The sun., 1886-12-05

WIZ VI &sSske - oHvstiy. Au0 hhcoSshuS
reSsction Of his profRersd contributions. though
It Involved continued ssbiectloa 10 OF.
trsms privatioA. seems 10 have asssd on him
- spuf rather than douchs. For instance.
he tells MITCHELL IN March. 1871: II have
tried about twenty plans this winter In the way
Of euthofsAip: they have al failed: have
about twsAty more to try: and n It does bot
please the Director OF all things to continue the
moderate eAare Of health now restored to me.
will make the doors Of human socloty iy open
before me. Yes. Notwithstanding my pstards
will not burst. or make only noise when they
do; must mix them bstter. plant them more
judiclously: they shall burst. and do execution
too"
For tho two years that followed his resolve to
keep at least tho germ Of life In him By litera-
ture. tho only work he got to do was the iIl.pald
compilation Of occasional articles for Blew
stsr's Encyclopedias. or the translation OF
Fronoh books for tho bookssllsrs-he did not
yet venture TO translate from the German. hnv-
Ing only recently begun the acquisition Of that
language. HIS essays at original authorship
had all miscurried. As early As January. 1890.
he offered paper to the EdinburOh Repie,o:
it was criticism on . mechanical theory OF
Cravitation. put forth By Genevan savant
OF this production or It's writer not the
slightest notice was taken BY jeffrey the
editor OF tho Rerie'c. Some years were to
elapse before Jeffrey was TO print an article
from Carlyle's pen. and even thon he felt It in
cumbsnt on him TO en- asculate the style by ro-
vision. There Ia an iDteresting allusion In
Carlyle's "Reminiscences to tho miscarriage OF
this venture. 1T was still some eight or ton
years before any personal contact occurred be-
tween Joflroy and me: nor did over tell him
what bitter pnsssee known only to one pnrty
there had been between us. 1t was In 1920 lthe
coldest winter I oy6r know that bad takcn .
most private resolution. and executed 1t In
spite OF physical and other misery. to try JET
frey with an actual contribution to the
Edinburgh Rerie,o. : Ny review tof the
0enevan scteutinc' book previously mon
tionsdl all fairly written out 10 George
Dalsleish's good clerk hand. penned some
brief. polite note to the great editor. and
walked on With the email parcel ono night to
his address in George street. very woll re-
member leaving 1t with his valet there. and
disappearin In tho light with various thoughts
and doubts. Ny hopes had never risen high.
or in fact risen at all; but for fortnight 50.
they did not quite do out and then 1t was ab-
solute zero: no answer. no return Of Ms. ab-
eolutcy no notica takon. which was q form
OF catastrophe more complete than even
! Ind anticipated. There rose in my
head pungenr little motto which might
bo written to tho great man. with neatly cut
ting considerations offered him from the small
unknown ditto: but wisely Judged it was still
more dlgnilled to lot tho matter lio as 1t was
and take what had got for my own benefit
only. Nor did over mention 1t to almost any
one least OF all to jeffrey In subsequent
changed times. when o: any ratio 1t was fallen
extinct. It was my second. not quito my
tirst ATTEMPT In that fashion. Above two
hofn Kjrk AL Nod r6e1
10 somo magazine editor in Edinburgh what
perhaps WAS likelier little article tof descrip-
tive tourist kind. after u real tour by Yarrow
country into AnnandaleD. which aso vanished
without sign not much to my regret that frst
one. nor indeed very much the second either
Ia dull affair altogether. could not bu. admit.
1t must be owned my flrst entrances into
glorious literature wore abundantly stinted
aud pitiful. but man does enter II. evon with
q small Ritt. he persists; and perhaps 1t 10 nc
disadvantage II the door bs several times
slammed In his face IS preliminary"
By the naisAIs oe 1891 CARLYLE. then 90 years
old. could not bs said to have actually turned
tho corner. but he had at least obtained some
than ono the date was TO mako an epoch In his
life 1t was at this time that he first saw Miss
Welsh. and hereafter va shall meet. In Mr.
Norton's volume. with many letters or extracts
from letters addressed to her. But we mus
reserve for q subsequent occasion his CORE.
spond dence with the lady who was to become
his wife. ss we'll as sonao other specially iluni-
native letters written to old college friends
during the I've years that were yet to intervene
before his marriage. NJ. W. H.
Breok Fsra.
Brook Farm, with tho Association for agri
culture aud education established at Wes
Ro1bury. In Massachusetts. forty-1ve years
ago. by Gsorge Ripley and bis associates
has always formed subject OF tnteres
among people who pay attention to nov
theories OF society or to efforts toward 60
oial improvement. Most OF the persons who
we're principally con cerned In that undertak.
ing have passed away. and none Of them has
recorded the history OF the Association. which
lasted about Ave years. and was finally brought
to an end through the accidental burning Of &
large and nearly flushed phalanstery.
Various contributions to tho narrative OF
Brook Farm have. however. appeared from the
pens of persons who were more or less con
cerned In the enterprise; and ono OF tbs
most faithful and valuable OF these sketches Is
that contained In the Years OF Expe.ience.
BY Mrs GEoHa1ANA BRUCE KrRBY 10. T. Put
nam's Sons). which has just made its sDpear.
anca. Tho book Is an Hutobiographicat mar.
| rative and only about one third OF It reiates tc
| Brook Farm. and this Ia rather record OF per.
| sonal occurrences and observations than {
| formal description OF the life which went or
| therc. But 1t is exceodingly fresh and idiosyn'
cratic. written In n simple and flowing style
and preserving tho flavor and picturesQuenes
| Of actually to a remarkable degree.
Tho other portions Of the volume are equal,
| full OF interest; and we commend this Twins
chapter OF the trans cenilsnta. anti. slavery. ond
socislistic life OF New England as 1t was in the
| times OF DIR. Claiming. Theodore Parker. nnc
| George Ripley to tho attention OF all who oon'
| csrn themselves With such subjects.
Ellissl's Alaska.
1t is proper to acknowledge the impor'
tanco Of the service which Mr. HENRY w
ELLIOTT has rendered in the preparation o
Our Arctic Proui,lce: Alaska and the Seal Islands
tCharlss Scrlbnsr's sonsl This is the nrsi
| comprehensive work on Alaska which. coming
from q competent aud thoroughly Informed
writer. meets at the Same tinlo the require.
ments OF tho special student and the genera
l - ..t~ IA ~.