, 1874-08-22

Your drawings aro certainly lar butter; nnl, again
Ss. % y .s s as q 9 m w,d S Agi s1
stood Frenc, or not, Or II tnc eu'dcnnesa with which
%fsa ,nsp ss @ e"nnot c II" olsary
seriIi,,q; III. Wson astel me I Ind ,nsSy arsS:
o table, md SLOWED liinl-M ~o1sii sl.ow' yon.
k reior Or sny oor lor.on fon1 o ot s,,en ao-
iionro viii wi.ch ho lad sl'owt. ms Lila own otsry
@ ss, ss ,Ss. ne ,' esr ' % s
such collection lie askel mo Il i. my Intention
tonuhtsh and, whcn answered in s!u negative. hsx
%ss rss no. 'ssnsa ny '9 nfsssis a H it'll 5s s ps9
sfter. wien i mol tle '1rines ct M',s!s,ause
naaeas II sa ;. i eaS sas ns s .s tbs s's xor ill., MI e
ss s'oa S have my ohjes!ions q aniE lin 'ss ,ew
lio tlSn bao mo goolmorn1ng.- however, until
had ma,ie m orranKement TO explore tho woods in
s sor In sSn H I " whh III haa a9awngs i
my collection. but which ho had mover Becn. It lar
rencd Tint hu oigea in tho namo honso with t1B but
feeling of dllscontcnt or decided mclaucholy. Tho
Scotch sire which he p1eycd p'seoty on hia nto ade
to my wifo anI friends aud. seeing tint ho all
thusiaan oserod myself as mich waa 10 my power to
Ioessrt tor n M S Ss h. wo %
fore aeon bnt render, ! did not subscribe to bis
work. tor, cycn Mt that to my collection was creator
to publish the results OF my rescarches. offered
them to him. merely Oh condition that what had
should be mentioned ia a work as coming from my
pencil -. @ he @ ssmo sime pfsrea to oon corre-
oa'syi!s q ill., Esy 70 NV orleans, l5tte knoHIns
town, at leaat by myself nn,l my friends.
Some time e1apaed, during which mover heard Of
Thiledelpla ], immedis.eiy after ny nrrvai tiers
inquired for him, and paid him visit. Ao w"a then
brnndt reale, the artta who had thcn portrayed Ma
Pelson crossing tho Alpe Slr. Wilson spoke not Of
lin MD. after tint, II never SS INV him aaain, aud
s & s ny 5 ss e h. Sa oS 1oms s *x
can ornithoogY" found In tho following paragraph:
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Bono portions Of this story tell rathor heavily
against Wilson, but We must tako into account
tito bitter disappointment he felt ut tho Tissue
cess OF his work. 1t was published oxponaivcly.
Tho Immense labor Of preparing it. and tho cost
OF ongrayinga, conRpired to mako tho prico
high, aud at Tint day there was nolthos taso nor
weal'h enough IN the country to ren1or tho sale
| of such publication lively. Wilson procured
| but forky-ono subscribers III oil New England,
/ nor in tho South wns hts patronage more elconr.
aging. No wonder, after tbe years Of toll, aud
aacrifico, and poverty, ho ha1 endured to croato
! tho work. ho was soured By its utter failure tu
| reward him. There ts not much to be urged it,
! excuse Of his pcryersion of tho truth; yet, with
the distress Of aoul-venrinoea and hopo deferred,
the facultien Of tho mind often lose their intng
rlty, mud judgment and memory provo troac'ier-
ouB to tllcir owncr Wilson struggled all his
days under the disadvantages of low birth, indi-
goncc, lack Of education and good breeding.
| II 10 occasionally or altogether waA Waiting in
| tho refined ant gentle virtNes, when q verdict
is lecrecd tl.eHo ttiugs should llayo duo inu
euce on tho decision. WilHou was buried 1t
Philadelphia with public lionofp, aud now PaiBle.
| raisoe monument to Lia ineMory.