, 1879-08-02
Sir George Campbell's Account
of His Travels in
America.
Fourth Volume Of tho Life Of
tho Prlnce.Consort, by
Theodore Martin.
Two New Novels in the Leisure
Hour Series.--Le Costume
Historique.
Eew Books and New Edttfons-Pe-
riodicals Received--Lltsrary
.- Notes.


..- Notes.
~ LITERATURE. +''s.
NAp1rR.s CORRESPONDENCE.
This selected correspondence OF MacVcJ
Napier will havc an interest for all readers VINO
delaht u gossip, and especially for those whccnr
to 70 behind The scenes Of Journalism, to watch
cssays in the making, and to understand the de-
uree In w6tel writer's arc controlled BY pre1u-
aIccs, persona1 attachments, and political oblt
cations, It would smack Of trrovercnce for any
modern to speak Of IN old Ednburg Aeoiep article
=. IA threo.iccker cut down to two,'' or TO
aav that uhiacaulay takes terrible space 10
turu in,n or that "ISyerythtnE ubout Brouah-
ans articles Is exaggerated, incorrect, sketeby."
Bat these are the judgments of the con-
ttbutore on each other. While In somc cases
wo feel TINT they arc dlctatcd by prejudice, we
do not value them the less on that account.
When they do not help us to better acquant-
opco With the writer's against whom they arc
directed, they lcad backward to the tnm0st
feel(ure nf those with whom they originated,
The most important letters In this collection
arc those Of Lord Macaulay. THY have been
drawn upon and uscd In Trevc1yanfs biography,
but some arc now published for tho frat time.
W. shall not discriminate between those which
bpvc appeared aud those which hnve not. Amer
tcaps will thank Macauay heartily for his honest
Judgment OF Dickeus' "Amcrtcan Notes."
which Tho former declined to review as bo!pg
unworthy Of bis attention. Lis pronounced the
book, on the whole, "a failure" "Whas Ia
meant to bs easy and sprlghty is vulgar nnd
aIppant. What Is monnt 10 be fine is q great
ical too ano for me-, as the description
Of the Falls Of niagara. A reader
who wants' nn amusing account Of the
United Btatcs had better 70 to Mrs. Trollopc,
coarse ard malignant as she 10. 4 reader who
wants Information about American politics,
manners, and literature had better 20 even to
20 poor creature as buckingham. In short,
pronounce the book, In spite OF son,e g1eanls Of
gontus, at once frivolous and dull" hiacauluy's
letters In this volume will, II VIC mistake not,
give The rcaIor higher opinion Of him than bc-
fqkc.., His criticisms are sound, bis Judgment OF
hts own work modest aud FREQ from aiieetation.
by contrast with the insutferablo cEoslsm md
spite Of Lord Brougham, the touo Of Macaulny'a
lettera ia every way admirable
The inheritance Of Lord Brouchum's connec-
ton with tho Repteto was rated very high both
BY himself and BY NJ. Napier. It is. posslblu
that jeffrey WAS principally responsible for thts.
When he resigned the cl'torshlp to
Napier, he. warned tho latter Of the
trouble he would probably have with Broueham,
oo',,d t,1tt ,,nn,r >. h,,,..i, f,r ,hs ..Ea ~
hor,nonv Nar,.r l.a4.nra ~ +b,a adv,oo To
.aa,,s1.J prorr,or, ,ansorf,,,tr ~ sc.,,,,a. ~.
n,,aa sn a.t,sr1no n. r.n,tv mi, ,,,o tn.,s III
fa,,n,p ri, o,,to II Inv. viii, hia ,nontor a,d
renrss,ca him N cdit n. .nrecbsa 1ho mas.
.ion ssh,ch rooicrs ~ ,hIs .orr..ro,d. 1
uou ". "su 'oaus sA'9 so.!seoo.4.
enee Viii now ra1e Is waethef bfou3ham was
worth managing. Hts fame aa an essay'ss has
hardly survived to the present day. There fs no
aonht that he uua often snnergctal and iuarcu-
av IT, ,aas.. ,oa,tna,ip ~ ,,,a 1asta ,.,.,,
'uts Nv u.ae.e w., y. NV saa'1 =. "!tn -,
Which be writes, anu the evidence OF II, by all
n mnst r. saId bowever. IN 1nstia.
cn,,on ~ e of nr ~ Nancr,. Mani % freonant T. snnnss- ]
slons to BsouQhatn, that other inpor-
liant friends Of the Res'e'o beaIdes Jeffrey ap-
proved bis 30 doing. Macaalay wished to have
A~ sAesN'ss "s4'~" N~ 0'~e'.. ~'"3~0'e1