Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-03-14
A Political BIOgranhH.

volume OF GOO pages has recently issuol FROM,
the London press entitled, "Rigat H5a. Eeo;,n,i,
DisrdeH, Biography" 1t is review of tbc IiC.
character, writings and sayings of the late Cbancoor
OF the EScheqncr in the Derby Ministry. II bcrins
with the beginning, and brings the Honorable oen,,o
man down to the present times. The authors man,
IS not gven-but from the intense malignitv that nor
vades every llne-the belittling criticisms the thor
ouSh familiarity with his subject his cool and collect
ed manner we doubt il there is but one man in
England, who could have written this book-and tbo
rs old broker of the Quarterly Review. The liberal
tone employed towards Wing politicians MIGHT soo,
to discred this supposition but that ton. nil,
have been assumed to impart the greater vi,o. o.,
blows dealt to the "heir at-law of the blaspbeno,,
thief who died upon the cross" Broker = ai.,a',
the only man, who would be justified in wr,ir, s,c
'ooh' lie hau been fidculed and traduccd by Dis
raei as "Rigby" in "Coningsby"-and one ,hus ~,
Has periectrght to retaliae in any mode he
may choose. lie has prepared selrthoroucbIv for
ms uisN-he mas tracked his victim through all his
"'nu'ngS-and IN avenging his own wrongs, has at
Tue Sa.l'e .l'he' avenged Sir Robert Peel and the
o'"er hhs"Sh STATESMEN, who have been yilipendcl
"y 'hiS semitic ahVenturer. Tie style is free from
all pass'on-dscards ephets and tropes, and pro
fesses to deal only in facts.
Mr. DisrealI is the descendant of Hebrew family
winch was driVeh out OF Spain about four centuries
ago and took refuge in Venice The family had ,
Gothic surname, which was discarded and t,is n,
Dsreah assumed, because it had never before hoo,
borne, and Tin order that their race might he forever
recognized The Grand father of BENJAMIN co,ro
10 England in 1850 and acquired property in CONNER
cal pursuits. lie left an only son. Isaac-tbc ou,ior
CT tue Cnrlostlcs OF Litcraturc-wbo in iurp h.,
an only son, Benjamin, the subject of ,his rnor,,o,
The time OF Benamins birth-likc ,bo, or 49,.
other illustrious characters in historv l. 60, =
obscurity--though it is conjcctured he w,s -.
tent being not many years after the bcrnnir,,
present century. - WV
In 1876 when he was certainly past 81 bc mad
nus debut on the public stage in the cbar,c,o,
itor OF daily paper, called the .sRcnre.or,,,;-,
which had brief existence Of six month, ~,
nero not at all discouraged by the failure NJ is pdi
toral adventure forthwith set TO work and nro,,,o
"Vivan Grey" We arc favored will, = ,,i,,,,.'ss
harsh criticism ftls Professionalism 4, -.
ced vicious 10 morals, detestbc for its
and destitute Of all marks of penius I, -, ~,
vices ofSwiit and Chesterfield. witbou, ono ~ a..
redeeming qualities. But it produced n s,,,,,ia.
the great object Of the writcr-and pro,;god h,...
ling passion, his love Of notoriety After the nnL,
cation OF this work. he set out on his travels md :,
took himself to Venice where he chad boon +, :,
expected" as is frequently significantly proclaim,
In "Contarine Fleming" While abroad he wrote ~
last named novel-which was digniied with the a,
peilauon OF Psychological Romance"-and il ~,
s'dered greater failure than is predecessor. Als
while abroad, STANDING upon Asia and gazing nm,
Europe, he had "a Dardanian reve,ie." lie dream
that another Epic was needed. Homer had written
Heroic EPie-Virgil, Political Epic-Dante a N
tional Epic-Milton Religious Enic and ME-.
would write Revolutionary Epic-of which Nar
leon was TO be The Hero. A first booL ~ az. r.
"% published and fell still born from tic press.
tn' Reform bill had become the law, while NJ