The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-14

IA needotes Of Dickens. ThaoReray'
Trollope. Ouida and Others Ducal
Hospitality Troubles Of
Unknown Writers.
Interview In New York Harala !
PHILADELPHIA, December !. I

built with bright, animated eSnfess'oh'
wearing d white mouataehe and nhtn wills
kars, frank In hls manners simple ~ MS
araaa entirely devoid Of the natenfaton
,,a,,ai In mon who have risen from small DO
uinunps to commanding positions u was
Mr.J n. I,ippincutt. the great Philadelphia
publisher. we were sitting IN hls private
office IN tho centre Or the mammoth eatah
Ilshment, he alone as tho head OF tho hfn
anioylpp tile distinction of nh enclosed
apartment. Two chairs. n aofa md = desk
oDmrrae tho Office furniture of q man whohe
note Fnr any amount would he gladly dts
counted by any hank IN The country
DICKENS AND TuAdKFRAy-
s,Ilow did yon like Dickens PERSONAL "
isDiekens wac naturally u Eo"d-heaftN'
CITY. pleasant fellow. Rut his early hhd
brilliant SUCCESS turned his head, ilka shtfn=
laon, ha was intoxicated by hia own glory.
To ice 4 hursay expression, hn 'felt hta oats
little too much. lie was y gnph daal q 2
fnp and little of snuh In his dress anu
nanuers 1t waH pert. II not impertlnent, Tor
Dlehena, young man ofthirty. tooal' Waah-
inutnn Irving, an old man 81 sixty nha the
most famous living writer NY dear irving
put hla Hnohbpry aud fopperY were tnrEnttnn
I'm tho presence nf the man himself. 70 wac 80
hearty, fresh aud iuyial
"Dp his novels eth aell we'll II
''Dh yes. they sell hui y reaction ~ favor
oil Thackeray haa set In Thaekolhy won nus
way slowly u recognition, aud ho waa ~ ihn
hpttnr for IT, liz was ihirty-aevnn whon hn
wrnta Vanity Fair tho novel which eatHh=
iiahnd hIs reputation After that hia eautH"
waa right onward. lhaeknfay was leaa n
fnaive than DiekenH but he was moro Ennu
inc, Hn wns delightful al prlvat" dinner
party but not au ready ma ntnRena ~ u pub
lilo speaker. The latter waa particularly hRpz
ny tipou such occasions. Once nj meeting
of the Authors Fund society, Tom Gnmrbalt.
che chairman, could not nrnRiie. and nlNRena
was called upon. at moments notice, 70
take hia place lln mRde u militant i'm
promptu speeoh which aurptlae anil dn5
lighted all who heard H. lhatknlaH 'nlHYed
n good dinner, iic wac particularly fond ~
American Oyatnta and tRnvaahaolt hH1ka. ~
fact. he wsa too much of a club man he ate
too many good dinnera llis literary fame.
though lesa splendid than nalSens'a during
life, will probably lie more lasting
A DUKE ArA DINNER.
aYuu have entertained the Duke nf Huek
ingham. have you not. Mr.. Lpp'nrtt
nYes: II happened IN thte way, Whom
Robert Chambers visited the United states
come years since | gave q dinner tn hia honor.
The Duke uf Buckingham happened 10 ba
stopping at the Continental Hotel ~ the time,
and hearing of the affair that wac to come of
he stunned to ma his desire To he present at
genuine Philadelphia feed OF ooutae he
was invited and ant down, as he told me after
ward, to tho 'moHt elegant entertainments he
had ever enjoyed There were present M
the dinner the Governor Of Pennsylvania the
mayer of Philadelphia aud the most diEtiu
uuiahed men of the day tn tho number III ono
hundred When | next visited England the
Duke Invited MrH. Lippincot aud myself to
Stowe. where my vile remained two weeks.
