New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-07-14

can DO no objection to that. The writer who has
the credit of being it's Paris correspondent is an ac
complshed and honorable gentleman. But the
readers of the paper in question are Republicans
They naturally have some political sympathy with
Republicans elsewhere, even in France, and II they
are to receive their information respecting tine
French Republic from the confidential secretary OF
the Due dAumaIe they light think it only lar that
the fact should be stated.
The death Of Mr. Howard Stanton is announced
by The AtheRGUm, to which journal he had la'eiy
contributed a number of papers on unsupported
corruptions of Shakespeare's text 10 speaks OF MN
as the keenest Shakcsperean critic since sidney
Walker, which seems an extravagant eulOgV' nc
used to be best known as a chess player ana he
won an international match with the french player
ST. Amant some 30 years ago. The frenchlhan
never thought himself fairly beaten-few French
men do-and he and his friends complained OF Stauh
ton for refusing to play a return match. ST. Aihah'
lived latterly in London and he used 10 give
droll explanation of his defeat by Staunton. III ap
pears that he was advised to 90 into training ior IT,
and did-as if 1t had been foot-race, and power OF
physical endurance were the thing needed INC
result was. that when the time came to meet staun
ton he was in very seedy state, and has play Iar
below his ordinary force. French excuses tor de-
say at what particular time this amusing theory OF
ST Amant's was first developed. Stanton was really
n better writer on chess than player, and most
American amateurs have been good deal
indebted to his "Chess-payers' HandbooK'
in which, and in his Chess Tournament, anu
in the wel-known chess column OF tne
Illustrated London Ne,cs his talent for pungent ana
sometimes arrogant annexation was freely displayed
| In the days when / had time for chess, uSed 10
| think his notes entertaining and learned more
from his books than from most others Ills edltloh
of Shakespeare though it has been twice reprlhted
gave him hardly more than second rank as Shtke-
spearean scholar, and his photozincographlc Iac-
smile of the First Folio, though not an ABSOLUTELY
perfect facsimile not his least VaiuaDle cohti
bution TO the study of the poet. His AthenGHn
| papers were intended to prepare the way Tor ne"
edition of Shakespeare but no publisher could be
found for it, and the public would not subscribe III
advance, so it was never executed. lie was born i'll
1910. was always a student Of literature and knew
the Elizabethan period extremely well. On Monday
morning. the I'D INST. lie was found dead IN DIS
chair in his library with unfinished letter to me
AtheaGam lying ON the desk before him. Certainly
an acute and industrious man. whose Shakespeareah
studies were sincere and often fruitful, and VINO
must be mentioned with respect by future com
meutators and editors, as one who did something
toward settling the text of Shakespeare Probably
he would himself be content with that estimate OF
his work.
Mr. Archibald Forbes, who has done the Indian
Famine for The Ldily NerS, is back again In Lon
dom and WILL presume collect and edit his letters
for republication. They well worth it, both for
STYLE and matter. Mr.. FOrbes's energy is really
wonderful and the thoroughness with which he ac-
complished the delicate and important mission on
which he was sent has been abundantly proved
Almost his first telegram attracted official attention.
and an unsuccessful effort was made to discreat
his statements, or to reduce the extent OF them.
From that time on, he was jealousy watched aud
the result of it all has been to give him celebrity 10
enlist new interest here in the condition OF india To
rouse the Indian authorities to greater acti5ty ana
solicitude and so to give valuable aid TO the suffer
ing people whom he visited and studied. And so
once more journalism has shown its power to make
the State do its duty. 1t is said that Mr. Forbes IS
shortly to return to India and take the edtorshlp OF
The ERgistman, one of the principal Indian journals
But it seems hardly probable that India should be
able to tempt him to abandon his career at home,
where lie is perfectly able to command his own
FERNS G.w.s.