New-York tribune., 1903-11-29

novels In
with a door. bat no Uindctos." ~
II there were no windows. the windows cIear1,
cannot have been shut. nor can any Tom Day.
got into trouble by peepins out Of one OF then
Consequently may as well surrender ~.
legend Internationally.
Moving on the frrner ground suppIiad -
later epoch than that TO which the legend -.
Godiva is assigned. Lady Warwick approacbo.
the phase of her subject in which as We b.r.
limited above. important influences In a.
growth Of British pOIity are 70 be discsr,od
Speaking Of the castles typifed by that of W..
wick she reminds US that under the svg,s-,
which William the COnqueror made so pro6ta11.
"the barOns held them. and the estates attarbod
TO them. on condition Of rendering military ss.-
vice at the royal call" In other words vgb,.
makes Warwick and its earls interesting to ~.
reader is the more and more important part ia.
publlc affairs which the latter played a. tim.
went on. The feudaI lord Of Williams day ma.
wont to serve that resOIute man. but IL vyas ro.
long before he had persuaded himself that ba
was the equal of kings. and 10 Lady Warwick.s
narrative one stout noolesnan after another is
represented as sharing in politics and war. TOW
modestly. now respiendentiy but always with
something Of the air Of an independent though
minor sovereign OF course the story IS NOT
wholly one Of intrigue or conflict. There Is. for
CONAANNr'
membered for her charity as gratefully as am
Of the valiant earls so great o. friend was she
to the University Of oxford that she caused A
common chest to be made. ana put therein Cxx
marks. out Of which such as were poor scholars
might upon security at any time borrow some
thing gratis for supply Of their wants"
But there is more Of var than Of peace IN the
history Of the Earls Of WarVi-A The first
really imposing in the long succession IS
Guy de Beauchanp. the principal instrument in
the crushing OF Piers GavestOn- Lady Warwick
quotes the famous couoquy between Edward
and BOhun of Hereford. when the King ordered
the nObIeman TO strengthen a certain expedition
with his sword BY God. Sir Ear the King
swore. you shall either go or hang. By God.
Sir King" replied BOhun. Il viii neither 90 nor
hangr' Guy de -Beauchamp was the same kind
of man. and If he did not OUTAGE Edward in
this fashion he made no bones OF assa-.ing his
favorite THE black hound OF Ardern" he had
been nicknamed by GavestOn. Let him cal
me hound" he said: "One day the hound viii
bite him" He waited for his revenge. and when
the time came he struck hard AZ Warwick
Castle to-day they show you the dungeon in
which he irnrnured his foe. and al BlacklOw
Hill a mile distant. an inscription marks the
spot on which he saw to it that Gaveston lost
Dean Stubbs upon this memorable execution.
which he has called "a piece OF vile personal re-
yenge for insults which any really great
man would have scorned 70 avenge.' but
she rightly recognizes in Guy the first OF
the iustifably conspicuous EaTls Of warwick
She writes well of Thomas de BeauchaInp. whose
deeds on the field of CreCy and PoIctlers. IN the
company of the Black Prince. were 50 brilliant
that il is difficult TO understand his decienslon
In later life and she gives US delightful sketch
Of that Richard de Beauchamp who had hing
Henry vi for his ward But she does even oet-
ter work in her chapters on the scion OF the
house of Neville who is better known IN his
tory as Warwick the King Maker. These chap
tiers are readable not alone for the skllIul por-
trayal in them Of remarkable man, Out ior
the Illuminating manner in which the aGtnor
exhibits the whole posture Of affairs N tAa1l
chaotic time, the interplay Of forces from WHICH
il seemed impossible that Homogeneous A-ns-
dom could ever emerge
With the rise of Richard ILL., however. lhe
mischief making powers Of men like the hins
Maker began to be threatened. and, though the
EarIs of Warwick were for many year there-
after destined to cause trouble. the barona@e
generally was in a fair way to be put Ii is
Mace when Henry VII came TO the thrCne- we
have in this book the anecdOte OF the klns on
his visit to the Earl of oxford. at whose house
he was received with every circumstance OF
ceremony. including numerous retainers haunt-
ing livery, despite the statutes forbiddlnS such
for