The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1885-11-08
LITERARY NOTES.


After an interval OF eleven years we have n new
nstallmcnt Of Mr. Charles Grcvillo's journal. I'm
fortunately the editor has cxpurgated what, being
the most malicious, are probably the most interest,"
Ing paragraphs. Nevertheless the present volume
contains much that Ia readable and noteworthy.
Some new things about Wellington are recorded.
Here, for instance, the greatest English general
since Marlborough expresses his opinion Of the VIC
Tor OF Blenheim and the vanqulshed OF Waterloo
We read In the diary, under date OF August, 1913:
Yesterday morning found the Duke Of yelling
ton In mg brothers. room In high good humor.
began talking 10 him about the discovery lately
made AZ Woodstock OF the Duke OF MnrlbUrough's
correspondence, and this led him to speak OF the
Duke OF ELECTROMAGNETIC his character and military
genius, and so on TO other things lie aald that he
considered the principal Characteristic OF the Duke
OF Marlborough TO have been his strong sound sense
ana great practical sagaclty. That II was mistake
to say he was illitcrate; people fanccd so because
Of the way his words were msspelt, but In his time
they spelt them as they were pronounced lie
thought the errors he had committed were owing TO
his wife. As 10 his character, we must not Judge Of
u according TO the maxims by witch men In our
the condition OF affairs Itself produced a iaxiiy;
and, though " was true he communicated
with the Pretcnder and acted double part, that
was no more than many men In France did during
Napolcons reign. The Duke than talked OF the
military. genius Of Marlborough, and said that,
so far advanced since his time tia, il WINS Impossible
TO compare him with more modern gencrals that
unqnes!ionably Napoleon was the greatest military
genius that ever existed; that he had advantages
which no other man ever possessed In the unlimited
means nj his command and his absolute power and
rrcsponsbliiy, and In that he scruped ut any
expenditure OF human life. but, nevertheless, his
employment NJ his means AMI resources was wonder
,n, 81 ,o y, MN lnoi remsmoered TO have heard
1914 to have been Que OF the greatest, II not the
greatest OF his exploits and that he then ruined
and then repeated that nothing could exceed the
abiIlty OF Napolconh operations In that campaign,
the Same way he would have forced the alics 10 re.
treat, which they were, In fact preparing to do. lie
said ne should not have had time 10 get up, hut his
wellington ndded that ar this retreat had taken
place It would not have been disastrous, and the
invasion In another campaign or making peace on
the Rhine, which he Thought they would have DONE"
IN ,ne course o. long and expansive conversation
why Bonaparte had not himself come to Spain TO
attack him, aud u he had with great force whether
piled that he thought Napoleon had satisfied him
self that II would he work OF great difficulty, aud
Mind /" EMBARK and haa he Fr r IL ce"py
would not have driven him out. lie should have
taken up some position and have been enabled 10
Marshals. lie thinks that Napoleon's military sys-
tenn compelled him to employ hts armies in war,
when they invariably lived upon the resources Of
the countries they occupied, and that France could
not have maintained them, as she must have done II
she had made peace. Peace. therefore, would have
fall He traced the whole military system of France
from Us first organization during the Regu. of
spatches asked him how he rcconciled what he
hal said Of the extraordinary discipline Of the
paner OF of e ,afn and m sa a % aS hsS
pundered In the most rcmorscless way there was
order and discipline in their pundcring. aud while
they took from the inhabitants everything they
could lay their hands upon II was done In the way
OF re1usltion, and that they pnndercd for the army,
and not for themselves Individually; but they were
reduced to great shifts food
Mrs. Lucy Hooper writes from Paris that the Eng
lish novelist Shorhousc, the author of John Inge-
sant,' is soon to give TO the world another novel,
which, 1t is hoped, will prove equal TO his nrst
strange powerful book, that placed him at once in
the foremost rank OF British writer's. The history
of that book is as singular the work itself. MIR.
Shorhouse, who is a wealthy gentleman residing In
or near Birmingham, wrote "John 1nglcsant" mr.
teen years ago. 1t was offered in vain to all the
leading publishers of London. Not one OF them
sur novel G IN aS s ANY, To- say 10 Na AN
tecnth Century was thing not even to he taken
into I'M consideration for single moment. SO MIR.
ShorthOusc spent years over hts book, literally as
labor OF love- polishing, rewriting, altering, TIL the
force even Of his devotion to his neglected! work
small number of copies printed for private crcula.
lion merely. This edition was ~ elegant book
fancier's taste could make it, rejoicing In all
inc gl1ies OF supernne paper and PRINT wide
margins, and artistic binding. One of these beauii-
ful copies fell into the hands of an apprecIative aud
Intelligent critic, who forthwith carried the book 10
one OF the great London publishers and succeeded
In convincing him of the great merits OF the work.
