The Jewish advance. (Chicago, Ill.) 1878-1881, 1881-08-19

DO not speak so loud, Grandma, the
boy warned, upon whom the words OF
his grandmother made a deep, mysteri-
Gus impression.
(1o be Continued)
The Wit and HumOr of Lord
BeacOnsfield.#
(ConcludedO
In the same category, too, are those
felicitous turns Of terse expression,
whether new or newly shaped, which
distinguish Lord Beaconsfeld above any
other modern novelist, The "Parlia-
mentary Christian" for Protestant, and
the ''Freetrader in Gossip" for the bad
listener in Lothian" the midland Sea"
for the Mediterranean in 'Tancred"
and "Venetia the figure Of unJutoning
ones broin,f and the jingle 'plundered
and blundered," of "Coningsby," the
''heresy of outlets" from 'V Venetia," the
ortolans stuffed with trufles and the
truffles with ortolans from 'Endymion,"
the confused explanations and ex-
planned confusions" from "Popanilla."
The terms 'Stateswoman" and An
ecdotage," Melancholy ocean" and
'Batavian grace" remind US that Ben
.jamin Disraeli is the son of an author he
has himself portrayed as sauntering on
his garden terrace, meditating some
happy phrase
1t still remains for us to advert to the
wit of sustained sparkle, rather than
of sudden flashes. OF this there is an
admirable specimen in '"Tancred." Lady
Constance is alluding to 'The Revela-
tions of Choas, tract on evolution:
"' 1t shows you exactly how a
star is formed; nothing could be SO
pretty A cluster of vapor-the cream
Of the milky wav, sort Of celestial
cheese clurueJ into light You must
read it, it Is alarming.
:" Nobody, ever saw q stsr f..s4S,
" Perhaps not you must read tn
Revelations L Is all explained Itut
what is most interesting is the way III
which man has been developed. You
know, all is development The principal
is perpetually going on. First there
~
then-I forget the next. think there
were Shells then fishes; then we came
let me see did we come next. Never
mind that, we came, and the next change
there will be something very superior
to us, something with wings. All! that's
it, we were fishes, and [ believe we shall
be crows -. Everything is proved by
geology, you know. . This is develop
ment; aoc had tins; a0e may hare
10ings.
This passage is not only wit, but
humor also, according as we regard the
speaker or the speech, and as both com
bined-as, in fact, "West-O Oriental" !" ir-
resistible. Or, again, Herbert in We
netia';
I doubt whether a man at fifty is
the same material being that he is at
| land twenty.
/ wonder said Lord Cadurcis, if a
creditor brought an action against you
at fifty, for goods sold and delivered at
| five -and-twenty, one could set up the
want of identity as a plea in bar; it
would be a consolation to an elderly
gentleman.
| VI Uuc lduy IGdSoHlilS Ou GIc bull
Stream theory:
I think we want more evidence OF
a change The Vice Chancellor and |
went down to a place we have near
town, on Saturday, where there sss a
very nice piece of water, indeed; some
people call it lake. My boys wanted
to skate, but that [ would not permit.
You believe in the Gulf Stream to
that extent, said Lothair, no Shoting.
Or, once more, a piece Of raillery from
'Vivian Grey:
"' What a pity, Miss Manvers, that
the fashion has gone out of selling ones
self to the devil!
Good gracious, Mr. Grey!
On my honor, | am quite serious
1t does appear to me to be a very great
pity; aohot a capital plan for younger
brothers! 1t is a kind of thing | have
been trying toIdo all my life, and never
could succeed. [ began at school with
toasted cheese and pitchfork.
Or the report of the debate in the House
Walter Sydney sichel (''Macmillan's Maga
zine.
| I This expression is Beethoven's.