New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-10-30

know what to do with the ghost, and has, conse-
qnently, no business with him.. The Magician does
know what to 10 with him. and has all the Duslhess
with him that he can transact
am quite Mt ease the points that you nave
expressed yourself as not AZ ease upon. QG;itdS on
catnot too Otter say that if they were carried on
weak shoulders they would break the bearer uoWn
hut in your mastering of them lies the mastery over
m is will reach you at Kuebworth hope, to-
morrow afternoon. Pray give your doubts to tue
winds of that high spot aud believe that II mad
them | would swarm up the Flagstaff rs nlmDly as
Margrave and nail the Fenwck coors to the top
Ever atfectionately yours.
There are several letters from Dickens to his wife
in this collection. 1t is impossible to resist the i'm
ptesson that they rather colder than the letters
10 his friends; but they contain some lively para
graphs. especially concerning English acquaint-
ances whom he met during visit TO Italy with
Wilbie Collins and Augustus Egg, IN 1883
To-day have seen, the. the and the = the
latter of whom live at Ncrvi, fourteen or fifteen
miles OH toward Porto limo. FIRST, of the -. They
are inst the same except that Mrs. IS face is larger
and fuller, and her hair rather grly AS i rang at
their bell she came out walking and stared at me
What yOu don't know me z said / upon which
she recognized me very warmly, and then said in
her old quiet way: 4" expected to find a ruin. We
heard you had been so Ill; and find you younger
and better-lOoing than ever But it's so strange to
see YOU without bright walstcOat. Why haven't
Won got bright waIstcOat On' aDOlOgiZed for
my black one and was cent upstairs, when - pre-
dress ha wing turned out Of bed to greet his dstm
guishcd countryman. After long talk. in the
course OF which arranged to dlne there on sunday
carly, before starting by the steamer for Naples,
aud in which they lold me every possible and i'm
pussIble particular about their mInutcst affair ana
esn.cialV about IS marriage, set off for - mt -.
| had found letters from him here, and he had been
here over and over again. and had driven out no
end of times to the gate to leave messages for
and really is On his strange nncouth way crying
glad to see me. found HIM and his wife IN a little
comfortable country house, overlooking the sea,
sitting IN small summer house on wheels, exactly
ike a bathing machine. 1 iOund her raj her pretty,
extraordinarily cold and composed, a mere piece of
furniture, taking broken LHgil8h. Through eight
months the year they live IN this country place.
She never reads, never works never talks never
gives an order or directs anything has only tastc
for gong 10 the theatre where she never speaks
either and buying clothes. They sit IN the garden
all day dine ut t. smoke their ci1drs 90 IN at ), sat
about ull ~. and then 90 to bed The greater part
of this ! had from - himself in a particularly
uniutclligiblc confidence IN the garden. the only
portion of which that ! could clearly understand
were the words and one thing and another, re-
pcated one hundred thousand times. He described
himself rs being perfectly happy and seemed very
fond of his wife. But that" SAID - 20 me this
morning, looking like the ligurchead of a ship, with
a nutmeg crater for face. that he ought to be,
and must be, and Is bound to Belle couldn't help
Then went on to the IS, and found them living
in beautiful situation IN e runous Aibaro-llkc
palace. Coming upon them nnaWares; fouhd =
with q pointed beard, smoking great herman pipe,
IN a pair oi slippers; the two little girls very pale
and faint from TIE climate IN snguIariv unildy
siatc--nne Heaven knows whyl without stockings,
and both with their ittle short hair cropped IN
manner never before bcheld and a little bright bow
stuck on the top of 10. said she had invented
tins headgrar rs a picturesque thlng' adding that
perhaps II was and perhaps II was not. She was
greatly flushed and agltated, but looked very well,
and seemed to be greatly liked here. We bad
disturbed her ut her painting IN oils, and rather
received an impression that. what with that and
what with music. the household affairs went little
TO the wall. teaching the TWO little girls the
multiplication table in disorlcrly old billiard
room with all manner Of maps IN II.
