New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-06-06
INTERESTING LETTERS.
FROM THE PENS OF BROWNING. CARLYLE
AND RUSKIN
From The Pail Mall Gazette.

From The Pail Mall Gazette
interesting letters by literary celebrities Will
Sold at sohsSys Une IS an early letter Of Robert
Browning. written in 1o44, and dated from New-CroSS'
You will remember told YOU my appointment
with G. Kean had been for that morning tdoniJl
but that having made an effort and ended worn h ,e
evening saw yoa meant to call on Rel OFF of
my letter received the day before his arrangements
were made for the week, 80 that IN sS T MAY 10
principal part)-and all went of au meuS and nm
wants TO keep il till Easter next year, anu ,, W.
published all the Time Ills engagement at the my
aret next MAY is merely o for "eys or next
day. and viii be occupied for ten h9mis u al n
least TO study he being special slow head-and ailer
the Haymarkct engagement nothing is 70 be done vi
Information ! was apprised for the first time after
the play read a approved Oh, I9r IL go a
never entered into mind that ANYBODY even S a"
actor could need a couple of months 70 sndy par,
only, in piece, which c0uh mocei VIII h SuUn al
could do such a thing. have hcad-that aches
ofener now than of old 10 take care oil and IleTe
gtifed for year and odd: and work double tldes 20
bring something as likely to be pGpar INK INK
present season, for something must prlnl, OF TnSH
fhe hold such il Is, have at present on my
public. And consideration Of the two o. or 9 tnsc
other productions have by me in state OF 1orwdin
ness neither seems nearly SO proper Tor tue req1e
ments Of the moment as this play tTo or t fo
hasardinc the good fortune which appears slowly Du'
Yofm :
You will Eot wonder If have determined to PRINT ~
directly and merely put the right Of the acting ing, NJ
drawback as Macrcady would for fear tho only other
alternative | shall allow, that OF his getting up tns
for s next x L N "a REALS Sey Of e H ew IS
Tar higher talents than the best actor ever expect
roure smntci too much on their outside for the
Inward. can't study speech in MONTH God Bless
interest are tie ,s sS gSe G cag 6ysDt in re
,+1N,v Tho fpsh
THANKS for your gift of Emerson's Lecture. Mr..
Ballantyne had ALREADY sent me two copies that was
Discourse greatly wanted on both sides q the Atlantic,
and cannot be too widely circul2ted While men wor
trying to reform either themselves or their affairs
w long ag gey PC pc Devil
& they that follow his guidance do very naturally go
T. te 1e pOe se Of p% a eI onne
these ideas OF Emerson's, are already ABOUT re-
and retiring into the rural wilderness TO live there eX-
cusvely upon vegetables raised by their own digging
sufcienf vegetables and he can live there according
TO his own mind leaving the world to live according to
its An American here lately as an express mis-
sonary OF all that working for recruits for proSelytes
naturally finding nGne. l Obliged TO express my
total deep rreclaimable dissent from the whole vege
table concern not without great offence to the mis-
sonary that perhaps is the reason Why he t1 cent me
yet 60 into vegetables, into rural Hermitship; We
hope never WILL
There are many other letters of interest in the col
lection from literary men among them is this very
Characteristic letter Of MI Ruskn written at Matlock
twenty wears agO-July "a ISL: .
"Reallv your simplicity about naughty me Is the
most comic thing know, among all my old friends. Me
docie TO Doctors l watched them-1 had three)-t0
what they knew of the matter: did what they ad
vised me, for two days; found they were utterly lg
norant of the illness & were killing me. had lnhamma-
ton Of the bowels and they gave me ice a tried to
nOurish with milk Another 10 hours and should
have been past hope stopped in the middle OF
draught Of iced wafer, burning with Unsuitable thirst
thought TIE Illness myself steahilyand ordered
the doctors OF the house. Everybody in agony
but and ragged till they had to give in ordered
hot toast and water in quantities and mustard pontceS
70 the bowels One Doctor had ordered foment atOn,
that pcrseveTed in. adding mustard to give outside
pain. ! used brandy and wafer hot as could drink
it. for stimulant kept myself up with IT, washed myself
out with floods of toast and water ate nothing re
fused all medicines In twenty four hours had brought
the pain under. in twenty-fOur more had healthy ap-
petite for meat. aud safebut the agony OF poor
Joanna forced to give me meat for 1 ordered roast
chicken inst antly when the doctors unable TO get at
me-were imporlnc her TO prevail on me not 70 XII
myself as they said should The poor thing stood il
nobly-of cOlrse-nOne Of them could move me-
which forced them give cold roast beef mustard
al two O'Clock in the morning.! And here am, thank
God to all ntens and purposes quite well again: bat
] was within Of the grave. and know now some
thing Of Doctors that WE'LL thought Molere bad
enough on them, but he's complimentary TO what
shall be after this"