The New York herald., 1874-11-30

he emancipation IS the cause under consideration. l..
"Mr Canning had the genius which makes cause
popular. Tne one had the courage 10 advocate al
opinion before II was ripe for realization the othel
the iortltude, when the advantage and tue posst
| hillty OF measure became apparent, 10 make
unhestaingy every personal saGrlIce r0p ~ Tue
other reminded you OF Roman In the nooless
epoch OF the city OF Romulusn The sketch Is rather
made 10 Mt this definition than the definition TO nj
hearty esteem for Sir Robert Peers political
career. II needs excuse at the BEST though his
terglyersations resulted IN immense benefit
TO the country the sketch IS brilliantly
written. much more so than the '.Lle Of
ioand i impression Of personal feeling on the
part OF the writer. Lord Dalling concludes
wnat Is really TO be fairly described as panegyric.
by impullng TO Sir Robert Peel higher scholarly
attalnments than ne Is generally believed 10 nave
possessed. He says Of SIR Robert Peel was vas
scholar IN the highest sense OF the term nor dld
the attention ne coula give 10 the details OF
business damp his sympathy ior the eleginces OF
tilul, whether IN painting or sculpture In snort,
without pretending 10 raise him above the defects
such 6alents Tor pubic business with such
qualities and IN prvae a:e & ras and though aS L
may De that posteFlty Will not indorse IL az,
the testimony OF man OF Lord Daiiing's )uag,
ment and experience Of men TO the character OF
one whom be knew so intimately, VIII Always com-
mand respect
II pours political biography. SO 70 speak In ad-
dition TO the Palmer sion, Peel and Grevllle me-
moirs we have two thick volumes OF tue late
Lord Lytton's parliamentary speeches." when,
as volumes, viii PROBABLY be very ntte read, put
which, taken speecn by speech, separately and a.
Intervals, Will be found interesting and useful
Iney serve TO refresh ones memory concerning
the events OF recent history "a Q way that Is
Ing views" when the old intellec tual measui e.
ment OF time IS as much out oil cate
ss ola as Sra Lyson wa
political, any more tnan he was literary genius
IN the highest sense OF the term; put ne was
always just-minded man and polished gentle,
man, the sterling metal snone through the small
affectatiOns which overlaid IL.
THE SHAH's DIARY.
The "Shahs DIARY" proves, as we were told It
would prove by persons who had an oppo ortunity
o! eauang the intellectual capacity 0! tae "De.
the history Of Persia and Greece, a tawdly
chid's M book. k, 'N Written BY By person not
much wiser than a child. His Majesty
and any one VINO, IKE the present writer. observed
the imperial expression OF lace and restessness OF
limb on the occasion OF tae Albert Hall entertain
ment to our Persian guest when ne sat upon q
chair, "gllt and splendid indeed like Mr.. Ross
'parler.n as described oy Rawdon Crawley in
"Vanity Fair" but awiully uncomior able, VIII be
aoe TO understand the Importance which he
attaches TO the fact. lhe "Dlary firms all
the stories winch were ahoat AZ the time OF his
leafs a. the ciystai Palace and the the
iuany account OF his visit TO ST. Pauls, IN whcn
he says:-"rne head priest was Ill, and Was re-
placed by his lieutenant" on The whole the diary
Is hardly worth reading. aud considering the IT.
erary rank OF Persia among Oriental nations we
were justified IN expecting something better rom
the Shahln-shan. We are inueUted to the Acdd-
eny Tor the perusal OF the diary. one OF their cor
respondents mas translated II at Teheran, and also
explained the dryness and unpracelune OF the
imperial writer's style. II appears that he is a
tyro In Persian speech, having spoken nothing but
Turkish until his eighteenth year. His subj bects
do ike his book better than they ukeQ his
journey.
ARCTIC EXPLORATIONS.
