, 1874-05-30
l.fTERATURE.



ChorIcy's McmoirH-
RECENT Ant AND soollsTY !; AZ Dxson1nnp 1a1,, y
Ta4utrso1Ii 7aT umonL.r. Oomnjlei fron tho stI-
ton Of 1IENnr e. uIwnEr1 r b. 9. II; @ JONES ,,o,9 T.
mo-, rp. SIT. Fflco IL. NOW fofk: Aeh15 1Ao1s
Co.
Prior to tho publication At fecens cato. OF
tho biography Of MIR. Ohorioy, his name Was
almost nuanown in Arnorioa Since then owing
a. ~ oxcoo1no intcreet of that work, which
70 1no oae1oas ',.ts ."ao,otas on1 rom,naconco.
~ae efo"deo VIVA "no'uo''o WV 1o'1'uo.o"
Df distinguished contemporary mon @no Wo,non
In England and on tho Continent, tho chief
,,rounaatarcoa of hin life have gained tho So
..'1A... -, .,ont r,.- -At,onito raai1orr TIN
4uaiut@''eo VA Ao's ,..,s -. H. -.
volume under notice Is oondonaea llo'n sno orig
!nal expensive memoirs Of MIR. Howlett-thoBo
portions alone having place In 1t which Will
provo entoetal''lue ~ ~ - .,,o onr,, re. ~, ,,u
Much OF tho aceoanb Oh eno oaf4y i',o ot Mt.
Chorleyis oxtracted from MS ausooloefaphy'
which he wae preparing for publication at the
.,,,s oro tonchnq FIR lila was ono Of tho ruapy
..''e nv .ore' ..,- 1,,",,sas s,a1..,,o,. 49,
nven that ta1l OF she'f nlsnost aspl1a1'ona' Do
cause Of tho tyranny OF adverse circumstanooss
Thore wero no striking traits in tho intellect or
charautor of Mr.. Chorloy nor any peculiarly notc-
"..I. n,,o,,,a T., 1,,u car.or IN n,arl him nnnono
"oftity o'o'%' a. ''' -nloeA' ~ 4A..'A A1 '@.o
his follows put 10 was ho hohsfoeao1oco1hpan'on,
q faithful friend, and unoompromtsingly true to
Ills duties in tho position which ho hold for many
.oara M musical orit,o Of tho dUeuu..u,. Thia
..~.,. .,..,,x,, "a ,-,1,o hin, borovnd anil m.
"1o n".s'' oio"e w - 81, -,.
apeeted ~ tho humorous e'se1a OF ns aGan@
nnccs but y WAS tho notable ape nea"ssMnoos a
In tho memoir Of LIE lie, That give snas nlo a's
particular 7aluo
Mr. Chorley waB born N looo " n9aoN.oy
House, near Lancashire. Ae came OF m olo,
3r1f10 a11n n
and youth. thoro was u inck OF moails 70 proper
~ develop tho boys individual taatos' Ho pos
Gessod tho hrttst-tonapeEamenk }oinoa 20 aa ~
tense fonuness 1or music pus tao slenanennue ats
OF thcso clrou1istansos W. 10y "na
ne WI pa.' "!aot " aC;nn r. ,rornoni Ta
counts IN meronahtn oluto ~ ~ Elsoi!oo, 10
employment Was 10 alstastoiai M thas no a aoon Cd.
e M 1 from y yyoanad 6a 20
with that journal for thirty-fi7o yoars, in which
ho GRADUALLY roso to tho highest rank as musloa1
critic N Enflano. ny I9ason u ms pllo1
40 well aa OF hh nelsoual No5tui ~ cnloSen ~
tho acquatntanco and Tue 1fenaanlp OF most o1
iho aieunasnea ~ Mnn}eta " ona H. nontincnt
literary co1ellob VI E1slnu ~" ~
II 1858 ne rGt'roa tIo 1nS aso ~ ~
thence, untn hts aoatn u! Aoaa, sase nInson ~
fhe Occupations aho "a'oSoii'0A's W pA1'"'' "Ao
eo9lal ne. .u.. n,,,o,, Ut, x,,r. ,ro
MS lournn'e, tloln ally mnIa o a",.;.a.ao, ~
or tho eeleprlslos "nom ho not % - .no "ot n' VI
nrt md lettora. Tho Deat portions OF tnoee
memorabilia haTo nEroady been borrowed to on
livon tho columns OF tho American pross, but
there aro etiI fow interesting anecdotes loft to
rcwnri tbo jnto rloanor.
AoMala n.1;oi; sun ,IsT Iascroa bv Mr. rhor,av
ha dulccion ID ueee1 1!uoG - ~ oaot 1aor 10y,
nftor thoif lfst neesins, Ill nePtempe1a 1oo2, as
'procfsosy what Lad expected TO 1nu nor.
Ewoet artloBs, oarnost, untidT, worry gutleloBs Of
mind, with a poarly-whito complexion, a hugo
foot md profuso llair,-tho color OF q palo, ripo
nut will, iii the cost;oulatiou and abandon Of
~ ,,s, u.an,nn oorI gomnth;ro h;rhhrad n
va atal!an ,,m Moan"A' ""0 SoA4s'o As" 40
spte or all. -,,-x
a charactorlstio scano WHICH oeeuFred ootmeen
Lanuor aud II. rio, author OF Art Chretion,"
ut tho house of Lady Dlessington, touches to the
ira tLa tyro mnat rrnn,iuent antora.
, -, -. .,5,. 80, ,,,.. ..4,,
On the occa9lon reforroa TO- Lanhor Mas mo1e pet
Iet arg paranoS1s@l M an ~ nsee t a @ u1' nnti
v9lent ~ anu % udu aoa @ tl - ~ 10 +,,"n IL ali ~, P,r"rd
lnies 10 nhet Ill.,, " s1y D1 ~ ptn .r, 10 ~
Gnnoslnn ~ nsSsn ~. E ia ,ar @ ttt 49, =. " om1 ~
uliaon.a!'e Ca.oe, @ @ Mnssu @ ia, e. ~
ah o. soon ~ ss dse, zn t, y aay;na
s soI - av IL a 1
r. {ta Mer '.Gu' ry ilis'0 1n ""s' ~ NAV" "e'A''As
oe'tef, Mr' 3an"os'
a lottor which Mre. tlawthorno audreHaod to
l1r. Chorley, in pleasant protest aga!nst the
homo Of criticism assumed by tho former In q
rey1ow NJ .tThe Marble Fam" will specInlly