New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-10-06

THE IRlSUkEI
oorvr,oht 1892: BY the tribune Annexation
London. Dct. 5-Bulletins from Adwor'h
,,s. where the Poet Laureate still lay this morn
49,, sick INTO death. have been anXiously looked
Gov through the day. They have not come III
ranid succession owing to the fact that Aidworuh
House ,s a considerable distance from We raii-
wav station and there has been no'mnR W '"S
.hronob tho day. except that the patient was
.,np;nc There has been little of that exci'emehV
nth which the bedside of pubic man
{. ,,a,cbed when there is hope, however remote
.ha. there may he some favorable turn IN the
o,sdv The bulletin issue shortly AFTER noon
was the sure precursor of the end. ana 'hereai'ei
tbc e-raph boards at tho cluos were iooN'"
at only 70 learn at what hour Lord lchnS son
s.w his Pilot face face when he hao crosSeu ''0
bar. . r,,roxn 10
Tbe nersonality OF Tennyson is unknown '"
the General pablic, he having, with ihc'e"'o' ~"
and energy as age advanced, smut iii'h',,' up
tbe nrivacy Of his house and grounds. No' even
the Oueen has such dislike for casuai h""'""N"'
as had the Poet Laureate, VINO SOHO Ac"'' ~"
~oo nm . cherished home because it was acces'l-
ble TO determined lookerS-ln. IL Is c""'"o'''-
ot the traditions of the house read how the gate
o,,,roroa ,o the Grounds of Aldworth Hons
u.as This morning iealouslv fastened with s'r"ns
roma
leave cards or friendly messages. Yet up 10
. oo.r+ time Tennvsun was accesslhl" 10 H.
-. .r;onds or TO persons recommended TO hl'h
urder pecnliar circumstances. 10 THESE IL was
li. habit to read his poems, Of WHOM ne was Ao'
the least enthusiastic admlrer
Eour vcars ago he had an attack OF Illness iio,'
which nrobahly lie has never fully recoVe'e", "
,vos so bad that he was induced to give up s""N'"
on abstcntion which did not last long. lie lou''"
.hot in sucb circumstances life was not worth iiN-
inc and went back to his long clay pipe
1'apnvson has kept ftfuly at work through ms
declininr wears. though possibly those leaous 'o'
his renutation would have wished thst ne hsn r''
tried 70 add leaf to his leu~ls. ''h'c
Iolv Grail" published in 1869 he mas oo,'' "r'
.ha+ tho world would not willingly let die'
Oucon Mary" Harold" "The Cup. HE from
- of Nav "Tfrcsias" none Of these IS hkely
,;,., avon with TcnnySons name attached.
,.A;,. HE nostscript 10 Locksey !ialv pnhiis"cc
-, ,.ors AGO and his Jubilee. Ode, which st"
,he light in 1887, had much better have neen Nep'
in manuscript for private reading to ehthuriaS'"
cuests His last work but one-'he i'@e ''"
zion Of poems published three years ago uuu'i Wv
.i,l. acknowledgement touched the marx ol u'e
author of Poems Chiefly Lyrical, which can'
;rto tho world lust siXty-two years ago. Inns
contains the exquisite verses, crossing .nc p'i'
Of one Of which every one ,hihi-s 'o'N's"'
sunset and evening saf
And one clear call for me.
And NAV there be no moaning oil the af
When | put out to sea-
Three years ago there came upon ire i'"i nv U.s..
manuscript of portions of lennIsoh Garner N
and some original editions containing lI,'''
tions by his pen. He was exceedingly "ro'" "U V'
,ncursion upon his privacy, wIllch lie ""> i"'P
.,.,,. =, ,,reyent What made it the more painfui
hp ma
.nd volumes had been given to intimate rleh"'
That they should now come into the lnarKo' ""'
lo oe.red for sale like old chairs OF tables was
;,r,e,orca pncuiarlv calculated to FeN INC
- eorI . Tennyson took the best ls'A"i"
,,..n. Of nreventing his memoirs from being VIII
ten. keeping no record OF ms coii'Np
mucb less building up diary VIII '"N' s0o'
care he said TO friend u year OF TWO 'so
.;,,ad to io,n him in the companionehlp oil piPc'
thev shall not when ] am dead rip me u' nm
III; " , much earlier protest against ihc"''i'
v,,tcr Is familiar in his early poems III i p'o'-
obe that in his Will there Will he iouho pi''''"
and emphatic prohibition alike OF pnDic"'i''i VI
ru' ori,,.,,, correspondence OF preparation OF
biography. o,o h, ,
oo,,eetion Of the Poet Laulcatcs to cialm heir'
,hi,, 60 ,be Barony of DEyncourt There was
1a-',, hut not much. foundation Tor tins. len
,,,.so like Shakespeare. sprane from tne peoPic'
H., ~,rcs,-oraodfather was Richard 1enhyson'
ano.Lecarv of Stanton, Lincolnshire lie mar
1iot the daughter of an Alderman OF "ros'
,,sa,s,y who claimed lineal descent from the
D'Eyncourt tree. ,,.., ,.c.;vsd
handsome income from the c0pyrlehV VI "''
,yorks When Messrs. 'StraIan AZ 20 pec"nie
his publishers they paid him |''oo" uo"" 'o'
Il .tifh soma
his books then ia eAiStence' WIN ''P'.rN
occoru, for new works. For five years ti'is
ae,.,r,n, ,ar and tie Mcssrs Strahans books.
believe show that IN that time they p'iu
lin ., aggreoate sum of G3l 900. Ills next
publishers were King & Co, who uhuer'ooN -
pay him $4,000 year. "'On sp"
for new works.
Tord Tcnnvson at one time made practice OF
running up to London at least once year, ana
roaming about. as far ae possiple u'ie0os''NN'
but no one could pass him by wlthou, 'uinib
10 look at one Of the strangest hgures tha' e'.'
trod the streets Of modern London: TALL rouiu-
shouldered man, growing stout IN THESE i"'''
Years he aways walked with stick, anu gave
the impression that he was not ehtircIS ""
from gout long beard covered hls lace' an"
he looked out through pair OF large spec'ao'o'
upon a world which. Oh the whole, he WAS '"'"O'
inclined 70 despise In supplement OF his spec
taces there dangled across the sohe"n"'
shabby-looking tweed dustcost pair OF 2oiu
rimmed pince-nez. The tweed dustcoat IN coio.
q musty red, was evidently an acquaintance OF
many years. and had now grown too tlgh' io'
him across the chest over which II was, neVer''io
less deterninedy buttoncd Dark trousers, WIN
CATERS over his thck-solcd boots, ana oToau
brimmed felt hat probably older by some years
than the tweed dustcoat, completed the dress
of the Poet Laureate when last he was seen
yturdily pIodding across Regents Park
H. w. l..