The Hawaiian gazette., 1880-03-10
Aawaiian 6azttte,



Throughout The hook It's subject IS LEFT to I
tel his OWE story As little as possible beng 4
s3Ged by the editors, and that oply with the .
view q u2kjuS iUtelligible any PcloI m she 4
letters thar might otherwise be obscure, BY .
this means coclinous narrative Is presented I
cFrare Interest - uUch Of the letters as re
ates % Mr.. Dickens las. visit TO Ameriea
viii be found Specially Interesting, IL ! NOT I.
:, long ago siuce DE was in New York thar
the recoiiecsic of the enthusiasm which his
visit awakened has We. died away Or that We
are f,-yusten Of the wonderful Interpretation
which the reader gave 20 his own writings,
The history a his movements during the WIZ
ter of 1875, from his arrival IN Boston,
November 18Th, % his departure On the I'D
o the fJli1wius April. i copiouSl told, with
many passion illusions and humorous COM
r-erts which Indicate what : source Of uln-
zisd pair and pleasure the hard task which
Mr. DicksuS bad SCI himself became 70 him.
Ii : almost paius1i % re8t what SUtfertn-s he
went through during those four mouths Ia
bo-s, travelling over halt . continent, expert
encirg ar exceptionally severe season, and
eutcrius alt the tune the uiissries Of = = true
American cararrh. concerning which he
humC-o1Sly SAYS the people seem 70 have
national pride in IT, TIE alIusious to his
reading In Brooklyn viii DC read with interest
by residents IN that clty. From them We
extract the following quotations:
IF 1 do not send a letter 70 Katie by this mad
L VIII De because shall probably Dc Obliged 70 70
across the water Co BruuS-yu Tomorrow TO soc a
church IN WHICH L proposed ] shall read +. =.
ready 5,ss- me. and Whether the audience VIII be
l- psEs L srosEs- ccI-sl3srarlon which greatly
disturb NV mind
ned 81 rhe church tola vuc o. about the mid
de OF January tl = wonderfully seated for 200
people and a. easy to speak II there were 2O
LE= people axe seated m peyS, and re let the pegS
Ls-coG lE e srstl platform from which the VUlpl.
vas removed for the OCCASION = emerged FROM
the yesrry 1T
On wednesday came back here for my four
church readings az B-uokly-- Each eysnir, 81
eclrr-1Cs ts-r 1'l,tE VII convey us ard Ely Slat2
cL-rEE-s not to mention lI-t G1Es- wagons and
arv number Gf people. and q few score OF horses
across the rETg-, and VII bring NE back again.
The sale Of tickets there WIS Ju amazing scene.
The noble army Of Spectators Gre nov furnish
ed tins L literally true, and ! am quite serious
elcE ll5LU Eltl 3 straw u-8trreSS, little bag OF
bread and meat. rw0 blLcSe-s and q bottle OF
vL1szgv. VIM IllS 1C-G- tisy BE f8ss1s ~ iiie
tie g,rsrsrslfs the whole night before the tickets
are sold generally taking Up their position ~
a1uuE ter L being severely cold AZ Brooklyn they
made an immense 1u1E-s II the street, narrow
street Of wooden LJcSgs which the police turn
UC1 % ez-l-ZUIS- general 6-ilt then took place.
CC- OF v-lc1 the people t1r1Essa OG II the llus
pL-LcLLL others nelr the Glur, and PM their mat
C-ssssss Ii those places, and then held On by the
IRON rails AT slZnE IN the morning Dolby Eppear-
cd w--l TIE Llckals II q puctI-tIIleGu- Re was
IlE-stlL-=ly Sa-c-ad with -9drot 'HllI0a. Dolby.
= CEl-Lzy let you have the carriage. has be,
Dolby How L he. Dolby Don't drop the tick
cts Dolby Look alive. Dolby ETC. etc. ETC.. IL
the midst u winch be proceeded business. and
eucc-1dst a usual by giving universal dlssltiS
faction
On the 2Ist Of January he writes to Miss
HcEar.h tr1m the Westminster Hotel:
I finished NY church tonight. Il Is Mrs
Stoves brothers. and most wonderful place To
speak Ii We Esd lr enormously full lis1 night
Dr. MErIgo,i and TRIAL from PickEicz d.
