New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-01-20

the fifteenth century had got to the top of the
wheel, and having rid itself of feudal restraints
"let out" tremendously. Ii was at once madcap
and masterful.
Charles " had too many political nshes to fry TO
be a debauchee The Protestant Electoral Princes
of Germany the ferments of revolt that were
leavening in Holland. Charles's claim 20 Italian
duohes which con1icted with those Of the King OF
France the cumblcus administrative machine OF
the newly-discovered provinces of America, the
power Of the Turks. which mcnaccd Vienna and
might under French insti1ation be cause Of
trouble TO Spain. absorbed his activity and gave
him so much TO do that his constitution was broken
down before he drew nigh to old age. His son
Philip was not gay energetic. His hrst VIE was
Elizabeth of Nalos. daughter OF Henri H. OF Franco
and Catherine lie Mcdic. She was accomplished
intelligent and lovable She had the gifts OF beauty
and Of seusibility and educated along win
Marie stuart III answer to whose appeals addressed
10 her from English prisons the Armada was hnaliy
equipped NJ Gachard does not make PLAN the
influence of Elizabeth Of Valois in launching Spain
in that naval adventure. But he shows That she
was all-powerfu and that she cherished lifelong
affection for the ill-starred Mary.
NJ Gachard's book is 10 a great extent made up OF
letters which he accidentally found in the archives
of Turin. They were written by Philip to Elizabeth
of France and to his daughter. the luauas Isabella
and Catherine. Presumably the latter collected
them. kept them, aud on being married to aPnnce OF
the House of Savoy, took them with her to Iurin
She and Isabella were reared terms of the closest
intimacy with their father. An amusement OF
theirs when they were at the tOddng are was TO
shake sand the letters, orders and edctS that he
penned and carry them to secretaries to be folded
up. sealed and addressed. One of them when she
thus began to render herself useful, was so young
that nurse had to hold her up by means OF string
passed round her waist as she ran from acSh 10 o>h
Ii may be that an attractive, rosy llttie haldgh
Of the lispnT cheTub age transmitted orders 20 the
ftrOciOus Alya to show 10 mercy 10 Inc pI'hSc
PARTY in the Netherlands, or peTc hanCe warrant
authorizing officers TO deliver oyer the jews anu
heretics i'm the dungeon OF the lnqulStlon 70 the
HOLY Office. Much Of the correspondence brought
TO light by NJ. Gachard was written WhIn IhllP
was irving to establish his supremacy IN Iof'us3L'
EliZaLeth of France dead. and the heart 81 the
Nidowcr was bound up in the two little daughters,
one of whom between nine ana ten ana the oIhei
brtv cen seven and eight They were to have accom-
panied him to Portugal, but When they ica'hcd
Badajus news was brought that the roads were
dangerous and that yellow fever had broken ont IN
the Portuguese capital. Philip therefore sent them
back to Madrid, but took with linn an old woman OF
humble birth who had watched them IRON thrlr
cradles This was done to have in his suite some,
body to whom he could talk freely about thcmi ana
10 whom he could read his letters to them ana theirs
TO him. lie not brilliant writer, but tie SIM
picitv and sincerity of his style contrasts strongly
with the involved and laboriously hammered OUT
epistles which he was IN the habit OF writing 10
World and the New.
The salient features of his letters to the Youthful
Isabella and Catherine is Scn>lbllty 10 the ucallitS
Of nature lie misses greatly al Lisbon the night
ngales which he used 10 listen TO AT country resi-
dence in Spain In early spring he makes eAcuf,
sious TO Cntra and other places 10 gather VIA
flowers specimens OF all of which are forwarded to
the PTuccSScs. They Will have lost thcT FRESHNESS
before they reach Madrid. but they Will have kept
their perfume, that invisible grace OF the blossom
which corresponds TO the power OF the good ana
amiabe to command at once sympathy and sympa
thi1es readily Philip l. almost unhappy because
in one OF his country ramb.es lie IS unable 10 ma
a violet "TheTe are snowy jOnqulIs and great large
daisies. The orange trees at ClutTa are laGel VIII
golden fruit. Yellow acacia Imparts bright hue 10
all the groves. Bright red and purple and PINK
ancmOnes in the olive woods. But the sweet
violet whose breath mpaTtS sense OF TtfIc ~hmcut
and whose juices are health-glvmc j, o"h're' no
where Princess Isabella in another letter receives
the Kings atfeCtlOuate thanks Tor sending nm.
wrapped III LOVING ml>sIyc a oG4cL OF ms d'QlIle
over and over again because they had all
passed thOrugh her tiny fingers, and he placed them
on ms desk where they were TO De untIi ne was
about to turn his face homeWard. Don IbIilp mas
had much conversation with gardeners IN Portugal
about plants imported from abroad ana ac-
climatized there. He intends to profit by them to
enrich the fora Of his parks and gardens In many
Of his letters he uclOses parcels of seed which they
are to SOW in their own little parteTes and III the
one that he himself attended to. PhlIlp, daIeSay
would have been landscape painter II ne h4u MOI
been born to govern. rather TO mlsgOVcTn. nations
As "A landscape gardener his best qualities mehU
L9vc crowded ont those dpmoniac ones which gave
hcllish character 10 his reign. observe thJt ms
loving kindness b gins and ends AZ home. In his
description of the scene presented 10 MS view a. ne
stand, out at a window OF "a palace on h'i-nJ nj
lisbon there is not word TO slow that hr tci- ior
the vrctclcs who are tOillug IN the crowded ana !
dark streets Of the city beneath Nowhere does pa
terua feeling for his subjects evnce Itself m hiS
>puHdence. lie has strong idea OF duty. ana
there +, frequent struggle between It and his love
Of nature.