New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-12

Seas-where he was t. die-to all points OF inc
compass he turned his face. and worked al
ways like a slave. But not the prospect az
death nor the uuWiilingness e fame ana fortune
10 come 10 him until almost too late ever
daunted him or made him DID, II you Fn""
how old felt" he exolaIm> Do one hee'ns mo-
ment Of discourag-ment i am man ~
seventy: O Medea, Kill me. or make me young
again" She made him young again before she
slew him kept alieht in his heart flame OF
tenderness for all things young and bright ana
pure. At Mentonc he met Russian family and
this is the way in which ne speaks Of rs young
est members and their companions:
The little Russian kid is only two and half
she speaks SIX languages. She and her sister
(at. - and May JOhnrt0ne Gft - are the
delight Of my life Last night J saw them all
dancing Oh il was jolly kids are what Is the
matter with me.
In another letter from the same place h.
speaks Of a visit from child which has LEFT
me very happy" and h. winds up with the dec
,aration that children are certainly too good TO
J DE true" IL another letter written in Scotland
We see him picking up d lost fodder on the high
way and making prolonged efforts to ind It's
+ Parents soothing u all the time with evident
delight in tho experience But We would never
end Il We endeayorel o. rcoIte. however briefly.
all th, examples provided by these letters ~ his
kindness and generosity his loyalty To- old
friends and his quick sympathy for whoever
among new people seemed worthy Of his regard.
When out " the enthusiasm he feels for Eour-
COTS italian book be- dedicates work Of MS
own to th, Fr.uchruar and receives no. a. kno"I-
.1eu.it the reader res-uts even more vigorous
l, than No. does himself ~. ii hammered slight
-, seems So cruel deed toward man So help
fir and So aprr-ciatiye. send me- something
Dt44rv" n, bees ~ one of his correspondents
and one rebels against The fate that sent So
uttI, a. one who deserved So much. Abiding Ia
CARLYLE on South-y b. quotes Symonds remark
that "a man who was thus respected 10y DOM
Carl,le and Lander must have had more j"
him Than We can trace and b" ADDS. ="
feel with true humility" II - true mummy
that urderli,s ali tn, merry eg"tism 81 ms JET
tiers Perpctuauy writing about his o"h WORK
and rIaus he seems nevertheless a. be- 'hlhK'hs
far less Of them than OF his friends ana "' me
ideals Of lifc and work which exist OUTSIDE ms
literary effort, In word. he is n"'i' e'h"'
man whose chiyalrous and spouess nature
shines y4ri,ahly Ike a good deed IN naughty
World His letters will never gro" Ola.
In reljnquishiur them We must mote thai 'h'S
include a great number not printed I'D SIM
ner's Magazine" and ~ must express our wal
appreciatiou Of the tact with when MI '''' ''
has edited and arranged them lhi'uu' jus ''
more remarks Of ms own than arr s'i''u' ~,
sary for the outlining Of stevenson "i'' ~ '''.
rut the correspondence into exactly '"' .'"
form. Stevenson used laushnsF 10 ca" "''
the stern parent" thinking Of MI Gown" ''-'
aprlcaton q the highest oriu' a. s'""'a'" 90
consideration ol bis work. The perfect way ''
which ,he letters have been made ."'' 1901
suggests the impeccable taste OF which Nj wi
/ 49,. ---..o hts fyi.,d the benefit