New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-05-13


Bury where they sold linen prints small wares nro
the sons at thst time being omRoye@ rans through
Hos and Courtesy rose so rapidly that
on the retirement Of tho first Sir Robert Peel ana W
ornerr of the extensive works at Ramsbottom, whore
hoy carried tho business OK iogwooa sInhhe dr.
Prn s Grant rand as' srshos Raa @
most famous in Ianeashre so,n sscry "s good WORK
Soss prv.te Iy' and publicly and among the
founders Of the Royal Institution VI prsSe givrn
BY direct commissions 10 Nasmyh, the PsinteT n sn
s practical help accorded 70 lbs t many soss
sill remembered and dosrly cherished ED, ,ho Kings
Head, at ssTnsrd Castle whors The novelist stsyeSD
knew the original Of John Browdisi the ns Sss JOHN
e.. Of Brosdlswooa ,.i f, sS.T and he H'fr'0d
Hii en GENERALLY I, supposed that Mrs Nekeby
portrait Of Mrs John Dickens, the noyeIsts mo,h c
writer says that A Dickens ma tt nsc no man tho
roughly good natured, going, and conPani,1naoe
and the likeness bctwcon her and Mrs NickioSy
simply the exaggeraon OF some slight pecuuArue,e
sshs possessed an extraordinary sense Of tho ludl,
crous and her power OF Imitation was aosa nScon
:eioS.y took On inventory Of il. contents and II
,a,sS. .s :S & :as s:i s,s.
qusintest possible manner In Ike manner she no,se
tho personal pecui.tes Of ssr friends !. ana ssf and
could bring tears to ,he Dyes Of listeners whom mar
rating sone sad event. - A.. o., roturcd
little miniature painter. would suggest Mis- nosg
Emma DrInnond who pr,csed the same s0"Tbi This
suggestion carries weight the discovery Year. Df
tho Interesting fact that In ie3b (about me- at
e Miss Drumnond for his portrait on ivory which
cxseutcl rs an onsagsmsnt' PresGns pdctsns
onsp: ESs.s n whose
prototype Glow is Afforded is Newmsn SSsss c, she
clerk sGd rather OF les. than tho
wages Of boy Of thirteen HIS name, a. T Enott
personality. VS. sus1SS e %n th aeO Ot regularly to tho
oflcoe Of Mcssrs Ellis and Blsckmore during me
period OF Dickens. s1sshp ,sn.s sO r.es %
Il is believed by friend 1t Chichester who hsd
hin bis Pr0sps Knott h.H P ssmsT II
susssx but his expensive tastos ruined him. HIS
eccentrces and pcronsl history we're source .u 0
nsnoeuvres he resorted to in endcavoring TO forssta
weekly .o.apce highly dslshsd ,Sss ao Sed
him In tho portrayal OF Hswnan Noggs
During the time that Dickens and Ph1' were IN.
