New-York tribune., 1906-04-04
Literary Wes0s and Crit;c;rn,

- Inc nation not fully intelIigible-s the on,,,-
,, niOh OF any account Of the develonnsn+ ne r.r-
Naineht as an institution Mr. Irno. trao,,ar,.,,,
4uueS TO Parliament and narrates ~. action
--, on its loyalty and its frequent sub
y :" hehry VIII and Queen Elizabeth
-, IN the reign of Henry VIII, he
MAKES passing remark to the effect thu, -psr-
lament may have been packed, bu, ha -.
sort OF idea as TO the coupos,,,or -, -.
ihent the manner OF election of the n,arnhsr. :.
'ie house or Commons nor their relation ,o +b.
hauon which they were supposed 10 represent.
ana MS one brief reference is the only indies
tion he gives that the Crown was already eyer
cising a control over the election of rnemba-s
OF the House OF Commons and that their mar
usanship and loyalty were insured before their
eiecuoh- of the five women who had so large
snare IN the sixteenth century history of
Europe IL is Mary Tudor who calls forth Mr.
inhess "armest sympathies. Mary Stuart he
judges leniently. finding excuse for the crimes
OF which he deems her guilty But he does not
constitute himself her advocate; and for Eliza
beth he seems 10 entertain a hearty conternpt
on account OF her unreliability and shutting
although he gives her credit for insight and
ability. For Mary Tudor he has both admiration
and pity. while he recognizes the evil results and
utter failure OF her policy. In summing up the
tragedies OF Queen Mary's reign Mr.. Innes
writes;
Last and greatest the tragedy Of the royal heart
swered only Wih dod se5T Rgan b d love S was rS an
by the loyalty OF her people only TO bring upon
three three other English monarchs: who for the wrongs
ciemenon 70 ner personally showed almost unexampled
srIr 1Ier In what she deemed sacred cause popu-
& &sarsh; who. sacriicing her own heart in the cause
DEEDS Gea ~ + the saening noEledge that BY her own
more utterly subordinated personal interests.
bic 70 passionate sense Of duty; mona ever failed
more utterly to work anything but unmixed woe.
Mr. Innes's Characterization of tn. minor
nsures In his history epigrammatio and pict-
uresQue. or Alencon. the longtime wooer Of
Queen Elizabeth. he writesi TN person he was
onensive and contemplate; his character cor
responded to his person. and his intellect 10 his
character Lady Jane Grey is dismissed as
the innocent hgurehead OF the rebellion, the
nine days Queen" while Anne of Cleves is con-
temptuously described as 1.-THE complaisant and
very plain lady. who had been the cause Of
Cromwelrs fall" The historians judgments on
events are expressed as tersely and as decidedly
He passes over the question of apostolic success
sion. which has been so long a bone OF conten-
ton In the Anglican Church, with the remark
that 't is sufficient here to observe that Il turns
mainly the doubt which has been thrown.
without real justification on Barlow's own or
inclined 10 consider Mr. Innes's judgments hasty
and not altogether well founded, but there can
be no doubt that the vigor OF his conviction and
the strength Of his emotions lend a vivid color
20 his narrative.
On turning from Mr.. Innes's England Under
the Tudors' TO England Under the stuarts"
by Mr.. C. NJ. Trevelyan, Of Trinity College
Cambridge, the fact Is most obvious that the
new History OF England" is a series Of histories
rather than one history. Mr.. Trevelyan treats
his subject from point OF view so remote from
that OF Mr.. Tnnes that II almost seems as
though anything that is important 10 the au-
thor Of the earlier history Is trivial to Mr. Tre-
velyRn, and that what scarcely calls for notice
from Mr. Innes is Of first consequence to his sue
cessor in the series. The first seventy pages
out Of the 800 In Mr.. Trevelyan's volume are de-
voted TO description OF the life and customs Of
England In Stuart times. IN which he treats Of
the domestic and economic life OF the period
subjects overlooked by MI Innes and goes into
some detail concerning Queen Elizabeth's poor
law, TO which Mr.. Innes gives but a passing
word. In marked contrast, too. with Mr. Innes
Mr.. Trevelyan makes the evolution Of the power
Of Parliament the pivot OF English history In
the seventeenth century. In a work which lays
claim 20 any continuity Of plan It seems strange
that institution which is scarcely deemed of
sufficient importance TO be worth more than a
couple OF pages. all told IN volume should
suddenly spring into such importance as 10 oc-
cupy the main part OF the book in the next.
And yet there had been no sudden change in the
constitution or powers of Parliament As # was
when James IN 1904 flung 10 It his challenge OF
divine rights-"As TO dispute what God may do
is blasphemy. It is sedition TO dispute what
a king may do in the height of his power
such It had grown to be through the reigns OF
T-1-dO aipT1z vT-ho bad al nd
cajoled It and had never run the risk OF losing
its support by directly attacking its rights and
privileges. Mr.. Trevelyan writes from the point
of view OF onlooker as regards church mat
ters. He has sympathy with the earnestness Of
the Puritan reformers, but not with their mar
row mindedness or their austerity. For the per-
scouting Anglican Church OF Laud and Of the
Restoration he has good word. except that
by Il the English nation was driven TO resistance
and radicalisrn. and that 1t was one of the COM
plex forces which resulted IN what he considers
England's greatest achievement the most in
sular in origin and yet the most universal in
effect This great achievement was the "evolu-
tion Of a system Of government which combined
freedom with efficiency. and local rights with
national union" England showed the world"
continues Mr. Trevelyan. 'by the example Of a
great nation. that was fast becoming a great
empire, how liberty could mean not weakness
but strength"
OF the three volumes published. Mr.
Innes's contains the fullest photography and
most extensive series Of maps. Mr.. TreVelyan's
photography is valuable for the careful selection
he has made for the guidance Of students. Had
he made the list Of sources and authorities
longer and more inclusivs it might have been
more bewildering and Of less practical useful
ness The genealogical tables IN Mr. Davis's