New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-02-05

y Of sorrow as she reviewed tho heartaches ana hu
mlllati0ns out OF which Gold Else" had spruhs
The pseudo-namc of r. Marlitt, which sho had as
sumed first entering tho wallis OF % re- s neope
tanned to me end somewhat sensational
passionate and romantic But IL s no ge a., novel
it contains not single character which VIII i've, ana
no situations so striking as ndcllby to stamp them
selves on the memory IL reveals no power 10 sounu
tho depths Of tho human heart. In notice OF Mar
f. in a number Of tho Gartenlaube' after her death
tho editor says Whoever on a Friday In March
1866 happened to pass down the konig strasse IN
Icipzig would have been arrested by striking scene.
At street corner where stood the office OF our maya
zine, only erected two years previously s,IO@ innt
tho ratings. sitting on the steIs, reaI,ng umo a'
ssucd number of the 'Gartenlaube' Ihat was ga q.
time when heavy siormclouds lowered over Ger,
many, and when the news OF tho Gay was am ,,
With PrcahesS ANXIETY And n ys the n, S Offices ~ Of the
daily journals. There was no eager scanning Vi toi
grams by nanccrS no search among era ogeS
OF the people devouring with eversh avidy the iaS'
chapters OF Cold-Ese.'"
Marltt's future was assured. She closed with an
offer of Ke that whatever she wrote should go 10 ms
magazine and that she should write for no othsr PD
advantage OF her experience at the first, ana she
repaid his honorable dealing by holding FAST her ei
gagement, and refusing more advantageous oners iia
Blue Beard I'm 1866; but her second mover, I'M, mo
Old Maids Secret (Das Gehemnss der al'cn " ,at
seD IS, in the opinion of the writer ny iar nDg y
work II represents tho struggles OF youhEs sIsi
brought up amid the s;raightcst pu1tamcai Donus'
striving for light and air and breadth or SYM
patty Into il arc woven some of her childish frolcs
in tho old house In the market place at Arnstadt hor
scrambcs among the aitcs, and exploration Oh nuion
cupboards and naiedup Golfers, after Ola papers
Then came "Rcchsgrafn Glsela," In 1oGg' ana
lIcde prlnZesschcn" (The Princess Of inc Hed'H,
In tho ensuing year.
Her success with the pen enabled her to Gulld a
house, which sho called Maruhcim, on elc'icd
ground above Arnstadt pleasant abode erecu'i III
tho common, prevailing style OF German VIA, win
bcvedere at the side from which hno view Is '1 to
mandod Tho building carried ont under tno
supervision Of her brother Alfred, who was Iis'cr III
the Middle School at Arnstadt Her delight III tanhs
possession of her house qualified by suffering;
rs at the same time her malay took sharp hold ot
her, aud gradually deprived her OF mo pow VI
ocomoton Her brother and his Vile vod win nyrd
also did her aged father and the greatest cato anu
affection surrounded her Her W0FkIOon Wa ed V Oh ar
ground floor, but she liked to roll her wheeieu char
into tine garden and sit musing by the hour uine, ,h
fovore che smut or she would be carried up to inc
room at the top of the bclvedere whence slg cou 40
the distant prospect of the lovely Ihurhe'ah "oou'
and hills. 49,. ,,A. do,r-r
on one OCCASION as sho was Icing brought down
from her look out chamber, in new cafryngcitl'
II gave way, and she prcclphatcd down tiS stcPS
and severely injured ms accident confined her Tor
long to her bed and prevented her rom conuhuiIs ti
story of The Lady with the Carbuncles," ON Wmch
sho was engaged ut tho time. When she lesuncu NE
pen IL was By an effort of will ia the midst OF sharp
suGrrry She never thoroughly got over ms ldi'
and it doubtless fastened her end In October loo0,
sho laid up with Inflammation OF INC rDS lTi'o",'
by other internal complications. she recclHcu ud..-
sient relief from the Use of massage DUt sle srai
ally failed, and died at the end OF June ls ultci5
with her last breath the of her beloved Drothcr
Alfred.
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Martt's workshop was, already said, room on
the ground floor Bcfoie the window stood her taoie
on which was handsome inkstahd' the 81. Vi tno
Princess, Thermometer, ana telesCoPu' TH distant
She could amuse herself by looking at inc ustdn'
mountains and woods in the intervals OF c0inposi,oI
The chief ornament of tho room was ricI' I,ia'N,
antinue sccrctarc or cabinet, with handsome DIds9
work about It, In this she kept her treasures, mo
MORALS pleasant and painful OF the past hor uiStS,
hhcr erbarum, old letters, and sundres W
recollectluns The walls were adorned WIN SUM-
family portraits and crayon drawings by her father
The old man often into his daughters room ana
occupied an armchair by tho stove PROVIDED lo MN lily
There he sat in silence, watching her write, ana eia
to catch an occasional smile and nod from her ~
Mart kept her Ms. in locked ea,hGr Poa, n
and allowed no one to SEQ any of it till the work on
which she engaged was compcte. 90 p'rr han
was she on this point, that ON one occasion Wncn q
sheet Of her MS fell the floor and was plcko UP oS
her sstcr-in-Iaw MarIitt thinking she had SKINNED
its contents 1t to pieces and threw IL my ~
wastepaper basket When however cV eo MIN She
then. at eight O'Clock punctualy al inc evening, ~
rolled her wheeled chair INTO the room "Helo -, ~
brother and slstcr-naw her Ms. on her zap anu Dega
70 read it to them. TIL this moment, although hVIn5
with her in the closest communion OF thoue" al,
interest they had been told nothing OF its contents anu
sometimes did not even know inc tuie Vi 'io "o
which she was engaged Her relations, knowing nov
sensitive she was allowed her to see unfavOr1po
crit csns Of her work. and no notice OF hersci "c
was not complimentary. Possibly the VcXatioh anu
pain which severe review would canse might nav,
paraysed her Imagination, ana taken the hcrt o' ".
her work Her brother and sister desired to spare hr
vexaticn but wo NAV we'll doubt whether X wPnhIn
not have been better for her to have seen that ho,
writings did not meet with universal admiration, ana
regarded likely to live az clasc s Wa r
Not only was adverse criticism withheld ron mr.,
but she was kept in the most rigid secu,oh ilor, in
world She saw no one 6nt her owl r .a her mast
experiences and made no fresh observations 81 charac
ter her creations became moro puppets thah men am
women and her incidents were drawn WIN cNIsSrta".
ton. The reality which WIS one cn"i'n vi ''1' ~
novels eyaporaed