The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-02-19

fIe6Sures Vi fbItS. MUCH Oi DIE tune WAS given W
the theatres. At scrbe's he dined frequently. one
evening meeting Auber. "a stylish little elderly
man. rather petulant in manner" On another oc-
casion he discussed DE Foe with Lamartine. who
complimented him on his French. lie meets
George sand. who s unlike his preconceptiops.
'Just the kind OF woman In appearance whom
you might suppose to be the Queens monthly
nurse-chiehy mauonly. swarthy black eyed-a
singuiarly ordinary woman" Emile de 'iraruih
gave him banquet OF oriental spendor' whioa
gave him great qualification and whch nc de-
scribes at length TO Mr. Forster as though IL were
a scene In the "Arabian Nights" His description
Of it, which he declares to be strictly prosaic'
sounds q little Oriental, but not inapproprlatey
sO:-
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never embesh ancity such accounts would be-
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THE SEPARATION FROM HIS WIFE.
When We come to the separation OF Mr.. Dickens
from his wife we cannot but admire the deiicacy
and reserve with which Mr.. Forster treats it.
This Is the event in the life Of the illustrous
novelist which darkeps his fame. We do not
sympathize with that morbid and unhealthy senti-
| ment which gloats over the frailties OF men of
genius-the unhapplness OF Byron, Shake
speare or Milton. Men like these, supremacy
| gifted and richly endowed have lives apart from
the dongs and adventures OF the mere body.
However Byron may have sinned, to US he Is
and always must be "Childe HarOd.' But
Dickens during his own life called attention to his
sorrows, and, after Diminishing his wife and the
mother OF his children from home in which she
had lived for a quarter OF 3 century, publicly
entreatea the world to justify him IN the act.
TIE BEGINNING OF UNHAPPINEss.
1 Mr. Forster leads US up to the time OF separation
by delicate analysis OF the nOveiist's character.
Despsing society and falling to find IN his home
those satisfactons which the true home life de-
mands, q tone OF resilessness became apparent
about 1857. II Dickens had any social tendencies 1t
was for those beneath rather than those above HIM
In life. This is attributed to defects Of temperament
coming from early trials and successes. Mastering
, fortune and fame he did not attain remuneration
and sell-sacrifce. Until ''Copperhed" YVES finished
his life was in his books His friend
ships were with the creatures of his rich
and marvellous fancy. Combined with habits
oil singular provision. method and order, he had an
impotence OF nature. rushing at enjoyment with
out counting its cost. Alter "Copper1eld" his
Imagination seemed to fail, to- want spur. While
his subsequent works embodied creations of char.
acter and humor as fine as any in his earlier days
Marigod, Lirriper, Pip-he had lost the old
noted, there came from time to time intervals Of
unusual Impotence and restlessness, strange to
see in connection with his home" Old pursuits
were laid aside for new occupations and excite
ments-politlcai addresses, private theatrcals,
readings, ''strong, wandering ways" craving
10 ind some means by which life might become
easier. This craving called from Forster the re.
monstrance OF friendship, and TO one Of these en-
treaties we find Dickens, in 1851 saying. sadly ~
have no relief but in action. / am become tncapa-
BILE Of rest. should rust break and die If spared
myself Much better to die doing" Other let
Gers breathe strange warnings. At one
time he wishes to live In the Pyrenees
for six months. Then he has an idea Of
living in Switzerland, above the snow line, in
.some astonishing eonvent.n IAN altogether in
a dlsheveled state OF mind-motes OF new books in
the dirty air. "why is it' he cries. ''that a sense
comes always crushing on me, as OF one hap
piness I have missed in life and one friend
/ and companion have never nader" Again the
serious IDEA" of winter the top OF Mount st.
| Bernard, with the monks and dogs for VIII ole
I winter Another time his fancy dies TO Australia
oay he Will nnish Little Dorrit" before leaving.
/ 1.-THE old days the Cd days!n he means ''sha
ever, l wonder, get ,he frame Of mind back as it
used TO be then'n II feel that the skeleton in my
domestic closet Is pretty big one."
THE CLOUD FALLS.
Then came the sorrowful avowal-not altogether
/ unexpected says Mr. Forster, but "a great shock
nevertheless" Poor Catherine" writes Dickens
Catherine being his wiie-''and are not made for
each other aud there Is no help for 1t. 1t Is not
I only that she makes me uneasy and unhappy, but
I that make ner so. too, and much more She
/ is exactly what you know IN the way OF being
amiable and complying; but we are strangely as
sorted for the bond there Is between US. God
/ knows she would have been a thousand times hap
pier n she had married another kind OF man. and
that her avoidance Of this destiny would have been
at least equally g)ot for us boJh. am often cut
to the heart by thinking what a pity II Is. for her
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