New-York tribune., 1875-11-02

chance Of couerrng pasurc and gencss on those who
needed kind words and substantial aid. His e1nas III
literature yeperascd anl loved him Tbackeray ana
Dickens nlways regarded him with the deepest feeling
and Browning aud Tennyson. Carlyle and Forster raj
lied about him 10 the last Hs manner hah All 'he eo
tesy OF the genteuan, without tingc Of the nspcry
which soibtimes found In literary circles Win the
shyncs and reticencc OF scholarly habits he was never
silent from III humor. His mcdesty was equal 10 'is
ability and presented delightful example that Is rare IN
the popular iav0rites OF society In his account Oh e
famous breakfasts of Rogers Mr. Fields gives striking
sketch OF the s,d poet who sceBcd the Oldest mar
that ever wore cray hair" Rogers talked that morn
ing" saws Mr. Fields with iniuitabe finish and grace
OF expression. light seemed "a play over hs fad'd
features when recalled happy past experience
and his eve would sometimes I'LL M he glanced haeR
among bis kindred, all now dead save one' his ss'ef VINO
also lived To great age. His head very fine, ana
never could quite understand the sica sayings about
his personal appearance which have erept into te ht
ernry gossip OF bis time He was by no means 'he VIVA
cous Of HIS contepora les have
him HE dome Of brain was one OF the a'nplest ana
most perfectly shaped saw, and his counenance
was very far from unpleasant HE turn OF thought was
characteristic and in the main ut for he Loved thc er'
and was naturally impatient OF what was low anu M
I'm conduct aud intellect He had always lived IN an az
mosphere Of ant and his "reminiscences OF painters ana
scuptors were never wegsomo or dun. lie had store
of pleasant anecdotes of Chantrey, whom he had EN-
ployed as a wood carver long before he became mod
elcr I'm clay and he had also much to tell us OF BIZ
Joshua Reynolds, whose lectures he had attended ana
whose studiotak had familiar o him white he was
a young man studying art himself as an amateur.
IL was impossible almost 10 mGke Rogers seem rea
being az we used surround his table during th"se
mornings and sometimes deep into the AFTERNOONS We
were listening who had talked with boswell ABOUT
Dr. johnson who had sat hours with MIS- fl0lzi; VINO
read the Vicar Of Wakefield the day IL was Published
who had heard Haydn, the coml"ser, payfng at q
concert dressed out with sword; ! who had listened
70 qaleyrand hest sayings from his lips who had
seen John Wesley lying dead in Lis coffin, an Old man.
with the coumenance of little cllld who had been
with Beckford at Fonth who had seen Poson SINK
back inyo the dining-ro after the company had lett
and drain what was left In the wine1lasses; who had
crussed the Apennnes with Byron who had seen Beau
Nash in the hight dan Ing mnuets at Bath
who bad known Lady Hamilton in her days of beauty
ani seen with Lord Nelson who was i'll FON =
| room when that great lay dying and who could
describe Pitt from pcIsC observation speaking awny
a. If his mouta was fun of worsted' 1t waS
unreal as q dream TO sit there IN st. James
Place and hear that old man talk by the hour ~
what one had been reading about all ones liie"
Tne article Ia illustrated with portraits or Rogers, PROC
ter Wordsworth Colerdgo ard other celebrities OF En-
glish literature, the sight of which In IKE e0lns
through "a course OF poetry" new chapter OI MI
Part0n's entertaining series "Ca1catuie" Is given III
this number. Eugene Lawrence contributes paper on
Educational Progress In The First Century OF the Re
public" "Garth,' by Julian Hawthorne Is continued
and there il the commencement OF "a new story called
'Thc Modern Psychc," by Edward Everett Hale. q.