New-York tribune., 1908-01-01
IN OLD BOHEMIA.
With Some Reniniscences Of Aldrtch
and Whitman.

Ter his Wife-as she sets the white rose IN hsr
ha!r-and .hey are to drive to festival: sne sud
denly denly amid the sugges.ed surrouEdinge ct haDpa-
Tondss ESsE. wHss s, dag s,sa,S Of the e, Essh S
"i And Who 1s dPisa1 MA ssna or oven %oTn,pT nV s.r
Tae day OF the week to be TUESDAY The
Tuesday March is isS7 al hall past Eve in the
teinoon In spite OF AL, I am going TO sleep he
n,OFs than enty yesfs During tee las! af.y:sEo
and sitho9Eh our i~p pat~ays we're difeTsnt and
could often meet affection between US, that
in the same year 1885, in November in July.
We entered on the literary lie In the same year:
1ork. and first book was published. in Boston.
exchanged across the distance and there never was
d CIoun between US in sendlnS 20 me ms WoE
been added to the set-he wrote this inscription:
kedman Farm. ronNapoG. Mess. November s. 1897.
Dear Viii: ser your name and mine here happy
% THUaAs BAILEY ALDRIcH
a friendship. lime, care ana trouble tend 10
deaden the emotions. Anecuon does not often !aSt.
acquaintance began IN Almost a romantic way 1t
tG eceasonal " wring GI Of msccllaneO0s M si:es
book notices, etc-Ior The boston Iranseri2t:
II is now but always tayorte IN SSStonnGss oT1a
ule business IN ordeT TO adopt the pursuit OF Jour
Possessed the skill to please mediocrity without dis
turblng BY any OhtrCson OF super nuous intellect
recall remark of his that was happily char
actertstic Of HIM and tha, often been com
own. - WHY. he said. Who think % that you and
are a. i9Ts our as long as We kno" ieAf 5sI I AK
fancy TO me. the phrase goes, and he was Will
stisT t6o H a 10 me ,Ssi came 10 his paper
caned The Bells, by T; 3, A: read ii With With
author Of 1t was Adrich. then residing in New
ute speedily found its way to him and lmmedi&teH 8
ne Responded by publishing IN u ne NeM .Tr iSl NE
Then, of course. 1 wrote letter him, and there;
months before We met. in the course OF which we
explained ourselves to each other IN that strain 9t
ardent. overlooking sentimen. which is possible
only when lite is young and hearts are fresh resi- % and
a., ~ - ,niIfah. ha anna,sd 70 ~ in thn edit
iortai sanctufn Of The Transcript, nhs building
With him ' a. t6 oIS Psvere Housea stately hotel
then. where he had long been resident. The chair
in which | was sitting was one that could be re-
oung Ssme into the F9on and addreIssd s c61 6im
say another word Haskell seized my chaIr whLr"u whLr.
It. around 50 that g0ud face the yist0r or ana sag
nTes+ntIv repsired an" t t6 Rqvsre House where the
"'.casion was c@iebr9ted and Aidrich and I became
Tom, and VIII to each other: and 80 we re-
In the sea son of 1856 / Irf. Boston and found
residence in New York. The nation. at that time:
was seethng with indescribabe excitement. and
W. not many theatres In opera tI9n at tat Ve WeE
less numerous than they now and less wealthy.
and the aspect of them was that OF singular con
slavery. published H. an old wooden building
ITS palace now stands RushInore g. HGIton 'ay
o2k dryotfd 10 ProS,s very was pqGSnSS m Issa III n
religious newspaPer specially deyGed to tn say; say
lih 80 SIG,s ne tb9i dd9,te 'h ho,r ronducfed
~ W. lpo bards Nathaniei P. willis and sieoTEe
= Morris Major Noahs conservative sundty
Trm"s w3s in existHnce Freemasonrg had n an or, or
gan Calld The spa James lanes sTerih and raTtI9 F
press Tne poet iirvaqt was advocatins te CENT
led The aeld II news With The Herald Tn. sheet
& f G"s m rPaPe PSPeT street wher
also Charles Briggs. Harry Franco being his
th"e in with Aus,stiS Da!y in later years 50
famous - thestrcal T ne ,STa San's
Pres Fress ID he fesn started in iSss By Hsnfy GaPp.
ildr1rh was assofiurrd with Clapp in the writing
a" it. had r"sdG I%n,T6gted yerses sn 70 p,as 5ns
"uriy. CltpP emploHtd me as a rH,'H~er % and sun
"u~ hut nt-rrstirg unprecedented; but delightful;
hdne Win tn" % tTI pd nf f np has bsen sn 1
"r VIII h" again. Some account of those days and
,I ~ oU fn"s not by me-, Is yet to he written
ny M Ie No ,"T'I ,ir' n-fGg m srtor T ~
genius. ,ariety of character and sing9iarity OF
achie1ement. has since existed in New York. nor
haS any group # writer's anywhere existent in our
country. ben 50 tGn"rtntly and grossly misTepre55
senrrt and u4Iisned | only Sisnc@ @ az I9at ReTl0d
now tea~" IT, sr" OF Adrrn ,,e m%aGnTsTg Gs1n " a%P %
ahod "t ms p'ye Vs. strSet imnsditteIT "T
Tn house is now occupied by tradesmen. and it's
but thai nous viii long POSSESS an interest tor
th HterarE pilgrim p" aus mere A,drish hi TrG1e
Ell which has had a world-widA circulation:
rst drstft II his Judith long afterward wrought
play and tPSFe le as P9T9s "a Ttn guest ro; 'ss Tst
story OF The diamond Lens" a time arrived when
T"n . ETs% wsa[t AK "' ahomt it po YOU he
asked ne. TO cast in your lot permanently Win Win
tneme'' l answered Yes He then told me OF
did, establishing his residence in Boston where:
by d and d, Gy Of ne Tfe f Ktsntic aonthiy and where
he had his carrer. in constantly increasing pros
ma rr.d. there his twin sons born poet
r IL Stodd4rd after that l9SoselE T,indfn, Of his
and there he died in the flness of his literary
Ms Eo raa nTT Was as scaSe aS as that % Of i Herek
whom ne loved hut did not initiate, and his themes
the the Ars.l of s@nrimrnt. fancy and poetic within.
or3rnS lP nay tSp''' r h" cas- I'M. may meS often
know WcII thc American bard Walt Whitman II
is scarcely necessary +" say that he did not impress
mo ,,s ANYTHING other than what he Was-a com
m"np'rs Mn'TTyh tryinr 'H +" H. arfriHG by usi1s
] sy~ 4I m4 BY d- thf 6y ths
TuISarIty. With reference to me. Waits vi"ws
intended a. the perfection Of rnntemptunus indIf
f.r-nre "W,Ily' J." said. is a young Long
IofTiyo, T to 2 inspire Adrch with permanent aver
The n"mpny vas Tam gd anG the 'hs nsp4a id
Whtman. = like yotr tinklos: I Ike them very
both rofIplacent eGotsm and III breeding. Tom. |
mink meyer forgot that incident. This ia Of /
he ..tinkIcs-writtcn long MISUNDERSTANDING the
poet , l,.
A 70 racia accidents Of Fame and Chance.
chance the heights. they climb'd not |
there
who ron darklinE of men.
l. on the wing ~ heavenly thought. uphorne
To ethe and becomes n voice
ror am he yoicAIsss. God snointed him
HIS ma me- shall 4 star. his grave a shrine
In 'ao;s old ,S Rn'aP %s &1S P"rSOa5Sd snd aGe II
asked him to obliae me with his definition Of the