New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-30

s,ght Of what the other noncompliance ono
man.d % him rs it happens 10 almost every Wv
- whom this divided UNITY i possio'e' '""'
| moo,v capafle of great achievement WI nv a..
~ tho time in the supef-co's''o"' "o''a" 81,
,oa,, in which Schopcha"ci A"SiS'' '". ,.,
/ o.nus works at Ms pest i"o o'"'' ';.,,,n
genius .s..1,oro 70 Borrow the real man WITHIN
HIM. and il did not look ~ 'i"i ''""' " na,,.
I'M a;,.o, ovcr and over again tine most hai's
he which apparently 1t accomplishe''
~ :, H., were a sort Of hypocr'c, kho"ihs
| -. ,;1 On, rot knowing how he dld II. Anu
VIM, " ,;,,i,v lies the solution OF Ills distrus'
~ W. ,,d literary men for example, con'ra''c'
', -: ,oI,ncss and readiness among III" warucr-
".''' VIZ, ,ho ro,d He was to himself an incNtrlca-
-, n.,. and no was etcImncd-conSclousiy Ut
~. .ir.'.,,o,.l,that no other mind should pcfc-
..a,., ,rohlcm which he had given up. Nv W.
.,as -, .J,vcngro' that he had long riu HUI
s.If ot sbvpnss: vet shyncs' is just the trai' u"e'
'.' ~, ,,'Ds. WHO knew him. This cannot he ac-
o",,,,od for in any way unless by surprising t'la'
l., ,,,. tho reverence due to his nature anu !e'
oould give no adcquat" reason for 1t.
Nan, ,lo children of the open air cared for none
49,; iruto ANALYSIS of character. with t'e"i
Do,,ou.,s mystery was safe, because they were III
c,n,b,c Of pcrccivins it. But with thr s''arp-
rI ,,.,;,ors for the press, the men who hah s'u"-
ia chain own mental structure. the case was az
,.. They had mcddcd with such problems
,odr and were eager, even in Their own W.
s,ito for = new subject. Borrow felt him'cn an
oh;oot of scrutiny which he could not chiur'' -
cnrious confirmation of this is to no io'h" III Wv
,,t;tudo preserved toward him by MS hc"''',
friend Dr. Gordon IIake. No persuasion oo'i'
inducc the latter to attempt the analysis VI ''''
comranon's characteristics IN PRINT ~
rather garrrlous Mr.. Watts. who tri"' W '"'
a.. ,rohlcm Of Borrow'S individuality on hrS'
meeting him, Iake merely pointed a' '"'
,,oon shoccv umbrella which the philplogist cur
80, a1 s,id with droIl sarcasm evidently loS'
ON his intcrlocutor who repeats th" remark III INV
Introduction 10 this volume Rat tn" most "a''''-
inc thing Of all il that umbrella, gigantic ana green
| ,,o,rful tbouaht that has often occurred TO me-
Tba, il 70 say. Iiakr insisted on standing to""''
| his fricnd inst as the people Of IN" roal s'o'"
| ,ow,rd him. apparcnty Indifferent to the 'h'h
| mor.oI pcculiaritirs but alive and responsive ~
| ,hoso littje outward ccccntrictles win WIN"
por,oy SOUGHT TO distract the attention OF o'h'''
J,o,v li,,lc Dr. IIakc was willing to reveal OF 'l'
| knowcdyo respecting the inner III" oil ''iS hr'"'
cor h. inferred from Ill" colorl'Ss sk"'ch VI p,'
,o,v written hy his son. Mr.. Egm"nt iiaK'' '"' ''
:. Dictionary Of National Biography
I, ,yas ANYTHING but srf-rstccm which lea '''f-
| ~ ca Stand in wonder beside tie mystery oi HIS
o,n norson,lity Doubtless he felt Just tnc s'.''c
mora ,l,,n once in In. presence of another IN
dood ono may s,, something like II in the rover
orcc lac shows for that strange. BEAUTIFUL d'nan''
vet lovablr woman. op"l Perm r. iI'r"' 'p'' -
an individuality. the secrets oi when were IVY "H
| hi. ken 4 mere novelist would hav" pu|A''" a"'
nuzzlcd un,il he reached some solution or "'h'i'
and then would have unwonnh the i''''
| skein Of his own imaginings. borrow - '' "'''''
outward ~ wholly incapable OF the mental 'o''"''
known hy the nam" OF introSp'fON" "'""S e' 80
! SoohocIc. and only lacks tragic power 70 b" a.
