New-York tribune., 1909-09-26

''''er n'd MS doubts about Don -. 4
wrote 10 its author advising hin, r,..' ''aa' a
it. hiasphemy'' was one 5f his 80. =" 9i
a. IL IS worth while. by the yvav 'S as-.
H"hh'use saws Of an incident whi.s ''''a n
during their tour in Switzerland. '''>
At an inn ON the road Vim. --,,.,
nam. 49,; 'i .. i-'rd tyrou. having oooS \
with the words atheist fnd r.5.'i it Mr y
,r5i ~ Ipp[Sl .1 u and Observing lp-'t ~
luli9 rhiu 90 Shelley a -.---.o7, d. v.. I
tuis outf he defacsd the yg.rl. oy ser.'s4
9 Hl1 was the fact-tha Frtt.,- Gun srasf
.-'l .l p...'..ifi ~.,a talt Lord Byron ''l ~
AMI Mr. Southey. although h. a- a.'r = that
t-'-+' H STORY. urFcrt ae-s -. t feaeaf =
byron 'n7Ner1b'~ for Mr. SaeH-y.s - nasa !,
Hohhonse notes in Dr. diary tba. D.
b" could no more be n lGgrar.ss -s.-'a
ue an atheist "His sens inf5ye. 70 's
although DO could not account fr,- s., A'1
tain "a proof to him that there '-@ as
it as the influence upon the compass a. aus
there was some cause for the L. IS
masnetical needle t. the pole IN =,
opinion Of his own work. even af,a- p
succ -ss Of "Childe Harold. was -. Il
larly high. Hobhouse quotes him as - -
his poems are Of that sort which s
everything of the kind in these 5a,,, IT, ~
and give place 10 the ancient readins,% ~
Hobhouse travelled much on N, ,,,,.-
saw many odd and notable people +,
he delivered dispatches u the g.
Bernadotte. and found that redoubr,sI,
age in curl papers. AT Gratz Conn
stall told him that she had ba,-t
Francis say when returning % vis,,,. -.
battle of Austerlitz. well, her. v-.
beaten At Vienna the young Englisb-,..
much Of the old Prince o. I.ie,a -,
present at an t-rtainment wh4ra ~
gave to a Russian diplomat reDy,o,
sting in the tail Of it, The Rllssian 49,
toast. Death to the Emperor NaDoleon
upon the venerable Prince remarked .u-
healths. not deaths and besides. ua j.
accustomed in this capital 90 deaths n.
perors- 1t was otherwise in St Pe.a-,,
At F'lOrence HObhOuse went % see ~.
tess of Albany. the wife Of the Pratar..-
found her a fat old woman with br,, -.
and a coarse voice At Milan. in 1Vs
met Beyle (Stendhab. who gave him
rescue account Of the retreat from Mos,ou
he was in attendance On Napoleon II. j
peror. never rousing from his deiecro, ~,
for hours without speaking ''Onc- or
some soldiers cried as he passed. -Ce NAH, ]
fait tpcT TONS. He turned round and oo,s
the speakers; the soldiers burst inro 20
BeyIe declared that so far from b4rg
Napoleon was not cruel enOugh-tbar h. !
the BOurbens in his hands and would M
away with them. The finest day Of Nam.
life. Beyle said. was that or which the bar.
BOrodino was fought H was sitting NJ
ground between two sandhiIls tapping n
head: every now and then they brougs-
word. such a one is killed. Well. % You.
eraI CaulaincOUrt is killed lHc- r9gs n
about to his staff and so on. as the bali
over the hill. This was in battle out b
feelings when not in the height Of action
is in the diary an amusing story told by
rand To Alvanley and repeated by The ar
HobhouSe.
Just before the ctmpai-n tsainSt Als-
GTalieyTandj came into the r1um where Ns
was talking 10 the Russian Ambassador i1
madness. stamping and jumping on he
and performing other freaks When the
Ambd SS4dOT went out of the room. Ta.-
asked Napoleon why he was IN such tralS1
rage. Napoleon told him that he had qu,
Ilieu 10 make LNe Russian Wfl-e 20 as 1
and advise il 10 keep 10 its neutrality
was cooler in my life. said Napoleon. "Ez
pOHis. which Tallevrand did, and found @
quite usual which was veTy slow.
HObhOuSe'S diary is full of stories sbE
great Emperor. for whom he felt an adza
almost amounting To idOlatry. When Nap
returned from E,lba the Englishman stFasr
posted off 10 Paris 10 see that ~exJraor5
being" and remained there through the
dred Days" He saw the Emperor first al
view. and describes him thus. Il
His face = Of a deadly pale his Jaws ns-
short. OF a dark duSky brown. The ltv
Tuiler:eS told me The soldiers called bin 4
petit tOHdu. He generally stood with hE n
knit behind him OF folded before him t- I
four times took snuff out ~ a plain br-E Il