New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-03-14

truc picture of life, moreover, as true az thoso "
Elections of the trees ard banks that useu W soo
n the Concord; but refined 70 hlgner delre'
than they as If this reflection were ltscli renecleu
Nobody but Yourself would dare to write 80 9uIeI
a hook nor could ans other succeed IN IT, u II
entirely original a book by itself; tTnc work OF
genius ii there were Jne Ana y9I snouu ~ w
wonder if many people (conlonnh IhcnI VI T,J w
see no suck matter IN II. In iact II dOuVV nno'ot
an body ese has cniOyed it so much as |, athohRh
have heard or seen mono but favorable opinions
| should like to have written a I3ng hol,cc , 81 ~,
and wonld have done so for me SdieW ddCTESo,
but on the strength Of my notice OF bVahRelue
and SOME half dozen other books nave oeeh . ac
cused of u connection with tu" edltor'hP vi 'h'T
paper, and of writing political articIeS-V .iicn l
never did one single time IN my me! must Coh-
fess this srs up u little OF the devil Withn me- 70
find myself hunted by these political Di0odh1uIGSS;
If they succeed in getting me out Of once. VIII
surely immediate some of them. ms VIII 40,
not as ar act of individual vengeance, but in your
behalf as well as mine, because the{ ~i'i hib go
lated the sanctity OF the prieSthOoI 10 Will 10
both in different degrees, belong ! 90 hot cit'l'f
to bc poet: and vet cannot but feel that so"o VI
the sacreduesS OF that character adhere- 10 me anu
oupbt TO he respected in me- unless step ont OF lts
imnunitics | have often thought that
there must he a good deal OF enjoyment IN writlhg
personal satire; but never having ieIt Tue siS n1-
est ill-will toward any human being nave hlihcl-
to been declared from this peculi sourte ol p'IS
nrc mean to come and dine with y0h' inc
next time You invite, and lilllard sad he "oui"
Ever your friend, -
NATH. HAwTHORNE.
LIVERPOOL, May H. 1888.
DEAR LoNGFELLOw | am very sorry You ar" not
coming over ut present both on my own account
and yours You ought to be IN Gl'nn 10 o S%'. arc
Likely TO estimate. No other poet has anything IKE
your vogue Did you hear how the Harrow school
boys few months ago, decided by l"l,i"d ,ho
las understood that you are the hrSt poet Oh INC
age | make great play at dinner tables OY means
of you. Every lady especially the younger ones
enters on the tonic with enthusiasm ana my per
eonal knowledge Of yOu sheds InStre on mysei
DO over and see these people ... J., .ho
Don't Won think that the autumn may be the
golden age both of the intellect aud the magma.
ton You certainly, grow richer ana deeper az
every step of Your advance in life shall be Elad
to think that too may mpr0ve-that ior insane
there may be something rnddcr. warmer ana more
genial. in my later irultage. 1t IS goOd lot tle
moral nature of an American to 1--we III tne'ah'l'
among more simple ana natural people tnitn o'i-
selves. Ale Is an excellent moral nutrlmeht So -
English mutton and perhaps the ehect OF Doth
will be visible in my next romance. r, ....,,.,,
Truly yours, NATL h""lhoNNE.
The record of our poets popularity would not DO
complete without an account of its penalties. Here
are a few examples of what he had to endure:
1lth In the twilight. visit rom vendor OF es-
scuc,s WHO offered a great BARGAIN namely that
lac would give me one dollars worth OF his essences,
and should write for him pOetcal epistle TO Jenny
Lind asking charity in his behlt stupid doit! III
took me some time to make him comprehend the IN
dcccncy of his behavior. lruIN an Ighoole ldhNec
IL n very ignOhle being.
DIST i letter from youth in tho town of MCLen-
onsvillc Tennessee asking no less than TINS;
Some directions as to Il course oI Ie'U'ne' "ndC
authors III poetry, in romance, in philosophy your
| oplniou of Kant and Carlyle, fully. Please make
SUGGESTIONS such as would likely he beneficial ID
vonnp man entering upon lifes serious responsible
tiles wishing to form style most cohsenlal 10 MS
taste 8, $780,. te-.
9th. Mr. ---. phrenolo gst, called just before
dinner and >ked me to let him stay ana dine
! which of course did not refuse | never saw MN
before. .,
WHY will people write So Y-strangers mostly,
| making strange requests Here now, is q letter
which shall not answer; the writer entirely ul-
! known. says !. r.
| Now want YOU to write nc few llneS Tor
vOung ladvs album, TO be written As an AcroStc 10
| read Nv Dearest One. If you will please imagine
Yourself a Young man loving Il beautiful young
! lady who has promised To ~ NJ vile. an" then
| write as you world for yourself, You Will much
oblicc one who has been an ardeat admrer OF your
! poems" oc,,:u,
9th A farmer III Michigan writes 10 inform me
! that he las written Il poem on the lToquOls IRA
! dit,on of Ulawatha and wishes me to endoISe It,
80 that he may escape the baleiul lniuehce ilkey
| to arise in tile minds of many that 1t must De IN
some sort a copy or imitation OF the Song oil Hla-
/ watha.' Rather cool!
How well he bore all such infections we AL know
One thinks of the gentle scholar man who can
! never have made an enemy or lost friend; ana
we Law down his autobiography for such the book
| can fairly he called with feeling that in these
posthumous PAGES he has opened a view of his own
soul as beautiful as the creations of his fancy.