New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-01-08

PRAIsR OF MR.. sTEDMAN's WORK.
LITERARY Rs-MR. BCCHAN-
ANS POOR PLAY-TwELFTH
MIGHT
my cARiE TO Tue TRIBUNE
oo,.rrioht. 1888 By The yepc- York Trfo""e'
LONDON. Jan. 7-Stil another panesS,'o u
Mr. Cleveland appears in " The Niahcnesvei .aSo-s
Ian, That organ Of Free 1raoe o''s ',S .,
that Mr. Cleveland has gained the admiration Q,
-, -, ;rde,endent voters by his ability ana
.,cadfast adherence to Civil Service ana o,her
,cforms and by the boldness with which ne mas
o,,osea the souanderng Of public funds upon iin-
proper objects: and that his prospects OF reeicc-
tion are favorable. The present cue however
Of the British Free Trader is to describe MI
Cleveland's policy as such an amelioration Oh Tue
tariff as will assist the manufacturing INDUSTRIES
of the country This is the language Oh .ne
naner 7 am quoting But it omits to say which
country.
The tacit agreement of the London papers 10
.ecn silence for the present about that Free trade
message does not extend to private life. Not IN
Enclishmau meets an American without the anA-
lens question whether ,e thinks Mr. Cleveland
Is likely to be reelected and Free Trade adopted.
They all consider the sure event TO follow the
other
The Liberal defeat at Winchester seems worse
than H. is because the Liberals talked loudly be-
fore the election Of winning. They never hao
chance of winning What they really hoped was
to reduce the Tory majority Of last year to the
level Of the year before The Tories, however,
have Just about added their two maJorlties To-
gether This is the first serious rebuff Home huie
has experienced in seriously contested py-
election.
The defeat Of the Physical Force party IN the
Gaelic Association may prove important. The
Parnellites and priests beat the Fcnans at Thures
on Thursday The Fenians, it appears do not
mean to accept their defeat, but it is accepted
here as a sign that the Nationalist party intends
to remain Parliamentary party.
Mr. Iabouchere cannot resist the impulse to
amuse himself even at the expense OF his own
friends lie plainly exhorts the Irish TO vlo-
lence in this weeks I" Truth" Stand upon the
old ways with esteemed PatrIck!" cr1es ne.
@They were uncommon rough and nasty ways,
no doubt, but where would you be now II you
had been smooth and nice? You owe your pres
ent advantageous position solely and entirely to
your judcious use of the blackthorn stick Keep
hold of that!" This cynical painness OF speech
in Truth" which Mr. Labouchere both owns
and edits. scares /" The Daily News which he
owns in part but does not edit. Patience J.
exclaims the Gladstonian organ. Moderation'
Self-controll Nothing would more serve to dam
age the prospects of the Liberal party and the
of violence and crime"
The two or three Continental compliments to
"The Tines on its centenary from sources not
very authoritative have been followed by one
which certainly is unique This comes from no
rcss a parsonage than the King Of the Belgans
The Belgian Minister Baron Solyyns. was re-
quested by the King to call at The Times once
and congratulate the conductor OF that journal
on behalf of the King Baron Solvyns was asked
to saw and did say, that the King has been
constant reader OF The Times for more than
quarter of century We desire" adds the
Editor. to express our grateful appreciation OF
Ills Majcsty's courtesy" Almost as remarkable
is the fact that after weeks reflection The
Daily Telegraph" publishes an editorial on the
centenary This violates the first rule of London
daily morning journalism Never mention an
esteemed contemporary" However. " The Tele-
graph" offers The Times" a series Of handsome
compliments coupled with others not less hand
some TO itself.
The weekly Journals with no motives for
reticence, discourse at length on this interesting
anniversary No Englishman who RESPECTS his
birthright is other than an admrer of The
Times observes The Saturday Review, which
adds by way of pointing contrast The most
noisy pretendcrs to virtuous principle are journals
that claim few years of raw apprenticeship, yet
outrage every decency of life.' "T The Specta-
tor declares that " The Times is English in all
points save one-English in its foibles, in its in
dependence of all except its customers, III its
fortitude, and in its occasional brutality. What
it lacks is humor
Mr. Bradlaughs story that Lord Salisbury gave
Mr. Peters check to promote the meeting in
Trafalgar Square is after all to be tested in court
1t is not Lord Salisbury who sues Mr.. Bradlaugh,
but Mr.. Peters. He appears plaintiff, alleges
that Mr. Bradlaugh attacked him maliciously, and
denies that Lord Salisbury ever sent him check
or money, directly indirectly This will afford
the public the interesting spectacle of the Prime
Minister in the witness-box under cross-exami-
nation by Mr.. Bradlaugh.
The " social purity" people have got hold of
Their organ publishes feminine
shrek against the Of nude models in art. This
is understood to be the first note of an agitation
which will be carried into Parliament, where
some such man as Professor Stuart whom Pro
fessor Tyndal unIxindly classified " that silly
creature" will become its spokesman. Any
thing for sensation" is the motto Of their organ.
Social Prurience League" would be a more de-
scriptive name for these people.
"The Athenaeum" has eight-column review
of Mr.. Stedman's Victorian Poets" in con-
junction with Mr.. Gleeson Whites Ballades and
Rondeaus" concluding as follows Mr.. Stcd-
man. by bringing down his study Of the Victorian
poets to tie close of the Jubilee year, has given
Q rounded completeness to the work. which has
already passed into thirteen editions The book
,s SO thorough, penetrating and so judicial in
its temper that to the poetcal student it is quite
Indispensable. In recent criticism there has been
nothing SO acute as his analysis of the coreatons
of Theocrtus and Tennyson. That England should
have to turn to America for its only history Of
Victorian poetry is singular Yet it is gratifying
~ another evidence that the bonds of sympathy
between the two countries tightening every
day"
pathetic appeal to Lord Rowton, Lord Bea-
consfields private secretary appears in q leading
Conservative journal, to 20 to work ON the biog-