New-York tribune., 1874-03-06

| A., Io;i,.o,, ,codant m the Summer Of lo01, from
which he narrowly escaped with his no' o'. ="
idod noverthelcss upop n series of readings inVoIV-
! ing greater strain and fatigue chan any p'i"'o "
had perhaps become conscious" SAYS MI roiS'ei'
" "upthout owning il even TO hi'iself, That Tor
| exeriion of this kind the time lclt MN
was short: but. whatever pressed hlm on
| bis task of the next three years, seli-
| imoosed was 10 make the most money IN the snort
st time without any regard TO the physical labor to
| be undergone Mr.. Dickens arrived IN Boston
| in the middle of November, le61. lis letters
during his American tour are always characteristic
if not ALWAYS gratifying. They frequently aiude 10
the vretched condition of his health, and describe
the fearful sacrifices of personal comfort at which he
met the demands of his American admirers.
He had got through half of his first New York read
ings when Winter storm came on, ana from ths the
until very his return the severity Oh he weaane
was exceptional even & or nnscd for some days. and
ne described NewYork crowded with slei0hs ana the
snow piled up in enormous walls the whole length OF
the streets " turned out In rather gorgeous slelgh
yesterday with any quantity OF buffalo robes ana maze
me driving out he wrote to his daughter urred up
to the mustac6e, with an immense white red-andyeL
low-strped rug for covering, you would suppose me
10 be OF Hungarian Polish nationality" These
projections nevertheless avaied him little; and when
himself the close of his journey with cold ana
cough that never again e n % ee n s more and
more disastrous For the present nere %aS St hc
sic ID
should overmaster 1t; but 1t soon forced Itself INTO all
his letters.
He returned to New-York on Christmas day after
reading twice in Boston with his usual marvellous
suouoso Loot words written before he left were
of illness. "The low action or inc lroart OF what
ever it is has inconvenenced me greatly this last
week. On Monday night after the reading, was
laid upon bed in very faint aud shady state;
and on the Tuesday did not get up till the after
noonp Upon his arrival in NewYork IN the evening,
he found o letter from his daughter which he
answered the next day, giving deplorable account
| of his health 81 wanted it much, for / had n
frightful cold English colds arc nothing to those OF
| this country and was very miserable. III Is a
! bad country to be unwel and travelling in You
| are one Of say, q hundred people in a heated ear
with great stove in it, all the little windows being
closed; and the humping and banging about are IN
descrbable, the atmosphere detestabe, the ordinary
motion all but intolerable.p The following day
this addition was made to the letter. 81 managed
10 read last night, but it much as could do
To-day / am so very unwell that have sent for
doctor. He has just been, and is in doubt whether
| shall not have to stop reading for while"
About a fortnight later, he writes "The work is
very severe. There is now no chance of my being
rid of this American caarTh until embark for Eng
land Ii is very distressing. 1t likewise happens
not seldom, that am dead beat when l come off
that they lay me down on a sofa after L have been
washed and dressed and lie there, extremely faint
for quarter of an hour. In that time j rally and
come right" In another letter Of about the same
date he SAYS: my cold sticks to me- and can
scarcely exaggerate what undergo from sleepless-
ness. | rarely take any breakfast but an egg and
a cup of tea-not even toast or bread and butter My
small dinner at three and little quail or some such
light thing when come home at night is my daily
T. balI hoy a1, ,liGha
Of taking an egg beaten up in sherry before going
in, and another between the parts, which think
pulls me upp On the 29th of March, he writes from
Portland with the return of snow nine days ago,
my cough became as bad as ever. / have cOughed
every morning from two or three till five and six,
and have been absolutely sleepless. ! have had no
appetite besides and no taste. Last night here, |
took some laudanum and it is the only thing that
has done me good, though it made me sick this
morning. But the life, III this climate is so very
hard!p Here was his account of his mode of living
for his last ten weeks in America: cannot eat ito
anything like the necessary extent, and have estab-
| lished this system. AT III the morning, in bed,
| q tumbler of new cream and two tablespoOnfuls of
| rum. At twelve sherry cobbcr and a biscuit. At
| three dinner time, a pint of champagne At five
| minutes to eight, an egg beaten up with glass Of
sherry Between the parts, the strongest beef-tea
that can be made drunk hot. At a quarter past ten,
soup and any little thing to drink that fancy.
do not eat more than half pound of solid food in
the whole four-and-twenty hours if so much"
The pecuniary result of ms readings for which he
had paid so penalty, is succnctly stated in
letter to Mr.. Forster, which may interest many Of
our readers. The inaccuracy which will be noticed
| in the reduction of dollars to pounds sterling does
not affect the general estimate.
I'VE had great difficulty in getting our American ac-
squared 10 the point OF asccranng what DOlbys
uslinu auQu ed tn IL ru all
we were obliged II call I'm the aid Of changer,
TO determine what he should pay as his share OF the
average loss OF conversion into gold. with this de
ducton made, I think his commission II have the
figures at haud) was &2,Ss5; IIcknOr and Fields had
commission OF el,0o besides per cent on all
| Boston receipts The expenses in America 20 the
| day OF our sailing were s5s.9is;-Toughly $4,000
or $4,000 The preliminary expen,se, % were aGli The
| average price OF gold was nearly A. lper cent and
get my profit was within hundred OF so of 10000
supposinc TO have got through the present
ment IN good health shall have made by the Readings
in co years 353O0: hat TO say sl3cOOFcceived from
the Chappclls. aud 10000 from America. What had
made by them before, could only ascertain by long
examination OF COuts's books should say, certainly
not less than $1,000: for remember that made half
money first town and country campaign with
poor Arthur snth These figures OF course between
blef The Chappel bargain began with $50 night and
everything paid; then became Ad0; and now to
asO"
1t would be superluous at this late day to refer
to the remarks of Mr. Forster the personal traits
Of Dickens. which in general show great modera-
ton insight, and good sense. The account Of his
daily habits, however las certain interest for
readers who are curious as TO the ongoings of dis
tinguished men. He is represented as cherishing
strong craving for the delights of home. He could
not bear TO live alone. He never went anywhere
unaccompanied by members of his family. He car
ried his prevailing tastes with him wherever he
went In Paris and Boulogne, at Lausanne and
Geneva. his ways entirely those of home as in
London and Broadstairs. His domestic nature