New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-04-26
CARLYLE IN PARIS.
SOME UNPUBLISHED MANUSCRIPTS
From The Pail Mall Gazette.

From The Pail Mall Gazette.
-. We have the satisfaction to-day Of presenting on,
lltelaty readers with something which they Will admIt
TO be unique. TO cali IL dip into lost WORK y.
! Carlyle" In the style Of the Aristotle find would Ia
| rather grandOse. But we have lately had the cots
fortune to come upon two unpublished MSS OF Tbama
CARLYLE considerable enough in their nature and liter
&y interest to justify US in saying that when once
they have been published compete" edition Of ~
sage Of Chelsea will be able TO ignore them. As yet
we believe. the Carlyle Society is ignorant Of tbeIs,
existence But all things come TO Journalists: ana
we may say at once that there is not the slightest
doubt in the world OF the commences Of the mann
scripts. Internal evidence apart, the Handwriting
unmistakable. j. A.. Fronde to whom they Ters
! submitted pronounced it to be Caryle's without 40
| instants hesitation Equally decided was the Opinion
in connection with 'Friedrch8 and other works COS
| lyle bore grateful testimony, and WHO is probable
Letter acquainted with all the pcculiares Of taryss
! handwriting than any one living.
! The shorter OF the two papers from which we uro
pose TO give extracts is record OF short TRIP T. Paris
! Which Carlyle mado in 1881. The Ms consists .;
thrty closely written sides Of COPY, contan,Cs
Before dipping into the Ms. itself 1t NAV be we'll
rapidly to recall The circumstances under which II csSs
spent month at Malvern in the hope Of ce mac
relief from DR.. Gully's water for some OF ths
many real and imaginary ills his flesh was heir to-
Having found by degrees WaieF t1hen as medicine
and thus pac (hisl tribute 70 contemporary stupor'
he went northwad to scoisbIig = inll Of gloom and
4 spiritual" There he found his old mother Hsibl
sinking Other causes helped to darken the cloud
/ that lay upon him. In his own words Prussao
/ Friedrich and the Pelon laid on Ossa Of Pr1lssan
Dryaedqst lay crushing me with the continual question:
Memorials Of Jane Welsh CARLYLE Preface Letter
| 1889
IT was in this mood that after a short stay in Scot,
land he vent to spend few days in Paris with Lord
and Lady Ashburton; The present account Of that
/ little trip bears the characteristic title:
Excursion futile enough 10 Parl, autumn. 1851;
thrown paper, pen gallCping, from Saturday to
! 1t begins follows:
Chelsea. October 4, l351The day before vet day,
very short and very Insignificant excursion 10 Paris
| which, after month at Malvern watercure and ten
Miserable puddle and unnlt ali my travels are Of no
use to me, except to bring agitation eepessness,
and distress Better not 10 travel at all unless
when am bound to it, Eut this te4r TO Paris was
promised one: / had engaged 10 meet the AslburtOns
ard Iomburg before either party left London: the
! times at last suited all was ready except will my
part after hesitation and painful indecson enough
! did resolve, packed my baggage again. and did the
| It'll, tour I stood engaged for"
Many people start or for the North Pole or for
Darkest Africa with less flS, and perturbation u
! spirit. The chronicle begins on Monday, september
! u, when Brother John" and CARLYLE 80 to Chorcy
! - to consult about passports rOuocs conditions,
Chorlcy gave the information required, and helJed the
Seer, who 10 have he'd room in his brain for
such humble details, 70 procure passport Next day
rumor had arisen that my passport would require to
be visa Ell III that Is the word that must 10 tho
city for this end; that etc. ] called on Chorey to
consult: Chorley, his old mother having I'll en- sud
dcnly IL, could not get away 70 see me even for
An unexpected Deus ex machina, however, came to
the rescue:
At Chapman's shop. learned hat Robert Brown.
| for Paris. | walked to their pacc-had. during that
dav and the following consultations with these fellow.
| pilgrims and decided to go with them by Dieppc on
Wednesday had been the day on which ne had
originally intended 10 start. but be postponed his
! journey for the sake b caudil5 admits of
company who knew the wag.7 lie has. indeed. tho
grace to add Tho BrOwningS. and their experience
and friendly qualities. were worth waiting for during
one day but Il VIII come as shock 70 members Of
he Ero|nng Sociy TO- hnG that tas eG o. tler
chahyl ~ not solely. FOR h, efficiency a personal
conductor Of inexperienced tourists.
