New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-04-29
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

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long-he is only thirty nine-and nOtvery eventful;
lint he has known many famous and interesting
people and writes of them frankly ana
generally with good taste. Much Of his book has !
TO do with Lord Beaconsfeld, who had the OLA |
habit-smacking of the old-cloman-of calling the
author Dearest" without prefix or suffx. Loro
Ronald describes the ex-Premier in his later
DAYS as taking his retirement ra'ner
bitterly and with gibes and jeers at MS
successor OF Bismarck. whom he admreu anu
personally liked Beaconsheld sald one uay Ai0
is one of the few men that at my age nave o'o"
sble 70 feel real attachment for; but all that Is
car now and were he come to England l should |
NOT osk 70 sec him; there is such thing as SYM
nathv or sentiment between statesmen. nave
+,;led and be would not caree 10
60 mo nor him." When the news
paper arrived containing Mr. Gladstohes
letter thanking the public for their sympathy ior
him during his illness, it reused his rivais ae.u
bumor. Did you ever hear anything Ike that'
said he at reminds one of the Pope blessing all
the world from the balcony of st. Peters"
An that Lord Ronald tells us Of
his friend speaks of man who
suffered more than he enjoyed. Life is an cTn"
or an ANXIETY" ho said sadly when they parted Tor
The last time at Hughenden. My idea of happy
future state is one of those long midsummer days.
when one dimes at nine o'clock"
Tberc are plcasant glmpses here and there of Mr.
Gladstonc-the pleasautest perhaps is that showing
him in a country house rs pouring out such nooas
ofagreeabe kn owledge all day and singing Deauti-
fully in the evening" At Cambridge LoIo hon",I
snent much time with delightful ola
Professor Sedg wick. whom he describes
s. beipq very fond Of smart dress
ing-cown he wore, and abiding to 1t
constantly in the midst of geological and other tax
The old professor was a living page OF history
and loved 70 talk OF former times, and eSpeclay Oh
Rrron nj the University. I've used" he said
won know in 1905 TO wear tights and knee-breech-
es generally black, but sometimes cooTed some
Of Us still wore hairin powder. many with 1t howlhg
down the back Byron was peculiar Tor wearing
loose trousers down to the SHOE in order to cohceM
tbe deformed leg He was unpopular, tacitur N
manner, and only had three or four friends HIS
head was very handsome, the features classical IN
their regularity. NOone thought then what fame he
would ac0uirc" Lord Ronald writes of visits
paid 10 GaIibaldi; of interviews Win Cu
Iyle and Tennyson. and the Empress Lu-
renie: and he gives various aereeaoie
domestic pictures of the future ruler OF England
and his WIFE He quotes his sister Constance west
minister as writing after the recovery of the Prince
from his dangerous illness: q cannot say what an
emotion il was seeing the Prince and Princess.
They were both too nice. He is much thinner ana
bea1-Sbaven bat very unaltered in face, and 50
,-raterul-so touched AT Lucia Lady Bayou AMI !
beinc there 10 see them arrive. We had tea with
them. She looks thin and worn, but so ahoctionat9
Tears in her eyes talking of him; and his manner
10 her so gentle. The Eton boys gave him a good
cheer the old porter at the gate the Castle could
hardly speak. When ! remarkedto him that the
Prince looked wonderfully well after he had passed,
Unanswered. Yes, indeed my lady, doesn he look
beautiiuF"
Lord Ronald is a good traveller, always looking
ON the bright side of things He is too much
man of the world to have the faults of his travel
ling countrymcn. "NO wonder" he says that
we English are so cordially disliked wherever we
20 There is nothing more inSolent TO a foreigner
than an English civilian, unless he he military
FDgshmar.o The conclusions in regard to Ameri-
can WAYS Of so inst a critic are worth quotlhg'
For instance if one entered n room IN club or
hotel one was not met by those assembled WIN
Who the Dash Is this person Whoih none 81 Us
look nor, if one entered INTO Conversation mtod
some one in railway steamer WaSohe glcetcd
with that truly British stare which W tnt CU"n oo
Of insular prejudice md arrogant a>Sun,pIl4n CO..
views as plainly Is words the question, Nh!t thc
mischief DO YOU mean by lLIng TO me WITHOUT
waiting for I'm introduction =
Eyprrcncc has been IN America that if you
ash service from stranger 10 is %'coIueu leA1llg,
v,itLcnt coIde..rnsion o. fuss; that among them
is f,tc OF the snobbisL wish 70 appear 10 those we
do dot know Is greater people tnan we r'aIy 'itl
lttle Of thar disgusting patronage OF manner thI
prevails in Til, country among The ucLer classes,
and none Of tie 10 less disgusting cFhGlhesS vi
manner which as greatly prevails among onl
trsIc,-people and which makes me Tor one
hesitate hciorc asking ny way III tu0 49,
of q weil-dresSed man, or entering SHOP
where one viii if known a. " GOOD c3S'omIeI Do
received by q Hcay mouticd moltdI, az hhI"cS
and rrimaceS who viii think that Ae Will more
readily secure purchaser by showing some aIuGIe
ordered By My Lord TINS or Ny Lady that. On the
. contrary the New-i0rk tradesman or sh"pkeepcI
receives you with cyiity, but without any o. 'hal
cringiness Of manner which seems 70 me Hli1 IcIIs
4, ffoI
low YOU to look as long as you Ike
nj any of the articles his shop may contain,
and w. be equally civil If you purchase or u you
do nos but he viii not rub bis hands ana cohtIact
Ms features iuto lcer; aud II you were 10 SNOW
him your superiority OF positIoA ~ dd.VU.IS I ,o
look down on him as being only U3deSHldni ne
would probably show you that there Is something
more in being citizen or NICH hcpuuiic man
mere sound; and that although 10y may IAN!
yOurself a superior being from nj beng hepup-
Icau orr shopman. he might be able 10 prove TO
Won that one man is as good rs another ,
mixed thus with both classes, and spoke 20 al
with whOml came III contact, and III no s'neic III
stance did meet with anything bGt pcIIttl GlI W.
ltV-thc clvity Of equals. which Is after an Tie
fIleSt admire with all my heart This great pco-
pie our brothers who, although we have tor so
many years presumed to treat them "a poor rcII1
tlOps are IN some forms Of common courtesy anu
general politencss far superior yourselves. c.;,
| grant that the Americans we meet on me CONF
nent OF Europe are often offensive IN manner, and
give a very unfavOrabe impression OF then country
both 10 foreigners aud TO Engl'shmcn; but believe
me these arc the exceptions. As a rnle they are
tho.e Who have Inherited or made fortunes which
fLc know not no spend, and theT" ioTc Ia come
over 10 the Old World which they astoAs Mith thcir
vagarIes and extrayagancos. But 7 woHld be most
unjust TO judge the Anerleanpc9plt Dy meg un,.s'
/ would wish every Young tngl"lmah on Hleal3
and especially OF positior-,o visit the great
country across the Atlantic, and to NIX Win
that great people. He would learn more, By spend
ing few months in the states, Of matters apper-
tanning to humanity and the ways OF the world
not what LOndoners call the world, but the real
world of thought Of intellect, and of the future
than he would by pa 'sing year nj oxford or Cam
bridge OF in tie House Of Commons. young