, 1881-08-07
DEAN STANLEY'S BOOKS,
Extent OF the Work He Put into T1l CHI
and Their Value.
21ntion TI,Ss

Extent OF the Work He Put into Them
und Their EaiNe.
Lonion 'ri',ts.
III range OF studies most multifarious,
aud rate Of production, whether in writing
or i'll prepared oratory, implying all almost
morbid love of work, the marvellous thing is
that the Dean never lost the purity, yiGor,
and grace Of his style. lie never twatdled,
or declaimed. OF repeated himself. ANY one
with u taste for good English and good sense
must have been very much pressed for time t.
he failed to read carefully every bit Ut Stanley
III found in the papers, whether it were Il
sermon, or address, or paper read at some
one Of the many institutions glad of his sup
uort- Lis topics were, so feiicitot1s, Ills
on the whole, So fair, his intuition so true,
his survey sn comprehensive, and his
style SO lucid, that he would give
i'll ,anartnr Of column more 1i!:.n
Il volume. The single regret of must readers
would be that, with new matter continually
everything tho old, 'Ie would not sen this
again. Yet, if all that the Dean has written
or said Is 10 DO published, as it certainly we'll
deserves to he. We trt,nblc at the bulk Of tho
responsibility to be thrown Oh the faithful
executors aid tile industrious reader.
Tie Historical Memorials Ut Canterbury"
and of ''Wcstniinster Abbey tue former
necessarily not 50 complete work as the
career in which 4 vast variety III subjects,
generally ti.o5e most Interesting To Il Serious
and intIiirln9 mind. have been treatet! In Il
way to command attention, II not always tu
Secure aGrec:ncnt. y" great writer would
snlnntecr tu stake his reputation TN Il guile
hoax. Indeed, il amy Of o.tr great authors
Il;ls! ever written o1n it woGlti be SIT lown
Il, Il curiosity Of literature, and Il single copy
oi thu single edition would tetch !. fancy
price. l;ut the memorials of Westminster
n.t1l 1tb t1t.tp
Ike j:s rc:,;r ] fecis tie yTr?und RI ecnca'h lin!
giving up its dead. the air full ri
;,1:lt1lt voice and sung, the very
mist and gluoni vi th"si, slnukc-grllllcI
als!cs w.oD!t,l with the faces that look oll
us, FROM their long homes: \ Study vi TIC
volume will give lnure idea nf English
history, OF us,r sllcre*siyc dyn;r,iieS, Dt nnr
great finllirs, ut the landmarks nf time, "f
the various plllses of British character, and
ot lie sources ~ our srci1tltcas' t!1tn vol
is ITO book in tic world that tl'c> not bear
the marks oi its author. Tie ualt ut Vest
MINISTER wrote rs the }cai! of Westminster.
alld lie never disguised himself or hitl lii;
cuiors. But that Is Il charm Of the book t"
those who will not u,larrtl with it., Every
reader Gill supply for himself the clements
missing or u,ntertoncd. We iayu nDt yet
arrived at Il history nf England. or If any
other country, ancient or modern, that
will please everybody. yet out Of tue
luont|! "t many -witl,es,cs thu TRUTH
il established, and We urc III Must
things ncurcr agreement than VIZ were even
Il CENTURY uSv. Ii enhances the interest oi
all the Dean has written that llc ll:Ls in mute
Set!ses than one given his lift: Il, the w.rl Iit
felt lie had to tlo. There never WIS Il islan
more Indifferent tp all that is usually thought
cnsufort and pleasure, where duty wis coll
cerncd. No religious astetic was ever l.r'rc
seif-Ienying. intrayc1in= he never took meals,
or even resi-. into account; nor ditl 1lc ever
take much account Ut tiieul 1T l,p:He. OF
course he ought tn llavt. saved himself nlnrr,
and 1ta he .lO,le 70 might be still strong and
working. For sumo ti;nc past friends tia,e
noticed that the edge Of the weapon WAS
emitting through the shcntlle. But the Dean.
like his loved Arnold. had no llntion of TX
istcnct. but III work. lie could not live with
nut work, even If with it he must die; ;uitl
he has made the n0b1er ehoicc.