New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-07-25
And here il ono of the amusing self.tributes with
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" 40. sond"T Martin Tuppcrs autocrapb--he must
he Somewhere near for he has just signed do toll
~ he bereYv ! rather thought he might lie. I've
wished to see him ever since was small boy; DO
Won know hin sirf' Well yes little. show
INN 10 me- sir wont youf I'd given $40 Tor ms
antograph- After word or two more my good
nature gave him the precious signature without
the dollars and | shan't easily forget hls frantic
low showing the document TO all around MN "his'
escaped.
MFR. Upper has written several plays, of which
one. "Alfred.r was put on tho stage at Manchester
with some success by the late Walter Montgomery.
OF another the following odd story is told
Iwrote Washington " principally to please my
many friends in America. whittier was gong lor
a second time: but it rather damred me to ma
when at Philadelphia during lis Trand ENhlpi
ton and was giving .Readings out OF my own
works through the star Company that my entire,
pTcncur stoutly objected to my proposal 10 reau
this new play Of mine, with the remark: NO, ST.
orr people are tired OF George Naslington--he
quite PLAYED ont give ANYTHING else OF yours
you Ike As he was my hnancial ProNiuer' anu
paid well, Of course had to acquieoce.
Mr. Tupper's popularity exposed him sometimes
to annoyances. of which tie worst were persona
tons by Inscriptions people He says of this:
1t has several times happened to me. as doubtless
to others of my brethren. TO lind that nave bcen
persOnated. certainly to my considerable dlsslTulV
Take these instances: When at Brighton, fellow
had the cttTonteIy to collect money IN ny name ana
suppose he somewhat resembled me, as heard
more than once that ! had been seen mere ana
there when undoubtedly was not, and proved IN
aIib At Bignor. when went to see some Roman
pavements on the property OF a SUSSEX yeonhar on
inv name VERY possibly a germi cousin inc
owner recei, ed me With more than suspicion when
| said who was because " the tue Martin upper
had been his guest FOR week, ana orought nun Il
book he had written, and one ol ino thch "
living on the table. But soon made II GEAR uhat
he had been deceived and that the real simon luro
was now before him. Divers other cases might he
mentioned: however perhaps the NEST curious Is
this and extract the whole statement from one oi
nv scrap books. now before me. II is heaned -"
anecdOic to account for certain slind'ls' VIC ""'o
q have heard it seriously asserted of me that
great pugist; and very lar III cohaur, a anu ~
manners from what one might cNpcct, anu so
forth Now It has inst come to ny knowedge
that sporting publican and dos iancier W rn
called his public house in the Waterloo ho'n ! ne
(revhound my crest and has my me over The
Intel has claimed 10 be the author ana - Snrp0,eu
10 be myself Mr. Payne my pnbisherl toid ne
about the pugist and SAID ne had h'aro u IN We
club that | was match for Sayers-aS conclnde
my sporting namesake Il an N American 700
found that my double lived at llar'wich. N0Tces-
ter Co. y. T., and that another Martin nailed from
Buffalo"
Almost the only cenSorious statement IN the BOOK
Is concerning Hawthorne and as 1t affords an OPP
portunitv of measuring the writer's critical Judg-
mcnt we append it,
lam tempted here to say just one UNPLEASANT
word about the only one OF my many Amerlcah
quests hcspitably II ~ almost ahcctonately. treat
Ell VINO wrote home TO his wife too dlSparagingy
of his entertainer his son having aitcrward hAd
tu
Life. One comfort, however Is th't I'D " ne neil
ors of Nathaniel Hawthorne. That not YER
amiabl genius praises no one OF MS ';heiish mus
Except indeed, perhaps too 0pell-hail"cd Lon
dom one and that he was not known ANY more
than FenimOre Cooper, whom years ago 1ouhd
rude customer in Newlorkl for slpeTllounnllce
of good nature When at Albufy liaWthorhe
seemed us superlativey envlou' OF oar Ola mouse
