New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-03-10

Of chronological The rugged outlines or head
a e6sn - his fee are w and bleak put o nG' pshaUs
Deep rS T All 81 oS Sse e while his vast mouth With a
Tinnle OF humor ever playing aronn " NJ ks fantastic
bay SRdT Dots the HIS MS GgS dim could never
have been brilliant but his ySlSs his
sneeeb Is fluent not garulous, ent oeSSsmSIins awE
By time bis figure ts sis set possessed Such Is
MAJ wS remains at eighty OF the famous Henry
The man of letters was, however, soon ooreo
bv the eternal round of sameness IN tne Sooi1y
ritral and be records his ennai IN e''0i " A-''
wife: T., london society.
that ii is long time before one mean on any one oc-
gsaS Sst one has and az sso 10 he
time those you met yss'S 9I drive daily in hanson
along Pccady in white 5r sSoG Gf Wellington always
and comca statue ss Of the ae ISaS as
seems ~ y dinner parties marshallng his baton inc NAY
nat OgsSads sFD to mssS S d nang1
you yoore 81 bc are received BY squad 81 TO
unkeys, conds your name IN ma " mn the staircase
one OF ronaes on the landing Then yon go in nS
large salon with score or so ~ concerning the
bSat Of the weather and the ~ The az sae
Thames the solemn procession go e sat MS down. and
nrecsey the same dishes in exactly the sa me same
are placed under our noses, IaIse Of an hour
mo- half the Usual struggle Of crnonos taEsS p,SSg
and tho ladies soar to the snperhA 10 draw nearer
s sur seSt 10 talk politics although nothing Is ever ever
said and pretend to drink tS %n normal twenty minutes
Is cons1 ths solemn question, A little moro wineD
IS popOnnded and SsS al mef to pay the last
Sees.idd Ell ohd ia and to have
Sseompshed the rite in Gsfronshenod By fresh
Infusion nST P,Sn fm ST% and them You
langud ci rTniS1to When YOU like or remain till IL
oScipocR draining the cup to the dress
Motley has an interesting note upon Macaulay's
conversation. regarding which so much has been
said: -,.n. - "a.
1t is always delightful to meet Macs1lsS s en- . 70 SSo
S the pana 70 Observe the friendly anxiety which
every one fegls about his health Dir BIZ hasbmae but
me his somp s 1bon ws bem more like ropy He
was Obliged TO leave the table for few minutes 1n
account Of p9spp ,S OF %et him. think unless no
is much changed that Sydney Smiths descriptions,
rather ps at ts him s eCoSnS he
been represented. on the contrary every ono %sn1s
70 hear him talk and do Sey not StG tank enough To g
Sure mind brlmful as his must spout rortn hn
eontrolhe you w Gnfs p 10 shut himself up again
ANYBODY else wishes TO pour himself out UsnaS
does where he snd daeto ' than spirit
uelIe' Ills brilliant flashes arc only those Of ST
enc according to S H Synss be- Is brilliant and
flashing almost TO palnfulncss, but observe nolhiig
pointed epigrammath or humorous Va ny ~ Mind
to set the table In roar
The outbreak of the rebellion stirred Motley
deeply. and for long bis letters are hlnd win
,atriotio argument and discussion. The attitude
~ the English Tories did not surprise but sun
pained him and he strove vahantly to conquer
pubbc opinion, writing strongly 20 " The Times
corresponding with Bright, Mill. Golden. and all
the friends OF the North. Many Of Brights ana
Mills letters are given in these volumes, ana
most interesting series from Oliver "ehoeh
Holmes. An extract from one OF MilPs epistes
NAV be interesting reading at the present moment
the references 10 - The London Times having
npcuar significance in view OF recent developments
and events
rcprosenting the British Nation, OF course paper
which Is SO largely read sna bought ana 20 o.t mum
amount Of suitability the peoplo that buy H. bgt
tho line # takes on any ps1 n e qnpossd II Is
sometimes better than the public, snd semeamss
i wa" ~ better H. o. "a GGspSaS Uac IN sSs
case owing to the accidental position Of psr'lealaT
man who happened to write IN is9@ Which @sn ~
II could name the man that tho attitude II has Ions
held respecting SvS , ana mo- nov ,s OF INTEREST,"
sympahs Of some one ReTsen SonneGoa Ssrs
10 be sS RtSPSen oS o. inc 0'''''' 10'' '4
UNFORTUNATELY hese papers Toa ags e lS ~ enc
Tines very much In consequence OF tho PREVAILING
notion that Il speaks The opinions OF aii ing ee
q Engnnd Whenever the pG9HS Sy.r m
%ra aS line. writer's ike those Of The Times go
from bad 70 worse, and at last stick at nothing IN the
way Of Pcryese and even ash9nss sr.
natural to those who go on day after day worElng
themselves up 70 write strongly IN a., matter bTc. X wh s
| atmosphere intamcd by thomselves natural, moro
| over, TO demRgo"ism, both here and In America,
| goglsm, which risking no personal infamy by
any amount Of teTgiyersatIon never minds minds O 70
| in time and turn round at tho very moment when the
| tide turns.
curious and amusing letter from Bismarck
| 70 Motley appears unGtr date 1869. II Is written
partly In German, partly in English tBismarckan
English. that Is TO say, with free sprinkling OF
French and Italian. Bismarck. here end in other
letters, refers to song which Motley used TO sing
when they wers at Gotdngen together, about
good old colony times" This song seems 10
have haunted him, and Mr. Curtis states In note
that years afterward the grim Chancellor quoted
It in great speech to the Reichsrath, adding at
the same time that he Ind heard IL from his dear
deceased friend, John Motley"
We must pass over the period OF his diplomatic
service briefly and IL is the easier to do since
Mr.. Curtis has carefully withheld oil correspond
ence relating TO Motley's resignation Of the Aus
TRAN Mission and retirement from that OF st.
James. The reader will regret, however, that
the correspondence of 1901 Is so meagre There
is, in fact, blank during the whole period OF
the Franco-German War, and Motley's observation
Of the preceding struggle between Prussia and
Austria seems to have been strangely restricted,
considering his residence at Vienna when 1t OF
cured, and his special opportunities for obtaining
information But Motley evidently did not like
Vienna much. As he says somewhere, London
society spoils a man for that of the Continent
ind his English friends were always the closest
to him. With many OF them-Lady William Rus
sell, the Duchess OF Argyll John Bright, John
Stuart Mill, Dean MilmAn, Carlyle, and others
he correspondent with some regularity for years
and he WIS welcomed everywhere. In his later