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elsewhere. II not already ordained the
holder OF this fellowship was bound 70 take
orders within a year. A year later he was
ordained a deacon, and a few months after
ward became n Presbyter Fellow and the
junior tutor Of Trinity Hall. stephen wal a
don for just len years, reckoned from his
assumption Of the Ooodbehere Fellowship.
He remained in residence until the end OF
1884. when the days of his donhood ended,
but he retained his Presbyter Fellowship
until il was vacated by his marriage In the
summer of 1857. There is No doubt that
during Stephens tutorship Trinity Hall did
emlnently well. To apply the two Canta-
brigham tests, il went" head Of the river in
1859, and three years later not only went
head, but finished" head. In 1858 it pro-
duced a senior wrangler. The like OF such
events had never before happened to Trinity
Hall. Part Of the credit for these achieve
ments was due doubtless 10 the senior tutor,
Latham. who eventually became master OF
the college. There IL no doubt, however,
that TO stephen should mainly be attributed
the success OF Trinity Hall upon the river,
which has been maintained ever since.
Stephens visits 20 Switzerland began
while he was a fellow at Trinity Hall. No
fewer than twenty-five vacations were
spent among the Alps. Many Of his noun
taineering experiences are set forth in his
book The Playground OF Europe" Il Ia
well known that be became n OF the most
distinguished of Alpine elm bers, though
he was the last man in the world to boast
of his exploits. As Frederic Harrison has
recorded: 1T was. indeed. a liberal educa-
ton to a young Alpine climber to spend a
few days with Leslie Stephen and his Ober-
landers in the crags and the snow fields
which he loved as il they were his native
II, indeed, they were the Detachable
Mountains where the pilgrim might at last
find blessedness and rest. The Alps were
to Stephen the elixir OF life, a revelation. a
religion"
stephens political opinions in the eos
were those Of "A young Radical who did
homage to Mill and Bright. During our
civil war he was a vehement champion
Of the North at a time when among the
richer classes in England there was, 10 say
the least, much sympathy with the South.
"a NdiAiObhAsCI ho Wuo " "NSHOf
and no cause could be called disreputable
II it had the Master OF Trinity CWhewelD
among its supporters. Nevertheless the
Southerners had a large majority in the
combination rooms. In the summer OF
1888 he went to America, 70 see for himself
how matters stood. The motives that urged
him were, il seems, purely political and con-
troversial. There In no reason 20 suppose
that he then knew nnuch or cared much
about American literature. We know, from
his own confession, that he had not at that
time read a word of Emerson. h -Biglow
Papers" he had read. but he had no notion
that he was going to make acquaintance
with American men OF letters; still less that
some OF them were TO become his most inti-
mate friends. It Is interesting 70 recall the
Impressions made on him by various Amer
loan men OF letters. OF Oliver Wendell
Holmes he writes to his mother: He is a
very Jolly, jerky little man, whose principal
fault IL that when he has once got started
In talking, I doubt II even Fawcett could
get a word in Emerson did not impress
him with the idea OF any particular power.
sHe is a calm. quiet, gentlemanlike man,
very unaffected and talking a great deal
about England. We did not, however,
have any really good conversation, which
was perhaps partly my. fault and partly
his. His opinion OF Mat Arnold surprised
me, and I chaIfed Lowell about H. next day.
lowell was not much OF q believer, but l
find that all people here look upon Arnold
with great admiration He also saw
LonRfeTlow, "a pleasant, white bearded,
benevolent looking man OF very quiet
manners, who talked agreeably, but not
poetioally, With a want OF the readiness
which sppears TO be characteristic of the
literary gent in these parts" Lowell he liked
best Of all. -He really is one OF the very
pleasantest men ! ever met. The other
men are not quite UP with him.
In Washington, Seward, TO whom Stephen
had brought a letter from John Bright, in
troduced him 70 Lincoln. -Bright's letter
proved very useful. II brought Seward
down completely. Bright's name is a
complete tower Of strength In these parts.
They all talked OF him with extraordinary
admiration, and I was obliged to conceal
the very distant nature of my relations
to him by ingenious prevsrications.'
Seward did not impress the English visitor
very favorably. HE Is a little, rather in
significant looking man. with q tendency
to tell rather long winded and rather point
less stories, and to make those would
be profoundly philosophical observations
about the manifest destiny and character
istics Of the American people Of which
Americans AVE got a string ready for
use on all occasions, and all Of which I now
know by heart The fact Is recalled that
Seward rather provoked Stephen, who was
telling him something OF the friends of
the North in England. and mentioning
among them Mill, by calling him Monk
ton MILL That seemed to Stephen a
depth Of deliberate ignorance TO which
I should have hoped no decent human
being on the other side Of the Atlantic
would have descended He added bump
tiously yet with a touch OF irony: 1T is, l
fear, true that not only have Americans
no university education, properly so called.
but that very few Of them come up 10 that
lofty standard OF excellence which we
attain in such polishing Institutions as
Trinity Hall" The young E~nglshman
was introduced 20 Abraham Lincoln, but
did not talk 10 him much" he writes, abe-