The New York herald., 1871-12-18
BANTAM VS.. GINx,
-ebe Life Of Young English Aristocrat Who
Has lmblbed Radical Ideas.
A Sweeping Satire on the Anomaly Of
British Instituti0ns-The First
Drops OF the Deluge.
IFrom the Ad vance sheets.l

UrOp6 OF tl0 UeIuges
From the Advance Sheets.l
The author Of ''Ginx's Bany" comes before the
public once more with biting satire upon English
social life. THIS time IL Is not the thirteenth child
OF the huge NAVY, born In Rosemary street. West
Minister that claims our attention, but an offspring
OF the landed nobity-the child OF luxury, not the
child Of pcnury. Wide as Is the gulf between the
two social extremes the author OF the unfortunate
1inx's baDy finds IN LORD Bantam peg on which
70 hang his satire and his forebodings. and most OF
the latter are gloomy. The story OF Baby Ginx, by
means Of series OF powerful tabieaux, iaid
bare only the subject Of the dculty that to-day be-
sets all countries where an aristocracy has gathered
almost all the wealth into Its hands. where poverty
means beside the palace, and where poor men such
as Cinx can be pardoned for thinking that babies,
ay, and men and women, are already TOO plentnul.
In the present work the author goes to the very
heart OF the mystery, and those who MISTAKE nls
purpose because the construction seems unreal had
better grasp the spirit and not tho dress
Of his narrative. He does not aim AZ
telling what is merely dramatic; there is
nothing Of the mere c0nfeW, although the
style s polished and here and there are found bits
Of neat description. He moves his patricans and
plebs about like chessmen on board, satisfied In
tine mere display OF relative strength OF position.
until ne has shown In his play the last secret OF the
much.vexed game Of government. the result OF
this Is thar, while he preserves the U,dtsens0iance
TO real ile his lessons with native force upon
even the moderately thoughtful reader. The
satirisrs OF manners, rulers and peoples
have for centuries more or less adopted
this form. Rabelais, In the sixteenth century,
IN spite Of the grossness and obscenity Of
his "Gargantua ana Pantagrue," managed
fo ofriIo nj fho ond
absurdhy Of old IDEAS old customs, antique pre-
judices and usurped respects, which made way in
the heart OF the feudalism of France for the new
era about TO dawn. His homies were wen under
stood through their coarse garb. Swift. through
many q story, struck bitterly, and somewhat
cOarsey, too, at the abuses Of his time, and while
he left much that is pleasant reading yet apart
from its hidden meaning. we can as keenly enjoy
the point OF his sarcasm as though living In his day.
In him the author OF "Lord Bantamn has found his
model for FORM and in the tendency to pthy digres.
siveness we observe how he has followed the man.
ner Of the Dean Of St Patrlck's. Swift knew
tnat to convey forciby the meaning Of
make them plain, and Lord Baniam's literary
has acted wisely IN following ,9 his example
ne be conpared-namely, DisraeI The fasnon OF
writing books with . social purpose Is becoming
win turn to "Lothair" instnctvely FOR a compari-
son OF treatment the subJect-the early life Of an
for moment admitting It, except impliedly, there
defiance Of the model OF the nice young
sa scenos he T aures IN SO and sm II es
out OF Carbonarlsm. R0manism and Liberalism
q correct true blue arstocrat OF the m,idest type
man who can, as Swift says. with Epicurus
content his Ideas with the 1ms and images that ny
on from the superncies OF things: who, truly wise
creams on nature, leaving the sour and the dregs
swift ~ the sublime ana refined point or ie!icity,
serene, psaceiui state Of TOOL among knaves.n
Thus Disraeli brings his young nobleman through
social strata OF Europe without even gnessing at
se cause OF ils growing fury ready 70 burst forth
earth, and only mcucates that arislocracy Is safe
ior Lifetime yet, q perllous admission despite
q sa MsG ali DS IS At VIM ns a
earnestness. sincerity and knowledge which COM
ss Which ne e s
xes and n the ioss q the cass Which
than osSerwse FOR se % s%a TesSS book Is
nothing more nor less than study OF Communism,
N one Of its oblecss. the division Of land among
As we have only the advance sheets Of the
~ % PAGES o er eorss iIS
6onsh we cannot undertake TO- crttclsc fully
his views for the Gu cure Of the evils % under which
Is we have seen 1t, to Justify the belief that there
simple suggestveness in the story Of Ginx's baby.
Baby Bantam Is, as We have intimatcd, the social
opening chapters to pointed picture OF the exces-
6ivc care aud tenderness which hang around young
beo1 Il Sy Of % 81 ns WITH me
tumble vicissitudes that crowd around the early
hours OF the thirteenth little Glnx.
BIKrH OF THR BANTAM.
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Ffowlsmere Countess OF. on the Instant 90 Hilton
Tue excemsn. by the thu. dyly
and ss ndvidaa Of the species under which Ss Was cass
@ 70 ss kS. % ."9 n s, a.
and IN the society Me Earl and M o. Toys
ss.s sssf II;
qasitvs ask .nosld there % excitement
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%so % the not !Sens ssi o %
he causes that agsis ,hs Inner c,rcs. society and
:. f h. rss.sn % hsa not sSs js,"s, prns
ex q
crcssng fayorab since the birth Of the lst
lie present Lori saais and heir 70 he Pesrsse wa:
born far back a. June, 49, period OF nearly nineteen
rather reelected the Pi,aa1yy Journal bu. viii
sn. Mrs TrPpeys ball The none other
M 4: !? @ bJ'atf bS aSt Vas:ss; and soss charm
T,,gsaAn ySa haafd the news' oh, 90 funny
LAURA DU PoST.-oh. nonsense dear Mrs. Chesham you
must e mistaken Why Lora auam over eighteen, and
Mrs. CHRsHAMHush. dear you doni know what possi
sible impossible. m IFS rue because carriage
drove over The straw ~ we came here TO might.
Lady MARY EATON convinced ny this evidence lin
afraid 's but, really is not extraordinary
were Lady Ffowsnee could my face ln Lon
don again. Why. IT'S really shockins Its like ioosis
looss
sssx Ss sG1 se % .e
u ought 10 be caed-poor thngi
II the female OF society was scandaized ny the frank
announcement IL the P,rdy Jeg.a The editor for his
bocey afforded him ground to believe himse regarded
that quite sapp " with them.
The anomaly OF a birth In noble fomily ater
30 long O lapse as nineteen years, Notwithstanding
the snister whispers wnich II evoEes, seems after