The Irish standard., 1898-11-19
had great faith in her husbands abilities,
and she believed that London was the

udO great Ialtn IN ner nuSDand'S aD1l1tleS,
and she believed that London was the
only proper field for him. To London
the couple went, accordingly, full of hope
and expectation, but rather poorly sup
piled with money. In fact, they had but
half pound between them when they got
to the British metropolis, and out of that
scanty sum, with fine disregard for the
future. they expended tenth part in the
purchase of a geranium to adorn their
modest lodgings.
Mccarthy secured a place as parlia-
mentary reporter on the Star; and in his
spare time, at his wife's instigation, he
tried to get articles accepted by the lead
ing magazines. He managed to get a
hearing in the Westminster Review,
where his contributions attracted the no.
tice and won him the friendship of John
Stuart Mill. Then promotion came to
him in the Star office. He was first made
foreign editor and then editor-in-chief,
and it was at this period of his existence,
from 1865 to 1868. that the Star distin-
guished itself by the splendid help which
it rendered the Irish cause and people.
Mr.. Mccarthy remained at the head of
the editorial staff until 1868, when he
made up his mind to come to this coun-
try. His reputation had preceded him,
and he was cordially welcomed. He con-
tributed number CT stories to the Gal
axy while here but most of mis- time was
devoted to giving lectures. He stayed
here until the fall of 1871-with the ex-
| ception of a brief visit to London the
| previous year-and then he went back to
! England for good.
1t is as novelist that Mr.. Mccarthy
is, in one sense. best known to the gen.
eral public. His first published book was
paul Massey" which was issued in 1866,
when he was connected with the London
| Star. His other principal volumes are
THE Waterdale Neighbors," 1867; "My
Enemy's Daughter" 1869; Lady Jud-
ith," 1871; ga Fair Saxon" 1873; "Linley
Rockford, 1874; Dear Lady Disdain,"
1875; miss Misanthrope," 1877; Donna
Quixote," 1881; maid of Athens 1853;
"Caiola," which appeared in the Republic
first as serial 1885, and his later novels
among which may be named Dictator"
Red Diamonds" Roland Oliver" and
"The Rival Princess" the last named
| work being his and R. M. P. Praeds. In
addition to these works of fiction. Mr..
Mccarthy has published "a History of
Our Own Times" "a History of the
-Four Georges" "sir Robert Peel" '"rhe
Epoch Of Reform and "The Life and
Times Of Gladstone" with some other
| volumes.
I Justin Mccarthy was one of the first
OF 1rishmen to espouse the cause of Mr..
Parnell. He was sent to parliament in
1879 from Longford, his election being
uncontested that year, as it also was the
following year in the general election
after the dissolution of parliamerk. "The
member for Longford,' says r. P. O'Con-
nor, in his "Parnell Movement" "is one
of the men who does not owe Mr. Par
nell anything-as the Irish leader would
himself be the first to acknowledge
MIR. Mccarthy soon saw that in Mr.. Par
nell there was the real chief of that hon.
est and independent parliamentary party
for which, like so many of the old '48
men, he had been vainly looking upwards
of thirty years; to Mr.. Parnell then he
unreservedly gave his confidence and
support" 1t would be work of super
erogation, however, to undertake to de-
scribe how loyalty the member for Long
ford-for that was his seat during the
most of his parliamentary career-sup-
ported the great Irish leader, during the
exciting struggles of the last decade
When fate called Parnell away, Justin
Mccarthy was recognized as his success
sor, and had his counsels prevailed the
Irish party and the Irish people would
not now stand before the world in the
divided and weakened positions which
they now occupy.
Mr.. Mccarthy lost his wife just at the
time when that success which she all
ways predicted for her talented husband
began to come to him with rapid feet,
and her loss was all the heavier and sad
der to him on that account. She left
him daughter and son, the latter the
inheritor of much of his fathers literary
talent. The present visit is by no means
Mr. McCarthy's first to these shores. He
was here, as already stated, from 1868
| to 1871; he came again in the latter haH..
of the eighties, and he has, we think
crossed the pond again since that time
before his present trip. His name is all
most as we'll known here as in England
and Ireland. He contributes to several
of our leading publications, and he has
been heard on the lecture platform from
one end Of the country to the other. The
object of his present visit is doubtless a
business one, but he will not be allowed
to hide Himself from the people who will
be eager to greet and honor him.
The Boston Transcript sensibly re-
marks: The recent sending of addition
al troops to the Philippines indicates a
gathering for the leap in the dark, call
ing for the instant and emphatic protest
of those for whose assumed benefit the
leap is to be taken. 1t was not the in