New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-03-14

was also due to a great extent the subdivision or
former DAYS the father OF the family thought the
best way he could provide for MS younger sons
| remember numbers OF instances In our own I'M
mediate neighborhood where farms originally large;
were divided among the sons OF the tenants, ana
Subsequently, sub lividel again and again until
some Of the holdings became quite too small 10 sup
port family
Ex-Speaker Reed, In his "Manuai OF parliamentary
Law" Rand. McNaly & Coz has not only pre-
pared an extremely clear and useful guide TO the
proper methods of procedure in public assemblies
but he has also brought together in brief compass
a great deal OF information concerning what might
be called Comparative Parliamentary Law lie lays
down rules which, by common agreement, are
adapted TO the OF public meetings In general
makes suggestions as to advantageous nominations
of them for special purposes, and In addition quotes
the usage Of the English and French legislative
bodies and that Of our own House Of Representa-
tives Thus his boo, is made extremely valuable
10 the beginner who wishes to learn how the bust
ness of an assembly should be conducted. and at
the same time furnishes much Of Interest to the
person who in an elementary and casual way WOULD
know something of parliamentary usage in different
parts of the world and is content with the mere
drv statement of a set of rules. The ex-Speaker
discusses the question OF quorum and tells OF
the practice in different foreign bodies and or the
practice In the House of Representatives In the last
two Congresses; but he enters into no argument on
the subject and his work is entirely free from po-
litical bias The rules stated clearly and con-
cisely and the explanations and discussions are
written in style which raises the whole work
above the rank of treatise on rules to that OF an
outline sketch OF parliamentary law.
An anthology IN which are colated the fragments
Of verse and prose valued by man Of high intel
lect and broad achievement has more than literary
meaning. 1t is an important contribution TO the
biography of the man. A defect of Mrs. Currys
Book of Thoughts. Linked with Memories of John
Bright" CA. c. McClurg & Co.. Chicago). is that
while II preserves n record of the passages of
prose and poetry peculiarly associated" with the
memory of John Bright. it does this only when
supplemented by the knowledge Of his friends. Iheir
recollection is stirred by hearing or perusing lines
which he loved. But the general reader who mad
not the privilege Of this intimacy Is left to grope
bndly among the selections. only here and there
sure Of the great orators preferences. The charac-
ter Of the collection as whole however. is so uni
form that it must be very near what Mr.. Bright
himself would have made It, The religious element
Is dominant. Prose and poetry indicate the thought
Of a mind TO which hope. resignation. death. i'm
mortality and mystical thoughts on divine
things were deeply welcome. They mark the hatred
of tyranny and Of war which characterized John
Bright, his love of freedom and particularly his En-
thusiastic ideasm on the subject OF English ma
tionality. Because Americans have hitherto spoken
best on the theme OF nationality the quotations that
tOCch
Curry has included extracts from her fathers own
speeches. Among them all stands out the GRAFTON,
already a classic. OF Lincoln at Gettysburg.
Some American poets appear TO have been prime
favorites with John Bright particularly Lowell who
Is quoted fifteen times. Thirteen passages are taken
from Whittier. and nine from Longfellow. Among
English poets those of.enest quoted are Lewis Nor
ris and Mrs. Browning from each Of whom four
teen selections have been taken. The list of au
thors shows wide range within the limits of the
English language. Even In TRANSACTIONS Mr.. Bright
found a thought worthy of repeated meditation
only in Marcus Aureus. in Goethe. Thomas
Ke,npis Mazzni, Schiller Fouque and the medae
val Tauler Many selections taken from the
Old and New Testaments Most frequently these
are from the Psalms. less often from the Gospels
Isaiah. also Remains favorite among the Hebrew
poets, Is cited many times as all the other ind-
vidual authors in the Old Testament together. The
Epistle to the Hebrews was more quotabe for Mr.
Bright than any OF the other Apostolic letters
Everywhere 1t the devotional thought rather
than doctrine that sought and with that also
fitness OF expression. One might go the rounds OF
many books of select readings without finding a
line from Jonathan Edwards The paragraph which
struck Mr. Bright worthy OF his critical dis
cernment. not merely for its pety. but for its lit
erary excellence. 1t is. perhaps curious that while
S. T. Coerdge is only quoted once, his son. Hartley
Coleridge is represented by four poetical frag-
ments.
or selections from Brights own speeches. the
most striking are uterance in 1919 which reads
like presage OF all later controversy over the Irish
question, and a fragment from the speech on the
Crlmean War. in which occurs the famous sentence:
''The Angel Of Death has been abroad throughout
the land: you may almost hear the beating OF his
wings
The Parish Choir, OF Boston. has just issued the
musical edition of the new Protestant Episcopal
Hymnal, edited by the Rev Or. Charles l.. Hutch
ms. The problem Of providing acceptable hymn
melodies for the Episcopal Church must always BE-
difficult one For on the one hand there Is needed
music that plain average people can readily sing:
and on the other hand the traditions OF the Church
do not readily lend themselves to the popular Ideals
Of religious music. 1t has. therefore. been the aim
Of Episcopal musicians and musical editors 10 find
some rational middle ground between the English
cathedral music and the so-calel Moody and Sankey
melodies In the case OF few hymns this has
been attained The settings OF such hymns az Lead.
Kindly Light" sun OF Ny Soul" and Onward
Christian Soldiers" are in a peculiar though not
easily defined sense. "Chu"ciy"; and they have
come TO be recognized legitimate outgrowth
Of the Episcopal system Of doctrine and worship.
II has been the aim OF Dr HutchIns TO give mu-
steal setting 10 the new hymnal In conformity 10
that ,vpe Of music taking care at the same time
TO have the harmones simple that the average