, 1876-03-04
valuable, Tins, In tho paragraph dovosed to
tho Fronct poet nnd aoottmcntAllat, and buariue
tho date 1887, wo reAd


nsea. aud With stbsy nno atyln nf tead-a head md
e. n.sns .n
ur aud own 10 the back part Of h!a saoon, t,iklay
slh only on. OF .t mot .To pa5"ons ",o ~ak rit',
NRres.tle ID him to tafk whnn sitting. In the
of h.lf an hour. titus waking and taktns with him.
tho present Eigsh literature and tie atspng s1pst.-
sion Of his roo.ea1 f4ils that lhe receut inpruys-
poss T. s.,s o'srs s:4 @ @:e. '' it, :s.' ,aa ssa '
sd for c5d: oss vt h
lito sbout el,het. lls table va eovoEod md even
hcaped. with recent publications by living suthors,
ftvoTiie; for nobody publishes anything tn Cle
giant literature without sending him copy. sn
At a dinner a. Lord Fullcttous. in Edlnbur9,
fAco and mannesh OF KIT NORTH, but dosa not
seon to have como into sympathy With tho man:
Tho person was most tnvions about vas Wilson
lilo e4lltor Of naek.oosd. lie answered much 70 tho
dee given Of him among tbs ro!sicrers OF to oetea
Ambsosiann." lle is ssous, ooatrs, ret.faced per,
btu faco and shoulders. taking snun freely and
lea. in dress. takin brilliantly sonetime pctulanty.
aud. onco or t~ce. Fasa7oiy. Ho Is strange pefson.
Nor WAS Mr. Ticknor moro agrcoably Impressed
With Taiford, Of whom lio says:
H disapIo!ntel NO. lIoa no donlt roet Of gsniut.
Within certain limits, and worry arwotkug alcecss.
fo i. t h. . u' too f nd
rsass an d.o for sanss
ss 40 admirable. post!cat trssody md was little too
artificial aud too brilliant, both I'll tho structure and
lila thoughts.
,Auothsr portrait, not mora la.tcrtng, tmms-
diAtoly Succeeds:
Tho only person 10 whom wss introduced, that l
wa curious Hbont, ~n7 nuwer, thu poyest,-a white
aoeo a ss own :uss I Ill sa
t!1N vi 11Nl& I
wss amused md uot sorry, U hoas him tIlosrrs1 say
that pul~es. though Of Eood Obj family, md oujoy
10 estabit.i tor Himself place In tl,o b.s. London
soetcty. lIo addoa that hs himself had nerer seen
hin 90 - TO- know him. though hu supposed he innss
have met him In lArge rAsieH CURIOUS fact, couela-
cring Rogoss' owa uIvctsaltty.
Ap eaectoto told Of Sou.hoy Is vorv touching
10 ila betrayal Of deep misery. It was rotated 10
hlr. Ticknor by llonry N. Coleridgs:
In talking Of Bouthey and wordsworth.. hs mid
vhat II .ocordng to ms ,mprsssion-that Words
worth hrs keen enjoyment Of fc, aud ho added that
see I H @ xSs S Ssx s,xy
sholld sco II he and 6oulhcy lived len years longer
Without directly intcrrurug him. sot!theY ciA,ped
thesicsily awSssl ao IN mn .uants ,,essy forbid !"
nud seemed to sluddor nl at tue thought Of Aa
ehoiy state anefsaad. CT eSer In .iac. " Mrs M sotnoy s
first gaYo signs OF Insanity, asout flya years ago.
HI. Ticlnor returned from his second so}ourn
in Europe in 1888, aud the remainder OF his life
NAB piSAEG III lIHt0u, Ill snG HulGk purhllltH QI
gentleman Of culture and clsuro. Hie "uisto-
~ Of Spanish Literature tho uorif by which
Lis memory will bo preserved among all students
Of bolles-lettrca- published III 1s48. 1t was
tho product Of ten years Of iodustri"un mud at-
wos begun by Mr.. Ticl;nor whom bc
was in hia osth year. and WAS finished
three years lator. In 1851 but iss publication
was withheld until 1854. Though his phyalcal
nporuteH urAduatly Hi,njnfahnH fnr1Hr thu ,tAyt
decado, Ais. Ticknor preserved bis intellect un-
impaired until his doath, which occurred Jau.
