New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-11

Turner's work and one Of his catalogue entries.
given 70 Thunder. r A." is followed by this
apt description: a Typhoon ll-st!ug in
simoom over the whirlpool Of SIa-,strom. Nor
way. with a ship on fire an eclipse. and the
effect Of d lunar rainbow
20 Art. how vast they misty wonders are
To those who roam upon the eXtrao-dlaary deep
MaeIstrom. thy hand is here
Much Of The funmakins IN this volume has u
do with the Court. toward when Thackeray
looked with good nature. but With readiness 70
take advantage OF every occurrence that SIG
gested an opportunity for satire. When Charks
hembIe gave a reading before The Court Of
"Cymbelne" IN IAN abbreviated edition" Thack-
cray promptly bantered everybody concerned
his rhymes being accompanied ay quaint MAJ
ginal notes in black letter. He laughs a
Shakespeare being "a little Impressed t1r
Court purposes. but draws the moral that
Shakespeare edited is better than SHAKE
speare at all in royal circles Later the Prince
COnsort's transactions with number Of artists
whom ne employed 10 execute certain tresc0es
struck Thackeray as being somewhat shabby
and when it turned out that one Of the painters
especially Etty, had had hard time Of il I
the matter. h came 70 the charge with II
mendous vehemence- But the best OF the
sdui5s directed at the Court is the one ceie
brating a --battue'' on the occasion Of roya
visit 70 Coburg. Nearly nifty sraEs were killed
a record which may have given the Prince Con
sort some pride. but over which punch was
moved 70 righteous wrath. TaacNeray touehea
the subject in a "Sonnich' by jeans =
tested by Prince H3loert grati9us-y Killing lA
Stages at Sacks-C obuE-,io-hy-" Here is the d
ushrfuI production
Some forty FL OF sleek AMI Laa-.=-=i lear
In CobuS tvhere SUCH hanlnrn-- aa'unu
Were shot. as by the Eusepaper~ j hear
By Halbert UsbanJ ot The British CrJVnd
Brittauia's Queen l-J fall the 1ur-y tar;
Seeing them bUtch-Ted IN their S.--H pElS-5'
IEspeciaIIy when the Keepers. srantll- rolnI
Came up and cut their pretty hinnotsn'
UhIZus-
suppose. instead of this pore GerninE sport
This SaNr wenison which n shoots tid o47s~
Cur Prins should take a turn IN Cape- Solr[
And make a MASSEY ker IT English Hiasss-
Pore Stages of Hensidnd- were the -als--AH l.
YOU
What avoc he WOULD make and nat II,
MENUS battu
1t Will be gathered from the specimens We
have cited that behind Thackeray's droLsH
there was. enthusiastically, some reSentnsl'
of particular persons or things This book con
tains little if any pure nonsense, joking II
dulged in out of sheer effervesceuce Of spirits
There is always a head 10 nit, always an ID
surdity in some individual or an abuse In sollE
class to castigate and correct Yet here. as u
the novels the spirit is kindly; no malice WINS
the satirist's we'll pointed shaft He IS oi'sa
angry but he never scolds- His hardest a1tacA5
have in them the flavor of that humanity WnNl
was the foundation Of his fame Ii is interest,"
ing TO see how a book confessed-y made up d
''trifles light IS air leaves at the end IN =
preston of the true Thackeray. The man "~
inspires serious thoughts and "a genuine ~
even when he is giving his reader moiiieH' :
careless laughter. Mr., SpieImana exhibits II -
best sense Of the words a genius at pay
man poking fun at his world I'm ways IN -
bly, worthy OF his great character