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    HENRY WARD BE EC HER.* |i

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    Diary-Keeping.—The Practice Of Diarykeep...

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    I to be true , and actual , at once awakens . ^^^^ H — Addi - ~ ^ ~ - son — — g _ _ __ ives _ - ^ ¦ _^_ a — bp journ -w—^ p- ^^— al ¦« V » , amm ^ studiousl ^ V ^ p— . ^*»^¦ k - * mir ^ p—P ^^ . ^ y with » V «« B » ^ pT db ^ fa o ^^ ut ^^^ *) aT

    incident , of a useless insignificant life ; yet b I bbbh what , ____ a distinct v ictu > re of the state of societ PaalaW 1 ¦ ¦¦

    ^^^ and of _ _ . _ an individual _ p _ ^_ , vr — ~—v — - ^* - ^—^— growing ^ m * vpr ^» ^^ - * ^^ ^* W ^^ out ^^ ^**~ « fc of —p ^ ^ " - « that » ^^ ^^ y « , society ! We realise the ¦ sleepy ¦ ~» quiet . ¦ ~ TW existence —» - ¦ ¦

    P ^ P ^ B ^ B ^ BH when ^^ men were ~^ content —* ^~ " ~~ ^^ not J , ^ BJ ™ to ^^^^^ *^^ th *^^» " ^ p ^ ink —*^ ^^ " —^^— -m * -ma * ^^™ and ^^^ *^ " ~ , ^ BJ bbbh clung to authoritythe earl -mwmr-mmm h y ¦¦ hours ¦ th ¦ e , i i 1

    p ^^^ the — — c offee — -house — — — ' , MM the , antiquated ^~ ^^ ^ m a ^ mm ^^ - costumes ma mmm ™ , ^ p ^^ - ^^>^^ - ^^ p H ^^ ^^ the pe ^ ' ^^ , * m knee stringsthe wigthe tobacco-box . , We

    I have the wal , k in the , fields , then possible for ^^^^^_ London _^ — -- ^ - _ . __ citizens _ . _ — , . ^ . _ We ¦ , hav ^^ ' ^ ^ w e h the ^ v ^^ " mm- -mm * ¦ W slow ^ m ^ ^ m ^ ^ mr" W » progress ^ ^ P ^ V —] ~ ^^^ K ^ P ^ ' ^ i ^ r ^^ " ^^^ of " *^^ ^^"

    I news kept languidly exciting by uncertainty , I and all the pros and cons about this and that

    I and what Mr . So-and-So said and Mrs . So-and- , ^^^^ H So » i th — —¦ - oug ^^^^^« ht . » We ¦ - ^ have ' ^ ^ m' -mr ¦ — in m ^^ m ^ short w ^ mW i ^^»^^ ^^^ ^^ V ^^ ¦ a ^^^^ vivid ^^ V m ^ t ' ^^ ' ^^ ^ im ^ b ^^ 4 ^ mm age ^^^ f *^^ k ' ^ ^ of ^^ ^^

    I the life of the time , public and private . The I H driest ~ details mi ~ have a B « r certain ktfVkP » iKV interest B > k when B- i « m » read Bw 4 hVP iV ^^^^ ^ ^^^^ ^ ^ ™^ ^ ^ " ^ ^ ' ™ " ™ v ^^ ¦ ^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^^^ * ^^ ^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^ V ^^^ ^ B * ^^^ Wm ^ V V W ^ V ^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^

    I years after . Facts , external to ourselves , are I invested with an historic value , as telling us I of social , or of the world ' s , changes . But the

    I o obvious bvious us nsfte . , to to ~ assist » ssrisf , the f , Ti « mem mpmnnr ory , or nv ra ra . hTifir ther I to construct an external artificial memory , is ¦ I H ¦ only one out of many — - ¦ ~^ w ^— reasons ¦ ¦ for keeping a

