New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-07

versation engage me to give her greater and
greater marks of affection and esteem ina
Able Rizzini, by the set down In one Oh
his letters to Modena a characteristic anecdote
of the different methods Of Charles and James
I'm "their dealings with men,:
The Lord Mayor Of London. when he had made
his compliments to the PGRe OF 10r9 On IN Bring his
royal bride to a banquet at the great nan OF 2I Ie
ness having refused on the plea Of the Duchesss
indispOsition (but really for other reaonSI Hg
his ma1esty said that would tas the ro 9
bride to the Banquet hiIself to the great I
tentment OF the Lord Mayor.
The warm hearted young duchess made
friends with her stepdaughters Mary and Anne
the elder of whom was exactly her own age; and
she held a court marked by refinement and cut
ure The beauty Of the girl appealed 10 In7
people and they could not but acknowledge heH
unaffected goodness. They almost forgot to de-
plore her religion. But three years after her
arrival Jarnes's open deSertOn OF ProtestanLlsin'
intended "to obtain liberty of conscience In the
kingdom" reused a feeling in his countrynen
whose depth neither husband nor wife could
understand.
The author deals picturesqueIy if not without
has with the troubled times preceding and sue
ceeding the accession Of James and mary
Beatrice to the throne The Kings STUBBORN
fo11v. which sent him rushing upon ruin. Is
clearly displayed while the Queen is pictured as
the advocate Of more tactful legal and logical
proceedings The apology for James in the mat
ter of Jeffreys is but a lame It is almost IN
conceivable that he could have been so Obvious
of the history temper and character or the
English people He invited disaster and it came
promptly AS an exile at ST. Germans he was
more estimabe parsonage than he had ever
been before and his wife had in some respects
a peace of mind she had not known in prosper
ity His religious austerity was balm to her de-
votionaI nature. and she had no more fears
of rivals in his heart The author quotes a
story not new but always engaging. which Is
traditional in the family of one Of the little girls
of the English encourage:
When her mother had occasion to punish her
by shutting her into passage on which a "in 4
up and tap on the glass for the King instantly 70
find her sitting at his feet or on his knee. and
at last ventUred to inquire how it came ABOUT that
whenever she punished her little girl. his Majesty
always did her the honour Of admitting her to his
closet. James pointed to the little window IN so
luton of the mystery
His own children. the Prince Of Wales and his
little sister Louise. throve. and were bright and
Iovable. It is pleasauter to leave the tired
Stuart in this guise Of tender husband and
father than as a King Grant. struggling to re-
gain the throne forfeited by his own folly and
stupidity That on his death bed he appreciated
what his italian wife had striven to be to him
may be guessed from his farewell exhortation to
his little daughter to follow close the steps OF
that great pattern" her mother. The rest OF the
Queens life, after his death. was spent largely
in endeavOring to make her son King OF Eng
land. Many Continental archives not easily ac-
cessible have been drawn upon for the docu-
ments which provide the most valuable pages Of
this volume.