, 1880-12-18
KingIake's Invasion Of tho Cri.
nca-Tho Winter Troubles
-ren-portraft Of au
Editor.
Grim1n's Life Of Goethe-Musio-
Study in Germany-Swin-
burne's Studies in
Song,
The Trumpet-ma| |or-Head Of Medusa-
Recent NoveIs-Poeticat Works
Holiday Books.
Notes on New Books-Books for Chill.
dren-American Decisions-Mag-
azines-Hooks Received
Literary Notes.
r11E 1XyAs1oN or y,111; Cn1N;A.

AAV~A~A J AsNkN9t
THE INVASION OF TIL; CIl1MEA.
Mr.. kinglake Is IN exceedingly conscicn-
tioux writer Of history. Too much NO to
ayoid psolixity. Every Incident suggests IN
intermInabIu number of other Incidents, cacIl
fn turn 10 be investigated anl sufu[yIdcd In
all nttelnpt to finally reach the root OF tho
original question. It reminds ore Of the old
cnup!et about the bigger liens having lesser
utles to bite 'ef,l, and ~ OIL nd fnffnittlm."
The defective cnnnltssafat Of thu Ctltnean
army lcnt!s to n Minute examination Ut the
system Of nrnly administration, In France
atltl other nattosIs; that requires compare
sou between tic systems IN England atd
Francc, to the manifest disadvantage of tile
former, hut 1t won't exuctly tto to show that
infer!orIty unless sSlne calse Is assfgnea; 50
WE llaYe lengthy discussions OIL the "pcr-
Sn1,a1 sovereign" :" ami til: "S:nte sovereign;
lending ti,tn'1y TO dissertation on the Dr1t-
lsh Constitution. Having arrived ut
1irst principles, 1t Is impossible to
errnrs. Or again: chopper straw
waS lntt fnr fertl: II must bo shown why 1t
was baa; all.l that being nscertatned, what
thG best substitute would be-; and TINT being
tiect de,i to lie pressed liay. 5000 ions aro
called fnr. They werc mt sent on account
Of the rctl-tnpe system OF tho I1oite t;ovurf-
mcNt wliIcl, excepted England from tile tllar-
kct n1Nl whicl, iliM.det rapid transportation.
Naturally enough this icatls to MI i1lvcstig.-
tton rs to why the Administration Mt ll01lo
WIS Mt fault; tIen tn MI aticmptM u slow 1,ow
1t should have been rctlcd!ell; tllcn To truce
tie s1arlng defects buck tU their original
snssscc! So chopped straw l,as leu us buck
to tlIs English Constitution ngatn. Nois-
kI..t L..
success oe'orn osoas!opo' ~ I"l"Ia,!S 'eaas ~
I'LL INVESTIGATION oi t'le CAUSE; tl!e Special
tacleI to tic 1qmics newspaper in par
We,,.er. that ,",.,s to ,ltscussit,u
nea,"r' a ,a. "ss 10 of t ,"na
nlt ne"S!utets; uut ~ '''s1nss ~ 49,, te ,, ss
| TINT to wEIat Alr d. ought to ''avo .lo,,c Mt
.' t,' x'',,a,., " ,',, ,'nrtrn..,1 - In o,tla
,..a.t s" r.,' -, na','. ~ IN, oo,,,o, I'M.
tsitlon Of the army, etc. All this Is interest,"
inr, Iut is It pcr,tncn. to history: MI. King
'aEe. Ink. III like m Fro,ldc. is n historjaI, Of tic
f9hIai'tlc scnoo', pielu''me e'chts ot1'''.at'e
ally ana rivt'lIy rnthcr than as they really
are. Ills satire is polished aid keen' his
masnl'!es te npor1tee u. ns ~ "o,m =. ro,,e4 'un
las sptli, IT out almost beynnd lilo strength
| nf the thread. Nor Is he always accurate,
notw',hsapF . tho sv4Tnt @ "St n. s s o be-
,s""e" "po' l'' t","' Nv or ~ ,set"'.
nnke oi SeweaSSs @ orac. 'ol .ls ,''s aset ~
Of tho cIlnea be|nK reaa NIT to ~ M c"e'net a1 OF
comr hy sIumlmr tn cunsi,ler 80 intuortAut a
.,,s,,.,o', is ";J -, i,a l,rno,, i,nogino ~,
Gmspa1en. - st1la ~ ue sa!se's 'n'ns'naas. ,.'a
ms ts rter !d w viii tlo agtao aud "ess ipo
.afe u rst s . f,i am,m"Jix S1 ut ,