New-York tribune., 1907-01-20
| little anecdOte OF Johnson which shows his
roughness as tempered with kindness:

little anecdote OF Johnson which shows his
roughness as tempered with kindness:
The doctor. it seems had been showing a young
strpatha. the various lions Of the PARK G "a e
then asked whether she had been introduced 10
An. child. said he. don't know that in
good. for you look If you took more pains with
The outside OF your head than the inside, Then
unprOvOked, he added: And your time has NOT
been thrown away. for it is very pretty head
and very well dressed
\ quaint realistic portrait Of DR. Johnson ts
reproduced from original piece of modelling
in plaster and wax by NOuekens The dozen
figures of the piece are from 10 to II incSe,
high. and are arranged in a wooden box rep
resenting the parIOr of the Turks Head in
Soho. DIT. Johnson. as president of the literary
club there assembled. is mounted on a table
talking with Boswell and Sir Joshua Reynolds
The doctors costume is that in which his
friends generally saw the real man. and his
equity leg is bandaged Boswell is in the ador-
ing attitude which he usually wore in the great
mans presence. In the brief diary kept by
Eanny'S youngest sister. CharlOtte-here pub
I'D for the first time-we find characteristics
reference to MIR. BOsweIl-the famous Mr. Bos-
well-whO is sweet creature Il admire and
like him beyond measure adds the enthusiastic
girl He is a fine. lively sensible, unaffected
honest. manly. good -humOred character never
saw him before. He idOIizes Dr. Johnson and
struts about and puts himself into such ridicu-
louS positions that he is as good a comedy
Wher' the young Charlotte is most gushing s
in her references to Garrick. who justly be-
loved by all DF. Burneys children. He was pas
sionately fond of the little people, and never
more happy than when amusing them Dr. Bur
ney thus describes him in unpublished letter:
"Garrick used to take of the old puppet show
Of Punch, placing himself against wall, seem
ing to speak through a comb. and to be moved
by wires. Nobody talked such pretty nonsense
as our great Roscius to children and lap dogs"
Fanny Burney was not without suitors. it ap-
pears. in the course of the nine years in st
Martins street.-the years in which "Eyelina"
and Cecilia" were given to the world and in
which she became the object OF prOdgiOus pub
lie curiosity and admiration. One of the authors
letters. published for the first time by Miss Hin.
relates to an interview with the troUbIesOmc 3lr.
Barlow. who for two weary hours argued his
case with Fanny. and refused to take NO" for
an answer
The conversation had been extremely disagreeabe
10 me However. looked upon the whole business
90 be then entirely over, and as to Mr. b.. though
tressed me- vet i felt sure that he would very
soon forget attachment he had formed 50
But what was my CONSERVATION when the next
% mGEnnE my M dssE e4 hgT e Sks nS to % be T Pecpae and
to keep opening in case future inquiries shol.d
turn out the advantage OF MI BARROW
/ was never my own account SO HstIs..ir IN
my life. 1 could not endure the IDEA OF IIllliS
Of seeming know my own InlhO nor OF
waiting like a mercenaTy Mink. TO hear " nether
4 should be the better for the alliance beIore
let him know whether ] deign to accept nm Or
not! And / felt that TO be united IorrFtr
10 a man for whom I had not the least regard.
would cloud every Hour OF my future Lie
Fanny's fright" went to the heart of Papa
Burney. and there was no more talk of the 100
persistent Mr Barlow. An equally hopeless but
nobler lover was the generous and hghmiuted
singer Pacchierotti He 'wOrshipped her as =
being far out OF his reach" and before he lcfc
England told his love. but asked for no return
Poor. sweet Pacchierotu." said kind little
Fanny. What a strange world is this"