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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-10-07
10 THOMAS milton.
PEsCHIEgE, GESOA,

Monday, April IA, 1855
NY Dear Milton arrived here last Monday well and
fOuri4Gipg aud found the children COOKING breakfast
You shall see Nancy aud Charley dance the Polka when
We return wuicA You will consider beautiful per-
form,uce Master Frank Il prob glOus blade AMI more
full OF queer cHs tnsn any Of his prrdecessora nave
cul.baius, but now uulDiug about again. lhcy
have not ahcClsu her rosy lOOk-.
lime and to como home by switzerland hope 10 pass
the Alps the peak ~ 81 Gotuari ana IN that case
shall have taken rs two ucst passages. TINS grrang"s
ment will probably shut out PaTi7 but eau run over
al any time: Whcr as the CpuUtTy propose 20 traverse
Is not 80 Casy OF fr'm EJg1ud his house Il as
lOrsakcu aslt always his bsru. lncTg agC very few
lou4ca I'm Italy, do believe, the ClllIr,u could
have kept their hcatus n such an extraordinary year
40 void be easter 10 tell you what havcnt seen than
what have. | nave been on the wing now iu.l siK
months, Iud have crowded sUca an INN number OF
objects that time tha makes weary TO mink OF
Bradbury & Evans have sent me an account OF the
Chmr-. They made the profits tie lrst 10000 from
fourteen TO nlleCa hundred pounds. Aud they add II
they charged only their small commission, aud
had been obilgc 10 employ napnan dali the prof
IL would have Dccn from &l5O 10 500 mJrc. &.
& H.s accounts made q profit ~ 1926 only a sale
Of 1900 ~ tue Carol 80 tuAi suppUsln. 10 hal fOd
20 900 the gIOs, prOh would have been about 1000
the Appearance aud the production al tue two books.
ana think you will agree witI me that Bradbury &
Evans are the men FOR me 20 work with.
They are very anxious 10 know what thought Of their
management IN general under the dsldy8ntageuus cir
Cumstauces Of having G. H. In then business Hl.
wrote aud told them was greatly pleased ana that
quite certain II couldn't nave been better done as
Chapman Halls account has been rendered to Fors-
ter aud seated. Before LETT sci Tied all tho profit
OF the different books up April credited myself
zlrwt profits up the time Of the subscription and tao
exclusive use Ul IT, ial-o paid them ssl o. ST. Tor my
purchase my share OF the stock OF Pickwck
Ius amount Of NJ prOd,a with G. q IL. from April TO
the close OF Tue year Al 5lduOs luus;
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CAPITAL STRIKING AGAINST LABOR.

TO ne EdttOF OF The Tr G0Hne,
SIR: | have been reader of The TRIBUNE
since lSI4 and since that time 1t has my political
monitor. subject OF strikes generally and more
especially on the recent strike OF the employees OF the
Western Union Company its reasoning was correct and
cogcnt The employees made demands on tho company
1t could not comply with: they struck and after good
deal loss of aud considerable privaton they
had to suceumb which might have been expected Isee
by the papers that another strike has taken place fhs
time 1t is the windOw.glass workers These workers
were golng along soutentedly wbel t was announced
that their wages were be rednced they Resisted the
reduction ana t has been called strike But who are tho
real strikers the company, which struck against paying
the workers their accustomed wages the workers for
resisting III In the of the Western Union 1t was
combination Of labor against oapta in the case Of the
window glass company 1t is combination OF capital
against labor leading representative OF the glass
company snys "The manufacturers have the strongest
organization Of the kind IN the country and II the work
men think they going TO succeed they Will ind out In
a short that they wofy mistaken, and that be-
fore winter they will be glad TO yield" Oh course
they Will. When the dividends" arc not up 10 tho
standard and longer yield the necessary Silks wines
and luxures the poor mudsi is pushed TO the wall TO
make up the deficiency. When he 10 well starved OUT
and the pnched faees OF his wife aud children adnonh
hiu he is glad 0 90 back ON any terms.
IL win not always be 80. I often think OF the aes
have seen often quoted In THE TRIBUNE The mills
| Of God grind slowly You know the rest.
| NetU. York, Oct 2, 1883.
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MORE LETTERS OF DICKENS.
REMARKABLE AUTOGRAPH COLLECTION.