L-- ward Beech=r Mrs. Stoves brothers name ,
being present Il his pew, L sent invite him to
cuI-s r1u1d before he let's and found HIM 10 De
an --lslzE-LllJls, straightforward and agreeable
fellow
The irresistible appreciation Of the comic
aspect Of matters which was one Of the sources
Of the writer's efervgsC5ut Eaiety crops up fre-
lu=nsly In these letters When reading at
Washington d c0uic-I5okiug dog made his ap-
Ee1ranCs In the center aisle, unseen by audi
slcs or UsLzrs, when Dickens was fortunately
reading ! very comic part Of the Christmas
Carol, and, after critically regarding him
awhile, began 70 bark IN disapproyal. The
reader was seized with q paruxysm Of laugh
I ter which communicated itself 10 the audience,
81 and we rulret 1T each other loud and long
Nezt night the dog returned ''Osgood, look
IN down, behsId the dog staring intentIy Al
ne and evidently about 70 bark In J rruns-
( port Of presence Of mind and fury lie caught
/ him mp and threw him over his own head into
/ the entry, where the eheck-taksrs received
/ him like Z game Of ball But this did not
I prevent him coming next night with another
dog rtJH ks had =cidsHt.y grgBJlssd 10 pas
/ free
Peculiar interest attaches 10 another Of
these letters from 4 little insight which il
gives Is into Mr.. Dickens religious life L
Is amongst the last IN the book, being writer
to bis youngest son, Edward BuIwer LyttuI
Dickens on his departure for Australia Il
I>6S. It has already been published in Mr.
F1rs-sr's - Life Of Charles Dickens but thi.
. paragraph Of It At least Is well worth quoting
for the benefit Of those who have 50 eagerly
discussed the question whether OF 10 Dicksl.
vas Christian;
Il uuz new Testament az-ouE Tuur books 10
the very REASONS and with the same hopes tina
u-Lte NE ErIt= easy account OF Il for you whel
ygU were little child. Because Il L the book thz
ever vas ever VII be known n the world an.
because II teaches EgG the best means By which an
E-E-LE Creature W1J tries % Dc truthful and faith
III % dry can possibly be EZiiEd- L. y0ur broth
ers vent away one b. one have written 10 eacl
such E5cls nov writing ID yJC- and ertrsar
ed them al ID guide Themselves By this book putin
asl1s TIE Interpretations and Inventions Of ulEu
You VII remember rEL1 you have never At EoU
been EEar-ed about religious Cbservaucss or uler
f1rl-4lzzIzs- I have always been ANXIOUS not Z
weary nv cl-ilirEl with such things before the
are Old enough 10 form opinions respecting then
TCu VII therefore understand the better that
nov most S1lzu-1IE impress Epou VOC the tru-
and hsaETF OF the CErIS1iEE religion a. u cam
from LclSl himself and rI= ILpussIbIITLy Of guIr
far Er1Cz Il you E1E5ly bit EEarriIy respect /
Only U1z thing more On tins had The more z
arE II earnest ID feeling Il the less We are dis
posed I'd hsJid forth about Il Never abandon th
practice Of PRAYING y1-C Jz- private prayers nigh
and Iu1ECIag- have IEFEr abandoned II uysel
and know th= CONTEXT Of IT,
In another letter 70 Henry Fielding Dickens
he writes:
You El0= that y1q have never been hzupers
WIN religious forms Of restraint, and that vi
. u-ErE EE11ealI--E forms / have u0 sympathy b
1 most strongly and af=crI11zLteIy press Epou 70
the pr1csLzsE z1I-z Of the View Testament. and Ii
study Of the book A. the 0lE 1ufzIlILZ guide
LIFE Deeply respecting II, and b1TEIng down 3.
I f1rE TIE character Of cur Saviour. a. separate
run the vain Constructions and IuF5utI0us
: Esu- EJ1 cannot 90 very =ronZ- ard VII aIEay
preserve Il ksarE tr1e spirit 81 FsnsrzrIou Al
. E11Ill-F- Similarly Impress IpJn yJ1 thE hzb
oE saF1E CLZlslEEl PRAYER every night al
Uoru-1s- These things have Stood By q
through Nv lfz. and rslEL1ber that trIed ID III
der the New Testament I1rElligIble 70 you and lo
able By F01 when yoG were mere baby And
God bless YOU
OF this chiId's history Of the New Testa
H-eus Mr- Dickens writes again N : letter
Mr. J. N Mak=k1n-the last he ever Erots-
d foIIgwz
I have zITzEz srrIFEE Il ~ writings 70 eLura