New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-03-29

When man denies ANYTHING that has been pub
Usbsd in n newspaper we like to see him deny it
totally and absolutely so as to leave no room for
doubt as to the invention of the facts. most re-
markah9 instance of this wholesale denial has re-
Gently come under or notice. A little while ago,
correspondent of a Boston paper wrote from London
a long account of George Eliot, which. with good
deal of rumOr and gossip, contained many OF the
well known facts of her personal and professional
life as recorded in biographies and cyclopRdias.
Among other things he mentioned the familiar factsof
her birth in 500 her translation of feuerbaclS Els
sence of Christianity" and Strauss Life of Jesus
as her first sustained labors followed by Scenes Of
Clerical Life" "Silas Mariner and the rest remark
ing tina. Adam Bede " gave her her earliest general
reputation. Some BostOnian. more curious than
discreet sent the journal containing the letter to
George Eliot for cOrrobOrati0n. WhereupOn her
husband George Henry Lewes, annoyed no
d0nbt by some of the gossip. which is rarely pleas
ant however true, to the persons Immediately con-
cerncd responded that every single detail in 1t
she letter. is wholly imaginary" and that " the
cIrcumsantal history might have had Mrs Brown
or Mrs Smith for its subject with equal yeracity."
From this we must infer of necessity that " Adam
Bede" "Romola," "Mddlcmarch," and Daniel
Deronda" which are certainly details. and part Of
the circumstautial history. are wholly imaginary,
and no more the product part of the life of George
Eliot than they the product or part of the life of
Mrs Brown or Mrs. Smith In fact, the denial Is so
swceninc that might comprehend the nOn-eXstence
of any such person rs George Eliot. If that is to be
accepted what is to become OF him who Is known
now as her husband 1t is said, by his unfrendly
critics. that Mr. Lowes is fond of surrounding his
wif,s antecedents with mystery; bat we should
hardly think he would go far as TO oblitcrate,
with dash of his pen her entire career and relegate
the most gifted of living women to primeyal chaos.
In tie picturesque collection of assets of the Ocean
National Bank, sold at auction last Tuesday, APP
reared n Judgment for nearly $4,000 against Mr..
BENJAMIN f. Camp. person with high shirt collar
and n long nose who has acquired celebrity as
the Chronic Dead-Head. For describing him under
that ant title Mr.. Camp demanded damages of The
TRIBUNE several years ago to the amount of one
hundred thousand dollars, and he has been strug-
cling ever since with libel suit all too big for bis
strength irving in vain to get il pointed We regret
o observe that in spite of the high value which Mr..
Camp puts upon himself and the strong probability
that this suit if he ever gets good hold of it, will
make him "A rich man, the trumpery nine thousand
dollar Judgment was treated by the purchasers at
the auction rs little better than rubbish In point of
fact we are Informed that it sold for dollar! Ii the
fortunate bidder do not succeed Il: once III collecting
his little bill against Mr. Camp, let him call at this
Office We would not mind buying the judgment
for 80 or 10 cents because it will be handy thing
TO have in the house when the Chronic Dead Head
gets his long looked for verdict