New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-11-27
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
MoRLEYs LIFE OF Golden.

xyaa connected WIFI INV
Economical system which has never commenced "
~" 49, Indictment of this country, aud upon
- ,o,cans seem to look with less ana less
-. 90 II is subjected to the test OF time hehce
thorc ia a great deal in this biography with WHICH,
notwithstanding our regard for Cobden's memory
we find IL impossible to sympathze ana put iol INC
skill of the biographer there would he hiucn ia
which we could take only languld concern MI
Morley. however has given such an enhancing III
te1est to the story that protectonst and free tracer
will read il with almost equal delight Those VINO
cannot accept the intalblity Of the antl-corh Ia"
league, and who appreciate only lmpciectly 'i'o
personal a.gccts Of past political controversies IN
England, cannot help following with pleasure 'h''
narrative of q strong, sensible, uhselAiSi oio''
headed self-made mans victory over POI ertJ' o4"'
preiudice social obstacles. powerful Po'I''cal III
tcets and that peculiar British inertia which is so
,,ttor mistaken for conservatism Mr. Morley is by
no means inclined TO overrate the part TAKEN oy
M cobdeu in the revolution Of English commercial
,oi;oy caected bv the repeal of the corn laws; but
he has shown great tact in connecting the history
of the man with the history OF the movement with
which ne WAS so long identified, and describing
olonc with the progress of his principles, the de
yelopnent of his character the method OF his Work
md the measure OF his personal influence III tniS
happy combination Of the political record WIN INC
personal biography the book is a model MT MOT
eys intellectual appreciation of his subject Is eN
actly what it ought 10 be- 1t is free alike from nm
reasoning admiration and from critical ooldheSs'
His eulogy is none the less hearty because IL Is
studiously moderate and sensible, ana he Is never
BETRAYED into that vulgar error OF hographerS VINO
ossnrno tone Of offensive superiority TO their hero
by way of showing judicial Importantly ihue'"
tho author is wisely sparng of comment, whether
fhc life of COhQpn 10
sneak for itself and to teach It's own lessons his
style ia easy, natural, clear occasionally cpgram-
,,otic never strained never ambitious, always
agreeable His book will take its place among the
hest recent specimens of a class OF literature Ill
which the present generation has been remarkably
rich.
If Mr.. Golden had been in the least vain Of social
distinctions. he might have reflected with compia-
cency. when kings and cmDerors welcomed MN 10
confidential interviews that he had begun life as
bagman. His early employment was we'll suited
In the turn of his character, and our biographer
shows how ably he put it to use:
Collecting accounts aud soliciting orders Tor
rrnsiins and calicOes gave room in their humble
sphere for those high Unborn qualities OF energy,
and sociabllity which in later years produced IIlo
most active and the most persuasive OF popIIiar
statesmen But what made the lie OF q Traveller
so snecially welcome to Golden was the gratihca-
ton that it offered to the passion OF ms ne
mn Unsuitable desire 10 know the auails oI lno
world. Famous men who became MS Ir'ehuS III
the wears 70 come agree in the admission tlaJ lney
have never known q man In Wh0ih thih Iai'
of a sound and rational desire 10 know ana 10
Learn was SO strong aud so lncNhaustlDe. III was
not the curiosity of the iDfantile dabher IN all
subjects random and superficial; ana YET IL was rs
far removed from the dry parade OF tLie mere
t"hrIist and statistician it was not rookish. for
Golden always felt that much OF WHAT Is pest NoiL
knowing is never written III books. Nor was u tle
curiosity of n speculative understanding; you as
wo shall see presently there soon grew up III MS
mind a body of theOretc principles, ana a phlo-
sophie conception OF modern society, round which
fhe knowledge so strenuously sought was h9Ditii-
ally prouped and by which the desire u learn was
gradually directed and confgured. The lntOrma-
ton to be gathered IN coaches ana III lllo cohioI
ri al rooms of provincial hotels was narrow enoup1
In some senses but 1t varied fresh, ana IN rear
matter To man of Cobden's active ana lndepen-
dent intelligence this contact with such DIVERSITY
of interest aud character congenial process
Of education Harsh circumstance had leit no
other education open to HIM.
The Unsuitable desire TO know The affairs of the
world - led him. soon after he had become estaD-
Ushei in business for himself to make short visit
to the United States. MIR. Morley gives some OK
tracts from his letters home during this tour llo3oh
in a country on whose SOIL he wrote, fondly nope
will be realized some Of those dreams OF human
exaltation if not of perfection, with which love
to console myself" lie was always remarkable Tor
natience and good hu,nor under discomfort and
N''''NN $500
his American Journeys. although at that date they
nnst have been severely taxed. He was pleased
npon the whole with the people as well as tho
co,ntry and If some of his criticisms were SHARP
they were not ill-tcmpered. I" 1t strikes me-" he
writes that the organ of sefesteem IS destined &c
be the national feature in the craniums oil thu
people They arc the most Unsuitable gourmands OF
fattery and praise that ever existed" Just before
sailing for home, he writes:
NV Journey may be called a real pleasure trip, fol
without an exception or interruption OF any KIND
have enioyed every minute of the too, too short
time allowed me for seeing this truly magnificent
country No one has yet done justice to the spien-
did scenery Of America. Her lakes, rivers, forests
and above all her cataracts are peculiarly heT own
and when | think of their superiority to all thai
we own in the Old World, and still more. when
Iecollect that, by mysterious ordinance OF Jhcii
CREATOR these were hid from learned ken I'll
modern times fell into the lancliul beer that the
Westeru continent was brought forth 1T a second
birth and intended by nature as more perfect
specimen of her handiwOrk. But how III Inc name
of breeding must we account for the deSenefacy OF
the human form in this otherwise mammoth pro
ouclnp soil? The men are but sorry descendants
from the noble race that begot their ancestors; and
AS for the women! MY eyes have not found one
regiing-place that deserves 10 De caled WnO!e-
some blooming pretty woman since have been
here One-fourth part of the women look as If they
had inst recovered from a fit of the Jahndlce, an
other quarter would in England be termed In a
state Of decided consumption, and the remainder
are ftly likened TO Our fashionable women when
bagcard and faded with the dissipation of . London
season. There haven't ont trO0ped Mrs. TrollOpc,
md overhaued even Basil HALT
But leaving the physique for the morale. My
estimate of American character has improved, con-
trary to my expectations, by this visit. Great rs
was my previous esteem for the qualities of this
people find myself in love with their intelligence,
their sincerity and the decOrous selfTespect that
actuates all classes. The very genius of activity
seems TO have found its tit abode IN the souls OF this
restless and energetic race. They have not. tits
true the force Of Englishmen in personal weight or
strength but they have compensated for this de-
enternfjsfs All is in favor of CELEBRITY of action and
the saving of time. Speed, speed, speed is the
steamboats, in the breed of their horses, and tho
light construction of their wagons and carts; and
i'm the ten thousand cOutrivanceS that are met Will
here whether for the abridgng of the labor OF
months OF minutes, whether "a high-presSure engine
N IL. Ia, fNf,