New-York tribune., 1891-04-24
LONDON NOTES.
MIR. CAvENDISH BENTINCK-LORD DUP
FERN MIR. FUfNIvALL AGAIN
LORD" ARTHUR-MR. GEORGE
ALEXANDER AS THE IDLER.
London, April 10.

t,no IN whom, the historical name and the his
torical qualities belong. Few or many, they are
fe,vcr to-day than they were yesterday Mr Cav-
ondish Bentinc< was one OF them, and he is gone.
He was n figure in the House Of Commons; not
roitical leader certainly, but man whom othef
men respected. lie had convictions he even hal
nri,cinIes Both are rare. The Radical of the
period, no doubt, thought Mr.. Bentincks princi-
nles were prciudices. but it is probable that Mr..
Rentinck did not deeply care what the Radical
Of the pcrlod thought. His Tory principles were
inborn like n religious belief; you either have
if or Won have not in neither case are you called
unon tn render a reason. The days when this
state Of mind is possible 10 great multitudes OF
peopIe in England are passing. Darwin and the
Fducation Act of 1870 have made it, if not yet
imnossible more difficult than IL ever was
MFR. Bentinck was born and came to manhood
before Darwin or Darwinism or the Educauon
Act has been heard Of, and was product OF MS
own time. and remained to the day oil hiS death
what he had been in early life If he had spe-
ciaIty i'm life it was not politics, but ART "hch
i, smoke in the House it upon art more often
than on other subjects, and he vas Listened 70.
lie had sound knowledge of it, and man WIN
sound knowledge of any subject II he has iofce
Of character enough 10 refrain from Delng
bore. can generally make sure OF oeln% neafd IN
this difficult assembly. He had, however, IN tie
eyes of his own party two great merits as poll
tician. lie voted straight and he had secure
hold on \ doubtful seat Whitehaven is a sort Of
Mace where the Tory majority is narrow-about
100 votes in a constituency Of between two and
three thousand Such places usually wobbe;
return Tory one day and a Liberal the next Mr..
Bcntnck kept his seat for quarter of century.
His personal qualities attached people 70 him; he
was original. even odd in manner; CHEEKY, iaunty
in bearing with all his seventy years and with
,nuch of that good humor which is n force in
poIitics. The modern Radical likes sourness bet
ter but all people are not Of his way Of thinking.
One claim, at least. Mr.. Bentnck had on Ameri-
cans His son married an American wife-a Liv-
ncston. lie, too. is in Parliament. The Ben
tincks are. by descent and klnship, among the
great families of England. The Duke of Port
land is Bentinck; head of them all, ! suppose,
descendant Of William the Thirds Bentinck
Lord DuTerin is a man with many titles TO re-
gard and one Of them is that he knows his own
mind. lie has opinions and the courage of his
opinions There has been discussion lately
there is n discussion very Often-On the question
of whether Greek Latin. but especially Greek,
might not he left ont of modern education. There
have been letters on both sides Of this question;
from people of emnence who advocate and from
people of eminence who oppose the nineteenth
century, heresy of extnguishing the classics. But
nobody. | think. has spoken out exactly as Lord
Dufern speaks. He says: ." | cannot conceive
the meaning Of the term education if either Greek
or Latin is to be excluded 1t is well
said The of science and the
men who call themselves practical may
rage. bat they cannot much diminish the value
which belongs TO such declaration that, coming
foe, mol cobo stil loe. from
pcdant. but from most accomplished and genial
nan o. the world.
1t was in his address Lord Rector to the
University of St. Andrews that Lord Dufferin laid
down the proposition ! have quoted He would
probably like to have it added that he insisted
strongly, also, on the study of modern languages,
and that he is for learning both ancient and mod
ern by the most expeditions method. lie had, in
short the audacity to advise the use of cribs; to
prefer practical knowledge of any foreign tongue
TO scientific knowledge: or, at any rate. to
postpone the scientific study Of grammar till
vocabulary and the power of reading 1uently has
been acquired.
Mr. FurnivaIl is discomited, and-which is more
wonderful-almost seems to know that he is. lie
referred rs ALL as said the other day. to Schmidts
Shakespeare Lexicon for examples proving that
Shakespeare used like" rs n conjunction. Inc
two leading examples in Schmidt are from acts OF
Pericles' admittedly not Shakespeares ana
not RELY on these" now says Mr.. Furnivall. Then
why did he refer us to them? asks the bewildered
student lie does rely on Lucrece, 50G-7
Uk. a faulcon towering in the skies
concbctb the fowl below with his wings shade.
Rut there again the use is equivOcal. Then he
adduces n passage from Midsummer NlghJS
Dream. ". |, 17S which can only be made to
serve his purpose by accepting purely conlectural
cmendation in place of the reading on which the
Ouartos and the First Folio are agreed. Then he
nroceeds to beg the question in most Fur
ivalIiStic manner. There is a line in the venus
and Adonis which runs, His eye which scorn-
fully elstens like fire" That would seem TO the
ordinary mind plain enough, ana ot no aVall 10
,1r rrrnivaU Like is not there conjunction.
Oh yes, it is" cries he and he CONTENDS that IN
all sucb lines YOU should understand another
" ,listen." so that Shakespeare had in mind to
GOV. gIistens like fire gstens." lie twists two
other passages in the same way hut does not
odducr one i'm which the text makes " ike a con-
iunction And on the whole, most people VIII
nrafer Shakespeare as he wrote himself 10
Shakespeare like he is wrote by Mr. Furniyal
man capoble of now saying " like he is wrote" Is
capable of anything.
The English lord in Mr.. Bronson ilowards play
" The Henrietta" is said to have been hit IN
Nc,y-Yorly lie is not admired here, where the
species is perhaps better known than in America,
though not more carefully studied. Mr. Howard
has. in fact done just what he laughs at the
Young clubmcn Of New-Yorl for doing; he has
modelled his lord from copy, not from an original
II is not the gentleman, but the gentlemans gen.
tleman. Nor has he taken the trouble 10 geC aii
| his details accurate. The wife OF this nopehah >
| so7 addresses her husband, even IN her thoSo
! intimate talk, as Lord Arthur she "ouiu noO
do that in real life, and ii is no answer 10 say se
is an American, for nobody Is 80 qulck ~ no'ioc
"1.alo. - corjnct and minute social distinctions
as the American Girl
mot the other day an interesting American
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