Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-09-23

ocative OF a great deal Of savage critl-
During the last ten years he has
eled widely His Impressions Of the
podes and the West Indias are as ac-
10 as they are picturesque and delight
base last two adjeotives describe Mr.
iie's talk; not fully, but so far as they
uactly. He has the power OF making
nsee things as he sees them. the power
n aparting his delight in them. the power
y describing objects that the description
lrees on others the Impressions that the
scts themselves produced upon him. 1t
~ a common gift. and It is not all. Mr..
3 nde Possesses, alike In print and in
teeh. the incommunicable secret OF style
has solved one Of the literary problems
&Ae ages, and answered in his own way
unanswerable riddle. None need ask
lin whether the sustained style or the
~ sentence be the true mold In which
cast his thoughts. Read Mr.. Froude, or
Fen to him, and the result Is the same;
perceive that he so employs the short
ience as to produce the sustained effect
lea the long one aims at--the easy move
ot, the unbroken now, the rhythm. the
er-tailing charm. Alone he possesses H..
pether he himself knows precisely how
enchantment is caused may be doubted,
the closest student may despair OF de-
Ping It by his analysis. and still more OF
feating II for his own purposes. When
hear him talk the beauty OF the spoken
lences gains from the tone OF voice and
a the glance Of the eyes which woman
q described as too beautiful for man.
4 ae note OF sincerity is unmistakable. In
y age OF unbellef, or OF non-belef, there
pains clearly in Mr. Froude. as In NJ.
pan. a foundation OF firm faith In certain
Figs; neither Of them has ever shaken
The Influence OF his early religious train
II and studies. Il was born a priest,
~ NJ Renhn. land priest ! shall die"
see how lasting Is the mark OF eccle-
tsueal and theological reading In Mr..
tslde. you have only to turn TO any vol
q when he has to discourse on such mat
Es-ihe Oxford oounter-reformauon, Tor
Fanple--or to listen to him when he talks
Aem. Orthodox he is not. but orthodoxy
4 little to say to profoundly religious
|a', II ls characteristic OF him to care
Fepiy about subjects for which he cares at
Il The gossip of Mayfair Is not one OF
zen, yet the butterflies OF Mayfair have
Il more airy touch than he, even when
oFings serious matters into social con
|ns- He can be instructive without be-
ming pedantlc; pours out knowledge In
4 oas, aud he does not lecture; is man OF
II world when in the world. and neither
|eiessor nor pedagogue-n nor fanatic
20 a mission to preach TO all coIners on
eeeasions-this last, perhaps, the most
',,esoms Of all three
ehul he was stricken with illness a few
re ago. Mr.. Froude has always been
sptoaehable. An interview with him. as
'sa all people OF Importance" In this
r'tauy, Is a matter OF preliminary arrange
1ssl As the front door OF his house 10
ru.'oN square suddenly and quietly opened
me aud found myself standing a mo,
~, BY a splendid bust Of Carlyle ana
" was ushered into the presence Of tue
.esia-iamed historian, l thus pondered
,Nuun myself. Verify, is not this bring
= ~ OF the new world upon that which u
~ oldg' ana for a moment the heart Of
ea The latier-day nineteenth century IN
viewer failed him as he endeayored 20
-lttoE back his mind into that stately
lsisriy ana yet troubled past, wheu
'isude and Kebie. and Newman and Ward,
w All the giants OF that time were agon-
.ag and struggling for Hight In The mist
- darkness that had huns Tor untold ages
~ tne lofty nails and IN the dim' aal :,
i,--pelt Of ecclesiastical Oxford. but an
4eol aud hesitation vanished as Mr.. Frouas
- to greet me. and ! found myself IN
- Presence Of a tall handsome and rin9n-
~ genial man who told M thai be vas
\ years old and who did not look a DAY
~ than CT. Having asked ne % PC
r'-teu, Mr.. Froude said; We'll, whAt arc
" 70 talk aboutf ! am afraid have notn-
es g tell you save a history Of confusion.
~ place myself unreserYediy IN your