The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-04-30

Legislature "a term he atuiicd tn the punch
drinking colored CABINET u Kellogg III New Or-
lie lu-l. ms affected inluility to dispose OF MS
hands wllle Grating ana the comic siislac-
ON with which the imaginary III rmbah cIn.
cluded. resuming an imvginsrv puin temporarily
deposited on the l. Es.atts ursh. ana ailhn-lI ~
his feet ia a paper weight on the S"h ur.N an
TINS WAS tpo uiuch for me J gave ~ "i ,Iy,
and ar we him~eif hredklng short on lohcu
IA wi'n ic ny liughtcr 90 - .,
lie saws he has no fam in Grant or any other
Amciic II politician. kepeotus In part well
known phrase OF his own writings he SAID he
tr's.cd for the future Of the United states 70
"that stubborn virtue now drilled into the
Anglo. saxon mind this thousand wears and
more, respect for the pnfsh constitute. On
that fouudat n be holds Il Impossible Tor our
race To degenerate. for example, into sucn cx-
ces5cs as tuose Of q FRENCH revolution lie holds
bismarck to be the only III n now iving MhO
ms proved himself to I've a 80 a great statesman.
Mr.. CARLYLE, without praising unrescrvediy tho
prussi1n system OF compulsory education, Yet
beiieves II to ne the only European scheme 81
II. Kind at all likely To attain satisfactory results.
of Tho Amrric1n system OF education he s.,Ns
he knows little one way or the other. As to tie
English, he aiiirins that II mas as vet done little
"but add l., the oid Ignorant n iuial deevil,
a now deeyil, cunning m the lcetherature OF
abomination and IN curious precociucs OF vice
and revolt"
books. lie does not much ike the liritish
Museum Library. rnere IS too little Stiffness
too little privacy, too much MN. | wish the
Old Kings Library had never been Joined t. IT..
That BRlioihccd Rcgir " George the Ihird,
WITH its i've moderate volume, Of clear printed
catalogue, holds very nearly oil tho books in the
world worth reading. How that George ever
gathered wisdom enough to get that selection
made has always been a mystery pronounced
" tuecsteiy') to me. samuel Johnson had some
thing to 90 with It. thcy say" Mr. carlyle went
ON to say that he had never tried the National
Tor Royal, or Imperial, or Republic M Library ut
PARIS nut once, and then he could not huI out
whether they had the book he wanted ur not.
lie tas studied IN the Libraries of Edinburgh,
Dresden. aud Berlin. When writing his various
histories. he was accustomed to have inhumer-
aOle extr cts prepared from the authorities he
could not got hold 81 otherwise, and to borrow
books IN large numbers. Thus. he told me, that
after finishing such a com paratiNely small work
rs his " Cromwell" he had " the full Of a cooper
cart Of books" to be taken home to one man
tue late Mr. John Forster the biographer Of
Dickens and Swift. Ms FOisters whole library,
by The nv, has just been delivered over to tho
South Remington Museum.
VICTOR HuGO's POETRY.
pressed Mr. CARLYLE on his Pato-republcnn
by euloeizing Victor Hugo's "Iegende nes
Sieces," least to the extent Of saying that
there was more good poetry In 1t tn n IN any
thing else of TINS age inst he had read This
poem Is evidently to MIR. Carlyle's taste In It's
strkingly dramatic method OF bringing out Us
by nlsnes OF lightning notable incidents, mora
or less historical stretching, In the words Of
Hugo himself. " from Eve, the mother of men,
carlyle appears 70 have admired this poem
more, indeed for its strength than for its beau
~. The sentiment Of Il can hardly have been
Take. for example, that section OF the poem de-
voted to the Pagan Renaissance of the sixteenth
century, with its volcanic oatbursts OF democrt-
cy, pefsoniAed Ia Paf-srclt Pan, not Ny any
means dead
" 70, e,e,. Dc "a gacrre, IN dicu c'cst de a mutt,
II Ia hopeless TO attempt to translate that with
out spelling II; but, at any rate, II doesnt mean
hero woIship to any great extent Mr.. Carl, L.,
indeed, nvowed his dissatisfaction with the
nam bulk of NJ. Hugo's WORK. both literary aud
political. " Tue very word Germany. SAID
the philosopher Il Chelsea. affects tbs great
Frenchman almost to delrium. while his witt
tng~ on purely social subjects belong to the very
loetherature OF cispair. | tried to read his
Dame q / " 81 Ia fpr
Inc, even IN IN, NCars OF strength What Is tho
use OF man craving forever on RUSTY barr"
