New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-10-21

CARLYLE was almost starving in London Emerson
obtained for him not only recognition but money !"
the United states.
We doubt. however whether there IL anything III
Mr. Froudcs volume which gives u meaner idca vi
CARLYLE than the contrast offered by the two iollo"
ing incidents When Carlyle was in great Pcou"'
AIRY want during his first years III LONDON oeio''
he had established place IN literature he ree'N'"
from his friend Basil Montagu q kindly of'r % 4"
situation. How he rcpulsed the propos"' II 'o'' :"
a savage letter to his brother;
CHELSEA. January 20. 1s3G-I'asll Montagn H"o
n life hcnclaction MI cut ont and dried for incINo
il depended on the measure OF graf WhcIhci "
was to be- ready for or for another sic,"ann
under hun at the rnteo i2Voa kca,, ,ho oycninc
lecturing also in mechanics Institutes W lnc
and doing etccteras. might live. ilstenc" W. H."
grave fixed eyes to the sovereign oi }unno"S, had
mewcd ont all the inc oscnnt of empty boxes
for which, too. | had been Sent tro'. hS , ,;m,,
of pavement though knew from the bcghnh.ip
conld he only moonshinc-and. WIN gih'c tu i,,n
for this pptcntiahty of n clerkshp. took my ~
that night and, next morning ali sun III w
tal mood, sent my indicative thIec-penny. Wy oner
and cxpcctation partly il TINT Montagndoih iono'r
ally would he kind enough TO keep us Own S;J If
the pavement Not very cXpressiblc Is inc XIII o
feeling the whole thing now raises III .,oh and
vanished over by lies which you see through IN"
through One other thing could NOT Dui ic'I ii
the tdiih of Montagu wishing ne Tor MS c'T Irs
thinking the polar bear rtduceu u, $500 tcndnq
AL
rabbits Greater faith have not i1uh'I ~ ; in
Ict ms leave these people They shall hardly again
cost me even an exchange OF threcpehhies'
Compare this exhibition OF ignoble PRIDE win thc
exhibition of still more gnoblc huhiity III " S'oiS
told by Mr. Froudc of one oil the many siS",' ~
which Mrs Carlyle was subjected through nei nus
bands intimacy with Lady Harriet barhg 'I''S
Ashburton):
If ninctcnths Of Mrs Carlyle's injuries were I'M
oonarv if her nroud and sensitive disposition saw
atronfs where there had been only great i;luA
mnrIigcnce there was real scmcthln& OF wnich sue
had right to complain; only n1i a ,r.pcntrJ
of perception in such matters c0uld na'e I
lin rom seeing how unfit it WAS that she should
have 10 go and como at Lady Ash burtohs ndillgi
undcr fear of her husbands dlspeaSure' a Si: n
;,nidert in the simmer of 1886, though mere tinc
in itself may serve rs illustration OF VIVA, SIG
had 10 undergo The Cariyies were gong lor Il non
day to Scotland. Lady Ashburtoh Was KILN ', nan
She had engaged paiatial carriage, when had pc'1
made for the Queen and her suite ana sic pioTosou
to take the Carly les down with heri ne ca.IiuSo
consisted of spacious s'Iooh. " 49, . VIII flo
eating with IT, an ordinary compartment WIN llc
nsua six seats in II was attached. Lady Ashburtoh
occupied the saloon alone. Mrs thrIyIe, 'noith ia
bad health and needing rest as mucn rs iaHS a.
was placed in the compartment WIN ner husuaH'
the family doctor and Lady AS mad, a pos't,on
perfectly proper for her if she was dependent, pu.
in which no lady couid nave Dcen PIacTu VIII 'i
Lady Ashburton regarded a. her own cquai III riiln
II may he that Mrs Carlyle chose 10 nave IL 80 lei
self But Lady \. ought not to nave alio~tu II, anu
Carlyle ought not 10 have allowed IT, ior ~ "aS y
filing wrong In Itself. One Is not SURPRISED 10 hno
that when Lady A. offered TO take her nome III Tue
same way she refused to 20: II there were an con-
panionship in the matter, she said bitterly VIII
CARLYLE communicated Lady As proposal IL
vould be different; or If Won 20 back Win thc ASH
bultons II will bc different, ny then Shouu ue
going rs part of yOnr luggage without sei-icsiolH
bility" Carlyle regarded the AshburtonS rs elcll
peoplc' 20 whom he was under obligations; VINO
had been very good to him: ana OF whose IRAN nc III
a scnsc formed a part.