New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-01-01

KIM OF immortality 10 DIS 'ldth NdhV i"'i''
to the apothecary Levett who found shelter under
his roof. His personal history must always he re-
sorted to for rare aud obscure Titles in the biolog
raphy of the last century. Dlost Of the names
which we encounter in Boswell 5 biography eu az
the smaller foI The really great ones with when
/ they are associated. The flood OF printed Iha'.ei
whic4 followed the deathroi Or. johnson was much
II 1t he NelIcst wsh-wash winch ever swept
through the book market The books about HIM
were many of them OF kind TO lend TO the mechan-
! zeal trade Of mere ook-makng new ard still
moro Iii SavoIy degradation. The post-mortem vol
umcs respecting him, his merits and dement's bis
virtues and ecccntlicitles occupy a great many
closely printed pages in the manuals. There IL
nothing like this now. The depth of such dl>tll-
puishcd men as Thackoray. Dickens, Lord Boacons-
field or CARLYLE brought ont good many catch
penny books. but they were as nothing compared
with the legion which the demise Of johnson
| elected nor we're all of these OF precisely
friendly character Some OF th m described him as
monster o. bad manners, dictatorai gluttonlsh
untdy and Socially intOlcraole. 1t was Impossible
for a woman with boOk-bee III her bonnet not TO
be carried away by the example of many reminiN-
cents who had known DIR. Johnson far less init
mate1y than herself, who had not known him at
all Johnson died in DcCeu Der, l1Si. She was
then at LeghOTn, and if she still nmbored any
fcsentments against her ancient triehu anu "o''iS
benciactor, they yielded to her love OF lame OF Oh
money. In 1856 was published her Ane' oi'S OF
the late Samuel johnson curing the last twenty
Years of his Life" There were critics who diScoV-
cred in it latent signs of vanity and Iiqne' bn'
pcrhaps they on,y fuuud what they looked for.
Thee were Others VINO mpugneu her accuracy, ana
prominent among THESE was Boswell But the hooN
sold aIfd under the circumstances of public curiosity
az ITS utmost pque naturally IN demand
w pole in one Of hls charming letters notices the
work "Our comic pei formers he says ~" Ros-
| we'll and Dame pjoz,i The cock uipgraphcT has
/ fxcd g, direct lie ON the hen. As hc must have
heard that tbe whole first impression OF her book
,. sold ~, the first ,v no donbt she expected on
| L..r l.,d,o, IN Le received like The Governor Of
n,,,,oJt,r and ,o find fine road strcved with
i,r,,,,,,. of ,,l,, 80 op,.ooYertjy he pronounced
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to heap OF rubbish I'D q very vulgar ''S' az" ~"
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the poor woman W., &" ur p'ttu '.""S"" wis MAUI
end his disciples dld MOI find 1t ont hut nave nm
yclcd all b., defects; nay, have exhibited al h'
hrutahties rs "l,, and all ms condn'i"n ''
huWor There was some Iui" I'D iH>' ana 7""'
cXaesc'aton. II ihrI' was error j" '"' '"'""''
am do uo' >Hp'os' INA. ''''' Us amy '''' ~ "'''
consequence, she had done S'm'IhIh~ J." ">"'t IT,
for, Ike oo,Neh. she long hrPi notes G" w. '","-
sons CONVERSATIONS. john wilson 'I"h''' WIN
never praised anybody d ne c""Id h'N' "'">''"
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