a REMARKABLE AUTOGRAPH COLLECTION.
UNPUBLISHED CORRESPONDENCE OF THE NOVELIST
AND SOME OF HIS MOST FAMOUS FRIENDS.
Mr.. j. w. Bouton, the well.known bookseller, at
No FOG Broadway. has just obtained from Europe
some valuable and very curious autographs, the
most interesting part of his newly acquired treasure
being an extensive collection of letters by and to
Charles Dickens, very few Of which have ever
seen the light. The collection was made by Fred
erick Ouvry esq, who was the solicitor and inti-
mate friend of the novelist for many years. 1t Is
contained in two large morocco.bound quarto vol
umes, carefully arranged and ndexed, and illus
trated with several portraits of Dickens, taken at
various periods of his life. The letters are neatly
mounted on plate paper, and most of them are in
excellent condition, though few have been
mouse-e eaten and one or two have suffered by the
exoision of passages relating to private family mat
tiers, All these are of very early date. The first
volume contains letters written by Dickens, the
second volume letters to him. In the first there
are III autograph pieces, dating from 1882 to 1870
in the second there are 149.
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which they have received directions from Lncolus Iun
Fields to pay into COuttss 1his is not bad. eher
When Ituought you might have balance ~ my favor
forgot the taxes ana took the receipt for rent for the
whole year You were quite right Ia not paying any
thIny In hope the bd nee viii turn ON nv AIDE the
next tmr the old lady pays.
TDis reminds me IT, moment she turns ont VIII You
set your 10 paint .hc Ou.uo al the housri should
like al the 10 aud railing, IN the garden 20 be- nice
bright and cheerful green, except tie llc staircases
iroI the Windows, winch shOu,i prefer being painted
white, az they are now. should ike to hlvo the hall
aad staircase painted inside the top of the hou8c-a
good green not too decided OF course SPOIL the effect
Of the prints; the ii,tle sMrting bordering these
winscO!; the ceiling wntai outside OF the street
door, waiu.cot uf you can sec no reason Tor
other coioQ, lcttcrboK in II with glass
in tae inside will pay him ready money peass 10
make hun produce an estimate Tor all this beforehand
abOa. IT,
know you Will take care better than any ono else
could, that II done reasonable terms Therefore no
may 90 TO WORK on al this without your connecting
tins estimate.
But there "a another job should Ike 10 do which
must know the expense OF before decide should Ike
to Newspaper The druWmgrO lm taxing away tue ugly
board. should ike tue skirlnsboard to be panied IL
imitation OF satn'wo9d work inc ceillng to have faut
painted around the lamp Tue paper must DC blue aud
god or purple and gOd-to agree vim the furniture and
curtains; ana should Wis II 10 DC cheerful aud gay.
can safely trust to your tIste n yOu will choose IT,
have sad nothing about this To Mrs. d. wishing 1t To be
surprise, II 90 u Ut al-GOid MOULDING round the
paper
large pec,s are missing IL apparently relates to fur
ther details OF repairing the house aud getting the c5.
mate on tnc druWngfoOn, suggesting that u the old
lady would allow 90 go up In the morning be.
fore is Of bed" ae could then make estimate
The letters to Frederic Ouvry. esq. who sue
ceeded Milton as Dickenss solicitor, number 49, in
Guiding two or three addressed to the firm of Far
rer Ouvry & Farrer, or to William Farrer, one of
the partners. They are mostly short notes Oh mat
tiers Of business; and although a tone of friendly
intimacy runs through them, they have less of the
personal element than the easy and careless COM
municatlons to dear Tom" Dickens however,
left his individual stamp upon even tho simplest
and shortest letters Of business, and most of the
Ouvry correspondence IS interesting The clear
and forcible style is often very striking and there
are flashes Of humor in places where no one would
expect it. long series Of notes refers to a nego-
tation for the purchase of piece Of land at Gad's
Hill. and in the course of it We tiud some highly
characteristic passages about person of the neigh
borhood who ltouched Diokenss sonse Of humor
" In any case" he writes of this man, BROKER is
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r"'H'"'' CHARLES DICKENS
TO FREDERIC oUvRY.
bADNtllLI IAtEg
HICKMAN BY ROCHESTER,, KENT.
AnnL ~ IN. 90 ~

