New-York tribune., 1894-01-07
DEAN STANLEY.
III.
HIS VISII TO AMERICA IN 1S7S-liIS M
PRESSiONS-AND THE INFLUENCE OF
AMERICA ON HIM.

London. December o.
The account OF Stanley's visit to America in
1873. given IN the Life. might have been fuller
would have been no doubt If Mr. Pro,hpro had
had American readers very much in mind. As
AZ stands IL contains not few points Of inter
est The Dean resolved the visit We are
told with infinite msgivings," due. appar-
entity 70 his state o. health. Eut he writes to the
Queen that he enjoys the sea- land nave often
felt that could never quite understand Europe
till had seen America" ]; is n good feehng
with which TO undertake the exploration or
Ancrica-,he feeling that the New World Is to
interpret 10 him the dark places Of european
history. and Of the social and political organza-
ton OF the Old World Mr.. George Grove-now
Sir Georgian old friend. and DR.. Gerald liar-
per- a young physician. accompanied him His b.
ographcr speaks Of his visit az campaign
and he provided himself with the munitions or
war in the shape Of books about America not
only histories but IJswthorne's and Fenmore
Cooper's novels. which he eagerly deVoured
He seems to have expected to be called On 20
pass an examination ct ;he Custom House Tor
he writes from board ship that he can re-
peat the names Of all the Presidents. ana eX-
plain the II Gaming OF Republican and Democrat.
Few Enelshrnen can do that. lie landed at
Boston and saw the sun setting behind its
harbcr as Il does in the window at Westminster
Abbey" which seems odd. SAYS Mr.. Prothero:
He did not close his eyes to the defects OF the
American people. but he came. as was MS
wont. determined To see the best points IN 'he
National character And he saw them. His ex-
pcdition proved TO be one long Ovation The
most generous hospitality was everywhere
offered him. and it combined with
thoughtful Kindness which he had scarcely an
icin cd 10 ha1
friends in America: to many he was known by
his books whiah possessed that rare power OF
making the personal life and character or their
author real and vivid to their readers. Others
knew him BY his reputation as an eccleSiastic,
n man Of the world. man Of letters; others
welcomed the opportunity of reciprocatihg many
little acts Of courtesy done to American traV-
ellers al Westminster Abbey; TO others the mem
Ory OF Lady Augusta OF OF Sir Frederick Bruce
was his passport. Delighted by his reception
fattered by the interest which was shown IN
him. reioicing-poor linguist as he was-to mo
himself in a foreign country where English was
the spoken language, exhilarated by climate
which he describes as 'transplendent trans
lucent. transcendent' he threw himself into MS
new surroundings with zest and a sympathy
which his hosts could not fail 10 appreciate
His sympathies, in America as elsewhere. were
keen and wide. He discovered antiquities ana
historical aspects. and wrote an essay on them.
He discovered the American Boy. Indeed. he
may have made Randolph c. AIiller's acquaint-
ance before starting. for Mr. Henry Jamess
immortal Daisy Miller had been published
that same year. He saw the American Boy IN
school at Plymouth Massachusetts, and made
friends for life' with him. writes the teacher,
Mr.. Knapp And when the Plymouth school
boys enchanted by his easy Kindness talked of
sending him a Photographic group and some
outsider said the Dean might not care for it. the
Boy replied with decision: "Yes, he will. YOU
didn't see him. He likes boys and believes in
them: you can tell that right off" And we are
told that he everywhere discovered traces Of
the primitive, childlike aspects which are as
ISOLATED with ancient history. "ln the youth
of the Nation he discovered its antiquity" 1t
was but a little more than fifteen years ago.
vision of the immense and magnificent des-
tiny of the American people fired his mind still
more He felt and that the future lay with
them and not with Europe. or any part OF
Europe; that as Emerson said. the Americans
play the game with immense advantage. There
are eloquent pages on these topics in Mr.
Prothero's narrative for which the reader must
be referred to the book itself.
The religious life Of America. OF course. inter-
ested him. and his interest was not confined to
any community-he would not nave Deeh
Dean Stanley If it had been.
whether he spoke TO the Congregationalist
students Of the Johns Hopkins University at
Baltimore or to the Presbyterians OF the Union
Seminary al New-York or to the bishops. pas
tors and members Of the Methodist Episcopal
Church at New-York or to the Baptist ministers
of New-York and Brooklyn. or to the clergy OF
the Protestant Episcopal Church at New Yorl;
folt hot; in, ir-
stance the speaker was sincere in the effort to
discover points Of union and Of sympathy"
1t was natural that the American Episco-
palians should attract Stanley most Of all. He
found in this branch of the Church not only lib
eral principles, but the resduary secular, COM
prehensive aspect which he esteemed in England.
find note which for me has personal in
terest about dear DR.. Washburn" for whom he
preached in Calvary Church. New-York. Stan
ley writes after Washburn's death in 1881:
How well I remember preaching in that great
Calvary and my visit TO him in the latter days
Of my stay in New-York. lie was Of that
small transfgured band whom the world can
not tame'-the band OF Falkland. Leighton,
Whichcote Arnold. Maurice. Peace be with
him."
II delights me to come upon this testimony
to a man whom, boy. 1 knew and ad-
mired and loved. / was his cousin. but much
younger, and to me he always was and still
is a beautiful figure.
Stanley's visit to America was hardly more
than a visit to the North Atlantic Coast and
10 Canada In all. II lasted less than two months
and at the end he expresses doubt whether
he or his friend could have carried ON the
war much longer at the rate OF marching we
had adopted" The rate Of marching Is partly
explained by the fact that 1t was Cyrus Field
who during much Of the time. had charge or his
friend the Dean. and Field at that date had
not begun to understand that there Is limit
to human energy. OF Field whom he had
long known in England Stanley always speaks
afYectionateIy. Uncle Cyrus. as ] call him
q. rerfection" he writes from the home OF the