, 1880-11-13
LITERATURE T--.SC|EN3E.
Charles James Fox, the English
Statesman-Thc Reign Of
George the Third.
Our Own Timos-Hol1and as Seen by
an ltalian-noy and Viola /,
Chinese Buddhism.
Notes on New Observation-Disclosures
Kccelscd-hitcrary, Art, mud
Scionlffle Mites.
LITERATURE,

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CHARLES JAMES FOX.
Tho subject of AIR. Trgvatynnfs handsome
VOLUME il The EHKl!slsnlan TINT AtackintusIl
enlled 3" t'Ie tn0st DenosthcMcan speaker
since Det1Wstl'1'lcs." ]lo was the clnsun
1'1end Ut l3urke, Il cnlalnrrr with Wifa,er-
force, md even 'lbfinsUil wns proud tU l,lye
nm 1oltl MS sGlccted sGt nt tntlhnlu conf
pall'otls. Chnrlcs t)a,nrs Fox WIS hrn IN
l14o, alltl dtctl IN ts0N, ut tho ngt of IL. Mr..
Ireselyan, III b0o paEcs, Inns covered only
tho 'lrst twenty-tllrtt Years OF Ills llfe,-a
period or time III tho lives af most men
which Tho bta9rHper Is nf'lc to pass over In
very lew chapters. Nor wns thrre anything
IN foS's curly life alone tn Gull for such cx-
tended notice. l'narlublu us 1t was In
many rrspgrts. IL could llavn Men fully md
f"'fly trcntet IN 'nlcll less st'1'ee IT Is evE-
ac''t. thcrclort, ttat Mr. Trese'yan Intended
sonlet'l1sls llure tlHn to la'Tate tile ttelal's
h foN's 1efsoiiaI History fro'll lis birth to
tic attainment III Ills majority. AMI III the
eh!d, realistic pictures lss 'ias pai''ted,
Will the skill Of u muster. of socin! alnl
poltttcul l1fe IN thu Kingdom VI Great Britain
dnflng tle Inter part of the eighteenth
century lIis rca' object Ii apparent. Fur this
tnsk m one c"ald l'nye bGen better equipped
tl'nii the blngrnp'Ier OF l.oru slncaulny. And
III tliS work We lnIye ulic Of the most fasc!-
natl'lg md comprehensive Biographies IL llas
betn Utlr privilege to read, not for what liz
says Of Charles .In,ncs Fox,-atthough In tiiat
le Is accurate, ppiusutInr, md ,ictailetl,-
pna 'ol nls erspls,e accounts ol tne aet.'al
col'd ltton Of English society, depleted with
oHt fCnr Or attempted pallntsOll, and for his
truthful presentation Of tho facts In regard
1 to Dr''s .. politics ST.: nut , politicians during the
!e'eM " ueoaRc l'a !n'Eu. A,sefleal'S, "so
ate Wont 10 regard our po'l1lcnl SYSTEM ~ tte-
bascd ind corrupt beyond measure, would do
htusrd ncco,,nt If % thc s,at. ~ t,,inva in - En-. M
oi"se" "ecoa"t ~ NV S'"te VI 1a'''ss !" Esi-
slal't' 'ess t''an ia'f q century ago. immoral,
corrupt, venaI placc-hnnters were the Minis
affairs and corr.rtton lri,inrv ] onan mr., ps mn.
..,.''',,,, "" n'a!s ":" M" ui
s,sosea ,ss oraa.n re ~. ~. u" '.eIt . sc'.as'
sllee1fes s efeate' NJ to expense OF the over
ments of eoyciy,u,cnt and the means e,,,.
,,iovn,, -, ,,,..,',,""ta o,,,1 ro.,t,, ,o,,,"s
:" .'s.,,.s. .4'a ~ no"e
nn M IN potlcs %Ia hSsrs M But sGass s o,nt
yIces @ whc srs', to hnvc fon i1 t,,eir r,T or; s'
In lis carly trailing, tbs influences of Ills
birth and surroundings, and tho age he lived
In Ills futher, Henry Fox, afterwards Lord
Holland. had an,assrl n large fortune as Pay
master OF the forces, besides holding several
nasnrnc c1ef Ees ,ier,@tv M @ r 9re"yst, aefI 9n
;t fn1v tnrot, "5nnx stp,;y,,t..r .s' ~
Tia as scconIi Duko of 1iehn'n,1d ard rr,at. r.
grnnjn,,ri,tnr ri ClInrlrs H. III ii"ut1, GEox,s
Mastn.i:prni ~ thN f"rccs s en-" n,,, TEr GnI Lsd
nther ntsirrs nI r,.nr,o,,six f,,rniIyn NH ~" sntnt
a raim' i, wuiii, III xoy. Evav,' ~ nn. .
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