New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-11-15
NOTES FROM LONDON.
,rrp,pv personal, THEATRICAL.


,..,.s ora reproduced in to-day's Standard Id con-
sr,,nous positon and type. In Longmdns Magazine
.rrsars An elaborate article by Mr. +. A. freeman
.n q Some Points In American Speech ana Gus
tom.o In The Fortnghtly Mr. James Bryce NJ. ~
a,.conrses at length on Some Aspects vi Ameri-
cau Public Life" These three In one day. Inc
most Jealous American can hardly say IN presence
Of this mass Of evidence that his country Is neg
lect,d In england. The articles are all iriehuiS III
pnrit. II he wants something different In t'ne no
has only 70 turn to Mr. w. Clark RusselPs letter Id
The Ataenqum of Saturday. Mr.. Clark Russeils
protest against the wholesale plundering VI '
novels by the Harpcrs is exceedingly eho so'V
Small blame to him II it is. HIS only trouo'v' %
the later developments show, arises non,
the American publishers when he shonio n"'' Nv
tackled his own.
Iu what the same journal says about the s'"'o u
Cartwright negotiations there must Dc soine ms
80 THAT the American publishers or some OF the
p,ost powerful among them have now oecouio CON
xerted and are advocates of international copy
r;ght is no news. But what is tins about the
Tvpograpbical Union bringing so much pressure 10
baar IN the State Department rs to hinder the con-
,,opt,,n from being transmitted to the sen
otes What convention The Draft treaty
with Its provision for legalizlng pray :"
the ena of three six months aiter pu"i''" .'t
in EnplandR That proposal was met WIZ
snch a storm of obloquy that It's inventors
are understood to have recedeu nun nv
What then, is the convention "nUu 80"
Athea0um refers tot Is ii a convention nio"".u "
s,i, the vieUs of English publishers and snapeo
o., .ho n,ostic hand of Mr. Dolby. the paid agent OF
~ oo,Isaoncs who went to Washington in their
;ntorests9 We all know that what the Engish
,,h,i.hsrs want is treaty which will permit teeh
20 export manufactured books to America and
secrra a monopoly for such books IN the AmeIio"h
market I can well understand Iypogiaph'cai
Union or any other union protesting against suoh
q, trearv as that The AthenGUm SAYS the concession
of international copyright IS regarded as oIeacn
in the protective system. Not ut all. concession
that American editions of English books shouid DC
r,onnf,ctpred in England would be breach
in the protective system. But 10 cohIounu oppoSf
tion TO snch scheme as this with opposition to in
.arnational copvrlght itself is not hat one would
sxnect from journal of literature. VIII somebody
in Tor ont of the State Department let us know
what the real facts are
Not the least interesting thing about Mr.. Bryces
article above mentioned is the fact that 1t is meant
as n ort of antlote to Democracy." This novel;
saws Mr.. Bryce has had great success here and as
u ,aints in strong coors and with great literary
force the corruption and selishness of American
nnblic men il has produced some effect upon Eng
iisb onipion. The Caucus and Silas Ratclitie be-
tween them have petty well poisoned the chsush
mind Mr.. Bryce whose Intelligent irlendshlp lor
America ia known to us all, has sought TO do what
he could in this article to prevent Englsnmen
from misiudging America" He does not bilnS
matters there is plenty of plain speaking about the
worst aspects Of American politics. but thls Is ME-
Bryces conclusion:
9Tak,nC the American political system as a
loss c1uspicuous than the lights. If 1t is to he
indeed by its tendency to promote the welfare ana
socurjty of the individual citizen and give free
scope to has executors dispassonate observer Will
pronouuce it superior to those OF France or Ger
MANY or Italy, and will perceive that IL has solved
,ome problems which we in England have still to
solve"
Mr. Escott makes brilliant start with his first
number Of The Fortnightly-plenty of celebrities
and plenty Of readable articles. The timeliness OF
tbair snbects denotes the true journalist, while OF
outspoken independence which also, nope, dc
notes the true journalist, there is no LACE. But
there is something more curious still The article
an IN. State of the Opposition" by Two Conserva
lives elects protest from the leading dairy organ
of Conservatism paper with which Mr. Escott is
himself connected rs a writer-aud a very able one
of ~ hat we call editorials, and the English by the
preferable name of leading articles or leaders. The
summary of Home and Foreign Ahans. which
Mr.. John Morley originated is continued, aud here
again the line of thought is by no means in haf-
mov With Conservative ideas The closure is adj
yocated which the Conservatives oppose. Inc
Land Act, which the Conservatives proclaim a
failure is pronounced a SUCCESS The Jlngo-Con-
servative demaud for the annexation or protec.
torate of Egypt is roundly set down as uuwhole-
.ou,e swapper" And so on 1t is all done with
nd her
else does one miss the hand of Mr.. John Morley,
whose gilt for summarizing events with picturesque
lucidity amounted to genius.
Mr. Matthew Arnold's Liverpool Address" is
unfinished in the November Nineteenth Century, In
this will lie fonnd in Its correct form the passage
Luther. AS reported or commented on Ill some OF
tho pauers II as made to present Luther as an ex
ou,nls of lucidjty and at this there was q little
Iouob because Mr.. Arnold had elsewhere labelled
Luther Philistne. 1t Is hard to think OF PILLS
tine as prominently lucid person, and so critical
peope began TO ask whether Mr.. Arnold was chang
inc his polnt of view. But the corrected passage
shows the true meaning clearly. Promising that
yoitaire was in France during the last century the
principal agent in the prodiglous ravah Tor
lucidlty then going forward. he says:
I'VE all of us admire Luther. Conduct is three
fourths Of life. and man who works for conduct.
therefore, works for more than a man who WORKS
for intelligence. But, having promised this, we
may safely say that the Luther OF the eighteenth
century aud of the cultivated classes was Voltaire
As Iuther had an antipathy to what was immoral.
10 Voltare had an antlpathy TO what was absurd.
Both had fauts-great faults But both OF them
made war upon the object OF their antpatby with
such mastery power, with $50 much conviction, so
much energy. so much genius, that they carried
their world with theni;-Luther his Protestant
world, and votare bis French world and the Gull
tvated classes throughout the Continent of Europe
generally"