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story originated. cannot help suspecting
that IL wns - who act 1t going, he. probably
having heard some suggestion OF the kind at
n club where people were speculatinR as to
how Delane got hold Of tho news" II was.
presumably. in consequence Of this letter that.
in an article on Meredith's novels. in the next
number OF the Eiinbur0h Rerjpr. Reeve re-
ferred TO the incident in Diana Of the Cross
WAYS" rs suggested not by facts, but by
calumnics. which wore exposed and refutnd.
though. for u time. they obtained circulation
and a certain credeh"e.' In n foot note.
Reeve added. We observe with regret that
the late Sir William Gregory. in his interest
ing autobiography has revived a calumnious
and unfoundcd aneriotr. to which Mr.. Nero
dith had previously Eivtn circulation in this
novel, We are enabled Ia state. and we do
state. from our personal knowledge. that the
story is absolutely false In every particular.
and that the persons thus Extensively referred
TO had nothing to do with III" matter, Th,
intention Of the Gryc-nm M to PROPOSE the
repenl ~ the Corn lava was COMMUNICATED
openly bv Lord Aberdeen to Mir. Dclan". the
editoroithe Times: there wasno SOFT OF intrigue
or b"ibery in the trausactiou."
After til" outbreak OF the revolutions OF 1919.
Reeve was engaged in u long and animated
correspondence onth" int"rminablc Schl"swiG-
Hol,toin AFFAIR. Some OF his letters are repro
Lu"el IN the first Of these volumes in ORDER to
show clearly what were Reeves views on tho
question. views stated fully and repeatedly by
him in the columns OF the YiH,cS to the annoy
ance Of his friend. Chevalier Bunscn. and To the
wrath Of Germany. which. as Bunsen wrote.
hates England more than it ever did
Napoleon for the Sc~hleswig articles in
the T',aes; to the degree that a general
vow has leon taken in some southern
provinces rot to wear any article OF Eng
lish manufacture. in order to demonstrate
the Resentment Of Germany against tho inso-
lent articles OF the Times. Reeves opinion
was that PrusSia's attack on Denmark in lS4S
was iniluitOus and that her defeat was n thing
to rejoice over: and that the combined attack
10y Prussia and Austria in 1904 was equally
iniquItous. though il met with a lamentable
success. one good. however. has come out Of
il. The Schleswig-H olstein question, after
being talked anil written and fought about for
nearly two centuries. has for the present been
laid to rest.
Eeeve paid a visit to Dublin while Lord
Clarendon was Lord Lieutenant. and. subse-
Iuently. received a great many letters from the
latter regarding the state Of things in ireland
during the litter ~forties. In one OF these letters
LORD Clarendon calls attention TO the fact that
tie Queen did not visit Ireland till after she had
been twelve years on the throne. We scarcely
need remind the reader that in the forty-nins
succeeding years she has never repeated the
experience. II may be that substantial rea-
sons for this apparent neglect may be al
legged. but. naturally. the enthusiastic and
warn-hearted people have felt aggrieved
by it. The grievance. moreover, is not
merely sentimental. for the absence OF the
court. by making or. rather. leaving Ireland
unfashionahle. has caused. also. the absence OF
summer visitors. of settlers. OF capital and Of
material prosperity. and has perpetuated
among the English a singular Ignorance
Doth OF the people and Of the country. Lord
Clarendon letter goes far to strengthen the
otten-eXpresscd opinion that a second Bal
mora! amid the mountains Of Kerry or OF
Donegal would have done much 10 avert the
chronic disaffcction which has been the curse
OF Ireland: an opinion which the welcome
given 70 the Duke and Duchess OF York in
1881 seemed to Justify.