The sun., 1873-11-18

iclUl II 10 IuNlt loi'N'i'
George W. Ihilds A NindiCati0n.
A humorous lecturer once introduced |
himself TO his audience with the re-
mark that they were about to listen 90 !
one Of the most brilliant, accomplished, |
obscrvant. celebrated and popular men OF !
the day 81 like" he added, " to make tins
introduction myself because 1t enables me
to get IN al the acts with the same ad-
mirablc devotion to the truth and the !
whole truth. Mr.. GEORGE w CHILps of the
Philadelphia Ledger has not left II to
others to present him TO the public III II
hultng and imperfect way, but has been
publishing his own biography in various
shapes and in divers periodicals for many
years. Mr. GUILDS has shown II rcsolutc
determination to get III all the facts;
and. If the American people do not to-day
believe him to hc the shrcwdcst business
manager the most entcrprsing publisher,
the most liberal patron of men OF letters,
and the largcst-handCd bCuCfaCtor of the
poor in all the land-to say nothing of his
being the earthly all OF news boys-itis
not his fault. The facts are all III, and
keep getting into the newspapers over
aud over ugain as punciually ana ire
qucntly IA Vinegar Bitters, Pu'monic
syrup. or JAY COOKE X Co., the sad story
" whose bankruptcy now fills 50 much
space in print.
Mr. CulLDs has not been SpaIing Of his
money in this business of disseminating
tie story Of has valuable hfe JAMS PAR
roN has written his biography. Col. FoR-
NEY has unecdoteu' nim rs public
nun:' and he has shown his appreciation
uf ihc value Of the Colonel s. "reminiscences
ny rcpr.uting this particular set Of amoc-
,lote, az supplement- to the Lcdgcr. Mr..
FRruEEIcK HUDSON has cnbalmcd Mr.
CuLps'- iamciu his "ili,tor, uf Journal
ism in the United states lie ha- also ap-
pcarcd en- that bright pictorial roll Of
woIth.,s-in that glttcImg constellation
of bank presidents, government con-
tractors, retired suffers, and Christian
statesmen, the Self-Made Men of our
Times who are held up one by one for
the admiration of the aged and the einula-
ton OF the young III the weekly issue OF
FRNNk LUsIIE's Chi1lHcU Coru'r In many
other publications. Of smaller prominence,
bat of -r,at intrinsic value. the character
and Virtues Of M Guilds have been cele-
hrated IA terms of iatterng praise.
But true gre Itn, IS, like true goodness as
nlu.i,,,t,d m fin, ,o,e of Deacon RICHARD
s,r.ri, i,,,or.,llv excit,s tho low passiou
of ,rvv IN tho ho.oms of tho,. who are
,,h,tt., thop tbov should he. and not
bolf so Mol, ~, in the world ~ tl,ey want
,n1c I'm. "a. ,r. mot ,.tonish.d to
nud on our table unmpl,l,t entitled n
.R,,i.w If I'm, vnri,,ls nuhli,ntious in
which Mr. CHILD, has communicated tc
his f.ll,w citizen, the uartirulnrs of hi,
history I'm this R.vinw ms biorrnphers a,
we'll a. himself are treated with great dis
COURTESY. and his rood fnnc-thc yer,
lowell nf his exist,uct.-ls seriously and ma
.uuuntIy di,parugcd.
N,. 'uttns mot nblothcr man. hut
Ih,.i.n hr,ther nubli,her. If but recent,
,ho, Az. had oc,,.iou +, dwell in term
f..,.li.,l ,d,,,it.,t,,,, ,,,,ou lis hono.t In,
.,,,,,h,t. r.,l,l...s oud',.tv nsn io,rnali.
10, ,,,.f,,.ri,,., ,.,,.,,nti.n I'm pbiloIolnbin
..l,.,ilirr ,i.,.roln If corr.. .tiot.. .ovrr th,
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