New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-11-02

in the fall from this elephant. and lose my POPULARITY may
with my fortune Then woodstock sna tV smoking
cigars and drinking srog, turn devoee a9a .noIne
cate the brain another way IN p say, 0t s Court
Of session, j would Ike methnks, to go r abroad
And lay my bones far from tnc iw s;,I NOT do.
will not yield without fight for 4: II v odd wIaGn
set myself to work doggcdly ss pr; H.. ever was,
neither lowsprted dstrat In prospefoaasn g r
have sometimes felt my fancy and p9weir c s or bracc
The fountain is awakened from Us Utmost recesses. as
il the spirit OF aiction had troubled II IN MS passe
The following description of his first WISH 70
the Court when he performed his duties rs SheriHj
after the great failure is both moving ana Ill
teresting:
like e man with the large nose. thought everybody
was thinking of me and my mshaps. Many were, n,i.
doubleday and all rather gre hs adherence s1v Of mems
manner while they strive to be kind and c'vii IN fher
way q addressing s @e nsk ' nothing about t. my
me with The affected gravity which rh one sees sss ana
meaninS eonay wei-just shook hands and went on
foolish puff the papers can SaS Sn men cho ase sfn s
nnbic of manr thousands had not the sense to keep
wealth when he had II. II ! am hafu pressed. anu
measures mseo ag aga Subscribe myself bankrupt in
petition eqneraon i is ,t tc would corse have wos s
eject Of saving INV land which secured by my sons
contract of marriage i might save my library etc,
Iut for This wonld in court Of honor deserve 70
lose nv spnrs No. If they permit me. will be their
vassa for lfe and dig IN the MINI o. for suc 70 make
GOOD ID" nv ensnsen,cnis. not to enrich myself And
this from no reluctance to allow hy h oc
r'f, moi nut ont Of fhe power) of my creditors the
resources mental or literary, which ye' Nnah 10 me-
From this time on his work evidently absorbs
nearly the whole of his time ami attention. Des-
Matched copy and proofs" is a daily entry his
and the record of the number OF sheets written
show how strenuous were his eXertions. Some
times he would write the equivalent OF forty
printed pages in day. When Laidiaw was MS
amanuenss the latter said that they worked from
six in the morning till six at nlght, WIN very
short ntermssons for meals. AT THIS time ne
was writing Woodstock" which sold for tS'22S,
as Scott savs-"a matches sum for three months
work" Well might he add -Four or five years
of leisure and industry would with such success.
amply replace my losses aud put me on sea"ici
footing than even
Lockhart endeavored to improve his fat az
in-laws style, and his efforts elicit these remarl1
J.G L. kindly points out some soecisms in my style,
as "amid, for amidst" scarce Tor seaFeey,.
WhossS he the RrSPsr r ssG''s It's quality Of
approximation Well will try to rememoer an
this but after all write grammar as sPeah 70 HANS
sition like scotch word in speaking Is indifferent to
never learned grammar ana y not n on S
about Giney's and horum harum horgin. &c ee
lcve the Bailf in The Good Natqred man Is NVt asi
wrong when he says, zone man has one way Oh eI
pressing himself and another another, and that is all
the difference between them'
Scott had not the bump of order, and the
malevoence of inanimate things eXasperated him,
this outburst testifes:
There is an operation called putting to rights-scot.
tlce, redding up-which puts me: into ievera 1
worse OFF than before, and have only embroed the
fray. Then my long back aches with. STOPPING into
strained With Staring UP to their attics Then you
s Sey TO ss ss the aad n SSe %
Moore gave us the resurrection Of the papers; That
conspiracy by which those you seek creep out OF the
way and those you are not wanting perk themselves
In your face again and again, until at last you throw
are se the " obec of IN her turn have read
in French Eastern tale Of an enchanted person called
always employed in collecting the beads of ehapet,
which, by dint OF gramarye; always dispersed them,
string. 1t was awful doom transmogrification into
the Laidleyworm of spindlestaneheush would have
been blessing In comparison. Now, the explana-
ton Of all this is, that have been ali this morning
seeking parcel Of sticks Of sealng-wa5 which I
Vast houd- has either melted without the agency Of
cISnet which has declared itself in state of insur,
rection choice subject for a journal, but what
better have
In May, 1926, he lost his wife, with whom he
had lived for twenty-nine years i'm the tenderest
relations. The bereavement never ceased 10 be
felt by him, as ihnumcrabe little illusions show,
but he had his memorable task to accomplish, no
matter what ailiction befcll him, and after short
time given to grief he buckled stoutly to 1t
again. and no doubt through these necessary lab0rs
reganed much of his customary cheerfulness His
entries at this period are very sad, and his sense
of solitariness breathes through them continually.
Some suggestive remarks upon SCOTS imitators
may be cited:
october Isl take up again my remarks I'M
itators. | am sure mean the gentlemen no wrong
by calling them so. and heartily wish they had fol
in speculo my errors or you will, those of the
style one advantage, think, / still have all Of
but l. like Sir Andrew AguecheeS, do it more natural
They have to read old books and consult antiquarian
long since read such works and possess thanks
TO strong memory the Information which they
historical details by head and shoulders so that the
interest OF the main piece is lost In minute descriptions
of events which do affect It's, progress. Perhaps
have sinned in this way myself; indeed am but too
Of having considered the plot only what
that in respect to the descriptions it resembied the
string of the showman's box, which he pulls to show
0naparte at st. Helena, Newmarket Races. aud White
headed Bob aoored by Jenny from town. All this
better efforts while conducted story through the
agency Of historical pers0naGcs and by connecting IL
with historical incidents, have endeavorcd to weave
them pretty closely together; and IN future will study
this more. Must not let the background eclipse the
principal fguresthe frame overpower the picture.
During visit to London in 1926, Scott met
Madame D'Arbay, who told him the following
story about her famous novel;
Mad D'Arblay told us the common story Of DR..
Burney. her father. having brought home her own
first work. and recommended II to her perusal wac
being printed But the following circumstances may
have given rise to the story Or. Burney at
strcatham after the publication, where he found
Mrs. Thrale Receiving from her confinement low at tho
moment, and ont OF spirits. While they were talkng
together johnson. who sat beside in kind OF revere
suddenly broke out: You should read this work.
nladam-y0u should read 'Evcna' every one Gays ii
is excellent and they right" The delighted father
obtained a commission from Mrs ThiaIe to purchase
his daughters work. and retired the hnppest Of
Mad. D'Arblay said she was wild with Joy at this
decisive evidence Of her literary success. and that
she could only give vent to her rapture by dancing and
skipping round mulberry tree in the garden.
She was very young at the time trust / shall see
this lady again. She has simple and apparently
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