New-York tribune., 1901-12-01

usually by the peremptorineSs, the ecciesi,,.,.
autocracy. the I am Sir Spiritual Oracle, -
of what they say" This is at least an .,~s-
ventional Lenten homily.
Sir Edward Russelrs chapters on III.
tions Of Church and State are well written -.
ing articles rather than sermons He COW
Lord Beaconsfeld and Sir William Harcou-. -
the contention that Parliament is alInov.u.-.
in the control of the English Church a. c.
vocation is utterly irnpotent He scouts ~.
idea that the Established Church can be tr,..
ed enjoying the privileges of sect tbous,
possessing its real privileges only as the -
tion acting in a religious capacity. n. 60
sIders the Establishment safe for the nras.-.
because set of politicians find DisestahY.,'
ment too big job. and another set ror..-
themselves with offering resistance Ia If ~
assumes that the Welsh Church and the soo.-S
Church Establishments will be abolish.
whenever the Liberal party returns to no,,.
In great strength, and that Disestablisbn.,.
OF the English Church may then be approaches
but he is confident that there will never hs
effective exercise of Parliamentary rubrn.,
discipline, and still less any delegation a. ~
tonal rubricaI discipline to the Church a.
corporate body. He does not think that ths-.
will ever be self-governing Church in no.
session Of Establishment and Endowment and
In Gact. pleads for a franker and more ava.
temctic Erastianism. since he despairs Of a,
effective reform Of Convocation. 1t cannot 4.
said that he takes hopeful view of the futus
of the English Church. since he finds conformit,
largely mechanical. languid and almost mind.
less" and. while ne hopes that Dfsesta bIishnens
may be avoided, fears tha. 1t will be at IN.
cost of deadening the actual interest Of IN.
telligent people in religion. The polernirs ~
the book are thoughtful and well digested. mn
the practical chapters are those in which h.
takes the clergy we'll in hand and tells then,
plainly how they can become more effective and
useful preachers.
There many "reminiscences of old tina
stage life in MIR. Robert NJ SiIIard-s memoir i.
Barry Sullivan. published In two volumes tv
Mr.. Unwin. That versatile actor was the son
of an Irish soldier, who served on the British
side in the War of 1S12-'14 in America and re-.
turned with his regiment to England in rins
for the Waterloo campaign. in which ne was
wounded. Born in Birmingham and apprenticed
to q lawyer in Bristol. the boy was stagestruck
when he saw Macready Werner Lear Vir>
ginius. and. best of all. Macbeth. in the courss
of a single week Macready's acting filed him
with enthusiasm for the stage. and IT was not
long before he had enlisted the support cf
schoolmates and fellow clerks and formed a
dramatic club. with twelve bottles holding as
many candles inprovised as the footlghts- Ic
was the crude opening of stage career. Jus1
as the first performance OF Junius Booth In tha
loft of a cowhouse in London had been. Breaks
ing away from the lawyers office and joining
company of strolling players. he obtained his
first engagement in Cork after taking the placa
of an actor who had suddenly fallen out of a
small part in a ballad opera. II was an
oyster house" engagement. opening and closing
on the same night. with playhouse pay at tha
rate of Is shillings a week and wigs. hats and
boots to be found out Of It. This was the modS
est beginning of protracted stage life. in
which he was to appear In great Shakespeariau
parts In the United Kingdom. America and
Australia Starting with negro burlesque ha
obtained his first Shakespearian part, Rosen<
crantz with Charles Kean as Hamlet. Aft,r
serving an apprenticeship in Cork and Dublin-
he appeared in Edinburgh as CASTOR in Riches
lieu" Fifteen years afterward he played
Richeiieu In Lytton's drama in the same town.
and youth OF nineteen, named Henry Irving.
who had been on the stage for five months. was
CASTOR.
Barry Sullivan's two successful Anericau
tours are described by Mr. Sillard in detail with
S-->~I-~~~
During the first tour he was exposed to Edwin
Forests III will, but on one occasion was suc-
cessful in outwitting a rival 1t was in Phila-
delphia theatre where Hamlet was the en'er~
tainnent of the evening Forrest was IN a pri-
yate box with his friends and made no attemps
,o control his laughter over Sullivan's new read-
inps breaking out into loud guffaw when
Hamlet said to Guildenstern: Il am hut mao'
north-northwest; when the wind is southery .
know a hawk from a heron-pshaw AS 20
,onius entered. Sullivan took few steps 10 'n7
front and continuing the text, but pointing at
Forrest in the box said: "Hark you. Gulioen-'
stern. and YOU too (to Rosencrantz). that great
INV Won see there Is not yet cut OF ais s"aH-
ing cIouts,' The theatre shook with laugh'sr
and anpIause over this well merited rebuke oeH
livered with Irish wit and presence or mina' anu
Forrest hastily retreated from the box Durihs
Sullivan's second tour F. l. Davenport a'teN'p."
ed 10 exclude the foreign rival from the an'ei'
can STAGE by duplicating the performances -.
New-York and Philadelphia; but the 'liie na
gone by when a successful appeal could De inau0'
To the spirit of nationality against feiio" a''O''
or there could be any repetition Oh the 4iO
between the followers OK MAJ -.
and Forrest. These episodes cast s'iOHe
unon the interchange of amenities "le
English actors now appear in the Uniteu
or American companies take possession Oh L.
don theatres Mr. SiIlard's memoir IS alius
written. and is too heavily padded WIN -.
matte notices from Sullivan's scrapo0oH''
there is much interesting and entertainins a..
Ter In it. with glimpses of all the ieadils 80
in England and America during iohs -
The author modestly refrains from ehcu'''oN 80,
his pages with either analytical critic'sni 49,.
NAL estimate Of Barry Sullivans a''N.7' -,
docs full Justice TO a lovable and true
man.
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