New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-01-27
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
IrCy,s ESSENCE OF PARLIAMENT.

ITCy,S ESSENCE OF PARLIAMENT.
A DIARY OF THE SALISBURY PARLIAMENT ios6:
tnrniss. svo pp. $50. CnSscll Publishing Com
pany New-York
This volume is the third Of a series recording thc
Parliamentary history OF Great Britain from 1874
10 1892 While it contains formal lists oil INC
measures adopted and the daily proceedings oil each
session. it is not dry and abridged condensation
~ Parliamentary legislation, but bright and
snarklinc narrative of the most interesting events
In the public life of great nation 1t Is "nrlchch
with ninety illustrations from tie practical hand
of Harry Furniss and with Mr.. lucys llght
,ouch and finished style impressed on every page
n is q most entertaining book Possibly the Illus
trations with their broad and free treatment OF
the motors great and small, in the political drama
enacted az Westminster, have the elect oil continue
Gus caricaturc not wholly in accord with the MARIA
tive Ii is not comic history oil Parliament nor
a burlesquc on public Lille. 1t is luminous ae-
count of what happens on that historic I'glsla-
tive STAGE: how the great men make thclr en-
frances and exits and play their parts III grand
style or with feeble and half-hcarcd action 10"
the little men and the chronic borcs make guys
of themselves and empty the benches ana "iaV
happens behind the scenes. where the most charac-
terstic byplay always occurs. Inc LONDON press
contains every morning when the Westminster
Legislative mill is in operation, full reports OF Par
limentary discussion; bat of the secret pontlcai
history of the day, of the play OF light ana
shadow In public life, and Of The action ana re-
action Of the forces Of character belore ana De-
hind the scenes there is no record NIX Lucy
book comprises an epitomc OF what Is air'auy
known about the Salisbury Parliament, ana with
It all the by-play of political life which makes 1t
O drama of absorbing interest.
For an illustration we may refer TO the account
given in these pages of Mr.. Parnells habits IN
Westminster At important crises he would enter
the lobby of the House of Commons walk with
long stride to the postoflce. take his huge bundle
Of letters and disappear toward the library, speak
ing TO no one on the way and apparently seeing
no one in his path. The letters were generally
the accumulation OF week fortnight
MANY of them would not be opened; most Of them
would not be answered. " II saves time he once
said to friend who demonstrated with him on
this habit Of dealing with correspondents HaV-
ing disposed OF his mall he might or might not
enter the House Most often he did not, disap-
bearing by a winding back staircase as silently as
he had entered His lieutenants ordinarily con-
Quoted the business Of the party, and supplied
him with materials when a speech was to be made
or an important letter answered. lie hated large
crowds and small lotteries alike public speaking
was positively painful to him; he was essentially
non-grcgarious An air of mystery i'll some way
added to his power One of his pecullaritics was
that he habitually concealed his address. in the
most troublous times his colleagues did not know
how to communicate with him. For ten years
his most intimate colleagues did not know where
O letter would find him in or near London. When
Mr. Morley was charged by Mr. Gladstone after
the Judgment in the divorce court with the de-
livery of a message TO Mr.. Parncll, hours were
spent in fruitless search for him. Neither Jus
tin Mccarthy, nor his private secretary, Mr.
Campbell. know where telegram would find him.
Thus it came to pass that Mr.. Parnell entered
Committee Room No Is without having had Mr..
(;ladstone's message delivered to him, a crcum-
stance that had momentous effect upon his future
career and the constitution of the Irish party.