New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-12

me responsible for everything which nav P0
into the mouths OF the people in my DOCKS 20
never described living characters, anu III
never attempted to write what Is coihinoy
called a society novel My aim is to write apous
human nature-not about the peculiarly es ",
an individual or the manners OF seasol '
C,raigie confeSses that she has CROWNS 80
for the writing Of history and biography. , anu
thinks it not improbable that she may IN iuu ,
devote herself largely to that brancn Oh nteI
atIre, and the romantic and stirring hiSeo.y
her own Puritan and Revolutionary forefathSrs
will afford her interesting subject matter; ~
cannot help but feel that John Onver Hoppeo
is a singuarly incongruous nom plulne ,oi %
charming woman; the nOvests own name .,
Pearl would have suited her much Detter, anu
when / expressed some SUCH OPINION MI .;
Craigie laughingly said. Il adopted the haie =. "a
John oliver Hobbies to keep me from Deihg SENT
timeutal" There having been so many ruihots "
the effect that Mrs Craige was contemplating
a second marriage 1t may be. as well 10 say Say
that. as member Of the Roman Catnolic
Church. such a step. In existing crcuii9'"S''
would be out Of the question.
Those who remember the delight with which
they read. some years ago, Mrs Lorrimer: A
Sketch in Black and White" will enjoy these
paragraphs concerning the author:
Lucas Malet the youngest daughter or CharleS
Kingsley and his wife. Frances Grenrel ek-
hbts i'm her literary and artistic tastes ano ilie
handsome presence something or Doth ner pa
rents She has Kingsleys wonderful eyes ana
the general contour OF her face recalls her
beautiful mother. Mrs. Harrison was Dorm at
Eversley RectOry, and Ii is with an almost pas
sionate devotion that she speaks of IT to-day;
She was educated at home. and WINE g,Ii
was taught Greek by one OF her father lriehus.
Art seems to have attracted her more In early
girlhood than literature, and she became stu
dent at the Slade School | learned win soHe
surprise that novels were practically Ior
at Eversley Rectory, and that Lucas Maiel was
not allowed to read even so safe writer as Chai
lotte YOnge until she was twenty years OF age
81 do not remember. as a child she toio me,
ito have seen my father open a novel. aithous !,
know that he was q reader or scott anu
George Eliot. I was early permitted the run Vi
his library, where | read history and phiiosophy
and the poets but novels were not withih my
reach In those early days j read very nuch III
what may be called the Kipling spirit. that Is.
| was under natures spell in the DeautltuI FOREST
which surrounded Eversley. had an Immense
love for the surface Of the earth and STUDIED
the plants and the birds. My old nurse VINO
lived in our family for forty years, was
woman of fine natural intellect. and had a very
great influence over me. She loved my dolis al
most much as did myself anu Was ie"'eh'
TO my cats and birds
n IL unnecessary To say that to have been
Kincsley's daughter was liberal education IN
itself and the atmosphere OF Eversiey was one
Of the highest culture. There came the most
brilliant men in the scientific and literary worid
of the day and its close proximity to Aldersnot
made il a meeting place for some OF the most
distinguished military men. Mrs harrison re-
calls how her mind was stimulated not only
Inv the talk Of such thinkers as Frederick DENT
son Maurice and her uncle. Anthony Froude
but by stories told by the heroes OF the Crlmea
and the Mutiny II would. indeed, be diincult
In Imagine a more lovely and ennobling lire
than that passed by the novelist In her early