New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-02-06
CHARLES LAMB.
RI Mrxrscrxcrs BY GErxyrIIE MURRAY.
From he Sriss 7imrs.

From HE Sciss TiBles.
was very small boy indeed when knew Eila.
He tried to make himself pleasant, but, win tue
heat Intentions Oply half succeeded. mean that hc
dId not succeed at all. He was very shy and chil-
dIcn DO not understand shyness, mistaklng 1t Tor
Kut / knew some OF Elias ntrmatcs and could
well understand trom them III later years what sort
of man he was. that grave shy person IN perpelttl
for this same suit Of unvarynE dusklnrss- - I'm
like the rayen-Ive 10 other And poor fellow,
Inc had NOT tnO much money 10 spend on clothes. A
clerk at the old India House. with at first father
and sister and aftcrward sister to support, he
had small pecunilry scope for Extravaganza.
n Won met Ella at those delightful supper parties
of his You would think him simply Jolly dog IN low
life with an unaccOuntablc amount Of information,
and a wit which, according to Britannia IDEAS,
seemed alt gcther out of harmony with tno very
humble SURROUNDINGS of the apartment. The feast
usually consisted OF cold beef and pickles, with
porter supcraddcd. By and by some Jugs OF hot
water and black bottle would make their appear
auce nor would basin of sugar or lemon he an
sent Miss Lamb would give a cOmlcal expression
OF resigned despair as Charles pToceeaea 10 nelp
often drunk-thOugh he WAS sOmetmeS-Dut ne
would say silly things after the second glass Oh
grog friend once advised HIM to Try teetotal'Sll,
aud he did his sister helping him., Miss Lamp as
Charles SAID took to water like duck; IN fact set
woman's usual example of sci tdenlal Charles ioi-
lowed ruefully. But 1t was too much for hin:
His sister dearly loved him, and she had COCOA
reason An the world knows how he sacrificed his
life to her. giving up all prospect OF marriage ana
mirhf always have home Possibly he felt too
that the most sacred and INDECENT OF relations was
NOT for him: the awful faint being hereditary.
When his sister felt that he access was approach,
inp she would tell her brother and the TWO would
wcnd their way To the asylum together An ac'
onantance once met them on tins sat Journey; bo!n
were weeping bitterly. But once Mary Lamb had 10
take Charles. Mary, BY the way, was much loved NJ
the asylum and not for moment cont0unded with
ordinary lunatic5. =" She was so gentle they siiu
this poor woman who had killed her mother with :
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Persons deeply imbued with catholic modes OF
thought have blamed Miss Lamb tor llVlhg 50 iIeey
in the world and partaking Of its pleasures aler 80
appalling Il tragcdy as the murder OF her hloth9r,
Assuredly orr fathers AID mothers OF me hlinuie
age, would have decided there c0pn ue ut I %a0 oiI
cinson TO the incident for % Chrlstan-tDe He,l;
And the enlightened OF our generation "Ou.u
half-unwillingly, half-sympathetieaiiy, echo the
sentiment But Miss Lamb lived III an age t met
ctrnl, NOR, remote from ours than the iltteentn
century Separation from the world 1or her was
imnos-Ible and so she elected to make the best OF
tho world And though she went OCCASIONALLY 70
the play. and enjoyed an outing OF rather nn"d
pretence 10 enjoy one she lived as true and pure ana
sedeyotd life as ever Gq bo woman brNth out 0' 'e
II ia melancholy fact, but the drearlest peTlou OF
| Charles's existence was while his father lived. lie
shaved all day ut his desk and, by way OF recTea-
ZION Ind TO play chess with his sire in the evening;
| The old gentleman, moreover, was extremely dul,
and short-tempered. One day Charles had played
Blk eight games WITH MS iabnep aai tbIs aeSIT
nrson don't see why You shouldstay in at all" Al
last Fate-that much but very kindly diVln
| ity-rcmoved Mr.. Lamb senloT-for which at least
| two persons must have felt thankful though too
The happes years Of his life were the last nine
In 1873 he was pensioned off In that ehaTmndd
paper but all that he wrote was 9 ~ ~ The in
tense pleasure his y-acqured liberty gave him
The most side Of lambs casraStesjt t
| nfectionateness His love for COleridge was some
thing touching to behold. Few men can have iovee
| that brilliant selfish genius SO well not MS owl
| kindred. Lamb" writes al ACQUAINTANCE AeS1