New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-12-27

~. on ca Mr.. Alcott, who is thinker, but
% not to the same extent the power 81 expressing
himself on paper, consequently "'
II think highly ofThoreau; He is now read Dy q
limited nmu6er of men and women, nut Dy Nely
ardent ones They dissatisfied WIN InS 1 Y, o9
81 him in The Atlantic after his death: they diu 9t
want me TO place any bounds to his genius III ~
came to me a young man, but was so poPuidd5i W.
vonn0 neople that he quite superseded MS oiu 1t
young I2pt now and then / come across man that
SCOTS AT Thoreau and thinks hun aiiecteu Io a.
ample, Mr.. James Russell Lower IA Is % sbnw him
making filings at him. have tired 10 S SnU" donn
that Thorean did things that no one could nav oo
without high powers but to no purpose. M Sl
prsed TO hear that you nave in the South sup
nose Vet have recently had some Correspondence
With gentleman in Georgia, wnose uei ;,iia
brother seems to have held many views ''i' ''i"i
aTborean was unacquainted with the tecnn 1o
names of plants when irst knew 1 nnarked that no
ing him the name of flower he ~ b u dit me me
ny ,er see the forer again, for II ne met IL ne
omId he able only to see the name ne, however
~ 9 many writer's more or less popular tina
mere aa o read Gail Hamilton; for instance,
have not read. Tread only as my d P,t"'ui0 ''
| 20 disreparding the fame OF tne Dooh' .
10 I m Inst men, YOU will find, are hidden men
to. Nh mproye by seeing. In England, perhaps
none will improve by being seen and CaPIvIe If Won
n ny tn England these you must see and Likewise
lanes Hutchinson Sterling, lie Is very Ilt
n,n rnended by Carlyle and others as phosoIi
rGcoluIchhua lis ESSAYS on some of the poets and
pheI. % is unite good, No, men do not improve
on seeing them You wo2d sc oaGrv conIS come
sa', Wordsworth after seeing him,-such simple
man and with such strange noll9lis,-a Ioguiar
English Churchman, and WIN Old 1I'oS,-oo - MT
pontlcs AZ o zoo was very unlike the 'divinely
irsnired that YOU hear much abont. am glad
You have his Biographa n contained very
d notions of criticism, and is about the best OF
tbe century along with CarIylcs lie mas glrcn S
IL. x~sfbe
more sn,,oo hatween the fancy and the magma.
ton As valuable as is the Biographia L''craria'
he gets on his high horse in parts Oh u; hoe hoor
| al iittie the broadest man oil our ilihe mas pecn
.t;a woifcang Goethe II is interesting TO see now
he continually recurs to the question Oh me f
talty of the soul He taxes IL exnTessinQ his views
| all II il important 10 read German, as thal
iangnape contains many valuable WORKS. anu hoaiiy
al t'e heso Without hesitation Plato above Arts
.,.l The philosophy of the former is OF q higher
kind than that of the latter III my WEN, hc st
TENS of Balm Spencer and otner seeming Innest'
rators RIM too much toward matcflallsiI SpehCer
| regard as n mechanical writer. 1T. tiu!lcs ~ q
friend of mine. but neyerthelcSI .mN u 80 t mo-
investigatinQ philosophical problems runs INTO ma
'e aWr CARLYLE is not coming to this country as
of the papers state rodi NV, JoUt know his re-
ligions creed He always upho!ds rcatlSs N opp}s
stion to shams. Somebody wro'e anu uiAu i ii :
he was q Panhcist. No. nor po'-'hciS' o''"o''
ARM N INV Works. like the articles Fate and Wor-
ship in my Conduct of Life very vel ne lar ar
ticlc culture wished 10 make good thllg. nut
there crept into il wrong zone OF llnp VIII, VIII
| could never get out: so that ] can never fehG !.
| ,,i,Lout making corrections, -neNer Win perfect
| s,tigfaction You have read, yOn say. my repre-
| sentative Mem Perhaps it would pay you 20 I'
| read nv article on 'Swedenborg AZ Ihe UNI
wrote il | regarded il as the bes' on SWtu9ilpoi
! that had appcared i'm this country. Since then ne
has been better appreciated. Int mp 10 llal l,lnc
thc only accounts of him were 10y the theologianS'
who came armed with the worst eAlIacls ll"' Hi'''
| making him out terrible man. ill.,. .o,,rooo-
| t;ous should have much opposition To me- except
perhaps those where the old CaynlStlc influence y
| strong as i'm New-.IcIsey. For naTt nos opposed
bnt been very friendyto their success except "hero
| they go for baking burning their babes
| . Hawthorne lived in that house. He was good
listener Int did not talk much even with his
friends After many fruitiess efforts 10 GET nun 20
talk | told him one day that this wonld never 40
| and proposed to him little tour together; hoping
that this would loosen his tongue Mite III Womb
he well for Won 10 call on MI. I.ohgIolIpN. i' =.
| wonld find him very hospitable and KIND 10
~ Confess Mr. Emerson" said that had mis-
rivings lest | should find you somewhat Tcsctyea'
must thank you that instead OF cold ana distant
- An old farmer. You didn't expect To find that
| Yes | have been farmer these twenty years
! He spoke of Swinburnc as unclean," "a man oil
the flesh purely" crazy, in way -. !.
He spoke highly of DR.. Holmes'Lh3w bright ne
was vet, the boy; and fine man he has grown M
info as if they were boys together only Yesterday;
lie thought his " Parnassns@ would be valuable
70 the lovers of old poetry especially; and gath,
cred from his talk that he had taken great deal OF
IowelTs Fable for Critics is good and so is his
| Courtinn also lie is happy in his humorous
poetrv but not much SO III his longer poems thai
9 Tho,ean once took charge Of my garden, and or
tne occasion of n visit from Theodore Parker sent
Tborean TO the station for him, hoping that he
wonld like Parker; but 10 did not and expressed q
contempt for the man. llaughtineSs OF manner wa
| "A characteristic