New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-23
THE ERowNTyCS FORTY YEARS AGO.
Nh. G. w. cUEr1s's REM1XIecENcES.

Mr. G. W. CUGT1S'S REMlNI-CEN'E-'
From the Editors Easy Chair in uarpcrs Magazine
1t is more than forty year. oa,G oii and re-
first gave distinction to the literary 10Y Iii ANU Vas a
views of The New York Tribune. Ml-~ uH'. W. ~
ntrIcrtnaI ndcpendenoe, the friend OF Emerson ana
AZ the ~tran9ccndcutdi' lcadr~, anu !''l '.' ~,
poPc.dodod bv tho,c of her scholarly friend George
Ripley. II was her review In ne lrDnhe OIL mU""
iu.,s early drama, and the hcli~ ara l'oHie'iI'
ih9t infrGdncrd him to such general knowledge ana
appreciation among cultivated ic"lcI- Ill., u"- '""l.i
mat il i, not less true Of browning thlh oil carry
That he was first better KNOW" J" N'e'I'" "''" ''
home - A., .,i;,,t.,.
sons two volume had delighted the Houth oil the
time with the consci9aSnes> oi ,le aPie1ra"Sv I
with which Browning was welcomed soon after were
limited in event ont tAS\ were G, TSeH o,S S
a Browning missionary and pioneer forecast the l1-
terest from which The hr3%mnS SoIeug1 81 I 'l,
In a small and remote farming village in New England
hat there had been lecture upon Browning III tH'
.0wn the week before. he ~topprd i'm anazemeni ana
said Well that is the most surprising and Significant
Tact nave Ng ,g-c ~ c,r daT. of rrovnnr's fame
and i'm the studio of the sculptor Powers IN floch'
and. reading the name OF Mr. Robert Browning, aSAGu,
with eager carueSuc-S whether Il was IlOWhlnS' INC
poet Powers turned his large calm. ustron- eve. upon
Tho youth. and answered, with some surprise at 'c
warmth Of the question: u..oa ,,ho
is here with his wife, an invalid. lie often 'oH'''
" Good Hcavcn,~ exclaimed the youh, lit must
he browning and Elizabeth Barrett"
Powers, with the half hcWildcrcd ar OF
one suddenly made conscious that lie hah
- o.,r,ai,,i,r aW~n. ,,r,,va,.- said rcNcotiVclV
D1 ht III , mn, I,re ,brin tn Tea
Tic @orth L.crod IA rake t,c card which bore
.hc ,,oe.s sddr..s and basfeuiu, 10 his room near
the Piazza Novella he wrote note asking permission
fnr yonng American 10 call and pay his respects
10 Mr. and Mr., browning. but wrote It il terms
which however warm would yct permit II 10 he
NM aside II II seemed impDrtucut or if for any reason
inch a con were not desired The next morning
ictines The mole was dispatched and halfhour
had not passed when there wa brisk rap at the
Easy CialI d9ofi ne 3pe"e" It, anu ID" H0"'e
man; WHO 1rl>hh llTui i,,
rna "a l. nv name
a. o,o RoIcr+ Ernvyninr
Erowninc shook hands heartily with his Young
American admirpr aud thanked him for lis note
1he noet was then about thirty Eve. His heurc
non large hut compact erect, and active. the face
smootb the hair dark the aspect that Of active intc
yence and of A man If the world. He was u no
- erSertric cithor IN manner or appctr
80 lie toi,cd freely with great v.v3cty and
Sh.ty ,ii,,, ana y-,lli,o or,r,t tl ,,,,, ~. DE-.
ii "a lie bc,,i vim oviIo,t ,,i...,,,r
diA M t ;,,,,ii tv and ,ai'oCs ~ b, tr,.,
.1 Nc in lis ynrls and in Hose o 1r. Hr,,n
ing me- and the Easy chair gave him copy Of Mis-,
lfullpr'S paper in The Tribune il wiS bright and 10
The Easy Chair a wonderfully happy hour. - Pie
went. the poet said tLat yrs. EroWninS WOMB Ger.
fanny expert ~ ~ vi, ,i-,. , ,, 800 va p,,
the evening anu WIN d "''NN anu 10y N'0'' ''"
NE was -"V ,,..,.-,.. ,-, -. T.. 4,o &C. No.
Ihe Easy 'halr on ICY HIyu i'l IVY, 'y VI. 80 -
ana ordered o' lIe nuMrI I. d., Luz M, pa t '
poeeSays VIII su G lerNVr VIZ t gtcn, .l,J [et
sue OrUusi' ~ I.,r. . ~, ei,-,,'rof mo-, ~
sNhtpd,ND,, >, CIV CIV, ''''''7 ''
donna 4 NV i ,,, e,idi that Tho proncs ,rro
w. N nah