New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-11-17

when speak about them seem 10 gi"M ~ a. ve
hgh and to swell out IN proportion hoDntls ~ 80
are think to myself when get upon lily 'I''
goes 80
Two years before the second VISIT or Just after the
Civil War; he writes az follows to a friend;
Ittbe Americans don't embro In war before long
II viii not he their fault What with their swaegcr ana
bomhast what with their claims aor ho, Win Cam
ada have strong apprehcnsione With settled ann
mostly toward the French [ n h sintes
always been sound IN his desire 10 divide 'he III
against themselves, and that we were unsound ana
wrong in letting dare not wait upon would
The second visit TO this country was made In lsOf'
Hc had long been urged to come As caily as ls39 n
proposition was under consideration. Among the let
ters which he sent to friends in England the following
passages occur:
The cost Of living is enormous but happily We can
afford it. dine to-day Win how clIer"v
Perfectly white IN hair andbeard but nau
some and Misunderstanding man; er ca! I"T onnd INV
rooms beautifully decorated 10y Mrs. flellsl WIN
choice flowers and set on 10y number OF gOod books
At the NewYork barriers. where the tickets are
on sale and the people ranged as al the Paris thears
SPECTATORS went up ana down ThernR 1h"rS
Tin Brooklyn) was an amazing scene The noble army
specuatoIs now furnished his Is literally true,
straw mattress. a little bag OF bread ana meat
M t nH c S Sm rn OF %sg M @o os mint
before tickets are SOLD eensrally taking up Their
brandy cocktail by post would. II Is
highly mertoroms drnm' MnTn nope 10 pfn nsae
me Rocky Mountain sneczrT," which appeared 10 me
compounded Of all the spirits ever htafd c III he
world with bittor lemons. sugar ana snow: You can
only make true sneezer when he snow Is lying OH
the ground. -,
aln here (srrlcuse) most wonderful ou;-of-the-
Yesterday and going to be imperectly knocked
morrow | am I'm the worst inn that
seen. aud OUTSIDE ia thaw That places The
dow for the people and can't find any people have
tried all the wines the house aud there are only two
cording as Won feel disposed change the of the
thing you ask for. uhe article never changes)
GAD'S HILL AND OTHER MATTERS.
The second volume contains many letters to hs friends
home giving reports Of his with readings In
Ireland, Scotland and the north of England The tour
was one triumplal march. At Belfast, when about to
leave his hotel for the lecture hall, which was n me
distant lie met stream of people who bad been turned
away and when he reached the hall the crowd In all The
Hobbies and passages great that he had diff
Guilty in getting in. They had broken all the glass
in the pay.boxes. ana chad offered fran
tic prices for stalls" Men were "fattened
against walls, ana squeezed against beams" and la
dies stood all night with their chins against INV
platform. 0lner ladies' SAT all night upon my steps
You never such a sight And the reading went Jre-
mendously" lie relates that another occasion all
went most brilliantly, in spite Of great piece al tie
OF the ceiling falling with great crash within
four or five inches % the head of young LADY on
going at the time Of the game OF orcits at scrooges
nephew's through some Bclastian gentleman acciden-
tally trcadne the xblc pipe" The success at Bel
fast enormous - they turned away "half the
town." and the personal affection twas some
thing overwhelming" For every one who came
to hear him the first night AT Edinburgh in Cop
perlcld he knows he can 4" get back ~ on the
ond" Again: The talk abor; Coppericld rings
through the whole place. 1t Is done again tomorrow
night. Tomorrow morning read DOmbey. TOmOr-
morning Is Crisis farewell morning concert, ana
last n sh was her farewell evening concert Neither
she. Jenny Lind, nor anything nor anybody seems
make the least effect the draw of the readings"
Daring the visit TO Italy with his wife IN 1871, when
called to England business. lie left Mrs Dickens
there till his return On reaching Paris he back
word that he had arrived after fifty hours OF II III
French COACH" ana adds that he twas beasty dirty
wien got TO this house had quite lost all
OF my identity, and if anybody had said, Are
yoG Charles Dickensl' 1 should have unbush
ingy answered. No; never heard % him."
lie had high regard for Savage, whom he calls n
" tremendous vasaboud,' who 'nevcr could have OBJ
tanned honest living in any station Of existence or at
any period OF time" Savage was not man OF genius
and lie does not think that anything of his -" would
have attracted much notice but for tie bastards refer
ence to mis- mother" DR.. johnson certainly was of
different mind. An apology for Savago's life or for
his writings was. he said "nethcr necessary
nor difficult" Richardson was "no great favor
tie" OF Dickcuss lie never seemed TO him
t. take his to-hoots or" whatever he did. In $50
Dickens had just been Reading SCOTS "kenilworth"
and MonrOse," "wlth greater delight Than ever"
Bulwcr's Lost Tales Of Metus" he calls d" a most
noble book !" and Dnlver is an extraordinary fellow,
who fills him with admiration and wonder"
Dickenss praise OF the late Charles Fechcs acting Is
well known in this country. In s62 he writes 10 NJ dc
CeTjat that Fcchter's personation of Hamlet was
performance extraordinary merit by far the most
coherent. consistent ami ineligible Hamlet he ever
saw American playgoers will not ali agree with him
in that Fechtcr, TO say, avoided that bru
talty toward ODheha which, with gr'ater or less
amount of coarseness he had in all other Ham
lets II disclosed "a perfectly wonderful knoW-
edge OF the force of the English language
but its merit was far beyond and above this"
The "Othetio" OF Fechtcr did not succeed" In
Taqo " he was Every good" " lie Is an admirable
artist. and far beyond any one on stage A real
artist and a gentleman" About this time Dickens
began again TO read "COppcrdcld" in London. The
success WAS great. Z" II made an impression that
must not describe may only remark that was half
dead when had done; and that although had locked
forward all through the summer when was carefully
getting 1t up its being London sensation it even
went beyond my hopes"
Several interesting letters are given about the pur
chase Of Gad's Hill 1888 he writes to his friend Mr.
Wills: When l was AZ Ggavcscnd t'oihcr day. saw
at Gads IIill-ust opposite TO the Hermitage where
Miss Linn used to lvca little freehold to be sold The
spot and the very house are literally dream Of my
and should ike TO look at 1t before 20 TO
Paris" The check IN payment Of the purchase price was
drawn on n Friday IN March, 1896, and the editors
say II was a frequent remark Of his that all the I'm
portan and up that time fortunate OF his life
had happened Friday. which had cone To be looked
upon In the family as his lucky day" When he was
getting Tavisoc House in order ns5l he was harassed
by delays disorder, and sends these characteristic
lines Henry Austin: 30! If tins to last long;
the distraction OF the new book. the whrlng of the
story through ones mind. escorted by workmen he
the wild necessity OF beginning to write
the not being able 10 do So the o.! should 90 OF"
Warwick Castle strangely enough, had few charms
u Durinn a VISIT made nfiecn rn,r.