, 1879-01-11
LITERATURE.
"A Memoir OF John Lo-
tl,rop Motley" by Or.
Holmes.
The Incidents Of the Austrian
and English Missions
Reviewed.
"The Pronunciation Of the Latin
Language" by W. w.
Story.
"Dick Sands, the Boy Captain" by
Jules Verne--Liter-
ary Notes.
Art Notes.-.Periodical Literature
...Science News and
Gossip.
LITERATURE.
JOHN LOruRoP MOTLEY.

fctts Historical S0GlGtY 10 ptEF&EH Il ekckCH u
John Lothrop Motley for It's Proceedings. This
slctchhas been expanded Into volume. Ths
author dlsclams any attempt to write COM
plcte biography Of Motley. That work Is lott
for apotbes generation, when the correspond
eucr OF tho hatorlan and statesman, tntlch OF
which IA atill under the seal Of friendship. will
bs accessible. Tue bioRrapher, whoever he
msr be, wilt have hard work to
make more interesting volume than this OF
ns. Holmes. Thoueh avowed,y only memoir,
IL trcats tho subject with such personal knowl-
edge and sympathy that writer less fortunate
" plnced, even though he possessed full com-
.uan,1 ot tl,a correspondence, n'eht well hcsi-
into TO take up the work where 1t has been loft.
DR.. Holmes lias prc-cmpted the ground. without
wholly occupying It. Hence, bis memoir may
hinder rather than help, as he suggests, the
writing Of biography Of hts 1amcntcd friend.
Nj. Motlcy's reputation grows with time. It
isimpo.sfblo to read this volume fairly without
coming to tho opinion that he WIS uudcrated
In his own country during his lifetime. DR..
Holmes has laid bare tho causes OF hfs dtpio-
u,ate failures In soma biting sentences. Tho
Judgment Ia MI tho morc severe because the
facts arc given on without varufsE or gloss. They
lifc, w.ltrh WIS Tho standard by which Motley
was tried mil found wanting. The conclu-
Bfous arc nll plnin, and cannot be truthfuly de-
Fltu. M9{lcy'h kCaOt4FbAI1 HAh 0u Nusttatt'uA
to his political advancement. Ills Gns manners
were offensive to part Of hts countrymeu. HIS
intimacy With persons Of birth and breeding
abroad laid him opcn to coaree suhptctona at
Win Ind not tl1e tishc Of his native
Motley belonged 10 an old Now England fam
for eUj yeurs. iIe inherited his patriotism. I1e
oI having QUO. Tia traditions Of liberty, otrc-
sistaneo to tyra1ny. Of representative lnstisu.
clunA merchants and ltytnes who rot their opsn;;
io,,s honestly, and held then, through blood and
fire. dota l.othrop, bis maternal grandfather,
fathers. father jls rreat~grrat.erandfather was iu,-
pFssoncd III England for nonconforlnity. Tho
Amortransn, OF such man snootd never Lay.
BEEN qucstfuuel; yet q certan class 0f poll
ttcia1ts used to *av that he was not " . true
Auerlcan.' Ilioso who insist most loudly on
having ."tsuo Americana" appointed to -ontea
hack tl!eir altcecienta IN tllis country beyond u
generation or two. Must "truc Americans" 60
TO Nerltr. Par;e, London. Or Cork to b bornf
sotleS. t eo,ooa WA thoroughly American; y;
Bcacon: iu Boston. Two Of bis playrnasea Then,
and college-matcs afserwa1d. were Thomas Gold
Apn.eton.-the Boston VII anl llner.out,-.ano
Hound Hill. >SoEt1tatnptou, then uut'cr tho
care Ut Alr. Co1swcIt athl Mr.. Dan
croft. tic historian Of the United Statcd. Hc
na eysrytanx ta spo him:-"9seaSsy. pJeso pI.'
might flayo mule him universal fasoEite. Yet
lie does mt seem to have been gSnerally popular
at this period Ut his life. lie was wfiifut, fmi-
pctuous, sometimes supcrellious, a!ways fas.
