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ing at the sight of their prey and the men s anu
women spurred their horses ON for the last be,d
Excited EXPLANATIONS escaped IRON thS m T %
thew laabed their tired stoeds and cry OF Oo on,
Nimbus - fell on Farwelis ears II had come from
this Ii ps of Gladys; and as he looked st nct no
wondered where the teider expression eouiu na''
vanisbed which had stirred his heart an hour ago.
She was tiushed and her eyes sparKled WIN s1-
cItement She struck her horse and prgeu nlai
over the last wall a. Jockey sisadI and Which
had mo sound of her natural voice in it, she SWEPT
across the field even with the huntsmen' anu ioao
And d' the foIi well, he was only stupid little
creature after all and quito dazed by tho suadoh
light by the cries of the hounds. and the
of all these men, women and horses, ne gu no.s
Int hmm mn an the stone wall and look wonder
ngly at the superior animals VINO hao coho ~ -~'
| TO lind him. x hin. bs rs.lized
what NJ all meant-that IL was 10 take us III
little life that all these great creatures-or nma
| and delicate women, BOUNDS s anu moi
| out on this bright summer afternoon -. Dr. m
lie rsaiized ~ hut too late even to try for an
escape. He looked about him over strange open
country with fields on either s s a1 looking at the
animals, guided by their king, man. VINO were ho"
close upon him. .+t ~ III.
foremost hound fasten his throat; and then al
was over and In space of time something ess
sixty seconds. the Master of the iluto "pPb,cb sIs
Miss Carleton with the brush vi lho ioA "i'' '
hung ut the pommel OF her sauuio'
The hook Is apparently the work OF an unframed
and unaccustomed writer. and considered as sucn
NAV be pronounced creditablc But he-or she'-
In writing another should remember tna' soo'o.9
novel; without intellectual grace and the SPARKLE
of wit is a dry twig on the mighty stream oil cur
rent literature.
LIFE OF THE RIGHT REV. SAMUEL VIII
BERFORCE, d. D.. Lord Bishop OF oxford ana ma
diaries and correspondence. BY A. r. AsHwELI,
M A.. and REGlSALD g. wnBERroRcE: Abridged ABB de-.
t ,raplo p.e syo. pp. t5s E. p button & Co
Abridgments of books which are worth reading
are seldom good this one is very bad The English
edition of the life of Bishop Wllberorce appeared
in three volumes of which the first
was written by Canon Ashwoll, and the
second and third were edited by Mr.. Reginald u.
WIlberforce, the eldest surviving son OF the Bishop
Out OF these three volumes the American editor has
thrown together volume which has not even the
merit of being honest. Tho publishers,
who have SO often shown that they
know how to make beautiful books, have
done their part in this case by issuing it
poorly printed on poor paper, with many lne1cus-
able misprints and with portraits that are traves-
ties on the art of wood-engraving. An abridgment
of the bulky English edition was both proper and
necessary for the American admirers and
friends of Bishop Wilberforce and would meet an
actual want. This attempt not only q failure,
but mischievous.
A few instances of its defects may be given. The
introduction is entitled Introduction by Canon
AsbwellD This title tells an untruth; for as mat
fer of fact a considerable portion OF Canon
Ashwelps introduction is omitted without any in
timation being given that such is the case Ana IN
tn. norton of the introduction that given, the
American editor has made verbal changes the sig
nihcance of which cannot easily be perceived.
Again. in regard to the letters ian important part
of every biographical work good faith has not been
observed 1t Is not so much that few ara gwen IN
the American edition, though more ought certainly
to have been selected. But those that do appear
are SO garbed and twisted out OF shape
that they would better have been left out entirely
Three methods of muiiating the letters have been
employed by the American editor. Sometimes I'M
portant portions of letter are left out, and the
fact is indicated by dotted lines. This IN
itself is perfectly allowable practice;
but in this book it Is done with so little
Judgment that the letters. abridged. convey
falss or wrong impression. Then again, irn-
portant passages are omitted without any indiea-
ton being given to the reader that such is
the case An example of this occurs on page
1913. in a letter from DR.. Woodford. The Amer
lean editor omlts q passage from this letter which
EXPLAINS in what respects Bishop Wilberforce was
in harmony with the three great schools of thought
in the Anglican Church, and especially
how he was on terms of sincere friendship
with many Of the leaders of the Broad Church
party. To omit this interesting passage Is blum
der; to give the public indication that it is
omitted Is dishonest.
Lastly, portions Of different letters to different
people are dovetailed together, that they appear
as one In the American edition. On page
81. for instance. there is letter con
tanning two paragraphs dated January 20, 1884
ond addressed INV dearest Robert"
In the English edition this letter contains three
paragraphs. only one of which appears in the
abridged edition. The other is portion of another
letter to another person, which was written on
June 30l
Enough has been said to show that this American
edition is striking example of nearly everything
that such a book should not be. The English edi-
ton is expensive; but we advise those who are in
terested in Bishop Wilberforces life to buy it III
preference to so exasperating an abridgmcnt.