The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1883-03-18

.oni should have written. 80 worry little. oven
though the works he has left us are Of. the very
In an accident which boieii him at Paris during
w, e b years 81 he married life He and his
81 Napoieons great Victories The ' crowd S S"s
TO that ms S PeEsohhs were crushed
feeble health and not worry robust stature was
separated from her BY the pressure. and.
every side. no was seized with a mortal dread
that his loved companion had persisted. His
which they never recovered. subectine him INTO to
From that fatal night he hardly dared e 60 gu
would walk so long and so rapidly that he tested
severely tho endurance Of his companions. Be:
sides. his taste in literature resembed that Of
Leonardo do vinci in painting; his ideal was so
lofty that, he was never pleased with his
nn %es not TaH s
OF what had cost hin muSh thought and labor
than ha ySa IN 6s s
the Scala Theatre in Milan. and his villa at
B4,rsuglbo on Lake ComN to the School Of Soc
topics Of the day, Manzonl was tho master to
who had achieved q wider and noisier fame.
a n sssG al shS writer's and
Foscoi Nieoni. G Sp Giobert snd 30 m SsS
Others So ssrrased BY our EEngsh and A%sr
swayed, our critics az we'll as our public opin-
one after the other. ali tho defences Of tho tenn.
pornl power. are now dying away like the last
m th 81 tho storm as 1t passes behind
J. Even though ManzGni was loaded with hon.
s ass the poss t dh
all Italy combined to exalt his fame to the
skies there were very many among his pane
tian. and who labored persistently to throw
oboguy on his patriotism as we'll as on that OF
woke him to defend himself or the men who
snd stsn acted wo Xth h tbs MS
moved him but little. He could not bear
that that o Ghrstans should make war on
Rosmlni, whose beautiful mind and still more
beautiful soul were so intimately known to him.
not help admiring the pure zeal which prompt.
literary merit Of his prodSctions. The perse.
cutlons to which this great and good man was
subjected were a thing Manzoni could not ,uEp.
their profession to tho cause Of religion should
be- 80 bitterly hostile 70 one whose faith was SO
ehHrchmen." he would say With st. Francis Of
mics outside the Church, think we ought to
stir stir up no bickerings within. This poor Mother
%S o do a x Ss wns sMR
IL had but little iitns ioT ssy Iits His y.
his movements. and found means not only 70
breathed SPOKE. and moved more freely His
sSynr hin Re S sot vs for
lilo His wife died early OF consumption.
l.nr h.t.4t. md thr.N A.s.,
daughters. OF these eight children only
three survived their father. the others hav hay;
easrea of their HG mother Ths wes swo S
ness of disposition was tho greatest blessing OF
the poets life. She watched over him with the
rather She admired his qualities and screened
his weaknesses from every eye. With tho sweet
Of the ana saa
the depth Of his religious faith, One day he and
his friends got much excited In discussing
tIh...ruw oil on the troubled waters. Thercupon
| Alcssandro turned upon her. and with voice
s sp Se IN
In conversation Man2oni spoke slowly. as one
E SeSre s' sSins atoranee e He aSored
under a natural impediment Of speech, espe;
IN and he would his
iorehnger on the under lip to help it In articu-
In 1887 he married a second time: This
Later as the Hs eesS S Massmo dXses 10 mar:
WsS Ghsns spSa G a BIZ Els wn evff
seemed 70 possess every talent aha sna
aa ana ras rae SIa S play S baTas and
cards. All this the poet could not do. In after
Tssn Ss %as 9e sMnsser s1d ssS
q d? spirit rarnins and table turning ali Of which
Of such a ma man into the family became the sie-
for 1na s,.%s n1o
forso What S was the end Of such lief Alter
nm existence 50 virtuous and % pure rs ms
MalI Ss eSda Ss so SGM ss
although he had always felt that holy ieHl
which recalls the soul to virtue,-that noble feal
destiny i as the only true mstor,unsNhe deemed
1t wise in his old age to expis'e as much as ht
soaa OF ss r hs ws
is lon. and heavy how shall stand there
during n i the Len.en s season. lie prepared him
self for Easter with eytraordinary devotion. an.
the Ts IL
his memory failed. No ,,o mistoo s,n on;
n oihsr pSop!s's clothes: liz would hold w
handker chiefs. uncertain as TO which he shoul'
ah% WY, e Wdpad ssy te must ma
ate things to those. who approached him. From
time to time intelligence dashed sS forth In I, !.
to see one who has become childish p.
While the long last agony lasted, Pietro III
it. At his latest hour he was unable to recoiv
the supreme consultations that eurth bestow
on those vino are leaving 1t; but hc had pre-
pared himself for 1t a few days before by re
ceiving tho eucharist He was reunited TO "
Fount OF Truth and Goodness on May ~. lS7:
italy never showed a grief so universal; Thl
was proof that the nation acknowledged, !
him its great educator, its ideal patriot. arts
and Catholic in conviction and In deed. tn
ideal OF what she will BIO whom the preseu
wrhilwind OF passion has blown over"
BERNARD O'REILLY.