New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-14
MEMORIES OF FAMOUS MEN.
DELIGHTFUL "REMINISCENCES OF DIX
THEODORE L. CUYLER.
HIS MEETINGS WITH WORDSWORTH. p'C"hNs'
CARLYLE. GLADSTONE AND DIR. John bRo""
THE ENGLISH STATESMAN. lie SAYS
IS MORE LIKE LOADED
OMNIBUS THAN A MAN

A 1ayC
c1a.or,noI and biographical Society spen'
,o.o,, o,.,,,nr las, Friday with the Fe'eIa
Nv Theodore 7. Cuylar. listening % 'o ~
r,scenccs OF several OF E1FiGnns - 80, oou,+rv
.h,s century There are tev' men ~ .t,., ex-
nno.. ,oono,ntance during a period someW""' tos
o,ad,r~ me traditional sDan OF man r,,,os ~
,,, - largo q number OF tae no'aoil'"
r,o,ard and America as he's III no w.
.,.ro ara even fever whose recon 49,, THO
.en.Ad :, ,lvidlv ana 50 atir"'u'." rr,dov
venerable clergyman was AZ IT'S - yvords.
,,, ard he ired his obserTatonS - goo.
- Cor1v,A Gladstone. Dickens ana ON -
,-uo,,s,,oan With all his characteristic HI" N'''
originality. ,.,, from Prince
rr Cuvler had Just been sradua''u t,,,n tho
~ when he went abroad. ann ~ va ~ olI
traveller bound 20 Europe "eh' J" o wy. I, ..cot =
seU,nr packets and. Dr.. Cuy'er pu' ~ ot,orce
$50 60 oct acouairted With the sea O'"''
u,iob no one gets nowadays. whf'e' n.
those iron monsters called steamers ,or,
want IN the famous lake country. oelo'O W. -, .,
-, locomotive waa ever heard IN 'haI IeS'o'"
ard ono morning. after spending the INK" 49,,
a., T., and having received permission "V"'
W-sswortb 20 call he sailed forth for the poo
bouse II found tho poet in his garoon' s
Cuvler land of AL the Illusions tha' eNo' 1,,oras
nv Illusions regarding the appearance " I,o
n,o,tb vanished most rapidly ard cornpie;eF "
49,, ~, -, old Cumberland farmer. He wore
o. o,a h,pa coat checked trousers and wais'cod'
some careless rig about his neck n's So"Di
ana goggles on his eyes He sreet'H me CO.."
snd took m. into his house. When ne 'ooN va U.s.
no, hs looked the real WordsN orth. re oos"H
nv asking me questions about washington nNine
- C,,ors- s,d Bryant and his friend Mrs cEou'-
uey Then, turning TO bookshelf ino 'ah'Ie s,.,
a volume, he said think your American e0I'lD' .
NJ nv works Is the best one nave ever
A.er q little desultory conversation nc s"lu'
n-,,s,, ,ou Ike a walk SAID II would give
mo ereat Measure and together we went ou' VI
doors. You remember that servant OF W oroS-
worth when asked about her THs''rS E'uuH'
n,lsd MY masters study IS out OF doors. Ana -
II WAS into WordswOrth's study that we went. As
We parted he plucked little yellow hover rom
b,s aoo-vard and I have Il to-Gay at home IN one
OF his books.
AS TO DR.. JOHN BROWN
Altar describing his visit TO Aohotsford, 70 the
cottage where Rooert Burns died, and his CONVEX
sations with various people who had known Burns
DR. Cuyler told O: h!9 acquaintance with DT' John
Brown the author o. Fab and His Friends
which Dr. Cuyler pronounced The most perfect
rosa thing in proportion 20 iis length. IN tho Eng
Nsh language DR. Cuyier met Sir George Harvey,
the artist who Illustrated "Rab and His Friends
and ne showed the painters keen sense OF
humor BY relating story he used to tel o. on"
Scotchman meeting a. Ole man, VINO was 4''oH'
OF his and saying 20 him:
az hear we're to he married.
yes" was the reply. II wanted TO have some
body to close cen.
