New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-02-22

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| tttDer dn, ilDugh everything weaith couiu W. ~ ~
a ihe forner Kins OF Holland, who now passes
ulc. tie title o. tic Count dc ST. Lon, lives mere Spy
safer Tor GOOD nature ard honesty which Ge , a,'
no, lose even III Holland wien acting nn'c CIR '' q
promising boy OF fuur:eoa, to whom ie ~ s ~
nnI occupies himself with his education me ,cs i ~;
IN. riirc it ia said, ho passes IN fetois i"t toh
~ri.in- n,atrv In tie evening he has lis coiere "ch
f. santer Lan his mothers, because ms own tenn ,
saion n. moro amusilZ and, on the NlvitI hui" "a
nature OF lis pursuits he sdpciIy % his manner ,
TIE Snd ness , Oh m nt n e'Sl m,y
KS Princes Burghcsc IS the most consnInma,e co
ouete ever saw At the age OF lorty-tw0 she has an
rcnnmo,iy h,nltiful form and face still striking
not heautll. When 10 this Is add d the pfscI ~
Youthful gaycty, uncommon talent, and lrac,'n L.
dr ~ II S il be- apUarent she not Nlno NC LII
clos most uncommon woman Al Iu'l'h > ~ T., her
grave tone prevails she is - mi,rc a, nun put III W.
own pal ,ce sine lives III great luAu'y si i'm
ont In her true character ant pats i.ts''i ~" ~ oyy
nrr tnat makes her great curiosity rs l
on her blrtnn ht she gave supper to seventy poTil
Notwithstanding tic Eastern splendor Oh ckei5 9 1
united to European taste and retirement ~" ro,
sn,dcd he strangers there, nhs ssrsste,d be-
tween tue old Cardinal Albani and te ," no,i
Vicar lha By all t,e magsemee ana n unSy To- four
them. On anotlc. evening she showed me- JeMes + ,
young men of us who hdppene 20 can oii ' ves She
s never fersct the ne, rehs ana ,n IL is possbs
played oh II Is, amer i "it coie 49, hr, - il nnf
10 have but opinion OF her cnariceri put 10 -
vulgar coauctry and 1t is tie talent ana SIKH ABOUT u
which redeem II from ridicuc and make her curiosity
like Napoleon nnses-nOt respectable 10 Dc s"e' "u'
Al LucIeIs now Prince OF Canine all ia different, ana
have been there much, and so fanilllaiy, th"l
know his family better than amy other ia EUROPE Ia az
respects II s an interesting on, ana Ia "n ~ !. he
bic aud attracting He has been married Twice. ahu ~
eond' ID hs second vile hcr,elf has daughter ny
first husband and NIL three sets live hagly a"sterG ~
and the pes Mt Princess s kind aud go0d Ho'heI 10
them all. They i've relSd' ana si'e nav cxCcut
in liner d1maitcr the Princess ProssedI They are
AT home IN tnc evening To ic" P'i""nS' W.
nndlns no housG III Rome 50 lcIsdhli s,n'l
,fy wall
me Prince is about iiiy, oi a most iinnoFahe rhrF
ter-always tic same, always wtoush,d lJ chahsta
Ii mi. la Iroiuccd 80 other good elect, n Las Ger
tanly given Inn the entire conn fence oi MS 'ly Nho
tnus always KNOW where To nd im AZ conversation ne
IS lrci pirtly from di!ence, vat more from secret
ncss ami r,scr.e OF character During tie day he en-
issouoImy and except LITTLE while alter dinner, is not
with bis family uhui o&ht IA me sNe.ms, ",'
-lt. The p.clurc have Often seen kndlo "a thelr
coun.cnauces hc entered at tins hour n proof Row ne
Is beloved ny thcm; ana the KISS nc diN"l ga,S ,'
Pnncc.s ris.c. w.n she came anna went, proved TOO
Tnc Princes, J.. ABOUT forty, VITA good deal ~ talent
uncommon beauty, and considerable eutdir ana 10
Oldest du ,utcr by his ir.t wue - not Dratul th9us
not u-y-a simple, kuI, aud An cti1htie ""nili io"n
husband with unrc,"ryed confidence anu d0lg on h'r
child % cxtrttu-tlcc $40 IS p'ns ana "c'N'! n.'.D
son as would De- lowed ANA respected ~ any eouH,y
Christine, tue ncSt Oldest and no" about ei5n'ru, s Il
very iu, rent giitstts.. moro Gtleit tii hci
SISTER, u"nt Gapie goh dc ca % sihs7' p"y' anu
dances "ci' st,s ihoi.'.la WIZ u-'' '' i" In,
,i'n,,iot A., a f,uit .le D. -unci hiug - cOIuerc,
mon IN .rr better qualtio- her taltns coodaturc
ard vii keep uadcr iirilnt size AWAY -it
m a corn, uf the s0, aud hccis her iiiilc c'ui To hri
liz Tor size cAuos.s io nave exclusive empire; bur
ths X SOON 20 d. oye, or sac l. &" DC n1led uee' 10
Count POE a.. 7wcdc.