sunday, Aug 49, 1862
NV Dear Ouyry: NV boy Charlie asked me n | had
auv objection as your house did not practice IL bank
ruptcy TO the employment or some Irlend or MS wen
yeracd in such mater, and in his affairs, and having q
personal regard him. said no; but he must write
TO Won, and 80 n aDd9
am ftiing out another for Australia. and another
for Cambridge, and the whole, am inclined TO de-
part from the text OF my dear ircrd Mrs; Camp aud
say Which blest Is the man as hss NOT his kTer full
OF sichw &c.,,
affected me deeply We DO a little thing OF two here
ns CO. k-aeekle curry, Scotch colops mutton Ia Don
Pedro and such tribes rellshea with olaret-wnlch
an, bent ON getting you Ia come aud try before go
a.rcading iO3 tme on the 6'h Of October Look over
yGur diary at your leisure your time from Satur
day 10 Monday, and wOu't ask young Essel 10 meet
yniI Ever faithfully yOurA
- CHARLES Dickens.
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IN FAVOR OF CHURCH BELLS.

To the EdttOr or The Tribune.
SIR: Thanks for the most excellent article
on Bells" I've been looking for some cheering words
in favor of church bells, and knew they wouu
come from THE TRIBUNE, which never gives an uncer
tain sound but rings out in clear tones for everything
which il harmonious, pure and good From 'eny 4,
WomanD who loves the sound of the church going Dele
and who has read THE TRIBUNE ever since Hwsa
printed.
Nsu York, Oct. 3, 1889
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| Hall" little Hail." he used to call him-out OF
simple matter of business. When the accounts ior
the Carol" were presented, Dickens received
still ruder blow. But he had already negotiated
! transfer to Bradbury g. Evans. lie sent tho
Carol" accounts to Milton with the following
| note.
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Yours most faithfully, --
WASHINGTON IEYISG.
FROM ROBERT BROWSING.

Dear Dickens: [ am far luckier than the rest OF
your friends In having heard OF your Iness no sooner
than OF lts partial Abatement Pray get wen ana keep
well for all sakes.
Forster tells mo you don't absolutely reject an apple
roasted or otherwise May Offer you two or three OF
them mo more because the scripture blessing or the
GOOD man in "his basket aud hts store " has only
been hafaccDmpshed with rs herc-the only remains
of the best article muster Tor the moment being
spoctrllly true 10 ones notion Of "Oslers GAostP
Ever yours faithfully,
r. BROWNING,
New.CrOss, Hatcham, Surrey.
Thursday NJ
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"'''''0 'D' '' GinA#LEs DICKENS.
TO THOMAS milton.


DEAR Ton: ! ain CursitOr street As | 20 on
a. 3ad wish particularly TO you before leave there
Nil yOd stop over as soon as you return have 0u
order in uy pucic from my French employer for 50,
au agent IN city who always pays me. They pay as
tt order u,t ics between ana -, and did not get
IL until TO-DAY. I want 10 give the Governor some
money ;I. II yea will let Inc have much rs yOn ran
on acl o t4c order the Whole, can have the
check, iaTiland present it-wnI". yUu please.
Believe me sincerely yours.
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TO THOMAS MITTDN.

Bentinck street, TIurs lay morning.
DEAR TOM: called yOu last night and went 10 New
Iuu seeing the outer door shut, made no noise and
dccampcd VIII son come 10 here AT dinner time to-day
We shall until hall past four Oh your account
They all in great lbulaOn mere, my iathcr went
out Yesterday accOmpani, by Ae 70 eHdguVOr to set
some money Bnrr refused to wait beyond last even
ing tie boy home to say he tad been unsuccess-
fui uud has made his appearance al night or Tor
walGed "a message OF any kind.
own that at present his absence does not give any
great ucusncs knowing how apt he Is 10 get out OF the
way when ll thing goes wrong. As. however u We do
not gain some tIugs OF bin in the course Uf the day
shall hardly know what to think, and ut al events II
ay c necessary 10 hold consultation, you VIII greatly
oDlige 10y complying with my request
EnIlrNc sucercIV lOuIs.
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TO THOMAS milton.