Stove Ia one of The most magnificent seats
In Great Britain, tho house 400 feet long. tho
grounds an earthly paradise. everything on
Il scale OF royal eplcndor. IN fact. doubt
whether royalty itself has q more aunrtuoua
domain than the prinpeiy Duke OF BuckiRG
ham. J highly appreciated tho honor ot he
Ing matted To the Dukes anat, where Al Eng
llsh puhliehers horse would ~ soon he In
yited ne himself.
THE ENGLISH PUBLISHING PRINCE.
speaking Of English publishers, Of course
You have met John Murray"
"Oh veg. | have dtned with Murray many
timep. both in town and at hla country acat
about five miles from Iandon. Il IS q pretty
little place OF twenty arres. highly cultivated.
with fruts and tiovers Of all kinds. lle IL
the princc uE English publishers.
'.Ia he on such intimate tcrma with nohla
men "a his grandtathcr waa with Lord lIy
rom"
tNo; he Ia mover Invited e. tho soata Of
the neignhoting Eentry, In England thH
lines are closely drawn hntwnon tho arts
tuprnoy and the shop Nyran was u demo
cratic lord In his tfe Int III hia trnltngR tn
was u thorough artstocrat. aud pr"uler VI
being u descendant If the Rron who eanln
over with The Cununerar thHu hH waa VI
being the author ~ Manfred and t'hidnI
Harold Murray IL n fashionable publisher
but he IL not a fashionable man, The noble
men Invited me 10 their hnuaes hhcauan WaR
an American and only u temporary aolonrnor
Ia England"
puLwER AMI iIIs nluaRarHY.
"Did you meet Bulwcr2"
MY personal aCuuatntanon with llulwar
was very slight. lie was net avery approach
able man excessively altstoefatic, high
toned aud reserved Gwen for an EugtiPhmtn.
lin his last years he was very deaf. and this
inIirmtty made him avoid seFlEty. Strange
that hia early name IF l.nlwrr ahoulh cling 20
him, although he bore II Gully for tho frat
fhirty.tive years Of hia lifN, AZ Rufwer hc
made hIa early reputation. ms Rulwer he Will
go down 10 poeterity though ~ Sir Edward
Rulwar Lytton hc lived many years. and NJ
Lord Lyttpu he died.
aWhy has hia life never boom writton2
ellis aon. Lord llytton. tho present Coy
ernor General of India. ia writing I he ltfe Of
his father. or, rather. was writing it before hnI
was sent 10 lndin. but ha oiliaiai duties havo
been so engroeslng that hn has heen compelled
10 abandon II for tho time am W ho tie"
American publisher af the book
1T will o. looked forward 70 With great In
tereat"
"Yee: Rawer was an Intoxicating man. what
the Germans call 4 many sided man nov
elist poet, historian. essaStst, dranRtist.
statesman. orator. nahlemnn. editor. society
man AMI dandy, but aR a novelist he will bo
remembered By tho way have you mot Or.
Shelton Mackenate2
"Not yet
A wALt>fSC MEMORY
"You should STE him, said Mr.. Iipptncott.
sylfe Is full Of anecdotes " authors, aud his
memory goes back "a the time az ChatlNs
Lamb Campbell and Hood. In WA Intro
huccd to Limb at the India House. where tho
author OF Eta was Que Ut the chief Cierks
This was In 1895. Mackenze's brother was q
unior clerk ami Calling there one day he was
taken m 10 see Lamb as one of the celebrities
Qs the place Lamb was mounted upon nigh
stool, hsndug over ledger. when the elder
Mackenzie came In With his brother. and said
l'Mr, Lamb. have YOU any objection to heinH
introduced 10 my brother" Al the gentleman
IA present. said Lamb. 1t would not be polite
Ia decline 10 I've introduced "a HIM Where
upon he desealded from the chair and, after
being introduced stood In his favorite posi-
tion, with his back 10 the fire AID bis hands
behind bic back. Lamb at that time drew u
salary Of $500. In n year or two he was r. |
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