    ^¦ - " — — — — — ^— — ^^ ^ V m * W ' ~* mr « P ^^ ~ mw mm- ^* m * mmm ^^^^ -m ^ r ^^ U , ^^ ^^ ^^ ^ " % I diary . The compilers of all published diaries I had — - - some - — other — — ¦ object — " ¦ ~ " ~ - ^— mmr . mr There ^^^^ ^^^^ < mmr m ^ mr ^^ m' are m ^^ mw mm ^ mml ^ of m , ^ ^^^ , cours mmr -m ^ - ^ b ^ - ^ -m ^ w *^ - e ——

    I the journals avowedly public , such as Raikes ' ^ I ^^_ Dia ¦ — ry , the ^ work ~ * " ~~ " ^^~ ~ m- and ' ^^^^ ^— - ^™ ^*^^ b legacy hb * ^*^ Jfl ^ k ^ fc ^^ W m ^^ r W to m ^ —| — posteri H ^^ — — ^^^ m ^ j -m ^ m- ^^ ^^ t ^^^ y h o ^^^ f ^^^ « an ^^^ m ^ ^^

    I apparently idle life , which aim at being I current history , and in which personal matters

    I would be out of place . There is the mixed I personal and public journal , as Madame I d'Arblay ' s who ¦ could M « b not probablhave tf

    I ^^ lived " — throug — m , ^ m h the —~ ^*^ . F cruel ~* mr - ^ ^ ^^^ HI dulness mm ^ H * ^ m ^ mmr mm ^^ ^^^ — of V ^^ T ^*^^* her *^^* m ^ m y W court ^^^^^ ^ v m ^ I ^ H life " but ^ — for ™"" — rr ^ taking ^_ - ^* --mw m ^ m ^^ mmmm- ^^ mm * C ^ 0 j 7 posterit X W ^^ ^ " ^^ ^^^ ^^ ^ r ^ ^^** ^^ ™ m * y into ^ ^* ^^ " ^ m * ^^^ her ^ m > ^^ ^^^ # ^ W con ' ^^^ ^ ' ^ ^^ " ^ -

    I fidence , and pouring into what proved to be I willing ¦ k and sympathising h k Kl 9 t ears Ptf the indi Ih gnities " ^ mr

    ^— m } m * —~ —— ^^^^^ - ^ v - ^~ ^ v — ' v ^^ ^^—^^ . ^ ^^^ ^ mrmr ^|^^ B > ^ p « - ^^ P ^^ T ^^ H m ^—WM ^ V > r V- ^ V ^^ VBa' my ^ b ^ p ^ ^^^ ^ mW- mWa ^^^ m » ^ B > ^^^^ m ^ mmu mm ~* r ^^ *¦ I and annoyances inflicted on her by the old I German duenna ~ fr . There | are ¦« other -mm journals

    ——— — — — ~ _~ —r ^» --w ~ m > ^^^^ v ^ m ^^ ^ mm * ^^« . ^^^ * p «^ ^ mw ^ ^ * ^ m mT * " ^^ m ^ m —^ - »^^ — - ^ » —— ^— ^ - ——I which seem to act the purpose of the child ' s ^ I ^ B battered — — doll " — ¦ , ^ J a - ^^^» - m mere — —» ^ b ^^^ ^^^ - ^^ vent w ^ H ^ ¦ . B « P *^ ^ mr ^ for P ^ - *^ r ^ " * passion ^^ ^^^^ ¦ H ^ mm * ^ mr —— * - ^ ^^ and - ¦— ^ — ¦ — ——

    I sore feeling ; the fair page receives all the ^ I ^^ H bitterness v ' ^ ^^ ^~^ ^^^ ¦ ^^^ v ^~ w ^ i ^ which *^ * ^^^ ^^^ ¦¦<¦ ^ b ^ ¦¦• f & m * may mmi m ^ m- ^ m' w ^^ w wT ^ not mw * m ^ ^^^ ^^ r ^ find Bb ^ v mm * ^ mt ^^^^^ any ^ b' ^ v ^ mt mwt w other ^^^*^ ^^^ m ^ mw ^^ mr ^ bb outlet ^^^ ^ k *^^ aj ^ p ^ *^^ ^ . ^ ^^ ; ma

