New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-12-09


a long time. Mr.. sala's death was caused py a
complication of disorders ne suffered lo,n
cancer OF the liver, diseased kidneys and shat-
tered nerves
George Augustus Henry Saa, for more than forty
years known as the doyen OF British jour
and the best after-dnner speaker in the united
Kingdom obtained, as many good journalists nave
not a recognized reputation outside the imiteu
circle OF his own profession. AS general .hhs' III
England, the public is little acquainted win even
the names OF the leader writers whose aruc'es arc
diligently perused, and whose dictum may mani az
act of Parliament The special correspondent ID
less of an impersonallty than of his conireres'
II was as the special correspondent OF rhe Dally
Telegraph" that Mr. Sala, or &c. A. >, as ne
signed himself became known to the Eh9hsh pun
lie and to the world.
His writings have been varied and disseminated
through many fields OF literature HIS letters as
special CORE spondent' were vivid In DESCRIPTION
and strong in action carrying with them certain
literary elements which would go far to make them
in q vav peruenent literature. When the Corn
hill MAGAZINE was started, Thackeray secufed 'He
services Of Mr.. Saa. who contributed series Vi
articles on Hogarth in when ne asplreu ~ '"0
reputation OF an critic, as well as sociai essay
,st Some lll-natured remarks of Thackerays upon
the club verbosty" Of those articles caused Mr'
Sala 70 sever his connection with THE Cornhll.
Then Mr. Sala tried his hand at novel Wrlt!hs but
his Sever Sons OF Mammon was no' success
the rambling discursiye style OF the essayis' 'he
Clements OF portrature OF the special corresponu-
emf did not ierd themselves to the requirements
of a work of pure Imagination, and the author
wisely came TO the conclusion that fiction was not
his forte As little successful have been Mr.. Saia
contributions dramatic literature although great
things were expected of his burlesque, wat lyer'
Mr. sala also tried poetry but his verses, although
they would scan ard jingle lacked poetic mag
ton ard were either mere doggerel, or pare nat
and Greary prose written in metre
I, was as an essayst--a chrOnc.er OF amusing
gossip Of picturesque scenes, retailer OF sprshty
remin sciences where irreevGrcy IS a cAarn' ana
there is unlimited scope for drawing upon large ana
varied knowledge OF men and manners IN their more
superficial and passing aspects-that Mr.. SAID gaiieu
his rich popularity in England
During the winter of 1884 So Mr. Sala visited the
United States for the second time, on an indif-
ferently successful lecture tour. While In New
York city he was entertained at the Lo;os Club.
The career Of g A. 5" eXemplifies once more the
uncertainties OF Journalistic work and lame For
thirtv-one years he had been connected with Inc
Daily Telegraph" and during that time he had
written over 1900 leaders. Few writer's have been
more conscientious workers. He never wrote
leading article wlthou; first consulting at least
dozen Of his l4~0 references. This famous library
was sold a few weeks ago at auction TO pay the
debts incurred by his long illness Curousy enough
n never saw proof of his daily work. Ills leaders
were written few hours before The Daiiy Ie!e-
graph" went to press, and were revised al the
Office never being altered or added to by the auhol
Mrs Sala had long been her husbands devoted
comrade and interchangeable secretary She IS the
sister-in-law OF John Strange Winter and mas
many affiliations with the literary world
The literary life of &c. A. S." may be summed up
as follows: lie was the son of an ltalian gehtie-
man. who married a favorite English singer OF west
Indian extraction lie was born in London in ls2s,
was brought up with view TO following arr as 4
profession but Quilted It FOR literature ana 9eeaIe
q constant contributor to 'Househoid WORDS NJ Ire
was an extensive and regular contributor to Inc ne
Welcome Guest he founder ana trss eu't Uo 20
she stories Of "rhe Seven Sons OF Mammon, ana
Captan DanserS wrote for several Years in The
Illustrated London News" the Hogarth papers in
6ae c %one iol m The e'q RoSnd
appeared in separate form IN N9Vem h a 1gt re
graph" the United States In 1865 ana on MS re-
turn at the close Of 1854 Published ne result OF ms
Midst OF War" He wrote. in ls,4 series sol OF
Algeria and revisited Algeria and Morocco II $50
In 1870 Nj. Saa was at Metz and n Eastern france
After wtnesns The ia Of the Empire in ,b Paris S on
september he went to hoTe To reS2f 1 'he entry
In January, 1915 ne visited Spain on the occasion
he dispatched 70 Venice to describe me teles
consequent on the interview OF the Emperor FRAMES
ward published his impressions under the tile OF
Two Kings and Kaiser In December b'o, ne
Daily Telegraph" and travelling from ST. Peters
burg TO Moscow. proceeded thence TO Warsaw. and
subsequently traversed'the length of the empire to
observe the mobilization then in progress OF the
Russian Army. ultimately reaching Odessa and Con-
stantinope by the Black Sea, In time for the open
ing OF the conference the Eastern question.
His best-known works in addition TO those already
mentioned How | Tanned Mrs Cruiser pub
lishel in 1858; Twice Round the Clock and Jour
ney Due North; Residence in Russia, IN 1859;
The Badmlnton Peerage," looking at Life and
1860; Dutch Pictures with Some Sketches in the
ship Chandler. and other Tales" and Two Prima
Donnas and the Dumb Poor Porter In 1867; Break
fast in Bed" and Strange Adventures OF Captain
Dangerous" in 1863; After Breakfast; or. Pictures
Don. With a Quill" and quite Alone" in 1854;
Trip to Barbary by Roundabout! Route" in 1865;
From Waterloo TO the Peninsula" In 1866: Notes
and Sketches OF the Paris Exhibition" in 1865:
Rome and Venice" and Wat Tyler, NJ. p, Bur
Iesque," in 1862 Under the Sun; Essays Mainly
Written in Hot Countries" In 1872; Paris Herself
Again and America Revisited" in 1885, "A Jour
ney Due South" in 1885. A description OF a visit
TO Australia in that year was published in The
Daily Telegraph" under the title OF THE Land OF
the Golden Fleece"
Mr. sala started a weekly paper in May. 1892 un,,
der the title OF "Salas Journal, ~ which he and
Mrs Sala were constant contributors The paper
has now ceased TO appear Mr.. Sala's autObOgfse'y
was published early In 1895