New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-16

hen gathareth her chickens under her wings and
ye would not! Behold your house Is 'ett unto
As paused Carlyle stopred walking. and be-
gan. If halt 70 himself, WIN MS strongest
Do-ic acc.rt.
That's always affected me greatly. that
prophecy. ard its fulti.ment the old Go men
After long pause he went on; y g urn 10y
own weapons against ne. ana hai"'! NM"
what to say. I've not thought Of the matter lor
long. Reverence is good. ana jesus Sus a.
wonderful" Ghe old mans brains seemed 10
move slowly: the central figure ne vas III q; q
tragedy that perpetualiy reneWs itsei U'at II
Of all times: but ShakeSpearc-When "I"F
that I knew him better-S Shakespeare was =
world: look at the humor Of him; think or RAJ
staff. man; and then trlumph"il'N' "CS"' ""''
no Fa!stan in him" ,.
But humor isn't everythng?" | began hoty,
for II seemed To me that MS proof was anything
but conclusive: there Is nothing IL hpmor oS
fine as the Love your enemies: BE We perfect.
Neither do accuse thee The why hast thon
forsakcn me- seems n me the most pathetc'
the most significant. the most beautiful phrase
that was ever uttered.
Put mon he hadn't Falstaff in him ana
again he shook with laughter at the bare nam"
Of the "old white bearded Satan. Again ara
again returned to the charge. hut that was all
could get. Mon. he hadn't FalstaT In nm
Some hitherto unpublished letters Of Robert
Southev to his friend John May--to whom he
was accustomed 70 write freely about his do
mestic and literary affairs are printed IN
"Dlackwood's Magazine" They form a fairly
Interesting chapter in the personal history or
the man though there are few passages Of gen
oral significance From the few We take the
following trenchant words AS for Bonar"''r'
the rascal having hard heart. should Ike to
try TO mako him tender IS they do legs Of NUT
ton-by hanging him: quautum su1' More
than once Gouihey refers to his finances. the
most interesting lettc. en- this subject giving
information upon his labors and rewards which
has the added value Of indicating something ~
the practices common in MS day. IL says:
Herewith l send You a draft upon L"nemon
for 400 a. three DAYS siEht. The last t"cN'
months have proved highly advantageous I"
my moneyeG concerns. ami for ihr INST uni'
have made the balance - his account ~ my
favor There is good reason for h"rnS thai "
will continue So and that il will not lee long
before | shall he able to clear IF my deb; vita
you. "Rcderick' has produced i"r me anoN'
t1OD by three editions sand the fourth VIII Ivy
this time have paid its expenses. or IN" III
erimase" two thousand were printed they were
all sold in tn" course OF two months .e"Nins me
q profit of l2lI. NV account ONLY comes UP 10
midsummer. and therefore d1os not include thc
Carmen Nuptialc." but e thu fate Of which |
know nothing-nor indeed what number was
printed.
The prospect before me is very GOOD. The
produce II my current publications may be
rockoned at ZOO a year certainly not lnpr'ph-
bly, twice the sum: and Murray pay mo 80 Wei
for The Quarterly" that hope thor" VIZ be
no occasion to draw much upon the other luna
for my household expenses. For som" subjects
he offers me 100 per articlc-such was That
upon the Poor in the last numhcr and one upon
Foreign Travellers in England. which Is de
signed for this. and which am busy i'm com
plotting I have no debt hut the ono TO you. ana
This have great hopes Of hGGi lating in III"
course Of another year-for the next year -
likely to be a productive ono. Tho prefac" to
Mort Arthur" for which | am reading mu'h
black letter. at some cost OF cycsiehi. and no
little expense ~ time) viii give 200. and
the second volume Of "Brazil" about half as
n1uch-a prepostprous instance Of the capric"
upon which mar Of letters depends for his
remuneration Perhaps the average may he fair
at last--hut II is injurious as Wei ne rdicu Gus
that | shall derive my main support from what
other persons might do we'll and what might
never he done at all-Whle for WORKS ~ per
mancnt value and great labor. for which pc
culiar knowledge peculiar talents. and peculiar
industry are required. the profit obtain would
scarcely exceed and perhaps not amount to- the
expenses of the documents.