New-York tribune., 1909-03-13
in EmgIishmdn'S Entertaining
Memories.

mans Green a. 10
Mr. ToIIernache has been called by EngIish
contemporaries the Boswell Of our age ana ms
various books of "Reminiscences. anecdote and
speculation do, in q large measure, Jns'Hy lii0
snpeuatjon. Mark Pattison declared that Tolle-
,,.ao,,,,v ,oo,,,-srsation was 20 him more stimu-
lating than that OF any man he ever met ana
Of his friends writings il must be said that theE
are full OF the entertainment to be e&pec'eu
from q thoughtful accomplished and reasonably
humorous person who has had much N9Au9D.0
experience who has observed society anu pun
tics with genial temper. who has ioVeo le''4 n
ing and has been the friend OF many prl'ilali'
men and women He IS a member OF q h4nl-iS
long seated in sn ancient, moated manor hous''
one dating from Tudor times; and OF IildI AIS
toric background and Of the figures that nloFeu
across II he has much that is interesting 10 say
n The earlier chapters Of this volume. Inc
very oaks in the park are famous ior lheii O."
tiot,ity: some OF them. the authors father De-
lteved are nearly IL not quite thousand years
old They are as imposing IL not as legendary
os +b- great oafz near Bury St Edrnunds. hot
4ar ewev Of which Lord Tcllernache told ms sui
ST Edmund the last King Of East AIe14@' va"
tracked BY means Of wolves, and having oeoi'
bound 10 the oak slain with arrows. D'
zvav Of insult, 81 IS said, some wolves ''ie
were buried with those Of the King Inc "u-
Thor adds: 1T is fact that not loiis 0eo'
wolves bones were discovered near tIle Sp~-'
and the decaying oak having been aller"s siu
blown down, was examined ana the o"i' 'A
arrow found near its centre
It WAS worth while TO preserve for posfeFlty
,,,o ,or+-ait of that typical EngIishman Of the
old school. Lord Tollemache. His son describes
.;-o .s tiend Of Sir Roger de Cover!ey ana
r--5,,,ay E2chalieu at once p-odigiously despo'l0
.,,5 the 1xindest soul in the world He eXpecteu
his grown children TO show 70 him the ansoiu'e
submission Of their childhood He was s'oul
Conservative yet had views cohcerIIHe
.-rsat Rebellion which were astonishing IN 8 de-
scendant Of Cavaliers. He thought the eAecu'40i
of the King crime and q folly, but ne was aS
,r1storned 70 say that If Charles had been ONLY
scnosaa he would TO this day be regarded as a
tzra1t. He died at eighty-fve from the ELECTS
,f a long drive taken on winter day 10 carry
helm and advice 10 a tenant, yet great was ms
sarsa Of the perils which he believed lay IN oe-
,,ocrac, II was once suggested TO him thaI
,,,-,ry trees should be planted in the avenue aI
15elrningham 10 take the place OF the oio uee7
.s they died out but he declined TO 1ollo" sh's
- -a-le xoung trees by the side of the
,-e-z- old ones" he said. would be an eNeso'e
for many years: and very likely before Ihey I1-
tine to grow up. property would De Inaue nay
- H5S son inquired whether he at all eX-
ted 3
answered the old gentleman The Radicas are
g. 600 vide awake 10 frighten people in that
- All they have TO dc is 10 lay taNatioh
- and more on wealth, and depend upon II
.,,.,-yi do this" Punctilious was the courtesy
of this venerable Coverley. and OF lila' sue u
him there is quaint anecdote;
Nv father was one day driving cow I he pave
in hanson when .. ne sa" "a him la He did rot rec
g-i-A her and when it was too lALe, tI0 oc1noIrl-
himself WIN .s Instantly he stopped the cab
ran after the lady and began 800 70 re{oinder He
.,r1s5 IT, % his cab crestfaen; but II snaGTIt; it
Iasheo Ipo I+ed 70 scrape up an acquaintance WIN
be~ I'm went the umbrella aeaiI' g. a-u ,s IN bs
pursued 15y 81 afraid madam Being now
really angTy. she d1cs I16eTT"i'''a ''-i"
,,--f,s ,,nor, the subject Of his progenitors Mr..
-r,,,svnacbe tells some amusing stories OF his
..-,ranarnother. the eccentric Countess OF
s,s,o-ouph- Her two elder daughters having
.--sed she determined TO ward off sultors from
,,e- F,eIoved youngest To this end she cI'pPeU
off rrettv Lady Emilys hair and eyebrows Inc
-o,,ng lady. we are told did not waste her tiIile
a. s,,1liag 1,,It went straightwaT ana pousHt
,,5r-and 4 wig the author tells us she Woie
- a., est of her life Of this Lady Emily's
sutocratic ideas when she reaehea her o4u "sS
+be-a ts q comic instance Did he not kno"
-. ,,ioo Girl 80 she asked a young and prosper
Gus relative whom she was urging to enter the
,,,a+-s,,onial estate. u know a great many
s.,5 the youth but how can tell whether any
- .t.,, will have me- Nonsense" said the
o1d lady. Nothing can be simpler Let 'heih
al stand in a row and then make your selee-
,son " the author suggests that Lady EMMY >
<acnItias had declined; but she was no more
,,oar+-sc than her mother at an earlier age
LADY Aldborough began 10 travel on llle Coii-
-, = before the French Revolution, and she
Int ,n, her peregrinations into the reign Oh
7 o,,is Philippe. whom she knew very Well her
s-s+ nassnort declared her TO be twenty-five
wears of age, and throughout her after years shs
-es,,sed 10 alter this statement When at sew
s,tv she found French official doubtlng 1he
testimony OF the passport she reduced nm 10
confusion Monsieur" she said' hou are the
5rs+ Frenchrr1an who has ever doubted what
lad. has said 10 him on the subject OF hef age
The gallant man could do no less than entreat
q thousand pardcns and part from her win me
lowest Of bows
ToIlen,acbe was at Harrow under the famous
Dr. Vaughan and sets down many Interesting
memories OF the great school and the great
r4eadmaster Vaughan was the gentlest man
,,.rad man who ever soundly trounced scholar
+ = said that after having used the birch with
energy and effect on one occasion he said very
szreetlv 10 the youthful maefactor: Thank you.
nv desr boy I wont trouble you any more to-
dsv" or the men he knew during his student
life al oxford. Tollemache has much TO say or
that life Jowett was the centre. the abiding III
susration His beaming smile his cheruoic
hi-,, +" his endearing sympathy never TO be
fo-gatten bv those who knew him. His per
soual interest in his pupils was such that he
was able 10 recall long years after what had