ttdlous. F" At the immature aguof IL he entered
lluryurd College. Ills boyish traits kopt with
linn during all his college course, and traces
VI them wcru evident In after-ltfc. fIU WAS
second Or third III Ills class the first year, but
lost h!a rank through ne1li0ence, and VIVA rus
ticatctl. lie returned soboror and wiser buy,
and graduated In due time, though with ro
Literary turn, and wruto for the ma1azsnca
Owing 70 bis acknowledged ability, the rules ol
the PHI i'etn kappa Boctsty-vhich usually nd
.nits only tho trst ten men ot every class
Alter leaving Harvard he was sent TO Germany
to htusly.-1rat to Golttngen, thon to BerI'u
At hotl nlacrs be va. on fntttnato tcruis o
tsisndsi!p viii. youpg blslnazgs, now tho LORD
Chsneelior Of thu uerman Emprc, sharing
meals REd outdoor exercise With him, and loti1
Ing in tho samc house. After hs return to Amcr
ind littia merit. They were sayaeely reviewed
some other direction. }i!s arut successful pul,
aatioa va aa article on rstcr r tic oreit = t
praised by tho best critics IN America. Ih'
author was urged To taku 4oulo historical suh
1ect, aud treat It fully. llc did 80, cfter ful
eio teos fa asa oes.e.sion 81 a'u d F't b'
u st. p.ssse.t es ,heo in H. t. teli % It'll Of i!
f@asne @ r.. rs gathering m;terial a;s Tor Ltlo 90
writer's, irayoss!ug IN part the sasAe field. woul
interfere with each othes. llu could not hno
10 compete successfully With Prescott Th
Ioti .iiss tils Atiant,c. X thu saiie tiae ~
Motley felt that the abandonment Of h!s dcslg
would put IN end 10 hts historical writing. :" ]
xecu.eI 10 me." ts wsotu long altcrward. "tl.s
tut1 h}t,rt kSf frSI hand Iflftr At NM
aetIerished dream. aud probably Fcnouncc Al
thor4hlp. Fur | haa noe hrst r'atie up III
mtlul 10 write history and then east about for
subject. sly subject bad taken mt up, draw
u.e ou, and atsosbed mo Into itself. 1t VI
necessary tor me. It seemed, to write the hook
htd been Thinking much Vi, even II II were de-
S.s tined to tali aead from the pres., and d.
any other" The conduct Of Il
two historians, under thcae circumstances, vi
iayorahis 70 both. Motley went Y Preaeost az az
such frank And ready 2nd LIBERAL syImpath
aud such au open-he4rtesi, guile!ess e1pansiy
nsss, that Motley fcIt = pefsooal Affection 4
".y .aon IT, SeI e I'D oiesaa ~ n, n.t
tsIat liz wfahed me every sucress, and that
there were any books In bis Ilbrary bearing {
IT,, Tue subject t'!.s l!te4 to u's they wero c
III lS5l Motley LEFT America. I!o reside.l Il
several years afterwasd at Berlin, prtsden, u
Hague, and Brussels, prosecuting hia studle
1AE uAu UsL {NGH R0tU&kQ 40HH VckQtt At eAH u
llcceasity of throwing away al he had ions
Au,criSs, und starting afsesf. His Industry
tltht yeaf4 waa nasve!oua. lie astunlsht
even The old Dutch .i,nslists and aschiv!sss. II
rutEa,et Ia thr!r mlds, reminds Ds. HOLMES
bir John Lubbock aInong hs snt-hi'i.. ~
doubirdly hs tIistuft,s tbs ants In tncif prais
worthy Industry, much u bis attentions n
natscr them. Internationally thu ants III tlt
means Ut expressing Themselves wsrs equal
tlleir apparent intellectual slilityl could tea
hlm many thlugs that he has "ys
Looked, aud earsect him ~ MAJ
iniatakra. But tue ants will la1
iag!oriously without an obscfyer to chrouie
t,c!E dunQa, aud the arcltvtsts aud unnAls
VIII pi'e up laets forever liks 80 many Artie
iales, o. uo'luaks, Or rAdlates, until tho vert
brate historian cumeA with h!s geuetu!izh
ideas, hls beliefs, ns preiuliccs, hh. tlio.sncl
sIes OF NJ kinds, and brings tue tacts into
u.oFe or iess imperfect, but sttl! oEuante, sesi
VI selattops-" When une Ut the aAts siaes
aaa pral4es the historian for industry. the Ii
tes mu4s have applied himself wclL
Ten years were couaulusd III preparing. for .