New-York tribune., 1906-08-19

Bath with his BON n70sS while Ehs arslg
work upon the old peers pOrtrais.
Bard Macpherson and his atteurians :. q
baS bEcus drinking out Of sO-caU.s -
shells a toast TO the immortal memorV - u ~
There are few references TO America !.
letters: here Is one which may ha - ua
showing vein Of humOr in General WoIs.-
Mr. Boscawen yesterday shou'd us a.,
rid implements with which the French e-l - ~ Ar-
charged az Ae0uiSbOuTg rusty locks - "a,
pOkeTs. curling tOngs. nails in ahundSrts-es
ammunition. but WantOn cruelty ~ q va, q
cannOns loaded with these as well as 6an' - @
Wolfe had gFdiTOn shot at him: II - Ss.laai
him. but he had IL taken up and gfrais.1s4 1oIt d
a beefsteak bTOiFd upon IT, ef
Mrs MOntagu's lifelong friend M,
Carter. differed from most Of the oss.- Il
Stockings in being the pOssessor Of a t-,l-
and varied learning and OF no prstenus,r :.
Her poetry was poor stuf-and. i,T..s -
original writings Of whatever sort ara -. ~
portant than might have been expecto4 - ~
Of her undoubted capacity She had 10 -
but her talents and her industry wsra -. -
respectable. and her nature was vbol.,.
CHEEKY and genuine In a high d.. -
daughter Of a clergyman in the Ht,l. -.
town OF Deal she acquired. a. a cbila -
pafernal instruction. Latin. Greek ana Ha6,.-
a Huguen0t refugee gave her a perfect .z,-,
edge OF French. and Italian. Spanish. e..
and Arabic she taught herself The rsguIs.g.-
persistent study and Of her taking srgr =,
chewing green tea at midnight % keeo 49,
awake over her books was shattered heaIsh q,
lived % be an old woman. and trembling pa-
and an ever recurring agony OF beaH4csa t,,s
fed TO that girlish folly OF inOrdinass r.,,-
She might have paid for it with her lie 4, tso-.
early days If she had not taken the eur o. -,
hours of exercise in the open air.
The work by which this learned EIizahass
instant renOwn. even TO the borders of Ru-F,
was her translation from the original Grs.t q,
The discOurses of EDietetus. What. A xu,,-
translate such a work." shouted an the H,.,,--
folk, and they AOclzed about her with Ha,,s-;,.
curiosity. johnson composed a Greek eri--,-
upon her. and abated his grufTness when /, 81,
pany with her. The good man. ever ui17rul =,
culinary things. felt sincere respect for a I.4,
who as he said. could make a pudding "A wall =.
translate Epictetus. and work a handkerchisf, !,
well as compose poem Her head was IN =,
wise turned by her success. and. in truth q,
never lost the modest. mirthful simplicity vbis
attracted people as much as did her cIevera.
As for that literary success Of hers, Il Eas a,
her time, remarkable It enriched as vel a d.
tinsuished her. giving her an indepeudsn,
which enabled her To maintain her own pIea,,,,
house at Deal and to visit London whenevsrrs.
chose. II is worth while to remember that fhsv
visits were comparatively short and few. u,
this accomplished woman spent most Of her Hs
in her quiet seaside town with her books and b.
beloved garden. and neither showed nor fslt Am
symptoms OF "rusting out" She had sit1g
who appreciated her happy disposition and h,
winning, if not pretty. face; and she was Or,s
on the brink OF an engagement with a highv
eligible parsonage But the adorer happened IA
publish some verses OF which she could nj a.
prove, and was promptly dismissed in favor
pUddinss and the pen
The story of Elizabeth Carriers uneVentfllHs
might have been told in much smaller sDaep fb-,
Mrs Gaussen has given TO it. bat il vas IA
worth telling if only for the sake OF its tssf.
mOny to the sometimes disputed fact ull
wOmanIy gentIeness and devotion to domsstaiT
need not quarrel with the enjoyment and en-
pIOynent of a learned mind.