New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-03-08

WIote moss y. sn Reyiews Jobhaed to keep several
strings to my bowl, and took serious SSush;nS an
evsry mart OF every one of them: AFTER hnsnIns 81
tica we nsed to get on horseback. or raount ihto
enr soft old gig. and drive away, es Ian or 70 nv
mothers Tempand, fourteen miles o on y. 81 sx ~
tbirtv milesl: the pleasantest journeys ever uc,
and fhe peasantest visits Stay perhaps threo
hardly ever more than four; then back 10 "orA anu
We were not unhappy at Craigenputtoch; per
hans these were our hsppiest days useluI, CDI-
tinua labor essentially SufGe sSnId do fnIy twice
az much work In given time there, as WIN my pest
effort was possible in London such the
etc Once in the winter time, remember counting
that for three months. there had not been any
stranger not even beggar, called at Cralgenput-
toch door, In summer we had sparsely vlslIOiIs
The visit of Emerson from Concord, and our qulet
night of clear fine talk was also very pretty 10 D9tn
of us. The Jef1reys came twice. jeffrey was. Wna'
with mimicry of speakers. what with other GieVHL
ness and sprightliness, the most 6rillanty
amusing creature | have ever chanced 10 , ses,
lie was q most gifted, prompt, ingenious ntLie
man essentially dramatic genus s gay adyocate
and Whlg) never deeply serious man no 10 us us
covered here, think that | could not Dc COLI
verted," and that | Was OF thonghtlesSy [GEss91u
rustic ways and faulty irreverent OF him (WHICH
alas, / was). cuo;,.o,,,,,+
toch was sartor Kesa[Sa5 uot Wnrccret bad
died while it was going on we'll remember w4e =.
and how lat Templatd one morning. tne germ Oh H.
had cost me in writing. Had the perpGtut nuctu-
alton, the uncertainty and unntelnglDie Mn nhs
cality of Review Editors not proved SO lntoietaDs'
we might have fingered longer at CralgenpultoSn'
"perfecty lett alone and able to do more WORK, pe-
yOnd doubt. than elsewhere"
A HARSH SKETCH OF CHARLES LAMB.
In August Carlyle went to London with the manu-
script of Sartor Resartus" to find publisher out
says, the beggarly history of poor Sartor among
the blockheadlsms is not worth recording" MIS-
Carlylesoon followed him.
We lodged in Ampton-st., Gray's Inn Lane,
clean and decent PAIR OF rooms; anu 9uicV
decent people, reduced from wealth TO Keeping loug-
ings and prettily resigned to it really good people.
Visitors etc., she Mrs. Carlyle) had III plenty;
jobn Mill one of the most interesting so modest,
ardent ingenious, ingenious ana so very lolH vi
me at that time. Mrs Basil Montague lalreauy
corrcspOndent of hers). now accurately seem was
another of the distinguished. jeffrey, LORD AdVO-
cate often came an afternoon; never conld loaFh
his road TO and from the end OF FlccauIiy, though
showed it him again and again. -
Charles Lamb and his sister came daily once OF
oftener: q very sorry pair OF PHENOMENA III
,unerable proclivity to gin in poor ola LainD. MS
talk contemptibly small, indicating wondrous
ignorance and shallOwness even WhenlG was sel'Vus
and eood-mannered which 1t seldom Was s, sposty
ill-mannered Ito q degreel, screwed INTO frosty
articialties chastity make.belleye OF VIII III iaCt
more like diluted insanity" las defined ~ thai
ANYTHING of real jocoslty, humor or gehiallV. "a
most slender fibre of actual worth III that poor
Charles abundantly recognizable to me as TO Others
in his better times aud moods; but he was cockuey
to the marrow ana Coc1ney%doHi IN 5atuFe
all his days had quite bewildered MS poor heau,
and churned nearly all the sense out OF the poor 3
man He was the leanest of mankind, tiny Dlack
breaches buttoned to the knee-cap and no turther;
surrounding spinde-legs also IN black, face anu
head fineish, black, bony lean ana OF a Jew CSpo
rather in the eyes q kind of smoky brightness or
confused sharpness spoke with stutter; III Walk
ing tottered and shuhled emblem OF lmDeciHty
bodily and spiritual something Oh r en- of amman
ingenious pathetic, sporttuliy much ehuuring.
