, 1880-04-10
LITERATURE AND SCIENCE,
Tf1e Life Of Lord Beaconsdeld
The Tramp Abroad.
Rowlandson, tho Caricaturist-
Capt. Fracasse-Nebraska-
Voters Textbook.
Logic of Christian Evidences
Three Scientific HVorks-l1is-
tory of Now YOrIc.
.Magazines-Books Received-Literary,
Art, md Scientific Notes.
LITERATURE.

LITERATURE.
LORD nl;.hCoNsr1ELD.
Tho English freintcf Ia fDrtllnnto-ar lnf0rtu.
nnlc-chouRh to he tho subject ut M lcsa than
foitr dftTorcnt Biographies, MI written and puh-
lshetl at aMnt tho san1o ttmu. OF those, that by
hir. CInytlcn Ia probably tho weakest, md
tho ont before us by Il Gorrnnn aehofnr, Mr..
DrAndcs, tho strongest. Tho f1rtncr writes ms /.
pnrtIsnn md hi,s produced wlInt wo should cnll
II catnpn!Rn slocumrnt," intended tn furnish
tho Opposition with tho ammunition they need
In order To nttAck lord 1acucuns.'cld's Ooycru-
mont, Tho 1nftcr furnishes with tho ohscryn-
tions and comments of m uiprcjudiccl Ob-
server, who, III tracing Dlsrnctt'B wonderful
career, FORMS bis opinions of tho Nun fru,n the
1t1aterfat Furnished by his own works. or tho
other books on tho sasno subject, Mr.. r. +.
O'Connor hRs rccast and revscd his former hing-
ruphy. and. excepting Mr.. lfltchnan's pondcrous
work. this Is perhaps tho best, viewed solely
boKrnrhLcHl effort. His conclusions uro not
tatteriltg to hs subject, but thoy arc tho results
OF II cool md deliberate nnalys!a. 10 entirely
different nro they frDm tho conclusions drawn
by Sir, Drnndcs TINT they nrc worth quoting
here. Mr.. O'Connor thus sutns up hts estimate
Of tho Engtfsti Premier:
"Thnt whole character Ia complete In its self
1shcRa, TINT whole career Ia uniform In ta dis
honesty. Throughout his shotU lifo do nat
Tint, oven on y single nccnsIon, generous lno-
ss tsai & s x%y s
me-, q II WI ii middle a9e. 80 he wins IN youth,
Ills maturity without virtues Ii tho ,nturnt
sGpncl to hss youth without generous Illusions.
There u thro!,Rhn1,t tho sans ssnslslness,-cNln,
,S 81 tlsR ghy hns's E$sprs s's aseopt s e.
cifof ruler: for such q 1nan millions OF pl1ro
hcnrts bent with genuine emotion; to such l,
fnrt,,ncs Ind n,lno, Ind oven thoso oI slte count.
| less generations ynt 10 como."
IN c c,sor n,orrn,,hv ~. ~ otton,,.. r. ~ oo
!. u p.iro.y a st"dy-and brilliant one-of m
nco,,s biographies oc eminent men, especially
Of thoso who nro prominent in political lie. rro
almost necessarily partlal nnd apt to be parti,
sun, Nor do they POSSESS tho nccdful material
for tho formation OF au unbiased Judgment. It
out prejudice as It Is 70 tsscet infinitely 4 living
trao,ng f,cucons,os caranr ns t. "a rns,,ior ~
MI % EnflIshmen. lie goes furtior than ' this to to
tl'ld his motives, aims, ambitions, Purposes, and
hopes but ho does this by aaalyz,ng tho pub.
.isaea woras OF tho trcmles' ana oy 1raeiss out
author n Tho crea.!ans Of big skl,lful ren: 1Ie
point ous vulnerable points nnd to lnugh 1t hla
h9rn With 0thors; b.it he Is at heart too ~! &c
a6soiuteiy Tint which hs processes. liz
does not tr f. prove ha c
the prc1nlers excuses as bis own rensons, and 50
eo1dnnss o., and paaes wl,at he knows nt tho
ness: hut ho brings out most c!onrly I.cacois-
1inlas literary alnn A. hm eG.e NJ eoneasio,'s
,,,sf IT, Ills viowsof tho different novels
M aass s!Sss a IL his o's. ,t ts