New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-03-22
AFFAIRS IN The LITERARY WORLD.
LORD By4CONsFiELD UNDER PUBLIC sCHVIiNi


| lFRoM TIE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE ThBUNEt
LONDON, March Ga book which may be recon-
mended TO American students Of the contemporary
history Of England--if any such there be-is Mr.
! Clavccn's England Under Lord Bcaconsheld,'
stout and wel-p.intcd octave. published this
week by Kegan Paul d Co. 1 hope | shall violate
no professional etiquette if saw that Mr. Claydeh
is and mas been for many years past leader-WTiter
on The Daily Ne,cs 10 say that IS to say that tnlS
book Is written from Liberal standpoint; DuI
neither would this be a secret to anybody who read
| fey pages of the book itself. Mr. Clayoen MOD
cstly describes the work as an attempt to tel inc
Story o. very striking episode IN the p0lllca'
his ory of England I entirely agree with hun
when ne saws that these half dozen years arc
marked off from the times which preceded them
by deep dividing lines. 1t is the fashion now to
as>ert-Lord Salisbury was one Of the first to put
forth the pretcnsou-that the present Government
| has taken its stand upon the ancient WAYS OF
Thought and acton along which England, from the
days Of Elizabeth especially. WIS led 10 glory ana
! to empIp. Ii concerns the people oil Eng
land to know whether that protcnsion be
well founded. in a is but still con
siderable degree. it concerns the other great
nations If the world. Time was when English
public life was al least free from the STAN oil d-Ii-
| geuuousness-to use mild word-Which now lesls
| upon II. lime wa "H'1 inc ""'" Va "u --"@''"
Minister could he taken "ie" l''i'' " '''''0' "
! Foreign o-'Ie'"IF """" '"'' ''''" Wv
cquiyocatlon. aud have repel,eo an insult an ac-
cusaton OF pdltcung wItn either words or facts.
Sometimes they repd il now, bal they cannot 'o-
call tLerpu dcclara' ou, cancel crcport OF
them in lansarl; and II Is ont OF their own NOUN
| that tL,y stand convicted.
! HisnottoIc supposed that Mr. Claylcu's book Is
a ouc iudi, tmeit against Lord Beicousirld ard lis
administration. II % vcry ps'nstnkIug and read
able account OF the events which make 40 the his
torv If England durli.g thos. SIX years. II Mr..
Cl,vd.., er-. IN bi. JUDGMENTS he .,iv,s his readers
t,e n,at.ris.. of correcting hs srror- lic quote,
/ largely from speeches and documents; with the
kua.k oi giving tnc essential points sd Ga htougs
a. 20 trained journalist. lie Aa. thc power of clear
and cog dc, .ed statement. 500 essential 60 the winter
+ OF leading articles What the book lack, is c'.of
ana dramatic power j. b., sober ln tone, and
the most Obvious occasions for pic'uresQnc
description are passed by; as for example Oh, br!-
+ liant scene when Loud BraroH~ird hist took hIs
s.at q. a rcrr ~. ca o. -.uquar- brilliant Thong
! Gathered IN fh. IIou,, of Lords. sir. Cla,drr,
wisely. pcriap- ha- applied himself enswcr,iugt
10 the puni,:i and economical ..t., nc 10, period.
II, hoo'. d, iargc .uuucn without aldI.E tnif Yet
&. .lu H.. r.aa from end to end SAL. i1 crest. and
vouii ~. invaluable for rrfcr,nc. lad y only an n.
dry Il /, lacouc.Iyab.e that sac. % volume should
T.. i.sued without an index. written. IT'S II is by
ro, ,t , every aoy of his lf" ha. .ion 90 know
lo,v ind .teus,hIc t.dcyc.lrr NOiAIng ~ known 50
/ ,r.ccurotely ..ld s,lgcboGr-Guizof, 1 tmnk-as
tJ I,.t,r, ot fine ,iov before. yesie,day sir Clay
ocr ,,. i.ait ,yifh tl.t that period and nee might
/ Inv. remembered tp,; moi ONLY is ID known mac
c.,,,t,ly hrt fhai ti. ul.as a l.u,Un.a t o.c, as
we'll accurately. what happened 5na particular
,.,s.,.., If recent da,. AL. seldom al hand. We
how. = true palf1e,'- Index to !ke Tme,: and
Won nave voi,l index 90 rnr TrmrN, more recently
BEGUN. But thc number OF people who have either
Of those journals at their elbow for reference is Ger
fanny "'' i''~
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l,,i.. ,,,,.,r.d last wear Think n i'm the main
an ,xtrcel, accurate hook. and a Truthful account
Of Lard Be,con,fe,d. Bat recommend ID To no
American whose usual good sense has been cor
| rrpted by Lord B.aconsiicld', success, or who /.
blinded by the false glitter OF hi. policy THIS book
il an Indictment but with toe evidence added. "
have made" says Mr. . Conner, " no settlement for
winch do not give authority; ! have pronounced
10 judgment without supplying the fact, by which
IL can be tested; and have cndca yofcd - convince
he reader of nothing Of which have not convinced
tuv,e,f"; and yet he sums up ms man thus: