New-York tribune., 1874-05-19

they brought her only shame sorrow spoke for tho
aectonato heart, which no luxury could spo ana no
ylcisstude sour
One of Chorley's ilustrous friendships was with
Mr. Grote whose admirable scholarship was almost
eclipsed by his gracious manners blending In his
own person the rare qualities that compose the char
acter of the English gentlemen. The portrait OF the
great historian here given is dclineated Win 100
fine subtlety to allow of its abridgement even by
q single word.
The Historian Of Greece, of the few serious En-
Woa oyer within the past half century was FOR many
years indulgently kind TO me. more noDlehearteg
aud accomplished gentleman than he who has departed
fnli of years and roh in honors have never seen.
When the word gentleman" used, IT Is with express
reference TO that courtesy and consideration OF
manner which appears to me dying out OF the world.
-Four men that have known the late DUO de a Sla
mont the Duke of Ossuna the late Duke Of Beaufort,
and Mr. Grote, in their high breeding and Difference 10
women in their instructive avoidance OF any topic OF
expression which could possibly give pam recur 10 me
as unparagoned. But the tbree men first named had
little beyond their manner by way OF charming OF ln
encng society. Mr. Grote, as Uan holding these most
advanced ideas which were at war with every aristo-
cratic tradition and Institution, man with vigorous
purposes, and ample and various stores or thought'
might well have been allowed to dispense with form,
and sm0othness, and ceremony. But he showed now
these could be combined with the most ntter sincer.
IT, times, he elaborate in conversation Win niue
humor of expression though not without sense OF II IN
Others he never overweenlng. lie stahds III y
place Of his own among all the superior men 10 whon
have ever looked up
He was skeptic. as regards matters OF religious
faith to the very core. But he was keeny alive TO te
those having other convictions an abuse OF freedom OF
thought and OF speech which no argeninded man VIII
in this retcence. Had fortune or worldly posiuon, or
life, depended on ms falslylng MS opinions,
he y the last so man His noHH engs
to his peculiar opinions cost him all influence and CUP
port Parliament and the cause oi ILLS early re-
tirement from political life aud action. -
with all his stores of knowledge, and his habits
@ certain amount of practical accompiishment
common among scholars SO profound and so ripe. lie
thart han q
intelligent opera and had made some proficiency IN
learning TO play on the yloneello But IN every
he undertook whether II OF grave Importance or OF
slghteT pastme, his modesty was as remarkable as ms
and his courtesy The completeness OF the
scholar and the gentleman strikes me more forclOly on
retrospect than II did at the lue when was frequently
in his society 1t is fit that he should lie among the
highninded and lettered men who have made England
great among the nations But even were there no
and politicians to initiate am satisfied that his
on and new men take up the studies in which his
honorable life spent; and the result OF whlch has
already wide and lasting place III the Worio oi ietles
Many of Mr. Chorley's less elaborate descriptions
often contain happy hit, usually goodnaturcd' but
sometimes with singing cut that leaves scar.
Thus Of Rogers in his cynical and unlovely old age,
he says " But as an old poet who was eser SO in
human and peryerso in sitting in judgment on the
works of young poets as Rogers have heard him
absolutely yehomous and violent las much as SO low
voiced man could bel in dissection OF IN wholesale
abuse of the verses of Tennyson Browning, Mines;
and end his task of peryerse industry las Moore
has somewhere happily designated such tx-
hibitions), with such sigh of satisfaction as
might beft one to whom the determination
Of vermin is not profession, but pleasure
The Duchess d'Abrantes is dispatched in a few
words Il cannot describe" he says how was
repeed by this woman. Ugly. stout, coarse, man
nisb with hoarse voice and loud grimacing laugh
La GuicciOli told me that she takes incon-
ceivabe quantities of laudanun-and she carries 1t
in her face" 1t was in his third visit to Paris lin 1899
that Chorley made the acquaintance of Alfred de
Vigny, whom he found exceedingly pleasant con-
versatile tender, and friendly-perhaps too pale a
tone for a man. But what right have !" lhe adds
in aparenthesis) "who have all my ifebeen laughed
at for like paeness, to object TO this I" He
went with de Vigny to see Rachel. for the first
| time, in " Tancrede." He disappointed in the
| performance, and Though much struck with the
force of her defamation he thought her deficient
in action and too much inclined to repeat favor
ite pose. Her subsequent acting in Horace" " ma
terally changed his estimate OF her. " 1t Is
great triumph. and am converted to her
In that wonderful scene with the soldier she was
sublime the quivering play of her hands, every
fiber listening and yielding and struggling with
despair. as one who would deal with it herself and
! the horror-stricken countenance, were all in the
| best style of art to me finer and more affecting
| than her tremendous taunts to her brother every
| word of which was n heart-String broken,
and drop of hearts blood shed against him,
| to pile on his head the mountain of her curse"
Under date of 18th March, 1885, he chronicles his
| meeting at a sOr{e given by Miss Martineau. with
the two Misses Berry: Horace Wapoles Miss
Berrys. What luck to have met with them! They
are more like ones notion OF ancient Frenchwomen
| than anything have ever seen; rouged, with the
remains of some beauty, managing large fans like
the Fhrtillas, etc. etc. of Raneagh, and besetting
| Macready . . about the womanly pTOprieties
| of the character of Pauline III the Lady of Lyons
till one thought of the Crqae de PEcoe des Iemmes
1t is not often that have heard anything so brilliant
| and amusing
After meeting Southcy in company with Mr..
! George Tcknor, " who seemed gentleman and
| a man Of letters at once.' he writes: /" / never
| met any literary VINO so thoroughly answered
| my expectations as Southcy. His face is at once
shrewd thoughtful, and quick, if not irritable III
its expression; a singular deficiency of space III its
| lower portion but no deficiency Of feature or ex-
preston; his manner cold, but still; in conversa-
tlon bland and gentle, and not nearly so dogmatic
| rs his writings would lead one to imagine. Talking,
and talking well, a good deal about America.
| He was speaking of Miss Martineau patiently, but
without respect, describing her rs talking more
| giby than any woman he had ever seen, aud with
| such notion of her own infallibility.' / wa,
| more agreeably impressed by S)uthey than have,
| for a long time, been by any stranger"
OF Haynes Bayly and his wife VII ON he met at a
fancy ball, lie draws a ludicrOus sketch It'll |
saw them never understood the full force of the
reproach of Bath fashion; tawiry airy, sentimental,
vulgar; he with a pen-audnk complexion, and a
hyacinthine Romeo wig, dancing, and behaving
prety to all the little girls in the ROOM she in
old French dress rouged fade, haggard what pair