The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-05-31
aa1EGAMOUS PEOPLE.
Pen Photograr> 1eJa1 by Sarah 4
Barton i'm Harper's Bazaar.

ly cOlOred Sevres china, arranged for
candles. Victor Hugo enters from the
dining room where he has been at din
ner with some friends on Sabbath eve-
ming, as is his:custom. A lady is on each
arm. One with white hair is the lifelong
friend of his deceased wife. He greets
US cordially, kissing the hand of each of
us three ladies. Though an exile in the
island of Guernsey for nearly twenty
years:by reason of ibis hatred for the Bona
parties, he has learned almost no English
though he said to us, II must speak
little English" but imme-
French. He stood much of the
time by the mantel, with his hands
folded behind him. He is of medium
size, his snow white hair cut rather
close, standing up all over his massive
head, and his eyes are piercing and
strong. He impresses one as a fearless
man, who would willingly die for liberty.
All present treated him most defer
entiallv. One young man said to him,
"Great master"-for thus they all adj
dress him-''you are the leader of the
nineteenth century" He replied: Per
haps am one of its representative men.
I came in with the century, and I shall
go out with it," He il a tireless worker,
rising regularly at five or six in the,
standing.
Robert Browning, living at Warwick
Crescent, London, has all he kindness
of manner of Whittier or Longtellow.
He is seventy years old, with white hair
h,,S Ill 80
man of fifty. He pleasantly asked my
81 am not old enough tor it." His beauti-
full home is full ofremembranc> S OF Mrs.
Browning, whose memory he tenderly
cherishes. Her writing table, next his
own, her chair, her books, her portraits,
are all of touching interest. Being asked
if he would not come to America, he
said, II dislike to cross the sea, and l
have many friends here, so l fear I
shall never come" He is liberal in
politics, judge from his admiration of
Mr.. Gladstone, and a practical, earnest
thinker.
John Ruskin, the noble apostle of
art in England, lives at the head Of Con-
istone water-a beautiful Lancashire
lake. His home, Brentwood, is a large,
rambling brick house covered with vines,
set on a hillside in the midst of a forest
Of spruce, holly, chestnut and oak.
Close to the walls are beds of yellow
poppies, which seem to welcome one to
the place. A walk back of the house
leads to a mountain where Prof. Ruskin
revels in geological research. The house
itself is a treasury of art and science. In
the drawing room, whose prevailing tint
is blue, are pictures by Burne.Jones,
Turner and Mr.. Ruskin. The library
ls, indeed, the workshop of master.
Books are on every side; some old, with
Michael Angeles autograph, and some
lions. Here are some OF Walter Scott's
novels in manuscript. One desk
has a beautiful collection of dia-
monds, agates and other precious stones
each laid on rimson or purple velvet.
Here is circular table, covered with
green cloth, where he writes. His seal
is craven on the end of fine piece of
chalcedony five or six inches high.
Above is his bedroom, furnished in high
chintz, simple, but the books and pict-
ures are worth fortune. The absence
of pipes is noticeable. Mr., Ruskin,
l believe, is much opposed to
smoking. The Turner's hung all about the
room, are covered with blue cases, lest
the light fade the exquisite colors. The
view Of the lake, eonistone Old mana
the ivy covered house where Sir Philip
Sidney once lived. are inspiring. Mr..
Ruskin is constant worker, studying
one subject carefully for 4 month, and
then another. He has great love for
working people, and is always trying to
help them by such publications as sFors
Clavigera" or the Society of st. George,
which proposes model village and a
museum. 10 this Mr.. Ruskin has given
paintings and books, one of the latter
costing five hundred dollars. He believes
and rightly, the poor can appreciate
beautiful things. Mr.. Ruskin is a slight
ly built man, with modest manner, kind
blue eyes, and admirable power of con-
versation.
Mrs. Dinah Maria Mullock Craik lives
in Kent, in a house in the Queen Anne
style, QUE Of the most charming which I
saw in England. She seems to me to H.
lustrate in her own home life, with her
husband and only daughter, Dorothy,
the ideals she has drawn in her books.
Her first novel was ''The Oglivies," pub
lished in l849, since which time she has
given to the world over 30 volumes. She
has written comparatively little since
uCA A!ak AAoe0S aOOue SAAVeoA 0aIo asos
She is a queenly. woman in manner,
Mr.. Holman Hunts little golden-haired
daughter, Gladys Mulock. whose picture
was admired by everybody in the Royal
academy last year, held Mrs. Craik,
her grandmother, by the hand. as we
walked about the grounds.
Jean Ingelow and her two brothers
live in q lovely London home, full of
flowers, as one might expect from one
who so loves nature. Great punches of
yellow primroses mo one can be in Eng
land in the spring and not love these
tiny things thta make the fields yellow
with their bloom) and blue forget me
nots we're about the house. The grounds
too, are a perfect flower garden. Miss
Ingelow is most intelligent on all great
questions. She knows American litera-
ture we'll, and speaks highly of many of
our writer's. She is not strong, goinZ to
the south of France usually in the win
ter, while in the summer, in the Lon
don season, from May to July. her pres
ence is, of course, eagerly sought. Her
"Songs Of Seven" not q great favorite
with her, will be favorite with the
world as long as there are women to be
wives and mothers. Miss Ingelow makes
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her home, and the comfort of those who
are dear to her. Though she has written
several books, she is best known among
us by her poems and her two novels,
.'Don John" and of the Skelligs." She
is in the prime of life, though her hair is
turning gray, and will probably do much
more work. Her name is a household
word on both sides of the ocean.
Christina Rossetti. whose poems are
pure, strong and finished, lives quietly
In the heart Of London with her mother,
to whom she is devoted. Her own
health has not been good for some years.
Her hair and eyes are dark, the latter
very beautiful. Their home has many
of Dante Gabriel Rossetti's pictures, one
showing the face of his young wife,
whose death, two years after their mar
riage, cast shadow over his life. He
must have been q patient workers. well
o creator, SO full Of exquisite details are
his paintings. Miss Rossetti has writ
{ ten 1t least siz Volumes Of poe is prom
5inent among which ara Goblin Market
and the 1.-THE Prince's Progress. = She
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