New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-11-24

leads 20 preoploes and not free from PITS TINS Ho
lost traveller knew, and ut every step lie was ia uo"
fear OF falling into one Of these pits Az l"s' ~
slipped downward! He threw MP his hands anu -,
nately graspoG the branch Of tree Whleh .o
over the abyss 1t was pltch-dark, and he oou'u o'
tho hapL from which he had fallen he swung MS lee'
that Uay but no-he could not reach H. hahehs pS o
straining arms over the pit he shouted er hop Wv
help came. After shouting as long as he .o", ,,,e
ms voice he resigned himself TO inc i"'@ :" - IN,
death and his weary hands releasing 'neif NoI' s
M, ,.,o h ,,een Mi. feet and The solid GROUND wan
inst twelve inches 'IfpeOpe, SAID Mr. frouuo' -,
49,, 49,, ,s ,aric and more faith in truth, they might
ftcr And solid ground under them instead Oh piOi"
OF the elder BROTHER. the historian htnSei -
/ a brcf sketch "Ghe father Of the FroudeS-'i' -
HE p H. Froude-was Archdeaeoh OF lo'po''' A.,
tdod 7 believe at DartmOor. There, al any i~'o' ~io
b,s+orIan Anthony FrOude was born ia 1918 LINZ
an the more thoughtful Ischoars VINO were d. 80,
,vrcnty five wears ago he and bis brother ino" ueoeo
came under the powerful sway Of John henry We "a'
and were High Church enthusiasts IL was az '
that he wrote The Lives Of the English saih1S' -
and 1s4s there came out those strange oooAs ~
shadows Of the Clouds and The NemeSis VI i"u''
bicb showed that his mind and heart were Dut enus
,,ns.ves for another hind Of journey from that on
u.s. i he had started when he orders as deacon WIN
or Newman When the latter passed into the Chuio Vi
Rome Anthony 'sibrOther went with hin bht ior e '
tnre historian it the oUnblng OF the last tenPo ~
WIFI
the ,oult OF heaven within him the dome OF reason.
There was nothing him that could make azeSiot u
any hind SO he gave up his orders and his OXFORD lei
lowsiD and betook himself to the quiet paths OF h'e"
ture. The Oxoman authorities have never ceasou ~
nalgp and persecute him the books he wrote "he
student there he never replies but pursues p"ue"tS
bs own work He is nearly connected by marriage WIN
Charles Kingsley and his home az Brompton III onuVn'
is very deer to the circle Of fine spirts-Caye Anoiu
| polgrave Shedding and others-whe are Ofteh louh"
around It's hospitabe hresde. The brother VINO peeno
a Catholic died. The other brother, civil engineer n0
beautiful hos1e here at Torquay. no IS inc So"nE''
hc brothers but is already widely esteemed as man Vi
ecience They arc all remarkably handsome; Ah'onY'
osneciay is Nv all odds the handOmest literary man Ia
London The downward path OF Charles Kingsley VINO
bas proved so abect recreant TO the dreams VI hiS
youth" is described in a few sad paragraphs
The Kingseys come from the north OF D6SonSir S
mad suffered more fOr its adherence 10 me caue 81 o
Parliament than ITS most distnghlsheu UfStH'"n Is
urObabl' however rather from his mother IMAM IRON,
the Kugseys Of Kingsley IN the forest ~ Dcitneie,
that Charles inherited MS nome uiseont,l' IN
tual and Jus impulsiyS free Thought MI ,Syie to'i
me that he remembered Yslpg IIe rSc,oy ~ '
who clergyman wien Charles was oU si il u
lie observed then that the dreamy eyes OF the MOI
ieDce dnri tle evidently drinking in every
thing he saw heard. Carlyle became the nero o hs
ley's boyhood AID youth as he now Is 81 ms hltc,h SG
that pillar he followed when 1t turned s merry sde mo
the land Of radcaisnl, aud now ne mas I3loMeu ~
coudy side back into the land Of bondage The course OF
many n lifted young Engshman OF these times il TO be
the historic comment the Tremendous action and re-
action Of Caryles gIaat brain. The reaction ~ Shales
Kngslrvs case coincdent az has been with MS pro
gress ont Of poverty 10 comparative prosperity, mas suD
said How can we rot expert him TO smile On Ihe %viu
when the world smiles on himV ~ DcheI ~ HHOWoDCr'
| mat the change is far more due 20 his tcnpcit,
ment--in which moral tmidiiy IL strategy piemu1u
sV ,batS scTar Christianity should have for
its chief champion man who trehDles Hhe
leaf before moral opposition. At the outset OF bis ca
reer kingsley indulged in heresy while preaching
on a certain occasion IN Lond1n, when some iaymah
arose in the church and invited all who believe the doc
thine the church to leave the house: hlnssie! Nhs
much excited and denounced as mar any one WIZ
should charge him with hcrcS but nc never ecotcIC
from this blow aud has hardly vcniured TO SPEAK ms
mind since OF late years he has completely idehthea
nent with Truth. and has iged muscular Christian
Ity" into Carlyle's worship OF Force. .o., Ia
He far from beng pleasant speaker MS manner W
ing affected aud his voice afflicted with SAD stalneI
but what he SAYS always pIoiGunIy d ap near
year lie preaclcdtO the NoIuhteeiS al o" I'' H. L
Wimbledon, discourse about Jhdais nom 'Ne nv ".
