The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-06-10
Ho. O'israeIt Did europe as a
Dandy.

10. O'israeti Did europe as
Dandy.
/ little volume Isl Home Letters.
written * tie l4.e Far IF Brtc usacld
$50 aal 1881. has bceu put. .hrI IA
london III Johl Nurg4y These lct
ter- arc remarkably nttrc~tr- t~ show
.gy FL tec D~rar. ut Twenty-Five uMi
tile Fl. rt Aud VII ..tt-c >ta c.I-
tlItuUe auo .ugu3euCe thtt ed iHtn.
:. tr4mpatntly through la~ tAtraotl-
cary career It Na- .e4r wears ttttl
lie publication 8. ~ yau GggN' tnd
immediately alter tile publications s..
Tie Young D4ke" that DsCAe- slag
ted on this journey through Span ~
the Levaut. and throughout the tour ae
appears 70 have kept AZ a constant cor
r~espoudence with his family ii BucAIng-
Administrations beloved anu bccChY
Bucks" as he calls il. The letters dc-
velop a domestic and a~t!ecuonate SIDE
of his naure that ) not generally tamil
lar aud III that respect they have some
original value. DO not let the cham
OF my domestic knowledge be broken
for an Instant he writes 10 his sister,
and he Is particular n his inquiries
about home. about dogs and horses and
friends. But in general the letters are
remarkable Tor the impression they eve
that the writer is always posing Tor Ell
feet and that he expects even b.s father
aud mother aud sister TO be taken ty
humhug.
The description OF per m and places
are fuil OF his own hiEhly-co.orcd style.
n wIletr be tells OF the Athambra, COW
cred with that NloleL that must
have been borrowed from their own Au-
| dalusian skies where you sit "aud
view the most dazzling sunlight in the
court. which assurc,ily must scorch the
/ flowers ii the faithful lions ever ceased
from pouring forth that element which
YOU must travel in Spain or Airica TO
honor;" OF Thebes, "a icvcrlsh and tn
multu0us dream. full 81 trlumphst gates,
professions OF paintings. granite colossI
Of gods aud kings, prodlgious ohellsks,
avenues Of sphmXcs," etc, etc, or q
the Ambraclau gulf:
Before me is Olympus. whose au>ter,
peak glitters yet in the sun; Q bend y
The land alone hides from me tile islands
Of Ulysses and o. Sappho When
gaze upon this scene | remember the
barbara spleudor and turbulent exist
euce which | have Just quilted with dis
gust. | recur to the feelings ~ the IN
diligence of which | can alone ind ha. 3
piueSs and from which an lncNOrablt
destiny seems resolved TO shut me out
1t might be supposed from this thai
the young man was taking lite seriously
and tile reader wili be surprised t. I'm,
that "A very LARGE portion at the lcttcr'
-. q -.4.. ms. ,,Ys1 A,.,.Attat-- AT In can.
quests. at the mmsr.~r impression / {
aas made ia scott, AID upon di~tn
guished people oil various sorts, and IS
pecially OF the interest lac has excite
BY his personal appearance. y grea
part oil has mental activity must hav'
been given To his dress. AT Malta
he dined I'm an Andalusian dress
Elsewhere he appears IN the COSTUME
OF a Greek pirate: a blood-red SHIRT, witt
silver studs as biz as shl!llu9s, an m
mense scarf for girdle, full OF plstols auC
daogers red cap, red slippers. broad blue
striped Jacket and trousers AGaln
with the united assistance OF my Eng
fish, Spanish and fancy wardrobe spor
ted a costume III Ianind that produce'
a most extraordinary effect on that COS
~tume-loying people. y great man.
Turks called on purpose to see Il. ii
writes to his father also that his hair
coming OIL, Just as it had attained tn
highest perfection and was UNIVERSAL
mistaken for a wig 50 that he wa
obliged ITO let the women pull it to sat
isfy their id curiosity"
All this is ridiculous enough, but NOR
otienslye is a passage in a letter iron
Gibraltar, where he writes Of his ''neS
studs as the objects OF admiration
and envy" and goes on:
| have also the fame of being the frs
who ever passed the Strait with ~.
canes, Il morning and an evening cane
| change my cane as the Gun fires, an
hope to carry them both on To Cairo. |
!, is wonderful the effect these magica
wands produce. | owe to them V
more attention thar to being tie SUP
posed author of-what Is It'll forget
Think of Il man writing such lahore
artiticjallty to his sister! But "aiiec
] %tation' he remarks elsewhere, tell
! even better than wit rs hc %gravely ro
lates this incident:
: Yesterday at the racket court, slttlu
, IN the gallery aruoug strangers, the la.
entered and lighted struck me and icI
at my feet. | picked il up aud obServ
ing Il young rItlemau excessively suitl
| humbly requested him to forward it
! passage INTO the court. as ! really ha
never thrown a ball in my life. TIL
: incident has been the general subject c
conversation at all the mesSes to-day
The impudeuce that would enable
man not only to parade such assinin
allectatiOn among strangers, but to re
late it to his parents as aprOud achieve
! ment, IS Of that sublime sort that j
! akin to genius, and it is in just sue
early manifestations as this that
} have the index OF Disraeh's characte
and the key to the puzzle ofhis dazzlin
: success. 'AAcctat.on tells even bette
than wit" and c~harlatapry than wis
dom.