New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-04-19
cKrTCH OF HIS CAREER.

~. pner IL
~.s, an eminent man of letters. The maiden name
-. uotbor was Basevi The family, which was
Ioh-ow in consequence of religious persecution
"a aad from Spain to Venice i'll the hfteehtn cen
.rr and il was not until then that 1t assumed inc
r.we Of Disraeli, originally written Dlsraeh' Inc
father of Isaac Disraeli removed 10 Lhgiahu |"
174s. and there engaged IN commercia PURSUITS
For these Isaac was intended, but his STRONG '"S'V
for study occasioned their early aoahuo'nnci', an"
tbe Elder Disraeli as he is frequently c"neu' ue
voted himself TO literary and historical researches
with results well known to all reauers' iio III
tended his son Benjamin for the legai Proi'Sr.'n'
and he was accordingly placed IN soilci'oi oin,''
after preliminary privlt educa'ioh' WIN NV
nrospect of succeeding TO the business WIN" " 40
lucrative But he showed little Inclination 10 Apply
h;mse,f 70 the study of the law, reading Sponsors
aEaerv Oueenr when he should have been busy
with Coke and Blackstone. The only professional
work in which he distinguished himself was III
drawing up prospectuses of joint stock companies
and in this he was an adept 1t is proper here to
state that the Younger Disraeli had been educated
in the Christian faith His personal beauty was
remarkable his manners were distinguished hia
conversational powers remarkably hne' so 'ia' nc
soon became An acknowledged man of fashion and
favorite of the drawing rooms lie was Iaueheu at
for ,his Alterations but women admired him. anu
4 IL said predicted his future greatness. There are
o,iI traditions of his silken hair, his brilliant eyes,
his velvet coat. his white kid gloves irlngcd with
Glib and his ivory cane. Somebody has character
lied him at this time as al audacious and sehu-
mental dandy"
AT the ace of nineteen, Mr.. Disraeli visited Ger
many. and upon his return to England he pio-
,shed in 1927, his highly successful novel 81
xViyian Grey" story Of English manners ana
eociety in which several living characters were por-
+raved and in which he is reputed to have painted
his own picture. The book became So famous
sbat il was translated into the principal languages
Of Europe He himself aftcrward characterized II
asia hot and hurried sketch IL has been stated
that about this time he was Editor OF n daily news
naper called The Representative. but this has been
der;ed I'm 1928 he printed satire, now forgotten,
entitled "The Voyage Of Captain Popana' III
1899 he made a tour in Italy. Greece Albania.
SYRIA Fovpt and Nubia returning i'll 1881. Dur
ing his absence he forwarded to his publishers the
MSS of sThe Young Duke" and of "Contarim
Fleming Psychological Autobiography Inc
latter won high praise from Goethe Heinrich lieinc
and from Beckford, the author OF "Vathck.'
treated OF the development of the poctical nature
and was relieved 10y sketches of foreign lands The
autbor said of the book afterward: " Ii would
have been better If subject so essentially psychic
logical had been treated at more mature period OF
Lfe.n
ENTERING TIE POLITICAL ARENA.
In 1881 Mr. Dlsrae made his first attempt to
enter the House of Commons as "Tory-Radical,"
standing for the borough of High Wycombe IN
Notwithstanding near his fathers residence. His
politics at this time seem to have been little In
definite but he was backed by Hume and other
Radicals. Defeated by the Wing candidate, he tried
the same borough again in 1884 and again failed OF
a return. He now became Tory IN good earnest,
and in 1885 ran for Taunton in the interest OF NT
Robert Peel. Again he defeated. 1t was upon
this occasion that he made his great attack upon
OConnell, whom he characterized as an inccn-
diary" "a traitor" and a liar in action aud
word The retort of the Irish agitatOr is too well
known TO need repetition. Disraeli answered him
In The London Times in n somewhat fcrOcious style;
and also challenged OConners son. Morgan
OConnell, who declined to meet him. Failing i'll III,
potical aspirations Disrae returned to literature,
pubishnc "Tbe Wondrous Tale of ArOy.
Oriental Romance" and The Rise of ISLANDER,
with several political pamphlets. In 1886 hc con
tributed tc The London Tires the letters signed
HRunnynede," which 10y their wit and sarcasm al
tracted great attention. Toward the close of the
same year he published Henrietta Temple love
story and in 1897, " Veneia, Novel the latter
containing portraitures of Byron and Shelley. He
now secured the great object of his anlbition-a
thirty-two years of age. He returned for the
Conservative borough Of Maidstone, mai.ls
through the interest of his friend Mr.. Wyndham
Lewis whose widow he aftcrward married. HIS
maiden speech was failure-the pretensions oi the
fashionable novelist were received with ridiculc.
especially when in his opening sentences he claimed
Ato stand not formally, but i'll some degree yrtu-
ally the representative Of considerable number oi
members Of Parliament" He went on from one
absurdty to another until ironical cheers brought
the unlucky speech to an abrupt conclusion. Also
intely clamored down, he closed with the following
words which have often been repeated :" am not
surprised at the reception have experienced. have
begun several times many things and have often
succeeded at last. / shall sit down now but the
time will come when you will hear me-" This pre-
diction was fulfilled when in July, 1889, lie dcv
cred a speech which was not only listened to but
admired An instance of his audacity about this
time is recorded. The return of his colleague
contested. The lawyer conducting the case having
made some disrespectful alluson TO Mr. lDisrael,
be retorted in a savage letter in which he charged
Mr.. Austin with having used the clustering arti-
Zee Of rhetorical hireling availing himself of-the
gile license of ose-tongued lawyer not only 10
make q statement which was false, but to make il
under q consciousness of its falsehood." These
y words occasioned an action for libel from which
Ar. Dssseh escaped only by making All ample
BIOLOGY.
DIsRAELIs FAMILY LIPE.
The fvc-act tragedy, Count Alarcos." pub
bahed this year. Its most important event the
3 marriage of Mr. Disraeli to Mrs. WyDdham Lewis,
I sAs widow of his friend and colleague. She was
Z $sathy and very much devoted to the fortunes of
~ husband and is universally described as lady
9tke highest culture and refinement. Mr. Disraeli
anself in dedicating TO her one Of his novels char