New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-06-19

ministered a severe snub 10 him. OF course the VIII
ride was really In pursuit Of selfinterest ~ INST
owing 10 the anger OF the CouDch, whom ne rae "ie
stalled he did not derive much benefit from MS ooie
stroke but later he got his foot Oh the iadder "e
his wife was chosen to take charge OF the theh
eckly Prince Charles ard lie rose until he WIS crea'u
Earl N Mennlouth. at the ceroHatea OF Charcs l.
The sketch Of Allan Ramsay. the poet, Is fresh ana
entertaining. and the paper entitled Edinburgh
through the Dnndas DespOtism' Is curious pc'urs
OF political condition which, according 70 all theorics
ought 10 have been full Of abuses and oppfcsson' ye'
really appears TO have been tolcnbc that grea'
many by no means wicked people regretted Its tcnina
don. II was that peculiar period during which Harry
Dundss may be said 10 have carried oil Scotland III MS
pocket There was at this time snch thing ms a free
public opinion In Caledonia. pnndas held all the po
ltical strings and pulled them to suit hiTDs"h lie ap
pointed his friends and connections t. MI the omces'
lie created whatever views we're held. lie put down
summarilv whatever bold ana disaNected person al
tempted TO spenk or TO write oginst Ids government
This state Of things continued for many yenrs ana yen
somehow, Harry Dundns remained the most popular
man IN Scotland. There was some solid ground for this
popularity for when at last his political foes got the
upper hand in London. and undertook 10 mpehch him
Of high crimes and msdemcano-s they failed sgnallv
In proving anything and the accused ~as acquitted
trlumphantly amid great Scottish reiolciDgs.
Tho paper on "Lady Wsrtaw and the Baroness
N1irre discusses TWO exh1npics W sc'h
Ing coucealncnt Lady Wardlaw as Is now well known
wrote the fragment entitled Hardy knutc," which
long believed 20 be old ballad and the fire and
spirit Of which eary impressed upon tho mind OF
Sir Walter Scott. II included BY Percy In his
Reliqnes Of Ancient English Poesy," though In the
editions OF fhe close ~ the eighteenth century some
explanations apd queries wrr printed with It, The
discovery of the authorship lid to attempt TO fnstcn
upon Lady wardhw the responsibility for several
Professor
holds that this suspicion Is foundcd, and that Lady
Wardlaw wrote Iadyknute" only. The Baroness
Marine was the author Of 1.-THE Land of the tea"
Until the day OF her death nobody knew that this lady
had written line Of poetry md vet says Pro
fessor MacSOn. for fifty years, no less people all
round her had been singing her songs and ulklne
about them with admiration. and plrases from them
had become household words throughoI, Scotland. and
some OF them were universally spoken OF the finest
Scottish songs thu SONGS OF kccrcst aud deepest genius
since those Of Burns" Another beantiu. song
written by her was "Calrr fIcrrin." she also
the author OF The Laird OF Cockpen," and Of
number of ringing IacOblie lyrics.
Among the remaining papers In this volume that
on "The Last Years Of Sir Walter Scott" and those
"Carlye's Edinburgh Life" will probably be- found
the most Interesting though The sketches OF John lIl
Burton and DR.. John Brown, OF Edinburgh. Will BE-
found flll Of fascination. Professor Mason has
evidently taken Infinite pains In rs all his
papers. verify his facts to the minutcst point and
his strong and picturesque style makes these essays
very agreeable reading.