An account OF the German Arctic expedition Of
1S69-70 mas just been published. II Is an ex-
tremely interesting voume, though IL IS only
ioretaste oI the detailed and CLASSIFIED account
which Is about to appear IN two sectlOns-tne one
narration the otner sclentltc-and to which seve-
TAI OF the omcers o me eApeditlon are contributing.
simultaneously with the puplic ton OF the larger
work IN Vienna an Eng isn translation VIII be
issued here. In the meantime Captain kaldecerz
gives us a timely and admirably written narrative
OF the results OF the generous and patriotic enter
prise when was undertaken at the expense OF the
merchants Oh Bremen, and seconded by the
puollc with extraordinary zeal. II IS curious
to read the account OF the way IN which suDscrlp-
tions Moved IN from Germans lar away rom
Indies, Honolulu and Tahiti. The book mas the
exciting and pathetic element which d,stins ushes
well written. and the scientlnc resu is are al.
mlably summarized. Puonc oplnion IN TINS
country Wn.cn has long been IN lavor OF another
Arctic expeoltlon IRON England. and winch Did
not go witb the contrary determination o. Mr..
book, and the spirits of the naval officers and
scientIhc personages who nave long oeen urging
the expedlency oi sucn an undcftaking ~ vain
are percepriolt rising as the press goes with them
more and more strongly, and The spirit OF emua
ton is aroused by the Austrian success.
SIR SAMUEL BAkER'S
Ismalia-so- called from tie name he has bestowed,
as a compliment 10 the Khedlve, on tue territory
over winch ne has n0isted the hag of ismaii-is a
very big book, with number oil very coarse Illus.
tratlols, Whcn represent, for the most part, some
very uupe- SAINT scenes IN the history OF the expe
a ia
sir samuel mas subjugated. In style this work Is
Inferior 10 sir Samueps earlier writIngs-no douD,
to literary culture-and he enters into
many details which are not necessary
Of place ace in s BOOK intended and desined ] to be- Se
come popular reading. The finer perceptions are
not kept in action by contact with sucA erriole
peOpie and contemplation OF sucn disgusting
scenes as those among whom and which his duties
have brought him; but he might have modlhed
or omitted good deal OF what he mas detailed
without injury to tue record OF the method OF ms
proceedings which have been attended with much
If not ali, OF the success which SO eloque II ~
anticipated in alter dinner speeches and olatan,
newspaper paragraphs. II Is, peri aps. iasfidous
to dwell on the taste OF work which records
SUCH satisfactory facts, but the faults OI the
former i6tfude upon the i1teresJ Of the latter
The narrative recoras IN very brlsA and reauaDle
style the annexation ot the Nile Basin and the
SUBDIVISION OF Gondokoro lnenceforth lsmalia) tc
the Nceroy's rule, the h0isting OF The nag ana the
sOlemnites " hicn awed the naKed and ginDerine
crowd The result IS nappy one, and 1t IS to be
hoped It may be successful, and tnat the new
regime may not take 10 slave dealing on us OWL
account; but, remembering certain reve atOns
respecting coolie labor and the Nile twi HIN its
Egyptian banks) little Apprehension on tna
point not uDjustihatie, little incredulity Is no
narsn or RASH
4 In fiction there Is nothing new or remarkable
ana the magazines tor November offer no extra0r
dinary attractions, except In one instance. The
I F0r1ni0htly Recaec contains poem oy Mr.. swim
burne, written .'ln Memory OF Barry Corn wall" or
the night OF the old poets death tOctooer 81, ant
sent direct by him TO Mrs. Proctor, wnicn is ex
quisitely beautiful. HIS lines TO Savage Landol
perhaps equaled, but did not excel, these IL
true lyrical power and pathos
Messrs. Cassell, the well known publishers ovel
here, are largely advertising new "Hlstory o
the United States.n
! Politics for Young Beginners.
POLITICS FOR YOUNG AMERICANs.-By Charlie
Nordhon. New YORK: Harper Brothers.
ours has always been the faith that eemenrar,
American history could better be taught in
simple iasnion-the letters OF an old man to
young one-than In Bancroit's ambitious o