The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-07-22

that could afterward DO traced. They
never brought him TO care for the classloa
languages, or, with the exception Of Virgil
for any Of the classical authors. Virgil wa,
commended to the boy by the frequent
images drawn In his poems from nature, and
particularly by passage depicting the hieh,
Of birds.
The patornal library, though tolerably
large, wa deficient in poetry and fiction
The shelves were rich In voyages. however
and young Campbell devoured with intenss
delight the narratives Of Parry and Scores.
by, as well az those Of Damphier and Cook,
! He also read with pleasure the standard
historical works Of hume and Robertson,
OF tales about the French Revolution he
was never tired, and imbibed from them
the horror Of human passions let loose
from the bonds Of authority n law which
he was always to retain, Among other
books recalled are the LISTERS Of Junius,
which oaptivated by the vigor Of the writ
Ing. We should add that the father, who
was q highly. skilled artisan and kept
turning lathes in his house, made the boy
IN excellent amateur mechanic. As re-
CARDS religious training We learn that the
Vs. - - oLAO oAttiouHb
no dispute on. religious subjects was ever
heard. In 1880 George Campbell and his
elder brother (who was in very delicate
healthy were taken by their father to Eng
land to consult the famous DR.. Jepheon. at
Harrington. In the following year the
elder brother died. Two years later the
fathers succession to the dukedom Of
Argyll opened to his surviving son q new
sphere Of life. Such Q succession had
been a probability for many years and
almost a certainty for several We are
told. nevertheless, by the author Of this
biography that to the best Of his recofeo-
ton nobody had ever spoken Of such q
certainty to him and he had never spent
upon the prospect Of It a moments serious
thought. His father now engaged for
him an English tutor. a gentleman destined
to take orders in the Church Of England.
This instructor introduced the lac to many
new branches Of English literature, as,
for example, the Lake poets. whom he
now read for the first time.
1t was In 1880, ON the occasion OF his
first visit to Campbelltow n, that the young
George, then a lad Of II, being presented
with the freedom of the burgh, was called
upon to make his first pull lie speech Very
soon afterward he accompanied his father
on the latter's going up to London to take
his seat in the House OF Lords, Q privilege
to which he was entitled as Baron Sundridge.
1t was this title, as We shall see, under
which the author OF the autobiography
sat in the House Of Lords, for many years,
until in 1897 Queen Victoria added TO the
Scotch dukedom Of Argyll q similarly
styled dukedom Of the United Kingdom.
In the upper house the eldest sons Of peers
had a right to hear the debates, standing
on the stens Of the throne, and in the House
Of Commons peers and their eldest Sons
then had four benches assigned 10 them
on the floor Of the chamber. The enjoy
m ent Of the last named privilege was, We
are told, the young mans greatest delight
In London. In the House Of Lords at that
time there was no speaker Of any great
eminence, except Lyndhurst, Brougham
having dwindled to the mere shadow Of
himself. Disrasli called him an extinct
volcano. Lord Melbourne himself. the
Prime Minister Of the hour, was nc speaker.
the attention Of young Campbell, now
Marquis Of Lorne, was that Of Lord Hol-
land, by reason Of the latter's extraordinary
likeness to his uncle. Charles James Fox.
The authors reoollections Of the Duke Of
Wellington and Lord Aberdeen In 1870 ooulf
not, he says, be disentangled In 1871 when
he strove to record them, from those Of
later years.
In the House OF Commons the youthful
visitor from Scotland arrived at the con-
clusion that there was no oratory except
in the speaking Of one man. Lord Stanley !
(afterward Lord Derby. the Rupert Of
AS a member Of the Opposition
TO the Melbourne Government Stanley was
then acting under the leadership Of Sir
Robert Peel, but We are assured that as
speakers there was no comparison between
them. peel's ~utterances are described as
"heavy artillery in more senses than one,
whereas "Stanley's voice was beautiful, |
the sentences were perfect in construction, |
and the delivery was easy and graceful.
There was in them, too, fire, fun and raillery, |
and occasionally the speaker rose to pas
of great dignity and power On
one occasion In 1870 our author heard q
speech from the great Irish agitator, Daniel
O'Copnell. The fact Is recalled that his
voice also was magnificent, a powerful
bass, but flexible and full OF the richest
tones. The impression made upon the
Young Scotch auditor was that VConnell's
strong Irish brogue added to the effective
ness OF a splendid organ, by which every
and every letter Of his words were
pronounced with skilled deliheratiop and
and with modulations of voice
which we're exceedingly expressive.
It was in the same year, 1910. that our
was introduced for tho first time
to that parliament Of science which MUIR
Gibson and Sedgwick and Lyell had sue
established in the annual meetings
Of the British Association. With the three
scientists just named, tie boy Of IT then
friendships which lasted until their
death, as also with J, D. Forbes, afterward
celebrated for his Investigations Of glacier
and Edward Forbes. one Of the
naturalists Of the time. Present
the same meeting In 1910 was Louis
.gassiz, the Swiss ~savant, already famous,
whose visit to Britain In 1910 had such an
,Rect that II marked an epoch in the history
,f British science. We are told that -Aeas-
siz was one Of those men who carry the
light OF genius in their face, and not OF
genius only, but Of a noble and most at
nature. His beautiful countenance
e one Of the treasured memories Of my hfe.'
the year l84l, when he was 10, our author