The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-11-11
Shakespeare and Washington tho

pened 10 bny OF Washington TINT his
ashes eth rcposcd Mt Mount Vernon"
Inndor Mt onto broke upon him with
| something like nerccncsa-" Why will you.
Mr. Sumner. who speak with such forco and
correctness. employ n word which. in the prra-
ent connection. Ia not English. wnshington's
body VIVA never burnt. there arc no ashes. say
rather rtMa,ns" Dining at Lord Lnnsiowno's
not long nfterwnrd. sumner WIS addressed
| acroes the table by gentleman with black hnr
| md round fnco about the United States
| This WINS Micaulay. who was then
| about forty. rather short, And with
belly OF unclasslcnl proportions. Tho
| young American could understand why
! Sidney Smith called Macaulay tremendous
machine for coloiuial oppression" The latter
| pnssrd from the minutcst dates of English his
| tory or biography 10 n dis 'ussion OF the com
parntve merits OF ancient orators. and gavc you
whoN strophrs from the Crock drarnatisis nt
will 1t sccms no could repeat every word of
every article no had written but no Ind
neither grace OF body. face or voice." no in
tonntion or variety. and II you spoke did not
reply TO what you said. hut while your lnst
words wero on your lips took up again his
wondrous tnle." sumner heard him called the
most remarkable person Of his age. and again
the most ovcrratcd jeffrey thought h. Ger
ttinly talked too much. AMI said he was not
n popular dincr-out. Jeffrey himself sum
ncr considered superlativcly eminent ns
convcrser. He talked on every subject and
ALWAYS better than anybody else; moreover.
no WINS not unwilling to listen. Words
the most apt and yet out OF ordinary
roach came mt his bidding like we'll
trained servants. Thus he spokc OF nncicntly
passing along the streets of Edinburgh and
| having water calculated upon his head Sum
ncr CHANGED to observe 10 Jeffrey that he
| thought Carlyle had changed his style very
much since he wrote the article on Burns I'm tho
Edinburgh. Not Mt all" said jeffrey. L will
toll you why that il different from his other ar.
| ticlrs; I altered IT," Carlyle was not unnntu-
rally vexed at this Interference. while in Lon
don sumner devoted n morning TO tho author Of
sartor Rcsartus." who was then livin. in great
retirement. almost in poverty. To him Londorr
and its mighty maze OF society were nothing;
| neither he nor his writings were talked Of
Young Mines NOW Lord Houghtonl assured
Sumner that nobody knew of Carlylc's exist
ence. The sirangcst thing in tho history Of
| literature. Carlyle told sumner. was his recent
| receipt Of ESQ from America on account OF his
French Revolution" which had never yield
ed him farthing in Europe. and probably
never would" The singular style OF the work
Just mentioned is 10 some extent explained by
u story which Mrs. Basil Montaeu related. 1t
seems that the work had orig nnlly boon written
with great labor and then put into the hands OF
friend for perusal; while with tho hitter the
greater part Of II was accidentally DESTROYED
Tho friend ut once offered tho largest sum. by
way OF repairing the calamity. when any book
seller would have given. This was refused md
the author WIS quito DIEGO tod for a while. and
when he recommended had nor the patience. ne
Mrs Monia@u supposed. 10 go through with the
work again IN the same painstgkins way
On Caryic's Introduction Sumner saw Leigh
Hunt. whom he found living more simply than
any person ho had visited in England" far
from town-in Chelsea-ina humble house with
IN 'arpetsd entry and stairs" On tho same day
Coiburn. the publisher. gave Sumner dinner
where tho lnttcr met Campbell. The poet WIS
then upward Of sixty. rather short and stout
and had not the air OF a gentleman Sum
ner further notes that tho author Of rleasur 3
Of Hope" took brandy and water instead Of
wine. and that when he lett. which was SUM-
clenily early. his stops were not steady He did
not think OF visiting America, but said he should
b. willing TO be tnoro without penny in his
pocket ior no should simply say. am Tom
Campbell"
From Talfourl. whom be- knew well, but who
disappointed his expectations. the young
American heard u good deal about Charles
Lamb II seems that the latter was "A confirmed
ing and on beer. Talfourd and he once started
for morning walk. Tho first pothouse they
came TO was "A new ono and Lamb must needs
stop in order to make acquaintance with It's
landlord. The next was an old one. and here
he stopped to greet his old friend Doniface and
so he had an excuse for stopping at all they
passed. until the author Of Ella" was soundly
drunk. But Tafourd said that Lambs devotion
TO his sister WAS beyond all praise. All about
that and much else concerning Charles Lamb
could only be revealed after her death. 1t APP
pears that she insane. and killed her
mother. but her brother would not abandon her
10 madhousc. made himself her keeper and
lived with her entirely retired from the world.
sumner passed day or two with Talfourd in
the latters cottage at Dumbarton, and in the
course Of the same visit to the North met Sir
Adam Ferguson. who had been IL great friend
OF Waller Scott Sir Adam told IA story OF Scott
and himself seeing tho devil once when they
were taking some oysters and port wine. and
ayerred that Scott never saw Merose bv Noon
hJH in his life adding that the poet had said
80 twenty times. The truth was. he stated. that