New-York tribune., 1885-02-10

tbs fsscssht tspstisisn OF snu dsnsefUus piece.
Dolby had been urging him TO change his pro
rammesi
Have you An!shsd p he said, angrlY: - v
II have said ell feel on that matteH'" was my
reply. =, :, +, and throwing his knife
snd fork on Eis plate (which he smashed TO as0~''
sSy.i:y gfernal caution will be your ruin
one 3, nuss so sad an this case though
hope yop will 90 me the justice to say 1t Is
Ileft the table and proceeded to put my tour nss
IN my writlngcase. Turning round. saw h, JT ny
crying my eyes not SO clear as tney nton
and coming toward me. he emDraceo LILO ano''0A
6S9yb iyb Yea ssz Nz das sat tRs
over calmly In the morning"
The symptoms Of nervous exhaustion betrayed by
this incident seem to us unmstakable. Macready.
when feeble In body and failing in mind. heard the
Murder reading. and was afterward conducted to
Dckenss dressng-room, which he entered In
state of painful exitement.
Turning to Dickens who had by this time placed
him onla sofa he said in the manner peculiar TO hn-
self and with great hesitation, o You remember h my
best days. my dear boyi No that's not it. Well, to
make long story short. all l have to say is-lw0
Dickens waited upon the Queen by command ct
Buckingham Palace in 1870. and immediately
afterward dined with Mr.. Dolby, to whom he gave
full account Of the interview. Etiquette reQuir-
ing that he should stand, Her Majesty remained
during the whole Of the interview (which lasted an
hour and half leaning over the head OF soia'
The Queen showed much interest and curiosity In
regard to Mr. Dickenss recent American e&-
perienees and some reference was made to sup
posed disceurtesy that had been shown IN America
ON OCCASION to Prince Arthur. This, Dickens
was very anxious to explain away. assuring the
Queen that no true-hearted Americans were In
svmpathy with the Fynan body In that country
and that nowhere In the world was there warmer
feeling toward the English Queen than existed
throughout the whole Of the United States 10 senti-
lnent which Her Majesty was pleased TO hear from
sood dea Of anStoD tSa Her had then
graoiousy asked his opinion on the servant 9ues-
tion" Could he account for the fact that we nave
Mr. Dickens reeretted that he could not account for
this fact except perhaps on the hypothesis that our
system of education was wrong one. Hn .na tl,s us
had his own ideas, but saw no likelihood or thelr
being carried into effect The price OF provisions,
the cost of butchers meat and bread, were next
lightly touched upon, and the conversation
ripDled on agreeably to an agreeable end But
the interview did not close until the Queen, Win
gracious modesty. had begged Mr.. Dickenss accept
ance at her own hands OF copy OF the journal III
the Highlands" in which Her Majesty had placed
an autograph inscription, and her own sign manual
In return Cor this present, the Queen expressed
desire to possess complete set of Mr.. Dickenss
works and she added that she would like to have
ing by that bargain. Apropos of the novels. Mr.,
Dolby tells an odd story of visit to Liverpool.
whore he went out one evening leaving the chief"
unwoll at the hotels
Before my departure. no begged Of mo 70 call at
boolSsellers and to send TO him book with which
to pass away the time until my return. was EN-
barassed to know the sort of book he wDuld prefer
and was met with the reply. "0h. you know! any,
thing YOU like" THIS not satisfying No ! pressed
for precise instructions on the point, getting
only the same reply as before, with tho suggestion
that something OF Sir Walter Scott's or his oDa
would answer the purpose. As this did not assist
me very much. decided on getting for, MIN one of
his own books, and knowing The Old Curiosity
shop to be favorite with him, purchased that
Taking 1t to him myself, no delighted that
had done tLis. for be had not read the book for
years On bearing this | naturally curious to
see the effect of his work Oh him when | should
return to the hotel and was greatly amused to find
him laughing immoderately at certain incidents in
the book if he had never seen it before was as
much amused at this as he was with his book, and
lest | might think he vain OF his own work,
he explained to me he was not laughing at his own
creations much at the recollection 'of the cir
cumstances under which certain passages and III
cidents written.