    I thoughts are recorded , words are written down , ¦ I ¦ v ¦ and ¦ ¦ relief ¦ i ¦ ¦ i ¦¦ i is secured tihb ami to 0 the mm * mind & mt ttm mt at no imwi expense mmt-mmt b

    ^ ^ — ~^ ^^ ™ " ^^^ ^>^ v ^^ - ^ p ^^> ^^ v ^ ^^> r ^^^^ b ^^ mm * ^^* mtr ^ ^ ^ a ^ r m * ^^^ F M ^ * mm ^ ^^ mM ^^^^ Ba ^ h' ^ w m ^ w ^ mr ^^^ ^ w H ^ . ^^ ^^^^ p ^ m ^ *^ w ^^^ I to credit or position . It is in somewhat of B I ^ fB this ^^ — ^^ ¦¦ sp ^^ ^ ^ irit ^^ ^*^^ i ^^ that ^^ ^^^ v- ^ v ^^ - ^^^ ^^^ Mrs b ^ bb ^> * ^^^ m ^ ^*^ r p ^^ r . ^ p Thral i ^ . ^ h ^ BB ^^ h ^^^ b f ^^ f ^ B e ^ mV ^ writes mt W ^^ v ' ^ ^^* ^^ ' ^ V ^^^ r of ^^^^ ¦ ¦¦ *^ her *^ *^^ ^^^^ ^ bp ^ old ^ k ^ ™ i" ™ ^

    I friends in her journal . I The Origin of the Short History '—

    . I I Eng Of the H lish ¦ genesis Peop mi h le of Mr h « the . Lof ¦¦ n ' tie Short hfe in b the History mmt New ¦¦¦ ¦ Prince n of the — - —*

    -I ton ^ pH ^ Review ' r- r , ^^ v g *^ m ives ~ m , v ^^^ ^ the ^^^ ^^ ^ ^^ following ^ p . ^ . ^ m ^^ maaw ^* ^^^ , ^ p mm . mm * «>^ ^ p ^ >^ account -mm * ^ p * V ^»^ » " »^^ . Mr — — . I Green wasit will be remembereda parson

    in Stepney , , and there are many obvious , remip ~ ^ P * ¦ iscences ^ ^^^ ~™~ - ^ * - *— ^^ ~^ m * v » - - ^ of ^ m- mmmt him a ^ Hk ^ i ^ ^^ ^^ " ^ ^™ "in ^ ^^ ^ Ph ' Robert ^^^^ mw - * m *^ % * % ^ f -mm * mWr ^ k ^ Elsmere 9 ^^* wr-mm ^^ Pf p P . jr ^— ^^ ^^ p « ^^ -mm * . m * ' ^ A

    long and severe visitation of cholera , through which he ministered to his people literally

    night and day , may be said to mark the date of ^^ « PPB * the ^*^ ^^ ^^* ^ mw ^ beg *^ mr ^ f ^^ BlK inning ^^ " ^^ 4 Pb ^ m / W ^ VBh pP ^ ^ P ^ f ^^^^ k of ^^ m * p . i his ^¦^ m JBk W ^ mr decline ^^ rmat ^^^ F ^^^ r —m * ^ H » rfBBi ^ PPV ^ fe ^ p' . ^ p / This hb . ^ b * P" ^ ^^^ ^ i ^ *^^ was ^ F ^*^ ^^ ^^^ ¦ in n ^^ ' ^^

    1867 , I think . The Archbishop , Tait , who greatl i y esteemed Green m *^~ would i have wished