DEYONsHIKE TERRACE, Feb. 20, 1888.
Ny Dear Milton quite agree Ia opinion with you
touching - name erased, apparently b. Miss to
garth, vino. 1 really believe, Sam Weller says Of
some one in PiczwcK hGs gore rayiu' mad with con-
scOus vlllany." The thought o. Gin btses me night
and day aId really do not know what j. to Do done
with 1t Is quits clear tIat the more We do the
more outrageous aud audacOus ne becomes
Perhaps We cannot do O5tter tom Jrrnw than go to
Dnlyc where there is an interesting pictnr. gallery
which think you never saw VIII be with you 90 ].
II the day a1ything short OF dogs ana pitcG
order mat you nay the better rOm the box seat
tue performances OF the horses IhaYe % go to party
at night, but not until late,
Faithfully yours always,
CHARLES DICKENS.
p. ST. finished on Saturday night last
The next is not dated, but the reference to the
"Christmas Carol" shows that 1t was written
about the end OF 1913:
TO THOMAS milton.
Deyonshire Terrace, Wednesday.
My Dear Milton: / am extremely glad you feel the
Carol For | knew / meant a good thing, ana when
see effect OF sucn little UhoLe as that, those Tor
whom care, have strong OF the immense effect
Icoud produce with an entire book lsm quite certain
Bradbury predicts, heaven knows what am sure 1t
will do me great deal Of goods and hope 1t will sell
well
The title page have had materially altered They al
ways look bad at first.
Ihad letter CouttsS yesterday afternoon TO say
though they not IN the habit OF doing without
the acceptance Of banker large mercantile house
Faithfully, CD.
Dickenss relations with Chapman s. Hall had
become rather strained by this time. The sale of
Martin Chuzzlewit" was greet disappointment,
and Mr. Forster gives an account of the circum-
stances which led to the development the authors
part of an acrimonious feeling, at least toward Mr.
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SUNNYsIDE COTTAGE, May 20, lS4l.
My Dear Sir: cannot tell how happy the receipt
your letter made me- for has convinced ne that
was not mistaken In you, that you are Just what your
writings made me imagine you thatt only wants word
10 bring aud soul Do not suppose me-
however, prompt at these spontaneous Oyertures
OF friendship You are the only man have ever made
aud keep up correspondence out OF my family
connection, but toward there wac strong Impulse
which for some time resisted, but which at length
oyerpOwered me; and am now glad ID did so.
You hatter my languld and declining pride In auth"
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W. G. MACREADY.
Ps have said nothing OF the great delight and en-
oyment that lies before her In that grand country
because did not share selfish argument but the
reasons bear meShe MUST make herself happy In
the thought OF being able to make such tour 10 such
WdyI 1t is like tempting OF Providence" not TO
do go,
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10 THOMAs milton.

Bentinck ST., Thursday morning.
DEAE Tom: viii you transmit y, bearer until sat
url.y the Enormous sum OF shllingS Hartland shall
leave It Tor yoa until that day need not say I'm
rather hard up this week.
Believe me truly yours
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sept Il, 1872.
Ny Dear Milton: | an very glad, indeed, TO have
heard from you, began 10 wonder where you arc
ana whether some country practitioner on whom you
called with a Ia SUN OF money IN your pDCket.DOOk,
codd possibly nave laid violent hands on YOU IN his
prydtcOIiiec am going on nicely Hope We ntendtO
publish tie 2Oth of next month"; please God. There
Is .TcuU Curiosity atiJat III all directions about the
box I nave mt1J 40 arrange n;IJ In reference
TO IT, nor sha l. bus think In all these matters, their
interests ana mine must DO a little more identified.
Waat do you THINK
Al wei. and hrarty-a regatta here today and great
fyng of bright hags-let me know when you return TO
town Always faithfully,
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-09-20
A Canoe Voyage.

