New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-10-18

He EFFORTS from political history all the b,,-,~r
interest that it can be made to yield.
The third Lord Holland whose circle e, .,i..
commemorated in Mr. 5anders's book no
honorable but not especially brilliant ag-7-.
the public life Of his time "Circunssanca u -.
inclination" says his biographer. made n, -
a follower rather than a leader When bo a..
these lines were found on his dressing table
Nephew Of Fox. and friend q Crey
Enough my need Of fame
II those who drgn'd % observe ne an
I injured neither narre-
He shone as friend. as a host rJnds. =,
regime and that Of his clever. forrnidabIa ..
Holland House was the scene OF proba5t-
witty talk as was ever heard in the a..
Islands Statesmen. poets men Of fasbio, -
that was most interesting IN the great wor,. :.
the later eighteenth century and the fin, -.
Of the nineteenth came 70 that hOspitable -
sion and repaid the appalling rudeness ~ -
mistress by doing their best 20 entertain her -,
her amiable husband Mr. Sanders ugs~-
sketches the habitues Of the house tells IA ma.
! Of the amusing things they said. and 6us =
book with the atmosphere Of a really ds.-
glished salon. We like his chapters the bs.,.-
because they do not presume % be exhavq,i,.
and are never perfunctOry- They are not for-,.,
OF anecdotes put together with the logged h,
Of shears and paste They have rather -.
character Of discUrsive essays The stories t,rt
are mostly contributions toward the PORTRAYAL,
this or that notability. Here is q fragment f-,-
the account Of Lady Holland:
She tyrannized over all who came IN co7tae. z..
her, including her husband -aoEe- l. vas all r.
doubt in the way ~ E-adaess Lori Holland ~
one occasion. was not permitted % I--s IN q F-..
waistcoat which doomed large upon 5.s D0r.-g Il,
ure. suggesting as I-u-tr-U Whispered AZ as5s
the image of a ty.rbo- standing On ITS TAN -
Wife declared that she would not si- down MS
he duly relieved " his r-.-.1a= when -Fa- ~
Put away your nasty cTtca-s- LORI Holland. 77g
look II You We're in prison son. dear vyo--,-
pray lot me have them. r ,.Ee -J have --a0 -
me- Impossible Mary. take away TJIr pa1a7
Clutches Lady Granville witnessed the scs-e
FNicH WIS dcltl -"F --l- ''-l- or N audience q
and his attachs n prime Do Ei15ae a. ar 41E
| servants 70 take away her husb1uf-s Plate ana -
/ 70 wheel him of - bed when b. Tas IN he miIts
hun.ored philosophy
/ Perhaps it is as well that Lady Holland /,
not kept by Mr. Sanders perpetua-Iy in the FORE
ground Having illustrated her traits and aulJ
| pointed out that she could be a-nia5l= when sss
! chose he goes on TO treat Of her friends Por
traits of many Of them make his illustrations
! IN fact this book, while tribute % the Hl.
lands is first and last a memoria. 20 an hist5-,
| segment Of English society. The author has
drawn his material from a great mass Of bio.
graphical and other literature. and coadensias
! in one convenient volume what would 9therzss
/ take the reader far afeld. he makes his COOK
/ dOu5Iy welcome
Mr. Francis GribbIe is an adept az extracting
entertainment from a rather f5r5.lI.ns tra1cs
| of literature. as he showed in his book o.
George sand and Her Lovers" He IS hard ys
/ 20 it. however to communal anything Ike
the same vfvaCity or interest o his latest con-
pilation. Rousseau and the Women He L0g71'
The truth is that there is something incu-la7
squaIid in the subject The observation TT
| Rousseau. for all his genius. vas not a gent-
I man, might easily be met. no doubt. with Il
| observation that your man u genius does q
always need to be one The reto-t- h0WsTg
would be a little beside the point After al e i
anours OF a vUIsarian are scarcely caicgl;z
/ To be amusing and Rousseau a. a lover slt
/ be merely vulgar There is a deadly wan. ( 4
humor about Mr.. Gribble's account 0f the .las
drawn out episode Of Nine De Warens :
/ makes prodigiousIy dull reading. Here d! /
/ there We find the author more 5iverting. as z
his chapter on ROUsseau's experience il IL .
train Of the French Ambassador ~ Te1ice "a
has no illusions about his hero. but uses tas
/ boIdest coIors in drawing the contrast bstEesi .
. Rousseau's version OF his quarrel with II q .
/ Montaigu and that offered by the AmhassaiH .
himself. which came to light q few years asa
/ In this chapter as in other parts Of The bolz
/ the great man is deIi1eatej as a most amazing
liar. NJ. Gri5bIe is not % be- criticised t1- Is .