, 1879-08-02

OF LHAt ElA6& HUulQ recommend AQt 10 NO 10
America.
1abortng-mcn, mechanics, nnli especially
female servants, lie adyiseB strongly to ~ 10
America whenever they can.
The book fs kindly, we'll wrlttcn, and agree
ablo In every respect. 1t touches on mauy rir-
cnmstanees, Of everyday llfo in thts country
which an Anlcrtcnn on account Of their COM
1nonilcss, would not think Ut mentioning. 1t Is
for this rcnsou well nt1aptcd to give Foreigners
az ptsh pa a 9 % sa Z ya ot o sY y t. ys ws
who shall real Il. q White nnd Black: Tue
Ontcomc Of Visit to the United States" BY
Str tcurgo Campbell, II. 7. New York: X.
THE PRINCE CONsOHr.
The fourth volume of Mr.. Theodore Martins
"Ltfo of the Prince Consortn n brings the work
nearly to close. Only two years remain 70 bc
described, mud tcsc. although among tho bust
est, we're not the most ,np portant Of the Princes
life. The biography Is four-flfths done, aud has
now advanced Tnr enough to permit Of judg.
mept of It's merits. We think The almost uni
vcrsal opinion among critics will be that, from
l!terury pol,t OF view tho subject llas bcuh we'll
handled. Mr.. Martin Inns wisely chosen 10 iu-
cludc In his scheme history Of the ttnes, as
well ns memoir Of tic Prince himself, thereby
pcrhaps maguifyiug the importance Of the Royal
pcrsonagc whose "lifo " lie Is ayowcdly writing.
But VIC cnnpot find the heart to complain OF
Mr.. Marttn's method, It Inns had such fortunate
results. Ills history Is worth reading. II tsnut
merely we'll written, but supplied with doeu-
mcntary cvdcnce which the future historian
will i1utl valuable. Mr. Martin has woven hts
account OF contemporary events into his bio.
graphical md Bemf-prfyato narrative In
such way as not to break the
thread of the discourse. His ingenuity
md tact arc above nil praise. While he has
given tho Prince 0aItcrIng erntnence among
tue political forccs OF his time, lIc has not in
du,ged in fulsomo pralse Of him as lnan. lie
has satisfied what VIC presume were the rather
exactine demauds Of tic Queen without sur
rcudrring any Of his own sel.rrspcct.
Two fenturcs Of the present volume arc vcry
noteworthy. One Ia the oYershndowing i'm
portance Of French nffaira during tho period OF
whtGn It trc1ty End the -othcr the growing bold
ness Of tho Prince III hts deallnEe With the con-
stituttonhl advisers Of the Queen.
We are tn sou,s danger Of forgetting that, be-
ioro 1870, FFancc hclu very important, II. not
the iirst plarc. among EnEopean nations. It is
to. Ftanre waa known to be, iu the vulgar
phrase. "spoilinE for 6ght,n whereas Englutlt
irns peacably Inclined. 1t was not known at The
time tllut the resources OF tilH former weEo 80
afterwards proved To be. England esteemed thu
French alliance, after The Criu,cal War, Of tho
utmust importaucu to her. When Louis Napo-
icon was consulting with tho Gar, tho Queen
md pr'occ-Consort did not hcsitate about ask
t,,g him 4nd The Empress to Osborne, aud the
visit was very shortly returned BY the Euglisl,
Royal family on tho OCCASION Of tie opening oi
the docks and naval works At Cherbourg. The
tnso!cnce Of ono Of the Empcror's officials
destroyed anolller, while tile 3aiIufo to convict
In England m accomplicc Of tho assassin Drain!
called out the most hostile declarations from
ts p1 rsnc s5s p5sts NJ Nssef % thy Fseneh sY
Austria was undertaken without PROPAGATION,
almost wlihuut excuse, al,u through it ali tic
nlytce md wishes Of England werc nuonlY con.
tcmned. Still the alliance with Franco was
deemed so desirable, and the French Emperor
and Empress wcrs so prolusc IN their
protcstat!ons OF friendship, TINT tllr
pleasant personal relations OF tile RoyaI
MD tic Imperial families continued uubrokun.
TO the last the prlucc conaort anl tlle En-
pcror were good frientls. These facts will i,eip
10 cxpiau the ktnCuess of the Queen m the
Emprcss In her nlIsfoFtuncs. md tjln rricf In
England on The death OF the Ft[nco Ilnuertuj.
araiu viii uot be, such cordial relations bs,wsen
Franco uNI ENGLAND ns during the REIGN OF
Louis NnuoleOu.
Tlr second feature Of tho volume above Ec-
fcrrcd To ia the Indication Ii trve4 of fnrrpnsrl
cop,!depeo and assurance o. n,'t Lie part Of lGu
Prince in his relations With inu Atfnfstry. il
was, Of course, no part Of bis duty to instruct
tho constitutional advisers of The Queen. ii
such au otlicc could oo conceiYod OF rs existing
ncar ttls Queen, tile theory on Which lie Cousti.
tuition II Enrianu now Tcsta T'n,l.l
10 imoerfect nud absurd. Wo hho1ii
hayo tilo Executive takinE the .tpftiatiy.,
iu legislation, which Is confcsscdly no part Of
1no,nuraudums md abstracts for tho guidance
Of llu Ministry, procured Ia tho papa OF Ills