    ^ that pi ^^ K ¦ ^ p" ^ ™^ —* —~ — he - w -mmr should * ^—~ -mw * ^—^* —mm- ^^> " w ^ m ^ ^^ BPF ^ i" ^ accept ^ ¦ ^"¦ ^^ " ^ bp ¦ ^ ^ m ^~ m ^* m a *^ , country . ^ ^^^ ^^^— ^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^ ^ — ^ living »— " ¦ ™ " ¦ ^ ~ ¦ ; but —* — on ascertaining that his mind was made up ,

    he very gracefully attached him to himself by

    finding or forming for him the post of honorary Lambeth librarian whh . In this r \* r capacity ¦ B ^ p ^ f WmmT Gr flIBk een 4 k

    ^^ — " ^ " ^ — " ~^ ^~~ ' m ^* v ^ w v —^»» pW m ^ r ^** m 9 ^ mramammr ^^ p . ^ ' ^ ii ^ ^^ ^^ ^ n ^ pr ^ pr « v had , I believe , apartments assigned to him in the — ~ P a ~~ - ~ lace * - ~*— ^~* ^ mm * ; y ¦ but .- ^ w ^ , * m preferring m ** * mmrnw ^ bp * ma , ^ aw * ^ mm mmam ^*^ b & the «^« 4 K ^ mmf privacy m * ar mWm mTMm » B ^ P ^ F ^ m ** W of ~* mT mfm

    lodgings , and the drier air of Marylefoone , he remained the te - na v h -mm- > - nt B -mw of a » f mmt e - > w m ma ode u - ^ p »^ st chamber h s — — —— — ^^^^*^ ap ^^* m * ^^ " ^ p ^ ^^ w V m ^ ^«^ ^ B ^ vipw ^^ ^^ p' ^ PP ^ ^^ m * rmw ^^^^^^ » ' ^^ ' ^ p ^ ^^ . ^^

    in Beaumont Street , which may hereafter be pointed out as the b birth 1 lace of the pbj ' Short

    bj ^^ — ^^ ^^ ^ ^ ™ Jpk ^^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^ ^ ' ^^^^ ^^^ ^ p ^ ^^^ aa ^* mi 41 n ^ amma 4 v . ^ ^^ i ^ b ^^ pp p ^ p ^^ v ^^ v ^^ . ^ b * ^ pf ^ bj ^ ^ p ^ p ^^^ ^^ ^^ H . ^ a ^ m * p * ^ M ^ v ^^^ v ^ B ^^^ r ^^^ v ^ p * History ^ F ^ HT" # » of the a 4 i Eng ^^ F ^^ lish ^ Peop p ^ le ih , ' just a - as a house ^ in the neighbouring Bentinck Street is shown

    as that in which Gibbon completed the History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman

    Empire . ' - Foreign Journalists in London . —The

    inaugural meeting of the Association of Foreign Journalists in London , numbering about 30 ,

    was held on Saturday , the 15 th inst ., at the offices of the Society Rationale des Professeurs

    de Francais en Angleterre , 20 Bedford Street , W . C . The chief business was the election of a

    cussion committee Mr . and T . Johnson chairman of . After the Paris slight Figtwo

    disand Temps , was chosen , president . M . G . Petilleau was elected secretaire rapporteur , and

    M . Rasetti , editor of the Courrier de Londresy secretaire m ^^ f a ^^ T ^ mf £ ^^ ^^ ^* mf v ^ ^ ar archiviste »* ^*^ m * ^^ p r m ^ m ^ -m * ¦» ^^^ aaw ^^ W . The ^^*^^^ m *^* - - ^^ -m ** following ™ ¦ ¦ = - ¦ ¦ ¦ ^*^ - — ¦ ™ ^^ ^^^^ p > ¦ were » - ^^* - ^ ra ^ r - ^^^ w se ^^ r ^^* W -

    lected as the committee : Dr . Oswald , of the Magasin fur die LUeraturLeipzig ; M .