asked Nj. Carlyle how he went about his
work. how lie gathered so much out of the way
Information on every suuj ct did he buy hooks
~ dld he COPY out aud accumulate excerpts rs
Je.h "ut hl'h'tt usel ID upf tither' Ok
acuy. Except the most nccdful books Of
reference. had for long time no money to
spcnd on books. own few after all. | have
borrowed many. read iuans IN Libraries. making
skeleton extracts 81 thing neediul. noting wages
70 which might turn should more need arise
These extracts olteu consisted Of single word
aud siu-le nnmcr1l. Daring tho thirteen ears
spent on my Frederick the Great | had the
slils OF paper Ice ring such extracts pasted up
all over my room When at a loss went from
thread or found new one. | lived frugaly /;
ate simply mutton, bfel q, eggs drank rareIs
more than glass OF Miiis a uaI rode DUNG
those thirteen wears over 500 miles wound W
the day generally by "A wall, 20; friduisht. Riding
l. M faVofite exercise -huuii have Died long
aGu tut Tor 10. one COMFORT had most ter
rect aad competent prluttr, iUssttN the best
that ever lived. lie Is dead only the other
l
lie was the teadiest good Latin scholar ever
known 70 me-indeed he was Informed on most
points about most men. lie ,fss preeminent In
Tue quailty OF ialth. lie ereltly and always
trusted that the manuscript gwen him hN NE
the Patchwork Of notes ana extracts taken ~
many hands, my own conflsed copy with its
ensures and alterations innumerable-tblt all
TINS did mean something, and might bl earnest
human labor, ana consideTable going to aud fro
OF printers dtNIl, De huwn 10 mean something
IN clean, comprehensive print. man Of ex-
cellent faith"
HIS WORKING DAYS OVER.
Mr. Carlyle ADDS, am sorry to say, that his
own working days are past. lie Is planning
nothing new. He held uD three trembling I'M
gers" What would you have me 90 auth those Z
cannot write even n memorandum. save with a
coarse blue pencil pressed heavily against the
paper" lie came into the world, a. MT. John
Morley has noticed, almost with Napoleon IA
nous whit Of grapsshOt = be Is eighty one.
i've years older than the nineteeLth century.
Yet despite the trembling fingers his vigor. when
animated, Is simply marvellous. | have already
spoken Of his IDoyem cents, ~ his laughter. some
one has compared him, and he accepts ana re-
peais the comparison, 70 .. w. Holiness " Won
deiful Ouc-lIoss Snay."
with considerable caution | introduced the
subject 81 universal suffrage, lie viii take back
no word OF what he has written on this suDjec
u Is stll To- MIN mere Ilack medicine for the
diseases OF the time" Counting heads, never
weighing them! Is there anywhere misery, an
afcby, sound as OF coming plaguesI Ia there
any great problem, great danger, great dark
ncssf Let there be li0hl! Count heads !" Ine
tone was not exactly 50 bitter - the words
might suggest II was the tone Of a man VINO
getting Diuer about Drifting into broader r4il-
lcrl, lie told the story 70 ne found In "Nennius'
and In "Georrey Of Monmouth'-ihe story OF
Nortigern and his Celts sitting down with Hen
gcst ana the SaNons to a banquet. some dispute
ar Sc, or there was some plot. Then. cried Car
lyle, rising, llengest shouted To MS English
men, Ni1idd eOirrc scdId'-' Outwi' your gulliss
Hong knives ], SaAOns. 30 out went the saxon
knives, and That matter was somehow settled,
very definitely. Now II is 'Out WI your ballot
boxes, ye ballot boxers" And 50 on, Mr.. Car
lyle apparently punning on the similarity Of the
words scar. sword, and ScdrIR, u saxon, and
limiting that the latter name was no longer APP
pliclble 10 men VINO had exchanged tue star Tor
the ballot box, but s. mlngling jest and earnest
rs to M ke 1t impOss Die TO silt this from that.
Al this uOint the cards Of other vlsitofs we're
carried 10 him. rose 10 take leave, wishing
MIN, IN some confused way " many more years
Of life.' Ills face sOoered Instantly; the mood
OF MS eyes changed AS ny "A TRANSFORMATION OF
pam his bOny fingers frightened hard upon my
hand Never again wish ne tnat! Silks rus
tied ~ the stairs. There were far faces Ia the
doorway. went away without a word
Boy and Girl Marriage and Divorce,
FROM ne Baltimore Gdseae.
Judge Pinkney, of fhe CITY Circuit Court
hn- granted divorce vinculo matrimnnii in
case iu which features Of more than ordinary in