The New York herald., 1876-01-31

boors two or three Of the most distinguished men of
the day with the very toast IN their mouths afraid
bite Il was laughabie 10 watch Lawrence in this pre-,
dicament TO hear him bite by degrees and then stop
from the constraint and 10 hear Mrs Siddons'
"eye OF newt and toe Of trogln and then see Law.
renee give sly bite and then look awed and pretend
10 DO listening As stood the landing place get
cool overheard my own servant say in the hall,
What is that the old lady making such noise %
/ Yes why she makes as much noise ever I"
eyes, the answer 'she tunes her pipes as well as
che over did.n Hayden had keen sense of tho hu-
morons which he displayed IN his letters as well as In
his Table Talk. "
EDxuSD KEAN
Hayden was great admirer Of the stage but he did
not care much for either Macready John Kemble as
actors, though he admired both as Kean he did
not admire a man. but as ali He writes to
Miss Mitford:-
| saw Kean on Monday night Since o. p | never
was in such uproar Not having any relish to let
| my chestbone bo pressed into my backbone roln-
/ moment rushed the boxes. Here in my violent
rush TO get into the stream rudely squeezed lady
without meaning IT, she was so enraged at the rude
Of everybody before and behind and each side
Of her which unavoidable from the pressure that
rendered furious, she actually with her most delicate
hand belabored my back swearing and scolding which
OF course, being conscious deserved bore without
murmur, but felt highly honored though concealing
hearty laugh at her feeble beating Carriage after
rage came up, and II was high treat TO watch the
confidence OF old dowagers 'and their husbands come
! swarming in fresh from carriage Alter following
their turbans you would their headdresses
% %whlrea round and pair OF fiery eyes darIing upon
| met
| fourd, and he took me behind the scenes Kean
agitated, and at intervals kept drpking brandy and
water He acted so nnely once that could not help
shaking MS hand as he came of. though dsapprove
his conduct Taltourd SAID he could have shaken
! his hand. Perhaps he was right But | could not
resist his action; besides he rritated the howl
ing ofa papable set of touers He says ~ saw Kean's
Hamlet last night October 2S 1925, and totally dis
agree as to its being his worst part The TACT is we are
ruined by tho ranting habits of the stage We be-
come so used 20 noise defamation and Jury that was
nature herself before US, she would appear
/ nj 10 N
! soloques. Absurd What is the impression from his
whole actngS Is it not OF heart afflicted youth who
silently wanders for hours the lobby In despairng
desoatioG At these times in nature such
So afflicted would soloquze; and how would he
do tY Would he rant, and stamp, and thunderY oh,
no; he would quietly; he would weep at his
iathers name, and in half suppressed sghs and burst
ing agony, lament his mothers second marriage.
This is the system of kean and, indeed, 1t is i'm
possible that who feels the heat OF passion SO
quickly should no' feel as justly the part of secret
sohloquy To me his whole conception and execution
of Hamlet are perfect You him wander silently
about, weary in griet disgusted II he speaks II is not
TO the audience, II he shows feeling II is not for APP
plause. He speaks because he feels compelled to utter
his sensations by their excess, he weeps because his
faculties longer retain themselves and the
longer Kean acts the more Will he bring the world
his principles The time is not far distant when his
purity, his truth, his energy Will triumph over all OPP
position"
Hayden speaks of the farewell dinner TO Kemble-
'June 2s 1917, dned at Kembles farewell dinner.
more complete farce acted. Many, dare
say regretted his leaving the stage, but the comp-
ments on all sides wearied you The Drury Lane
atered the Covcnt Garden actors; the Covent
Garden actors nattered 'Drury Lane; Lord Holland
1attered Kembe; Kembe nattered Lord Holland Then
Campbell the poet, hattered Moore (whom knew he
haied but Tom Moore, like honest, sensible genius
as he said not word but drank his wine and-fat-
tered no oDe.''
HAYDoN's RELIGION
Hayden OF a deeply religious nature, and
would have made good preacher he had such forci
bic way Of putting his ideas In o letter TO his
he says;-"I am convinced that no thoroughly esab-
shed and settled scientific theory Will be found to
contradict the truths revealed in the Bible. But you
are too young yet for enter further upon this
subject only tell you of 1t 10 put you your guard
You will find many men, old and grown up who will
laugh the Bible Don't believe them Mathematics
all very well but the derentia calculus my dear boy,
can never prove dsprove the Of God Read
your Bible do your duty and leave the rest to God
In letter to Keats he says-"From my soul declare
you that applied for help or for consolation
for strength but found it always up from my
with refreshed Jury, -clenched hrmncss
a crystal pety o! feeling that sent me streaming
with repulsive power against the troubles of lie.
- . God bless you, my dear Keats; don't despair;
collect incident study character read Shakespeare and
trust In Providence and you will do-you must"
PROM KEATS
Keats wrote the most delightful and ouspoken let
tors TO Haydon for whom he had great iondness and
to whom he addressed some OF his sonneis In one
of his letters he says:-"It is great pity that people
by assocating themselves with the finest things spoil
them. Hunt has damned Hampstead with masks and
sonnels and Italian tales Wordsworth has damned
the lakes; Mlman has damned the old dramatists;
West has damned Wholesale; Peacock has damned
satire; Hazltt has damned tho bigoted and the blue
stocknged-how burst the man9 He is your only
good damner; and if ever am damned should like
him to damn me-"
In another letter Keats says
Believe me- never rhodomontade anywhere but in
your company. My general life society Is silence
feel in myself all the vices of poet-rrliability love
OF effect and admraton and influenced by such devils
am Of but will put stop to that in a manner
have long resolved upon. will buy gold ring and
put i on my finger, and from that time man Of supe-
ror head shall never have occasion 10 pity me or one
of inferior numbskull TO chucklo at |
tainly for greatness in shade than IN the open
day. | never expect to get anything by
my books and, moreover, wish TO avoid publish
ing / admire human nature, but DO not
like men. / should like TO compose things honorable
10 man. but angerable over by men, as am anxious
70 exist without troubling the printers devil or draw
ing upon mems or womens admiration in which great
solitude hope God will give me strength 20 rejoice.
These letters OF Keats OF which there quite
ber give exceicnt insight into his character and
seem 70 put one moro intimate footing with this
delightful genius than pages Of biography.
FROM WORDSWORTH.
Wordsworth was ono Of Haydon's greatest friends,
and his son. the editor Of this book named after
him wordsworth wrote some to Hayden, which
the latter requested his permission PRINT He gave
IL and said the same time;-'1 never publish any
thing without great violence to my own disposition
which is to shun rather than to court regard In this
respect our poets much more happily situated
than our brother laborors OF the pencil who cannot
unless they be born fortune, proceed their employ
ment without public countenance" Wordsworth was,
among other things, good hater and Hazlitt was
of his pet aversions He says:-'The miscrcant Haz-
lit continues, l have heard, his abuse of southey,
coleridge and myself In tho Eraniney hope that
YOU don associate with the fellow he is not proper