New-York tribune., 1910-09-04


balan revolution in Sicily and Naess a thae ps
the face of Europe to attack the Popes :hs
whole length of the peninsula in continuous
state This chain of reasoning Sd establSdTs exDed
pTsme sion. historical Importance Oh ''''''''''
Mr.. Trevelyan devotes this volume to the
SiciIian part of the venture only, closing ii with
the taking of Palermo He wilL SO he an
nounces devote a future volume to the occupa-
ton of Eastern Sicily, the crossing of the Strait
of Messina; the entry into Naples and the battle
of Volturno. thus completing the oarioaioid"
epic whose hero he places beside SIR Wliilain
Wallace and the legendary William Tell whoIn
a German historian has deemed worthy OF d
place beside the heroic figure of Joan OF Arc
Fired by a deep and contagious enthusiasm.
MIR. Trevelyan yet remains the strictly sclehtlHc
historian Indeed the fact that the raid of the
| Thousand can thus be treated. whereas IN the
case of Wallace and Joan of Arc the historian
gropes in the dark of scant and unreliable rec
or6s is one of the causes of his zeal He places
moreover. the episode in its true hlstor1cal
nilieu and perspective, looking backward ana
] forward and outward. connecting 1t with french
and Austrian and English and Prussian policles'
making it understandable part of the great
whole, thereby enhancing, as already pointed
out both its practical significance and its superb
| romance. OF Cavour's right to part of the honor
| Of the venture he says that while it probably
never will be fully established there is no doubt
that without such assistance as he did give 1T
could not possibly have been carried out at all
| There are several appendices. from one of
which we learn that the total cost of the expe-
dition amounted to lire 321S7O 0S. or s6i.372 OF:
numerous maps are given. both of Italy as it
| was in 1859 to illustrate the Introductory chap
ters, and of Sicily and the political changes in
| the peninsula in the following year; the bibi
! ograpfly deserves notice for its scope, and the
index is faithfully made.
| Mr. Treyelyan has written an introduction for
Miss Zimmern's abridged translation of Mr. de
Cesare's book. in which he briefly outlines the
! restoration OF the temporal power of the popes
| after Waterloo, and the growing discomfort of
| the people with the shortcomings and seventies
| of Papal rule. eliminating in the revolt of the
winter OF 1S4S-'49. the flight of Plus IN to Gaeta
| and the establishment OF the Roman Republic
| Austrian troops reconquered the revoted prov
inces for him. while French Republican army
| besieged and took Rome. Pope Plus re-entered
his capital in April. 1850 and it is at this point
that Mr.. de Cesare takes up his narrative car
| rying it down to the entry of the italian troops
on September 20. 1870, and the end of the tenn
poral power of the Papacy.
| The Italian author is markedly impartial IN
his pictures of the government as 1t carried
on during this decade. He describes the eco
nOmic condition OF Rome and the Roman prov
inces, the character of the administration by
priests. the repeated attempts at rsings the
annexation of Umbria and the Marches by Ca
YOUR. the formation of the Papal legion the dec
laration of the dogma of inf.allib!lity-aII the
events that were crowded into these ten wears
| But the real interest OF the book lies in its
authors pictures of the vanished social life OF
the Eternal City. the manners Of its aristocracy,
the skeptical spirit OF its populace. He is anec-
dotal to excellent purpose whether he tells of
the Wit of Pho Nono of the absurdities of the
censorship of student life or the artist colony
which counted among it's members Fortuny
Story and Liszt. and. of course his high born
/ Egerla The theatres were the chief and most
fruitful fields for patriotic demonstrations and
the exercise of the wit OF the people:
| At the ALBERT Theatre chiefly freuuentel hv s,,,
uehtS ana artists. "Gli lnamorati per An,lire IN,
| Carcere' was performed In this play some yorn-
men, enamored of the Gaoler'S daughter tried every
means 10 get arrested and be put in prison They
| insult the passersby. but one minds theu1
| They finally draw a revolver and sho.ns
| down the first The police appearing thcv
give themselves UP murderers when the body
| is examined. II IS found to be that OF a note,l
| brlSand. wanted by the authorities and in conss
quence. the murderers thanked and rrwar,jsJ
|