New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-21
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
WIFI BIOGRAPHICAL EDITION OF THACK-
ERAY-GLADSTON1ANA -THE VERY
LITTLE BOOK.


,.., r6,,,on" NJ her fathers works has just been
rub,ished by the Harpers. with another ne"
>ront,snieoe portrait this time q drawing o!
rbackeray made by Macise IN 1s32, and no"
owned by the Garrick Club. The figure spra"iS
IN the chair but It Is graceful and handsome
the whole aspect being almost boyish IN Us
urhtness and charm This volume Is misce'-
ianeous In scope. embracing The Great hoE-
ssrtv Diamond" The Tremendous Adventures
OF Major Gahagan." "COx's Diary Inc Me-
noo,rs Of Yellowplush." "A Legend of the kh'he'
-Character Sketches" The Fatal Boots. Inc
Bedford Row Conspiracy and Going to see
Man Hanged" This is long list and warren
one The reader-by whom. of course. W" mean
the good Thackerayan-reJoices in encounieThS
these minor but nexhaustibly captivating speci-
mems Of the authors genius. But the great
interest in this edition lies In Mrs Ritchies IN
Productions. my father has sometimes 'o'u
me-" she says. in the present volume mat ne
lost his heart TO my mother when he heard her
.,rg. abe had a very sweet voice and an ex-
outsite method" In spite Of our respect TOT
rhackeray's protest against the preparation OF
any biography Of himself we cannot help oe'hs
grateful FOR notes like this or FOR letters Ike me
following written TO Mrs Thackeray two years
after their marriage
n single unhappy day. Oh. do bless God for all
This happiness which He has given me. 1t IS so
great that almost tremble FOR the future' eN-
cept that humbly hope trOr WHAT man Is CoA
tain about his own weakness and Wlckedness)
our love is strong enough 10 Withstand any
pressure from without. and ds II Is GIT greater
than any fortune. Is likewise one suI ,rior 20
poyerty or sickness, or any other worldly eVii
with which Providence may visit US Let us
pray as trust there is no harm. that none OF
these may come upon US; as the hest ana NiseSt
IN
led into temptation | think happiness is
rs good as prayers, and feel in my heart
kind Of overlooking thanksgiving when IS qUl1e
too great TO describe in writing.
How shall fl this page? I think by MI
O. RS hackney coach adventure. He hed oeeh
IN a theatre on the BouievaTdS and was coming
home with lady II was midnight no lamps
on the BoulevaTGs. no hackney coaches. ana
pouring cats and dogs. At last a man came 10
him and asked If ne wanted = coach Yes, says
the cheerful correspondent o. me Iqntes; ana
IN he jumped. he and his fair lady Wen Two
men got on the box. and when after half an
hour o. r. ventured 20 open one ~ the WIDOWS
he found they were driving Heaven knows
where tearing madly down solitary streets be-
tween walls The more he cried out me more
the man would not stop; and he pulled OUT
penknife and folding his arm around the waist
OF Mrs. O. r.. determined 10 sell his life at
considerable expense. AT this instant, g. DON
heur, Providence sent man INTO that very
street which before or since never known
70 echo with mortal footstep. Swift as lght-
ming the young correspondent burst open me
door H.,
follow sprang out They landed in safety Down
came one OF the rutiians from the box. when
D. r.. with gigantic force. seized his arm up
lifted no doubt TO murder the gentleman or the
press He held him writhing in his iron grip
until the stranger arrived. whom seeing TONER
chap on the box hogged his horses and galloped
away in the darkness and solitude. me poor
wretch. the companion OF his guilt, now SUNK on
his knees, when the stranger looking at MIN
nxedly and nercely. drew from beneath lis CLOAK
a. This is all God bless you. dearest VIE
iVN-r
duces a number Of her fathers drawings into
her chapter OF "reminiscences and notes. Among
them there is an irresistible sketch, made TO
accompany this letter: Il so regularly 10 my
pleader's and sit with him till past &; then
come home and read and dine til about or
nast when | am glad enough 70 go out for an
hour and look at the world. AS for the theatre,
7 scarcely 20 there more than once week,
which is moderate indeed for In a few days
come the Pantomimes. Huzza" There is con-
trast enough between the Thackeray OF the
drawing studying the law against his VIII. and
the lover OF Pantomimes. He depicts himself
seated dolefully at his desk. on a stool so tall
that the boy who brings him pile OF law books
has 70 use ladder TO reach him And. looking
I'D at him is his "pleader" the staidest Of legal
gentleman We could quote much more. but
must send our readers TO this edition for them
non.
The food Of Glsdstonana has begun. and al
ready three books devoted to the statesman's
personality and career lie upon our table. The
Hon. Lionel A. Tollemache. In his Talks With
Mr.. Gladstone" Longmans. Green & Coz, has
pursued necessarily discurslve method. and his
book Is really one OF fragments. but these are
worth having. He asked Gladstone II ii was not
Q pity. appointing new laureate after Tenny-
son AT any rate l should have waited" he
replied, until some one OF Tennyson's oaliore
had turned up. I felt a special difficulty in REQ
ommending a successor to TennysOn, because by
far the greatest Of our English poets IS prao-
tcally out Of the running" Swnburnes lines
on the death Of the Gar had evidently stuck in
Gladstone's memory. He could not understand
why Matthew Arnold and others put Words
worth above Tennyson, but neither could he ap-
prove Arnods destructive criticism Of Macau-
lays Lays" OF which he himself said Mr..
Tollemache. They will live" These two illus
trations will no doubt confirm many in slight
ing estimate Of Gladstone's literary criticism.
Dealing with political personages the old states
man had some piQuant things 10 say. You once
told me-" said Toemache. that Parnels
speeches reminded you Of Lord Palmerston's in
their way Of expressing exactly what the speak
er meant TO say. But OF course you would call
Parnell a pigmy compared with Lord Palmer
ston" The reply vigorous: Il should not
call him anything Of the sort. He had states
manlike qualities. and found him wonder
fully good man to do business with, until dis
covered him to be a consummate liar" Mr..
Tollemaches talks with Gladstone occurred be-
tween 1856 and 1870 and between 1891 and
1896 They yield a slender thread for volume.
but they contain many interesting things. and
they will take legitimate place among the
minor memorials OF the statesman.