The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-07


perhaps TO the result but to the neces-
sites Of the coca SION his pen might
have been just as potent had II not
been dipped In venom poisonous to
it, user no Jess than 10 the object Of
his attack. CULVER" Il legitimate
up TO the creation Of the Yahoo; then
insanity begins TO show. Habitual. In
tensively cultivated acrimony takes all
the health and sweetness out Of the
mind Il grows in.
All his life Swift exhausted his in
tellectual garden without renewing It's
fertility. He was instinctively gem
crous and worried over his generous
acts. lie was friendly. and strained
friendship with sharp sayings He
suffered when his good mother died
lcgs needfuiiy. in the arrangement
with his sister. The isolation Of Dub
lin was irritating. he nursed the irri-
ta:ion. The tragedies Of Stella and
Nanessa-like most Of HIS troubles
not forced upon him by an memorable
Greek fate and yet not fruit OF guilty
motive-accelerated the acidulatory
process. Who can doubt that when
he inscribed a relic Of Esther John
son "Only a woman's hair the sim
pie words. instead OF being. az they
have been called. a cruelty OF cynicism
meant TO him all that Thackeray
twaddled Of "love, fidelity. purity. in
noconce. beauty. tho tcnderest heart
in the world stricken and wounded?
And II Il meant TO him the rest Of the
arraIgnment. the guilty. lonely wretch
-FudderinE over the grave" he sug-
gested much more decently and ef-
fective.y IN four words what Thack-
cray gloated over in a torrent OF them
II was his own affair
These letters Of the last eight years
u Swift. beginning when he was 70
and his work done. show more clearly
perhaps than any other part Of his
LIES record the dual Swift hut with
10 better part predominant lie dwei's
on past trlu" phs and defeats; he
RACES only 4 little mourns much FOR
lost friends and cilngs TO those who
survive with him. The correspond
ence with Pope is full OF mutual as
surauces Of affectlon. July IS. 174o.
Swift writes TO Mrs. whiteway:
have been very missrabls a. night
and to-day extremely dear and IA! 81
pain. I am 50 stupid and confound.d
that ! cannot express the Modification I
ana under both i1 body and mind. AZ
,.n say is that am not IN torture bu,
dsllr and hourly -Np.c' f.. PRAY .st me
know hov you- health = and your
family hardly understand one word
! write. I am ssre my dsrs viii - very
few. fey and miserable they must -
am. t,- .h'-. Jew DAYS Yours srtI-s.r,
j.. svIrr
g.; / 30 ~. U...lsr. g. b.. SATURDAY. ra'r
&c. 1890 o. i've tu N.uIae . SHAH
hope 60 sr@ SOU. perhaps f'- the .asi
time.
This m .iancuoiv note ,never missing
.r anything written about SwIfD is
the Deans pauultimate contribution TO
the collection. HIS one letter OF later
date June 5. 1870 TO Eaton Stanndrd,
has in b. a fash ~ the real Swift.
Sir: ! know the bearer. Mr.. william
Swift 10 he q deserving Young gentle
man. and / think he hath some learn
Ing although he be just returned from
.ho study or law. he g. my relation
." In April of 1879. Introducing
another rela ion. D-anc swift. 10 Pope
ne wTo-r: Dear Sir. Tho gentleman
who will have tho honor 90 deliver yori
this although he be one related 10 me.
which is by no means any sort Of
recommendation; for am utterly void
Of what the world calls natural af-
fe0,ion. and with good reason. because
they are o numerous rare der~nerat-
ing from their ancestors. who were Of
good esteem for their loyalty ana SUI
f-riugs 20 tA, rel elton Against King
Charles the First Admiral
y aue, having been one Of the regi-
cid,s had th" good fortune 20 save
his n'a! y dying a year or TWO before
IN" Restoration"
Scattered through the book are a
number Of fhcse iutrOduC;ilns and
"recomme ndations" some professional.
/ some wholly personal; some couched
T in the language 81 sincerity, others in
"A sarcasm that does not conceal the
kind intent one or two are less chan
kind: Whereas the bearer served me
the space Of one year. during which
time nc was IN idlcr and a drunkard.
I then discharged him a. such. out
now f,r his having been five years az
yea may have mcudod his manners, /
leave 90 tho pcnc ration - those who
may hereafter choose to employ him.
In April, 1917. he reminds William
/ Graham member for the Borough OF
. D>ugheda, that hc Is In arrears SO
pounds 10 shillines on a lease from
the Dean and Chapter Of the Cathc-
dral OF 81 Pa'r.CE'g. He recalls thar
The gentleman had neen AT Or. Sheri-
dams school where hc must have been
taught All "a, principles ~ least OF
honor and Justice" Neglect 10 an
SwCr Tie letters Of "uur procurdTor'
ma be uuo O., forgctfulu-ss Of Or.
Sh.rid"n's lectures. 10 Jl" fashion Of
gentlemen to default on JUS, debts to
the rNaltaj.uu Of an inherited fortune
or Of a newly acquired scar IN Privy
Council. or. possibly To- membership
in the association against the clergy
However. / am sorry that, although
Christianity he much ont OF fashion
, there might not he some rema ndsr OF
pagan virtues loft. especially
to those who have vote in making
laws, or sitting M Council board
If you resent anything I have
said II viii much lessen the credit OF
your understanding, as well az of your
regard TO common justice" over
against this straight talk" are 10 he
set the letters IN the interest Of one
Edward Reilly. son Of IAN old faithful
servant" Of Lord Orrery, whom the
Dean wishes to have admitted 70 the