As soon as we got orr luggage from the custom
house wc packed complete changes IN bag, set on
m carriage for some warm baths, and had a most
refreshing cleansing after our long journey. There
was an odd NrapolItan Attendant steady Old
posed TO soap me- Upon which | called out 10
The other two that | intended 70 have everything
done To me that could he done, and gave him dreC-
lions accordingly. ! was iIothed an over WIN
Naples snap. rubbed all down. scrubbed with
brush, had my nails cut and all manner OF extra
ordinary operations performed. tie was rs mnch
disappointed apparently aS surprised not 10 hnd
me dirty and kept calculating under his breath,
" oh. Heaven how clean this Engshman IS" He
also remarked that the Enslishman Is rs lar as
beautiful woman
That ridiculous - and her mother were ut the
hotel ~ Irglorn the day before Yesterday, where
the mother tpoor old lady was 50 an from the fright
and anxiety consequent her daughters efforts at
mart yrtiUn, that 10 IS even doubtful whether she
800 recover learnt from u liIA lll'lA VI A44AN
all tins nonsense originated at Nice. where she was
,tlired up by Free Kirk pa-sonS-itnerdnt any
one of whom | take her To be ready TO make
semi celestial marriage with. The dear beng VINO
told me all about her was q noble specmen-slnglr,
forty. m q clugng lounced black SILK dress, when
wouldn't drapc or hustle or fall or do anything Of
that sort and with leghorn hat on her head, at
least Il avn scriouI sir tct round. The consequence
of tg immense size was that whereas II had an IN
siuuatirg blue decoration IN the form of bow IN
front. II wa, out of her knowledge behind, that
Il was all battered and bent IN that direction
and. viewed from that quarter she looked drunk
There are many passages IN this volume which
testify to the deep affection Of Charles Dickens for
his wlfcs sister, Mary Ilogarth, and his distress at
her urtimcly death. \ fragment Of a dairy begun
by him on the lst OF January 1888, consists
chiefly of distressing illusions TO her and 1t breaks
of. after two weeks with tins final entry: Here
ends this brief attempt at diary. | grow
sad over this checking of of days
and can't do it," The earliest letters
in Ia collection refer to tho production OF
an opcrctta, Tho Village Coqucttcs,' of which
Dickens wrote the words and John llullab the mu-
SIC. Both addressed to Mr. ilullob. tn" year IS
1896:
My DEtE HuLLtn: Have you seen ne E[imNrT;
II d. rather dcprrcaory ot the opera; bnl IKE an
Inyr'cratr crltiuucs against Braham, 81 well done
that cannot help laughing at II, Tor The life ana
soul of mo ! have seen The sunday Times. lhe D's-
match and The SGt1isi all of which blow their critic
irnmpots against unhappy me most Justify Elthcr
I must have grrvouslv awakened the ire Of all the
"ndaptcr, aud their friends, or the drama must he
drcdrdiy bad. / haven't made up my mind yet
which of The two is the fact.
have NOT seen the ,J1hn Bai or any of the sun
day papers except The Spectator. you have any OF
them. bring 'om with YOU on Tuesday. am afraid
tLat Tor ''dirty Cummius' alluslon to Hogarth
sb1U be- reduced 30 the necessity OF beng yalorOuS
the next time meet him
Believe me- most faithfully yours
FURNIvALs Inn, I
Monday Afternoon, O'clock.S
My DEAR HUGIAH: Mr.. Hogarth has just been
bcr. with news which thinl, you viii be glad to
hear lie was with Braham yesterday, who was tW
NOR, MI of the opera than lies was; speaking highly
of mn works aud famep U, and expressing an m
est desire to b. the first 10 ntrod luce me to the pub
lie MS "A dramatic writer lie sad that he intended
openng at Michaclmas, and added (unasked) that
n was his intention To produce the opera within one
month of his first night. He wants low comedy
part uccd--without singing thinking IL WIZ