| ,,rca, a writer or tragedy h. Is incapabic' Even
/ hi, dissertation Of the death Of his father l. pa
/ ,hc,ic rather than strong and stern ~ u ME"
hav, hr,a. and is pathos almost approaches ''''
| ,,iro,,. far op. who realizes suddenly whlt
: ,,c,ur. ,lc mother and two sons must have mal'
| r,.h;pc obout the bedside Of the dyinS latner
CRYING and calling The picture l. true to realty
I'm, /, IL not heroic and II II redeemed Only py 'n'
,s, touch OF deep, genuine religious icrliii2' Tue
| strongest and best element OF B1lrow = chaIdV"'
in the expression Of which he was always rams
.,rrrs and dcVout. He had I'll" un'lu'N'i""''S
f,iih in divine things which one OFTEN mus III
soldiers and sailors, and III TINS poih' was "o"''
les. like that old soldier, his father but '"'
omhiquity Of lis own natur" mad" nm Fcc'''N"
i'm all other matters. In III" last 'onN''S"''"
with his father. which i. doubtless a real piece oil
autobiography. the old man says nav" over
/ observed about YOU a want of frankn"Ss when Has
] DISTRESSED me-: you never speak oi WHAT Ao" a''
I about. your hopes your prospects, pu' r'N',
| yourself with mystery. Ion are my so", "''
| know ,i,.l. of your real history Inc ia''''r
thought his son w.l'u: the boy Knew tha' Nv WIS
r.,IIv driven Lv ,c.ccs over which he had no con-
| tI, nnty nj
| Il. b,d. hut h. did not know how 10 tell ms
! father this He could only say that II he 'h""u
in irrcmcdiablc disaster he had one resource u
| can't succ'rd ana am diiNeh l" '"' "'''
| he. 1T is but dying
| Will. the mystery NJ his own personality III
ono asncc, wa, fell, by Borrow 90 b. worthy OF
his reverence there were other aspects oi II winch
H.. seemed Ia Inc ashamed of lie was sup"rs'itiou-'
I'm, he yelled the worst fanci"s of TN, KIN" u"
| which he was subject under fictitious chara''c''
| in "Lavcngro" Only in Il rather chli'lsh pti"'
over the fact that other people gave MN ''eHi'
| far sccond SIGHT. in the wondering sll" gii"'''
after the murcroEo litlr gypsy, l'"no'a' OF Ill
the satisfaction he gets ont OF ms pinNth9 Witch
, chilli with "A viper doe. Il" admit the super
s,itious clcmcn, in himself. When II comes 10
tho frcaki-h desire 10 touch things III ORDER 10
avoid evil chance, he imprr'onatcs the trait III
fine strange country gentleman ana author VIII"
WAS bur,lcncd by the vcXatious fear that what he
| wrot. in his books not original. ana VINO
dreaded TO read lest he might br accused OF Dor
rowing his ideas /, can hardly be do"bt"d that
h.r. Borrow described one of his own
eccen,rici,cs lie knew we'll enough that
his fear. were meaningless but he was
here at other times face to lac"
with that inner personality which h" only
yoo,ely understood. Knowing the nnd'rcurren'
of lii. rs we'll a. he. The Wallins Lord of Gypsy
ore, should have known them: he must have Ill
vined TINT these unn"onins, ever Nanishing' yet
ever rrcurrrn' fantasies were universal. Yet he
acted a. nearly as one can see who never knew
him. n, though he thought his superstition no less
peculiar than his aptitude for learning Languages.
Rat il would seem that a man who l. glad. with
out wasting meditation on the matter, that he
happcncl to SEQ the new moon over hi right shout
der instead of over his left, has all the dark