Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-16
The GarrickS LiDed HdppiT

[From the London Times.
A series of apparently u,'up-
lished letters from David Grrich
and his wife to the Earl and -ouli- IN
tess of Burlington will comelp lor
sale at Messrs. Hodgson's CanceIs
Lane. So far as can be f2gu, ene,, Ven
the existence of these Hers + MAS haas
unknown and unrecordf II mas
long been a legend thI Mrs; Gar Gar
rick was a daughter 4 Lord BUR
lington, but the evience against
this is fairly concluse. Mrs Gar
rick. before her nArriage, was
protege of Lord ar Lady buriihs-
ton: the earl furrshed her WIN
marriage portion or some S"o'oVo,
and she was liviS WIN theh Wheh
she was marriI to the actor IN
The letters ,hich now come into
the market pnsist OF, twehty-IWo
from David iarrick TO Lazy Dur
Iineton and wo to Lord Burlington
(many withhis seal JOCKEY passing
tbo winnin post), and twenty-one
from Mrs Garrlck TO tne cou1tess'
aII dated Jetween July 1S and Octo-
hnr 81 l749. They were written
dur;rr ne honeymoon of the pair
~ Mersn, and they give a charm
inc nieure of the happiness of Gar
ricLs, married life, which lasted for
tbirt,,one years. One of the finest
Iettes in the series is the earliest,
data July IS, in which, writing to
TaS Burlington, Garrick says:
Though l have troubled my lord
bythis post, vet I can't help being
eiIally impertinent to your ladyship.
shall / speak the truth 1T is abb
soAutely downright vanity that
makes me write this letter. it is not
to be imagined how proud and i'm
portant / am grown to myself, since
| have had the honor to be spoken
so highly of in your ladyship's let
fer to Mrs. Garrick for
exclusive of the favors I have re-
ceived before and since my marriage,
it is owing to you, madam, and
YOU alone, that I am now the hap
piest of men. and in possession of
Mrs. Garrick. She has more than
once confessed to me that she liked
me very well, and was determined
not to marry anybody else, yet she
was as determined not to marry me,
if your ladyship had put a negative
on me. Could I speak as I ought,
I would say more but / know and
shall always feel these obligations"
The references to his wife are al
ways full of good humor; he usually
refers to her as his "Charmer." the
"Tyrant," but more usually he re-
fers to her by the simple word of
she. which he generally underlined.
In another letter august 26) he
refers to Shakespeare:
Shakespeare says somewhere that
no 10y is so sincere as that which
wears the badge of sorrow. am
afraid nv madness about Shake
speare is become very troublesome
for I question whether l have writ
ten a single letter without bringing
him in, head and shoulders. I know
vour Iadyship must admire him, and
therefore I have been more forward
to introduce him to YOU than other
wise I should have BEEN"
Mrs. Garrick's letters are quite as
interesting and as amusing as those
of her husband, to whom she refer;
as her little spouse" Never hav-
ing learnt to speak or write fluent'y
she writes her letters in in an i1fit
crate hand, and they are full o.
quaint errors, particularly in tn,
later ones when apparently Garricl
was not at her side to assist he
in spelling. Thus:
yesterday was Romeo the fars
time. he looked verv handsome al
blay'd so we'll that the people war,
not sadesfed with klapin, but holle't
out
1T was at the Play last Saturda,
at Coven Garden. all what I can sa,
Of It is. that Mr.. Barry is to juni
for Romeo and Mrs. Cibber to oil,
for a garlic or 1s; the house wa
nrety foul I wish thi
would finish both for II is too mucl
for my Little Dear Spouse to pla,
every day"
IT may be added that the letter
are in perfect preservation, an,
have apparently been kept folde
until quite recently. as in many in
stances the sand used for absorbin
the Ink still glistens on the surfac
! of the paper