New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-06-23
LITERARY NOTES.

Lord Jeffrey had very high opinion OF
Macnulay's essay on Frederick the Great q am no'
sure" ne writes Mr.. Napier, whether 90 not '"A
n TIE pery best thing Mecauay has yet written ana am
mute certan that other man alive land am bAii iu
cl,ned 70 odd that ever lived could write anything Of ne
hind so we'll Macaulays opinion OF Jehrey's selec'eo
essays given Trevelyan's life of him. bat as was
exprssed in private letter to Mr. Napier 1t Is worth
quoting here with what Jefrey says OF MacauaS'
rhink he says that there few things III the iour
volumes which or two other men could nov nave
done as wel but do not thak that any one man ex-
cent Jeffrey nay that any three men, could rave pro
dnced sucb diversified excellence. When compare nm
with sydney and myself. feel with humility perfectly
sincere that his range IS UNNECESSARILY wider than oHaS
and this lie Only as Srlter uo d bn ereat Judge
Take him. all in all think him more nearly an a.
sal genius than S % vuch o. Bronsain Affects
the character Brougham does one tIhs NSIi, wv VI
three thinssindih'ront'y ana n0n'r'0 'ui"s'
ably"
Two volumes of the political cOTrespon-
donce OF Frederick the Great have been published
AZ Berlin. There twenty-eSht other volumes 70 io-
low ana u is expected that ten years viii be consumed
In bringing them out. Tde Berlin correspondent OF
Ibndon paper writes that the work already throws
light on the character OF Frederick which can be Oh
taned from no other source since the documents "eh
relate TO treaties and intrgues have hitherto Dee
systematically hid away in secret aciveS The lwpres
sion which they OF the true character OF the man
puzZng. They show MN 10 nave poeTeSeo"
the most composite eff nature' to have merted the uie
of " Great by combining in himself various quantities
of mead and he art any of which would make man
DISTINGUISHED; they strongly Tempt che re""er no"
and then 70 conclude that he was mighty mixture VI
The base nnd great" Some OF the marginal notes OR ie
dspatches reveal business character OF the man
All very good, but you must first march ana act
good good admirable :" and the co2treTy VII svon
show itself. Patience" To " dear minister Wuoll
me suspected OF avormg English instead o. Fteucn
nirance he once wrote as follows: TO be plain With
Won YOU FIJI with suspicion and shall holn you ~
be 9ribed oy England you 90 nov foreWar YOU not
trife 9ith me; carry ONT 20 me e e,t or
1nands or your head viii au Tor II Without more "o'
Lord Brougham in a letter to Mr.. Napier,
eav he is amazed az the praise wdch hacaulay heaped
unou Lord Give Give great but very bad man.
{" An men" says BrOuyham know he was ROD
bcr publicly and cruel blOodthrsty man, ana al H.
Clans know that he actually robbed Orme the hStorah
nervous man. whom he throtted the walk near The
Gauges and extorted ten thousand pounds" Maeau-
laws defence Broucham calls most profgate political
morality" and adds that all the sentences man can
turn even If he made them in poor taste, ana not III
Toms sniu-snap Of the lower empire-aI wont
avail against rotten morality" Maoauiays paper on
Warren Hastings Brougham found " admirable batting
come vulga1y and his usual want OF al power
Of reasoning" of the article on Sir William Temple
Ir1ugha1n writes: Mscaulay's is an excellent paper
only he does take terrible space TO turn IN. Good
Codl what an awful man nc would nave
been in MID Prius He say nothing under
ten ,aes lie takes as long deneate three charac-
ters Of little Importance TO sketch ten, the
greatest ia the whole world really wish you could
give him hint and il Is the only OF almost the only
thing sone bread to al ms sae is another ana
n sad want lie may well bear hint" hacauiey bad no
good opinion Of his own article on Moorss LIE OF BIon
send back 20 me shall not be offended Tor IL ls
wrochedy bad. never wrote am thug 40 much against
the an N my life % not visa me Iau i9s OF o I4e
enough for our Rcrie'o.