The New York herald., 1871-12-26
.LITES.A y R r.
REVIEWS OF NEW BOOKS.

week since we gave number OF extracts from Inc
advance sheets furnished oourreousy BY the pub
Ishers. The recurrence OF these bold anatomixings
OF the English body polito Ia not the least signi.
cant among the evidences springins up on every
side OF the dangers which encompass the future.
not merely OF the monarchy in England. hut OF the
patrclan class, which, while it uphOids the gross
doll Of royalty, tskes shelter under It's purple
mantle. The writer OF the "Battle VI Dorklng'
diverted attention from the regions of pol00s0cia
philosophy TO bring all England face to face
with the possibility Of national humiliation throush
an invasion by foreign soe. and thereby evoked
passionate outburst OF that sentiment patriotism.
which rises for the time being. supreme above Oil
mere domestic questions. social or political. IN
tended, perhaps honestly as warning OF England's
weakness In vial point, or, perhaps, - asserted
BY the wIug organs, piece of tory strategy TO
point out the shortcomings OF the Gladstone gov
ernment 1t certainly had the effect OF calling forth
q cry throughout Great Britain, reminding one OF
tho time. at the beginning OF the present century,
whom the 'C0rsiCan tiger" was gathering his forces
at BouIozne as all Albion thought, for descent
upon ner white-cliffed shores when Campbell sang,
reassurtngly, that sc Gci.a46.s q neQ. d t15 q
Her DER shs noan,ais wsve her homo 10 tho
~ u deep. gNkAt@ftt@ 43l %t4A SN NNN
But the people round In this last excitement to
their surprise. odd ~ 1t may seem, that they had
OF the Admiralty set about manufacturing torpe-
does the matter ended there, while the Brillsher set
about hts everlasting grumble a. dcterminedly as
ever Abt aft th h 3.Ae .l'''a
1t was about this time that the author OF "Ginx's
Baby" put forth hts first brochure. and recalled
attention to the problem OF poverty, which, demon
ssrated by muscles ID rags became more and
more insolube to wealth arid caste represented BY
brains in broadtloth. Spirited In treatment and
frank In statement srinx's Babyn laid bare the In
adequacy Of the present system 10 meet the
exigencies Of the problem OF the hour.
the grotesqueness 0f the various scots and
parties quarrelllng Tor the possession OF
the luckless thr teenth child OF the .nayvyn 10 the
course or which the Baby itself was allowed. hu-
manly speaking, 70 "run 10 SEED, while the great
underlying question OF what 70 do with the millions
lice him was neglected aliogetner. made up satire
Of the most powerful Kind. As II In satire. too, Of
the general blindness TO remedy, the author con-
tented himself with leaving the problem unsolyed
even theoretically lie stripped the rags Of poverty
and the .hck bandages or prejudice from the social
sore lc the state doctors and the party quacks
70 prescribe II they fet Inclined The literary merit
uf the book and Its pregnant matter secured for 1t
the attention OF the nation, and It is but natural
ing second work on another branch Of the same
question should create considerable curiosity.
Lord Bantam In his infancy Is, as we already re-
marked the social antirhesis OF Ginx's BABY. We
have noted the splendor which surrounded his
cradle tue notices In the papers which heralded his
birth the tit bits OF scandal which sniggered anu
frowned deprecatingly IN the salons Of the modern
Babylon over the TACT that the Countess Of Ffowls.
mere had not experienced the pride VI renewed
maternity during nineteen years. We have seen
him vaccinated with lymph taken from the child OF
Broadbent the "lnndel Chartist" and have smiled
at tho mothers mlssivlngs on the subject. The
Earl himsef-a saving willy, time-serving prg Oaoi-
net Minister--wc noticed and the enormous wealth
aggregated IN his and few others hands, stopping
ND the healthy now or commercial 1te- blood In the
patIon by making themselves The heart int which
Its richness ran, to bl0at and swell them only, while
the remaining pard-working members OF the body
were dcplorabIy Impoverished. Stepping aside
from the story proper, we are given the headlong,
downward career Of the Ears first son, tine then
Lord Bantam, only to illustrate the depravlty In
rich mems sons, which IS permitted-nay, encour-
aged-by the defects in The system Of University
education, with Ms extravagance, pronigacy, vulgar
company aud ready credit " usurious interest-all
leading to turf f-gsmbllng, nsesauianoe with last
woman, physical ruin and an early ana dishonorcd
grave 1hs mas It's deep lesson, but to Introduce It
the author is compelled to give rise
to the scanda and fortutous compica-
tlons OF the 1rSt ohapters which, though
they are pquant enough, reveal plainly
his subterlugc. The young aristOcrat, whose mas.
cent troubles have Deen 80 graphically sketched, Is
now heir to the eardom, aud inherent course OF
training Is decided 10 prepare him for the Uni-
vcrsty and for the battle OF life, in which be Is ex
pected TO take q commanders part. He does not
60 to pubic school like his brorncr, but Is taught
ny tutors AZ home. He travels ami writes book ut
the aye or thirteen and a. fifteen goes to the uni
versty OF Oxbrldge, which Is, OF course, pseu-
donynl for Oxford. In religion up to this time he
has been reared in the Anglican faith. by the aid
OF learned Scotch tutor. who takes him
to Congregatlonaist meetings, and breaches
a religious liberalism, combined with
cerain Cassandra-llke warning on the
rotten state OF English society and politics. his
fnith In the Episcopal Churcn Is shaken. without
other result than laying the foundation Of radical
ism strangely out Of Keeping with the mental tone
OF the nei TO 'an eardom and several hundred
thousands year." Al Oxordgc he nm IS the Radish
Club stil iurther unsettle the political, and the
Essences to wholly uproot The religious IDEAS which
Its lat her hau been anxIons 20 impress upon
MIN. Accordingly when he lett the University
"he saw in property robbery OF the community by
q seiIsh Individual; he saw In Church anu Dogma
O tyranny over The Individual by the community"
HIS rank Communism IL met with patience by
his mother and quiet cynic1sin by hls
father, VINO relies on the saving virtue OF
half million year. On his coming OF age. (
when the great yyte Is taking place Shufneslraw
Castle . body OF proletarans from the neighboring
town OF Ff0wlsmere, headed by BroadDenr, break
upon the scene with an address, Calling on MIN 70
DIVIDE his property, wnen he gets It, with his fellow
cuzens. he addresses them in sociaiisttc strain,
to the horror OF s arlstocratic ircnus, and Is liD
orally Derated therefor ~ the London PRESS Next
he makes economic notes from the vast property OF
his iather, and draws deductions tnereIrom IN sup
port OF his social theory. The horrors Of the evic-
ton law are folclbly touched on In an incident
which happens In the course Of deer-stalKing
party in scotland, evidently recalling the case OF
we'll known scotch noble, who, with his small clan,
was forced to emigrate to canada some years
since. We are next treated to highly
splced account OF the m0dtts operdndi
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