New-York tribune., 1909-06-27

Sometimes these are Of sufficiently grave i'm
port as in the chapter relating % the proInuI-
cation Of GIadstone.s first Home -.uIe bill but
Mr.. Lucy is nothing If not light in hand. and ne
constantly pauses to bring in some memory
which if triafng has at ali events cert1in
r,iousrcv Thus in speaking of a talk aish
Lord Roxton he says Among other th'-s7.
he related how DisraeIi told him that tH- u-st
communication he had with the lady Who -lo-
senuentIy became mis- wife was dated frpH ~
inn bearing the extraordinary name me COW
and Snuffers' Going down on el@ctl'ns-1i.-S
business to the neighborhood in which her A-5-
band lived. he had put up at this inn IN =-.l-
GUS and in very interesting vein are the autll'
notes on Nj Chamberlain. whom be d-scrtf-7 80
talking with him at dinner on one occasion Ni-l
truly marvellous frank1ess- This vas IN l'''.
when his chances of succession % the Pr=ra-sr-
ship were being discussed He said u Llcy.
If YOU want to know the truth about ne nal,-r
I will tell YOU Never ~ any tlii7 y. . l,S ~ -
stances do I intend to be Frlrnr mi h-5e .I- 81.
if,I r IA am one els who may De preferred
thl pGst confess il was different when was
tainIy resolved be Prime Minister N ne I--'.
succession. II I had been. you would nav zen
established that condition OF l4o-ra- iLl.-.4-'
Of which Rosebery and others tutAeE TAX t'---1s-
| To Mr.. Chamberlain in these pages succeeds
Henry Irving and then follows a chapter on
I
mentions the surmises Of his friends when thy
heard that he had been a guest Of the South
African millionaire for three weeks. They ta'<
| it for granted that the visitor must have been
| put in for some good things" As a matter 'f
/ fact. Rhodes never alluded t1 the gold mines Jr
diamond industries. What he talked about Oh
| the veranda were books. new and Old mP-e
| especially anything that had reference To the
history of Rome before the last Of tho Imperial
/ Caesars was dead and turned to clay He hal
I in his pay in Rome an expert daily employed .G
! copying out stored manuscript records Of tat
history Of Imperial Rome" Mr.. Lucy paints his
! friend in political mood and quotes him r--
/ peating his familiar desire that the map IF
Africa should be painted red from Cairo 10 Cape
| Town but he shows him also a man 0f simple
/ and affectionate traits. He might BE- ruthless IN
public matters. but tears stood in his eyes when
one Of his servants fell dangerously i'll
| About Gladstone. of course Mr. Lucy has
much to say. There is i charming picture II
| him coming half an hour late to luncheon tt
/ Lord ROsebery's. in the country, and on being
rallied upon his unpunctuaIity taking up the
, point with as much energy as If it were one 1f
Lord RandoIph's accusations in the House II
/ Commons In the long run ne proved that he
had never said anything about punctuaIity at
luncheon time. as his host had humorous-y
charged 1t this occasion that the g--at
statesman was got UP in the most extraorli-
| nary style" Says Mr. Lucy
| He wore narrow skirted, square-cut tai c7at.
| made. | should say. IN the year the Reform ball
was drafted. over his shoulders was a little cape.
| on his head a white. soft felt hat The bsL view
/ was irresistible Mrs Gladstone waits upon pm
| and watches him like a hen with its first en-. A-.-
/ She is always pulling up his collar or taSt-Iln-
| button, putting him sit IN some parti0'-i i1
chair little attentions he accepts without reElirN f.
| and with much the same placid air very SI,itt
and good tempered babe wears when 0eiAs put -'
| bed
! II is in little revealing touches Ike the for
| going rather than in weighty disqujsitj'n chat
MI Lucy preserves the form and coor Of his tim
within these pages. He holds 70 firm convIc-
/ tions in politics. but a man Of the world he
. declines to take the passing show too seriously
He regards it in friendly. haIf-humOrous. half
| critical fashion and IN his shrevd. kindly way
comes perhaps nearer to the truth than would
have been possible for him il he had turned
! grave historian. II is useful as well as N
amusing book Of persOnalia that he has put to
|crafT fT1ar