New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-04-04
worry" fairly took me by the throat. and threw
me on my bed for a good many days.

to reel certain Indifference to his growling If one
did not. it would be the worse for one l taink ne
it.distncty did him good, and would thaye done
him much more good if he could nave dainHe1 f
the expense" Even in an economcal pom. .,
view, he would have gained more in the long run
by increased ability to work than he spent ~
making himself healthier; but wlliul mah VIII
have his way.
Tor my husband. he is usual never healthy.
w9 tbs T % With
creased vehemence inst at present, being Ia tho
agopies of getting under way with anotner IT,
lie has had 1t in his head for good wnle 10 "Iite
. life of Cromwell" aud has been sltthg ior
months back in mess OF great diney iollos, 'ho
very look of which is like to give me locked-'a"'
The most painful impression of Carlyle'S char
acter which the writings of his wife leave upon
the readers mind spfoduced by the extracts rom
her journal. Among his most appIeciatve acqual"'-
anccs In the great world to which MS genius
introduced him was Lady Harriet Barring al.ei
ward Lady AshbuTton. She Is described ny MI,
Froude as a gifted and brilliant woman, VINO caiou
nothing for the frivolous occupatonsof fashion, ana
soucbt ont and surrounded herself with distinguished
persons in politics and literature. Carlyle was ar
IDENTIFY welcomed by her, and he frequented her
house finding there colgenal acquaintance MI
CARLYLE was one of the most sensible OF wives DuI
she was a woman and not only intensely proud
but sensitive to neglect and not wholly ABOVE
jealousy. Mr.. Froudes remarks on this melancholy
episode IN the domestic life Of the Carlyles seelu
judicous:
She was intensely proud of her husband, and
wished 10 he the first with him. She had married
HIM agains the advice of her friends to be the COM
panIon of person whom she, and she alone, III llaV
lime. believed to be destined for something eAlraot
binary. She had worked for him IKE a sSerHyal,,
she had borne poverty and suffering Shc nA'l pu Y
up with his humors, which were often extremely
trying was As rca long ATTACHED T io her. she had
taken the harder parts OF her lot HTntS
and estingly AMI by her lncessant watcni uIisss
work. And now his fame was established. He had
risen beyond her highest expectations; sue ~" I'
feared admired, revcrcnceu, 'ne ,niiSb Iitcra
sovereign. az least III many ewes, OF EngiSn ',cia
ture; and found OF thought she found. mat az nc
had risen she had become what III an carry ieuer
she had said she dreaded that she might he, mere
accident of bis lott When he was absorbed IN MS
work she saw but little OF him. The work was
sufficient explanation as long as Others were no No
ter off than she was. But when she found that ne
had leisure for Bath House, though none Tor hcT se
became Jealous ard irritable. She was herse1 Oh
course invited there put the wives 81 t aie tbe
social rank of their husbands. Women unheISianu
how 10 make one another uncOmlOllaDie III llVtIo
WAYS invisible to Others, and Slrs drylc soon pei
celved that she was admitted into those high
regions for her husbands sake ana moi f1r iier own
She had a fiery temper and strong Scotch repubII-
can spirit and she would have preferred IT, see Nii-
| lyc reignng alone in his own kingdom: Hcr anger
| was wrong in itself. and exaggerated IN the form
| He ought TO have managed ms ilcnn-
| ships better. He ought to have con-
! sidered whether she had not causes Oh
complaint ana TO have renelnDereu now HuCt nv
| owed t. her care for HIM. But Carlyle was WiiIul,
and impatient of contradiction. When his VIII was
crossed OF resisted his dispeaSule rushed lnt" 'N-
pressions not easily forgotten and thus there grew
| up between these two who ~ heart caeh a"in'I:i
and esteemed the other more any otiicr Pr'"h III
the world condition of things Of when me Trace
| is visible IN this diary The shadow siantci back
ward over their Whole lives together; aud rs
she brooded over her WronRT' SIZE Ca.no
| to think with bitterness of many Nco'iec-
lions which she had laughed away or forgotten
Carlyle's letters during all this period are ur-
forny tender and aicctionate. and III them va, lis
frle self If she could but have allowed herself TO
see 1t. "Oh" he often said - me after she vas gone,
that had really cared for her throughout an that
But she never knew il. she never knew IT,
Extracts from the diary are appended Mr. Car
lyle himself having selected part OF them with
ont dcigning to explain the origin Of his wiics I'M
happiness and apparently never wholly comprc-
hendng II
Octo6r. q, 1s55.-I remember Charles BpileT
could poor fellow do with a wife who Kept Il
i0nrnal tut murder herp There was certain
truth hidden IN this HIGHT remark. 1oUr Journal
alI about feelings aggrayatcs whatever Is actIlous
and morbid IN YOU tb2t nave iid'ie experience
Of And now the only sort OF journal would Keep
should have TO do with what hr Carlyle calls the
fact of things IL Is very bleak ami barren, ths
fac: of things, Us l now see f-yery ara what
IL
| BOOB IL more than ] can toll But ! have
taken notion 10, and perhaps shall hlacken more
paper this tire, when begin quite promise lonsIy
without any moral esd In view but JUST a. tue
Scotch professor drank whiskey, because Ike IT.,
| and because it's cheap.
Oeiob,r IL was cut short In my introduction
| last night by Mr. C.'s return from Bath HouSe
| That eternal Bath House. | wonder how many
thousand miles Mr.. &. has walked between there
and here putting II all together: setting up always
another milestone and another betTixt hun
self aud me. Oh good gTac.ous! when iir-t no
ticed thai heavy yellow honse WITHOUT nm9wIg , og
| from dreaming that through years aud years l
should carry every stones weight OF y on my bedft
| About feelings already Well. i VIII not proceed,
thonoh ire thoughts had in my bed ABOUT all that
we've tragcal enough to Til a page OF thrilling III
teTest TO lBysef and though, ~ George Saiid mas
| shrewdly remarked, rieh he souIage coii'e III
NoumJer 5.-Alone this evening. Lady A. in
| town again; and Dir. &. OF cour5' at balh House.
when / think Of what is
Ign to think I've sold ry4eif
For very little cae.
Itisnot ALWAYS. however that unust treatment,
bar.hness and dsdan IN her husoaud drives
woman jasqum d@sGidte but 10 drives her % some
| thing and something not 10 his advantage any
more than 10 hers. Today Las been liSc otheT
days outwardlY. / have done this ana that ana
people have come aud gone, bat all az III Dad
UGg 29-Mr b. says nine -tenths of the misery OF
human life proceeds according 10 his obscryaTloh
from tine institution of marriage. lie should say
from the generalization the dissertation o. Tie n
sfituton of marriage, and lhen 1 should cordially
agree with him.
There are similar outbreaks of scornfnl resent
meut in Mrs. Carlylc'- letters to her husband. For
example she writes from Scotsbrlg:
Lady Ashburton il very kind to offer 60 take me
hack. Pray make her INV thanks for the offer.
But though very little herring, ,1o nave AVE-
And when it is question simply of paying
| my own way, or having it pad for Inc, j prefer
flashing down y my four or five sovereigns on the
| table all Mt once IL there were any companion
shin in the matter it would be different. and # you
90 back with the Ashburtons 1t would be Inherent
| az then should be going merely as part of your
| luggage, without scli-responsbility settle 1t as
YOU like it will he all 10 me; meeting you at
Sc0tsprig or lii Edinburgh, or going hone by my