    Tiedman •» - - — f 7 / , of the % / Nien JRotterdamshe , Courant ' O ; and Papucciof La JSFazione . Florence . The rules

    of the , Syndicate

    alterations . A fresh president will be elected every and as ofiren as possible he will be of

    year different , nationality . It is desired that politics and pf reli pBiB ion - ¦— - ^* - should have nothing pt whatever to %

    do pm p ^* ar m ^ a * ^^^ with *^^ ^ aa * " ~ g ^ the ^^ mw association —— — — —— — — - — and journalists ^ p ^^ — —~ - ^^ of r m ^— any — — ¦ nationality are competent , to become members .

    The association intend to communicate with the Speaker of the House of Commons on the | question of procuring seats in the Reporters' --j

    Gallery for foreign representatives . They wish to WJ * J » be P . _ V ^ mm / treated V . ^ SWrfV ~ V A _^ ^^ k exactl ^ amT aMa-mt . ~ lSV ' * mf ~^ f-Mm . y J W as ^^ Eng . M , M Jfc ^ . t ^ K lish ¦* - * "S * " - ¦ . -- correspondents ^ - * V' " Mm - * . ^ - ^* K- * K / \^ f M . -A ^ w * . ^ m * a » . m \\ . \\ JK ~ t : >

    in France are treated . The next meeting will ; be held in 11 the \ beg / inning 1 Ck of January lVml when a

    F _/ Vy - * * - V ^ - *¦ V-A . X JJL JL \_ * " pVX ^ C _ IAXJAX A ^ - ^ ¦*¦ vi ^ ^ X . \^ % % ** % *> JL y , » FT JIXVJ XX- ChAI date will be fixed for giving a banquet to a ;

    number of journalists .

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    Dec . 15 , 1888 The Publishers' Circular 17 ^

    Henry Ward Be Ec Her.* |I

    HENRY WARD BE EC HER . * | i

    Distinguished Americans are more fortu | - the nate knowled , or unfortunate ge that their , than i lives Eng ' lish are certain people io in | ' i

    be chronicled in books of bulk . Several of these biographies have lately appeared , and

    though transplanted in England , their interest , in the mainmay be characterised aa peculiarl

    American . , Therefore they could not appeal y very strong ¦ l pr ¦ to ¦ British i - ¦¦ - =- —* sympathies - _ - i in so i far

    m ^^ p ^ ^ r ^ m % / *^^* ^^ ^^ " —m * — ' K I ^ BBPk -J y ' —* - ~ — —~ . , _ - ^ «/ _ _ - — X _ — — — _ - — _ ^ _ - * nv ^^ - — m ^ mmr p - * m * ^— ' ^ m ^ a—^ wa * ^^ mi as national feeling is concerned . But ___ Henry Ward r - * ^^ a * aM * - ^ " ^ " irni ^ Beecher **^*> m— ^ ** ^ fc ^ ^ mr *>~*^~^ - ^ a * *^ ^^ " . — is ^ - * w j ^ m- something p- ^ pr ^«^^ — — * - ~ ~ m - ^^ - *— ^ — ¦ ^ - * — ^ pp ^^ K more - ' - -- —*— - — p than - — - ~ - - ^ K ^^^ pr ^ p ^ a ^ p ^ national i ^ ^ h ^^^ ^^ " ^ m * m ^^ . mm * mm aMt ^^ Bfmwm ' ^ . g :

    He was a man of almost universal note ; his ¦ spoken p i pr ^ f ^ ^ r — ~ ^ —^^ - - words w -w ^ - ^ i ~— —• - - *^ as ™ ^ — ^^ they ¦ ^ - ^ — ' " ^ ^^ have — — — been — - recorded ' ~— ^ " ^^ - ^ r i ^»^ ™^ ^^^ - ^ ¦ - * m live ^ ip ^ ^ ^ B | pr

    in all Englisli-speaking countries and are likely Willia * ' m Biography 0 . Bqecher of and the the Rev Rev . Henry . Samuel Ward Scoville Bcecher , assis . ted * By by

    M Searl . ra . H e & enry ijlivington Ward Beech , Limited er . —JLondon - : { Sampson Juow , Maraton ,

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Dec. 15, 1888, page 1747, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15121888/page/5/