Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-07-09
LETTERS bob" ARE,
AMONG THE TREASURES
Novelist Wrote Frequently to His Cousin, the Well
Known Painter, Who Was His Only Confidant
During His Early Manhood.

II IL Enclosed for your appreciation.
condemnation. or correction.
It's thus and thus that | shall sing:
II don't require much predication
To tell I'll have dedIcation;
For-prap. IL comes from cddica-
Tx" the sort "f thing
He considered himself entirely in
capable 81 lyric verse cannot even
appreciate It. Horace. OF course. !
like. because he Is so aupremrly :,
gentleman. Pope something OF
Ger"
eco II. My Tulip"
Tn" earliest Of the letters Is dated
From IL Heriors Row. Edinburgh.
November &c. 1856. and extends TO
light pages. II contains extracts
With criticism from Disraelrs AL
roy" Dumas. and :" forth.
|. At present ] arm going in
| for Machuiay's History. and No.
| novels at all. DO likewise. stick in
Y" 1t, my tulip! with which classical
! and encouraging remarks begins AMI
.nds the NORA part OF ,nis her.
| -pisue. Picture to yourself Davte
and Charlie entering church in i'm
nense chimney pots every SUNDAY.
| Here is the proportion "a small
h"tch Of "ye hattie" and 'ye boy"
! follows.
\ 20 from nine tn ton TO saws
Mathematics in George street.
Then so out TO tho SCHEMES tan
artist ocra'ic part Of the royal burgh
Of Edinburgh lying a, tho southeaS,
corner OF tho Meadows when learn
practical mechanics. Picture "yoors
irooly" In apron and shirtslceves
blaming. saving, and haulmcr!nr =
deal box. From ono to half-paSt
there 90 10 Roland, vino by tho
by retains recollection % YOU
from ; 30 TO I'VE, 10 classes. In ,he
evening German and general pre-
,sration.
we had a reform dcmonstrattc,
ler-- horrors Of horrors. Here is III,
chorus OF 'hei- SONG. in IL. original
and as air"r.d BY 'yuorS 'rooly
while angel voices shout aloud
Amid tn" Eath'ring storm.
'tprsis" once more. - Eritish men
The Banner ~ Reform
VIII" husky voice. hlccup out.
Amid tho ale-h"us' storm.
'trraiSe one" more. - ,ipplins
hrutcs
The banner ~ Reform"
An inprint~d Es.ny.
ono l.t'or deals with Keats anc
Swinhurn". whilst another. Novcm
Dor Il. 1865. extends I" over sever
uaEcs folio. and contains an unpub
lishcd essay. Night Outside tho Wicl
II Mall which comes At the end ~
.he letter. II only long. and Ions
md long" he writes. TO do some
ming with tho beauty that 500
ND don't know wha, 10 do grow
, isiirious over a woodland aisle. an
Dam At the mouth over a hill>id.
What an cgotistical brute an,
= s.lt' self, self, VIVA, Is tho tun.
c nc burthsn. tho fable. the mora
self, self Wcii YOU must take m
: and solcmnly. with the exception o
my father To whom such matter
{ would be subject for Scolding, n
friend I" whom / can SPEAK; 50
$ pour out all the watcry and fscci
s sentiment that cook up within
I upon YOU and In pen and ink NJ
; daily life Is one repression from l..
ginning 10 end. aud my letters
l. you are the safety valve. You do No
y know how few az them YOU get,
: find them lying finished and half-fr
D.. i-hed and scarce hNgun among IN
-moiderinE remnants Of eigantI
novels and titanic romances."
Writing on March %, 1870. he say!
During the whole Of this winter
have heen free from my usual Al
;, tacks ~ morbid melancholy.
;, Yesterday was in high spirits. writ
=. ing Deacon Thin" Then he ro'
on to tell Of a visit to C;reyfriai
i. rhurchyard wher" he stayed ~
e hours lin tho dcr,hs OF wretche'
ness" In June ne was very niue
hit with da msel. who shall I've ma M
. less" and in who's" relations he ID
+. i"cted haS1y overfrinndiincss
Five years later September. 1919
n he writes from I.landudnn. critici:
y Ing the pictures in the house in whiC
no was staying. aud refers to h
d paper on John Knox, published
e Macmiilan's Magazine. September ar
q October. 1885. The last letter. Aui
l. ust c. 1879. was written the day h.
r fore he sailed TO America to be ma
n: ried.