New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-07-23
~ ENB4GkD son.



SRA verbal inaccnracy which occurs in pas
sage cited by your critic last week. from CaFlylrs
Journey through Ireland having reierence ~ my
father. DR.. Cooke Taylor, deprlyus Il, think, Z
ia al significance. With your permission | will
make he necessary correction. AMI point ont its
bearing on the subject. One sentence quoted runs
thus: "Strange dialect of this man. foughal
native, London had LITTLE altered that immense,
lazy gurgling abont he throat and palate regions,
speech coming ont ut last not SO much IN distinct
pieces aud vOcahles, A. IN continuous condition,
srmi-lnastcated speech The ord condition"
here should have been " eruditiou. reference
70 she text VIII show to the t.sf at all events
If appeared in The CeRf,sry magazine TOR have not
the completed volume by me. and indeed cOndi.
ton IS obviously n misprlnt.
Now hat Is the significance OF this alteration OF
a single word careful perusa OF the whole very
painful passage reveals three prime charges which
Carlyle makes against DR.. Cooke Taylor. FIRST, he
nslnuateS that he lntruded his h0-Dtaiitv upon
him and after expressed insIucere admiration Of
ais works: second, that he spoke with an IRISH
accent and-oT perh APPS This Il subsidiary charge
took snuff third. That his speech came form IN
stream OF " continuous enldltlOn.' Win regard TO
the rst OF these, IL IL scarcely necessary 20 do more
than point ont that there IL another possible COM
pie 1lOn OF the case,-that my fath-fs admiration
81 Carlyles writings was sincere AMI that he was
Glad "A be ever was 10 welcome bro ther-authOr
in "A strange land, and 10 give him what advice and
as-is stance he could as none was more capable Of
giving toward the comprehension Of those proD-
lens that he had come over TO that land To study.
20 far there l. much evident make believe here,
aud the trne motive OF this very bitter and brutal
attack does not appear. Nor can It ,srOusy be-
supposed 10 reside lay fatb0rs Irish accent which
& arlyie .s-ertH him have hal this time. aud
which il he had was certainly never a. bad as the
barb2rOus - Ditch one which clave to his sRnderer
20 the very last still less even. would think to
the inhal NJ of tobacco dust through his npsiris
Surely the man Who u~ed 20 s4tnratc his drawing
room " tn tobacco fumes regardless of the cOniors
of his vile or household. who USED o. be encoun-
tered by his friends there seated on the hearth-fg.
and sucking 90 it through e q yard OF ciay, such
one need not have thought bitterly OF another VINO
chose to take IL through another medium VEN
ture 10 suggest. then. that 10 Is the thru OF these
accusations that really shows the rankln2 spot,
that reveals the INCAPABLE wrong" IN Carlyles
le.sus mind. Nv father was a very noted CONVEX
satlonalist rs "A few OF hs distin gui-hed tOnten-
rorarrs now living there are but few left
can bear ample testimony. Carlyle Was very def
cent IN SHAT respect. by fathers knowledge aud
were siDgIlArlY ysriee Carlyles were
very strictly circGmsoriDod rs witness his often
times quite indIcrCus conceptions IN economies.
etc. lie came over 20 Ireland 10
= star il among the natives. Tor whom he every
W here presses suCn unjust contempt for hem
"a listen TO HIM; aud here TINS sUnity -
YOughal man, VINO was his master. u was too
bad his harsh sUd craaiped conversation was ut-
terly Oyerw lrlmel Ivy the stream Of continuous
erudltiOn, and he never iorgsye it Even dr;Sh
itself which IN most minds mOhos sli resent
ments, brought salve 20 tins pitiably mean me.
30 It 80. Ii was but natural after all, tsat The
memory CT the moet anliable and generous o. Ut
crary nen shonld be 0spersed III q pOs,huinous
work of fAe moss sDitefu and vIndicttvc. Only J,
who love aod rcyers that men DRY, would not nave
IL pass withJut this protest aud exp snation-la n
SIT. etc.. huAIKLf Soohb lAfLoN