The Summer and Autumn Of 1918 were passed n
Spain ANA Portugal aud after months visit to Pa
ris Mr. Ticluor returned to London, in the month Of
January, 1919, and soon after proceeded To Edil-
burch Tie re-, ord of his visit - sir Walter >cotts
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sting portions of the work. abpundins. IS it does.
10 descriptions Of the great novelist IA his social and
family life.
After a residence OF four years in Europe, Mr.
T.klIor returned TO Boston on the 9Th OF June 1912
and soon after entered upon the duties Of professor
of the French and Spanish languages and Of the
belles-lctres IN Harvard College, to which post lac
had been appointed during his absence abroad Hi
marriage to NE youngest daughter Of Mr.. Samuel
Eliot an enneat Boston merchant, and generous
patron Of letters took place in the Autumn OF ISL,
proving a sngularly happy connection, although II
made no essential changes in the habits OF his life as
a scholar aud a teacher. HIS home was from that
time. for many years, a brilliant center OF the most
cultivated society Of Boston HIS ample fortune
enabled him to CRAFTY his tastes for elegance and
refinement. and furnished him with Che means OF an
opcn-handed. but unostenatious charity. The So
cial pleasures of his quiet Winter life were
exchanged in Summer for a round OF visit
among select circle Of friends, but they
brought little interruption to his siudous
routine. In relation Il his fixed habit of industry
he used often to quote with delight what once
s,id 10 him by judge Prescott, has friend, and the
father Of his friend. soon after his return from
Europe. i'm 1919 he was talking one evening with
Judge Prescott and said Of his own prospects, that
he had enough WORK mapped out to hll at least ten
wears take care always To bc able to say the same
thing; always have ten years work Laid out before
you. if you wish to be happy was the wise rcpiy
aud in repeating il hr. 1icknur used 10 add, that he
believed he had never failed IN fulfilling the inJunc
tionY His hospia'lc tastes and social habits made
his house the constant scene of friendly and intel
ectua life. sappcr at nine o'clock in the evening
followed the early three-oclock dinner which was
customary in those days attracting the gentlemen
of his intimate circle who dropped in unlimited,
especially on Sunday evenings In a letter of rcmn-
scences addressed to Mr. Ilillard, Mr.. George Tick
nor Curtis family relative speaks Of the per-
sons who gathered at these suppers -
Irecall the two Mes,rs. Prescott father and Mr.
Webster the Rev Dr. Channing; Dr. Bowdich the emit
nent natlcinai ican and tunsutorof In Place DR. Wal
ter Charming, KIND and Genial family plysiciani w
Johu Pickering Greek scholar and learned lawyer; h!s
brother Octavus Pickering the Reporter o. the supreme
Cour of Massachusetts; sir. Willard Phillips. and Mr.
james Savage There were also many younger men,
HnS(NfN
Dr Claiming seldom, but II was there first saw
him aud there also. Hrs, saw MI webster. Prescott
the HISTORIAN yet author. at that time IN The
full nu.h OF his cay manhood. running over with ant
nal spirits which his studies and scliNscipliue could
NOT atirnch talking NTH joyous djdHdOn Laughing at
his own inconscqu ncCs recovering himself rNy, and
go NJ on again grtver straiu which soon gave way
10 sone new Joke brilliant sally. Wherever he came
there WAS always "hIp" To the discourse, be 1t OF
books OF society of fore m travel or the
news OF the dag. The talk flowed freely and n naiu
lly would among clty waited pcrs0na who led busy lives
Dinner parties Wcrc given by Nc. Tclnor for period
of about ty years frequently and oilcncr perhaps