The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-07-10
SOME OF THE NEW
BOOKS RECEIVED.
GlimpSes of England, Social, POIiti-
cal, Literary,
SKETCHES BY PROF. C. M"TYLER
Valuable and Delightful VoIume-"A
Tale of Oldcn Israel"-Mrs. Steers
ION the Face of the Waters"
The Ookman-Litcrature.

GLIN1PSES OF ENGLAND: SOCIAL,
POLITICAL LITERARY. BY Moses
Colt Tyler. G. y. Punam's Sons, New
York: London. For sale by the George
NJ West Company.
These sketches, which are delightful,
have been selected from very consider
able number of the same sort written by
Mr Tyler during a residence I'm England
beginning with the year 1863 and ending
with the year 1866. no attempt is made
at being comprehensive or even syste-
matte He has chosen such papers as
would Justify the uuprasuming title or
the collection. by furnishing glympses'
at least of "a few of those aspects or
English life, social political and literary,
which the observaut author hnsef
looked ~ with deep interest while he was
himself en- the midst OF It, and felt for
himself it's strong and ardent pulse.
majority Of the papers originally APP
peared either IN "The Nation or the IN
DEPENDENT
There are twenty-nine Of the sketches
I'm all. and their brevity is by no means
the measure Of their interest and value.
They are the testimony Of cultured,
as well as direct and honest observer
and have literary charm entirely apart
from their value. The reviewer has
never seen embodied I'm so small space
so admirable and so delightful portrait
ure and estimate as is to be found In the
chapters on John Bright whose Yirule,
brilliant and noble personality must
always challenge the admiration ana the
respact of even the dissenting world,
Just as Il did in Brights own day. The
Political Careers OF Derby. Russell,
Rroueham and even Gladstone" says
Mr.. Tyler apropos Of Brights dominating
gifts and character. "have been achieved
IN the grooves OF favoring circumstances;
the political career Of John Bright IS
defiance OF circumstances. He started
with scarcely one of the usual outward
conditions OF English political success;
without family influence; without the al
lance Of the Established church; without
the endorsement Of either university.
Canning and Peel and Gladstone an rose
from the middle classes. The first was
the son of an actress; the second or a
cotton spinner; the third of a Liverpool
merchant. But they all had the aristo-
cratic prestige OF an education az Oxford
and they an belonged TO the Established
church Even Mr.. Disraclis case Is not
"a difficulty a parallel TO Mr.. Brights
The former conquered by surrendering;
he conciuated the church by Joining her;
he gained the universities by abetting
theri claims: ne appeased aristocratic
prejudice by becoming its champion. Nor
can Mr.. Golden be cited as an example
of success as great as Mr.. Brights
achieved against odds as great; for the
naughty agricultural party never forgot
that Mr. Golden was the son Of farmer
and churchmen never forgot that ne
was a dcv0ut member Of their own aug
ust establishment. John Bright, the
Quaker-John Bright, who probably never
az 81
perhaps the first renowned English
statesman who won a great position
without any confederation with the three
great forces in English political me-
marching straight up the face or tne mn
10 the very summit, against the com'ined
batteries Of social. literary ana ecclesl-
astical enmity. He was not only great
statesman, but a great political phenoh-
enon. His career Indicated the uprising
of n new family IN England. IL meant
that the English people were az last
noteworthy factor IN English pohtlcs!
As n matter Of fact Mr.. Tylers sketches
OF Bright as a man and orator aiohe
make the volume valuable. His oDserVa-
tlon has been so keen and 50 thouBnttul
and his pen Is so captivating IN us por-
travail of his ilustriOus subjects that the
reader concludes the sketch with regret.
The chapters on the magnhcehe oIu
Commoner, GladstOne-"the man I'M
bought''-are also striking, and that on
English Hallucination Regarding Amer
lea" very amusing. We have frequent
occasion 10 differ with Mr.. Tyler in what
he has to say in reference TO the War
between the States. but otherwise find
his volume entirely delightful, as well as
valuable.
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