New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-10-27
1ures from which she never recovered. Inc Hollow
ing letter from Bayard Taylor was written on near
ing OF the accident:

ing letter from Bayard Taylor was written on near
BosToN Aug l, 1854
Nv DEAR Miss MITFORD,-Thls morning our
l,nd friend Mr. Fields left at my house your pre-,
cious little note which both delighted ana painful
me. a,, - u, W done 80
,oncb IN mitigate the sorrows of others 20 think
that we sit under elms at sudbury c pa,,hnS
away the swift SUMMER asat pasr thereby whe
Won who should be with as to see wnat hhppy
faces Won create three four thousand miles away
from Swallowdeld are lying 10 AMI Wished he NV
self in England. tnaU ! might he near you anu 90
personally what | can only poorly do win my pen
cbeerful service how much feel for you, and what
neasuIe IL would give mo 90 add my own mite 10 the
friendly Offices which wo must all need sooner Oh
II must be great consolation TO you in your Ill
ness that you at home IN England, WIN lls
wealth of comfort, with all the Appliances 'lae
sooihe the hour of sickness and among all the nhu
dant kindness native To the English henrt; NhAt-
over may have been written or said oil ltalian sun
shine or the genial air of Provence or Ahdainsia'
ENGLAND is the best country 10 ne IN lnvalid III.
Often have thought amid the most snlitlhg scehes
Of Southern Europe what wretehed thinR u must
he 10 depend on the casual or purchased klnuiess,
aud the Imperfect household arrangements, fay' oI
Rome. or Nice, or Naples, how nuch III those pI
similar places the poor patient must mss tlo
thousand comforts OF nm Eneilsh nome and han
again it seems Ia me that the Outoi-door ana nap
hazard way of life among those people oil tue Soutn
units them 81 be good nurses. Who conld eApec. ia
their cold, cherries palaces. with all tneir heIS
and poor furniture their pictures and bnck paVeu
flnurs-who cOuld expect the nice pedS, Ghe neaO
service. tho nciseless motion or your EnglsI uo
mestlcsf I feel quite sure that there Is ne II
noble house from TuIin to Paermo that contains aS
many means aud cOntrivances to ielieNc tno teuLum
of long illness your own room at oWaiinw I;
MAY tell Won pleasant little incident In when
Won are concerned that happened to Inc week OF
two since At agreeable lace In the country,
sudbury some twenty miles from Boston, where my
10 IN pO1f "a L
there met by appointment two or three lfenns NC
sirous like ourselves OF escaping then0sy latriotls
and gunpowdeT of OCI national holiday, Tue 4tn ol
July Well we Fat under the trees. fh 1t was toD
hot 10 walk and there came the usual question
of What is there to read p Now haq carrier
"AtheIton" the preseated copy Tor when nave ~
FiedS's kind fOreth0dght, IN adVaDce OF llg pull
cation, kept it back until the others sn3uiu my
told their treasures intending then. win lltlle
vainglory and great confidence, to produce nv con-
trbntion to the literary stock OF the company anu
sair surprise EN- all 80 Ne!y snJW u.as hro""ht
out and then that; and, when they asked what
had for them, | answeIed; ,.
"Something better than any of yor can Doast: I
would not exchange my volume Tor library VI
81 would not give you mine for it," said lady
and thereupon dispute arose. $500.
"Well. en- it," quOth |. AS you are lady, you
must have the first show. ard then Xou snail see
how a plain tale shall put you down
"Let the company judge, replied my pretty rival
and ont came" Atherton . ~
There were so many Obs !" and GoodysE' and
so much How did you get =" and "Where did
you get it ?" that they almost forgot to ask for mine
but when at last my n" Atherton came forth, there
was little laugh for the moment. and between the
two copies the day went mcfrlly of to the ent1re
exclusion of patriotic crackers. For that very dc,
liphtful time, my dear Miss Milford, | must add
the tnonLs of the whole company TO NV own, ana
will leave y"n e. guess who the lady Was, Tor her
copy also was gift from Jon ....,
A few weeks later Taylor writes OF Of his
literary projects:
an glad you like he idea of The Oriental poems.
II remains TO be whether they will be recog-
nzed as successful pOetcal fame Is usually OF
slow growth, and circumstances have obliged me TO
throw my prose in the way of my poetry. Know
perfectly well. however that literary fame must be
icdited for, not sought that, if deserve 1t. shall
surely get it, and, II don't deserve It, ought lot
to wish It,.
Ihave seen nearly all authors this summer
Irving, Longfellow, Lowell, Holmes. Willis and
Bryant-but theY are idliug ut present. Stoddard
and are working side by side, and trying to Keep
our early VOWS There is happiness in the labor.
and we are cheerful and hopeful. Heaven grant,
my dear friend. that we may he as fortunate as
yOa when the time comes for us to cease working
that we may look back our successful achieve
ments, and be surrounded by as many and as
faithful friends!