New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-12-15
ONE OF EMERsON'S LETTERS
WRITING TO A YOUNG AMERICAN SCHOLAR
IL GERMANY

MEMORIES oF-THoREAU' HAwrhoi''l'
avn ,dpGAREr FULLER REVIEWED
IN FRIENDLY EPIsTLE DKooshr
NO LIGHT IN LEIPsIc.
NV Sr,nKeRArH TO THE TmDuNE.l
Boston. Deg IA hitherto u"p"O ,H]a m charles
pInh waldo Emerson written III iof" " - :,
Scenes wheeler promising young h,cias ni
Cambridge, ht that time In oelH"ns ,.,od tron
,ra 1janscrtpt' this evening. translated rom
III i ~ nbilogical publication. Angina ~elE
"aIs, ~ rnclische Philologie," published al hane
80 rcHn, university town OF Prussah SdAony'
rt,o. E,earnes Wheeler the young man 10 "hom
tho Iet,fr was written first divinity s'uuch' anu
then a!tutor in Greek at Harvard Coiege, hoHi 1000
70 1sG He gained no little reputation thero ior hs
learning and his literary activity lie cui'eu whn'
tbcrs an edition of Herodotus and an edition OF Ten
nvssn,s poems besides correcting, in connection with
Iie6rv s. Mexican an edition of Carlyle's Miscelanies
wiki care and skill Wreeler was one of the eahy
contributors to- The DIAL" but his hopeful career
was cut short by an affection OF the lungs 10 gam
relief from which he went TO Europe in 1872, carrying
with him this letter from Emerson to Carlyle:
stearnes Wheeler the Cambridge oo tutor a soEr
American editions. IS going 10 LONDON IN AusuS Hc
ably. and on 10 Heidelberg etc lie , Ilcs AM come
to see you his way man whose 700 ld1iio or
goodnaiured manners DO some niHS nowIedse lie
has been corresponding with your Iennyson ana
editing his poems here.
wheeler went to Berlin, and then to LeIpsIc. where
he died on June 10, 1543, in the twenty-hi'h
wear NJ his age The following is the letter of
Emerson which Wheeler gave 10 the American consul
at Iepsc. DE- Johann Gottfried Fueel, through whom
II came into the hands Of Dr. tlugels grandson Herr
Ewald Flugel: o o,o
&c
n thank YOU by letter for your abundant cares 10
supply of my wants and to point ,,'i ng hen To-
nsner 10 send by Nj Mann tomorrow par OF
bSpE, from Mr Weiss brought from your own hands Is
Two fun letters. | have received ana Pruh,cu tnc
Substances a of the same and lad the reading OF
part Of two addressed 20 Koocrt DarT1r
- March ! was absent from home, at wash,
rgton Baltimore. Phila icphia ana IN Ne oad ''
"o1 u no ebai tc Won? our dial" enriched by
vo,r manifod intelligence yet langushes somewhat
Peabody Wrote me al Ncw-York that It's subscription
list did not now pay It's e4Sehs t5at might drop
~ tut nm many persons expressed so much regret
AT the thought OF its diving that u ~ 10 Inc Ono
year more. Eely Claiming hS c %Id beaiR and
copy of addressed by MN 10 M pouse isi
Claiming has gst rented the and e , coming TO i've
here next week His friend, S. G: Ward Is editing
volume about the size o. one nO Oe I'm Week or
two Thoreau goes neat week 70 NcMIi u'h. Wy =,
her
or more and the ncishborhood to the civ one ~
hi seat and writes very actively for all the maga@ mes
Alcott and Lane remain also in their cottage virgin
has Withdrawn from thcm and joined me foIleiios'
who are beginning to buy aud settle land
These are all OF our village news OF any importance,
only next week they begin 10 build railroad when
mas unseat us all. and drive Us into new sOntudes.
do not notice any very valuable Signs aogu. Us ~
the Literary a ana york some friends whom
greatly cherish think our wide community, Win
lis abundant reading and culture no. dpehnehl Oh
nervous centres, promises 10 yifH ana aileal 2eus,
great deal Of private oena GV3 Po mako stand
against the market which has grown so usurpas
and omnipotenf Everything shah not go 10 marker
50 she makes shy men, clustered maids and angels IN
lone places -.-,.. - a,o,hor hind rbare
hoibed culture is applied and everything private Is
published and carried 10 is extreme. learn rom
an quarters that great G@l @ o aT Gend an Hawfhor
almost regrets that he hadn't remained there To see
should have Stayed to be its historian My friend Mr.
Bradford. writes me from b. F.. that he has formed
Grounds Of character have been disclosed. They
number in all about eighty-fye souls You VII nave
| am Just printing IL in Boston from Ms parily
Drawing the chances of piracy from New-York II IS
the hope of another: and 4 is preliminary CARLYLE c
seems 10 think. 10 Cromwell II IS tuii OF brilliant
points and IS excellent history, through the history OF
You viii have heard of Robert BartIes Illness and
the great anxiety of his friends respecting him. lie
went away ] heard. in good spirits and somewhat
amended but hi, health IS in most critical condition
II is a great grief 10 me, who was every year raTlng
to value him more though there has been something
curious well as valuable. in his unfolding -,
Margaret Fuller thanks you for your account OF
Staten. and wishes further TO ask YOU 10 send her
a copy of the Vol III. OF Ecbermann's
" Conversations with Goethe which you announced. !
will pay your brother for II.
You have kindly Offered buy for books
drawings. but / shall not give you the trouble.
read little and not adventurously. but mostly in old
and proven books You shall and hear for
and tell me what IS the hope OF the mines Moan
time | shall make an experiment on the two new
books you have sent or al least In person. on
Theodore Mundt.
Mr.. Mann was to 60 10 Berlin directly and take
on .Dials' TO YOU. I am sorry. he has changed his
plan and goes slowrr In all good hope and assurance
your friend, r. W. EMERSON.