New-York tribune., 1901-11-16
SOME LITERARY ANECDOTES.
EXTRACTS FROM ROBERT CHAMBERS .
COMMONPLACE BOOK.
From Chambers's Journal.

From Chamberss Journal
After several years seclusion at St Andle"o,
during which period the Vestiges OF CreaelU, aoa,
was written and published, DR.. Chambers seeIi.s sen
to have made frequent visits to Lonaon:, InI had
as shown by correspondence still preserNeu, @ lou
many opportunities Of meeting the =, litehSt ,o,5
celebrities of the day. Under date july ~, Io4f,
he says: Mr.. Rogers, with whom breahIdsteu
this day, said that George " was only a seItts ~,
man for the first five minutes. The essehtIai!s
vulgar nature Of the man then shone OUT III
ribald discourse such would have dlselaIeu
coalheaver. Rogers heard him in the company
of eight persons tell something when @ Lolu
nature. but which he only thought a good jpia johE
Among other things which enapeu
George " to make good impression a. ll - %
We're a couple of Latin quotations which ne vas as
sure to bring forward one from Horace and the
other from Virgil. In reality he had no more more
and when this found out the credlt ne oo-
tanned from them was gone. =,
Byron had practical benevolence TO a reifaih n n
able degree MI Rogers, calling upon mn 49, -
his bachelor days, was answered at the oooI
by a ~vretched looking old woman, OF extIen,e . h
ugIiness which struck him so much that ne
asked Byron why he kept such dread1ul nag
about him Byron answered that the old wom-
an who was inferior servant in his lodgings,
had been kind to him in illness he had ana
he therefore had kindness for her. AfterWaru,
when Byron married and living IN illle
style Rogers found the same old woman open
ing the door of his really handsome mansion, @
but in a better dress; and he ascertained IhaC
ultimately he pensoned her He was one VINO
exaggerated small kindnesses shown to nlin-
self"
Lady Ann Barnard told Miss Porter that
she had written Aud Robin Gray in order 70
raise little money for the succor of an OLD
nurse having no other means She had heard from
her music master that so much as hVe pouIus
was sometimes got for successful song, lI anT
she thought she would try. 1t was successluI
In the object Lady Anne wrote much poetry
besides. which is preserved by one OF her reia-
tions" ,
contrihutors 10 Punch" DR.. Chambers remarks
that Douglas Jerrold is now the prince OF WIS
in England. No man says such orllAanl
things. ,. -
exercising such an influence on Mr. Ihackeray
that some feared she might Romanize him. l
would recommend her to begin with his nose
said Jerrold this feature being rather trop peu
"JerroId sitting with George Henry Lewes
and Heraud-the latter a poet a good deai
laughed at and something Of a bore-was ASKED
by Lewes, Have you ever seen Heraud ne,
scent Into Help NO. but should like to- said
-.Peter CUNNINGHAM was telling one evening
where he had been dining and what he got
we had a. thing I never before-a soup
made of calves tails. Extremes meet was
Jerrolds remark. He had theory that women
rather like TO have their husbands stay out late
occasionally. 1t gives them wrong
DR. Chambers informs us that at TINS thle @
$3.50 Dickens was making three ana four
thousand a year. Thackeray was living at the
rate of Il 400 per annum and Mark Lemon
proposed taking house AT f115 a year Ihe
punch men about this time gave dinner TO
their publisher. Mr. Evans OF Bradbury &
Evans at Richmond where the price per head
for the dinner was - lis We also learn lhat
AT their ordinary dinners the port wine cost
9s. Cd. per bottle No doubt that mysterious
body the present Punch staff is equally nos.
pitable TO its publishers and generous 10 Nsell
as were its forebears Of fifty years ago
February 2S. 1S52--Mr. Kingston was In
early life the intimate friend of Southey ana
Coleridge at Bristol. They were then extremely
poor and very revolutionary Though or a dli,
ferent poIitical complexion himself. he suffered
in public estimation by the acquaintance. ne
ceased to be the friend Of Southey at the tune
Of his turning his coat; but he retains the hlgh-
est opinion of the personal goodness OF lhe
Laurea tea man of the purest life, OF the most
extraordinary kindness toward his suffering
relations OF singular Industry in short no per-
sonal virtue wanting, Mr.. Kingston oesct iI
Coleridge as first appearing before him in
guise much like that of common vagrant or
crossing sweeper. having just arrived from a
pedestrian excursion in Wales. He has strong
in,nreesion of the intensely poetical nature Of
Coeridge and of the glowing riches of his con-
yersat ton. Wordsworth, whom he did not know
personally he regards mechanically poet
in comparison with the natural af1latuS olNlIlloF
of Coeridge Byron blackguard!
Sir Adam Ferguson describes shootilS
ramble he had day on the high GROUNDS
near Gaashiels with Sir Walter scout. II Was Yt
an exceedingly windy day, and Scott had like
TO be blown from his pony. coming TO ioleiS
farmhouse in a very exposed SITUATION 1IeS
went up to it, but could get no admission a.
length a female voice heard within. ana
perg11son called out, What's come of the men
Oh they're ava DER to Windydoors Ia real
Mace so named) 4 think they might have been
content wi their ain DOORS sald scout III MS
droll drv Vay as he turned his ponys head.
calling one day at Huntlyburn, and opserN-
ing a fine honeysuckle in full blossom over the
door, he congratulated MISS ferguso1 tona,, po
appearance. She spoke of it as trumpet honey
sIckIe 'Weel, said Scott, yen never come out
o. your ain door without flourish o ru'ii-
petst'