New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-10-23

does not look at 1t through rose colored spec
tscles.
Despite an preconoeptions and illusions" he
says, the great age OF Elizabeth vas hard,
Htigious, bloody and corrupt Edmund
Spenser, the gentlest OF poets and Of men, helped
put 10 the sword. save for a few officers. a band
Of surrendered Spanish invaders at Smerwick.
IN Ireland But thin partitions did divide
merchant adventure from piracy" Neverthe-
less It was a romantic age and If Elizabeth
had her seamy side, following a political policy
(which could not but have preyed con-
science even so robust as her own" she was
also indubitably the kind OF woman to justify
the portrait Of her IN the guise OF Diana, which
IS reproduced as q frontspiece to this volume
from the painting at Hatfield House.
IN his opening chapter, from which his book
takes It's title, the author describes some Of
those stately and ceremonious scenes" in which
he Queen loved TO figure. They were affairs
of the most gorgeous pageantTy. whether
ranged al court in the houses OF the noble
subjects whom she enchanted, and sometimes
ruined. financially by visiting. She was very
happy when she was received with all manner
Of decorative and even poetic expedients.
masque delighted her. but Professor Schelling
notes thai when Elizabeth set out upon a jour
ney she faced a certain amount Of hard labor.
On the very first day her majestys power Of en-
ourance was thoroughly put 10 the test Starting
al noon from Islington. a town some miles from
KeniwOrth. and hunting BY the way. me Que5a
apartments until 10 O'Clock that night Between
the ultyard. where she arrived about ano uS
door Of the castle alone she ran me san sfhvis
the speeches music and posturing OF leR SPY d
suudry porters SIX trumpeters ProteoS, i T 1ars
rnert~ who stopped 10 explain-we may De sure
srs al the bridge and dedicated respectively 70
Sylyanus Pomona Ceres. Bacchus, 4,t ION
GROWING the door ITSELF
There were more proud diversions. many mora
one uarvels al the energy Of this unmatchaOle
Queen and woman" as FuIke Greville called her.
Her subjects were very like her. they hVeo WIN
a kind OF passionate intensity every moment Oh
;beir active lives Professor Schelling tries 10
show rs their mode OF living from different
points OF view The last win and testament OF
an F-ltzabethan gentleman suggests 10 MIN q III
lie discourse on the inside OF an ElizaDelnAn
s9yeIung From che quietude OF home life he
passes 10 the turbulence in which a Gen tiefiiaH
Adventure" found enjoyment choosing Thomas
stucley. Of amazing memory. as his type ana
;hen he tells us OF FuIke Grevile and Sidney IN
,he,r friendship In another essay he treats OF
te children who were the first actors In England
end he sketches with picturesaueness and emo
lion the disastrous end Of Robert Greene. aiiix-
Ing the lines his wife IN which that unhappy
rnirft bade farewell To the world. and after an
Interesting paper on plays IN the Making ne
gives US fn some Of his best pages. an account OF
the place that music held IN Elizabethan IRE
Theatrical doings IN old oxford and Ben JON
sons fss--sns Journey 10 Scotland provide the
substance for the essays with which the author
brings his book 10 close II Is an unpreten-
tious book. written with a Light touch and IT
presents Professor Schelling In the character OF
q charming essayiEA