The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-02-14
THE LAST OF THE WINGS.
Speeches Of Lord Lytton"---
The Land Of the Gar"
TRAVEL AND BIOGRAPHY.
Chats About Mistress Judith'--Stage Ro'
mance-'Sylvias ChOice'-'WildmoOr'

The interest OF this rather remarka0
and entirely characteristic volume has been
as the phrase is discounted IN thi
country through advance sheets and pre-
liminary puns. but still, IN many OF its as
poets. 1t is quite noteworthy, leaving at the enc
rather pleasant impression. 1t Is not an auto
biography ID any sense. II Is not altogether ret
respective. 1t Is not, In Shakespeare phrase
winch Earl Russell Is fond OF quoting, "a large
DISCOURSE" but 1t is discourse LOOKING ''beiore
and after" So little OF a personal biography Is II
shat we look in vain for the date Of the birth In
the flesh OF the writer Q792l except. lnleren-
italy. the opening words oelng:-"l was
elected member OF Parliament Tor Tavis.
tocK" (he might have SAID a Bedford borough
GIN July, 1913, just a mouth before l be-
came OF age" 1t is 1tly entitled "Recollections
and SuggestIons--Qute as much one as the
other-and yet 1t is tul OF bright parliamentary
"reminiscences which are very pleasant to en-
counter. so long as British politics command in
terest, as they always strangely have done here
and wherever the English language is spoken.
We cannot do better justice than by giving our
readers some specimens.
Earl Russell is OF that type Of men which the in.
stitutlons OF Grea. Britain, either for good or evil
can alone create and preserve. He Is an historical
man II ever there was one. liberal and relorner,
man OF progress though he be. We OF this country
have a history and historical Characters, but we
have no historical families. We have not even
men lnherltors OF great names barring q few
scattered ones-representative Quincys and
Schuylers and Winthrops and Stnyvesants and
one family OF Adams. In the Senate OF the United
States at this moment we can count but two, or at
most three, names that have the flavor OF Revolu-
rionary ancestry. Nor is this all for II man In
tns unsenumental land of ours has little pride
IL those whose name he bears for their deeds in
1t q %
= Illustrate them, he is either laughed at deamed,
So lar as this goes we most conoclastic race.
Just the reverse is IL In England. and Earl Russell
Is, as we have SAID the most historical OF English
men. lie Is the incarnation or WING tradition
though not inheritor OF wing peerage, Tor his he
secured Tor himself-and we may incidentally say
that he has proved nimself no exception to the
rule shat 'whIg'' and so-called '.liberaIi English
statesmen have always been the least friendly 20
our American Institutions and the most trouble
ssme 10 ceal with. How thoroughly the prize OF
historical lineage impregnates his being may be
sen III the following rather striking passage in
Gelence OF the House Of Lords, from which, In his
enumeration OF great historic Names he modestly
ELIMINATES mis- own
The best government consists In the union OF
liberty and order; we are at present IN Iull pos
session vi liberty, but order 10 sometimes IN dan
ger Now Tor the purpose oil Order, 1t Is material
tiat there should exist IN the great bodies OF the
ing more excites reverence than ancient prescrip-
tive privilege; nothing more moves the lmagna-
ton tnan ancient lineage combined with recent
achievement Thus 10 see In one assembly the
descendants OF the Taibots, who fought Tor their
IA Inc sy esn'G' wn Inc Ma
her OF Marlborough, who won the battle OF Blen-
hem aud OF Wellington, the victor OF Waterloo,
aud O Nelson who fell al Trafalgar, o. Cecil the
wise counsellor OF Elizabeth. and Of Grey the
Nnprght Minister OF William ~. with the repre-
senta v - Of Mansfield ana Of Camden. OF Hard
70 rs H fas iast stt.; EDITOR Of magazine can
iSs sa sfl E ssEi LJis ssss ssss ns1
na2pi'y the people o. E5siaad give little atten;
as % 1Ss s uS ss French hsD GSy
arc saaa s ier ' eoaRy houses as s0 the
good VIII BY becoming hospitality. Tney are
known In courts OF justice as ioremen u grand
lures and magistrates at quarter sessions. They
share in national sports ana their wives and
daughters visit the WIDOWS and iatneIless ID theT
a;liction.
Lastiy, when a great question arises, which re-
qulres display OF more team ordinary Snowledge
o. history, more accurate learning, more consti.
tutlonal tore, and more practical wisdom than Is 10
be found IN the usual DEBATES OF Parliament
know not wnere
The popular hGraUgue, the tart reply.
The ogic ana the wisdom, ana the wit
are to be iouDd IN greater perfection than among
the plelates on the episcopai bench, tue peers o
three centuries OF MOBILITY, and the recent occu
pants 81 ne wOolsack.
But Of the book and It's MISUNDERSTANDING
the pleasant parliamentary "reminiscences II
opens with picturesque memories OF Napoleoui,
iimes-of Lord Wellington within the lines y
Torres Vedras. where young Russell was when
lad. and bis betting a guinea Win Lord ronsonby
that Wellington would hold them; ana then
again. his visit to the scene Of war after SaIamanc;
and before the raising the siege OF Burgos, an,
welinqton's "comicu description Itglnk OF It, ar
tnlerists o. to-day, with your Rodmaus and Cat
lings aud DanlgrensD OF MS 'tnree iron guns
Thunder, Lightning aud NelsoE-of which one ha'
severe wound IN the mouth and another hat
lost IT'S trunnions by the fire Of the enemy"-
u. 10 and. then again, Wellington In the PyTe
noes. advancing as vic,Or into France; and
visit to Napoleon in 1914, Ia ElDs, when the exile
II such he can then be cailed-aoes not seem e
have bestowed much attention on his visitors
who chieny struck, well they might be
with his restless, ihquiring look and manner
The Napo como war ended. the young whig lord
thus regarded the state OF things and policy OF the
tory Ministry at nome, and We seem 10 detect one
OF Mr.. Llncolu's honey jokes about changing
horses II Mr.. WndaauI's more refined illusira-
tom
nave pointed out what conceive to have
been the error Of policy Of tue WINK party wnen
they ialled 10 see thai tue al 1908 was war IN
great popular struggle mixed closely with the
Cause OF the independence Oi Europe. After tue
peace OF 1915 Ine tory patty cOmHltted an error "a
great anu stlll more irretrlevaDie.
During the continuance u the war, men readily
listened 20 the saying oil WnGhain that At rs can
gerous TO repair oar house 10 the hurricane sea.
non, and thus LORD knOn. iora Sinm0ntn anl
oiuer Dlgoied torres were permitted TO leav'
'windows which smut out the Lght, and passage.
that led 10 nothing IN tie palace ana the Par
lament. But wlen the storm was over mel
would naturally survey the 0unding, repair tn
crumDing waiis and ADMIT the excluded rays Q
the sun.
Before leaving Wellington, let US quote Eat
Russens Judgment OF him muct later, IN colloca
ZION with two other public men, with one OF wboI
we or the United states had once close relation
Speaking OF Ministerial crisis IN 1880 ne says
There was something remarkable IN the cor
trast between the conduct OF the Duke OF yelling
ton ana that OF SIR Rosert Peel at this criss. Tue
we're Doth men OF high character, Dotn anxious ~
the honor of their sovereign and the welfare {
tneir country. Their position appeared similar,
4. Identical Yet the Duke OF oeciafe