The sun., 1902-01-12
SOME NEW Bo0Ks.
Lord Russell Of Knlowen.


Mesms. Longmaps, Green d Co. have
lately published The Life Of Lord Russell o.
Kalotosn by X. BARRY 0'BBIEs, who Is well
known to Americans as the biographer OF
Charles Stewart Parnell. 1t seems that. 80
long ago as 1858. the author made up his
mind 70 write the life OF Charles Russell.
assuming that he would survive him, as
has proved to be the case. With that end
In view he talked over with the prospective
subject OF the present biography the lat
ter's early days at Newry and Belfast. his
career at the English bar and his most ia
nous cases There is no doubt that Mr..
O'Brien collected great deal Of interesting
material and has woven II into an attractive
narrative. An enllvehing feature OF the
book Ia the fact that much Of the informa-
ton Is brought out In tho form Of dialogues
between tho author and the subject. Pro-
sented in this way the data have q unique
stamp Of authority, and the reader gets at
the same time vivid impression Of Lord
Russelrs character and temperament as
well as Of his abilities. The spirit In which
the biographer writes Ia manifestly one OF
ardent friendship, but he cannot be taxed
with over er-laudation. or with a disposition
TO make the subject OF his book more
conspicuous figure at the English bar than
he actually was. It Is natural that Irish
men should love Charles Russell, for he
loved and served them. and Americans also
ought TO cherish his memory, for the sym
pathy with which he regarded them was
sincere.
Charles Russell was born on Nov. 10,
1882, at Ballybot, that section OF the town
of Newry which lies on the Armagh side
OF the Glanrye River. His father, Arthur
Russell, was at that time a brewer; his
mother, Margaret Mullan. was the daughter
OF a Belfast merchant. When their son
Charles was six years old Arthur Russell
leased his brewery, and moved to Seafeld
House, Killowen, on Carlingford Lough.
q spot commanding view Of tho noun
tafns and the sea There Charles Russell
grew up, boating In the Lough. climbing
the mountains, mingling with the fisher
men on the shore and the peasants on the
hillside. The atmosphere OF the house,
hold was Irish and intensely Catholic
Our author notes that his subjects three
stsfers and only brother entered religious
orders. !, In 1880 Charles Russell's educa-
tipn began under the direction OF a gov
erness. In 1874 he was sent for time TO
Ssy Malachy's College in Belfast. and In the
following ycar to Nolan's School In Cory
Bouare, Newry. In September, is4e. he
went to ST. vinocnt's College, Castleknock.
Dublin, and stayed there until July, 1Si7,
when his school and college days may be
eaid 10 have ended His record at Castle
knock was crcditable According TO the
college register, he was the first In his class
In the December examinations for t84o,
and at the midsummer examinations OF
isl7 he took third place. According to
one OF his classmates, Mgr. Molloy.
he was regarded as plodding rather than
pushful About the end OF lS7 he was
sent to the ofiloe Of firm Of solicitors in
Nswry. and in February, is49, being then
in his seventeenth year. he was articled
to them. Russell. however. did not wish
TO be a solicitor. From the beginning
his desire was to 60 to the Bar. In later
years he would say. Il was always bent on
going TO the Bar. My family did not like
IL. My family did not have so high an
opinion Of me as they ought to have had
In March, 1852. Russell's articles were
transferred to a solicitor in Belfast. where
upon he took up his abode in that town.
In January, 1854. HE term Of apprentice
ship ended, and he set up for himself as
solicitor, being then in his twenty second
year. He soon became a champion OF the
Catholics In their legal controversies with
Orangemen. While working hard at law
Russell took a keen interest In politics. He
wrote for the Uisferutdn, and sometimes.
when the editor was away, brought out the
paper Mr. O'Brien mentions parenthetically
that the bookkeeper In the FISHERMAN Office
at this time happened TO be a smart. gentle
manly young man. destined in after years
20 meet Charles Russell under dramatic
circumstances. His name was Richard
Pigott As a lad Russell had fallen under
the influence Of the Young Ireland move
ment, and he still remained under that in
fuence Sympathlzing with the popular
demands Of the day-land Reform, Church
Refor. and Education Reform-hs was
essentially an Irish Nationalist. His heroes
were the men Of 'sa and the men 81 ~. To
the end tho characters In Irish history
whom he loved best were Henry Grattan
and Thomas Davis. because they we're ami
mated. he thought. by the purct motives
of patriotism, aud strove TO unite all classes
and croeds for the common obss q u Great
ing a national spirit which should inspire
tlle publi- ne of the country.
la 1850 Husselis career as a sol4litor
pra0t lcally came 10 an end, and D. then
prepared 20 snteT upon a nrN sphcfa -
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