AUNOLD S VIEW OF EMEKSON AND OAELYLE 



"pvUEING Matthew Arnold's first visit to this 

 -^^^ country, in 1883-84, he lectured in various 

 cities upon Emerson, with whose name he linked 

 that of Carlyle. I had the pleasure of hearing him 

 in New York on the occasion of the second or third 

 repetition of his lecture in that city. Some weeks 

 previously I had met him at a reception at the house 

 of a friend. In my note-hook I find I made the 

 following note of the impression he made upon me 

 on this occasion: "Liked him better than I expected 

 to. A large, tall man with black hair streaked with 

 gray, black close-cut side-whiskers, prominent nose, 

 large coarse (but pure) mouth and muscular neck. 

 In fact a much coarser man than you would expect 

 to see, and stronger-looking. A good specimen of 

 the best English stock, plenty of color, a wholesome 

 coarseness and open-air look. One would say that 

 he belonged to a bigger and more powerful race 

 than the rest of the people in the room. His voice 

 was more husky, more like a sailor's, I thought, 

 than the other voices I heard. When he talks to 

 you he throws his head back (the reverse of Emer- 

 son's manner), and looks out from under his heavy 



