Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-11-28
BlLWEERIs' s LOVE LETTERS.
Sir Eaw -ra =. ston Bnlwer, thu Great
English Noveli1s Made Ridiculous by
His Love Letters. ~

Sir Eaw-ra r. ston Bnlwer, tina Great
English Noveliss Made Ridiculous by
His Love Letters.
From The London Pa Mall Gazette.
Miss Louisa Dewey is the executrix to
the Dowager Lady Lytton. To her
Lady Lytton left by will all her papers.
including these letters, an incomplete
Autobiography" and another MS. OF
autobiographic character, called Meme
SIS aud she was 80 nervously anxious
that her intention should not through
any inadvertence be frustrated, that she
directed that they should not by any
reason OF any pretext, however plausi-
ible and apparently truthful be per-
mitted to pass into the hands Of any
member of certain families she named.
"My first intention, says Miss Dewey,
"was to delay this publication for some
years; but I am compelled to hasten,
my action in consequence of the recent
appearance of the Biography of Ed
ward Lord L.ytton'; for, although I
might not to have considered it incum-
bent on me to correct inaccuracies so far
as the late Lord was concerned,
yet in the unjust notices of Lady
Lytton I feel that delay would be
prejudicial to the very object of my trust
and the faithful discharge OF duty I
had unreservedly accepted. Let, then,
these letters tell their own tale. The
correspondence carries the reader with
some intervals through the years of
courtship and early married life, and it
is remarkable that Miss Wheeler's let
ters over the same period are so care
fully suppressed, thus affording reason
able ground for believing that they
would hardly support the general tenor
of the Biography It may be a question
oftaste how far the publication of private
correspondence may be justified, where
it only supplements opinions already
formed; but there can be no doubt of
it's necessity when used to redress wrong
or to correct misstatem ents that are
not only false in themselves, but COM
pei US to repudiate them with indigna-
ton as attempts to impose upon your
credulitv."
The fret meeting Of Miss Wheeler
with Mr.. Edward Bulwer took place at
party at Miss Benger's in October,
1925. Thus Miss Wheeler describes
her future husbands:
He had, she says in her autobiogra-
ply, Just returned from Paris, and
was Respondent with French polish
as fur rs boots went His cobweb cam,
brio shirt-front was triumph of lace
and embroidery, combination never
seen in this country till SIX or seven
years later Except on babies frocks).
Stnds. too, except in racing stables,
were then non est; but perfect galaxy
glittered down the centre of this fairy
like lingerie. His hair, which was real
ly golden and abundant he wore Liter
s.llyein long ringlets that almost reached
his shoulders. He was Enthusiastically
gentleman like looking. Poor Dor
say IS linen ganntlets had not yet burst
upon the London world; but Mr.. Lyt-
ton Du'wer had three inches OF cambria
encircliug his coat cuffs, and fastened
with jewelled sleeve links. And al
though it wanted full five years till
every man Id society was caned, he al
so dangled from his ungloved aud gilt
tering right hand a somewhat gorgeous
ly jewel headed ebony cane; and the
dangling was of the scientific kind, evil
ae, : learned, marked and inwardly
dig, sted.''
Shortly after this meeting begins a
series of 29S letters, which the volume
contains. The cold Formally Of the first
two or three soon changes to something
more passionate. 1T has already
been remarked" says Lady iytton's
executrix, "that Mr.. Bulwer's letters to
Miss Wheeler exhausted the whole vo-
. cabu]ary of amatory defamation; but
their want of reticence and dignity too
clearly betrays a. sensual abandonment
to whaG she called the love of q
Bnshaw, not concealed by the affected
but ponderous philandering of his play
full correspondence under the names Of
Puppy and Poodle"
In Tue seventeenth letter begins g
series of endearments, Of pet names, Of
wonderful diminutives and superlatives
rs extraordinary as any that have ever
been laughed at in a court of law. my
dearest Rose and darlingest Poodle,
he addresses Miss Wheeler, signing him
self 500 own Pnppo." Here are few
examples from this bundle OF love let
ters: ,.,
"MY ADoRED PooDLE.-Many,
many thanks for darling letter
Me is so happy, me is waggins
my tail and putting my ears down, me is
TO meet 90 tomorrow. 0 day of days
cannot tell you how very, very happy
you have made me! No, my own love
don't come before IL; but really shall
meet you! 0 darling OF darlings! ]
cannot write to You tonight, nor at any
length now. The best plan about the
carriage will be for you to get in it first
and it can then pick NE up in another
ST.. SO that you will enter it alone
When you are once in, put down ye
blinds. Q ZOO love Of loves. me is
ready to leap out Of my skin for JOY
Adieu. Twenty million kisses.
.. = E. L. B."
"Then, again, he writes, "take nine
ty million million million [kisses]; and
SO zoo thinks to convict me Of equiv.
ocation by ,saysng me continues &c
dream, tho not to sleep! Tobe sure
90 does not call dreaming sleep:
call it the most active, fatiguing and
yet delicious part Of existence, instead