New-York tribune., 1890-08-31
DIR. HOLMES At BITTERLY FARMS
HOW HE SPENDS HIS SUMMER
From The Bost.n Advertiser.


From The Bost N Advertiser.
The anniversary of his birth always finds Dr..
Holmes at his summer home at Beverly Farms HIS
is pleasant homestead The mouse Is not lafsc. bat
IL Is lust large enough charming family when
occupies it. Ii IL back little way IRON the quiet
road and an elllpuca driveway leads t. ana a"S
from the door bed OF tlOo"nng plants J, eur
rounded by this drive Beyond ) mass OF pfc-
ciptous rock, which rises almost to tia roof oi inc
DWELLING, and inch affords ODthD.d here ana there
in the crcviccs for clamberLg vince id honey uc he,
Green grass closely cAIpcd .s all about: Ihe po-,"
vines, through whose festcun, glimpse !, haI GI
the blue almost at the door, ana tie white walls
Withln is found not Gle ance, but substantial com
for ard everywhere the cvdeEcc OF lar t4ait' -
floors are OF polished oak, st@cwn Wlth rug. ~ te
, trt. - @ r a.. hcs V.itI him fn N! C,uliy seaside,
home bat "a few Il the many volume ~ilch lue thc
wallis Of bis library IN Btac'H-si. 4"e room J. 80
ieey & d pa p'"a ans 1I,e rci Ic ID
this window. where an excellent ujlcrH Hgl come
from his LETT ls lis with dcsh thus iOt tne
csst the ideal escrtone of poc;. but very p,Js.
rO!l-tCp desk Of POI. .td BACK "alAu hcpt Hith al
thc ueatnc,r and precision ol tie professional 5po
Keeper. Opposite Is a broad, open hreRhce E!b
androns and lnder behtS YohsAeG. odoi BdVre '', @
SITS anothc. armed ehair which smiles we.comr
Ihis great chair IS often occupied, for Dr. H0iinc.
ente!Iains many visitors and welcomes all % M"il
Years has he OccupicH fIs home ~ The sea tai NC
| has warm friends H. .l. he country round Ies.de
those yho often call lor q fcw moments chat many
pnil his bell aud slt og while in is ca-y chan Who
are 10 him strangers, Int Who nave become hniiIhr
with him through his writings. He tin, become, "c
custoned to admiration, although sometimes he Ic
cevcs a sureit Of i. Few 0i these transient "anlte'
cavc without begging OF him the favor 0l hI. aio
graph and the i.4vor Is alwa- graconsb granted.
No who asks personally .or specimen ol DIS
handwriting Is ever refused.
largo portion Of Dr. Holiness time is consumed m
examining nj, mail This is always very latec and
the majority OF his CORES on.ens are s"ngcis' me
letters arc ~ a' eors Man are rtGae,lS ior auis
dressed re arm envelope arc in"csed, Dr. liolniHs
always complies yin ~, re1e,i Why d"e, .,, nyt
every one VINO writes requesting autographs o. Hinou
men have tho courtesy 20 incioSc stamped ana 10
dressed return envelope II Il more Or !c'o 81 aI ar
nOyancc 10 hpd writing ,Ite@i' ana COPY an 'uu
end supply stamps 10 an army oi auiSslnRh CO.. M
i'm. conducted all Of Ms correspondence with hL'
own hand But Of late he Ia i1ugd II necessary 8"
eye bI lght and bis f9lm upIHt' DF-4,ihcs ctlls cl
himsC an 0lt man. Neither + he one ~ c od men
Of whom w read 80 often w4o ar are gro FinE a mir9 @
without spcc:nces. lie docs not hesitate 10 confess
TO falling egesieht ana he - not a. al ashamed %
admit that nc cannot read ma'iscrit as m'uN az ne
once could HIS aranuensiS then lf'iis ic nia]o,ly
Of Dr. omcss letter. to HIM ani n ar many dncS Sass
with the poets autograph as many oi hlh core
pondents are ladies' ana az a. 'e ne m%Gln Snit te % o. NE
,nrners which Dr. Holiness books nave io1c"ed, ne
GnGs tho assistance of his secretary IN reading their
ieIes a,oSraph gpE S5ectors do not comprise all Of Dr.
oncs pondenis 8, ieuenS H oTt INQUIRE olg ae
arc sent with the scquest that he shall
read and pas upon their merit; hcn , M, tb 1 m
oWcst when they arc lengthy manu- crp t5-whlch by
Inc way do not come a. frequcnlY ~ ~ l0n', @
tn,..raiiv ,re returned by the next mall III - IN
nns1ng ,non an unusually swcei disposition TOO greatly
to ask busy old man 10 wade through an nermlna3le
wanmscrin, which cannot afford hm aIy personal m
teresi The yast majority OF the man! crpts sent 10
Dr.. Holmes have proved upon examination 10 pos oro
tbe ur,1nct Of people who have greatly ONetLa,fu i
their literary powers PIT no" ana ten urnnvn r vwhirb i1
Ierayod t'c prcs,nce n unrccor raizcd genius suci
people have never failed 10 receive that warm ccguG &
ageincn which Dr. IiOmcs hnOWs 30 ven nov % -,
BIT The poct's days are moi fnily Gccnpen Dy r. H.,
visitors ard his CORES espondence III T., ,L ~, ~
Tcacups" chat which l. appafnE iIp' , 'otcmifnn
lantic has occupied much of his ilInc ana atcn.,o
i enjoy the writing" he said 70 me INC C'i,c u'1 ~
writing the Autocat II Is. perhaps, natnf" M ,,S rS
this should be wrote the AulocIat d, orI, III
| pleasing Their arc one or two numbers ~ NOR -, ~
- L. easy cnouch 10 make hook said the doctor a'
| his eve twnkled. "AIl you need IS good tich paper
and put in plenty Of fa' a. the printers nt can next
he added in rcspQnse " a nmerv. VI nave Oo nla-'