New-York tribune., 1901-09-08

toned, he writes to Mr.. Chandler.
Between ourselves. intirely agree with Mr.
DOyly and yourself in all your ideas concerning
the House in Harley Street. and the Establish
ment attending it. But why should tell her
so. when the thing is done. and when know
that serious word from would break her
Heart Mine Will not suffer me to think of Il
approve then intrely of her having t1-oOO a
year from the commencement of her new estab-
lishment and t2tO for equipment. In the pres
ent state of things. thousand pounds more OF
less is of no consequence to me.
Constantly in these volumes thus taken
into the intimacy of family life. The letters Of
Francis himself and those of his wife. daugh-
ters and kinsfolk are full of matter not always
of grea, intrinsic Importance. but somehow very
beguing through the personal touch that char
acterizes them. There is Eliza Joi.nsCii's letter
to Catherine Francis-a fragment OF eighteenth
century gossip which in it's ~ay is curiously
vivid and engaging
hope my dear Catty your poor Head Stomach
understanding are better than when you
wrote-I have not breakfaSted so We'll since L
came here the Rabbits & onions your dear
Lizzie bespoke in her bed Yesterday.
the drawing Room was scene of rantlns.
Iangushing & spOuting that no bad repre-
sentaton of Bedlam-bUt / must tell you how
we passed il & indeed the day before-We were
all engaged after wrote to you in learning our
parts when my Beau arrived from Henley &
declined the part of Falkland declaring he
found il impossible 20 look jealous enough even
with such a Julia in view as myseif-thiS oc-
caSioned a new distribution of the parts
proceeded
day & had made some prOgresS-when yesterday
a little Misfortune deranged us all asa;n-YOu
must know the Park. being under Water IS now
a complete Sheet of Ice x Immediately after
breakfast the two Misses and Mr.. Grey sailed
forth and amused themselves with performing
various feats one of which was his Skating aNd
driving them by turns in a Chair before hin
which looked so pleasant from the windows that
all ventured out to try it; they then began
skipping which / fancied / cd do as we'll as the
rest-but pride must have fall & mine had so
complete a that il SuffeTd considerably IN
the end of my which was the first part that
touched the Ice the damage is not so considera-
BILE as to give much uneasiness-but unfort-
unately black plaster is Indispensable 4 10
act the part of sentimental heroine with so
conspicuous blemiSh impossible so after some
dilemma Emily & / have changed characters.
she is TO be Julia 4 1 her Falkland as she
does not object 10 a few honorable Scars in her
admirer IL is a dreadful long part even when
curtailed of Oaths. &c.-which however are only
to be sOftened down. have agreed to say
THE devil & ''confound it, and to make as
spirited a gentleman as I am capable Of
. Pray my dear Catty be not uneasy at
the idea of my falling in Love shall attend to
that & every other caution you give me-
Are not the very sights and sounds and
trivial emotions of party OF young people in
an English country house long ago made real
for us in these giyli I lines? There is
serious material in this publication There are
some letters of David Godfrey. showing the
generous attitude of enlightened Englishmen
toward ourselves in the revolutionary period.
There is the brief but striking passage between
Burke and Francis the formers "Rehec-
tionS on the Revolution in France. a passage
leaving Francis magnitiCently answered Burke's
reply to the contention that 'all that you say
of the Queen is pure foppery we have recently
quoted at some length. but may reproduce
now his words as the antagonists his flop
perry would be sure TO raise up Il mean to do
my best to expose them to the hatred. rioicuIe
and contempt of the whole world. as / shall al
ways expose such calumniators. hypocrites,
sewers of sedition. and approvers of murder
and all it's triumphs. When i have done that.
they may have the field TO themselves. and I
very little how they triumph over me. since
hope they will not be able to draw at their
heels and carry my head in triumph on their
poles" IL all makes good reading. Whenever
Francis touches politics. or has anything to say
about the celebrated figures of his time he is
interesting. But the best of these pages are the
most domestic. Patty has been bled her blood
is so bad that Price says she must be bled once
a week for two Years and some Months" It Is
for odds and ends like this. for slight memorials
of bygone manners. that we chiefly grateful
to the editors Of The Francis Letters"