So "'Iohn lnglesant. saw the light at last and its
author became famous. lie attributes good deal
of his success and OF the high qualities Of his writing
to the sympathy AMI counsels of his wife. But This
| the lady is wont plnyfully 10 dscaiui, de-
cIariDg that she always slept in,cfa,igaby on the
sofa during The evenings that her husband was
the manuscript very carefully aItert was Completed
After the book was published aud had won lis first
great success, Catholic gentleman. living near Biz
mingham, whose fine oil house had sat Fur the pic
| lure OF one of the prominent scenes of The work.
wrote very civil note 10 Mr. ShOrthouse, telling
him that he had recognized the description OF his
own mansion, and that any day the author chose to
call he would he glad TO show him the interior Of ihe
| house, which was both ancient and curions. Mr.
Shorth0usc accepted with great pleasure the co,i,-
teous invitation, but pressure of engagements pre-
vented him from making the proposed visit for some
| stately old butler of the establishment with every
marx ot annoyance AMI confusion. HIS card was
s up me master OF inc house. ana tue message
he could not possibly receive Mr.. ShOrthouse" Con-
sderably surprised as well as indignant at this I'M
uucour eous treatment, the novelist withdrew. Some
time later the reason for this change OF behavior
| the part of Mr. y. was made known to him. In the
interval between the sending of the Invitation and
Mr.. Shorih0use's arrival Cardinal Newman had pro-
hibited al perusal OF John Ingesant by the MEM
hers OF the Roman catholic Church In England, and
II had been generally denounced by the clergy Of
that denomination throughout The United Kingdom
as dangerous an pern'ciOus anti-Catlioc book
A work of much interest 10 students of military
history IL the Correspondence OF Marshal Dayoui,
Prince of Eckinuhl," which has just appeared In
Paris. The brilliant corps OF able soldiers Napoleon
gathered around him contained none whose career
was more uniformly credtablc than that OF Davout.
lie took part In The expedition to Egypt and on his
| return to France married sister of Gen. Iccerc,
the husband OF the beautiful Pauline lonapartc, and
II Is doubtless TO this connection that his rapid pro-
m tuoI i.ti,,
| Client organizer In the famous camp at Doulogne,
and on the establishment OF the empire he was one
of the fourteen marshals created by Napoleon.
| Commanding the Third Army Corps, he guarded the
passes of the Tyrol while the main army compelled
| The equalization OF Ulm. lie commanded on fhe
| extreme right ut Ausler,z, and on the same day
Napoleon won the battle OF Jena DavOut by bril-.
liant victory ut Anerstadt decided the fall Of Prussia
| As corps commander DavOut was vigorous In
cooperating and was apt to DO found In the right
place AT the critical moment. In tue operations
against the Russians In Poland his Victories ut Gar
| novo Nasielsk, and Golynnia formed an important
prelude to the browning success at Eyan,tn which his
opp1riiaae arrival greatly contributed he was re-
stadt His flank march with the left wing OF the army
from Ratisbon to Neustadt was one of The most bril-
directly 10 tho victory OF Eckmnhl, tic battle
which gave Davont his title Of Prince. lie
reane 10 Pas e u 90 v Masr e wan an
lowed to spend IN France during the Empire. lie
led the advance In the invasion OF Russia, and his
|
Moscow. His dispatches, brief and business. like
though they are, give vivid picture OF the mseries
endured by the Grand Army When the Emperor
was Withdrawing into France for The final struggle
which was to send him to Eba lie detached Davont 10
defend the mouth Of the Ebe AMI hold Hamburg, AMI
he executed his trust with such vigOr aud skil that he
held the ctiy for i've months against beleagncrlng
army OF nearly 100000 men. lie did not yield until
he received the news OF the abdicat0n OF The En-
per0r ana would not then surrender tho city to any
| one but n Frcnchman, and only gave II mp when
Gen. Fouche relieved him OF his command, leading
| his troops back into France uDcoDqucrcd. Hc was
| Minister OF War during the Hundred Days, and his
vigorous protest against the list Of prescriptions on
| the Bourbon restoration forms u worthy conclusion
10 his military correspondence. lie was reinsated
| In his rank as marshal and his other honors, and
died In 1879 at the age OF hfty-three. Among the
| many generals OF whom France IN justly proud few
have served her more honorably and brilliantly than
| Marshal Dav0ut.
| The November VIDE A,rdke opens with fronts.
piece by Iassam celebrating the last OF the autumn
pleasures-a farewell ramble through the November
woods This Is followed by the triumph OF the
plucky herolncs In Margaret sidneys serial, "a New
Departure for Girs.n Mr. Drooks's historical serial,
"The Governors Daughter also ends, with the
marriage OF Mary and Abram Gouverneur and the
cleansing OF Jacob Lcisler's name from faint; and
| Fossy Tangleskein, IN Mrs. Champneys wonder
story, "The Chlds Paradise concludes that