New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-08-17

sumo, Mr.. Austin who writes this; the same gentle
who lately in America in the service OF me
Tiues-a man Of the highest personal character, as
well as Of high professional position. " 10 Is very
dlicultp he continues, perhaps impossible, Tor
correspondents distinctly recognized as such 10
transmit from the provinces any news not favorable
TO the Turks" This may help to confirm ones IN
crednlity with respect to some Of the tales the IN
trinsc inprobability of which | have before now
pointed ont.
must, fear, qualify my remark in recent iet-
ter to the effect that none Of the criticisms on me
disturbances in America were hostile. Some OF the
deductions you might expect to be drawn have since
been drawn such as for example that commissions
Of this kind are the natural result Of a Republican
form of government. We are. however indebted to
these critcs-if critics they be called-for hav-
ing brought out the very clear and strong letter
which appears in The Pail MAI Gazette Of August 2,
ssigned "An American Citizen" do not know who
the writer is. but he has dealt in very competent
way with the whole subject, and administers
wholesome rebule 10 portion of the daily press IN
this country, which seems to have grown both
maudlin and hysercal through ignorance Of facts
familiar TO all on the other side Of the Atlantic"
A more elaborate exposition of the same subject
may be expected from Sir. Goodwin Smith, e. appear,
believe in one of the monthly reviews. Mr.. Gold
win Smith has been spending the Summer, since his
return from the Continent at Richmond. lie has
now quilted that lovely (but damp spot tor Buxton,
an inland watering-pace in the north of England,
famous for its bracng air and fine scenery. His re-
turn to America Is postponed till next year-a result
with which the cordial welcome given him by his
old friends here, and their entreaties, have
probably something to do. His vacation Is
not an idle one, as his frequent contrl-
buttons TO the periodicals prove. Englshinen
who care for philosophical politics and considered
opinions current events may well do their best 10
keep Mr. Goodwin Smith among Them His type OF
mind and range of accomplishments are OF those
which, in this country, even among men OF culture
and fine powers must be called rare He has, more
over the faculty of compelling people who dissent
from him to read him few magazine papers elicit
ing more discussion than his, even when occupied
with what may be called theoretical politics, like
that on the decline of Party Government which
is published in the August Macmillan and attacked
by the leading Tory organ.
Mr.. John Morley has reprinted in his new volume
of Critical Miscelanies" second series, the paper
on Macaulay which he published in The FortaGhhy
Just before the appearance Of Mr.. ITevelyans bog
raphy OF his uncle. Il was an energetic protest
against the hero-worshpping which 50 large part
of the British public had persstently kept mp to-
ward Macauay, and an attempt TO support 1t by
purely critical estimate of Macaulay's right place in
English literature To the first paragraph in it, Mr.
Morley now appends this interesting note:
"Since the following piece was written Mr..
Treyelyan's biography of Lord Macaulay has APP
peared, and has enjoyed the great popularity TO
which its careful execution, its brightness Of style,
its good TASTE its sound Judgment 50 richly entite
IT, If Mr. Treycyans course in politics were not so
useful as 1t is might be tempted to regret that
he had not chosen literature for the main field of his
career. The portrait which he draws Of Lord Ma
cauay is 50 rresi,tiby attractive IN many ways
that critic may be glad to have delivered his soul
before his judgment was subject 10 a dangerous
bias by the picture of Macauiays personal char
| actcr-ts domestic amilblllty, its beneyOlenCe
to unlucky followers of letters its manlness, its
high public spirit and generous patriotism On
reading my criticism over again, am well pleased
to find that not epithet needs to be altered so
independent is opinion as this strong mans work.
Of our esteem for his loyal and upright character"
This volume contains beside Others, the essays on
France in the Eighteenth Century" on Robes
pierre" and on "Turgot" which have been printed
in The Foriaighy and form a continuation OF those
studies of French politics and philosophy which Mr.
Morley long since began, aud which are equalled in
thoroughness and thoughtfulness by few or 10
others that sec the light in these latter days.
G. W. S.