, 1869-02-21
HARRIET MARTlNEAU.

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in the 10 " Sttrf an obituary, or raiter
biography, OF remarkable power and abfukn.
utntr new Spapef8 might rive amplts de.ailf
Or MAKE dlsplay ot cooler Judgment !; but in
these Uaay h.tss' articles there was charm
which seemed peculiarly thelr own. AouIck
and ready sympathy With all that was eenn.
INC anc notie, md . hearty dislike 70. what
eyeF was artificial md unreal, lent freshness
TO The writing And then there was cer-
lam picturesque manner in the arrangement |
a the subject and grouping Of Incidents,
wss 1t ~osk.
At last the secret was discovered, or per.
hapa leGayed Itself and We knsx baEl
Harriet Martineau, still .uneonq1
long md depressing l''ness, was 5lZ4 s. ,2
ever. Some Of those Of whom she wrote lad
etAlted IN the race hong after her nrst iau1e
was wou. eoue had been dear friend. Of hes
OWE. and With Others she had once stru-.
sled In some coed cause, and shared with
ayaalinE themselves OF her aid for reforms
yet unachievcd. when they had to leave
thetr FORK fof her md others 10 complete,
OF au those whose biographies she has wE;-
tin, there arc few, or none, ofwhom she l46 |
70 personal reco1lcctious Gnd special knowi-
edge
These Biographies, therefore, hsye An In. |
tercst, 10 which the Ordinary newspaper o5!t- |
uRry cannot pretend. They lre not only &C. |
counts OF great leaders in the two worlds Of |
thought nCd action, but also the Impressions |
which Is at once siugularly acute and vi6or- |
OBS. There il no doubt that there Is sotne.
thing lost on The side Of strict imparttnlityt
but there is vast compeusatinE gntn on the
other side and the n, though Miss Aartlnesu
Is OF fir loo warm A Temperament and Is too
mpartiA-thete Is, At least, no conscious uu-
AiInc.a. II she pr2isca heartily, 1t Is because
she ises deeply. Hshe e1teuuates little, she
pu 3 down naught In malice. The scales
10 teE hands. but there has bsen
no additional weight thrown IN but ner own
At,ong sense Of right and wrong. There is,
| nevertheless. NC ,hiok, brit smau doahs that
Miss Aarttneau's deepest sympathies lie
ratEkr With the men Who govern than With
their sphere Of action IS more important or
their range Of influence wider, but shc s.cms
! to understand them better and respect them
more. She can allow for theiE difficulties
more readily, and hrd quicker excuse. for
their shortcomings. Nor can VIC say that
the 1usu wnote lives she has here revic~ed.
With, perhaps, the one exception OF Henry
Aallan, the men Of letters SEEM here
morally inferior 10 the men Of
Carlisle Is respectable as compared with th2t
OF Dc Quincy The Duke Of Newcastle, uu-
Euccessfu1 politician ~ ho EAs, contrasts
brightly with Lockhtrt the successful critic,
or Rogers the spoi1t favo:ite OF fashion. AID
| who, of all the names before Us, had scuse
Of duty like that which guided Lord Etgin
ON his paths Aliss Martincau's sketch OF
this great man seems to ~ nes1iy the most
perfect tn the volume. It Is clear that she
esteemed him as he deserved, and there Is q
something Of suppressed patnos in the wny
!n which she speaks q hls nntlneiy death;
"A British Friendship" sac has touch
vh,eh m:ds three old Cfist Church
friends-Lords. Dlhonsie. Canning,
and Elsia-each. in turu, Governor General
deadly climate. No doubt, In India, ~ clse-
where, "the path OF duty Is the way to
glory" and Lord Elgtn's name Etll louc be
hcnefed. But In this world, at least, this
ssThe stubborn thistle bursting
1 Ii va1ap asn, ss,atn rosts."
| lie IVES 10 die lar trpn bis h3mc, aud thoeE be
. luved 20 truly, aud and bis last. retting place
In a distant cemetery among the Himalayns,
hnnlher sketch, scarcely less tnte1e.ttne
hut iFidclY different, is that Of Lady Noe
Byru7. Mis- Martinesu knew her and ap.
prcc,ated her, and b As told rs Whist indeed
: We knew otherwise, how noble and good
pethapa We al did not know, how deep ws.
Lady gyron's lore for her peEyeree aud wilf1
. / husband. 1t was her am belief that 1t VA
| wrong fof her to live with him any logger
though the conduct xhich led to this beliel
: | she Kept secret from the world !; but il
tpfse Of al. IN spite Of Misrepresentation ant
abuse and calum1J, she loved hin still.
