New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-12-05
PULPIT DISCOURSES.
THE AUTHOR OF "wAvERLEY.p

The Rsv John W. CnageE q ne Second Unaar'On cauraa
IN Brooklyn.
The second of the series of lectures on
"stores and Story-Telers" given last evening In
the Second Unitarian Church in Brooklyn by the Row
John w. Chadwick, the minister of the church. His
subject was "Walter Scott" The church was well
filed I'm spite of the threatening weather, and
the lecture was very entertaining. Mr. Chad.
wick as usual read from manuscript; he spoke with
less rapidty than formerly There were no preliminary
exercises After the lecture hymn sung ana the
audience was dismissed with benediction
The lecturer began with pleasant account OF bis
first acquaintance with the noyellsts works,
which was made in the library OF an orthodox clergy
man, where he permitted to rummage at VIII.
There he found Tales of Grandfather and read II ALL
uncon scous of its authorship Ten years later when at
Exeter he first had an opportunity 10 read the Waiver
ley Novels beginning with Waveriey" 5cotts history
he sad interesting as pathetic ana as taglea az
any story that he ever wrote. He had gigantic
memory we'll stored, and the power TO do
remarkable work under pressure. The Bohemian ele.
ment largely developed in him. A more genuine
love OF nature was nowhere to be found than in bis
poems. Ruskn had said that Scotts sense OF color
was unequaed in poetry. Scots success In literature
dates the publication OF the Lay OF the Last Min
stre" in 1905 Three years later, Marmion his great
est poem was published "The Lady OF the Lake, which
appeared in 1910 had pretness ana strength ana Iorco
a. we'll
It's wonderful thing Mr. Chadwick continued, that
after Scott had exhausted the mine of poetry he dis
covered the mine Of fiction in himself. "Waveriey
appeared 1914 Its wonderful success, the rapidly
with which the other novels followed II, and
the mystery surrounding their authorship are CON-
monplace to everyone familiar with English liter
Modification pleasant to Scott for It's own
sake later in life he liked to travel incOgnlto Wa
VERIFY" after the first chapters, was written In Tort
night. He wrote easily because he was fuu OF his
subject He fOrty-three years OF age Ill
1914 and for nearly forty years ne bad been
familiar with the subjects OF which he wrote His men,
DRY was like wax to and like marble to retain I'M
pressiOns The wonder is that the delight with which
tense. did not set up reiormer he amused IN
a clean, wholesome way. OF a list OF 5000 novels
Of the century which are said to be worth
readmg-thOugh / doubt II all OF them are--l
find that have read about 3OOi and OF these should
include eight of ScOtts in the first twenty
Scott was always best when reporting what ne had seen
with his own eyes, and heard with his own ears Ills
heroes and herones are menagerie Oh Tame ah,ias,
been said of the characters I'D Wilhelm MelStef
produced twentyeigh novels In sixteen years ana
till near last there abatement of puDnc liz
terest.
Mr.. Chadwick then spoke Of scOtts financial misfor
tunes which began in 1925. At the age OF nityINe,
with his own health impaired and his ~lies cOnpietey
broken, the novelist found himself in DEBT 100 ne
work with a stout heart 10 pay IL OH ana "Ouli
have II he had had ten years mOre nut ne nan
scarcely live. The lecture closed with pathetic ac
count Of the nOyelists last days