, 1874-08-17
THACK ERAY.
+ So11lo 1eeG0llcctions OF Him,

tho iarRor portion Of space IN glYeh to Thaclt
oray. Tile following III from tho profaco Of MIR
IL. H. stoddard, tho editor:
Il "a number Of ThaoIsoray anecdotes havo fa1loi
III my why while ttla yoIumo Inns been pasa
INF through tho preRs. Hore iH ono which wa
ro1"tcd by tho iato Charles summer: Whol
Illackeray was Ia thiB city (Nael,ington}, W
visited, among tho oarllor p!aces tho Cnpio 70
tunta Thnukcray wnH MI artiAt by brthtight
and his Judgment was beyond clnnao or ouoa
tton. 11e took quiet turn around tho rotuntln
and III n few words gaso each picture its nor
fectly correct rank and art valuation. 'Iru.n
bull Is your. rainter,' 10 sata, 'novo
neglect Trulnbntl Other plnces of IT,
tarest were then ncen, aftor which lt
starled llomownra, lIo Ind not yot boon at my
honso, ana my chief anxiety was to concll lin,
aatoly past that Jackaon statue. Tho convcraa.
tioi, hung pe5sistcntly npun art ,nattors, which
undo 1t oertain tint was to hnvo trouble whom
we ahoulu como III Wow Of TINT particular excrcB-
csneo. , We turned tho dreaded o,rnes 1T Inst.
| Whell, to my natonta'imont. Afr. Thackorny hold
straig's past tho hdeous l}gufo, moving ls
hoad netior to the right nor left, and chatting
as hriiY ~ though wo %ero strolny through aii
Eng1lall park. Nots know That tito iuBtais We
| aaw 1T, foalizoa its accumulated terrotp Ut n
| glnnco.. and, lit tho charity Of his ereat honrt,
took nlt pntns 10 avoid havinesa word an,tl about
1t. AZ, bit ao was slaa Of faro considoration.'
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Ihaokeray wax not h1lmorist. In tho sesee that
Dickens wna nor n wit, In tile Be,.ao TINT Jcr-
roll wah; but he now aud tlen Haid n good thing
III quiet wav. lie WIS peBtorod On ono occason
MI inauiriug turn Of MUD, NJ to what was
thought Of this purson aud Tint person in 1;r-
| gland; AR. Tlnclsorav, ie asked what do
they a, think Of Tnpror3' 'rhoy don't think Of
wa mentioned, md Il ranspred % that t. ho lo',Sa Was
| Indicted TO boor-drinking. sYos' said Thacl-
cray, tako him for half md half and ho was
man. Ills connection with Fraser's Magazine
Of n't editor to chango tho .copy' Of his corr
tribltora was tltucnsscd. Tlsao;oray mai1l-
tai,,"t that no Brlch right existed. except "a
regarded errors Of grammar. md dcolarod that
the hetser was tho author hnsalf; as n r,i!o ed-
it1rial chntGcs wore bnuders. y told al olitof
70 once nil. lie did not like it. II have no ob-
jco.ion to your putting your hoofs OIL 1nY para
your sticking your cars through tt.eiin."' Ho
never forgive you, Of eourne.' noyor thought
to ash. Thaekeray md Jerro!d used to sit mar
ench other Ct tho Punch dinucrs. a,.d Jer,o'd
wns inclined to wtangle, If everything waa not 10
III M liking; but Thacsoray would keep the poace.
1here's no nso III our quarre!inS,' lie said. for
wo must mect ngatn next week."
Some Of tho EorsonK who hnye recolloctionB of
Ihaekesay Eivo mention to tho surprising fnc1
that ut Hone 1ianes hu was very kind and wanted
to talk, aud that ut other times ho passed them
by with Il nod. Ii pcnple would reflect a ,ittIc'
they would observe that this III exactly what they
themselves do.
-. Tho recollectionB Of Mr.. noddor, 1T one timo
Thacacrays private sccrotaiy, aro POI Inns az uu~
tanilnr Us any other portion Of tile book.
"To Onslow Square accordingly went on
the informing liked upon. and found Mr. TAauk-
eray III his study TO receive ME !: but iuntend
OF entering upon business In lllat 1mrt nf tl,n
house, ho took mo upstairs to I1 bedroom,
whero oVory arrangement hat hdan u,ada for tho
convenience Of writing. tl4un learned tbat
lectures OIL tho -Four Georges and That llo Ind
need Of M an,anuonsiH to iii tho pInco OF oms
w|o MAS HOW otherwise occupied. lii that capa-
city. 1t rns my task to wrlio to his dcta;on, and
70 make extracts from books, according To la |
b. itis'i Museum. This dnty callui ille to Lis |
bcd-chan,ber ovcry morning, a.stl, Us n general |
rule, found him up and rondy to bogiuo work. |
though he was sometimes III doubs nad difficulty
standing, ur walking about, or lyiug dowii.
Often ho would light 4 cigar, and, aftor pacinr
:he room for a fcw minutes. would put tho un.
sna hIB o4 t on the asrsse ad re-
10 Ind gathered fresh inspiration from tlo een-
tlo olors' Of the sublime tobacco
!" Il was not litt!e amusing to observe t,o
froqnon.y With which Mr. rhaekesay, in Lilo mo-
monts Of dlcsatio,t. weuil change Iis nosltion.
.ld could not but think thnt lio aeon,ad most
uncomfortable. He wal easy to follow az % his
was a!ways oLoar and disto and
H. hog geihepaS hpnat welGhe his words before ho snyo
;e'ved check during tho proEraps Of l,is non,
l1o never bccarno cnnrgotic hut Apoka with tint |
'am tesiberat,on which distinguished l,is public
oadsl.gs; aud there was ono pecaliarity which,
hat when iso mado q humorous point. Which
Inevitably caused mo to laugh, his n,Tn "onn.
'nanco Tas nn1noved, like that Of the comedian |