The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-06-12
The Bulletin.
Publication once, Bulletin Buflaisg
washfnGson Aveane.
FRIDAY, JUNE l2, 1874.
"REMINISCENCES OF BULwER.

Ivy London Newspaper mani
| Considering that Lord Lytton occu-
pied himself in composition only for
four hours every day, it is surprising
the amount of work he tried to get
through. lie never had at any time du-
ring my acquaintance with him, any
thing like good health; he was always
placing himself under the care of some
physician, and # he heard Of any new
remedy which he thought might be ap.
plicable to his own case, he was sure to
avail himself il. Like his brother,
the distinguish diponatist, he became
in later life nearly con
hrmed hypOchondriac, although his in
tellectual power did not seem in any
way diminished.
was on visit at Sudbrook Park,
near Richmond, about twenty years ago.
Ii was then hydropa,hic establish
nent, presided over by physician Of
eminence. To my surprise, | met
Lord Lytton strolling up the avenue
one morning, carrying his pipe in one
hand and small travelling bag in the
other. The London season was at il.
height, aud parliament sitting; bu, no
remained for at least three months, TAX
ing his meals at the public table, walk
ing much in Richmond park, and occu.
plying himself with his papers and
pipe. The tobacco he smoked was not
very strong, but the incessant use of it
must have been highly injurious to
nerves SO finely strung as his. lie
seemed to me to have scarcely any APP
petite for food; at breakfast he seldom
ate more than mouth full Of toast,
and having swallowed n cup Of tea, few
off to tho solace of his beloved pipe.
There was, | remember, a space Of
tangled brush wood Immediately be-
hind the house, where have seen him
cit and saunter for hours together, ap.
parently absorbed in thought; and no
one, although the house was full of
people, ever thought of interrupting
his solitude. lie arrived without any
servant, and mover had visitor
during the whole period of his go
journ.
At Knebworth, which is the heredi-
tary seat Of the Lyttons, his mothers
family, the novelist did not in his lat
ter life, reside much. A friend of
mine the late Lady hurry, lived at An
delbury, only few miles distant, and
while on a visis / had frequent OPP
portunities Of hearing of her famous
neighbor. He was extremely popular
and beloved by the lower orders in all
that part of the country, and his hos
pitality was apparently without limit.
People came from all parts Of the
world, especially from America, to see
him. The house at Knebworth was
often full, but 1 don't think the host
always knew who his guests were. l
recollect being struck by the appear
ance Of remarkable looking man,
bearded like the pard, and l inquired
OF the late Mr.. Tennyson D'Eyncourt
if he could inform me who he was. 81
do not know" he said, "but / will ask
Edward"
He made the inquiry, but neither
Sir Edward nor any one else in the
house could supply the required infor-
nation. 1t appeared that many foreign
ers frequently came with letters of in
PRODUCTION, a few from Baron Tauch-
nitz, of Vienna; they were invited, as a
matter of course, to remain for week
or so; and then the host, too often con-
fined to his own apartment by illness,
would forget all about them, and
they departed as mysteriously as they
came.
1t is well known that in his early
life Lord Lytton wrote noval called
"The Last Of the Barons." He was the
first noble, the first baron, Of his own
race and it was to me the most affect
ing part of the melancholy ceremonial
of his funeral to see the coronet he had
SO nobly won placed at the head
Of the scnseless clay. Tanitas ranita-
tenn.