Show Dr Di D Smiles Sn es Many M ny Sidedness S edness Cecil Ceci Rhodes on In i Correspondence T ON ONDON DON May hl H Most of tho LONDON L biographies of at thin the late Dr Dv Sate Sam Samuel uel oct SmIles toiled failed to mention thirst the famous fanmous author of had h ail a decided talent for tor painting and originally o wanted to bo ho ni nn an artist Tho Tue fact act f Is II worth mentioning aa as aann nn In a n additional ol proof of ot his hla ness neRs m Surgeon editor lecturer l chemist biographer he lie not hot only turned turner lila his hand to many varied arl 11 employments o but hut made some 1010 sort of ot a I success lucec s nt sit each of ot them thorn And nd Ito tho t themes themo of ot the his whole of works turned t out by hy this literary who hue bus Just paused nu nt at It 91 III Is cant ant c as A showing hawing how ho many different subjects s appealed Ippel l to like him hll Physical I The rIte Huguenot In Eng I nl I land i and Ireland arid and alI Thrift are not t that would suggest t works by tho the satire same author and nn though most of lila his man l work are lre similar In II lila blo graphical the car careeN er that lint he tie under undertook took ook t to 10 tru taco o were unlike enough n na as they thoy tho did thoa of ot Stephenson the th engineer El Bil ward the lit naturalIst John the publisher Jasmin the lie barber huber let Jo leta t tand and a tid philanthropist I h tin Ut ilet and it iii Ii the t tb potter pot 11 In spite of nt or nr perhaps ps of or the tn fiat t tb it few rw men n over cyst up imp prom proal lud the t drill i e Ire lion uni i of Self C Hell lieli l nIl 0 one MC inn to hlo any RU an I I of or how linus much mich Dr Smiles simile made out of It I Por A Publisher anti all His Ills Friends however hOlever Dr Ir Smiles received down Out of or the hit tl ot of Self Kelt Sol IMp lieu Its Is author built himself an un en uncommonly In commonly table house In Iii II the tho of ot nun on au the tho loll tion tol stone Atole ua placed a it copy of ot tho lie book bool which young men Irl of ot nationalities Imbibed Its ls of or on ems Oi oneself Cecil Ceci l was 11 one of thelo heso Opening u is I new lists le library In lit a 1 small mall South African town the tho lie Colossus ColosHus tOWI once saul said I 1 have been heeti hlen called mi 11 au I 1 dont know about that hint Hut Jut one thing I know timid am ate It sure of or und antI that lout Is I and 11 liars her ho lie hl lifted Itel Dr Dc unc that we WI have hac here what I is II still better h n n is 1 dint char A query clu ry made ester yester day at one of oC thu Ire largest public li II braIll In lii London as its to whether thoro still was uns any wy considerable for tor elicited elcied the lie reply relly that only one War or 1 k of ot the this kind wits was for Cor so 10 often That Americans wIlt will 11 take talI some acute pi Ida In III henna hearing was WM I Let le leera Son ferl era from Crom n is 1 Sd Merchant to Ills Dr Smiles Immense nto vigor even IWen when naming 00 30 excited the wonder of ot every one who met loot lel him Within a year 1 of ot Ills hIs hil nt 91 he still tool took his Ills morning jalk smoked three thee or four cigars a nay hay Indulged In itt H a 1 certain number hatcher of glasses of port and amid mIld did a ut 1111 I Hood deal of rending without One Oils of or the this last books hok that tut this old aid Scotchman road renal before lila his death was Wee It I will wi be tie welcome nests to 10 a time the nil Ol of ot the lie late hate George Q Gissing that mi tout fi opportunity Is II now offered them to show their appreciation both hoth hot of the mesh n and Ind his hits books Tho rho So Ro of ot Authors London line hAM hulled contributions to u it 1 fund for tho tIm purpose of keeping on OI his hid hi grave re In tho the little cemetery of St Ht Jenn de tie I Lus Iu In lit II lie thu Ihl south of ot France It t Is I tram front u is I Prone that lint th the lie suggestion Inal that hint title this ti should be paid to memory nil iitti In II mu milking It he lie recall the feet fact that Ill t when Guy Ouy de ole mother died 1110 site ho bequeathed a it 1 sum of money to the French Society of ot Authors A to 10 be bl devoted to A a ts similar I IS 1101 purpose Some critics of ot tha th lie lute late II to Sir Arnolds work him have assorted asserted that thai much nC IC c his hil poetry In try lack hacks inspiration that he hI his hll Pegasus J whenever hr hi h had need ell of ot him and I i ld turned out verses r much mich as ei I he lie wrote lewder headers How fur far 1 I j these the critics Il strum r has hll Just beon bt 1 i shown hown by hy Iy n it 1 writer wrier who Iho quotes I ut 1 what Arnold Arnoll once on l told him bite nf or his hll methods of or poetical composition I 1 do not mart at itt I t any an tIme 1111 force torce P o try etry ho ha said mid I must Inu t lio ho 1 thoroughly In lit the his mood mooch mod These ThIA moods 1011 come coins lOI imperatively but very Ir Irregularly I I regularly My tI I method Is I this hIs either I J write fIrst frt and roughly on nn scraps of ot imper or my daughter takes It down 