglant 10 his taste and
,'I Wishes. D"n't lst Tint trouble you, Mr..
right whsn tho 'ime comes 'NonHeusoi' Le
replied, 1t won't cono alt risllt-I ca,,'t n,nl,n n
speech. Confonntl it! Tiat FELLOW Jackson let
me III Tor tllls Why don't they get Dickens 10
good one. I'm Of no t,se.' told lin, tint lint
thoroughly appreciated lis reuarl in regard t.,
Alr. Dickens, but tlat ut the sano time ho waa
giving little credit TO tlioso whosa dacernuent
mud selected hin az tho Chairman Of the even
oI'r, az ,o l,ad only yoar o. two since occupied
samo institution. .lllcy little think low nerv.
o'!s an said Tl'RckelayI hnq dickens doesn't
know this meaning of tho word'
"lncontlrmation ot this rcn,ark I observed tlct |
once aEked Mr. Dckons il l,o over folt nervous
Gu public occasions when called upon to spcak
Gnd llis inAlant reply WAS, Not n tic !cast. Tle
lirht t1tno took tho ehair at n public tlinuor |
le,t 5'i1t Us 'a,lc confidence rs il had one the
u
The result Of Mr.. Thackeray'a Cl,armansbin
on tile oyollng in question may hero DO rccorded
with all respect to his monlory, nnl With that c.
~ Siro to be strictly correct which l'o himself would
aa:e ocen the fllht to encourage. I1uo to his
1nd commenced lila duties us If he ind resnIyai
. sos difficulties ut dotlanco, and to show tint
[he tabk was not quite impossible with
;nd nm; ao1,t,,va but; nnanpiIy for bs nervous
oickens as tho President :.of tic instjs
Ntlon. sat ut ltit right hand mud wlton he camo
10 tho alE-nbHol bng toGst of the evening. tha
eErsly.hg fact rushed across lis mind tl,at bia
'reat contemporary would witness all his Short
ominga and his sud nferlorty. IIe Ind nrc.
'ared his speech. and Ee commenced will anmo
onrted illusions to tho chr Of ThospiB and lin
parIy history of tho diana, when i,o s,,ddcniy
o'iapsod, and brought bis address to 4 close il,
lew commonplace observations which could
earccly be called eolorent. I1o too plujuly fol:
|lo woakness Of hin position, aud, no,witLstunIs
aB rart!cularly ykindanlcomplimentar ancoci, |
4 which alr. Dickens proposed his health Nh
'slalrman, i,e conld nut recover the prestige llo
elicvod ho had lost, aud 10 left the room, in
ompany with an old friol,d ut us oarlyn .nu,,cnt
y lo could consistently viii. tho RESPECT Io owed
, the company.
+" Ono other instance 1 may mention Of tho
=, ,any Ky which came within NY own knowledge Of
" desire to exalt others Mt the expense OF him
iii. found him one morning Il, M unuannIlv
'quacioua mood, md ha1 nut boon Will hin {
nny minutes before ho sah lo wus moi Ilis. !
1scd to trouble himself with a,,y work tint flnv !
o was 1ln.o inclined to talk. Atlyorting by mi.
ral transition from tho subject lie rst toi1ci,cd I
|'on to the respective merits OF yari,,ls writcra
llo wero thea daily before tho world. lie sno;o /
the great Bnccoss Of Household Words. md of g
20 ability displayed in its }ngos BY some Of its
ntrlbutorH. 'Tnero's ono man, Tor instance. t
, emphatcallY exciaimed 'wlo ia very cloyor1 t
llow, aul that is sala. That paner Of hia t
Tho hoy ot tho Street, is ono Of tho nnst o
ings ever read. couldn't haye writtou #. 9
Bh I conld.' l
" 1t WAS common practice In tho towna wo "
sited for qllidnuncd, ambitious dowarory. nn,l y
piring danlacls pertaining to tie order Of bh,o- !
,ckinEa to poster 1[r. Thaokoray at tic ciosa y
tho lecture to inselt his autograph in III album,
\ request with which le was not oIton Wiinr, =
comply. On one occasoi, nj, album wus e
iced before him bya young follow WHO t!,ourLt !!
tonlpt him BY calliug attention to tic u
u tliat tho signatures OF several tljetin. q
iahed musicians, including TINT Of ono Of or In
ut colebrnted teno1B, were In the same book. =,
4 that therefore lo would bo iu very Vooj !;
npany. What nmong all lheso 0ldlem;; II
claimed Thnckoray With pretended rai!lory. g
wing uttored tho somowlint bruaquo nllrasI,' III
could not well do otherwise tlBu nntsrv thn *