yestcang tho subject Of tho Yorkshire Schools they
lodgcd At the principal hotel In Barnard Casuo' IN
tho county Of Durham, and Immediately opposite the
n no,e from his Sitting room window over the
shopfront was conspicuously placed INC nsro %, Oh
debly on Tho authors mind, that he give i5 TO tho
elooknakor in his next story and wrote 70 vel, Aas
the e same time copy Of Nicholas Nicklsby.', As
for the original Of tho famous clock itself We learn
Humphroys. son of Thomas Humphreys, the then
proprietor Of the shop. On It's compilation the fol
hand lido Of the sas. shopdoor where picker: frs
IT, and where in passing he frequently consuI,cd
tho owner and his SON Master Humphreys. The
shop WAS ventable curiosity shop cohtMn tn
:odis d sSo s.oS and relic;
able. .o,,
Curiosity shop is that OF tho small spshod girl who
worc dirty apron and bib, which loft nothing
called Tho Marchionsss' by thst choice spirit, Nr
Richard swiveer, In order to mako IL seem more
p.s s%a = ri. sSns RON maid
otsllvork possessed BY ne Dickens family when Inv Nv
OlsA. an rom II. 'tss an
to wait upon her m'0{t. aorns nsE peSens
sh Uo had Lodging In the neisSborhood prison
that sho might DO early on the scene OF her duties
and when Charlie. met her he Moa ds 90 % xoUs
occupy the time tho gates opened by telling her
most sS; tho ,S.n Ts.s saa Ss
, would say. ' 1' ...,.,
ives -" bseR.tte in Tho house Of an insolvsntOou
agent, In Liant Street Boro', where BOD saver
Edged %sn ns.S gSs' sd I'D @ no
lame, and h,d quiet old wffo ana he haa v Ts
sdsry eosps and their only rOn vero ded whom
the,e particular. related by Dickens 10 MS bog
rsph. who ~, 'hs' s seeS sr Sn family IN
The "Old Curiosity Shop Turning 70 MINOR
@ e. sos .9 Of ss Mrs. r,oGy
one Of the rhvmcstors reg'larly employed by Eooert
warren. tho backing manufacturer, whom D0hehs
remembered we'll
In the preface to an early edition Of martin
Cbny,lewltr Dckons speaks OF Mrs Camp as a fair
represent alton. at the time this book was published
of tho hired attendant tho poor In Sickness put,
rich were no better on for Mrs Camps original wa,
In reality person hired by a most dstnguishIcdd
friend OF hi. own, lady, to take charge OF an nVa
IN her.
In the sick roon among other Camps, P III
srio' wes to rub hor nose along sg .9P % for strong
drink and othor human weaknesses, va eanno' re.
sst tho humoou. lido OF her character nor oohy tha'
1t has alresdy bcen said that Dickens. when mere
lad, lodged tho harshss.a during hi; fahsr RI,
nals Of tho Gsrand faniiy he va. handed over to
reduced old lady long Known to hi: parent liz S MTs
70 at Brighton With fow alterations and eneel-
h,hments this lady uncontcior'ly ss' fer Mrs Ppchn
in Dom boz spd Son when she took In young Charles
Dickens. The wetLknOwn Illustration, rcprescnfins
Mr. PPchn and Pau! At the are sr.sy d list tie
the former hal conceived It.
T. PGs.P not generally hDswn 6s.e snS
1.. :, p pny 5@ Of Mr. and M nuret
DokonsD, and Master Harry Burnett is described by
medlrstive and QUART IL a remarkable degree. lie
vss tho original q; Dcfens tod NJ, sister o, MttIe
as little Paul 4. cpresentrd n have been, and h
there. for hours lying or The besoh with his books.
given uttrance to thoughts quito as remarkable Tor
. child those witch are put MIRO the ips OF PAU
Donbey The child seemed mover tired 81
reading tho Biblo and his hymns, and other good
books suited his age: and the bright little fellow
was always happy, There be doubt that
Dickens in HIS pathetic description OF Pnus expert
ence Of Me- recorded Of his recoeotons OF tho
days when he under the prOtcc ton Of that Stern
guardian, Mrs, R0ylance
Dickens considered David CopperHcld' as the hc-t
Of his books and tho for his preference may b.
looked for In the fact that 10 s to great extent
sntuhosrs phca The author has himself declared that
many OF the incidents In Dsvds career are idcnHcL
with those experienced by himself that M 10 cor
tain point he may be considered rs the prototype OF
the hero OF the story To certain extent. also Mr.
Mlcaubcr was portrait OF the nOvests father, who,
like him, was remarkable for rhetorical exubcranoe
peculiarly which found frequent and always agroeNble
exprcSion In many OF the nOvelsts letters written
long before Copperned- was thought Of NO one
says his blographer. could know the elder Dchons
without secretly liking him tho better for these
nourl.hes Of sps-ch. which adapted themselves so
readily to his gloom we'll as 20 his eheerfuiness that