1101 i freim my 1 dictation she Is hi II tho tIm only on I ono one I who ho deli can CRI do tb so 10 for tor me ta an a I walk un up 11 down Ilon the lie loom lom and ane smoke I 1 put the tire rough notes nott In iii II my 1 pocket until Iut th hi 1 1 I next d dl day y Then I 1 read tho Iho ho verse vlra over and over correct and copy nil all 11 nut out my tiny self I t altering It very ver much luh curd filling It Up These I 1 enter Into a rs I suit Kurl of or n ledger until the lie work neaily finished I 1 treat the tho matter iii compiled MI as la hi rough draft I go o 0 i 10 U it I myself polish it smith and ill transcribe it I Into a S book which I 1001 limy nitty h I 1 11 l tho ho m hii t Jut but still 1111 In Itt a n nh nil Thin Ii h ml I ropy oIlY Oi It I out nut ml In I in lii II 11 it 1 fair Im to i Hi tho li ini 1111 v li Esery Cf hue lino Ilc of the lie poem I therefore pusses through my mini Ihl thirst or four our lm It I t eem Is II ad 11 dieted to lo wooing this the Muse 1 UI while cy u cling chinE it I was want WR thus tItus to tf I hi huh mIend Ir Ii W V II I Gouers that fiat Ihl ha lie hl COl pound Out Our I ady dy of or the Snows Till Thim Ihl phrase had been haunting Kipling l foi tom some time line before this the thing happened that furnished him hll with wi Ii h the needed I In Inspiration This wn Wall this the Ih news new thirst thai Canada nna l had been extended a M preferential hal Ual tariff to 10 Imports Imparts w the thus ordinary mind ni III about the th most prosaIc plo place of ur Intel Intelligence that limit could be lie 10 gleaned a 8 Hut But lul It fired fred thin the than of the th Po P Poet t of at Imperialism H Ii le board It U on a IL Saturday On Sunday IK hue le mounted his hla wheel he then th lieu n stay Ing lag nt It and when he hp returned recited tho lie verses crees to Dr J r lowers H le leI lIe said I II that he lie did dish not hot Intend to them hem for tor a n week weak or two hut but lila his friend urged urell that lint they the should IM bit h pi lit at nl once and amid they were dispatched red ret hot hol hotto holto hotto to tho the Times It I wIlt will wi he lie 11 remembered I that In II mm Canada sonic some lome exception wits was Will ta taken tl a ken keit to the thc title auth till t 1111 hiM Dr considers eon lder an au Instance alike Ilko of or Ingrati Ingratitude tude mud Ild perverted II Lord Irrl Infatuation for tor th thie beautiful but faithless Lady Hamilton HAllton I Is generally regarded an nl a the one lne blot on iii the lie memory lemor of greatest sailor Miar hut hUI In Iii the hi estimation of or collectors of oC autographic letters leters that lint fact will wl rather raPier add to thou than detract from the lie value alu of an 1 au epistle he wrote her 1111 which Is II a to be he b offered or rl for tor or utile sale at nt early next month It I U Ii I dated September Rpt r 35 26 1806 and ID is II headed Victory Vietor oft off Lisbon It reads I am anxious to 10 Join the fleet neet for tor II lb I would add lo to my grief It if I any an other othel man wn tn to give Kle thell hern the lie Nelson Nellon howl 1011 which we its Wl tiny say IR Is warranted never novar to fall tRI I 1 have rend my m with wih much Interest your our letters which I 1 got gosh ot nt itt lt Merton Itron but I must least have lmae many others I do 10 tb test feel by myself what whit you ou must have felt at not tint hearing from fromme me lire 1 from from Tan Jan aa 9 0 to 10 a titter after lter May IA ISh I funded that hint they had hail been stopped by bythe b the tho admiralty on the thc account of tnt Sir Air Johns orders I 1 mention all al those that my m dearest 1111 should Id lver think hi ink this that t her lie tir or o forgets her for Cor cue ona moment No I nn truly trul say fay FI you ar are always present I RO go I J have tills this letter let r In Iii case In I 1 should fall CAl In itt with lh anything from train Lisbon rei steering Muy IY Clod Cod bless hlll you my I best hiB my toy lY only anI otil beloved tumid and 1111 with wih uI Lii my in y warmest to be as ns I nm am forever brevet your jour OUI most niost ami tutu affectionate otc ole Is IH supposed to be 1 the She last com corn complete letter penned hy by Ix 1011 Nelson NIlson ta to a alila his lila ond enrol If it anything cnn can con coir condon condone shone done his hll guilty passion I In the hue eyes cas of 01 moralists ls It I Is iii the lie depth and i nel ot or lila hll for tor or hit hill woman which Is I betrayed In every PIer line lne of or It An unfinished letter written by him mini h to Ir Hamilton I anti ami found utter his ila l death I th In iii II time the cahIll cabin of or the this Victory VIctor l I Ino is now no m this the th nations misSIons In Inthe the lie A letter It 1 I written by hy Wellington the he day dRY altar Waterloo will also be he a 1 feature of ot the sale IRlo wi The Iron I ran nuke Duke wn Wa proof lot against I any form of Infatuation and jund nd its his l moral character was wal without stain hilt but for Cor all 11 that Nelson Is hum II undoubtedly the more inure popular horn hero h r of If the tIne two HAYDEN IA Ym N |