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was brousht up 1t the Byxansiuih court. wha,
| he gained there, however, Was keen. epprc,
/ pihtioh 81 the adysntaSes' ana comforts d
civilization rather. Tran hbY sbecfiic InstrnS.
,ti6n In the hrts of eiyttizsd life. Though fond
eflths conversation OF learned men. he was, we
arp told. uplstteued. and 80 clumsy with the
pen that after ten years Of reienina, he wns
| still unable to form without assistanoe the fouI
letters tTheo) which were affixed as his 9 Ign
| manual to documents Issued ID his name. In
order to overcome this difficulty, no had a
golden plate prepared with the necessary
letters perforated In It. and drew his
pen through the holes. But, though
he could neither read nor wrile. his
shrcwdness and mother wit caused his
sayings to be remembered by his subjects.
One OF his aphorisms was: HE who has gold.
and he who has devil. can neither Of them
hide what he has got" Another was Tho
Roman. whom in misery. initiates the Goth
tho Goth. when in comfort. initiates the
Roman" In difficult case which came be-
foro him he discovered the truth by an adtoit
device which may have reminded the by
staniers Of the judgment OF Solomon. A young
widow. under the influence OF q suitor whom
she loved, disowned her son by her first mar
riaRe and refused him his share OF the prop
erty left BY his father. The case came before
the Kings Court, whore the widow persisted
In tho assertion that tho young man was a
stranger. Suddenly the King turned around
upon her and snd: This young man is to be
thy husband: command thee to marry him" I"
The horror-stricken mother then confessed
that he was indeed her son.
Even py orthodox writers who were his ene-
mics Theodotio was extolled as :" q lover OF
manufactures and n great restorer OF cities"
But 1t is the chief glory OF his reign that the
condition OF Italy. both as regards the pro-
ducers and tho consumers Of its food supplies.
was moro prosperous than 1t had been for
centuries before, or than 1t was to be for con-
turies afterward. Thanks to the prevalence OF
order and good government. the long prostrate
agriculture srrang up like grass after sum
mer shower. The peninsula. from a grain i'm
porting. became grain exporting country.
A Scholars Advice to Tourists In Eng.
lnnd.
Now that good Americans. when they die. 20
to London instead of Paris. nothing Is moro
welcome han a book hat tells us with authority
what Is bost worth seeing in England. II there
Is any man qualified to discuss instrnctively
and agreeably the hundred aspects OF the SUBJ
ject, it is Mr.. GOODWIN SMITH. end they who
contemplate n Trip to England tNIacmil-
lans) will be lucky II they follow his advice. In
little book OF l4O pages he tells them pre-
clsely where TO 70 and what to look at. in
order to recall to the imagination the
England OF the ancient Britons. Roman
England. Saxon England. the ENGLAND
OF the middle ages. the England OF the Tudors.
the England OF tho stuarts tho England OF
Anne and the Georges. all OF which are repre-
scnod by their monuments Being. however,
not only a scholar. exceptional In the breadth
and variety Of his accom- plishments. but also
man OF the world. Mr. Goodwin Smith has
much information to Eivo us about the pros
ent as well as the past. and they who purpose
to visit England. and especially those who
think Of becoming sojourners In the land. may
do we'll to ponder heedfully what he says
about contemporary society. Especially use-
full and interesting ure his observations on tho
great public schools. the universities. the Lon
don clubs. and the general tone and atmosphere
OF life in Mayfair and Belgravia AS to tho
and the spirit in which these topics
are approached. they are characteristic OF the
author. No one has ever pretended that the
writings OF Mr. Goldwin Smith want wit and
epigram. but it has sometimes been ALLEGED
that they are lacking fn humor. We are not
sure that We do not value them the more for
that: II humor IN any pronounced and OBJ
trusive form were present We might not carry
away the deep and Interchangeable impression
that We have been in tho company Of one OF
the sanest, soberest. and wisest OF men. After
all. there Is one thing better than 10 be am mused
to be enlightened.
L.
Mr.. Smith begins hy taking his imaginary
tourist. who desires his knowledge OF England
to be acquired in the historical order. to those
places in the British Isles where may yet be
seen some memorials of the aboriginal Briton.
lie reminds us that on Exmoor. where the Wild
stag finds u shelter. there are still discerntbe
in hut circles of British villages some traces
Of the habits Of the primitive Britons. or
their wild tribal wars. there are ye.
extant monuments 10 the numerous
earthworks once for s or places OF
|efuGe. which crown many hill. AS the
largest and most striking example. Mr.. Smith
mentions the triple rampart Of Maiden Cas-
tle." on the hill near Dorchester. We can
not help wondering why he did not name
Ludlow also; Tor although the existing
ruins are OF medieval origin. and the ca tie OF
which they are vestiges was occupied by the
Lord Warden Of the Marches lit was in q room
over the gateway that Milton wrote "Comus"
In honor OF the Earl OF BridGewaters daugh-
teri. yet the conicul hill on which the castle
stands was undoubtedly a British stronghold
in early. il not In prehistoric. times. Passing
10 the dark and bloody superstition OF tho
Britons and their blind submissiveness to
priestly power. Mr.. Smith points out ono
Of these traits in Abury. with its
avenues OF huge stones and great circular
and another In StonehenGe. which |
seems to have been temple and which. how |
,ver it may disappoint in size. will not disap-
point in weirdness. should you como upon |
It some dark evening on the lonely OK
panse OF Salisbury Plain Mr.. Smith does |
lot permit the reader to imagine that the in
crest OF such Celtic monuments belongs |
merely to the past: on tho contrary. he re-
minds them that they are tho records OF u race |
which lives. keepin: much OF its original char
lcter, both political and religious. in these
3arts OF tho two isles whore tho Celt found
'efugs from tho Saxon-in the hill country OF
Deyonshire and Cornwall. In tho Welsh noun
aims md the highlands Of Scotland, but above
Ill in lioland. where the weaker race was
sheltered by the sen. Indeed. from one point