Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-29
HOW LORD LYTTON DIED.
THE FAMED LITERATEUR PASSED
AWAY PEN IN HAND.
He Had Been Writing Verses All the Morn
ing-Distinguished Personages Attend
the obsequies at Paris-A Wreath From
Whitelaw Reid

He Had Been Writing Verses All the Morn
ing-DistiDguished Personages Attend
the obsequies at Paris-A Wreath From
Whitelaw Reid.
rBY CABLE TO THE D1sPArcH.I
LONDON, Nov. 2S-The version OF the
death of Lord Lytton given the great De
Blowitz, sour own correspondent" in Paris
of the London Times, is said to be the cor
rect one, though there seems to be no good
reason why the newspaper stories should
differ. De Blowitz describes the event
thus:
"All the morning Lord Lytton had been
to ally the pain had doubtless infamed his
Imagination, and his mental activity
seemed hourly increasing. About 4 o'clock,
just as Lady Lytton had entered the adjoin-
ing room and was taking off her cloak,
Lord Lytton asked her valet to give
him some carminative, . mixture which
he took to allay pains in the
side. He was continuing to write.
The valet went for the mixture and while
turning to the window to pour out dose
he heard slight noise, looked round and
saw Lord Lytton dead The ink was not
dry on the sheet of paper and the last line
was unfinished. Such a death was charac-
teristic. The poet struck down, pen in
hand, after morning in VIII ich the diplo-
mats had listened to the report of the EN-
bassv Secretary"
To-day De Blowitz writes: 'T have had
the melancholy satisfaction of looking on
the mortal remains of Lord Lytton. The
body lay on a plain iron bedstead, crown
of 1aurels placed at its head. Close at
hand were few books, among
them volume of Tennyson which
he had been reading in the morning to Lady
Lvtton and the sheet of paper on which he
was writing at the moment of his death. I
have never looked upon dead face GO i'm
pressive in its calm. 1t is that of man
who has done his work and has entered into
eternity without fear"
The fact that Lord Lytton was reading
Tennyson the morning of his death has
called to mind the celebrated quarrel in
verse between the first Lord Lytton and
the Laureate, and the Pail Mall Gazette has
created some feeling, by republishing
Tennyson's bitter lines which he never in
cluded in his works. When Tennyson
was placed on the pension list
in 1S45 considerable jealousy was
aroused in certain literary circles
and among the critics of the pension was
Bulwer Lytton, who, in "The New Tmon,
a Romance of London" spoke of ''School
Miss Alfred" Tennyson retaliated in
scornful verses entitled "The New Timon
and the Poets" which were published in
Punch, in which he refers to Lytton as 'the
padded man who wears the stays"
The obsequies at Paris to-day brought
together very distinguished assemblage.
The Hon. Whitelaw Reid, the American |
Minister to France, sent beautiful wreath,
which was placed upon the bier. Mr. Reid
was present at the funeral services All
the Ministers of State were also pres
ent. President Carnot was represented by
General Brugere. Prominent among the
mourning assemblage were PrincessMathilde
and the Prince of Monaco. Many members
of the English. aristocracy were there.
Among the literateurs and other prominent
men noticed were: NJ. Franchise Coppee,
the French poet and member of the Acad-
emy; NJ. Benoit Coquelin. the distinguished
actor; M. Jules Massenet, the well-known
musician and composer; NJ Emile Carolus-
Duran, the celebrated French painter, and
NJ. Alexandra Dumas. The service was
fully choral