for having more than seven gables. OF It's owner lor
a seemingly atliucnt indcpcndcnce. rs wei as ai-
thorial fame: even of his friends when url'cn ny
him to visit beautiful ANA hosritable Notton am
in every word and gesture openly entering MS re-
publican and ascctc protest against inc H's'o-
cratic Old country: even to protesting, when We
drove bv a new wcathcr-hoarded COTTAGE ia
that's the sort Of house prefer TO see us IKE one
other is no wonder. This then. Is my answer L"
the unkindly remarks against me N PRINT OF on,
who has shown manifestlv q flash Of genus In
" The Scarlet Letter.; but so far as know, IL was
well-Iigh a solitary one
An Italian translation Of the Proverb al fhiloso-
rhy was DESTROYED when General Oudinot Dom
barded Rome in 1912 and Of course Mr.. upper
lanents the loss in connection with which he
gives the following iliustratons of the dangers
10 which literary matter is expos d III England
through the ignorance of servants
And this further reminds ne of the perils to
which an authors Mss. are pcrpetnally exposed :
q O. before put Il spring lock on my STUDY AT Al
huTv where bv the way, / wrote several OF my
early PrnVcrbial chapters with chl!d Oh my Knee
used to find my papers regularly pun OUT Oh oIuc.
cantioning her not 10 destroy anything, was
horriied bv the unconscious Audreys instant reply;
Oh sir never burns no papers but what IS sP9lIed
b,, heinz written on" Again remember to have
cautioned my Suffolk friend, Mrs. CrapiIce. VINO
had fine library, not to keep her servants sh"i' OF
fire paper as they might possibly belp uhclseINcs
ont of bound books whcreat she was Indignant,
as if was traducing favorte mental; however,
went round with her, unfortunately, proving the
delinuuency by exhibiting several Handsome vol
umes with middle leaves torn out. once more III
the prehistoric days when We spOrted with loose
powder and shot and paper waddlng. was a guest
| for some DAYS in September with james Maclaren
| at 1icphurst. and recOllect his horror at hndllg
that the luncheon SANDWICHES were wrappta III
some of his most precious MSS.-ior he was writing
treatise on finance and those leaves were coVerei
with calcuatons-and that his shooting party
were ralnnlng down thciF charges Win tHo
recorded labor of his brains
We will end these extracts with from de-
scription of a seancc with the late ID. d. Home. Mr.
Tupper is not a believer III Spiritualisn, but he
bears testimony to what he has seen and suspends
Judgment upon what lie cannot explain satsiac-
torily. After of the common phenomena on
this occasion had occurred he writes
All at once Mr. Home flung himself back i'll his
chair looking wild and white; and then rising
slowly and solvInny went TO the still bright fire
into which he thrust his UNPROTECTED hands and
taking out a double handful oil I've Goals placed
them a. a FREQ icring-upOn Mr.. - G. Halls snow
| white head. cOmbng the hair over them with his
fin gers all which our host appeared to receive more
placed them in the COuntess's blonde lace cap. and
carried them favor, vouchsated by the spirits, 10
each of us to hold in our hands When lie came
20 me. Mr.. Hall said My friend, have faith"
Yes" answered, " and courage too; whereupon
| was blessed with good handful of those VOL
derful Goals still hot enough to burn any skin but
somehow or other | felt no pain and had no mark.
Here was another law of nature put to shame, in
the miraculous fact that fire was seemingly de-
nriyed of power of burning How this could he /
cannot guess; but record manfully the fact as
witnessed.
Pages of TIE TRIBUNE could be filled with anec-
dotes from this interesting volume. which promises
to attain PERHAPS a better kind OF popularity than
the authors more pretentious works have won. 1t
is easy to understand, after reading his garrulous
harnlessly cOnce.tel goodhumored and healthy
toned pages, the source of the lenency with which
Mr. Tuppers worst faults have been treated for
| many years by all his literary contemporaries VINO