New-York tribune., 1876-04-22
e1cOLLECuoNS or FoRSrER.
BY J. 7. FIELDS.


BosTON. April TN a few days OsgOod &
Co vii! publish IN their vest PocEet seres' Srtcos
from HqrDrr contributed by Mr. j. +. Fields, Barry
Cornwall aud his Friends" with the fresh iils OF Old
Acquaintance" Mr. Fields has added considerable In
ereGtng matter aud among tie sAecles the follow
ins picture cf Forster; q
6rst s.y John Forster, the bOgRphcT OF Goldsmith
and Dickens bis Pleasant rooms No ~ LucOlhs Inn
Fields re then III his prime ahd looked bmfll or
energy. HIS age might Eave been forty or tre onward
from tba ni c;oie and his whole announced q
determination to assert that nobody hcci prompt am
H. voice ran loud and Hear, up ttsrs and down. every
where throughout his premises Wien lac walked over
the uncarpctsd nOor. you Ecard him WALK and ho meant
you should. When lie spoke nobody T. CURED an car
trumpet; the GcSf never lost ryaDle oi ans manly
ut cIances. Proctor (Bauy Cornwall Snd nc were IN
the same Commission. and were ON excellent terms Go
younger officer always regarding iho elder with hnh
o icOnine dcicrsnco. go .
FOrsters library was filed With treasures. ana he
brought To tho dmnsI-taDc tine day Was nif Win him
sucn and costly manuscripts and annotated volumes
show us. tudt one appcl.tr lof hdue usleH Wa
quite iaktu away Ibs excellent lady WON he aftci-
1-rI married Was one Of i7 CUE TO- ana fn. .ns ts Sei-
uentn present remember %" b4iHih' auth'i or 100
LueDslor oi e Albany ho'h tiat ~Hh lHeu ts move,
sensation Ia London Forster now nom ono topic 10
another with admirable sk, ana entertained as VITA
anecdotes OF " sIiugt0n and Rogers, gliding TIE lime
Wa capital limitations Of his cci-hr'ri coicupnalrsl l
literature aud ths stage toucn ABOUT EIWund
Kr1n made all start from our cLaifs ana drmbnd =
lel gTyatd actor fOr he lda power ana SAIL gi,e eA-
ccptioa-I IA t..-t way. His roc ca-I>d 4I4 -ionA
his ability HCst have been strisingly apparent After
his marriage, aud when ne removed rOln Lncoln's ina
10 lllH
fcqeut reAdugs eyuCiug remarkable natural and nc
Gailea talents Fo Dickens Lee had love amounting 10
jealousy. lie never qDe ieLahtd anybody 30 " WHolu
lac great novelist had f0udntss fOr and nave heard
diuli stories touching this Wsdkucss For FtOi FELTON,
lie Lad uubouuGtU regard, Hch LAD grown up uy cor
respuuIeuce ana through report from Dickens lie had
never m>t FELTON,, and when the Professor arrived in
London DicEcns with bis love OF fun. arranged blt Ol
caioery Uhicu never Qulte forgotten tLOgh wholly
ioi given Knowing how HKmy Forster esteemed Eel
ton through his Writiugs ana BIS letters Dickens re-
solved 10 aGe FELTON, at once 10 FDlstes house and IN
troIuce hI Prof stowe Tie port oi bhtI thess ge-
tenou beng pretty neary equal. The stoves were tuen
III England nphant tour aud his made tAe
the secret and Dickens proceed 10 FOscs mouse and
are shown Down comes Forster ntO tie library. and
10 presented forthwith 10 " Professor stowe" Uncle
T0ui'- CaUn" az referred TO- and the talk goes
IN that direction for some time. AZ Last bJth Dickens
and FELTON, fell into such a patoIys o. laugLcr at
Forstr's dOgged determination To be complimentary 10
tie world renowned novel. that they could longer
hold aud Forster. becoming almost Insane wi.h
wonder no the hilarious conduct Of his two visitors,
Dickens revealed tHcr wickedness, and ght jolly day
the happy trio made OF It.
TaliOdrd informs that Forster had become 10
Charles Lamb AS ot his oldest COMPANIONS and that
Mary also cher shed strong regard Tor him IL Is surely
proof oi hs admirable qualities tnat the love oi many
OF Englands best and greatest was secured 10 hn by s.,
lasting tenure. To have the friendship Of LandOr,
Dickens and P Ocer through long years. 10 nave Carlyle
for constant yoay and TO be nourned him with m