26, 1871.
OF the manner In which lts 1zomoir has boon
prepared, but little is TO be said. Tic task waa
unlortakcn by Mz. George s. !1l'iasd, who laid
tic plan OF tho work. Hrd completed tho first ton
Chapters uo waa interrupted Rt this poin, by
il!uoss, nnd the work was carried to compilation
by 1isn. Iicknor and her daughter, Miss Anna
Tchuor. The main labora OF tho biograpl,ern
havo consisted In the selection and arrangement
OF the autobioEraphlcal matter Of Which tho
volumes arc chiefly composed. Material OF tho
sort conid hardly exceed in interest that Which ID
hero proaonted, and which will give tho work a
high rank among anocdoticai memoirs.
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It Ia announced thnt lffe Of Hawthorne is In
preparation by lns son-in-lau, and. from the
facilities which tho author will undoubtedly
| enjoy, VIC mny oxpoct that tile biography will bt
full mud complete. fot those who l,ayo stuiiet
eympathctcally tho wonderful wotkB OF Hav
thonc, who haro diacovorcd his spirit In tht
4 s,rn tod NM 1x},n f1<A }Sv votN
prosaiyo glimpHca Of his personality that have
| occasionally flashed hthwart hts wr,tipgs,-as 1t
| somo passnges iu tho Italian Notebooks" aux
moro especially In tho sketch OF tho "Ols
hlauae that opena tbs volume Of "hlossos,"--
and, to crown tho whole, who havo road th,
charming memoir that aIr, Fiolds lrst in
oIoaod 10 Lts Yesterdays OF Authors" All,
which Ia now reprinted In tho Vess-Pocko
Serus," will scarcely feol 1t necessary tLat
touch should DO addod to tho portrait Of tho MAJ
which they already hayp In mtud. II In aoml
points the image Is iu.liytsnct II tho most aubtlo
elusive attributes are sugBastod rathcr than do
pctod. It is 1T that 1t should DO 60. The Twin!
man secluded himaoif from tho worlds gaze
| That which waa finest aud rarest IN Ills nntur'
| vas carefully hid tu socrat cAamhcrs, that Wort
| nover openod sayo to tho fow nearest and dear
cat and Why should pryinE aud pryrient Gu
rios!ty neck to invade tho privacy 80 vigilnntl.
| guarded during lifo7 1t aoo,ns like the robbin;
Of aFayo. like violation OF tho aanct!ty o
death, to tear away tho veil behinA which HAN
| thorpe concealed himself. In order to expos,
him r11thlesHly to tho multitude.
III talking Of bis frie1ni although Ms. Tiold'
h4s taken the public into his confidence, he has,
with sonHtivo uolicacy, ayo.lod disclosures thu
Hawthorne himsoIf would have shrunk from. III
haa been inspired BY royeseoco as woll ns lort
In tho treatment Of lils subject; and tLey l,ayt
guided hts hand 20 aurolY That II hns ovel
stopped short Of sacsiiego in tho work Of rarsia
revelation clossor. however, than o patnttpt
or photograph would do, ho has shown US tht
llght aal the beauty that Illuminated IIaw.
thorne's dcap, dark oyeA aud thu contour Of hi.
nob1o faca, and tho modest grandeur OF htH bear.
tng mud tho swoot vibrating melody OF Ais
voice. llo has made liz hear ''tho rustto Of nd
{ mratlon Hawthorie'B pesaoual appearance OK.
cited when 10 entered tho polincd salona q
London, and wisneAs tho ollect that his higl
hrcodtng, h!s Bcnu'ne grace and dofereut,a
msunurs, produced Among cultivated circlea il
Engsand's metropolis, whore tho judgment /,