, 1877-05-26

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evening Of Twcijsn-NiRht, snI toond tho author
engrn.scd IN wnrt At : .ton,1fng Hesk' wh;Ir III
daughters were conycrsine VIII a rcntlemar.
cnlIcr. After cordial prct}lnrs. Thnckerny rc~
turned Il, Ills desk, nutf Immediately seemed to
snovth3T Hs.srihins thenern.!nn. III. FrcstsaH
anyt: II remained sIcnt. and wo,td fayn ;nks :,
nj departure ID !. ysry few w moment. ''a, got
rangmt @ a. s soman"g ny ,g"
n,s As u oent over tho lant plcse OF aafntutc.
expected momentarlly 10 see tho fraaile skele-
ton, which shook ID orerr Joint, tall to pieces
with 4 rigor antl earncssnc.s t had rarely
noticed In anr t,thcr indiytluaj.H
III. Freetaan;s @ NJ, attention VA, soon ,l!recte,
rom t!se nuey nsgfs o! tGe faos WIN sacn.
~ oiI.atSS hr tbriT onek n M shancrs from, Que e.
pSe.sion a to suatasr' ., tal hs sas composing
son,o scene In which persons Of diverse cbarae;
ter were engaged In an animated
honr.t writes Slr. Frccmsn,- s'hItlt,1g
IL. rnnn, fo,i{es il ff,r Thnrkrrnv htmsnIf.
he a. sntaitr unconsclous ot nv caza, lbs eycs
,yrre rretcil 10 hts paper anu tlts bc,,. and his
cuniurtIons went on tn comulcfe abstraction
from ali surroundings" The conversation corr
visitor, tbs latter announced, n. compliment to
their father, tho contc9ts Of his library. First"
sa s; iRe,' 1s' nsx avo
vu,,ns ia,1tcs rna.ic no reply tu Tic Abatement,
i,ur did ihe novelist gtvp my token that hs had
heard It.
A length fcontinnes III. Ftecmanl, YIN q dash
Wb,Is n rsts ~ an Id nsncr bcIots n' a them,
smiIing comp1acently, he descended from Ills high
dtsE, with hss hand m @ aal OF sips o. 'aner which
have been eeratchng the.c Illustrations u ptca.
et 10 my tsste g'r's o uafS aoy "e5 "oao oF'nsa
Thsx ..s,e c.,t,inis xsrv r,cxcr AM, ta,bcd nj,
viii. e1traoSd!nary boldness and originality. i
could castI trace ia them THO origin "f tho aneef
y Sa1 no na XIX bs
While we wero looking osaf the drawings,
ThaekGrny snrned TO- fho Ensiisnnan aaa @ gasi;
iIib|s. ,,ext to ii II ThacIciay, t1eu Bn,wcr.
then d Thackutay, a Dckpns, and then a4aEn 4
Tlackeray. will give run MY opiuion Of your
tcIcctiuu ltnlwef Uf your trio IL the best casalra
sshaar; p'cksn. !he nan 81 ,t;. mosf ccnilh: sni
Thackeray whom yoa Mohof w,th ptaes nea1 Z, o
saslea ~ no' sno"o n'''o VI 'nAt oo'R 'p' e''ee
ot my ,he o.ne9s
spea witn aneN'ehts oi scaaSGy le;a t .nteEest e.
inatl IHe ioteeon9 tao tatnet.tgs lToms .nt'
ment ol lsisufe hour
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H1RDS AND POETS.
BIRDS AND POETS. WITH 0FmEn pAFEHs., ~
JOHN nyntnuaMs. hNth3F 9! "Wakg.is'nin -
uoushton:, H., Chcaso: l'au'ey Afos' = TO.
us. Tsa ..,;, rp' ~. huhas, n.,oa,,,o, Tin ,.
OF John n"fsoagLs Will "Hungs III WHICH
The beantHaa me''a'es anu aS'itn harmnhtes
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sAI .a,,, s "s' :" s'.e "'u ~. W..
tfs VI llis, tt NIL! learn that On purely literary
toptcs be tllscou.ses With sttatlur tluu ierEDu
nm, l,ltot, ann-o.;otfn,, ,,t1 tt,os. ~ ,hr,...
nuu uena'' .r.' app' ""u ".'.se. " p1ss
olory. The same deep Insight. Aud nlee catl'atic
. ~, m',;a.s a.,1t lii a",s..s Aa1 ~
papeis W oi.u-xo.ees, ana "au 'lo"sra, aho sy!.
vai secnes, vcfttnbe tdy's, re,,dcE Ills essays ou
genius, antl beauty, and poetry, MASTER
pieces III their way. Mr. Burroughs is
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