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

of mind and amply prepared by habits OF study ana
observation to profit by his new experiences alo'i'
In person. he is described slight, OF medium hight'
and well proportional. He was light and active II
his vemcnts, and continued so through lle. Ills
complexion was dark and rich, and his large eyes
which might almost I've called black, were singuiarIy
bright and expressive. His exact and retentlNe
memory enabled him to enrich conversation WIN
abundance OF anecdote, quotation, and fact. Ills
vvacity of feeling ana ready sympathy made hiin Il
welcome guest IN the best houses of Boston, ana
Won the friendship Of the best persons among MS
acquaintance.
Mr.. Tcknor sailed from Boston on the 10Th Oh
April 1913 in company with several friends, IN
Guiding Mr.. Edward Everett, who like himself, in
tended 70 pnrsnc classical studies for years at
a German university. The voyage was about
twenty-five days. and landing at Liverpool III the
middle of May, the most charming season III the
English wear he was ut once introduced into the
beauties Of English scenery. and the attractions OF
English society. He arrived in London ut the hight
of the season. when Parliament in session. and
large proportion of the literature, science, and art
of Tie country was gathered within the walls OF the
metropolis. The kindness with which he was re
ceved was just tribute TO his social gifts Every
hour OF his time was agreeably filled, and the hlgh
pulse Of ms enjoyment animatcs his correspondence
At that timc Lord Byron at thc zenith of his
fame as the most brilliant man of Letters in En-
gland and Sir Hunphry Dayy as the most briliian:
man of science. His first visit to Lord Byron is thus
described
Jane 2O-I called on lord Byron today With ~ intro
ducon from Mr. Clifford. Here, again, my anticipation
were mistaken. Instead Of being deiOHn,u as hdd
heard, he is remarkably wen bG1 win the eHcspuon o.
is feet Instead O having thin aud rather sharp ana
and smiling; his ewes ere light and not black; lis cir
easy and careless forward and strikirc and iond
low and ecncilaung. his ston gay, pleasant, and
interesting in au uncommon degree. s.i} ed WITH him
Trat deal about Amcric;t; wanted TO know what was
the state OF Literature, how many universities We
ana whether We looked upon Barlow as our Homer IL
SAYS he intends 10 visit the United States lint doubt
whether i VIII net DO nd futey postpo %, Ike ms
proposed visit to Persia. answered TO ali tins as ii
lad spoken = count man, and then tured the con
gish Bards" which he las eAccualy suppressed thai
Il c0Iy is not easily to be found. lie sad
which, he added were : the only ciIcimstauccs
under which man woult write such a s%trc.
When he returned 10 EEsh'iid' ne saiu L'Id hoi-ihu'
who treated him with very great Kindness, ana r'scrs
who was MS iucnd asked hn to PRINT no more OF y ana
hlG he acGua VITA tue persons he had saiirld
and whom ne lleh knew chy u! ti'lI p"V"S 's nov
The tstnd OF M"oc t'c cores oii'At % ~ ~ a',u
ia. innate with the SIS Ellsworth school, ana had hearty
liking tlcm ai.-tspccaly as thy did not refuse to
know one who Ina 90 muca a"u'ed Ach. ~ al the pei
SONS nrltiOu, tbs poem, there was not enc ne sHih
Il
Hsc and as ihi' Wa ljmD dtti nee, u, supposed
would hc settled On every account Therefore 'Ic
glad was out of piHt; and }et Dc d not eApc-s
eas. rcgict when told Aln TIA, II was circulated IN
.cl lii,st q. - ~ ~ i i,'
pressed them because they were noi worth iciiir and
wondered that BOOKSELLER could hd profit N re-
printing item, an this hc sii without uGec'au0u, IA
iacj Just ! repeat II. lie save great praise 10
Scott; said he undoubtedly TIE st man OF hia tine
and extraordinary In Cyrij .iluS as ln ppci.y,-a
lawyer, iuc scholar endowed WIN ii extraordinary
iueml.y, and blessed wi,' the k.uucst it.ln-s ,,,
OF Clifford. he said Il impossible That man shoihi
have better disposition tnat lac was so sondhtnFed
tAa Il hc ertr.tysa bitter ttlng III conNefrdIjh OF lh
review Dee docs 10 uiicon.ciously!
