New-York tribune., 1906-12-21

l. did net eyan to protect him from strictly i'm
e1TateS 70 which 9i his yicaTs daughter gave the
der the thin veil Of Mr. MacaTthev5 represenfed IN
somewhat fr1gtd terms as decent decorous and
succession 70 the ,whIskey loving Malone. Being
F9lgn, 4e an h9weyer OF course he had his faults
disenfers Quaters and unbaptized PERSONS gen
CHARITABLE The %ot Himself Was Was dsS2 desc4ised 81 81
hilarious over this description Of the curates He
1Rs1sted on reading their characters aloud 10 Nj
urnphing in his own character
The course Of true love, as we know, did not
run with much smoothness for Mr. Nichols but
earnestness and patience conquered his lady
love and her stern father, and Charlotte at last
accepted him:
she was thirty S at the tine ana her 6anos
man, with a premature passion for fresh air and
of Ss %0E snd scey l1 5e1a ee@e @ {9
6L4 70 make an lasa1 ceTgyIHAns wife Of Charlotte
moment 70 the extent Of not being present at the
DROP was given awav' bv ber ola aover1ASs Miss
Wooler- The wedding took place on June %. 1854.
MINDED beVond " 6i,est,dI 16 IN bos II nay 1e; sls s
~ IN 5sJ,c+Sor 5te| - ~ A1CS
he had won prize in that passionate little heart-s
tyrdonls and M all the wealth
a@ha @ Ienhehehi ana cuIuVatlon OF courts anc capi-
intensity Of interest that has grown up about even
sisters can hardly be explained by the bographer,
stin less by the literary critic. The present writer
Upon some claim to her special Tecoeniton which
that great city might be deemed 70 possess Leeds
oh, know II perfectly, she interJectedi 1t Is the
gssie where Charlotte HF0n's purchased her 'r0uS
Mr.. Nicholls's goodness to poor old Patrick
Brontg after Charlotte's DEATH was beyond
praise. For six years he gave the old man the
care of an affectionate son and ceased that care
only at Bronte's death. He took no permenent
post thereafter:
He eventuaHy returned TO Ireland and settled
taining hoWeveT his clerical STYLE 70 the end and
iIequently qfciating IN The churches OF the neigh
borhood. There ne married second tin2e-his wife
being q cousin whose surname was Bell, which ap-
Rys Of his first wife OF the latter he g spoke fre
quently. describing her persistenty shy manner.
seldom without tears IN MS voice He preserved a
m once c Called 6e and 10 beoqER b 8
about loose). in addition to early drafts of several
M Nichols has earned the respect Of all true
SILENCE he has maintained upon subjects of a do
es[1e ana prVg1e y,,e a bp aoqq{ %heh there
Mt Richard Bagots new novel. Temptation"
is story not OF modern Italy like most Of his
books For scenery and characters and plot
he has gone back TO medieval Italy and has
made a tale which is said to be poignant"
Tolstoy's depreciatory article on Shakespeare .
in The Fortnightly Review" has been severely
criticised by its English readers. Notes and
Queries" says Of il:
Ignoring the fact that in every lire he proclaims
his own Ignorance and tncompetency, the Russian
novelist tells in sneering fashion the story of King
Is deaT aslignity and leal3usy We're the moLiYes
tendency acquit Tolstoy, whose words the
Iecv The prdtest Of the iSrneTmah sainst the
artist-the depreciation by the rushlght Of the
DR.. Karl Bleiktren. the German who is con-
WINGED that the author os Shakespeare's PLAYS
was certain Roger. Earl Of Rutland has
printed so-called Justification of his theory.
II IS a curious collection of vague. illogical
maunderings. set here and there with vulgar
abuse Of Gentle VIII. What is at the root of all
these attempts TO belittle the great poets genius
or 10 deny that he had any genius whatever?
II seems like nothing so much as the biting dis
content and jealousy of mediocre minds in the
presence of genius immeasurably beyond their
grasp
A London critic makes complaint of Nj Henry
Jsrness literary manner-"there is SO much an
proach." he says. Reading Mr.. James's paper
on the speech OF American women he declares
that he has travelled over six solid columns
without coming within sound Of those interest
ing voices. And this leads the critic-who ts
Mr. ROok OF The London Chronicle'-to add.
Why is it always the women OF America who are
rebuked for their way OF speaking when II is TesIi,J
the men who deserve a scoiding2 American women
have their peculiEritss, but their voices an6 tEs
accents are al any rate careful and have a re6nai
rnent of their own-not English finish buf
Verv percepUble one. On the other hand Aneri. I
can men very seldom have what one must call SO
as 70 be understood, an educated voice %
TIE death Of the widow OF AIr. John La Touche
of Harristown. Ireland. reminds Mr. Shorter
that their daughter, Rose La Touche was the
"Rosie" OF Ruskin's "PreterIta," and the girl
whom he wished 10 marry. The two were sepa-