New-York tribune., 1905-01-22

gentle company He has more fun an.
numor and love or nonsense about hin, - ln en
Fanny than almost anybody I eyn- ~ "'''ea
mean when with those he likes" roo,.-.-"'
liked the young author even more for To-1. ne
plicity, good sense and good hurnor - sun
her literary cleverness- He did not wan, = 'O'
her quit the room moment. n e,o see
called out: Don't you go. little Burpevs s11 ne
treated her TO none Of the tart speecbo. ss ls
Mrs Thrale called forth. ''Vbv ea
Fanny quotes him as saying TO his bos,s,.
often provoke me to say sewers thing, = SOa
reasonable commendation. If you would ~. 81
for my praise would not give You NV ..-s az
but ii constantly moves my indigna+io,
applied to TO speak well OF a thing NH,
think contemptible." He Acknowledges So. 80 !
was always sorry when he made bitter q,o.-, "e
but he never did il. he declared but ubN
was insufferably vexed- 1t is doubtful - -.
much compunction for his cutting speech -
fulsome Hannah More: Madam b4so-. '
hatter a man so grossly to his face vor -
consider whether or not your fatterv ia -
the having" It was hard but il was doc.
Dr. Johnson. loving TO sit about after b-a.-
fast and discuss chiTOns with two nrattz -
en-: DIR. Johnson. endeavoring to irnuar, -
knowledge OF Latin to a respectful bur rslr..--'
girl: Dr. Johnson. abused and cheated b :.
dependents. but generously good to them !,
the same-these are some Of the pleasa,+ =
poets in which Fanny's diary presents hin, y
for the chiffons. she records with a auf,s- 81
the great photographer admired how she drs..-s
herself:
Indeed. II Is well have 50 much OF bis e.,
for 1t seems he always speaks his mind co1oo' olr'
ing the dress Of laGes and ali ladies T5Leern-
here obey his injunctiOns implicitly a,d no are
whatever he disapprOves- This is a BART ~ s's5r ~
character that much Surprises No. - oI rs
standing he is sometimes so absent and I1Oe~-1a-
near-sighted, he scrutinises into eyery ro. -
almost everybOdy's appearance TTbsv ~, part Of
Miss Brown who often visits here a5d - me OF
slOvenly way Of dressing. And when So - - .
down in a morning" saws Mrs TT-oie 7le ne comes
uyiII he All IoOee "a - - - ~ n. Hs her hair
DR.. Johnson. who sees something is wror- 'ael l
does not know where the fault is concI1seS Z, :, ca M
the cap and says Ny dear what do Won xaar -. -
al ie ~ & IOI 49, H., Clshse ~ s.T cries the poor
away runs poor Miss Brown: but when - ,s, gu
another. It's the same thing. for the can has r,5
ing to do with the fault. And then she Eo1ds-.
DR.. Johnson should not ike the cap. for she tbfnt
II very pretty. And so with her gown which -
also makes her change; but IL the poor 9frI -
fault SUI IND
Not many OF her famous cOntempOrares doe.
this Francesca Scriblerus regard with the rev.
erence which she accords to Johnson: so sbarn
is her little pen, so quick her satire that ne
appreciate the force OF Sir Joshua Reynoldss
remark that ''if he were conscious to himself
OF any trick or any affectation there Is nobody
he should so much fear as this little Burney-
Rich material for studies in human nature did
she find in her jaunts with the ThraIes to Bath
and Tunbridge Wells and Brighton. and some
cs the entries in this diary are as vivid and
humorous as anything in her novels