Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1872-10-18
James Anthony FrOuIc.


The arrival Of this distinguished AiS.Oii-
an i'll New \ DIRK on a lectuIinG tour, las
already been announced.
James Anthony ET0Udc is the second
son Of Il clergyman Of the Auglican church,
the venerable Il. III. Froude, ArchdcacOn
Of Totncss, Dcv0nshiTc, England, a staunch
aIhercnt OF the established religion, and a
man who has given 10 th' world two SONS
destined to play 4 prominent part among
the most remarkable men Of the age in
which we live Nj. TrUudc's cider
brother, Richayd IIurIcil Er0lidc, was the
author OF tn" RlRu;H%, a work Of
some power, which attracted considerable
attention WHOM it was first published.
The subject vi tic present notice is the
younger son, and was born OH the I'D Of
April, 1878, and from an early age was
destined for the church. He ,2cciYcd Lis
primary education at his native place, amid
those scenes Of rural beauty which abound
III one Of the most picturesque counties in
England. lie was subsequently sent to
WcStminStCr--Oue Of those celebrated
schools which. with Iton, Harrow, and
Winchester, have for centuries stood fore
most among the educational institutions Of
the country, and which nodded the genius
OF most Of those master minds Of which
EngIishmen feel SO Justly proud. From
Westminster hc was sent to Ovid College,
Oxford, and here, in 1872, he took Il high
degree, being placed in the second class in
classics. Ia 800, two years alterWard, he
was elected to Il fellowship at Exeter,
having previously obtained the Chancel-
lOr'5 prize for an English essay. At this
period OF lis career his thoughts took de-
cidcd turn from the path marked out for
him by his father, and be abandoned the
idea OF entering the Church. In I847 he
. > - =,
Stad07"a y the COuds, 4 volume of light
some tales, full OF humor, originality, sar-
casn, and moral But the publication of
his great work, TIE Nemesis OF Faith,
may be said to have laid the foundation Of
all his fame. The widest excitement was
manifested upon the appearance of this
volume from his pen, in which heresies Of
the deepest dye and slepticism Of the most
dangerous character were declared to be
set forth, insomuch that The Nemesis was
publicly burned at Oxford, after anathemas
had been publicly and privately hurled
against the author.
Mr.. Froude then left Oxford, and re-
solved to devote himself solely to literary
pursuits. At this iuncture his attention
was directed to history, and EFGzej''s Mag
0ztHe, OF which he has since become edit O.,
as well as the N'cstmii,stcr Rer2c,c Of that
time, contain several essays from his pen.
suggestive paper g On the Book of Job -
indicates the earlier turn Of his mind; but
oilers upon John Knox, Cardinal Wool
sey, Mary Stuart and Mary Tudor point
more clearly to the direction it was now
taking. His history of England despite Of
adverse criticisms, must ever rank with the
highest historical productions in our Ian
guage. With politics Mr.. Froude has not
concerned himself, but since the completion
of his great work he has studied closely The
condition Of afliIs in Ireland, and has thus
mastered the subject Of his lectures.
The Weldon News learns from a friend
of the Scotland Neck section that the work
of constructing horse railway from Scot
land Neck to Smiths Landing, on the
Roanoke, has commenced in good earnest.