New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-12-17

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following extract from letter written in Ma
4, dr.d: Fancy shy man. without experience SUD
denly pumped down among lot of utter strah-
gers unable to speak their language thoush
I knowing more OF It than almost any OF them.
: Some Of the most amusing episodes mentioned
! IN this correspondence belong to the period Oh
! the writer's Spanish Embassy. The author Oh
the "Blgow Papers pretty sure to be en-
| tcr.,ined by the formidable ceremonies or the
court and the diplomatic corps, and he rtters
some merry asides. Ike this in letter 10 MISS
! Norton: There are six special embassies here
! with very long tale" His own expe rience upon
arriving in the spanish capital was anything but
| req ssuring TO his scholarly tastes I'VE are
Obliged to 60 about somewhat In the heat OF the
day house hunting. We can't go In cab
like ordinary rlortas. but must nave
coachman and footman in livery with
their coats folded over the coacn-boX
in cascade Of brass buttons. The first day
| It rather amused me. but yesterday the whole
| thing revealed Itself to me as TREMENDOUS pore
but essential TO the situation TIL ras Voulu'
! Georges Dand!n. There are moments wheh
, feel that | have sold my soul to the d. am
writing post-haste now because this leathern IN
| convenency vii! be at the door in hall an hour.
and must find work for It Or Even
In the midst of official duties In the last degree
trinng and haras5ng. Lowell found time
| for linguistic and literary studies for
conversation with literary celebrities: ana
in some OK his Spanish letters there are
illusions 10 certain editions OF GonSora ana
Ccrvantcs which show that his photographed
| researches were not crowded out by the routine
Of Office or these literary fragments there Is
one. written. as it happens. from London De-
fore he had held a diplomatic appointment
| which gives an interesting glimpse OF IhacN-
| cray -. Thackeray gave us (Story'
! Cranch-whom I brought over from Paris-and
| mol a dinner NJ the Garrick Club. The place IL
full Of pictures OF actors and actresses, so"c VI
| ,hcr, admirable The dinner very
| funny. Thackersy had ordered 1t for TWO ana
| was afraid that there would not be cnough-ah
| apprehcnsion which he expressed very forciDiy
| 70 the waiter Tic said something TO story which
ncascd me wonderfully. There were some cut
| lets which did look rather small. Eat one OF
EN-. story.' said he; It will make you feel a
! little hungry 1T Ars but You Will soon get over
| IT, The benevolent tone he gave to the soon
| ,vos dcIi,htfuIly comic. After dinner we went
| :, a room, over the 'Cydcr Cellar to smoke
| Thackeray called FOR glass OF GIN and water
and presently cont for the las. 'Newcomes'
raying that he would read US the death OF
| Colonel Newcome. While he was reading IN
came tall man In his shirt-sleevcs. ana cried
Well Thack I've read yonr last number Don't
like It. rs failure Not so Good as the rest
This was Maurice John o'ConA"H. ihacHeray
was not at all disturbed but sent him of cava-
Uerly. While reading one ~ the worst TRADES
Of the Campaigner' he Interrupted himsel: to
say: That's my she-devil Of mother-in-law.
Won know. whom have the good luck to pos
seas still complaincd ~ his marrying C!sfe
and Ethel as an artistic blundcr lie acknowi-
edrcd that It was 60 But. then. you sec.
what could a fellow do? 50 many people
wanted en- married. To be sure, | had to XIII
OH poor Itlc Rosey rather suddenly. but shall
not n man do what he will with his own? Be
aides we can hope they won't have any chill
drcn.' "
These letters will be read. and re-rcad fro
nuentlv for the flashes Of criticism which they
contain Two illustrations are 80 fine that TO
ouote them intact Is Irresistible About Ros-
sctti" nc writes 10 Professor Norton u have
no, yet made UP my mind There a. Infinite sug-
ecstion In his poem. "a there Is In Il cloud whose
meaning changes under your eye. and eludes YOU
forever leaving feeling that something beauti-
ful has been meant. Ny notion OF true lyric
is that the meaning should float stcadfast In the
centre ~ every stanza while the vapory emo
tons Qprotean In form as you Wild foat mp 10 II
and over 1t. and wreath II with an opal halo
hitch seems their own nut IL truly Its own
work The shades Of emot, N over. there floats
the meaning clear and sole nd sharp-cut In It's
own luminous integrity
The other specimen to which we refer Is from
n letter. also TO Professor Norton. In which the
same precision OF analysis accompanied by the
same lucidity Of language, is brought TO bear
upon an American author "Emerson's Grafton
was more disjontcd than usual even with him.
II began nowhere and ended everywhere, AID
yet az always with that divine man. II left you
feeling that something beautiful had passed that
way-something more beautiful than anything
else Ike the rising and setting Of stars Every
possible criticism might have been made on 1t
but one--that II was not noble. There was a
tone In It that awakened all eleyatng associ-
atoms lie boggled. he lost his place. he had to
put on his glasses; but 1t was as II a creature
from some falrer world had lost his way In our
fogs. and 1t our fault not his. It was cha
otlc. but IT all such stun az stars are made
or and you couldn't help feeling that. n YOU
waited awhile. all that was ncbulous would be
whirlcd into planets. and would assume the
mathematical gravity Of system. All through
II felt something In That cried la. ha,
to the sound Of the trumpets. "
All through the pcrusal Of LowclIs own let
ter. there Is something In the reader that IL
touched, not as by "A trumpet note exactly, but
as by a tone awakening all elcvatng associ-
atoms" or the brilianc,es Of familiar talk that
sparkle on every page. OF the episodes OF travel
and Of social life III America and Europe. Of the
anccdotc and critical treasures with which the
volumes are crowded. 1t is impossible TO speak
at greater length To make drafts upon this
llnk Is only to leave n balance 80 large AZ to
invite further and reckless extravaganza No
recent publication OF an photographed nature
images forth more manly ana beautiful per-
sJnaty or adorns the figure II presents with so
many evidences Of refinement. loyalty. wit and
high intellectual power.
UHITTIERS BROTHER