Hlsf at tais time sir james Baud Burgess, who had
deny ntO Tie ruln and sud abruptly, Ny lord. ny
lord great battle has been i"usa IN the IL" 1ontc.
said Lord Byron. els trueg Yes. lord. 1t is cci-
taiuy true; uddc-lnp arrived IN Town '.s' nifn';
ser. hho a. hc going 10 Lads Wci siDn- IL -yn
After IN insta,,'s pause Loid Byron r,pH,d, Il au
id sorry fOt - aud then. after another tishJ pause,
Sa.iSi'',,u ~, ga t nn,es ,1 ur,r,l 80,
his mpetuOas nature b. the news U! Tie battle oil
As Is I Was gong away. he carried me up stairs, and
which very rich and yciy clricas; offered me ieiicr-
forGrcoc'i anti erlnlhlns an ~ ointment i"f "not"ef
visit took leave 81 uc 80 cordially ina iet almost al
Wfne was here Lady Byron came in. She Is pretty,
not b-autiuif0r tie prevalent expression OF her com
tcnance is that Of lsc.mousnc's. Report sicahS
golloiy Of her," she is ouoMess IN Lcr own Iisi,
las "a iarar fortune rs in intellectual ciljpSln,ni-
mathematician, possesses common accomplishments M
an unccmno decree ana ad"a - an thi. s%eet TN
per. dressed 10 ~ ana drive arc, after stop
ping Few moments Gc.t 10 her cifiase. Loid hyIor
manner 10 her was fisc.i9dci re i9oNtu hei 90 ,he
door, shook hands with EcT as II he were not to sec
her for a month
The following sketc! of Sir Humphry Davy is in.
tercstig after the lapse Of more than sixty years -
J1a1e l3l bretsiascd this morn ng WIN h.r IIun-
phly Day, OF whom We heard - much ia America iic
Is now about thirty Aic but I'm al me Irsn ss anu
bloom OF hN1-aud twenty, anu one oi lhc ha'i'"c't
Incn / have III England. He has great dra. OF
Yigacity-talks rapldH iioush WIN sIe't lioyl."H
and ~ 80 muc" interested m cohF'i stiioi' i' M ~
citemeut amounts 10 nervous lmpaicncc. ai keeps hlm
in constant motion. lie has just returned from Itay
and delights To talk Of -thin,s IL, hcA To hnf"td tAe
finest country in the world and the society Of Rome SUI
passed only by that OF London and says he should not
die eontenicd without going there again:
1t uIcd singular that his tisle ih ms should he so
a .gsrcnt ana relloe l much ncrc surprised
when found that the inst chemist OF his time wasa
to Lsng philosophy, that lie should hhd The
s,riceie OF ms choice pretty severe
she was ont, have not yet seen the lady OF whom
Madame de stae said that she has all Cofnes talents
without her faults or extra, a-ahces. 4. a.. ,,..,,.
After breakfast Sir Imphry TOOK me To the Royal IN
stitutiOu, where nc used 10 lecture before lac married
every day perform chemical experiments Tor purposes
Of research lie showed the iDrdy ana model-roon,
his own laboratory and famous gyGnic uougbs ana nj
two o'clock me 20 lecture there by sir James
Smith, Oh botany-ycry good and very duil.
June 1jAs Lcf husband had invited nc 10 DO called
this morning Lady Dayy. found her III her parlor,
working Oh dress, the contents oil her bashet scWeu
about the table, and looking more like home than any
thing since Cft II. small with black eyes and
halr a very pleasant face, uDcOmmOnly sweet spiic,
aud when she speaks, has nuch spirit ana expression III
her cOuIcuauce.
Mr. Ticknor left London on the 30th of June with
the same party Of friends with whom he had crossed
the ocean, and after passing through Rotterdam The
Hague Leydcn, and Amsterdam proceeded to Coffin
gen, where he arrvodon the 4thofAugust. G0tiingen
was then the leading university OF Germany, holding
nearly the same position tt Berlin does at present.
Among the celebrated professors DIssen,
Benecke Schultze EichhOrI Cause and Blumen-