New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-04-13

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she was unless her letters, which We are promised
and the clearer sight of Mr.. Caryes biographer &C
conplish it for usa hope when TTnia nave bf
makes us tTemble lest MI. kfoude shonlu INV
breatLed so long the same atmosphere a. the great
man departet-to whom he has acted the part OF me
hest Of sons-as TO blunt his power OF Judgment,
and the critical perception which IN sueh case IL
the highest proof Of love. DouDtless ne IeII var
itseis own uftcrances too sacred 70 taihper With
NJ can only with our hearts regret the natural but
She too toiled through the -" valley on inc snadoW
If Frederick" her mind never nee OF S,ne proccu
~, e., on, lis account some expsdient 30 soften to
him those tborns Of fate with which AL erratlon was
hristlng. She showed me one day skiiinl arrange
t If curtaius made on some long-studied scien;
Tic nTnciple by which at last" she hal succeeded
in shutting out the noises, yet letting tnS orId
between him and all the nameless trcts ana
;a %swr Of life and handed ON to
MS the recorl Of her endurance win humorous
tnyn ~ eerI, incident as IL these were the anus
nspts OF her life There was always comic posi-
bility in them in her hands -, =, ~,
There used tO be sometimes visible IePos.lP III ,nd
CORNER of the fireplace In that simple, refined, ana
oracions little drawing-rOOm 80 Tree OF any vulgar
detail .ong white clay pipe, oi the kihd DeleNe
which ia called church warden; ~ was sls ,py
clean and white. and remember thinking 1t rather
nrcttv than otherwise with its long curved stem,
and howl unstaincd by any color" There was
no urofauation in its presence, thing winch couo
not nsrha.s In said for the daintest of cigareties
and lie rugged philosopher upon the heaTtfhg pour
ng out his record of labors and troubles his bats
s,,e n WAS carelur that the smoke should COUP
the chimney and not disturb the sweetness OF her
dwelling aes-makcs "A vfrY ep litsIs decration:
and every sign OF the perfect lady she was, with an
almost ave OF pleasure and pride, IN which u was
Impossible not to feel his profound Snse Of INC
d2srcnce which his wife, who was R'ntlcwonn'n,
had made in the surroundings OF the farmers eon oil
Scvtsbrig ,o,,,.,
Nv frat interview with Mrs. Carlyle on the
nihiect of Irving her first tutor. her early lover
aud alwnys her devoted admifer ana irshh'
To have been beloved by two snch mrn was
mn small glory to a woman She took 20 me most
Kindly something on the score of o hall imaginary
Easd 'otLiansm which she thought she had
detected, and which indeed came run no prr'n ",
things and words familiar there: Ana shau NOT
easily forget the sinam OF dehghtfu taiA upon
which we were instantly ut aiioat she win All me
LII and ease and natural untcaChahle grace OF .
horn minstrel and impToNisat"re hoWlnH i"fih III
story after story till there stool before me a. ccar
ms II saw IT, her own delightful childhood IN quiet
old-fashioned Haddington long agn, and the blg'
grand bovish. gigantic figure of her early tutor
teaching the fairy creature atn ana lotl'' aiu ~
Trahy learning of her something more lHh'uhllng
than either There were some points aiput Whl'h
She was naturally and GRACEFUL rctic'nt- about h'T
own love. and the prricpncc which GRADUALLY sSep.
Irving ont 81 her girlsh fancy If he had ever been
fully established there, POM on "u'h shc
left her nearer III doubt. But their was an"in'I
Continent gradually developed ~ the tale when
gave Tho said nearer a CLEAN of afnuscineut nniii,
tended by the narrator, one Of tho~ Sidc-hghis "i
s-lf-rrvelatiOn which even the k'r'St ann ''"It''
Intelligence lets slpwhich was her perfectly gnu
inc feminine dislike the woman who fCplh' rd h't
in Irvings life his wife 10 whom be- had been en-
gagged before bc met for he S,ohh un' WIN VII
beautiful girl grown mp 10 woinnnho".l, VINO hhd
bcen his baby pupil and adoraii"n' ana 10 whom
with cseapadc- 81 Wild passion for Jane, and
Wild nropo%als 10 hy with her To Grcecr, ~ that
could be- ur any,y hcre-he yet was willingly or m
willingly faithful. This dislike looked to me Moth
iuV mon, than very natural aud almost universal
f.,,iuin, objection 10 the woman VII" has C"n",led
,v.n n r,iccts.l lover. The only wonder va. that
she did not herself. ~ keen ANA clear aS her mLh
was PcnetratinSapd impartial -cn We hHinod VI
sentiment 80 natural. yet ~ whiEisltaIil
absurd But the extraordinary sequence oi
this the proof which Carl> lie gives of ms boundlrSS
symuathy with the companion oil lbs lii" 10y taxing
M and even rXaggerating tins cXcusahc aversion "i
hers is one of the strangcst OF mental phenomena
But for The marriage 20 which irving had be'h 80
long pcdgrd il Is probable that the philo~'phrr
,youI1 never have had that brightest b"auilinlest
of companions and yet lac could not forgive inc
woman who healed the heart which his Jeanne hal
lTokrnl glorious folly iUin one point 81 Nlt"'
strnnu,nt sharp, painful prejudice On the other.
