, 1874-05-02

btouH to which t(,o pnt,erH tnnh Ia hn tonvlnced
Of the rpo aoholarBlljp Of their authors, and to
.Ga. sh oAeeouinG interest," IN the mulsitnde OF
jmtinn NJ thn gsrn,,a tslir;orH sHa.'ure ~ ,.n.
kind, which tllolr Industry aud soHenrch hayo
horo brought to the notice Of tho reader.
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Aionny EonblNn1ue.
nIAHn FIt,a i,y ~, v.n. ALMN1 Eua. f,.s
n1soron On FosnhArauE. evo., Dr., I'D. Lon-
don: 1hchard Bentley l. sons
Albany Fonblnnquo belonged to tint brilliant
pa,axv nj writora which ma}o Tho car,v nortion
~ tl,o nrcacnt cont,rv ma NJ tho rno,t in.ro,,u
", t,stnr.. -, nr',s, o os. 11,a 1as'o ~,
waa 1ournalla1n, which, at tho beginning Of hia
carcoF, WAS but IN obscure aroma ofgoriug littlo
pronisc. In litorarv or socia1 poInt Of yiov. to
t,,oae WHO cloao To oontc,t for ita lnnro1a. mt
1noao VIZ saoao w 1u""9os ~. so nae.a. n"s
bohplanquo "as not TO DO detorroa from tho
pursuit OF calling congenlal to bis taste and
abilities by any sort Of ohstaolo and, through
long and honorable aeryico as = newsnnnnr-
,"1A.'I, ~ Aos u.,s .onq"eesn suoH!an''W BUG
cesH, but powerfully helped to ralse tho profess
sion to its present state OF influence aud ro-
| speosabilty.
oonat san,I' "an a,.,a usuunSoa .!o sfoon ,.u
s0ouos 1au,.'y WHICH soon re1neo IN Cnslana
| from tho religious prosecutions that followed tho
| revocation OF the Ediot OF Nantos. uo was born
| a $nr ~
nova, Tsnrtnaoru aud .oa annt ~ woo,,ato,, ~. ~
49, 49, as - ~. e Sss.s,.a ~. 49,. " ~ ~
sue "6e % ~, Aot ptoparat'ou' n 6o7ofe '4lnos8
Interrupted Lila 6tt1dy for two yoars. and tho mil
itary cnreor was in consequence abandoned. On
t,r,,,s urao,,l r1anao. ,r,ts ,,,.,r, - n,a,,as
A@usA1 es'.,n' , t'o"Noa' "Asa wv" :" p'"s.'se
~ 1no pa1' 1he vocatlon however, was not 70
his mind. and ho rosigued 1t for Journalism, nf-
| tor passing through oot,rye Of loyal study
xv1,fnl, l., olrvoro vei,o1 40 ~ rrro,k Gnrvjoo IL
hlB eubsoquont oaroor.
Before ho hnd attained bis minority, Ton-
blnnque had distinguished himself al a writor Of
pangont political editorials and Its pom was In
much request By dinoront Journals and periodi-
! cnls From 1870 to 1850 hc Was omnloyo6 on the
stats Of tue Times and tho Afornitg Ohronicse,
and contributed to various loading magazines.
In 1880 lio became tho editor OF tho EXAMINER.
whloh was then owned by tho Rev. Or. Follows
| Tho Eranainer had been eetablia1ed in 1903
by Leigh Hunt aud hia brother, John Hunt
Under their management, itB talont, aud honest
omtanol,sn iudumanta. Ind attrnoted non,1far at.
tontion and tic eumity of tho Government. In
the oourae Of four yeHrs tho paper lad incurred
four prosecutions for libel The first threo wore
upsucceasful: but tho last, brought by tho
Prince Regent, resultod IN the brothors being
scntencod to nav q iino Of E9, 600. and to two
yesrs' Imprisonment. Generous fr,ends offered
to cancel Tie fine, and The Grown hinted that tho
ofrondara should not be brought to Judgment II
they would promise to abstain from conlmentH
| upon LILO 'IglttC6 III tl0 4utuTo. LILO uIOtu0Tb
declined alike tho assiatauca Of friends aud tho
| oyart1lreg Of tho Grown. and underwent their
fill torn OF imprisonment, continuing to edlt
the Eruminer from thocolis In tho Horsemonger-
Lano Gaoi As might bo supposed, the ciro,lt11-
stnnce added largely to tho popularity Of the
Hunts, aud to tho circulation Of their paper.
But the prosecutions Of those whom their frank
statements offended were 90 persistent that the
exhausted, and their connection with tho Erana-
| 4net. ,rna hrourI,t tn c1ose
From 1880 to 1847 the paper was conducted by
| diton OF prosporitv Fophlaunuo was known aa
subjects waa ono Of i1npartiality and iudepond-
condemned friend or foe II was omphatically do
I oninfons and be consoieutiouBly strove, by caro-
fui examination, to discover the right baforo ho
spoke. Once satisfied, and ho knew no COM
| promise. Among stntesmon, politicians, and
thinkers, 10 became a power; and Lis paper
wiolded m extensive influence over tho opinions
and measures OF lhoavla!lals AUG pattios.
s ,st e ~ .n~acitr Ia connsaI ~ I'll
t,neH With ortrome paina and effort and. In his
earlier days, frequently ro-wroto IN article ten
tnlos before he suffered 1t to leave Ills hands:
IL was 20 who once apologlzsa Tor tne lene1h or
fg re p.no ~ II no nr twa nrtinou I ~
weak wnro tho most ho eyor felt oannblo OF
achieving. lie has loft on rooord o taunt at the
crudity aud nloagrenoss OF the daily papors ot
Amerien; onts u ~! loull"Asta were ~ l'lasea