The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-07-06

his two daughters, one a maiden, and
the other Mrs. Parke Goodwin, occupy
large place in his heart. To his wife
he was entirely devoted; her death,
some years ago, was to him a terrible
blow, and her memory is still brood
ing sorrow. He undertook the transla-
ton OF the "Iliad" and the "Odyssey"
as distraction and consolation for his
great bereavement. Notwithstanding
his philosophy, his intimates say he is
not the same man in hope and cheer
fulness he was before his widowerhood.
James Russell Lowell has been twice
married. The first Mrs. Lowell, nee
Maria White, was an exquisite creature,
according to all accounts, beautiful
alike in person and character, and pos
sessed of many gifts and accomplish
ments. She was also poet, volume
of her poems, distinguished for supreme
delicacy and tenderness, having been
published after her death, which oc-
Cured in 1859, nine years after her
wedding. Cambridge still blossoms
with traditions of her perfect loveliness.
Lowell is in most respects extremely
domestic, never appearing to better ad-
vantage or enjoying himself more than
in the ancient homestead, where five or
six generations of Lowells have preceded
him.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, when a
young man, married the daughter of
Charles Jackson, distinguished citizen
of Boston, and has been a pattern of
domesticity ever since. No man loves
more the slippers, easy chair, and pleas
ant talk that belong to the hearth-stone.
Although he was an itinerant lecturer
! for years, he never liked quitting his
comfortable library and eozy parlor,
and, for some time past has stubbornly
refused to be beguiled into the lyceum.
He has, think, two sons, one of whom
was a Union officer during the war.
George Bancroft, though he has, if [
remember, no children living, has al
ways been domestic in his tastes, and
now has, think, his second wife. Alb
| sorbed, as he has been most of his life,
! in severe studies, he has never failed to
appreciate home comforts and domestic
/ joys. One of the opinions ascribed to
him-I do not vouch for it's that a
husband is more likely to be a success
! full author than a bachelor, because
marital conditions contribute to steadi-
ness of purpose and thoroughness OF
labor.
John Lothrop Motley has ample faith
in and deep affection for the Lares and
Penates. Two of his daughters have re-
Gently been married to Englishmen Of
distinction. They are said to be remark
ably fine women, and their education
was partially directed by their father,
who has great pride in them. Pure
domesticity he regards as the base o.
elevated character, and his views OF
women are of the most liberal and en-
lightened order.
George VIM. Curtis, the elegant and
dainty HOwadji, became a Benedick
soon after his return from foreign wan.
derings-he was twenty-siX then-anC
has been very much of a stay-at-homt
body ever since. He has three or foul
children, of whom he is doatingIy fond
and all accounts represent him al
charming in his household. AS a hus.
band, he is the pink and essence O.
chivalry.
Bayard Taylor, after all his travels
has settled down to deliberate domes,
ITCHY, and thinks it the best thing in
life. After running the sentimental
gauntlet of his fair patriots, he mar.
ried Saxon, a very agreeable and in.
telligent lady, and they have one child
a girl now nearly grown to womanhood
DR.. J. q. Holland believes that every.
thing worth having is shrined in home
of which he owns delightful specimen
and of which he is fully appreciative
He does all his writing at home-bt
has published a dozen works-and en-.
joys the society of his wife and chill.
dren-a son and two odaughters-as befits
a fortunate author and a happily-mar.
ried man.
Bret Harte has established his fame
by describing wild scenes of early Cali.
fOrnia life; but he likes quiet scenes in
which the wife and mother are most
prominent. He counts to date three
boys and one girl, and is seldom more
entertaining than when Teciting the
events of their private and somewhat
lawless history. No man without strong
domestic instinct could have given those
exquisite touches in "The Luck of Roar
ing Camp.n
Mark Twain may tell his good wife
when she asks him if he loves his baby
that he does not love it, but that he re
spects it for its fathers sake. But tha
was a jOke-he feels he must joke every
where to keep in practice-and he wa
seen to retire a few minutes after tha
speech with the child in his arms, il
order to caress and cuddle it in secret
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. jugation, much as he likes to lecture t
full halls about the custom of devourin!
children in the Sandwich Islands, offer
, ing to give an illustration of the pleas
ant cannibalism if any mother will b.
kind enough to lend him an infant TO
, few minutes. He is solemDIy i'm
pressed with the possibilities of mat
) rimOny and its consequences.
Thomas Bailey Aldrich enjoys pro
foundly marriage and paternity, ant
puts his feelings not seldom into hi
dainty poetry. Indeed, almost all th
! married authors of either sex whom
, can think of are little less than model
of domestic loyalty and affection.
am surprised at it myself. It is alto
gether different from the popular no
tion. Who would have believed then
J such prOsaic crew of obedient wive
! and husbands and contented mother
and fathers ?-COr. Chicago Ledger.
''John, you say Sally kissed you; dit
! you kiss her back ?" mo, kissed he
face"
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