The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-09-28

nave intoned their sermons 1t became fixed
Ia the ears of the peasants uitl the
whole people fell into that way uf
speaking. All the strong emotions of the
hr.iiaii hcarL-love, grief, rage-haturally
take credence as they md expression in
words. This universal manner of speech
IN that country illustrates the power of the
heart.
Carlyle, who sprang from
TIE PEASANT CLASSES OF SCOTLAND
was most Fascinating and entertaining
ta.ker. He drew around him in intimate
social relation the brightest and ,est peo-
pie of Great Britain, 20 say nothing of
other countries. Generally speaking, liter
airy men in England At that time were only
tolerated by what we may term the uppor
classes They were not welcomed in So
ciety except as lions" SO to speak. On
this occount Carlyle often refused 10 &C
cept invitations from dukes and lords. If
they want to see me, let them come to my
house, nc was won't 10 say. He even car
.iei this feeling so far as to decline an in
vitaiion from tho Queen TO visit Windsor
castle. Knowing his peculiarly in this re-
spect, the Queen took no o.fense at this re-
fusal, but sue was so earnest in her uesire
to meet him she invoked the aid of Dean
Stanley, VINO was Caryle's warm personal
friend. He arranged a meeting at the dean
cry Of Westminster, where Carlyle was
presented 10 the Queen, or the Queen
was presented to Carlyle, whichever
way you may choose &C put it.
Carlyle was a commoner IN the fullest
sense of the word He had little rever-
ence for mere royalty--the person. who
wore the crown aust be worthy To COM
mard his respect. do not imagine that he
Hf I
the part of the Queen 10 meet him. At
this interview were present also two or
three ladies of the court and Dean Stanley
a1d his wife. Ia TIE presence of the
sovereign etiquette requires that all ra-
main standing until the Queen gives the
sigrat to take seats Let me tell you how
Mr.. Carlyle managed it. The ladies' and
gentlemen of the company were in the
drawing room, the presentations had been
made ami the Queen graciously expressed
her pleasure at meeting one so dis
tingu;shed in letters. Carlyle thanked her
for her kind words and at d A'i3ut |
aui getting to be an old man how; suppose
we Ill sit down and talk it over,n himself
settling the example.
In going 10 and taking seats at dinner
precedence. based upon official rank or
particular grade of NOBILITY, is most i'm
portant and delicate quesuon. The rules
governing sucn matters are adhered to
with scrupulous care. Even General
Grant, unless dinner was given il his
special honor, wound have been compelled
to sit at the foot IF the table, even below
the American minister, for when he was in
England he was only private citizen.
The fast that he had been ii great general
and president OF The Uniled States of it,
Sell Counted for nothing. All the lords and
ladies', the dukes and and the big wigs pass
to the JaDle and take seats in
their order, the place being an index
TO tue rank of the person occupying it,
Carlyle attended few dinners but when he
did aceept such an invitation he always led
the lnarcn TO tue Dining room was recog-
nized Us king and so took p-eceoence of
everybody.
THIS LIoNIzISG OF CARLYLE
was indirectly one of tie chief causes OF
his wife's unnappiness. Lady Ashburton
conceived a great admiration Tor CARLYLE
and he became d part OF the literary circle
which surrounded her. He became fasci-
mated with Lady AshbUrton and. though |
am sure that be was true to his wife and
that Lady Ashburton was true TO her hus-
bano, still the fact that he was invited to
many places where his wife was not, was
one OF tie causes OF her misery. Jane
Welsh Carlyle was most remarkable
woman. She was intellectually the peer
OF ANY woman OF her tlmc, but the English
nobility who feted Carlyle merely toler-
ated her, and sire felt that her admittance
to their society was only on sufferance
Mrs. Carlyle was far the superior of
Thomas Carlyle in culture and refinement.
He was peasant with the ideas of peas
ant in regard 10 woman. His mother
whom he esteemed, was an ignorant wo-
man who washed the clothes of the family
and brewed and baked for them Mrs
Carlyle came from the professional classes i
of England. Her father had been pos
sessed OF good income and she was
brought up with plenty of servants
about her She was delicate in frame
and remarkably sensitive in feeling After
she was married she discovered that Car
lyle expected her TO do tie same things that
his mother mad done an she murnur I'd not
but attempted TO do them. In the days OF
their poverty she did all the work about
tie house and Carlyle unconsc;ously i'm
posed upon ner. He was very irritable
and his stomach was such that he was often
in :; bad humor. He would eat no bread
but that which his wife baked and he sad
no marnlalade agreed VITA him ex ceps that
which she made with her own hands He
often wounded her feelings without know
Ing II and he was filled with remorse when
MS eyes were opened by her diary which
he first saw after her death He authorized
the publication of the diary more from a
wish TO do justice to her memory than from
anything else and he gave it over into
Froudes hanls with the injunction to pub
fish it if he thought that justice demanded
IL, but II he published it to printlt word for
word and line for line as it was written.
Thomas Carlyle" Dr. Milburn went on.
was very hard worker. Everything he
produced cost him great mental labor and
ne did al his writing ~ith his own hands.
When Mrs. Carlyle married him it was one
OF her ambitions to be able to aid him in his
literary work. She appreciated his great
ness long before the world took him up and
she had herself one OF the brightest minds
OF her day. The two did work for short
time after their marriage They did some
translations together but Carlyle found
that he must be alone TO do his best work
The law OF genius is solitude aud as he
wentun with his literary labors the distance
between tae two increased, and he gradu-
ally cauIe to do ali his work by himself.
Ho was a tine talker, and his conversations
could they have been geographically re-
ported, would have read almost as well as
ms writings. Every sentence sparkled with
intellectual briiliants, and once asked him
why nedio not dictate his thoughts Instead
OF writing them. He replied with mourn
fui shake OF his head that such thing
would be al. lmpossibility for him. and that
It was too late for him now to begin.
Il have sad that Carlyle was
WONDERFUL IN CONVERSATION,
fascinating beyond any other person have
ever kn,wn. 1 think may safely say that
| spent more time with him than any other
American. 1 saw him very frequently DUE
ing each OF my first three visits to England,
and he talked volumes to me- A close
friendship grew up between US. which I
have no doubt was as sincere op his part as
on mine. last saw him in 1877. He was
drawing near tho end of q long life and uas