The interest of the loungers about
the wharves Monday evening was cen
tered in a little craft, of rig compare
lively unknown in Montreal, which was
espied coming down the harbor, and
shortly afterward headed for Joe Vim
cents basin, where its only occupant
jumped ashore and carried his boat into
the boat-house. It soon became known
that the hale and hearty looking gem
tleman who thus so mysteriously landed
In Montreal was one of the adventurous
members of the Knickerbocker Canoe
Club, of New York, who left Cape
Vincent, on Lake Ontario, about fort
night ago, with the intention of run
ming all of the St. Lawrence rapids to
this city, and, as he was carrying his
frasl craft into the boat-house, he was
accorded hearty cheer by the by
ISLANDERS. The adventurous voYager is
DR.. c. E. Woodman, who first proposed
the trip to the members of the club.
lie left Cape Vincent on the 18th inst,
and has consequently been thirteen DAYS
on the trip. At Ogdensburgh he was
Joined by half dozen other members
of the club, but soon afterward they
parted company, not then having de-
cided to come the whole distance. The
doctor had had, on the whole, pleas
ant trip of it, although the weather was
very changeable and the recent storms
delayed his progress. He ran the Long
Sault, Coteau, Cedars. Split Rock and
Cascade rapids, and would have ..done''
the Lachine rapids also, but was per-
suaded from doing so on account of the
high water and unfavorable wind. He
was determined to make the whole trip
by water, however, and consequently
came down the canal The trusty little
vessel which has so well brought the
doctor over his perilous course is q
small, decked, lapstreak canoe, four
teen feet long. She is named the Stella
Maris, and is built of white cedar. with
deck of red Spanish cedar. She ID
fitted with slip keel and sail, and pro-
crosses in calm weather by a double
bladed paddle. Her internal arrange
ments are perfect, and her occupant
slept in her during the whole voyage, a
neat canvas covering being drawn over
the we'll at night, and an air mattress
on the bottom of the little vessel max.
ing one of the most comfortable Of
beds~-Montreal Star.
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For Young Readers.
SURPRISING.

Suppose you lived in little greenhouse
Where the sun shone thro the roof
And over your head q canopy spread
With light for the warp and woof
While q motherbird cuddled you under her
wing
Whenever leafiet stirred,
Suppose-why. don't you suppose you'd be
AS happy asa bird?
Suppose you lived meath the sunny sky
In the meadows fair and wide,
And drank of the stream and nibbled the
grass.
Aud skipped by your mothers side,
And cooled your feet in bubbling brock
Where your woolly playn-atos swan,
Suppose now-don't you suppose you'd be
As happy asa lamb?
Suppose you swung on slender stem
Where your sister-roSes hung,
With graceful nod for each passing breeze,
But heart where the dewdrops chung,
And burning cheek like the crimson streak
That fair in the sunrise glows,
GuppoSe-ah, yes suppose you'd b.
AS sweet asa blushing rose.
But suppose your mamma knows
A secret sweetef by half.
If she should hear she'd fold you close
And answer with laugh.
She'd say; why, here's my singing bird.
NY precious little lamb,
Ny sweetest rose'-and you would say:
I'm nicer as / am
Our Little Men and Women.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-09-20
A Russian Solomon.

The St. Petersburg Herald relates
that recently in South Russian village
q peasant was accused of a theft. The
culprit kept out of the way, but sent an
advocate to plead his cause before the
local Judicial magistrate. The lawyer
employed all his eloquence to convince
the Judge that his client was innocent,
but his clever appeal had no effect upon
the magistrate, who knew the accused
and had probably condemned him be-
fore he heard the details of the case.
He gave the sentence-five and twenty
blows with rod. The village Solomon
was informed that the criminal could
not be found. Never mind" he OBJ
served. Justice must have its course.
AS the criminal is not In our hands, we
decree that his advocate shall receive
the flogging. The man who has the
face to defend such a rascal deserves to
be punished The luckless lawyer in
vain protested against the Illegally,
absurdity and utter injustice of the
Gonstrous sentence. The loss of his
time and his fees, he contended, would
be quite sufficient punishment. But the
stiff old Russian Solomon was inexor.
able, and the lawyer was actually
seized, bound and received the twenty
FIVE strokes as the representative Of the
alssent criminal.