+ "she loved him to the last with q love
which Nw2s not In his own power to destroy
| She c1or1ed Ia his fame aud she would mol
l interfere between him and the public whe
! Hrr 4hA nHf mi
, the public to judge between hiu and her
, last. Il waa her fortune which CAV
| him the mesus. Of pursuing bis mod
o, 0 M ssps as!oa sa her h1 1roeT1 sgsUs sss sss
Law gave him while be lived aud he let
AWAY from her every shilling that he coult
. deprive her Of By bis will and what th'
; courts Of HE wa, which ho thus supported
i thl,. The ,ntc1vIev which .he had Win hl
: servant afttr his death ehows what dept!
Of passion lay concealed under the calm sur
face ot her rcEcrye.
c sit will be remembered that when Dyro1
man Fletcher md desired Elm 10 20 70 Lad.
/ Byron audi Fire his uttctAIce hecanl
i nnlp.e'lsgshle til, ho said. Ton will tell be,
: this;' and Fletcher WIS Obliged to reply, :.
7 bern SAYING Good God r exclaimed th
= dJttE mxn: but It WAS too aatc Tor more
'r Fletcher did 20 to Lady Byron : but du1ln
:, The v hole Interview she w1lksd up aud dow
7. the room, trying to sli9e her sobs and o1ta;
Pow to TX ,ee Questions nn,s Fhsa Ts1t An
: be was Obliged to leave her"
ia Here Is description Of poor Chllott
j. Brunte, which brings he- wildly befart us
u "1hsre Vas something ine1pressIb1y II
le fecting In the aspect vi The fall little erea
le tuc Who htd done such wondesfm thing,
Is aud who Wa atle to bear up with - bttgh
m eye and 50 composed cou1tcnancc, IN
der not only such 4 weight Of sorrow. tn
:. auch proercct Of solitude: In her dee
T. mourning dress {ne1t as QuAker's), wit
II her fine eyes, md her sensible face iualcAtIn;
z \ bshlt oi kelE contsul, ahe seemed perfec
d hou~heid image, i11eslstibiy recalin
u WordswoElh's de4crlptlsn Of that doucssl
,e treasure. And .he was his She "a, q
r able Il the needle As At The peu. The house
10 toso they heard Of that Of her books In a
IN utter \ tecluAcn - 4he lived In, III thoa
it dseary wtids, whero abe was mol strou
d erough to roam over the bills; in that r.
t. treat where her stullaus father rarely bruk
Of the silence, and there vas DO QUO else 10 d
n II; In that ios!otn house planted on thu vel
I'd clay Of the churchyArd where the graves
II her ststc11 ucrc before her window In suc
OF living sepulchre her mind could not b
10 pry uron ittclf; md how 1t did suffer, '
r.
Mt novel, 'Etllcttc.'"
cr a. We elose the volumn NC fcel but one
Is. g,rt, that the live. arc ouly sk1tchts. vi
I were not the Dolly Ft,rs' articles fresh
10 drawn, on hrKcr scale. md with great
fulress: Al they Azc,howe1es, va arc gra
at They mar not b fun-knRth portraits, b
>c- tf they ucFr, tho wotk KIN anshlr could not
Of better. Bnt when WAS Mlss ANtlneAu ere
'cr careless artist: Morn than forty years nj
ID, hare p.,.ed since a5ss Ne began 70 pue!!it'
Lrr Is not maaierly and good. What ycEsatiE
he Of power and rhat masculine grsip Of gr'
10 subjects she has slR All shown Wnethei
de Is i question ct abstruse philosophy,
II sone political subject OF the d.
M Ne mar altser from hef, and auAsfrl v
,ry | her Il we like but At least We must resp
her. And h much that she haa written th
lv- Is no possible g1ou1a for eatheE dasseace
n's quarrel. There 4rc those desix httul tale. u
%. nrsa populnized political eeonomy-shes'
ar. that htaQti:rl novel, Deer FoEcok'-ih
Ia atc Tcass on The Fpcrd, :" md !" The Croft
Izh | Boys"-the1c arc her graphic volumes
X English History. and othcE work. onlE L
yas rlor n ttese-
sks In rast days VIC have Owed to her, Es
IA elst OF the opportunity her t' D!okrapn
her sktschsa" Rtvs. Us 10 tell Aias Aartia
Ion how heartily We we:coerA rcw book OF b
ep- wur,hy TO take lis place with those She &
liz us 10 mxur yetn aEo.
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~ cIKcU1AR fEoA TBK Lonp CHAMBERLAIN
Ing ENGLAND TO 1u1Afh1ca'' ANA"AAs'
md The days Of tho "uudo drama " arc DR.
EFT {cr TO = elo&e In England. The follow
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