The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-31

hiul 'hot Ndlu'S ITO Soiit
fort and utility should strive to Guilt
vatc." In the journeyings to Phila-
delphia. Baltimore and Washington,
and up-river to the home OF his friend
Van Ness at Undertook. Irving Is
much less concerned with political
observation han with his constant.
unappeasablc appetite f,.. "the chit
chat of New York.
Always there IL a book on Irving's
mind. He Is delayed in putting
'knickerbocker" TO press by the dis
covery, In tho Philadelphia public IL
braiy, of Some minute but curious
facts" which dictate alterations In
the manuscript: but tomorrow I
b~egin--by God" And he wishes his
friend to forward immediately tho
inscription Oh old y. S~tuyvesant
Tombstone" and prepare some
sauibbs. &C.. TO attract attention to
the work when II comes out" Ills
journey to Baltimore is terrible and
sublime. as fun of adventurous matter
ana dircful peril as one of Walter
SCOTS pnntomimic. mclodramatic. ro-
M: ntic tales lie meets Mr.. Tezier.
the French translator OF tho Ills
tory Of New York: 81 suspect they
will understand and relish 1t about
as much as they would a Scotch hag-
gis and Il singcd shcepshead." Jenny
Madison lis but "a withcrcd little
apple-Joiin." lie secs Cookc in king
Lear: The more I sec Of Cooke the
more | admire his style Of acting
he IL very unequal. from his irregu-
lar habits and v affections-for
"neh nc h'h p'oper ''oo"' '"ele ~
u tru'n ana. Oh COURSE u simplicity
i'll his performances that throws all
rant, stage trick and stage effect COM
pletely i'm the background" Ar
,a,,a,no,.. r,, III. "J;i.,,ry" ,re
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'o""p'' 80 sn
"Io"'I" VI e"'''o" v. ''oo' ''P'.
re linskeep' INC pupisherI takes Ill
the expense Of printing. &c. on him
self" 1t Is like reading a new sketch
u,,py 4, tho d.ys when a now irving
,.n,,,no ua. IN he oxnec,ed
In tho summon ~ 1910 Trying and
con p,iIas dire In tho ~wardroom Of
tho u.arshin tho President. 1--WE had a
,,o., conv,y,,, tim, , hei,eve tho
r,araro,rn ,r,n,, f,rya, tho rousa va
gave 4, for some time" Tho officers
arc "a fine 40, az ra,lon, younc fell
lows and will acouIt themselves
~handsome,, Elm, 7 inok ,,non their
fa,o "a desnora,e IN n unr with Eng.
I,nd" And With ono narayranb do
voted IN Mars tho ncxt belongs IN
I.o,,s.
The ii,tle Taylor has been here AMI
PASSED some ''me SINCE your depaF'Nre
Hh' j. " uc"en'iu' "'ue creature "n''
80 -
via, IL +, .bu, . novcr.,, uandsomc il
that handsome has. Is the modern maxim.
Therefore. lit;le Taylor. though thy little
nnSer he armed In . th'mblo.' yet will
! set thee at defiance In a word she Is
nho an or''Ian' 700 ,a'e ana 'os'.y !
a n,hnh .fnro Gsorye o,,otars .,ou,I
be my only food.
From such air persif1agc the let
tcrs pass occasionally into such smok-
ing room jest anu gossip as were care
fully left ont Of the books. and a.
irving would have regretted Ia see
included in this collection.
In January of 1913. note Is made of
''''-
IN New York by the war. You woSlld
scarcely u old peaceful
city The talk is all of armies. ma
NIes anu iait.es, Men VINO have been
hahgers-on n encumbrances OF So
''c'E nave 'ecoine the men OF the
h"ur' but the miserable accounts
from Inc frontiers have d~dmpened
pubic zeal so that II martial ardor
mas not becn much expressed in IN"
recruiting offices. III this war con-
tlhues and a regular be- raised instead
ol drpehdi'lg on volunteers ana militia.
l bcIleNe we shall nave the commas
si"ns sought AFTER with avidity 10y
Young gentlemen OF education and
good breeding, ana our army Will be
!hhn.'cIy respectable n infinitely
more SUCCESSFUL 1t is not surprising
|" ma the literary man taking an IN
'eIilscnt view OF public affairs, but ,he
H~"olat1oh supplies a DEFINITE substitute
LOT lhe Impll'a'I"n mat might u" los;
IN tie too exclusively literary legend.
IN OCTOBER OF 1914 irving was at Sack
etts Harbor.
IN the summer of lSl1 he went TO
England From his sisters home in
birmingham soon after his arrival. he
wrote: II am Ike another being from
what ! was in tEat listless period of
existence that preceded my departure
from America. II seems as II my
whole nature had ChanSed-a thoa-
sand KIM feelings and affections that
had ain torpid are aroused within me