New-York tribune., 1908-08-02

iron determination of England never again ..
acknowledge a Roman Catholic sovereign :.
was not remarkable that he should not raal;,'
that he was not a man of force nor OF nota.I-
brains He had more endurance than darn.
and more '-reasonablenAss'' and patience tbs-
acunen. A King of fiery resolution could NJ,
but have given better account Of himself tia,
did '.the nnournful Jenny when at last, in -
rising Of HIS. he set foot on the Ionged-s,-
shores of his country. 'It was the most hsl,
Ices rising in arms that ever was" says NJ,
Shield. '.the most futile waste Of blood and POS
sessions
From first 70 last there vas no hope IN L \,
r,etbod no ujan %nOthing but boasttUl or desposE
ing talk One person c0ncernet; Wu0 N4s seT'ezs
It ,t Sbo arted logically. who knew what ne Eas
ed and did his best TO get IL VS. - rig and is
was msled by f3lse Information; ana as eoufags
,nJ resCI,f1l rIere thWarted and n-llI.ed b cas-
tr-adictorv advice and c0WaId4y OpVoslsIon Tie
gentle high minded Dervse enJWs1er %shS - 4se
a crown The Northuuorls.n s'4-lLss vent ia
beer, bnbbIing fs- twenty-five yearSvoHnoLnS zi,l
talk and plot and runlor-3nd WOLF - .tss sia,esei
on till exhausted or cooled down, l2S 20 eccssSoa
81 fervor came 20 make them DOLL h-3d not Georss
rs disdain Of Mar pIoil 5efertion ulacsS ~ as
fg,t, de rrse4ar at the head OF a s1lHeisnS arnY
which he could not es55,S-I es5 1-I bsrfIe IRE Eo-r9
Ji,jSion rad scarcely drawn a sW0IL IneJ oes
up arms because they So1I 1Icees ls that teT 49,
- 80 down in their expected ruin tie tort1lz-
brian farmers and peanrs as from f1st 70 -
their poor ranks Inere ~ ,bs - iisc,,sSo.s E - s1
bardIv anv idea OF fighting; al t.e s ss9, S we're
to terms with the presence was the s.
neressitv and when ne came lhe l-dH ~ esestE
OF ms m PTeston the scots Highland and Low
lana and the English cavaIleFs :, 49,; 49, I s "a y
ebaen At Sherifmuir tne nS .ltlls . e-a1s lossa.
as, sntp, t6peeIes but they lacked that one hour
Dundee
These are but frail excuses ior james NolF-
-. Ltc,t, e,orgh and resolution strong enOGgs
% cain a crown can hardly 0e az the merry q
Contradictory advice and coWaFdiy oppesio0a-
rrta most animated chapter in Miss Shells
booL, ia that devoted to tho story OF the escape
from Innsbruck Of Princess CIeFnentlna Soai-
set. Ianes.s bride, and Of her journey TO meet
hin, The picture OF the pretty, Wi1u- excited
Girl stealing from the castle at Midnight Into 2s
street swept by snow and ram IS one WnSa
most vividly appeals to the imaginatlon James
then in his thirty-third year and an exile Il
ItaIv was a melancholy and careworn mz,;
couId the Joyous little Queen OF seventeen give
briobtness to his disappointed life? Some hap
riress he had in his marriage, but more sorrow.
and sorrow. too. was his as his sons came q
manhood and threw of his rule That he vzs
n devoted and an affectiOnate husband azi
father there is no reason to doubt COlceTni1z
his LATER wears the feminine bi0grapher writes
seFIfs patience and tenderness with his sors
his gratitude to those who served him. his loyal
trust In those he had reason to believe trust
worthy, his high. chivalrous refusal ever %
stoop to base means to reach the much desired
end of his patient and IabOrious policy. his IN
faltering common sense, remained forever he
same" The sympathy which this writer shows
for her hero animates also the exceedingy
entertaining pages OF Martin Halle. Both boOks
are valuable contributions to the history Of t1s
Stuarts-a history which never loses its faseips-
ton for the world OF readers There NAY bs
future additions to the sum OF our knowledge a.
the career and the character OF James III fr
there are documents which have not YET be-,
made public; but So far as may now De seen
these two biographers are. in large meaSurs
justified in their conclusions