New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-10-07

had Maid q visit 10 Neroridge with her caugn-
tiers, and in return she invited one VI H'S i
err and myself u spend some ua!n d. nv
"sho,y' place in County Wicklow. While mere
talked with the enthusiasm Of my age 10 her
very charming young daughters oil me p,e@s $50 80
Of study urging them strenuously 10 iedin uivc
and mathematics Mrs. L.. ring me- IN
tervened in the conversation. and sa!o, so,Iie-
what tartly. 81 do not at all agree WIN YOU oS
| Cable, | think the duty o. lady IL 10 attei!u
to her house. and = her husband ana chIIuici.
beg you w!ll not inc.:e my girls to take up your
studies" ~ c,or
began admlrns some Of the china about the
room. There is" said Mrs L., some very me
old china belonging to TINS mouse; ii'le 10 scno
dessert service which is said 10 nave cost tSoo
forty or fifty years ago "ouid you "Ne ~ ''0
| it, ,.-..
Having gratefully accepted the invitation /
| followed my hostess to the basement oil the
| house and th,n for the first time In my me
recognized that condition % disorder ana sla.
teniness which had heard described as csa II,
ac,erisic Of irish houses. At last we reached an
| underground ch.na-coset. and after some dra!
and reluctance on the part Of the servant Key
was found nd the door opened lhere, on Ine
/ shelves and the floor, lay piled. hissieoS Ip'b
! gledy dishes and plates of exquisite china hlNed
! up with the cOnmorcst earthehWdle JusS,
| basins Guns and willow pattern kitchen dshcs'
| and the great dessert-scrvirc among the rest
! with the dessert Of the previous summer EotiAS
on the plates, Yes. there was no mistake. oOl.
Of the superb plates handed 10 me ny tne SCI 'aii.
Tor examination by tho light OF the WINDOW hdu Oh
! them reach and plum stones and Grape-stalks' CD
viously left they had been taken from the taple
in the dinngroon many months before; Iooa
| Mrs L. muttcred some expressions or d-smay
| and reproach 10 her servants which. OF course
| | id not seem u hear. but had NOT me
strength Of mird to resist SAYING; Inceea Ina
| IS u splendid service: style dc rEnpire. shouin
| call IT, We have nothing like It, but when mex,
you do us the pleasure 10 come to NeWDrldse !
/ shall Ike TO show you our lndlan ana Worcus'e'
services 10 YOU know. I always take up all tho
! mates and dishes myself. when they have been
washed tho day after patty. and put them on
| their proper shelves with my own handS-thouen
7 do know a little Greek and geometry, Mrs. L..
The most serious phase Of the authors young
womanhood was the religious doub; which early
assailod her and which led after her mothers
death. To her temporary Punishment from her
pious fathers house and to much mental sur
ferinc. The history Of this experience differs
little from thahrecordcd by other generous and
aspiring souls Her struggles ended in the read
Ing ~ what was to her an epoch-rnakng book
Theodore Parkcr's "Dscourse Of Religion" Re-
! covering her faith in God and in the lifc immor-
tai she undertook To- turn to the good Of human
! kind All that was best in her " sympathy, as
pirat,on and executive power Her frs; book, inc
| Essay on the Theory IF Intuitve Morals was
written between her thrtieth ard thiry-thlrd
wear It was widely read and was reprinted In
this country: and was generally supposed by the
/ critics To- be- the work 81 a man. II was the hFst
II several thoughtful and straightforward books
from her pen For he details of this work ana
/ of her larger work for the suffering crea'ure'
- God both man and beast. we must refer the
/ reader t. her ovn deeply interesting pages
W. find many gimpses Of famous or amusing
| p.1p,c In these volumes. This not very pleasant
+ one - Byron comes from an autograph letter by
Mrs Heuans N the authors possession: your
affection for Lord Byron will not BE- Increased
by tn description l AN going 70 iranscr'he f'r
YOU of liz appearance and manners abroad. My
/ si.... VINO Is uow az Venice. has sent me u"
/ following sketch II Tho 'Giaou-': We went
/ - a r,rvers1zouc At Nile Benzonfs where We
saw Lord Byron. and now my curiosity IS graft
/ fed have ~ wish eyer t. see him again
+ r,,r. wrr.,AcI. deprayel-looklng countenancei 1t
is Impossible to imagine His hair streaming al
mos, down t. Ms shoulders AMI his whole ap-
relsAn,c sl1vcnly an even dirty. stu there IS
4. something which impc.s you to look at his face
4 although u inspires you with aversion some
thing entirely different from any expression On
any countcnan.e ! over bchell before" Mr
r FinlAv. who wrote IA, history 4 Greece Under
Foreign pominauon' and who fought beside
Byron I'm the Crock War - independence, de-
f s.rlbel IA, poet t. Miss Cobbe as a most singu-
la~ clnMultJn ~ romano ali astUtencss
Divers Greeks wh1 happened To- have selfish
financial and political schemes and who iaaG-
med that the enthusiastic Byron must BE- rather
soft-hea!cd and easily humbugsel. were sur
pr.s.l to find that il was impossible - get the
. better ~ him In any negotiation. In fact Nj
F.nl.y considered ;hc poet rather closc-hs;et In
money matters. ana ais opinion was afterwarl
confirmed by Lander who said - Miss Cobhc
that luxur!ousy as Byron chose to live in Italy
h. Was 10y no means ready to pay freely FOR his
luxury During our authors visit In Italy she
saw good deal II another great English poet
Robert Browning she records. was always full II
impe.uous spirits. always full Of interest in
+ everything great simple. arouslng laughter
wherever he went and chatting lightly and play
fully on frivolous themes. AT that time" says
Miss Cobbc, Il do not think that anyone. GER
tainly ~ one OF the society which surrounded
him. thought II Mr.. Browning as great poet
or as an equal 10 his wife. whose Aurora
Leigh was then a new book The utter
sehshness and generosity wherewth he glorici
! in his wlfc's fame bringing us up constantly
good reviews II her poems and eagerly recountlng
how many editions had been called for-perhaps
! helped To- blind us-stupl that We were.-to his
own claims"
This SINE un'7sumng modesty. the author de-
clares characterized another English writer
John Stuart Mil Talking one day" she says
about the difficulty Of doing mental work when
disturbed by street music and Of poor Mr.. Bah
bages frenzy on the subject, Mr.. Mil SAID 1t did
not much interfere with him. | told him how in
/ tcnse!y Mr. Spencer objected to disturbance An
yes of course! Writing Spencer's works one
must want quiet" A. II nothing Of the kind We're
needed FOR such trivial books as his System
/ Of Logic or Political Economy. lie really was
/ quite unconscious of the irony Of his remark. |
/ have been told that he would allow his eat 10
! interfere sadly with his literary occupation when
! she preferred Ia lie On his table sometimes on
! his neck Another wise man who showed this
/ trait Of Sen,lcnnss to animals was Charles
/ Kingsley. My fren!'s little fox-;crrier travel