New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-11-18

loye,jest and best dressed women in London and
people Of distinction by the hundred And again
with perfect frankness Holmes cOnfdes to his
public Of friends how delighted he was with the
party and the people. Far more delighted was
he with his degree and his reception at Cam
bridge University. where the students clamored
for speech which they did not get ana con-
soled themselves by singing Holmes Sweet
Holmes in those thunder tones or when ohiy
the collective undergraduate voice is capable
As he says Holmes hoped he might be doing
his country some service by his London visit. and
fostering kindly feelings by the kindness SHOWN
him. He did that service, and also another. re
was accepted from the start as an Ambassador
from America. 1t came to be considered III Lon
don that he impersonated his own country ana
that the country which produced Homes anu
sent him abroad had other titles to the respect OF
Europe than those dependent on the b:gness OF
its territory the rapid growth OF It's ctieS anu
Of its material prosperity; other even IMAM III
tellectual titles The respect became anecuOnate
when il was centred upon him. lie met me EURO
pean demand for an American who should De
American. and not European. II ii was not sup
posed-and ii certainly was not-that 'heTe VIZ
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felt to be much that there should be one. II.
Judgment is a fair which judges country
by the best il produces. or one of the best. Ihe
doctrine Of averages is here of no Application.
He was never ashamed To let it be seen that
he pleased. or even SulplIStu' ny w mo-
vellous attractions Of England, and ne dld ho'
think il necessary to affirm that the state House
~ Roston even with its gilded dome, was SUI
norior TO st Paul's He preferred to CAIN for
rs own country what she was entitled TO- lie
was content with her she Is. ana tnousht II d
poor compliment to her to pretend that she was
something else The patriotism which bases
itself upon imaginary excellences was not ms
nor did he think it patriotism me rea!ues
we're what he loved to talk to the English ABOUT
the solid facts: those parts of the social ana pc,
rtical fabric in which America is essentially ana
permanently superior to Europe. HIS EnSlSh
friends saw how sincere he was ana now E'hu,
inc his Americansm was. They never ureaiieu
Of doubling him or of disputing with NM Wnen
he discOursed. as he often did, on what ne Hhci
best in his own country. They accepted III 'h,
same spirit his frank tributes to the ease anu
splendor Of social life here. His book Is nun OF
them and they were not absent rom ms ltlN'
No neope have n surer instinct for sincerity IMAM
the English There are few things they respect
more and few persons they like better than those
who tell them the truth. Vanished or IN
vanished And they certainly liked homes lhe
better because he allowed them all TO see that ne
was aware of his country's merits and OF MS own
He had too much genuine mOdesty to nave any
that was false He found his way through the
intricacles of London etquette-whch are III.
decd less difficult to disentangle than those OF
New.York-bv his graceful intuitions ana by
ouickness of perception. The habit OF opSerNa-
ton was his. And so he moved ABOUT III an
sorts Of social worlds smiling and smiled upon
tho snoj,ed darling Of the best sets. had II been
POSSIBLE to spoil him; and since IT was not VIII
ing affection and respect In equal measure, g