At l'Hgth the fatcful day arrives "Up accordingly
on Thursday morning in unuttorafla furry and tlmuit
sp'ctrllsm chasing another; to tn, station in good
time: found the BrowninGs inst arriving which seemed
They take their places in tho train and forthwith
thc literary mprc5sionlet' esins 10 tale stock Of his
surroundings:
Browning. with wife and child and maid then I,
then an empty seat for cloafs and baskets;
lastly, az the opposite end from me. hard
faced, honest Engl.hmlr or scotchman, all IN
ostfchlhc but proved very harmless and quiet: this
was the loading OF our rarEace and So away We went
silent. tending toward man' thought
They rcach Ncwlaven without adventure and cr
@ mann 'G 'c!srs an dt5mP at pr.Seiysm
a man with religious tracts. French German, Eng-
kinds (Which served me well as waste papoD many
refused. some Chiefly Of the Engllsh with anger and
| contempt"
The Channel claimed its usual tribute:
oar friends especially our French friends. we've full
Of hustle. full OF noise Al starting but 50 soon as We
into tne sea, mitiSh Channel all this abated. sank
into tho general sod orpor OF sea sickness with It's
miserable noises, "lI1ahal. hOhh!' and hardly any
other amid the lattling Of tho wind and sea; \ sorry
pha>iS Of humanity. L'own!ng wa, SICK. lay IN ono
Of the bencll.lent, horizontal; lis ife below Vas
not Absolutely sick but had { b. quite quiet and
without coWCt. save in one cigar for s"vcn or eight
hour, OF clustering, SPRAYING. and occasional rain
on their arrival al Deppe The poet again shows
himself the practical man OF the psf Nhle re
Others wer, in the hotel having some very bad COLI
browning was out IN tho Domaine we had all passed
our persons through IT, guided in by rope barrier. and
shown orr passports now Browning was passing our
mrsage BROUGHT ii all in safe about halast TO- and
On preparing to start fer Paris
Browning as before. did everything sat out os
doors some logs at my case and smoked, looking
at the population and their ways
At the station again
Browning fought for Us. and We. that IS the woman
(Shad. of aurora Lcich9 the child, and l, had only
70 wait and be SILENT
ON the way to Pari, thum5uail sketches OF what
ever was 10 he seen from the clrri1sa windows ara
given Carlyle has an eve fr cver tang tae conf
try all made Of chalk' tIc I'd p2".sh chur he's the
with Vengeance p4oJghlat shallow ana ID! ro'e'
etc, I'LL toward p. n. SEE symptoms Of app. tarh
20 Paris He.c once more - Gro 'cin-. !.rsinc,
yocierous tumut in which me brave Hr "nns io'sit
FOR leaving me 10 sit be>il. the WOlan. ~ la'5
travel, and is welcomed al Meu ices by the A>aau0ns'
'.ier dinner they 20 10 the Francois, where tIaa-
gavn!cr Is pointer ont 10 nm IN ne stars ,..-
strange tO see such a man SITTING sad aud solitary
Their, 10 pa,S hi, evening. man II faced tdc6y
facc. toward >iSiy; in Book wig and black clothes;
nigh brow. low crown, !ead lonG'h; small ho0NhoS,,
long upper lip mil shaved. corners Ok -ghich. ana
mouth generally. and indeed face generally, express
oh>tnacy. sulk.eSs. auG silent loE--cOntiuu'i labor
aud chacrin. could have Lhencd him a sAopkecpcr
OF thouehtiu HABITS much Of whose saving, had IN,
eNpcctcdN zone in railways. Thomas Wilson, OF
s.cc!astou 81. resemble, Iirl IN al NOUN. bH0
there was more intellect in Charprncr, though IN
smokc-hlcayd condition. A probably Of con-
siderable talent rather p dau-c.nu>-l". nan.
Their Wre;chcd mOchcricS upon marriage their Gamma
hCrirasC and s0ullcs cginnEG over al hat i boaet-
iul and pouS in human relations. wer, profoundly
soldering % ne: and ] proposed cmp1ati'alN az
tOurnmcnt f0r tea. which acOeiei 70. ard ended
my concern with the French theatre for this bont.
Pauch!7
After night Of miserable S.ecpcs'pe-S, In the
Of which he stepped out 10 t' balcony four OF
five times. and In my dress ne gown ant rcd nlSiclp
smoked 4 short Irish pipe there tlatcly my poor.
mothcr'S.7 10 WanderS about iTri> betoW breakfast
mentally photogTphing everything he secs a usual:
In the afternoon N Their called and was duly added