New-York tribune., 1884-03-09

he ascribes to all Engllslnen tle hpn''S w man
| speeches-after-dinne speeches. at lesS'' 'nouRn
this is an ability generally supposed 70 DC lacA,ns
in the Briton, and to have been developed on this
side of the water 1t is true he describes these
speeches rs being usually"a hOmlly without truce
| or relaxation a steady flow of stupid, monotonous
and colorless phrases" Finally he thinks he has
found the cause of decline in the absence of ma
tional theatre like the Comede FranGase, where the
standard of art can be maintained without regard
10 the treasury and where the best traditions VIII DC
preserved and respected. He holds too that the SUR
ring system has done much mischief, though no io-
comics the fact that where selftaught actor nav
genius they are apt to strike out orlgIn1 'io"'
which come much closer TO nature than the neces-
Sarily fixed conventions .of an INSTITUTION iiN0 '"'
Comfdie Fraucaise The English people however
cau on,,recate GOOD acting is shown by their re-
| oo,t;dr of the Paris company, of an Italian, Ger
| man and Dutch company. But IN LOhuon
tbe theatres are tempted to keep poor pieces on the
STAGE because there is such constant succession oI
visitors that they can be proftably played Il long
time What makes NJ. Dairy most uneasy, however is
the thought that after all such plays as" The World
NAV represent the theatre cf the future-and that
the English in reaching this stage first are simply III
| advance of their age" And he continues 1t is
perfectly certain that the drama is a literary form
better adapted to young than mature civilizations
Old Europe vearns after more profound and Sc
rious injuries inquiries more subtle than can be
dcvcloped by scenic action, and when the progress
of instruction has eveled all classes quite another
kind of thing will be demanded. The Theatre then
has already abandoned the attempt to instruct. 1t
is content to amusc only. Where, hundred years
hence. will be the pieces which applauded to-
dav7 According to all appearance, in the country
of the old moons"
As q proof of his discenment and love of justice
we may point to NJ. Daryls remark that 1t Is
necessary to guard against common error; that
which consists in Judging English actors from
French standpoint" And he proceeds to show that
the dramatic and emotional expressions Ofthe people
are radically different, much so that acting which
| appearod to Frenchman natural, refined artistic,
expressive would seem to an Englishman eXtraVa-
! CANT grotesque unnatural and absurd. As an
illustration of this kind of mistake he cites Dumass
play of Keanr in the Last act of which Kean is rep
resented as calling for glass of eau scr6e. For as
! ne says. " Kcan would as soon have swallowed
pint Of vitrio as a single drop of so insipid never
age" similar criticism is made upon Daniel
Rochat. which turns upon the wholly erroneous idea
that an English girl would naturally object to a civil
marrige He concludes Il particularly interesting
and well-reasoned chapter by repeating his beiiel
that dramatic Academy is what is wanted " 1t Is
an Academy like the Comcdie FranGaise, yeritable
Shakespcarinn Institute, that Great Britain needs.
And five required any motive for attachment TO
and apprsciation Of our home of Moere, we should
find it in the present condition of dramatic art with
| our ncghborS.'
The men of science and the poets are clearly not so
familiar ground to author as the press and the
drama In regard to the first he is chiefly struck by
the impunity with which they attack the religious
convictions of large part of the public and the
manner in which they retain their authority despite
their hctcrodoXy OF the English poets he does
not appear to know very much. lie does not like
Tennyson. because the latter has expressed low
views OF French governmental capacity. But he
ayenges his country upon the Laureate by such
translations as the following:
"Oa Les tambours ne palpsoai plas-o4 les <eadards
DE- bdidle serORt TOts pour t0UOrS sur toS hdmPcs,-
dGRs le Parlemeat humaH 81 Ia Fcd ddti0n du mOnde'
1t is rather curious that VI. Daryl seems to be-
lieve in Browning, because it is simply not credible
! that any foreigner should understand that poets
! works
! The second part treats of the Parliament and the
municipal corporations, and though compiled with
much care and remarkably free from blunders, it is
naturally less AMUSING thon th~ viroPtc1s aiready
| uoticed. TWO items in the account one is tempted
| to dcmur to. One is the statement that when
! member Wi shes to address the House of Commons
| he always has before him glass of water with
more or less spirits in it," The other is parlia-
mentary anecdote illustrative of the complete sub
lection of some constituencies to thor representa-
| tives. One day the member for Falkirk the
| Derby with his horse Thormanby. AZ once he telc-
graphed to his constituents: 3h. 10m.: Ihormdnby
came IN first. A half-hour later they replied
| 3h. 4Om.: Fdikirk is getting drunk as one man.
| Mr.. DARYL gives sketches of the Parliamentary
leaders, but he evidently prefers Charles Bradlaugh
to all the rest, aud looks upon him the coming
man. He is upon the House Of Lords. and in
his account Of the English aristocraey he for the
! FIRST time gets into water manifestly beyond his
depth His description of an English lord deserves
to be quoted for its idealisn, but not a correct
picture Of the actual phenomenon:
In the first place his nobility is almost as posi-
! tive, 40 clearly proved as that Of his own race
horses. lie has his stUd-bOok, where he is in-
scribcd with his order aud his rank without posi-
! bic error confusion. He dates from such year,
he is marquis Of tins viscomt Of that, he has pre-
/ Cedcucc over such and such of his colleagues and
| over three hundred millions of British subjects
! while such and such others walk and sit before
him. These privileges are not simple affairs of
| tom and courtesy they are regulated by positive
prescriptions and have the force OF law The noble
! man has the right ol chtIy 70 the queen at an
times and cannot be arrested for debt, to the
state. II criminal he escapes the jurisdiction Of
! the ordinary tribunals, 10 be tired by his peers.
! From father to his ancestors were
ried within their caste scarcely ever TO
strangers, still less frequently with the daughters
of tTautrs or jewish bankers. He is an eldest son.
as his father an eldest son, his grandfather
also, and all hi, predecessors. All married
for love young girl OF their choice, and egtmacy
is hard ~ knO II among them. On both sides the
arIstOcTacY have had from time lmcmOrial habits
at refined and active From father 10 SON. and
from mother 70 daughter, they hunt and hSh, and
ride, and live with grand air in princely resi-
dences, and surrounded by all that is choicest
IN nature and art. The family fortune IS enormous,
inalienable, and continually increasing. II Is not
enlarged by marriage, for mercenary union are
very rare in England nor by vulgar speculation.
but upon the rent of land, the revenues of which
double every fifteen years by the sole effect of the
Increment OF value. This income is twenty, thirty,
a hundred thousand pounds sterling This continues
through generations. and generally through ages
OF course the young lord who the latest product
of this system cannot regard human affairs from
the same angle as his compatriot Mr. Smith or Mr..