The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-20

uuire great skill. neither was u 20 . s@Ga
for stated times. nor even 90 he Of nature
in itself to absorb the mind. Her pur-
pose was 10 promote the serenity OF soul
conscious Of being itself existent IN God.
Her enthusiasm was noble and pure ana
true: and accordingly it producsd q pro-
found impression not only in her own
Land but throughout the whole Catholic
world
The biographies Of Saint Teresa. OF
which the present volume Is the latest
show that this enthusiasm has not wholly
died away even in these days Of sunrn-
Rettes. The most ardent advocate OF
equal rights for women can find much
that IL worthy OF study and emulation
in the life u this great and good woman.
Tue sldne, Of Legend and Fact.
IL 10 rather curious TO hear such thinRs
aid OF a paragon. OF a figure 20 shining
that after more than three centuries it still
Rlitters. a. We find Mr.. PERCI ADDLEsHAw
declaring in his Sir Phiiip SidnsV "a. p.
Putnam's Sonsl. Sidney. according 10
this historian. was noble. was generous.
was quixotical:y honest. but a. well he
was a bigot and q priG. IL 10 probable
that he never laughed heartily. There 10
reason for beliSSing that his conversation.
like his letters. was improving rather than
entertaining. IL he did in his great kind
ness afford = pleasantly now and then. Il n
str ne. ~ Mr.. Addleshaw observes, that
a pleasantly loses something Of it's merry
quality when IL IL followed immediately by
a classical quotation very seriously APP
piled.
He was most earnestly Protestant. Tho
Catholics he abhorred. His attitude was
that q man might be a Christian OF not.
but that IL was peculiarly wicked to be
Christian in the Catholic form. In Illus
tration OF this Mr.. Addleshaw entertaingiy
suggests that could our time and his in
some sort be shufiled about, Sidney. walk
ing in Fleet street or in Manchester. would
not think IL odd or wrong To aee Hanging
Ditch or the Grimm adorned with the heads
OF Mr. Page Hops. DR.. Clifford or the
Archbishop Of Westminster. hut would be
shocked tn see exhibited in either Of those
places the head Of Mr. Frederic Harrison.
How did sidney come TO have 20 great q
fames This biOGrapher has been able TO
find very little that can be thought to serve
for foundation. When he died the great
est poets sang his praise. All the pssans
presented him in his s~raphic. his saint
like aspect Men OF lax morals were
for the moment struck with shame. good
men and scholars mourned one who by
general consent vas the flower of Eu-
ropean knighthood. We can
not find in authentic history man whose
conduct 40 flxedly impressed has own and
succeeding generations. yet whose claim
To alteration is supported merely by
panegyric and the foreshadowing Of good
work. Succeeding writer's have
been misled by these acclAmatIons and
they oNerdo the praise.
they los. their critical acumen. Thus his
name has been handed down from gen
Grafton 20 generation a. the model on
whom every -Choolboy should arrange
his own actions and character. A Dobler
ideal IL IL not easy to suggesi Yet the
ideal il a sidney " legend rather than Of
reality Hts portraits are profoundly
They do not convey 20
~ the idea either Of genius or Of beauty
The features are FAR from handsome;
there - no expression: the reputed grace
of figure and courtlincss of hearing are
not discoverable Very likely the fault
lies with the painters Of Elizabeth's time
II is hardly possible that all the people
they painted were wooden. yet they must
have been wooden u the paintings are
like them.
Philip Sidney was born at Penshurst.
that beautiful home - the sldneys. in
1885,. Curiously enough, considering what
an ardent enemy ~ Spain aud Of the Cath
Ollie religion he was to become. his god
father was the -Ni0st Catholic King a
that extremely Catholic country. Before
he was 10 years old Philip was appointed
rector oI Whitford. in FIintshire. The
fact that he was iuduc'ed into this ofrsca by
proxy renders the matter lees remarkable
than it world ~ " there had been no
proxy The proceedings were quite sim
pie The Cotnplscent rector % Sky
neog,- Mr. Addlerhaw tells US, appeared
before the cnmplacen' Bishop Of ~.
Asaph.- These two were grown up and
knew exactly what to 10. The proxy de-
nounced the Pope and swors -an oath of
allegiance To the Reformed Church and It's
-sintly head. Queen Elizabeth and the
thing was done: no more was needed 10
allow listle Philips nay ss rector ReO a
year worth in that dRy. Ne believe. eight
lines its present valueI. To hoW Agreeably
into the hands of the no, too AfYiuent Sid
nsy family. MANY men, this historian
observes, are glad tn become
rector- years after they leave college.
and opportunity made
Philip one the year before he was sent TO
school
Shrewsbury was the school TO which
Philip was sent Sn far a. time vas con-
cerned there Was opportunity there for
a boy to acquire considerable learning.
From Lady Day Co All saints Day. for
Instance. the hours % study were from
3 in the morning until ~. which was the
dinner hour. and In the afternoon from
= quarter TO : until S but tl'@ vacations
we're not lOng-at Christmas eighteen
lays. at Easter twelve. and at Whitsun-
Tide eight. Philips father, Sir Henry.
paid six shiilinEs and eiRhtpence for his
sons entrance fec. Had Philip been the
son OG a lord. the historian tells Va. the
sum required would have been ten shiII-
ngs. His father. being only a kniRht.