New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-30

touched as well as his vanity, is evident from the
despair into which he is thrown by his frst reec-
ton. He seems to have loved the girl sincerely
and to have made himself loved by her and by MS
family One is glad to find his daughter writing
affectionatey Of the "geniality and tenderness
which distinguished his private life, ana MADE hin
beloved by all who belonged to him."
CHARACTERISTIC LITERARY HABITS
II is in December. 1871, that he announces his
resolution to begin grand work to be called tne
Lives of the Chancellors.'" This he thinks
RIGHTLY. NAV be made an intensely interesting
hool, hut when he goes on to describe it as his
tory of England on a new plan it must be assumed
that he after ward relnquisbed the ambition 10
=, rite history and narrowed his scheme In the
Preface TO the first series which he had actually
completcd. coming down from the Conquest 10 tho
Revolution of 1858, by 1S45. he describes hiiscii
as led to this work by tho want OF DEFINITE ooJeC'
after being suddenly freed i'll the autumn Oh lotl'
from professional and official occupatlons-by the
downfall of Melbourne, who had made INN lrl7h
Chancellor and peer; apparently at moHcnU
when he could hold Office only lew weeks, 1Oi INC
dissolution then resolved upon was expected TO re-
store the Tories TO power ana dld So Canppel
sovino ne had never done anything TO make him
ashamed of his name took the title OF Lord Camp
bell. It was meant he should have had retiring
:
;nr = man for so short n time was too Transparent
Campbell rclinquishcd the pension, partly Ill con-
seoucnce of his predecessors declaring he had been
forced TO resign: and takes due credit for his
patriotic dsintcrestcdnesS He could well Afford 10
give up the money. He speaks OF his reading ana
studies in similar terms III letter to his brother
less prctcntiousv than in the Preface, where hc
poses before his public rs revealing in the resuhp-
tion of classical studies and in the miscellaneous
rerusa of modern authors" In any case no did
not rcvel very long, for Melbourne was ont III
August and Campbell at work on his ChanceIlorS
before the end of the year and meantime was re-
vising his speeches for puhlication-it would TIC
curious TO know how many men living have read
thcm-and attending SttingS of the Judicial Com
mttcc of the Privy Council. The truth is, Camp
bells love of literature was something like that OF
the Illinois LAWYER who read the poets with view
70 iudcious quotations in his speeches to the jury
Campbell SAYS almost as much. i'll his sincere mo-
mcnts of himself, and his adyi'c to his brother TO
read Shakespeare in order to dinr out with dl>tn'-
ton touches still lower deep. He bought BOOKS
il is true with some OF the iir-t money he earned
IavinC the foundation OF % good English library,
but even then he cannot refrain from remarAihG
that they will always lac worth what they cost.
The book he mentions perhaps Ofirncst and with
sweetest liking is CariSsa llarlowr.' He had. II
ore must say So tie mcrcSt smGtern2 of literature
lever enough TO form or ilavo9 his style. which
escapes being bad style beca 'N 1t cannot strictly
be said 70 Ice STYLE At all What mahcs his Live,
readable is hardly more than Nero animal vIgor
and buoyancy. His talent ior farl.ns stood him
in GOOD stead in the collection of IN" OF facts
and gossip which iii his eleven y"Um"'. "
LAWYER. he might Lc supposed to have acquired
habit of sitting evidence and di,tneu-h.n" lie
tween what WIS tluc and what Wa not, or ~ least
between what had the balance al pr'ol on ITS size
and what had not. But It Is not 80. ana anything
like critical Faculty Is a. Wh"'F NAi'li- aS '''-
gancc "f mInurr Down every ihlhZ f"~; III -
cIist That c0mc, 10 Jock Ca'ap.'II- H'l ana WHEN
me has ground II oui, h'N haunt = - Vui ioiI aGl
bran together INTO the same SACK Ii the boon r.
mains rcadHh'c-as il certainly do'---it is partly
hccansr 81 tlr interest If the sn!.c partly because
CauphcU himself = meyer t.rrd AMI never t.'aid.
and the reader catches onrthlug o! D., un'Ie 'lng
animation aul perseverance.
There are touches in his account ~ bis bod ~
compiling and writing which .,r' a tliurs interest
inp. and AT times dci.-htlul IN their mir o.. lie
lost much tiiuc" in discovering whrir his mlte-
1as were to be found. Ne looicd .nto' all tho
old ENGLISH historians, 'hcginulg with ia" Nrn'r-
able Brdc, whose talent for narration AMI WHO'S"
familiarity WIN th' LH'ih c'''N's t.'"' "'"'
lshri me -siuiiI'''Il''"' ''"'"" '''' '"' y
catalogue If CiUnrrIuI. J" hal i'Ih' "l b'S'i"'
and other ans .HIHr,, but u w. iont before ir
had any Op' oi bonn able 10 iHFm' % conn" t'd
account OF t'ru. II must hc -all TINT a." reader
who goes to CainrbcliS bno' 10 -"'rrh oi q r"n-
ncctcd acc. - OF These 'AIlY WORTHLESS sill pt'h-
ably find broad diiicrr"e between ms ''"i "l
connected account sci ClmPbr's. linen h' Nd.
alarmed by hraIn@ that NJ. H1G}, h'riwr 81
Records in the Power, AMI Nr. ".t, w'rr 10 work
on a similar SUBJECT but with them hr came 10 an
under, tandiut. Nohoiy much encouraged hdH,-
the book publishers lca, Of al. poor souls; and
thosr best acquainted with the trade told me- that.
although something might perhaps 10" mad" Of re-
cent Chaurcor4, no publisher would have ANY