The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-08-19
III Sun. aQApAY. AUGUST 1900,

ME-: Wiliains n Aofash o. taisnt and liter
kary, attsihments, Who had been q constant
oonnpanion Of his late wife, and for whom,
her eyes having become affected with an
nouTabie cataract, DR.. johnson was trying
10 raise money enough 10 buy an an
nuity. Mrs.. Montagu seems 10 have
furthered bis exemplary purpose among
her friends, and subsequently, she herself
ssttisd Eio q year on Mrs. Williams. DR..
Johnson's first letter 70 Mrs. Montagu Is
dated June 0, 1854. He says; Il am de-
sired by Mrs. Williams to sign receipts
with her name for the subscribers which
you have been pleased TO procure, and TO
return her humble thanks for your favor.
which was conferred with all the grace
that elegance can add TO benofcenceSs
Encouraged by tho assistance given to
Mrs. Williams, DR.. johnson, In December OF
the same year, wrote TO- Mrs. Montagu
on behalf OF another ~desercing object OF
charity. Goodness he writes, $50 con .
spiouous 40 yours will be often solloited.
and perhaps sometimes solicited ny those
who have little pfetsnsion TO your favor.
II 10 now my turn to Introduce q petitioner.
but such a. / have reason to believe you
will think worthy Of your notice. Mrs.
Ogle. who kept the music room An Soho
Square, q woman who struggleB with great
industry for the support OF eight children,
hopes, by q benefit concert, 10 rot herself
free from o few debts which abe cannot
otherwise discharge. She has, ! know
not why, 30 high an opinion OF me as to
believe that you will nay less regard to her
application than to mlne.' DR.. johnson
goes on to say In what must DO accepted
as the model OF a letter Of the kind, 'You
know, Madam. I am sure you know. how
hard It Is TO deny, and, therefore, would
not wonder at my compliance though /
were TO suppress q motive which you know
any Importance to Mrs. Montagu. But
though I may be willing to see the world
deceived for my advantage, I am not de-
oeived myself, for ] know that Mrs. 0gle
will " whatever favors she shall receive
from the patronage which Ne humbly
entreat On this occasion puch more to
your compassion for honesty In distress
than 10 the request OF, Madam, your most
obedient and most humble servant
Philip Dormer Stanhope. fourth Earl OF
Chesterfield, now remembered solely for the
somewhat cynical Letters to his son, wa
q great ma. in his day. being at one time
Secretary Of State, and at another Viceroy
Of Ireland. He was one OF Mrs. Montsgu's
assiduous admirers. An even more dis
tinguished person, William Pulteney, first
Earl Of Bath, was long desperately in love
with her, though he was more han twice
her age. It was for her that he had his por-
trait painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Re-
turning In 100 to Mrs. Montagu a letter sent
by the octogenarian Bishop Of London to
the King, Lord Bath says: What q charm
ing thing 1t 10 to be able TO write with such
vivacity and spirit at past foursoore, and
oppressed, as the Bishop q he is, with
age and inflrmities. But, strange as that
may be, I know a more extraordinary thing.
and that Is for q Person near the same age
Out without infirmities fndeed) that is In
this instant over head and earn in love.
How does he wish he could write with as
much spirit and love to his mistress as the
] ishop does with loyalty to his master, with
this difference only, the one wishes the con-
tention Of lovers may never be decided, the
other hopes 1t may be brought to IN issue as
soon as possible by the only proper means
Of Determination and let the Posterity arising
from them be a proof to future Generations
Of the Ardency Of the Affection OF her most
passionate Adorer.' On the following day
Mrs. MoptAsA replies: AS ! do not expect
a billet doaz every morning ! was unluokily
asleep observe that LIDO not Say not dream
ing OF Lord Bathl when your letter arrived.
I cannot express how much I'admire your
Lordship's parody OF q Bishops pastoral
letter. As I have got but half way toward
the ardors Of fourscore your Lordship will
not expect I should Immediately comply
with your proposal; but, II you will be oon-
tent with a sentimental love until I q arrive
at the tender age Of eighty, a person and a
passion 80 ripened by time must be very
yielding. And, according to the latest
reckoning OF the learned and ingenious Mr..
Winston, the Millennium will then commence,
30 that we may have q proper period in
which to prove our consistency n love; and,
at q moderate computation, may produce a
thousand Of those proofs OF 1t which your
Lordship seems to think the best testimony.
I am now very much, but at the commence
ment Of the next century, hope to be entirely.
yours
Il Is to be wished that the compiler OF
these volumes may be able to resume the
task which she has undertaken and present
to us additional selections from Mrs.
M ontagu's correspondence relating to an
oven more interesting period Of the SUBJ
ject's life. M. W. II.
A Hungarian's Impressions OF Far Eastern
Countries.
One OF the reasons why the account OF
central Asia by Arminius Vambery in
terested Western peoples 80 deeply was
the fact that his observations we're made
from the novel point of view OF a Magyar.
1t is partly on this ground that much in
terest attaches to the estimate OF the Far
Eastern situation presented In a book called
Empires and Emperors Of China, Russia.
| Corea and Japan, by Monsignor Count Way
DE vAYA AND LusKoD (E. p. Dutton a Coz.
The author is at once a Roman ecclesiastic
and a member OF one Of the oldest and
most distinguished families Of Hungary.
As one Of the envoys OF Pope Leo XIII. he
attended the Diamond Jubilee Of Queen
Victoria In 1897, and the chief business
of his life has been to study the work Of
the Roman Catholic Church In all parts
OF the world In 1907 and the following
year he undertook q journey from st. Peters
burg through Asiatic Russia to Pekin,
Seoul aud Toxic, sojourning for q consider
able time in each OF the three capitals