, 1877-01-06

xnn cohstciIat'onst and tell her ttcIr names.
inpart 10 the child rudlmcntary nntiona OF mtta.
nhysiss outlines Of the art Of logic. and process.
es u higher. mathematics. Few men had
Sver possessed more magnetic poTer tl'an Ed,
~s 1spE T., s ufso o s.x Sys e tho s eIrsa s
teacher anl pupil the warmest affcst'on s,il,.
s'.ted, A., Whst1 gre" and strengthened by da'y
There were not wanting predictions tha. the
affection between teacher and pupil would dc
vc1op into n atentlcret- passion. and that Irving
would sometime WOO Jane Welch for his wife
Hut thi. was not TO be. At the end Of q twclrc-
our story, Vent 10 Klrkaiiy, viicro Thomas
Carlyle happened 10 he 1t tho time. Tho two
youths were both nattrcs OF The County oil
pumfriesshlre, in tho south Of Scotland. irv.
Catlvie IN the Town II Eeciefeshan, IN l795
The circumstances of tlIcfr first and last meet
ing arc related! by the latter in tho closing para
graph Of an article on cdeath Of Irving. which
5The arst time saw irving" writes Carlyle,
was stx.antl.twcnty, years ago {18o9l in hls na-
tive town AMMAN. l1e Was fresll from Edin;,
burg. with eo'lege.prlxcs, high character, and
WIN had also been hia. We heard Of famed
Professors, Of high matters classical, nlath-
cmattcal.-a whole wonderland Of knowledge:
nothing but toy, health, hopclulness without
in London. Fricndiiness seui beam,ed In his
eyes, but now. from amid un1utct asc, 1t: face
was f!acei1, wasted, unsound; hoary a. with e1.
the uravc. AdEcu, than hrst fr!cnd-adtcu
while this confused twilight OF existence lasta!
Might NC meet where twilight has becomo dHy!"
When tho tEo youths came together again
much to say of the remarkable cndowmcnte Of
tho - dear and lovely child " whom he bad had
az pupil. Finally he took Carlyle With him
m sy oysr the srnhasy a. tns
delighted to see her old teacher. But tho young
mai with h!n,-hard1y past his boyhood, for
Carlyle was three years 1rrlng's tun!or,-so
awkward and yet 50 bright; who told her stories
that sue seemed to be living IN Eytlcfccilan,--
what was she to think OF him! The rounG man.
however, went aud came ngnif@ vent and canlc
many times, watched the ehlld's growth into fait
wonanhood, stimulated her mind by hts weird
thoughts, and became her suitor."
tho home Of Janc WEIGH that they became man
and wife; Jane va !, then young woman Of y,
moved to small! estate at CraIgenputtask. In
Dumfricsshirc, which Mrs. Carlyle bad Inherit
Cd. In 1928 Carlyle thus described the place ia
2 letter to tT!eTd: 'oar rss!denso M Is not II
the northwest Of It, among. the granite Mills aud
tho black moEasscs whtCh stretch westward
through Galloway, almost to tho Irish Sea. In
X.
stands firth rrecn ossis. tract Of Moved.
nsriiy fncIoscd and uiantcd rronnd' where ] corr
rrinens and trces affor1i sRadc, although sur.
ro,n.jcd hv sco. .tnews and rot,ell,.wnnl"d thecn
furntshcd neat, Substantial dwelling: hers. in
the absence Of q professional or other Office, VIC
live 10 cultivate literature according to our
strength, and 10 our oFn peculiar way.
miles removed from sny one ifkeiy to wilt nc.
came hither solely viii, ti,e design to
sl,nnlJfy mr. Yay OF life, and to scc1lro The ndc-
pcndenyc through wilicl, 1 could be enabled to
hers We ran iye. writr. sni think M hcst n,rsscs
oursclycs. cyen thourh XoiIut Himself ,frrc r.,
be crowned tic monsrch Of literature. Nor IA
tic eplitulu OF such great importance: for q
we look upon IN our nritisR WciInar. Aid hayn
not' tnn' Al ttIs ,nnnannt' 1,ttni ,n9n 1n the
fable Of nv l!tslc library a While cartjoad Of
French. German. An1criran. and Enrltnb inur.
WORTH OF antfnuartnn atu]ies. too. there t,
m ink. From snme NJ o,r hciUhts + can arscrx
about day's Journey to ths Went, tho I,if'
where Acricois and its Romans 1ctt catnp hc-
there both father aud mother sttll iiyo to loyo
inr.H N '"' A'~ ~ WV
II was during hi, re.f,ionre on tho scrlu,cd
firm Of CraIeenputtack that Carlyle wrote
IN German Literat,,rc Il mas hcIc tnn tb,t ~ hc
cnmno.n II. n,.stsr-,ia,e sarte- ~, W..ast," ~
Which WA nnh,sictl h, narts in ETa,t1's I1e1o,,
xims. In It'll tarirlc 1cft rraircunnttnrt far
Io,nlnp. n,ntIpr III hom in thc sGh,trh of Ch"t.
sea. whcfo hc nfiil resides. :" s"S '$'"''o' 0e'
Wien Marrnrct Fmiirr yf.tt.t1 1,ondon. In N,
SUMMER Of 1saGs shc xa. scvcrn A1 ti,ncs - liz liz
wrotr. in describing n i,nner.uartr ot ii. housn:
III Ind. afterwsr1j. anrnn tnlt wiIh II Mrs r.
vhom herctnfDrc I hni nnty se+n fnr ,r',n m,
sncaI. Will hrr i,,,.h.nI !. fhcrs{ r ill., H."
ycrv n',,ch: LIN "a iii ~ orarc swec,nns. and
tnlent' Hnr ryc. ~ al mi charn,}nrn ".'n
So,ns vears 1atsr Moncuro cnnwav rrcnrtic5i
risit IL t,,c inn,c If thc n6,in.o5,hct IT,
tlescrlntten of % tie ,,nu,c !. ~ foIIows. y ~
motinst nlI mnnston. snoSt from ths "rcat xri,fti
Of fas,Ior. resides the man to whoso snna"rt,,f
renit,. mare thnn ~ fhnt ~ anv otfnr ts - 10
sta,,h,nH ~ ,n'eN ~ " d"ny ip 70 oo
~ IL" currcnt @ n"n.rn,ion ~" RI" uasu han.nisss
inhsIJ,s T. sirnf1s~ant ~ nir, In r3,n;s 70 ,ho
hrici.s mi n'nrtsr n1"i ~ !, thot ~ n,en,
Annr' md hrcnts mi IN n ~ a st,n,1 tn,9 HI.
sI.,,ok 1T thrtc bTfrks. ar: not onc nf ihcm r.
liz. .ct hr1ri, hc onrc hnncs,iv h,rncd
NM, ,hc r.mnnt onoA mil rn|r yvo,i ~ III;
st.nd 1T tn tr,,n;' ~ nn4'n, XIV, - ao mrt
TIrs Xiii. arn n. r,orn NJ ~ Il" t,,ey ,scr
~ ~, ~ .,,, ~ 40 t1 T. ns ,cJ msts
h. nnsr. M all III o!n, ~. rr,n,hin H." ~" hra'
IN tir,n wcr" n,s,ic tn cru,nhir sstnr .i1fy
-. soo h,,'a. H. - tas. as.s' s'.sy