Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-12-26
EEGHTIETH BIRTHDAY OF
CARLYLE.
The Presentation of n Medal and Ad-
dress - Dfstingulshed Authors
Among she eSubscrIbSrs--COm.
Plimentary Telegram
from, Germany.

. LONDON, December 9.-Mr. CARLYLE
, birthday last Saturday, his eightieth
was made festival to him by the nu
merous remenbrances OF 1t from many
quarters. described In my last lette
} the medal and address sent him by
} hundred of his English admirers, Mr.
RuskiA's name was not among the sig.
natures; why, 1 do not know. There
was some time since q story of some
coolness between the two, and even
some printed controversy. But of the
hearty respect each has of the othel
} there Is evidence much more recent in
the writings Of each. Mr.. Carlyle's lasl
published book, the Early Kings o.
NoT10dy, contains long extract from
Mr. Ruskin, and 1t is needless to say
that sFbrs and other current publics-
tons OF Mr.. Ruskin refer frequent.
ly, and always in the same terms
"a OF old, to the great wri.
ter whom DIR. Ruskin long
SINCE accepted rs . prophet and teacher
IN morals. Mr.. Matthew Arnold's Is
another missing name, more readily &C.
counted for. MF. Herbert Spencer's is
not there, and ether omissions will be
noted. Some who might have been
asked vera forgotten, some possibly re-
fused, for Mr.. Carlyle, like other posi-
tive men, has not gone through the
world without arousing some pretty hot
opposition and even animosities. I
mentioned befUTo Mr.. TenHysUn, Mr.
Browning, Mr.. Hughes, Mr.. Haxley,
and Mr.. Tyndall as slgnsrs Of the ad.
dress. Some Of the most distinguished
among the others are George Eliot, Mr..
Darwin, Mr.. w. E. Forster, Lord Lyt-
! teltOn, Mr.. Leckey, Mr.. John Morley.
| Dean Stanley, Sir John Lubbock, Miss
Harriet Msrtineau, Mr.. Max Muller,
Mr.. Leslie stephen and Mr.. Fitz James
Stephen, Miss Thackeray, Mr.. Troll.
lope, and Mr.. Alexander Russel, the
latter, l believe, the only journalist In
the number. Nesrly every name, /
should add, Is that of q person eminent
for something, but select only such as
| may be supposed best known In Ameri-
ca. The privilege was confined
to Engiishmen and Scotchmen, the
proportion of the latter being
naturally larger. Mr.. Motley was not
asked to contribute. 1 am not sure
that he was in England when the list
was settled. Mr.. Boehn, who designed
the medal, refused all pay for his work.
He is an intimate friend Of Mr.. Carlyle,
and his statue of him was q labor OF
love as well as Of genius. The engraver
was Mr.. George Morgan, and . copy of
the medal will appear, under his super
iptendence, in the Illustrated London
Nea0s Of this week. Applications for
copies from those who were not SUBJ
scribers have been received, but de-
clined. None will be distributed except
to subscribers, who may have silver or |
bronze as they choose, and to certain |
public institutions. The text OF the ad. |
dress is by Mr.. David Mason. No an
.wer to it has yet been received. There |
was no ceremony Of presentation. The |
medal and address were left with the |
servant st the door Of the modest house
which Mr.. Carlyle has so long occupied |
"a house so modest as to call out an ex-
clsmation OF surprise from o distin-
guished foreigner with whom / once
went to call on its owner: "Whst, 30
great man live in so little q house pi
This, curiously enough, is almost q
psrapbrsse of the we'll known
remark addressed by the shah,
whose conversational knowledge OF
English was limited, to Lord Russell,
when the latter apologized for receiving
his guest in Pembroke Lodge. "Little
house, great man." responded the ORR
entail, and visitors may be RECALLED with
the anecdote to this day. Yet, to any
one familiar with the unpretending out
sides Of London houses, there is nothing
exceptionally humble in the appearance
OF Mr.. CarlyIe's. The Germans did not
forget their English friend. He received
this telegram from Berlin:
ITO the valiant champion Of Germanic
freedom OF thought and morality, to the
true friend OF our fatherland, who, by
the labor of long, rich life, has success
fully advanced the hearty understand
ing between the English and German
peoples; TO the historian of Oliver Crom-
well and Frederick the Great, send oh
his eightisth birthday grateful greeting
md warm congrstulstion. Leopold Won
Ranke, JohRan Gustav Droysen, Rudolf
5neiitr Heinrich MArgusrdson, Theodor
Mommssn, Rsinhold Paul., Baron Won
Heinrich Won Bybel, Helm e
.ich Won Treitschke, Georg Waltz
These are among the greatest names
q contempOraneous German literature.
de received also, 1 hear, number of I
,ther kilograms from Germany not .
meant for publication, and this remem- c
France OF him from that country was :
among the most grateful OF those which I
lis birthday brought him. There were 2
'alls, flowers, and other gifts TO make I
he day pass pleasantly. Mr.. Motley Q
vas one OF those who went to see him. y
suppose may mention what Is no 90.
ret, that Mr.. Carlyle has always set a e
'ery high value indeed on Mr.. Motley's
work, and that the friendship =
'etween them has been long ard close. =
DIR. Motley's Is one Of the few houses u
which Mr.. Carlyle has visited of late =
ears; perhaps the only one which he
las visited within q few weeks. Not Q
hat he remains shut up In his own-far
rom it. His daily walk is seldom omit 2
ed. His American friends will Fsioice Il
Q hear that his health Is vigorous. His Y
birthday was perhaps the most 9
nclement day known in Lon !
on for years-eoid, snowy, and Q
be snow lying hard and slippeEy on the L
round. Yet visitor who called In the D
fternoon, relying on bis being kept In
y the weather, found that the old man
7as taking his walk as usual-had been
at two hours, and was not yet returned. q
don't know whether Mr.. Carlyle ever /,
sads newspaper. II he does, he may b
ave found some pleasure in the many Il
rticles devoted to his birthday by the S
,ondon journals, and in their generally a
Intelligent estimate of his work and X
lace In literature, their cordial express n
lon Of good will to him, and their rev. "a
renee for his illustrious and heroic life, d