ing the British lion, and the doctrine napotts- OF war
lie was so much eNcied AL one the MS % , ~"
the same time damuiug his uttcrance that some
! feared he would fall into apOpsNy Inc dlscouIse
forget how hc said N d" Alton Locke don't Know
one of the most inscrutble things on this earth
to him is soldier. There would seem TO be IN bis
mind. and his brother fenry's also. enough or more
than enough Of sinew but lack Of bone: what they do
and write r not organic and it must pass away. Many
Of Ss wsrnest friends have tried to hold on to their faith
that he would rccur 20 hs earlier inaniiness ma ms nio
him taking sides with the ConicGeraes during inc Amer
lean War
But the final blow that has severed him from nearly all
has old comrades given when, at Ms inauguration
as Professor Of History at Cambridge he made formal
rctracun of the rcOrmaOry sentiments Of his bookb
declaring that he regretted them, and That hereafter Dc
meant TO follow the views 0I older aud wiser tlink-
ers than himself Many oil nose lt'en WHO lau D,cn
most instrumental in securing him the proiessOrsip
hung their heads IN shame; and one OF ms most Intimate
acquantauces told that u the saddest scene e
ever witnessed IL is understood that lac - now anbl
tOus FOR promotion IN The Church, ana wiling To hail-
nee any thing Tor IT, lie Is Impressed with becf mat
his only obstacle in that direction IL the hcreses prouul-
gated in lis works; nut the advancement Of Dean Siau
ey-WhO s pure NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. tnnt snch y not the
Heresy rather popular Just nOW WIN llO lnhk
powers Of he establishments 1he fact is, that Mr. Kings
lCy has hot he elements of popularity, nor ne shaiiy
Of manner which attain such POSITIONS; AID the Only
pity lac should not be Content To stand by ms
matey the homage which the gifted and true IN England
are win from their peers What strange chapter
i'm the next "CuuOstlcs Of Literature s career IA
writer will make He began with the PUBLICATIONS OF ly.
INK EngaHd with stories az Chditsn, ana the Yeast
lpayening Church and State; then lie went backward 10
old English marincTs 10 Iypatia and ancient Alexandra,
and now got far away FROM The great heart 81
today that hc j. engaged trdsatng the very foolish c
OF 81. Anthony IA recorded Dy Athalasus!
Blot out s then Record one losG soll more;
one task declined one more foot path uutrOd'
Among other noteworthy articles in this number, We
can only refer the Biographical sketch Of the late cn
nent artist Charles Loung Elliott, with excellent por
trait Major DE Forests recital of "Ouirages" which
were brought before him Commissioner Of the Freed
mems Bureau in Greenyilc, Ca Consltuhonalty OF
the Legal Tender Act :" English Photographs" giving a
deporabe picture OF certain phases IN London society
and Confessions Of Reformed Plauchetlls" Lord
LyttOn CBulwer'9 new play, The Rghtiul Heir" II
printed III iull.