.'Wen" said the first Scotchman. 81 tried thot.
an ! he'd mine opened
From Scotland pr. Cuyler went 70 London where
ne visited Dickens. TO whom he had note from
Iucretia Mott when first saw Dickens. said
DR. Cuvler che was at work upon his American
Notes book which he might Just as We'll nave
never written. l saw him in lis house jlst OF
Regent Square and ne then in all the vr"r
Of his splendid youth With his buoyant move
rnent and his merry laugh ne rushed on with his
talk about America and the scenes he had just lett
there 1 felt that had no right to take his time
and went away he called after me from the
doorway, Tell Lucretia Mott haven't forgotten
the slave"
THE VISIT TO CARLYLE.
'T went to see Thomas Carlyle" continued Dr.
cuyie- "at his house in Chelsea, far from the
Thames AS entered the room where he was
found him sitting AZ his desk with an open German
volume sr--ai before him. He gave me an impress
sion OF scrupulous neatness. tie was dressed
almost completely in black wore surtout, high
collar open at the front, and an old-fashioned black
stock and looked at first sight altogether Ike
substantial country deacon apparelled on Sunday
morning to 90 TO meeting. But his head was the
massive head Of Carlyle. Over it was his iron-gray
hair we'll brushed out above the high forehead.
-Four Of the great men have met have come up
TO the physical standards our fancy has set for
lyle and Whittier. You could not have passed them
in a crowd without turning about and looking
after them; ard admitting that they were entitled i,
70 be called kings Of men One Of The guests at A.
dinner given for Webster once told his hostess that
SC great as he looked.
a,yera young man. to which responded Yes; Int
IN get over that hone Then ne Tepeateai. my, my
the Lore made Doo,ctnen he gave thin rnair coor-
age than any other nation Win Pheeiip sent TIE
men soueched the Dock OF Alva like a rotten esq
This s iSSSSa up o Ga a h sSond 9 ro 10
america and be said; An ye can talk s5Oot we're
gs. na al h IN hTs 0 DEAL
for vera few people Then tod him had Just
ssp e s6 tia en Were Hs
himself drinking TO the heslh Of Bar9s At nat
tell me thotf All. but bit drap'h send a mon
THIRTY YEARS LATER.
"r3,oeranhets on the sides OF both houses have
told us much Of Caryles domestic LIE that should
never have been told. but II you ask what
think Of f. I'll say that II YOU unite man who's
fearfully oyspeptc and who suffers much from in
sornnia to q brilliant pro"d-s2irited and sensitive
woman you have all the materials for spontaneous
co,hbustfon Thirty years afierward / again
Thbn Carlyle was in London. and wrote him
note reminding him OF my visit OF thirty years
ago and requesting another nteree~: ee enc iSPS
was I'll. ;craw TIRE frsn5 Newman Hail ana A r.
We entered the room Carlyle entered In place OF
ths strong. bale man l had seen thirty years before
nan with hollow cheeks a red spot big %
shilling burning in s eS SenS Shs snS and Sad
% cu,far and rather terrifying way. 1t WAS difficult
10 start conversation with such man. and By way
AZ dong 90 introduced my friend. Newman Han.
" ,om / thought Carlyle must have hoard Of His
reply TO my friend was: An where do We live, sir?
Newman Halls top hamper came down With a
rumble 40 the sailors say. spoke OF Johr Brights
popularity In America. and Carlyle said: John
Sfight's naehing but Manchester holman. lie
ought to 60 to Parliament with strap around his
pessinftic VEIN and expressed the belief that Eng
lard had gone down into cesspool OF utter damna-
ton During interview We must have used the
word damnate' twenty times. but aftc. each out
burst ne would give vent 10 a hearty laugh"
OF Gladstone, Dr. Cuyler said that nc combined
many qualities that he was more Ike loaded
omnibus than a man ~ have met Gladstone a
years he has come to bear striking reese molance
10 our own Wooster | saw him once when the
Alabama controversy at It's height taxi
Ing breakfast with him when he received q packet