New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-10-24
AUBREY DE WERE.
HIS STORIES OF IRISH LIFE AND
ENGIIsU AUTHORS
yr,olIEcrIoNS OF AUBREY DE Nhhh
pr;,,xo I'D w. So Edward Arnold

Write, much and has heard more. Inc WIN"
r.inel1.,r, him as. the author of Europa an"
~ oihy beautiful poems. III ron'"'"c'9 ''
also as the friend Of WORDSWORTH L''eh nun
Hardly roleridgc Sir William Rowan ""'''"
ton ID in our later time. Tennysoh' INNS
J.W.tt Matthew Arnold and huhdreh o'"''''
He has before this printed memories -
early corfrinporarics. and the recently P"o"'"'
Memoir i Lord Ten tyson owes so"'c VI ~
,,a.e. f. his pen. Tn reader conihe 10 ''.'
volume with expectations aroused pY '"''
Gus publi .ations Will not be disappo''''''
,,i,, ics largely along lines quite apart from
those oi English literature. Aubrey w
hos, stories are of his fellow -coun,ryinen. MOS
of thn,.. whom he discusses had niue ~ w Wv"
le,,.r. and We Al. grateful to him for dr'"'nh
...,, -, t~,sbu..u and pictures OF ireland
which are somehow fresher ana almost ~ M
i,,,,rt,nrs than the yigncttcs IF his literary
friends
Tho. =, -a, deal with an ireland that has i'"s
e.... dis,nneared Mr. Parncil hal not he'h
,.1rd of Politicians there were. Tor if''A'''
has reycr been without politicians. ana - ON
nell was among ,hom. Mr. Hc w" mas "'"'" ~
sar too about the great famine 81 the ''''''''
AN epis, DE- in lrisn history quite a. 'N''''"k 49,
ac.tthing which has since filed he p"p''"' "''
IN. thing that has passed is the inl''"''f "'"'"
~, lonlhollcrs pretend exists to-day '''" ~
themselves and their tenants In MY. ~ w.
own time the change was approa' h'hf' '"' "
nd not been fully acromplsh'd. W. W. w."
and his family at CurraSh 'hhs' "''"h
,.,ht,,, - that old patriarcha simplicity ana
r,..Ionu which the reader has 'h'"u"'''' "
,.,r,.ton.s novels but almost never IN 'he INV
t-s -, mon a,iu living The men here por
$500, ,,. landlords who lived Ike princes anu
,r,, ,,,led their tenants with an iron manu- ""'
49,. mon curiously were loved. sir Ed"aru
,.p-i., v,h.sa con married A sister OF Nup'e'
dc We're vas "A good type OF the 'r's' 49,
Graf I'm the carly part OF the century ne
saw. his bographcr. the direct ueS'eN'""
Erjan the Great. King OF all lrea"n' anu ING
-, 49, ,,,..reirntv Of the family had eSpireo
9TH. Craftsmanship had remained. DIX
n.u,i,,; vas REGARDED as an Itish chlei ny '"'
masses in Old Thomond. and Mr.. lie '''' 49,"
",o DINER reminded me- so nuch III o"'' ms
,,in,es our author. was at once au-
,hnritativc and good natureh. MS |
,',.r,,, hin, and never married daughter WIFI
ont asking his consent. ~hIch Nv "'""'
and . wedding gown besides to the girl IieI
was ruIl Of Ii,ile oddities but what "oun na''
.iy.n mortal offence from another gave none
from hin, once when. in ut OF iriita'ioh' ne
had spoken roughly to some laborers' a certain
journalistic relative rcproached him. YOU speak
., ,hc,, like dogs" His answer was; Ana uoh
,,o, think they would rather be treated IKE
5ocs hv mo than like gentlemen by YOU 81
Edward was fun ~ quaint wlfulness. one day.
nc No sat after dinner over the wine ana wal
NUTS h, remarked 4 have just been thinking
that thi, is the year that have To die IN MY
fatber roriied: Nothing Of the Kind. sir Ed
ward. 1 never saw you better. You VIII PROB
ably live another dozen years. sir fhwarn Was
highly provoked. D not say that. SIR "up'cs'
ne r.ioincd the head OF our family ai"ayS
dies AT the age have row reached. 1t Is our
way. and don't want to change it, II" ded
within the year.
Tb,. Irish devotion t. tradition is illustrated
bx Mr De We're in another story in igh'cr
vein His friend. Father T.. the parish priest
was deeply ncenscd nj the conduct "i e'sn'
rutians who had ier.Orizcd the parish for years.
They finally abducted young gin from her
fathers house Mt night. expecting To force her
into "A marriage with one Of the band This
was nat in defiance of usage. Girls had been
abducted after this fashion before and no one
had complained But it had always been the
custom on such occasions to bring horse Tor
the girl or a sidecar or highly respectable
woman to prevent the girl from feeling IN
dread. This time the kidnappers brought moth
ing The girl enragrd. She informed
against the Len at an early opportunity anu
had them all Transported save one VINO hah
lifted her on his shoulders as they were CROSSING
\ bog The priest was in agree ment WIN her |
The abduction he could stand. but without all
the traditional accomplishments II was an out |
rage ard his fury was unbOunded. This same
Father r. typies class To which Mr. DE were |
is persuaded That ireland owed much more ut
thc time. If the famine than would be granted /