New-York tribune., 1909-11-14
Anglo-American Memories
ccor~r,sA,. 1893. sy eeorr. W. sm.n.y,


STANDS you lock across the softly undu-
iatlng park 10 the belt of woods on the
nils beyond; and the whole might
PASS Tor an amphitheatre. for be-
Sehe these forest walls you cannot look.
for the sake Of an anecdote with 4
real meaning TO il may say that one Of
The men oftenest 10 be met at Trins was
Froude. II is impossible 20 enter the
house without thinking OF that gracious
nsure With the eyes too beautiful ( a
man. or without hearing that smooth.
strong voice. One morning IT breakfast
Lady Rothschild said 10 him:
Mr.. FroDde. ! wish you would define
eleVerness for me-"
Ee thought moment. and answered:
I will define il for you in one word
sincerity
The dehnition may be dismissed or
questioned. but its chief interest lies for
Froude's friends in this.-that il is an
answer 20 the pedants and 10 the pupils
Of Freeman and Stubbs who have rallied
al FroUde's inaccuracies as SO many
proofs OF insinoerity Of nature. rIis in
accuraciAs are ot detail. What he cared
for. and wished Us 10 care for. was the
tgCth Of his gensral view. and Of the
pNture he drew for Us OF great raen and
women and great events.
! shall have something more 10 say es
Lord Rothschild ar another time and in
connection with other matters. But I
he is not often seen-in the front rank
Of public men OF the time. I do not sup
pose ne car much where you put him.
He has made his own place. in so far as
he has not inherited il. The ~reat firm
is not OF his creation. Il dates from the
beginning Of the last century. II has
traditions and hXed principles Of doing
business. Each member Of il was brought
up-as the Astcrs were brought Up il
New York-to the business. and as boys
were made 20 master the details OF il.
The present head % the frrn spent some
years OF his life in copying or writing
business letters under the eye Of his
father. that Baron Lionel de Rothschiid
who was the 6rst Hebrew Member OF
Parliamcnt-for the City OF London.
There are, OF course, some things
which cannot be wholly inherited. An
aptitude for business is one OF them; and
application 10 business has. l imagine,
u be bcquired as Well as inherited. But
Lord Rothschild stands FIRST in the City.
not merely because he Is a Rothschild.
and not merely because hC is the head
OF the firm. nor even because the firm Is
the first Ia the world Of dnarce. but be
cause DE Is the best man Of business in
the CITY.
He is that and something more He
is a man 50 Nell informed, SO sagacious.
so capable OF leading, that Il he had
chosen public life instead Of finance lie
would be al the head there also. He
comes very near being at the head as
Il IL. H leads easily IN matters Of state
which are also matters OF business HIS
relations with political leaders are c-ose
and conunu0us. Finance bills as well
Is bills OF exchange are discussed IN
New Court. ana from the world over
business OF every description flows into
this central spot OF the central city OF
the world. And % deal with II. Lord
Rothschild leaves Tring Park every mora
ing az half past eight BY train. and BY
strict attention 70 business till Eve IN the
afternoon manages 10 earn a respectable
income. G. " : p