New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-18

s-,bpv We perceive that hrs Judlclai faculty
-, held more or less in allegiance
sSs CHAPTER on India weIlington's mistakes
he made more than one-are minimized-
,,lv Is the same TOO friendly treatment used
% narrative q events in Spain and Portu-
hut Sir Herbert underestimate the i'm
ga advantages to the Duke which flowed
%" he phen1-nenaliy scattered disposition Of
f''- .~er7v from the dissensons among the
q . generals. and from Napoleon's absence.
- criticism Of military action after the
easv. and generally futile, but it is per
ss ir5udicicus TO dwell with comPlacency
D-t vi--5rv. regarding il as impeccable in all
g. 7-h-r Il i really seized far more from
,sL,r-se 4 the foe than from original skill.
rr,ue-7r's pre-occupator elsewhere IN
LILY 7srt a terrible handicap upon his
- IN rhe Peninsula and. while Wellington's
-,7--zrt 4 the campaign there was too
.-,v il many ways and too fruitful in its
IS for criticism to DO il any harm. il gains
- Fv The bland and superficial treatment
-.-s-eg+eal errors which seems To suit Sir
: ..-- Maxwell HIS compaisance eliminates
- survey Of Waterloo which lends the
~ss- possible weight 10 Napoleon's illness.
- t,,- s feeble impression Of what the En-
- IN spite ~ al that was against him. act
-,- srcarrpl shed. and touching none too
----.-Fv OF The ndubitable facts that yelling
: uss su-r-s- d and al the start outma-
,---s leaves him on the speckless eminence
:, -sa ira 5lt5araI popular hero
r. behavior Of the English artillery at
,--.z-ioo has been anything but source Of IN
- --55e -1 the historians Of England Wei
ION himself IN a letter TO Lord MuIgrave de-
80 hogr me men ran of the field entirely,
ing with -h-m Iimbers. ammunition and
.-s-rtbirz" and he closed with this candid
,.-sr7ert. 1T is on account Of these little
,--sss which must come out, that I object 10
- -he propositions TO write what is called a
ls-g-y Of the battle Of Waterloo" Sir Herbert
newell .ut.ru-ly puts this extract from the
-supper=n-a-y Dispatches" in a footnote, but
IN me general tenor OF his text the reader
--rht eas.E gather, for all the nominaIIy i'm
,s--.aI passages. that the sun Of Waterloo went
an OF -ae fauItIess triumph Of fawIess
,r-mander ard al invincible army. This effect
5eighre-e5 ~ the merit Of the narrative 10
r.ch Ee have already alluded-its orderly sim
1fty. tn tale reads SO clearly and so pIausi-
BIZ mat on IS easily convinced We hasten TO
ss5 that Z sometimes misIeaz 3 in tone il is
& bottom -ea accurate for any reader capable Of
king FEN deductions TO go astray. Il is the
s--hor's attitude. not his array Of facts. which
IL brief passage between the Duke and Lord
Ux5ritge as 70 The possible plans framed for
Waterloo ci-ed above, he makes nc mention Of
rrbridge's 5fsccntent under the cavalier answer
y received and while this phase Of the episode
-.ght reasl nably be omitted We expect some
s1sre els some coUnterbalancing material
T1en ~ --- il il is the wrong sort Sir Her
bz- asc-os The GOODNESS later II life between the
Duke and Lord U1brldge (t1en Lord AngIesey)
70 polt-icz. differences Il is just 10 suppose
-1zt The -==ertment had earlier beginnings. At
Tzte-ioo. Y her the Two were riding side by side
cannon shot struck Lord Uxbridge BY God,
re los my leg" he cried. Have you by
cd" me Duke replied For this alone. We
-zy - sure. Cxbridge bore no malice but the
s-zc57te is illustrative Of a brusqueness which
throughout counted heavily in the temperament
E15 liz - The Duke Il suggests a line Of in
7=srga-1n which Sir Herbert Maxwell might
1-7hra1-y have followed up. AS II is. the por-
III h makes q his hero's personality contains.
7-1 mass Of hitherto unpublished anecdotes.
l-1lGant material from which the reader may
l-E t5r himself q rolerably clear conception Of
Eza- manner OF man the Duke was.
H wzs a cold as a fish; proud, naughty.
-z-zri.-E his soldiers as scum Of the earth
l5 king u-ar all the common people as scarcely
f---zr The world was meant TO be ruled,
= thought. not 10 rub along on any OF the
55ub-t-- =zT-5I=nts Of cheap democracy. and
.ust as h. wanted gentlemen for officers SO he
wanted a king and an aristOcratic caste to gov
s-r HI British people. L Is curious 10 see