New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-03-03
NEW PUBLICATIONS..
ENGLISH MAGAzH., Es. FEBRUARY.
MAC x.tt,N,

OF whom the British intellectual peerage has NOT IT,
Gently presented a brilliant record NO one ao"e
the survivors OF that distinguished lawyer ana soh'"
can compare with him, ii Is sald In reaunoss Vi w" y
piquancy OF repartce. His playful aumor was Po'oo
among the members Of his own profession .'
GOOD things did not circulate largely In genera soc'o
Nany OF them had a strong legal havor 10 ne unci
~tood by outsiders. The specimens given by A"en'"s
have nothing miraculous IN their oharac'er' '"ous"
aonhtess they made an impression at the time OF ther
delivery both by their remarkable promptness ana her
,n,cnions drollery. Some OF them may be worm
ouoting especially as the humorous depart
ment OF the amanacs and religious newspapers
seems to be running rather dry Just at present.
-when some years ago, the practice OF having umY
prayers in our churches st novelty, Sir Georges
own clergyman called upon him and asked him ms
opinop as 10 its adoption. Cir George replied; L see
No objection whatever but hope that in my own par
tenar easesercice al the house wt De deemed COCA scr
once Again when a sngulaTly matter-oi-iact gentle
man had related story in which the us
,enors had failed after all their efforts to dis
cover the faintest spark OF humcr, SIR George
accounted FOR the circumstance at once. Don't 20"
,eey he said; he has tried Joke, but reseTred me
potp The late Sir John ROt meeting HIM one day IN
the later years OF his life, remarked 10 hm' aW very
glad Sir George you looking so WELL you 90 no.
look day older than when you used TO come among u.s.
Cir George pointed his hair and said THIS D-a Po
may not disclose the fact but opsning his mouth ana
poinne 10 a certain gap in hIs front teeth) ms I"de"
hg. ,oitnesseR' 1t may be added, foi the instruction
of the aity that Deed poll is knd OF deed properly
distns uIshed ndenture IL must nave oeeh on
n similar occasion when, his doctor assuring MN
that he would live TO be huhureu
he promptly replied, T5en suppose my
coffin may be called gentry Do1'
when he was appointed Of the four judges OF inc
tnoy EXTINCT Court Of Review. be came to Lncohs inh
with his colleagues TO be sworn in Some frlenu CON
graduating him his Of dignity, he Observed
Yes here are, YOU see-fo'r by honors| IN some
case that was being heard before him in this court IT
appeared that picture Elijah fed by the ravens had
been given as part of some security. He handed down
note to Of the counsel IN the case Ihs Is SO ia'
rs | am aware, the hrst instance on RECORD Oh an
accom- mediation blu friend meeting him one DAY III
Iueon's Inn Fields, with his left eye greatly swollen
and innamed demonstrated with him, adding that he
was surprised Lady Rose should have let him out of
doors in such condition 'Ah! replied Sir george
Il am out lure mdriti' tiny right eye) Dining on one
occasion With the late Lord LaDgdale, his host was
speaking OF the very dmnutive church IN angdae OF
which his IOrdsbp patron It's not bigger sad
Lord Laugdale, than this diung-room' NO. re-
turned Sir George, and the Hring not hair so good'
BEING introduced one day TO two charming young
sdos whose names were Mary and Louisa he instantly
added with a bow, An, yes MarieLouiSe-lhe
sweetest pear / know = a compliment almost worthy
OF being coupled with that most beautiful one OF sydney
smith suggested by the sweetpe young lady walk
ing with the garden paused to examine fsvorte
flower on which she had bestowed great pains Il am
afraid Mr. Smith, she said. that this pea will never
come to PERFECTION Then allow me, said he taking her
politely by the hand, TO lead perfection to the pea
Not less than the quicknes of his reparee
wac his gift Of mpromptu rhyming and extempore cpl
gram. of them carry back in the circumstances
Of their origin to generation already becoming hstori
cal II was James Smith Of Rejected ddreSses celebrity
himself attorney, whose cruel reflection on his own
calling provoked famous from Sir George Rose:
In Craven Street, Strand, ten attorneys found
Aud down at the bottom the barges abound
Fly, Honesty, hy, To some safer retreat.
For craft in the ryesnd craft in the street"
To which Sir George replied, mprompu:
why should Honesty 1y 20 safer retreat
From barges and lawyers. od rot 'emi
And the barges are just at the bottom
At legal dinner given at Greenwich many years ago,
the late Mr.. Justice Bailey, who in the chair in
formed the assembled guests when the decsnters had
begun 20 circulate after dinner that as &c was most
important insure the safety Of so eminent company
ks thet present he had ordered handsome and roomy
omnibus which would be atthe door at ten O'Clock, TO
convey them back TO town. Sir George at once rose,
and said:
The Grecan OF old babe his comrades entwine
The myrtle Of Venus with Bacchus's vine
Which our excellent chairman interpreteth thus,
Begin with Bumper, and end with Bus"
No doubt these illusions well suited to warm uD
the langud gayety Of English dinner party but they
hardly bear the test Of voyage and will be consd
fat for the taste OF most readers on this side
prefer humor hot and high spicedA speech of Mr..
Matthew Arnold the subject of education is reported
at length In which his comments on American methods
are worthy OF attention:
do not believe that your schools need fear compar-
with the common schools of America. do not be
neve that n you caught and examined all the boys or
NewYork or all the boys OF twelve IN Westmorand aud
AL the boys Of twelve in Michigan the Westminster and
worse than the ew.York and Michigan boys The diff
ference later; the young American Of eighteen or
nineteen, who pows land or felis timber Is very an
person from the English agricultural laborer of
the same age. But tins is due not TO differ
ence ia schools, but 10 difference IN the so
clal condition OF the two countries. The young
American has carried on MS reading ana reads the
nothing But let us be careful, when we speak OF In
American papers something higher and more fruitful
than tis THIS great staple OF American popular read
10 take her testimony again judges very severely
she says that these are indeed dey0uTed but she
by this ephemerd literature" politics, poetry, adver-
usements, criticism novels. scandal horrors marvels
hou sue ItVVIue Hei aho"oi 10 az
for instruction No" was her answer, il is tho
means OF spreading presumpruous ignorance !! cav.
then Oar schools a serious thing; when We CON
tract their instruction with that OF American schools
let have the real facts about these schools and do not
let warp tue facts because We admire the political
and social system Of America.
Mr. Arnold does not cherish very living faith in the
perfection Of the present educational systems either OF
England tins country. The science OF teaching he
sfms stl in its infancy. the right programme OF
studies yet discovered He feels able offer
better advice than TO give the pupil whole around
which his thoughts may crystalline. For hspurpose he
~ strongly in favor of what he calls the novel
else" of committing passages OF standard poetry TO
memory In this way child gets possession Of
three hundred lines Of sterling poetry for nature 70
work upon, and which cannOt be manipulated by our |
codes and schedules
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