Poor Lamb he was infinitely astonished at my
wife. and her quiet encounter OF his too ghasty
Tondon wit by cheerful native ditto. Adleu, poor
Tonhi He soon after died, did Badams, much
more to the sorrow OF us Doth'
LEIGH HUNT AND JOHN STUART MILL
T.e;ob HINT was in the next street, sending kind
,nnTactieaI messages in the evenings, think per-
sonally coming i'll we had made acquaintance WIN
him 6properly lie with us, just before leaving IN
snring 1892 Huggernugger was the type Oh ms
Economics in all respects. financial and other; but
he was himself pretty man, in clean cotton night
gown and with the airiest, kindly style OF sparkling
talk wanting only wisdom OF a sound klnd'
and true insight into fact. great want.
He came always neatly dressed, was thorouRhly
courteous friendly OF spirit and talked IKE sung
inc bird Good insight, plenty OF kind OF hnmor
too remember little MARBLES in the tones OF lbs
fine voice which were full of fun and charm. We
S GstG e go and played
stand and feel them we'll. His talk was often enough
(perbaps at first oftener literary, bloGrapnical;
wandering INTO crltlcsln reform OF
society progress ETC., ETC., OH when atter pohs ne
gradually found me very shocking u eeneVeIsoia .ai
70 his rose-coored visions the subJect AN innO-
cent-hearted but misguided, i'll fact rather ioollsh'
impractical and often much suffering man. -.
John Mill was another steady vlStoI mao Sy iuis
nothing nothing bad sither She at first cOpsideEed
T my S'n Tutoring hO and S twrna about when the
humor took her; but got taught better !to neI
lasting memory before long Nh T snt very me ali
his books, which were quite collecIOhh
on that subject gave me. frankly cieatly anu no,
with ZEAL all his better ~ nsS in Sn this or
the other DETAIL being full of eagerness Tor suGh
an advocate in that cause as he felt should oe MS
TaIIt Father wintry {" sawdustsh," as old Ster-
ling once called iD, but II always ., %ei hndi-
formed and sincere. Inc Mrs layer Sydoion UaS
benet to him 1--WE could see, but on that subject we
were strictly silent and he was pretty still FOR
several wears he came hither and walked with me
syerv sunday Dialogues fallen all dim, except that
they were never in the least genial TO me- ana tha
took them one would wine where no nectar Is 10
be had or even thin ale where no wine. her view
of hIui was very kindly, though precisely 70 the
same effect. -
How we'll do still remember that night when he
came TO tell u.s. pale Hectors ghost that my unc
fortunate first volume was burnt. IL was IKE nan
sentence Of death to both. aud had to pretend
horror at it, and try to talk of other matters.
He STAYED three mortal honrs or so:
his departure quito relief to us. Oh, the
burst OF sympathy my poor darling then gave me,
finGing her arms around my neck, and openly Ia
menting. condOling and encouraging like nobler
second sell! Under heaven is nothing beautifuller.
We sat talking. till late;, shall be written
again." my fixed word and resolution TO her'
fore OF since. wrote out Feast of Pixies (yol.
iii. and then went at it. Found IL fairly impossible
for about fortnight; passed three weeks (reading
Marryats noves) trled cautious-cautlously, as on
ice paper-thin, once more and in short had JOB
more like breaking my heart than any other IN my
steady lamp beside me- l forget how much of
money we still bad. think there was at
Trst something like $500. perhaps ESQ, to front
| London with. Nor can | III the least remember
where we had gathered such sum- except that it
was our own, no part of 1t borrowed gwen us by
| ANYBODY FIT to last till French Revolution is