All that Carlyle says about his friends maiTlagr
and wife is disagneable. painful And fundamentally
thst her fathers family came 10 no good ian utter
ni.takr in fact. and that the excellent man wh@9
married Mr.. lr'ings sister was MOI Over Ncn
married An insinuation as COMPLETELY ana cruelty
ha.cless "A ever insinuation Was IL Il no cNtu'e
perhaps To alleRe a prejudice ~ whimsical AS ii''
yrouud of impntatOur ~ S'IiOus ana YET t'Ie - "a
FIND of mortal fooshness, about A. which Ia such n
pair is half mdicrous. half ptiini. ami when may
make the offended more readily ioIgih"
/ must say something here about the tone ol r.,
MARI offensive To ~ many personally, and painful
aloye measure IL all who loved or TeNcTeneed Car
Isle which u the m0st astonishing P.euli1 i W
This book The reader must cndeaNor 10 can bri"t'
himself the circumstances under which all 81 a. eN,
cent the sketch 81 his IL her' WAS written ~" hAl
Lost the beloved companion whom, rs We III 40 !c'
rcrbans with more rrnor-e and n little more mason
thau most he for the first time FULLY perceived him
slf never to have done ful justice To- NJ Ad h"rn
..rI Gin mai a fla
addesl which il s possible Ia imagine, Tor she ha'l
died while be was absent, while he WAS IN The mdsi
of one of the few trunpiS oi ms me- SulIlhHeo ~
uucougcnial uosc Of applause hich hr hnd s'h""'d
himself 10 take pleasure in. and which he ilkrd too
tbough lac hated il. lie not Frustrated rs some
are On the contrary, II ~ evident lhit ne WIS
Tun.,I to That feycrish energy OF pam which ~ the
result in some natures OF shock which maAeS inr
whole being reel. 49,. -. A;l
friends AS tender of him as II they had been MS
children would not let hun alone T." dt i9r"rn IN
tile middle of her room ns iouhH hiu %irn ~ "
Lruken anecdotes of her, reachng Tar back mt" th
forcotten years They insisted on applying To- hh
ths usual remedies which IN our day ale hlw1tl
s,,ggc~tcd when life becomes ntOlcrablc. Not to
rake away that life itself for time which would be-
The real assuagcment, could II be accomplished, bni
10 take the mOurIlrr away into new scenes, To "a
thorough change TO beautiful and unfamiliar
nIoces wbcre ~ ~ supposed the ghosts 0i what has
been cannot follow him. nor dissertations wound him'
lie was taken 10 hcntone, of all places 40 the world
Ia the drldlv-liyelne-s and quiet the soft air, and
invalid surroundings of that shelter of thc suffering
When he came back BE- desorbed II 90 me one dlS
with that sort of impatient contempt "i the place
which was natural to BOrdcrr Is "a shell
between the hills and the SEA. lie had no air t.
breathe no space tO move ~. All The Wihth Hul
hreadth of his own mOOrand landscape was involved
i'm the cscr ption Of that lovely spot in its stlguan
milIucss and mOuotOnOus beauty. He told mr how
Inc had roamed under the grecnness OF the unnatural
trees "prrhaJs the saddost, he said with the ling l.
ing novels of his native speech, OF Nil the sons o
| Adam" And, ut first alone ~ his desnloto bouse
| -. oil fhaFs 10
everything was 80 soft and unlike him IN his gaun
| and seIf-dcyonring misery, he seized upon the
familiar pen, the instrument Of his power which h'
tth nor, on less idea that il was done with an,