New-York tribune., 1902-08-03


earlier years. Those were so full of sorrow ana
even of peril that certain pathos attaches -
Mary. That she weathered the storms Of ba.
infancy and young womanhOod is indeed a mar
vel Hers might have been the boast Of tba,
survivor of the Terror in France who. beinp
asked what he had done during that period re-
piled Il lived" AS Mr Stone points out wbe,
Henry saw that he was losing the love and re-
spect of SO many of his contemporaries he 70
solved to make himself feared. Ties Of blood
never meant anything to him: his ruthless hand
bore as heavily upon the daughter of Katharins
of Arragon as upon that unhappy woman her.
self. and he treated both with scarcely mora
consideration than might have been expected by
enemies and strangers The little princess
opened her eyes upon what promised to be. for
her a happy world, but as Anne Boleyn's star
rose upon the horizon suffering fell not onIv
upou the Queen, but upon Mary. "the pearl or
the world" as Henry blithely called her. Near
Iy all her life long," says MIR. Stone. "the time,
were out Of joint. and she knew no other way
to set them right but that of uncOmpromisinz
opposition" She is admirable. for a time at
least in that opposition She showed remark
able courage and discretion in her behavior
toward her father and his circle for long tina
after the catastrophe which degraded her in her
relation to the succession The King and Anna
might do their best to make her acquiesce IN
their conception of what we may call the re-
organization of the royal family. but she would
not submit-except in so far as force compelled
her toto the exaltation of Elizabeth over her
head. and a good section of Mr. Stones book is
taken I'D with the narrative Of her tenacious
campaien of resistance. Certainly in those days
she had pluck, as one anecdOte alone viii suf-
flee to show When she and Elizabeth were at
Eltham Anne Boleyn paid her daughter a visit
and on this occasion she heard mass one day
together with Mary. At the end when the lat
ter left the room. she made low courtesy. and
one Of Anne's maids told her that this was
meant for her She sent an amiable message
to "the Lady Mary" but. faithful to her mother
and to herself, the princess said:
1t is not possible that the Queen can send me
such a message; nor is it fit she should. nor can
1t be 50 sudden, her majesty being so far from
this place You would have said the Lady Anne
BOleyne for L can acknowledge no other Queen
but my mother. nor esteem them my friends
who are not hers. And for the reverence which
i made il was to the altar. to her Maker and
mine; and so they are deceived. and deceive her
who tell her otherwise
If Mary were always seen in this valiant mood
one might accompany her with complete adni-
ration along what Mr.. Stone justly calls the Via
DoIorosa of her earlier years, and, as it is. it
is impossible to withhold respect from her down
tO the entrance of Thomas CrOmWeH upon the
scene with the sinister opportunities instigated
by the King in his anxiety to crush his daugh-
ter's pride But when she affixed her signature
to the document repudiating the marriage be-
tween Henry and her mother she made 1t i'm
possible for posterity to yield her unreserved
coupassion 1t was foul deed of the King:
but as MIR Stone is compelled to admit. her
intellect and mental and moral training were
such that she was able to appreciate TO the full
the extent of her fall and the reader can never
leave this passage in her history without retain
ing n bad taste in the mouth. Better the block,
one rnurmurs. than this vile treacheTy. Never
theless. it IS important to keep her finer traits
in mind and Mr. Stone legitimately gives these
prominence in the pages Immediately succeed
ing his account of her surrender to CronWeIls 3
shameful stratagems. She obtained. OF course.
some reward for her compIaisance. and especial
Iy under Jane Seymour's kindlier regime she en-
loved far more agreeable circumstances The
scene not long before the birth Of Edward.
when Mary was permitted to make a brave ap-
pearance at court would indicate at first blush
a. revival Of that affectionate atmosphece IN
which at her birth she was enveIoped-
So soon as she came within the chamber doOre
she made lowe CurtSey unto him. IN the rndSt
of the chamber she did so againe. and when she
and falling on her knees asked his blessing who
after he had given her his blessing, took her up
by the hand and kist her. and the Queen also.
both bidding her welcome. Then the King turn
ins. him to the Lords there in presence said
Some of YOU weare deSirOuS that L should put
E.s r fr-