The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-12-10
GEORGE AUGUSTUS san DLAD.
Tho English Nan Of Letters Expires vt
Brighton.


LONDON, December S.-Georse Angus
tus saia. the journalist and author died
ills morning at Brighton. where he had
been III long time.
George Augustus Sala was probably the
most celebrated British Journalist OF me
second. third and fourth decades OF the
Victorian era. Ills remains tautoblo-
graphical and reminiscenO are already "
ing In state In four pOrtly Folumes-his
Life and Adventures" IN ScribnerS
Sons handsome duo, In crimson ana MS
"Things / Have Seen and People haFe
Known" in Casscll * Company neat
pair in blue. Nor can one complain at
the size Of this twilight legacy from
veteran traveller AM sight-seer' VINO mas
long been the eyes for millions OF ms
brother mortale. and who has enjoyed
an almost fabulous career OF adventure
Ga an parts OF the globe.
Tho thirteenth child, he was not, now
ever born under an uniuchy STAR anu
the fates gifted him with such q unique
memory that he sOiemnly made oath 10
n perfectly distinct remembrance OF the
death OF George ~" who breathed ms
last in June. 1880. when the PHOTOGRAPHIC
minded Sala was "a tender babe OF less
than two years. It IS strange thins' TOO
that this bantiing. who was 10 see so
mllIn MOIll NfflllEf Ntt' N''+--'f
blind at the age OF six, and recovered Only
the use OF the left eye
Sexagcnarlan Sala has ample reason 10
gossip with pride about his memories OF
olden DAYS. He was patted on the head
bv wellington: heard Malibran sing ana
Paganin play. saw the coronation OF
Queen Victoria and lived 10 celebrate her
jubilee. beheld the transformation or the
British metropolis during half century.
\ u
King OF the French. witnessed the second
funeral Of Napoleon: gazed on three rev.
olutions i'm the French capital saw old
Car Nicholas at the Ascot races. at
tended the funeral OF the assasslnated
Alexander RI and lived In Russia when
there were millions OF white scrt there
followed Garibaldi IN his campaign in
Tyrol was I'm the FrancO-NeNican war,
and At the storming of Pueblo heard the
first Turkish Constitution proclaimed In
CouStanfinopie from the steps OF the old
seraelio. listened 10 Daniel O'COnnel i'm
the london Tavern: spent several years
in America during lie civil var and met
Lincoln. Seward. Summer. Greedy and
Grant as well as Jefferson Davis and
was a friend Of Dickens and Thackeray
Such man cannot be bore and the
mere rehearsal j. like satisfactory pro-
loguc 10 a good play.
tleman. who married a favorite English
singer Of West Indian extraction. lie was
born i'm London In 1888. and was brought
up with a view TO following art as a pro-
fessi0n. but quilted IL for literature, and
became a constant contributor 10 House
hold Words He was an extensive and
regular contributor 10 the Welcome Guest.
n founder and first editor Of the Tempe
BAR MAGAZINE for which he wrote the
. Nfs.l
and Captain Dangerous" afterwards re-
published as separate works. wrote for
several years In the Illustrated London
News the llogarth papers In the cornhiii
Magazine and n story entitled quite
Alone" for All the Year Round.
He came as special correspondent TO the
Daily Telegraph 20 the United states IN
1853. and on his return 10 ENGLAND at the
close Of lisa. published the result OF his
observations under the title OF America
in the Midst Of war" He wrote I'm 1861
a series Of graphic lectures FOR the Daily
TELEGRAPH from Algeria.
In 1870 Nr Sala was ~ Msiz and I'm
Eastern France as war correspondent for
tho Daily Telegraph. After Witnessing
tho FAN of the Empire IN Paris on Sep
.e,oter 2 he went 20 Rome TO record the
entry Of the Italian army into the Eternal
Ci-v In January. ls75 he visited SDar
o. the occasion or the entry OF Alfonso
XII on his return In April. he was dis
Matched 20 Venice to describe the fctcs
coneeorc1t on the interview OF the En-
peror Francis Joseph and King Victor
Emanuel.
In December. 1876. ne visited Russia as
va, corresnondent for the Daily Tele-
elaph and traN-'line from st. Petersburg
10 Moscow. proceeded thence TO Warsaw
and subsequently traversed the length of
Tho Empirc 10 observe tho mobilization
then in progress Of the Russian army
ultimately reaching Odessa and Constan-
tinople by the Black Sea. in time for the
opening Of the conference on the Eastern
question.
Ho wrote a large number Il stories and
sketches Mr. Sala started weekly pa
ner in MAY 1872. under the title Of Sala's
Journal 10 which he and Mrs. Sala were
constant contributors. The paper has
now ceased - appear. Mr.. 5ala's autobi-
ocraphy was published carly in 1875.