The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1888-01-22

member the t~horoughness with which that
cardinal article OF an Englishman's faith tsixty
years ago) that every Englishman could thrash
three Frenchmen. was enforced with entire
success on my youthful mind. I can hardly
lnd II in my conscience to blame an Americans
pride in his country. Why, good heavensl what
an insensate block no would DO II he was not
proud OF his country. to whose greatness, It is
TO be observed. each individual American now
extant has contributed In a greater degree
than can be said to be the case as regards
England and every extant Englishman, mas
much as our position has been won by the
work Of, say. a thousand years, and his by that
Of less than a century. Surely the creation OF
the United States as they now exist within that
time 10 such a feat OF human intelligence and
energy as the world has never before seen. and
is scarcely likely to see again. l confess that
the expression Of American patriotism is never
offensive to me. Heel somewhat as tho old Corn
ish wrestler felt. who said, with immense pride.
when he was told that his son had 'whopped'
the whole parish. 'Ay, I should think sol Why,
he has whopped me afore nowP" After this
what American citizen will not wi that Mr..
Trollope has made ample amends for any old
derelictions associated with his family name2
The most interesting recollections OF the au-
thor's life ut Oxford are connected with Whate-
ly. Owing to tho non-occurrence OF a vacancy
among tho scholarships at New College, to
which foundation Mr.. Trollope's position in
his form at Winchester would have otherwise
entitled him to proceed, he matriculated at AL
ban Hall. OF which Whately was then princi-
pal. Mr.. Trollope dissents from the current
opinion that Whately. as q teacher or super
visor Of tuition, was the right man In the right
place. The future Archbishop" was always
firing far over the heads Of his hearers. md I
Il - ALt-I, ALHA !. -Ah@ rr0- lH-k- A.
driving. pushing. hustling an idle and very
backward and unprepared collection OF
youths through their little go and
pass Quod erat in potis." Mother does
he think that any one would be justified
in speaking OF Whately's " delicate consid-
Grafton for the feelings OF Others" He recalls.
apropos OF the imputed d~elicacy. the following
circumstance It seems that a large party Of
undergraduates were dining at Whately's Ia
Bile. and Mrs. Whatcly was asking the young
man who sat next her what was tho general
opinion in the hall on tho Reform question.
when Whately. who, at the bottom Of tho table,
had overheard her. called out, Why don't you
ask what the bedmakers think?' I have little
doubt" adds Mr.. Trollope. that the opinion Of
the bedmakers might have been ascertained
with an equal or perhaps greater degree Of
profit. But 1 cannot think that the principal
showed much niceness Of consideration for tho
feelings OF his guests" Whately seems to have
had a prejudice against public schools in gen.
eral and Winchester In particular. and 1t was
doubtless due to the fact that Mr.. Trollope
was n Wykehamist that. on the score Of a
shortcoming chargeable not to himself but to
his father. he was treated with needless Sc
verify and forced to exchange Alban Hall for
Magdalen Hall. then the shadiest OF all the
halls, though all in comparison with the COL
-.A .f--tl- l-l- 1900 All- l.
Jury can hardly be recalled even at this time
without some bitterness. Mr.. Trollope renders
full justice to Whately's talents. and adds,
what most readers will be unprepared for.
that he considers Whately to have been the
wittiest man he ever knew" But the wit was
OF a deep and high kind not easily appre-
ciated by those alive only to the amusement
resulting from the detection OF shallow re-
semblances in dissimilar things.
II.
Among the eminent persons In public life OF
whom Mr.. Trollope has something to tell us
from personal observation are Guizot. Theirs,
Prince Metternich, and Garibaldi. We see on
pages 1916 and 1876 what impression was made
on him by the two former statesmen, but 1t Ia
we'll to bear in mind that he was no doubt I'M
consciously Influenced in some degree by tho
society which no most frequented. that. name
iy. of the pdrceQue Bourbons. as those members
OF the Faubourg 81. Germain were called who
tolerated Louis Philippe because he was at
least q descendant Of Louis XIII. ITO both
Guizot and Theirs" says Mr.. Troliope. II had
the honor OF being introduced. II I were
to say that neither of them seemed to mo
to have entirely the manner and bear
ing Of a gentleman, I should proba-
bly, DO thought to be talking affected and
so in the ordinary English everyday use OF the
term. What / mean Is that they were both OF
them very far from possessing that grand sei0-
neur manner which. rs l have said, so marked
ly distinguished Chateaubriand and many an
other Frenchman whom / knew in those days,
by no means all OF them belonging to the ar
istocratic caste. party. or class. Guizot looked
for all the world like a village s~choolmaster.
and seemed to me to have much the manner Of
one. He stopped q good deal and poksd his
head forward. l remember thinking that he
was In manner more like an EnGlishman than
a Frenchman, and that 1t was a matter OF curl
GUS speculation to me at the time whether this
effect might have been produced by the fact
that no was a Protestant and IN earnest one,
instead OF being a Roman Catholic. Pos
sibly my impression OF his schoolmaster-
like department may have been the result
OF his manner to me. l was but q
boy with no claim at all to the honor OF being
noticed by him in any way. But l remember
being struck by the difference OF the manner
of Theirs In this respect. All my prsiudices
and all that I knew Of the two men disposed
me to feel far the higher respect for Guizot.
And my opinion still is that 1 judged rightly.
whether in respect to character or intellectual
capacity. Not but that l thought and think
that Theirs was tho brighter, and. In the ordi-
nary sense of the word, the cleverer man OF the
two. There was no brightness about the pre-
mier abord of Guizot, though doubtless II long
or and more intimate acquaintance than was
granted to me would have corrected the i'm
preston. But Theirs was. from the bow with
which no first received you to the latest word
you heard from him, all brightness. or dignity
he had nothing at all. II Guizot might have
been taken for n schoolmaster. Theirs might
have been mistaken for n stock broker, say a
prosperous, busy. busting. cheory stock
broker, or any such man Of business. And II
Guizot gave one the impression Of being more